Dear Community,
The League of Independent Theater is proud to present the first Get Lit with LIT
event of 2010 with:
DAVID PINCUS, Chair of the Theater Task Force for Manhattan Community Board 4. TUESDAY,
FEB. 23 at 7PM
David will discuss the important new Tax Credit proposal that is making it's way
through the the Community Boards now. If you make theater in New York, and work
in the not-for-profit sector, you cannot afford to miss out on the conversation.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT NEW PROPOSAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. PLEASE JOIN US!
WITH Special Guests:
David Diamond Chair of CB5's Theater & Arts Committee
David Gruber and Robin Rothstein, CB5 and co-authors of the resolution.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7PM
The Lark Play Development Center
939 Eighth Avenue, 2nd Floor Between 55 & 56
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
two openings
Just realized that the Malta production of Fatboy opens tonight. Actually because of the time difference it's already opened and they're all at a bar in Valletta.
And Calvitto starts his Adelaide Fringe run of The Event tonight as well. Again, time difference means he's opened, been to the bar, insulted some strangers and is now dreaming in his Australian hotel room.
And strangers on the other side of the globe just heard the words I scribbled down at this very desk years ago.
Kind of cool.
Happy weekend, all.
And Calvitto starts his Adelaide Fringe run of The Event tonight as well. Again, time difference means he's opened, been to the bar, insulted some strangers and is now dreaming in his Australian hotel room.
And strangers on the other side of the globe just heard the words I scribbled down at this very desk years ago.
Kind of cool.
Happy weekend, all.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Get LIT
This is happening Tuesday, come on down.
The League of Independent Theater is proud to present the first Get Lit with LIT event of 2010 with guest DAVID PINCUS, Chair of the Theater Task Force for Manhattan Community Board 4. David will discuss the important new Tax Credit proposal that is making it's way through the the Community Boards now.
WITH Special Guests:
David Diamond Chair of CB5's Theater & Arts Committee
David Gruber and Robin Rothstein, CB5 and co-authors of the resolution.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7PM
The Lark Play Development Center
939 Eighth Avenue, 2nd Floor Between 55 & 56
Come and join an important conversation with the League and David Pincus and Guests on this exciting new legislation that could really make a difference for the viability and sustainability of small theaters in New York City.
FREE BEER!
The League of Independent Theater is proud to present the first Get Lit with LIT event of 2010 with guest DAVID PINCUS, Chair of the Theater Task Force for Manhattan Community Board 4. David will discuss the important new Tax Credit proposal that is making it's way through the the Community Boards now.
WITH Special Guests:
David Diamond Chair of CB5's Theater & Arts Committee
David Gruber and Robin Rothstein, CB5 and co-authors of the resolution.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7PM
The Lark Play Development Center
939 Eighth Avenue, 2nd Floor Between 55 & 56
Come and join an important conversation with the League and David Pincus and Guests on this exciting new legislation that could really make a difference for the viability and sustainability of small theaters in New York City.
FREE BEER!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
beautiful words
This is Arlene Goldbard speaking at the California Arts Advocates Visioning Retreat. Thanks, Ginny L. for the tip.
What we know in every cell of our bodies and learn every hour of the day is true. The essence of being human is to make art. We do it in red-carpeted halls and ramshackle huts, at every moment of history, every time we mark the unfolding of our lives. Even under harrowing conditions, in SuperMax prisons and concentration camps, people save precious crumbs or scrape up clumps of mud to make sculptures. They scratch on prison walls with rocks or the burnt ends of matches.
I am awestruck to think that Herbert Zipper, the founding director of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, led a clandestine orchestra in Dachau. When human history began, our ancestors circled their fires, turning their backs on the darkness to share stories of the hunt, the trek, the storm and their meanings. Today we sit in neat rows in darkened multiplexes, warming ourselves by the light of much busier and more complicated stories. But underneath, we are the same.
Torpitude is an excellent word, Rosie, but Ann wins the Cambodian cruise.
What we know in every cell of our bodies and learn every hour of the day is true. The essence of being human is to make art. We do it in red-carpeted halls and ramshackle huts, at every moment of history, every time we mark the unfolding of our lives. Even under harrowing conditions, in SuperMax prisons and concentration camps, people save precious crumbs or scrape up clumps of mud to make sculptures. They scratch on prison walls with rocks or the burnt ends of matches.
I am awestruck to think that Herbert Zipper, the founding director of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, led a clandestine orchestra in Dachau. When human history began, our ancestors circled their fires, turning their backs on the darkness to share stories of the hunt, the trek, the storm and their meanings. Today we sit in neat rows in darkened multiplexes, warming ourselves by the light of much busier and more complicated stories. But underneath, we are the same.
Torpitude is an excellent word, Rosie, but Ann wins the Cambodian cruise.
Monday, February 15, 2010
No word from the little laptop shop, so we live in hope and work on a borrowed computer.
Presidents Day, so gob bless them all. Except for Reagan, of course. And Bush. And his dad. And Nixon. And that idiot Hoover. And...
Here's an MMMQ in questionable taste on this day:
In 1985 after releasing Frankenchrist, The Dead Kennedys were criminally charged with:
1. distribution of harmful matter to minors
2. plagiarism
3. criminal mischief
or
4. moral turpitude
Winners get a holiday in Cambodia, losers get drafted.
Presidents Day, so gob bless them all. Except for Reagan, of course. And Bush. And his dad. And Nixon. And that idiot Hoover. And...
Here's an MMMQ in questionable taste on this day:
In 1985 after releasing Frankenchrist, The Dead Kennedys were criminally charged with:
1. distribution of harmful matter to minors
2. plagiarism
3. criminal mischief
or
4. moral turpitude
Winners get a holiday in Cambodia, losers get drafted.
Friday, February 12, 2010
robots take a round
After an hour on the phone with Dell support and poking at the damned thing with a screwdriver we declared defeat and walked the laptop over to the little laptop repair shop on Clinton. When I consider how much I have stored on that little machine and how long its been since I backed anything up, well...
I'm screwed.
I can get online with Spitfire's old laptop, but all of those files...
Deeply screwed.
I'm screwed.
I can get online with Spitfire's old laptop, but all of those files...
Deeply screwed.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
calling Yoshimi
The CB4 Theater Task Force letter was approved unanimously by the Board last night.
Now that's what I'm talking about.
Here at home, the Museum seems to be under some sort of cyber-attack. My technical expertise extends only to turning on and off the computer, so if we go dark for awhile you can assume we're being overrun by giant, pink robots selling us discount pharmaceuticals.
Not to worry.
Now that's what I'm talking about.
Here at home, the Museum seems to be under some sort of cyber-attack. My technical expertise extends only to turning on and off the computer, so if we go dark for awhile you can assume we're being overrun by giant, pink robots selling us discount pharmaceuticals.
Not to worry.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
CB4
Got this today, passing it on. Come if you can.
And Ann knows her produce.
This Wednesday, February 3rd, at the Fulton Center Auditorium, 119 Ninth Avenue (between 17th and 18th Streets), Manhattan Community Board 4 is going to consider a letter written by its Theater Task Force for passage.
At 6:30, on that evening, members of the public are invited to sign-up for
a public session at which they will be given two minutes to speak on any
topic that interests them.
Any member of the public, who resides or works (or performs) within the
confines of Community District 4, 14th Street to 59th, 8th Avenue to the
Hudson River, is invited to attend.
If you are a theater artist, who supports the tax credit initiative that
the unprecedented alliance of Community Board Arts related committees are
developing, we need your support at that meeting.
We need you there to speak up on its behalf.
The chances of the passage of the CB4 Theater Task Forces letter which informs our elected officials of the Community Board alliance formed to support small to mid-sized non-profit performing arts organizations, and in addition, asks for their
consideration of an innovative tax credit proposal to help us reduce the
crisis confronting the independent theater sector, can only benefit from
your presence and participation at this public session.
And Ann knows her produce.
This Wednesday, February 3rd, at the Fulton Center Auditorium, 119 Ninth Avenue (between 17th and 18th Streets), Manhattan Community Board 4 is going to consider a letter written by its Theater Task Force for passage.
At 6:30, on that evening, members of the public are invited to sign-up for
a public session at which they will be given two minutes to speak on any
topic that interests them.
Any member of the public, who resides or works (or performs) within the
confines of Community District 4, 14th Street to 59th, 8th Avenue to the
Hudson River, is invited to attend.
If you are a theater artist, who supports the tax credit initiative that
the unprecedented alliance of Community Board Arts related committees are
developing, we need your support at that meeting.
We need you there to speak up on its behalf.
The chances of the passage of the CB4 Theater Task Forces letter which informs our elected officials of the Community Board alliance formed to support small to mid-sized non-profit performing arts organizations, and in addition, asks for their
consideration of an innovative tax credit proposal to help us reduce the
crisis confronting the independent theater sector, can only benefit from
your presence and participation at this public session.
Monday, February 01, 2010
come see Dave
Calvitto is doing one showing of The Event before he gets on a plane. It's happening this Saturday, come on down.
Here are the details:
Location: 45 Bleecker St Theater (Bleecker and Lafayette)
Time: 3:30
Running time: 65 minutes
Ticket price: $10
And our MAMQ references the recent arctic conditions:
Cold, Cold, Cold tells the sad story of Lowell George stuck in a cold hotel room with a busted T.V. set and no female companionship. When, for some reason, he calls up room service and asks for some fruit, what doesn't he request?
1. A coconut
2. A kiwi
3. A peach
4. A pear
Here are the details:
Location: 45 Bleecker St Theater (Bleecker and Lafayette)
Time: 3:30
Running time: 65 minutes
Ticket price: $10
And our MAMQ references the recent arctic conditions:
Cold, Cold, Cold tells the sad story of Lowell George stuck in a cold hotel room with a busted T.V. set and no female companionship. When, for some reason, he calls up room service and asks for some fruit, what doesn't he request?
1. A coconut
2. A kiwi
3. A peach
4. A pear
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