I don't know why, but someone I don't know emailed this to me. It's funny, so I'm sharing it with you!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Denver Post on Jim Steinberg: Theater's Batman
Great article, kinda hilarious headline.
"To Jason Grote, he's the best friend a playwright ever had. To Kent Thompson, he's a one-man public relations machine for the Denver Center Theatre Company. To the people of Steamboat Springs, he's that quirky beatnik who's put a half-million miles on Old Yeller — the 1980 Volvo station wagon he's tootled all over Colorado in to watch theater and snap award-winning nature photographs.
Jim Steinberg is perhaps the nation's most prominent ambassador for the development of new plays. At a time when many theater companies are having to severely retract from the risk and expense of making new work, Steinberg is putting his money where his mouth is. "And where my heart is, as well," he said."
Click here for the full article by John Moore.
"To Jason Grote, he's the best friend a playwright ever had. To Kent Thompson, he's a one-man public relations machine for the Denver Center Theatre Company. To the people of Steamboat Springs, he's that quirky beatnik who's put a half-million miles on Old Yeller — the 1980 Volvo station wagon he's tootled all over Colorado in to watch theater and snap award-winning nature photographs.
Jim Steinberg is perhaps the nation's most prominent ambassador for the development of new plays. At a time when many theater companies are having to severely retract from the risk and expense of making new work, Steinberg is putting his money where his mouth is. "And where my heart is, as well," he said."
Click here for the full article by John Moore.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Hey Mitch McConnell! There Are White Folks, Then There Are Ignorant Motherfuckers Like You.
This is so, so awesome. They're excerpts from the Dreams From My Father audiobook, and I want to prank GOP Congressmen and the Rush Limbaugh show with them (as should you):
“You know that guy ain’t shit. Sorry-ass motherfucker ain’t got nothing on me.”
“You ain’t my bitch, nigga! Buy your own damn fries!”
“There are white folks, and then there are ignorant motherfuckers like you.”
“You know that guy ain’t shit. Sorry-ass motherfucker ain’t got nothing on me.”
“You ain’t my bitch, nigga! Buy your own damn fries!”
“There are white folks, and then there are ignorant motherfuckers like you.”
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
1001 in San Diego
Runs February 26-March 7 at the Mandell Weiss Forum Studio at UCSD, directed by Kim Rubinstein! here for details.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Great Explanation for a Band's Breakup
Patrick Hambrecht, writing in Vice Magazine on the breakup of the awesome and will-be missed Flaming Fire:
"When I was a kid, my favorite show was G-Force, an anime about "Five secret agents trained to fly like birds." They traveled around in a huge space plane that could turn into a phoenix, and everyone on the show had a cool vehicle that detached from the phoenix. Mark, the leader, had a jet fighter; the robot sidekick had a subterranean drill; the girl had a scooter; the cool guy had a racecar. The only guy who didn't have a cool vehicle was Tiny. Tiny was the fat dork who drove the big plane, and waited for everyone to come back from their awesome solo missions. When you start a band, you think you're going to be Syd Barrett, and everyone else will let you get drunk, do lots of drugs and be fun while they pack drums and set up gigs and do all the boring stuff. But that's not going to happen. Because you're the band leader, the band is your thing, not theirs. Your drummer may be in eight bands, your bassist may be a painter, your lady vocalist may be a cartoonist, but you won't have time for those things yourself. You have to set up gigs, book tours, cart them around in a van you buy, smooth over arguments between members, try to save money from gigs for recording sessions, mail out promo CDs over your lunchbreak. You're not Syd Barrett; you're a secretary. You're Tiny."
Click for the whole hilarious piece.
"When I was a kid, my favorite show was G-Force, an anime about "Five secret agents trained to fly like birds." They traveled around in a huge space plane that could turn into a phoenix, and everyone on the show had a cool vehicle that detached from the phoenix. Mark, the leader, had a jet fighter; the robot sidekick had a subterranean drill; the girl had a scooter; the cool guy had a racecar. The only guy who didn't have a cool vehicle was Tiny. Tiny was the fat dork who drove the big plane, and waited for everyone to come back from their awesome solo missions. When you start a band, you think you're going to be Syd Barrett, and everyone else will let you get drunk, do lots of drugs and be fun while they pack drums and set up gigs and do all the boring stuff. But that's not going to happen. Because you're the band leader, the band is your thing, not theirs. Your drummer may be in eight bands, your bassist may be a painter, your lady vocalist may be a cartoonist, but you won't have time for those things yourself. You have to set up gigs, book tours, cart them around in a van you buy, smooth over arguments between members, try to save money from gigs for recording sessions, mail out promo CDs over your lunchbreak. You're not Syd Barrett; you're a secretary. You're Tiny."
Click for the whole hilarious piece.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Box Americana reading at Woolly Mammoth
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN READING SERIES
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company are pleased to announce an innovative partnership, whereby DC area student actors honing their craft at the nationally recognized Theatre Lab will apprentice with professional actors and directors, many of them Woolly veterans, to perform a series of staged readings by four of Woolly’s favorite groundbreaking playwrights.
Time: 8pm, followed by a talk-back with actors and directors. Location: Feb. 17, 24, and March 3 at Woolly Mammoth;
March 10 at The Theatre Lab (733 8th St, NW).
Admission: Pay-What-You-Can
At Woolly Mammoth:
Tues., February 17:
SNOW ANGEL
by David Lindsay-Abaire (Fuddy Meers, Shrek the Musical, Inkheart).
Featuring Woolly Company Member Kimberly Gilbert (The K of D, Boom).
Directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick, Co-Artistic Director, Rorschach Theatre.
A funny, eerie tale about a mysterious girl named Eva who, during the blizzard of the century, steps out of a snow bank and into the lives of fifteen very confused Vermont teenagers in search of discovery.
Tues., February 24:
BOX AMERICANA
by Jason Grote (Maria/Stuart, 1001).
Featuring Deirdra LaWan Starnes (Hurlyburly), ACTCo veteran.
Directed by Woolly Company Member Sarah Marshall (Boom).
Kelly, a passionate cheerleader for Wal-Mart, and Danae, a devoted mother escaping a violent past, seek the Promised Land in Wal-Mart while being haunted by the ghost of Sam Walton, as the the ruthless spirit of capitalism.
Tues., March 3:
RESTORATION COMEDY
by Amy Freed (The Psychic Life of Savages, The Beard of Avon).
Featuring Deb Gottesman, Theatre Lab founder and Woolly veteran (Current Nobody).
Directed by Scott Fortier, Artistic Director, Catalyst Theater.
A big and bawdy romantic comedy that mines the wit, style, and sexual intrigues of the late 17th century. Loosely based on restoration comedies by Colly Cibber and John Vanbrugh, Freed’s comedy brings a feminist sensibility to the adventures and misadventures of Amanda, the long suffering wife of Loveless, a philandering husband who pretends to be deceased so he can romp from bed to bed throughout Europe.
At The Theatre Lab:
Tues., March 10:
KATE CRACKERNUTS
by Sheila Callaghan (Fever/Dream, Crumble (lay me down Justin Timberlake)).
Featuring MaryBeth Wise (The Mineola Twins), Olney Theatre veteran.
Directed by Paul Douglas Michnewicz, Artistic Director, Theater Alliance.
A surreal and edgy adult fairy tale about two sisters, one of whom wakes up one morning to find a sheep’s head between her shoulders, and their efforts to return that sister’s true head to its proper place. The journey is sidetracked, however, by Kate’s obsession with a slim raver-boy who has a nasty little addiction.
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company are pleased to announce an innovative partnership, whereby DC area student actors honing their craft at the nationally recognized Theatre Lab will apprentice with professional actors and directors, many of them Woolly veterans, to perform a series of staged readings by four of Woolly’s favorite groundbreaking playwrights.
Time: 8pm, followed by a talk-back with actors and directors. Location: Feb. 17, 24, and March 3 at Woolly Mammoth;
March 10 at The Theatre Lab (733 8th St, NW).
Admission: Pay-What-You-Can
At Woolly Mammoth:
Tues., February 17:
SNOW ANGEL
by David Lindsay-Abaire (Fuddy Meers, Shrek the Musical, Inkheart).
Featuring Woolly Company Member Kimberly Gilbert (The K of D, Boom).
Directed by Jenny McConnell Frederick, Co-Artistic Director, Rorschach Theatre.
A funny, eerie tale about a mysterious girl named Eva who, during the blizzard of the century, steps out of a snow bank and into the lives of fifteen very confused Vermont teenagers in search of discovery.
Tues., February 24:
BOX AMERICANA
by Jason Grote (Maria/Stuart, 1001).
Featuring Deirdra LaWan Starnes (Hurlyburly), ACTCo veteran.
Directed by Woolly Company Member Sarah Marshall (Boom).
Kelly, a passionate cheerleader for Wal-Mart, and Danae, a devoted mother escaping a violent past, seek the Promised Land in Wal-Mart while being haunted by the ghost of Sam Walton, as the the ruthless spirit of capitalism.
Tues., March 3:
RESTORATION COMEDY
by Amy Freed (The Psychic Life of Savages, The Beard of Avon).
Featuring Deb Gottesman, Theatre Lab founder and Woolly veteran (Current Nobody).
Directed by Scott Fortier, Artistic Director, Catalyst Theater.
A big and bawdy romantic comedy that mines the wit, style, and sexual intrigues of the late 17th century. Loosely based on restoration comedies by Colly Cibber and John Vanbrugh, Freed’s comedy brings a feminist sensibility to the adventures and misadventures of Amanda, the long suffering wife of Loveless, a philandering husband who pretends to be deceased so he can romp from bed to bed throughout Europe.
At The Theatre Lab:
Tues., March 10:
KATE CRACKERNUTS
by Sheila Callaghan (Fever/Dream, Crumble (lay me down Justin Timberlake)).
Featuring MaryBeth Wise (The Mineola Twins), Olney Theatre veteran.
Directed by Paul Douglas Michnewicz, Artistic Director, Theater Alliance.
A surreal and edgy adult fairy tale about two sisters, one of whom wakes up one morning to find a sheep’s head between her shoulders, and their efforts to return that sister’s true head to its proper place. The journey is sidetracked, however, by Kate’s obsession with a slim raver-boy who has a nasty little addiction.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Film-Maker's Cooperative to be Evicted?
This really sucks. Does Alanna Heiss really need to evict an entire archive of avant-garde film to run an internet radio station? The kind of thing that thousands of people around the world do from their homes?
Friday, February 20, 2009
Cool Women's Day Article: Extraordinary Uses for 16 Ordinary Household Items
Click here for some great tips.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
NYT on Physicians' for Human Rights Brad Will Report
Mexico: Killing of American Is Questioned
By MARC LACEY
Published: February 4, 2009
Physicians for Human Rights said its review of forensic evidence in the shooting death of an American videographer who was covering antigovernment protests in Oaxaca in 2006 appears to contradict the findings of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office. One of the bullets that hit the American, Brad Will, ricocheted off a red object prior to hitting him, according to the human rights group, based in Cambridge, Mass. It said that would indicate that the bullet was probably not shot from close range by a protester, as the government maintains. Mr. Will’s family says that government-backed paramilitary thugs shot him from a distance.
By MARC LACEY
Published: February 4, 2009
Physicians for Human Rights said its review of forensic evidence in the shooting death of an American videographer who was covering antigovernment protests in Oaxaca in 2006 appears to contradict the findings of the Mexican Attorney General’s Office. One of the bullets that hit the American, Brad Will, ricocheted off a red object prior to hitting him, according to the human rights group, based in Cambridge, Mass. It said that would indicate that the bullet was probably not shot from close range by a protester, as the government maintains. Mr. Will’s family says that government-backed paramilitary thugs shot him from a distance.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
R.I.P., Murdered Oaxacan Activists
La lista completa de muertos durante el conflicto de Oaxaca y las fechas que reporta la CCIODH es la siguiente: 8 de agosto, Marcos García Tapia; 9 de agosto, Andrés Santiago Cruz, Pedro Martínez Martínez y Pablo Octavio Martínez Martínez; José Jiménez Colmenares, el 10 de agosto; Gonzalo Cisneros Gautier, el 16 de agosto; el 22, Lorenzo Sampablo Cervantes; el primero de octubre, Daniel Nieto Ovando; al siguiente día, Arcadio Fabián Hernández Santiago; José Manuel Castro Patiño, el 3 de octubre; el 5, Jaime René Calvo Aragón; el 8, Jesús Montalvo Velasco; el 14, Alejandro García Hernández; Pánfilo Hernández, el 18; Alejandro López López, el 20; el 27, Bradley Roland Will, Emilio Alonso Fabián, Esteban Ruiz, Esteban López Zurita y Audacia Olivera Díaz; el 29, José Alberto López Bernal, Fidel Sánchez García y Roberto López Hernández; 8 de diciembre, Raúl Marcial Pérez; 19 de enero, Roberto Hernández Martínez, y Marcelo Jacinto Hernández, el 31 de enero de 2007.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
R.I.P. Louie Bellson
Great jazz/soul drummer, and widower of Pearl Bailey. I have a beloved out-of-print vinyl rip of James Brown with the Louie Bellson Orchestra that's pretty incredible. For more on him, visit JazzWax (source of the below text).
February 16, 2009
Louie Bellson (1924-2009)
Louie Bellson, one of the last headline drummers of the big band era whose twin bass drums and high-energy beat-keeping thrilled audiences and powered orchestras ranging from Benny Goodman to Duke Ellington, died on February 14. He was 84 and had been recovering at home from a broken hip.
Considered a swing drummer, Louie's style was less pronounced than Gene Krupa's and Buddy Rich's but could be equally bombastic and showy. Louie had a different sort of vigor than other drummers of the period, built largely on endurance and a near-hypnotic passion for hard-snap rhythms and subtle strokes. It was not unusual on a Louie Bellson solo for the drummer to punish the heads and skins while at the same time mixing in soft subtle figures that grew to a roaring crescendo.
Born in Rock Falls, Illinois, Louie told me in a series of interviews in 2007 that he spent much of his early youth at his father's music store, where he learned to play nearly all of the instruments sold there. But it was a passing parade that inspired Louie most, particularly the
drummer. From that day on, Louie focused his energy on the drums. In high school, Louie developed what would become his signature technique of playing two bass drums at once, one for his left foot and one for his right.
Louie's teen-age passion for showmanship and the music of the big bands was impossible to extinguish. In 1941, at age 17, he entered the Slingerland National Gene Krupa Drum Contest along with 40,000 other young drummers. After several rounds in New York, Krupa picked Louie as
the winner.
"I was knocked out," Louie told me. "When Gene gave me the award, he said, 'You have a brilliant career ahead of you.' Later, whenever I'd run into him, Gene would say, 'See, I told you that you had a big career ahead of you.' He was a funny guy."
February 16, 2009
Louie Bellson (1924-2009)
Louie Bellson, one of the last headline drummers of the big band era whose twin bass drums and high-energy beat-keeping thrilled audiences and powered orchestras ranging from Benny Goodman to Duke Ellington, died on February 14. He was 84 and had been recovering at home from a broken hip.
Considered a swing drummer, Louie's style was less pronounced than Gene Krupa's and Buddy Rich's but could be equally bombastic and showy. Louie had a different sort of vigor than other drummers of the period, built largely on endurance and a near-hypnotic passion for hard-snap rhythms and subtle strokes. It was not unusual on a Louie Bellson solo for the drummer to punish the heads and skins while at the same time mixing in soft subtle figures that grew to a roaring crescendo.
Born in Rock Falls, Illinois, Louie told me in a series of interviews in 2007 that he spent much of his early youth at his father's music store, where he learned to play nearly all of the instruments sold there. But it was a passing parade that inspired Louie most, particularly the
drummer. From that day on, Louie focused his energy on the drums. In high school, Louie developed what would become his signature technique of playing two bass drums at once, one for his left foot and one for his right.
Louie's teen-age passion for showmanship and the music of the big bands was impossible to extinguish. In 1941, at age 17, he entered the Slingerland National Gene Krupa Drum Contest along with 40,000 other young drummers. After several rounds in New York, Krupa picked Louie as
the winner.
"I was knocked out," Louie told me. "When Gene gave me the award, he said, 'You have a brilliant career ahead of you.' Later, whenever I'd run into him, Gene would say, 'See, I told you that you had a big career ahead of you.' He was a funny guy."
Monday, February 16, 2009
What is THE DOME?
Click to find out. I co-wrote the opening number to this with the brilliant composer Marisa Michelson.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Congrats to the 2009 P73 Playwriting Fellow!
A little late to the party, but big congratulations to new Page 73 Fellow Heidi Schreck!
Friday, February 13, 2009
From the AFT: Education Funding Under Attack
Funding for Education Under Attack in the U.S. Senate--Act Now!
An amendment being drafted by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and
Susan Collins (R-Maine) could dramatically reduce funding for
key education programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009.
The Senate may vote on this amendment as early as today, so your
voice needs to be heard right now!
It is critical that you contact your senators as soon as
possible and urge them to reject any amendments aimed at
eliminating or reducing funding for key programs, such as Title
I, IDEA, Pell Grants, Head Start, the Child Care Development
Block Grant, school construction and the State Fiscal
Stabilization Fund (a fund aimed at helping school districts
facing reductions in state aid).
Retention of these programs serves the interests of our members
and their communities. These are all programs that will both
stimulate the economy and provide a long-term investment in our
economic strength.
Call 866/327-8670 today to demand that your senators reject any
other amendments offered on the Senate floor that undermine
educators and they people they serve.
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An amendment being drafted by Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and
Susan Collins (R-Maine) could dramatically reduce funding for
key education programs in the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009.
The Senate may vote on this amendment as early as today, so your
voice needs to be heard right now!
It is critical that you contact your senators as soon as
possible and urge them to reject any amendments aimed at
eliminating or reducing funding for key programs, such as Title
I, IDEA, Pell Grants, Head Start, the Child Care Development
Block Grant, school construction and the State Fiscal
Stabilization Fund (a fund aimed at helping school districts
facing reductions in state aid).
Retention of these programs serves the interests of our members
and their communities. These are all programs that will both
stimulate the economy and provide a long-term investment in our
economic strength.
Call 866/327-8670 today to demand that your senators reject any
other amendments offered on the Senate floor that undermine
educators and they people they serve.
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AFT e-Activist Network at:
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
Episode Fifteen of The Acousmatic Theater Hour on WFMU
LUMBEROB LUMBEROB LUMBEROB!!!
WFMU's The Acousmatic Theater Hour with Jason G and Karinne from 1/18/2009
WFMU's The Acousmatic Theater Hour with Jason G and Karinne from 1/18/2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
"Thriller" on Broadway
This will be awesome if they manage to not fuck it up. But they'll probably fuck it up.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Curb THIS
Oh internet, after all these years you can still make me laff:
Curb Your Velvet from curb this on Vimeo.
Curb Your Alien from curb this on Vimeo.
More here.
Curb Your Velvet from curb this on Vimeo.
Curb Your Alien from curb this on Vimeo.
More here.
Monday, February 09, 2009
R.I.P. Lynne Alvarez and Blossom Dearie.
Lynne was a great playwright and was taken from us too soon. A memorial for her will be held at New Dramatists March 21 from 7-10pm.
Blossom Dearie was an amazing singer. You can find some of her work here.
Blossom Dearie was an amazing singer. You can find some of her work here.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Ohio Theater in Danger
Of course no one wants to see any theater go under, but there are some theaters whose absence will really, really hurt. One of these is the Ohio, Clubbed Thumb's home for the past 8 years and home to the Soho Think Tank, as well as lots of other great small theater. It's an incredibly vital resource, much more than many bigger institutions also hit by the lousy economy.
Read on:
It's Official!
The Ohio Theatre WILL continue through June 2009.
Thank you, everyone, for your many calls and emails.
Many of you have asked: What can I do to help?
"Quantify Your Love"
This is our fundraising drive from now until Valentine's Day.
But instead of focusing on "how much" we raise,
we're trying to establish "how many".
As in: "How many people love the Ohio Theatre
and care about its future?"
Please donate
One Dollar
as a symbolic gesture of your love.
This is our first step in trying to quantify the expressions of loss,
sympathy, and support we've received in the last month
from artists and audience members, as we try to secure
a long term future for the Ohio Theatre.
Click to "quantify your love"!
Please, feel free to forward this to any Ohio Theatre Lovers you know.
Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster Street
New York City, NY 10012
sohothinktank.org
Also:
"Quantify Your Love"
Valentine's Day Dance
February 14th
9 PM - 1AM
Tickets:
$20 in advance
$25 at the door
Cash Bar:
Beer & Wine & Love Potion #9
The Cheapest bar in Soho!
Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster Street
Groove to hip-swaying love charms of DJ SILKY!
(if you've been to our New Year's Eve parties you know what we're talking about!)
Read on:
It's Official!
The Ohio Theatre WILL continue through June 2009.
Thank you, everyone, for your many calls and emails.
Many of you have asked: What can I do to help?
"Quantify Your Love"
This is our fundraising drive from now until Valentine's Day.
But instead of focusing on "how much" we raise,
we're trying to establish "how many".
As in: "How many people love the Ohio Theatre
and care about its future?"
Please donate
One Dollar
as a symbolic gesture of your love.
This is our first step in trying to quantify the expressions of loss,
sympathy, and support we've received in the last month
from artists and audience members, as we try to secure
a long term future for the Ohio Theatre.
Click to "quantify your love"!
Please, feel free to forward this to any Ohio Theatre Lovers you know.
Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster Street
New York City, NY 10012
sohothinktank.org
Also:
"Quantify Your Love"
Valentine's Day Dance
February 14th
9 PM - 1AM
Tickets:
$20 in advance
$25 at the door
Cash Bar:
Beer & Wine & Love Potion #9
The Cheapest bar in Soho!
Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster Street
Groove to hip-swaying love charms of DJ SILKY!
(if you've been to our New Year's Eve parties you know what we're talking about!)
F*ck you too, U.S. Senate
The Senate -- including Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) -- voted to cut $50m in arts funding. So evidently, bank bailouts, bloated defense contractors, and tax-evading multimillionaire are the real friends of the workin' man, while the thousands of artists who can't survive without shitty day jobs (or in my case, pretty-good-but-way-too-time-consuming day jobs) are the all-powerful cultural elite. Schumer is never seeing a penny or a vote from me again, and apparently 2006 and 2008 weren't enough of a rebuke to the GOP -- they really do need to be wiped off the map.
Express your displeasure here.
Express your displeasure here.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Defend Bushwick Food Not Bombs
Hello everyone,
Today at Bushwick Food not Bombs the park supervisor for Bushwick
Park, where we serve outside of the park fence every Thursday at 1:00
pm, came by to tell us that we cannot be there without a permit. We
told her "no".
Bushwick Food not Bombs wants to extend an invitation to anyone who
can attend next Thursday's (2/12) sharing of food at Bushwick Park to
come out to show support. We want to have as many people possible out
on Thursday to show the city that they can't push us around.
We also need volunteers to go out in the Bushwick community on
Wednesday afternoon & evening [2/11] to pass out fliers for the food
sharing. We want as many community members there as possible too.
There is a large Spanish speaking community in Bushwick so we are
really encouraging people who speak Spanish to come out to help us flyer.
On that note, Monday [2/9 at 7:00pm] at 15 Thames St., Brooklyn 11206
[directions at bottom] there will be a conversational Spanish class &
potluck held. Everyone is welcome to attend & we can also talk more
about Thursday.
We are also putting out a call for food donations for next Thursday
or anyone who has a car & can do some food pick ups this week. We are
going to need to have a lot of food.
If you have anymore questions, please contact
fnbbushwick {AT} gmail.com or Pete (413-822-0272) or
Aubrey (972-743-1161) & PLEASE FORWARD. Thanks!
--
In Our Hearts is a New York City based anarchist network made up of
autonomous collectives, projects & individuals who share the goal of
building a culture of resistance in the City and beyond.
123 Tompkins Ave., Brooklyn
www.123communityspace.org
www.myspace.com/anewworldinourhearts
Read Bombs & Shields http://bombsandshields.com/ - Stories of
struggle and resistance from around the world, meant to inspire and
incite strong hearts.
Today at Bushwick Food not Bombs the park supervisor for Bushwick
Park, where we serve outside of the park fence every Thursday at 1:00
pm, came by to tell us that we cannot be there without a permit. We
told her "no".
Bushwick Food not Bombs wants to extend an invitation to anyone who
can attend next Thursday's (2/12) sharing of food at Bushwick Park to
come out to show support. We want to have as many people possible out
on Thursday to show the city that they can't push us around.
We also need volunteers to go out in the Bushwick community on
Wednesday afternoon & evening [2/11] to pass out fliers for the food
sharing. We want as many community members there as possible too.
There is a large Spanish speaking community in Bushwick so we are
really encouraging people who speak Spanish to come out to help us flyer.
On that note, Monday [2/9 at 7:00pm] at 15 Thames St., Brooklyn 11206
[directions at bottom] there will be a conversational Spanish class &
potluck held. Everyone is welcome to attend & we can also talk more
about Thursday.
We are also putting out a call for food donations for next Thursday
or anyone who has a car & can do some food pick ups this week. We are
going to need to have a lot of food.
If you have anymore questions, please contact
fnbbushwick {AT} gmail.com or Pete (413-822-0272) or
Aubrey (972-743-1161) & PLEASE FORWARD. Thanks!
--
In Our Hearts is a New York City based anarchist network made up of
autonomous collectives, projects & individuals who share the goal of
building a culture of resistance in the City and beyond.
123 Tompkins Ave., Brooklyn
www.123communityspace.org
www.myspace.com/anewworldinourhearts
Read Bombs & Shields http://bombsandshields.com/ - Stories of
struggle and resistance from around the world, meant to inspire and
incite strong hearts.
From Americans for the Arts
And the know-nothings' war on art continues! Please pass this around and/or take a second to write a letter if you can.
Your action is needed today, as $50 million in federal funds for the arts hangs in the balance!
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 is being considered by Congress right now, and a growing number of media reports have portrayed the arts funding included in the House version of the bill negatively. Americans for the Arts is calling on all of our members to provide a coordinated public relations response to educate the public and put pressure on Congress. We ask that you take two minutes to send a short letter to the editor of your local media outlet. We've provided the talking points and we just ask you to customize it to your community.
As Americans for the Arts has previously reported, the House bill includes a $50 milllion provision for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). As the legislation states, the NEA "is positioned to use existing mechanisms to allocate lifeline funding quickly to these nonprofit organizations to retain jobs" and there is solid research to demonstrate the stimulus gains that can be provided by this funding. However, here are some examples of the negative press received from publications across the country:
* "True to form, Congress has loaded the [bill] with hundreds of billions in wasteful spending. The bill includes $650 million for digital TV coupons, $140 million to study the atmosphere and $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. None of these proposals would create jobs or boost our economy. They're just old-fashioned waste" - Op-ed in the Indianapolis Star
* "The National Endowment for the Arts would get $50 million for new exhibits to deem America racist and sexist." - Op-ed in the Norwich Bulletin
* "The National Endowment for the Arts, for example, is in line for $50 million, increasing its total budget by a third. The unemployed can fill their days attending abstract-film festivals and sitar concerts." - National Review Editorial
* "I just think putting people to work is more important than putting more art on the wall of some New York City gallery frequented by the elite art community." [U.S. Rep Jack] Kingston said. "Call me a sucker for the working man." - Congressional Quarterly report
As Congress spends the next few days completing their work on this legislation, it is the exact time for arts advocates to write to their local media outlets today and fight back against threats to the funding and anti-art amendments. Visit our new Action Alert which will provide you with helpful information to send a Letter to the Editor to your local media outlets. If you take action today, we expect that this pro-arts message will show up in news reports by early next week, just when Congress is expected to be making final decisions on the legislation.
Please help us continue this important work by becoming an official member of the Arts Action Fund. Play your part by joining the Arts Action Fund today -- it's free and simple.
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Your action is needed today, as $50 million in federal funds for the arts hangs in the balance!
The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 is being considered by Congress right now, and a growing number of media reports have portrayed the arts funding included in the House version of the bill negatively. Americans for the Arts is calling on all of our members to provide a coordinated public relations response to educate the public and put pressure on Congress. We ask that you take two minutes to send a short letter to the editor of your local media outlet. We've provided the talking points and we just ask you to customize it to your community.
As Americans for the Arts has previously reported, the House bill includes a $50 milllion provision for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). As the legislation states, the NEA "is positioned to use existing mechanisms to allocate lifeline funding quickly to these nonprofit organizations to retain jobs" and there is solid research to demonstrate the stimulus gains that can be provided by this funding. However, here are some examples of the negative press received from publications across the country:
* "True to form, Congress has loaded the [bill] with hundreds of billions in wasteful spending. The bill includes $650 million for digital TV coupons, $140 million to study the atmosphere and $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. None of these proposals would create jobs or boost our economy. They're just old-fashioned waste" - Op-ed in the Indianapolis Star
* "The National Endowment for the Arts would get $50 million for new exhibits to deem America racist and sexist." - Op-ed in the Norwich Bulletin
* "The National Endowment for the Arts, for example, is in line for $50 million, increasing its total budget by a third. The unemployed can fill their days attending abstract-film festivals and sitar concerts." - National Review Editorial
* "I just think putting people to work is more important than putting more art on the wall of some New York City gallery frequented by the elite art community." [U.S. Rep Jack] Kingston said. "Call me a sucker for the working man." - Congressional Quarterly report
As Congress spends the next few days completing their work on this legislation, it is the exact time for arts advocates to write to their local media outlets today and fight back against threats to the funding and anti-art amendments. Visit our new Action Alert which will provide you with helpful information to send a Letter to the Editor to your local media outlets. If you take action today, we expect that this pro-arts message will show up in news reports by early next week, just when Congress is expected to be making final decisions on the legislation.
Please help us continue this important work by becoming an official member of the Arts Action Fund. Play your part by joining the Arts Action Fund today -- it's free and simple.
Click here. to remove your name from receiving e-mails regarding arts advocacy
Go See Room for Cream!!!
From pal Brendan Connelly:
The Dyke Division of the Theatre of a Two-headed Calf are re-mounting Season One of Room for Cream - a crazy, sloppy, wacky, touching lesbian soap opera about a coffeshop in the Berkshires - it is SUPER fun and not like anything the Two-headed Calf normally does - like instead of me writing fussy atonal music I'm mostly playing Le Tigre and ESG tracks. And doorbells.
It's two episodes a night for the next 3 weeks - come to one, two or all ELEVEN!
ps I wrote episode 7 and I play a dirty priest in Episode 11.
Details below - Plus here's a nice feature article in Time Out:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/lgbt/70768/chicks-in-a-box
I hope you are all doing well and if I haven't seen you since the marriage (mine, not yours) we should catch up - I'll show you my ring. Just to prove I'm not gay or whatever.
Brendan
ROOM FOR CREAM SEASON ONE: THE BOX SET!
OPENS THURSDAY
DON'T MISS EPISODES 1 - 4
THURSDAY JAN 22 @ 10pm: Episodes 1 & 2
FRIDAY JAN 23 @ 10pm: Episodes 3 & 4
SATURDAY JAN 24 @ 10pm: Episodes 1 & 2
FRIDAY JAN 25 @ 5.30pm: Episodes 3 & 4
______________________________________
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS!
Click on the schedule below to buy tickets: $15 per evening
Or BUY A SEASON PASS: $70 for one of each episode
Thursdays at 10pm
Fridays at 10pm
Saturdays at 10pm
Sundays at 5:30pm
Jan 22
Episodes 1 & 2
Jan 23
Episodes 3 & 4
Jan 24
Episodes 1 & 2
Jan 25
Episodes 3 & 4
Jan 29
Episodes 5 & 6
Jan 30
Episodes 7 & 8
Jan 31
Episodes 5 & 6
Feb 1
Episodes 7 & 8
Feb 5
Episodes 9 & 10
Feb 6
Episode 11: Finale
Feb 7
Episodes 9 & 10
Feb 8
Episode 11: Finale
Episodes are performed back-to-back. Each evening is approximately 60 mins.
Performed at the Club at La MaMa E. T. C.
74A East 4th Street (between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery)
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The Dyke Division of Two-headed Calf is
Jess Barbagallo, Laryssa Husiak, Brooke O'Harra, Brendan Connelly,
Laura Berlin Stinger, Barbara Lanciers, Karina Mangu-Ward
SEASON ONE PERFORMED BY: Moe Angelos*, Jess Barbagallo, Kate
Benson*, Becca Blackwell, Nehessaui deGannes*, Nina Hoffman, Laryssa Husiak,
Cheryl Kingan, Hans Kuzmich, Brooke O'Harra, Rosemary Quinn*, Tina Shepard*,
Laura Stinger and Amber Valentine. Returning special guests will include Trisha
Baga, David Brooks, Jibz Cameron, Faye Driscoll, Mieke Duffly, Daphne Fitzpatrick,
Kevin Gay, Jill Guidera, Jonathan Mc Crory, Greg Mehrten*, K8 Hardy, Matt
Korahais, Georgia Lifsher, Mike Mikos, Tatiana Pavela, Katie Pyle, Heidi Schreck*,
Wallace Shawn*, Maria Striar, Marisa Wallen, Casey Weaver, Becky Yamamoto and
Sacha Yano. (Equity Approved Showcase. * members AEA).
The Dyke Division of the Theatre of a Two-headed Calf are re-mounting Season One of Room for Cream - a crazy, sloppy, wacky, touching lesbian soap opera about a coffeshop in the Berkshires - it is SUPER fun and not like anything the Two-headed Calf normally does - like instead of me writing fussy atonal music I'm mostly playing Le Tigre and ESG tracks. And doorbells.
It's two episodes a night for the next 3 weeks - come to one, two or all ELEVEN!
ps I wrote episode 7 and I play a dirty priest in Episode 11.
Details below - Plus here's a nice feature article in Time Out:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/lgbt/70768/chicks-in-a-box
I hope you are all doing well and if I haven't seen you since the marriage (mine, not yours) we should catch up - I'll show you my ring. Just to prove I'm not gay or whatever.
Brendan
ROOM FOR CREAM SEASON ONE: THE BOX SET!
OPENS THURSDAY
DON'T MISS EPISODES 1 - 4
THURSDAY JAN 22 @ 10pm: Episodes 1 & 2
FRIDAY JAN 23 @ 10pm: Episodes 3 & 4
SATURDAY JAN 24 @ 10pm: Episodes 1 & 2
FRIDAY JAN 25 @ 5.30pm: Episodes 3 & 4
______________________________________
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS!
Click on the schedule below to buy tickets: $15 per evening
Or BUY A SEASON PASS: $70 for one of each episode
Thursdays at 10pm
Fridays at 10pm
Saturdays at 10pm
Sundays at 5:30pm
Jan 22
Episodes 1 & 2
Jan 23
Episodes 3 & 4
Jan 24
Episodes 1 & 2
Jan 25
Episodes 3 & 4
Jan 29
Episodes 5 & 6
Jan 30
Episodes 7 & 8
Jan 31
Episodes 5 & 6
Feb 1
Episodes 7 & 8
Feb 5
Episodes 9 & 10
Feb 6
Episode 11: Finale
Feb 7
Episodes 9 & 10
Feb 8
Episode 11: Finale
Episodes are performed back-to-back. Each evening is approximately 60 mins.
Performed at the Club at La MaMa E. T. C.
74A East 4th Street (between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery)
__________________________________________________
The Dyke Division of Two-headed Calf is
Jess Barbagallo, Laryssa Husiak, Brooke O'Harra, Brendan Connelly,
Laura Berlin Stinger, Barbara Lanciers, Karina Mangu-Ward
SEASON ONE PERFORMED BY: Moe Angelos*, Jess Barbagallo, Kate
Benson*, Becca Blackwell, Nehessaui deGannes*, Nina Hoffman, Laryssa Husiak,
Cheryl Kingan, Hans Kuzmich, Brooke O'Harra, Rosemary Quinn*, Tina Shepard*,
Laura Stinger and Amber Valentine. Returning special guests will include Trisha
Baga, David Brooks, Jibz Cameron, Faye Driscoll, Mieke Duffly, Daphne Fitzpatrick,
Kevin Gay, Jill Guidera, Jonathan Mc Crory, Greg Mehrten*, K8 Hardy, Matt
Korahais, Georgia Lifsher, Mike Mikos, Tatiana Pavela, Katie Pyle, Heidi Schreck*,
Wallace Shawn*, Maria Striar, Marisa Wallen, Casey Weaver, Becky Yamamoto and
Sacha Yano. (Equity Approved Showcase. * members AEA).
Thursday, February 05, 2009
George W. Bush Ben & Jerry's Flavors
Some highlights:
- Abu Grape
- Cluster Fudge
- Nut'n Accomplished
- WireTapioca
- Shit Sandwich
- Heck of a Job, Brownie!
- Anchovy Fuckup Surprise
- Nougalar Proliferation
- Death by Chocolate... and Torture
- "You're Shitting In My Mouth And Calling It A" Sundae
- Credit Crunch
- Mission Pecanplished
- George Bush Doesn't Care About Dark Chocolate
Click here for more.
- Abu Grape
- Cluster Fudge
- Nut'n Accomplished
- WireTapioca
- Shit Sandwich
- Heck of a Job, Brownie!
- Anchovy Fuckup Surprise
- Nougalar Proliferation
- Death by Chocolate... and Torture
- "You're Shitting In My Mouth And Calling It A" Sundae
- Credit Crunch
- Mission Pecanplished
- George Bush Doesn't Care About Dark Chocolate
Click here for more.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Episode Fourteen of The Acousmatic Theater Hour on WFMU
An hour of Fiona Templeton:
WFMU's The Acousmatic Theater Hour with Jason G and Karinne from 1/18/2009
WFMU's The Acousmatic Theater Hour with Jason G and Karinne from 1/18/2009
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Forty Days To Forty Plays
If I may direct your attention to Forty Days To Forty Plays, a new theater blog run by the fine people who edited the soon-to-be-released Samuel French edition of 1001. Enjoy!
Monday, February 02, 2009
The Makers of Žižek! On The Commons
As many of you know, I'm working on a feature film script about The Commons, which is mostly a conceptual framework for conceiving of shared property. Here's a short primer from the makers of the excellent (and screened in my classes) film Žižek!:
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