Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The following are raw notes from Monday Night's mayoral forum at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope. It's a lot of info, but I bolded the things that stuck out to me.
John Liu
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Linked From CultureFuture at 11:06PMSunday, April 21, 2013
Sorry I haven't been doing well updating you all about the campaign to support the arts in NYC. We've been knocking it out of the park. I'm incredibly excited about the potential in this ele…
Linked From CultureFuture at 10:46PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
I had my own round-up of posts in the past about how we make the case, but for this year's national arts advocacy day, here's 10 reasons to support the arts.
I'm going to bring this blog up…
Linked From CultureFuture at 09:59PMWednesday, March 20, 2013
The Onion tells you to "Find The Thing You're Most Passionate About, Then Do It On Nights And Weekends For The Rest Of Your Life":
I have always been a big proponent of following your heart…
Linked From CultureFuture at 09:20PMSaturday, March 16, 2013
In the midst of an article about debate about a plan to bring housing to Pier 40:
“It is my hope that we as a community can come together and work toward an achievable goal through an ope…
Linked From CultureFuture at 07:01PMThursday, March 14, 2013
I've mentioned before the League of Independent Theater Meet the Candidates 2013 event which brought together 20-odd candidates to debate areas of arts policy as pertains to a specific …
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:27PMTuesday, March 12, 2013
I'm pretty gosh-darn exhausted, but initial impressions upon getting home from the Meet the Candidates Forum was that a packed-full room of enthusiastic, interested artists was presente…
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:52PMSaturday, March 9, 2013
An artist really eloquently puts why it's important for artists to get paid for their work:
It's becoming a bigger and bigger cultural conversation, whether it's the Upright Cit…
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:18PMThursday, March 7, 2013
That's right. If you say you do socially conscious work, or you think that the City could be doing more to be supporting the arts, then you have no excuse not to come to the League of Indepe…
Linked From CultureFuture at 12:26PMMonday, February 11, 2013
... it goes negative! Performers in Hair paid a $495 enrollment fee to perform.
Linked From CultureFuture at 02:34PMSaturday, February 9, 2013
On Thursday, I attended Scott Stringer's final State of the Borough Address as Manhattan Borough President -- although really, it also served as a campaign event for his run for comptroller.…
Linked From CultureFuture at 03:51PMIf data-driven web-series are the future of television, then the horse-and-buggy is probably sports broadcasting. The content is every bit as desirable now as it was in years past, but the m…
Linked From CultureFuture at 03:51PMYou have to read this Salon article about how House of Cards is a new frontier of creating content based on what producers will think we like -- only using hard data rather than guesswork:
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Linked From CultureFuture at 02:50PMFriday, February 8, 2013
The Brooklyn Nets are not the first professional basketball team in Brooklyn. The Smart Set Athletic Club were. Because the Negro Basketball League counts.
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:32AMIf you have ever said that you create "socially engaged work," read this whole post.
If you have ever expressed frustration that public officials don't care about the arts, read this whole …
Linked From CultureFuture at 10:31AMSaturday, February 2, 2013
I wish I could embed the video, but this NY1 gave me a spit-take -- a political consultant talking about small businesses in Manhattan (in context of the Manhattan Borough President race) me…
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:50PMTHE FIRE THIS TIME
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JANUARY 21 – FEBRUARY 2 @ 85 EAST 4TH STREET
The best thing a short play festival can be is a sampler plate of excellent talent. For those who try to…
Linked From CultureFuture at 06:45PMI don't write reviews about work in progress, so I will just say that I saw Soldier X by Rehana Mirza in development at the Lark Play Development Center, and that it was quite good and gripp…
Linked From CultureFuture at 06:45PMFrom Syracuse.com, a round-up of NY state funding that went out to art and culture organizations.
It includes: two jazz festivals and a conference, heating/venting/roof repair for a…
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:39AMNEA's Chief of Staff Jamie Bennett, in an interview with Barry Hessenius:
In creative placemaking, an entirely different trope is substituted: you begin with a shared interest – often a p…
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:39AMTuesday, January 29, 2013
From the legal case on behalf of the Defense of Marriage Act:
Congress recognized the basic biological fact that only a man and a woman can beget a child together without advance planning, …
Linked From CultureFuture at 06:16PMSunday, January 27, 2013
This political season -- New York's 2013 city-wide election -- I'm going to be personally involved through the League of Independent Theaters. More details will come.
Today, however,…
Linked From CultureFuture at 08:33PMSaturday, January 26, 2013
It's finally happened -- cinematographers are just using Instagram filters.
Linked From CultureFuture at 06:13PMAnd just having hit "post" on the previous post, I came across this gem from Taylor Mac:
I believe you can make a living as a theater artist but in order to do so, without making work you …
Linked From CultureFuture at 03:10PMDave Malloy, in Culturebot:
There is a difference between what is nice and what is deserved. I don’t think that art deserves money. Again, I take it when it is offered to me, I’ll ask …
Linked From CultureFuture at 02:10PM"Dr. King would be proud to see our Global Strike team — comprised of Airmen, civilians and contractors from every race, creed, background and religion — standing side-by-side ensuring t…
Linked From CultureFuture at 12:00AMFriday, January 25, 2013
John Clancy lays out what "Independent" really means when we talk about "independent theater":
I am an independent theater artist.
I am constantly developing new work, my own and o…
Linked From CultureFuture at 09:58PMSeems like the avant garde is in an arms race of running time.
When I saw The Lily's Revenge, I thought Taylor Mac did a great job managing it's five hour running time by breaking i…
Linked From CultureFuture at 10:48AMMonday, January 21, 2013
Hey you -- yes, you. Fractured Atlas is one of the coolest places to work in America, and they do great work for the arts community. And they're also hiring two jobs, a program associate:
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Linked From CultureFuture at 09:25AMSunday, January 20, 2013
From the transcripts of the Federal Open Market Committee:
MR. FISHER: The situation remains real, but we've gone beyond suspended reality. If you will forgive me, you might say we have gon…
Linked From CultureFuture at 11:10AMSaturday, January 19, 2013
A friend of mine from a long time ago was in town performing, and it reminded me how much I love her and her music. Enjoy.
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