'Rent' Takes Final Bow On Broadway Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:00:00 -0400 The curtain comes down on Rent for the last time Sunday night, after 12 years on Broadway. Although critics call the musical dated, it will live on in a touring production and countless high school drama classes. 'Bangkok Dangerous': A Hit Man Adrift In Thailand Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:03:00 -0400 The Pang Brothers' partially sanitized remake of their own 1999 thriller is hardly philosophical. Its style and its soul are more Asian than American — and it leaves some space for contemplation between shootouts. 'The Fly' Stirs New Buzz — On The Operatic Stage Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:36:00 -0400 Science fiction isn't typical source material for opera. Which is why Placido Domingo was a little surprised when The Fly landed on his desk. But David Cronenberg and Howard Shore's opera opens Sept. 7 in Los Angeles.
Joan Acocella: A festival for everyone. Joan Acocella Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000 For anyone who doesn’t know about it by now, the Fall for Dance Festival is a two-week series that takes place every September, at City Center, and has a notable entry fee: ten dollars a seat, every seat. City Center was once a Shriners auditorium. After our municipality bought . . . Goings on About Town: Movies Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000 OPENING
AUGUST EVENING
A drama, directed by Chris Eska, about several generations of Latino migrant workers in Texas. Opening Sept. 5. (Village East Cinemas.)
BANGKOK DANGEROUS
Reviewed this week in The Current Cinema. Opening Sept. 5. (In wide release.)
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE ITALIAN
Jason Todd Ipson directed this romantic . . . Goings on About Town: Art Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:00:00 -0000 MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)--“J. M. W. Turner.” Through Sept. 21. | “Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632-1717).” Opens Sept. 9. | “Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe.” Through Sept. 21. | “Jeff Koons . . .
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Review: 'Trouble the Water' Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0500 Documentary follows the human drama of hurricane Katrina through the eyes of a young married couple from the Lower Ninth Ward.
Review: 'Ping Pong Playa' Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0500 Comedy about a basketball star who gets roped into the family table tennis business is fitfully amusing.
Review: 'I Served the King of England' Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:00 -0500 Chaplinesque fable has an airiness that masks its tragic undertow.
500Artswire - An online community and resource for artists and art related organizations, sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts.
ASCI - Art and Science Collaborations - Art and technology member organization, a network for artists who either use or are inspired by science and technology.
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Babylon - Collection of artists seeking to facilitate the evolution of our common culture. Through local events, online galleries, a web based network, and other forms of collaboration.
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Community Arts Network - Information exchange, research and critical dialogue in community-based arts. Includes the Community Arts Training Directory, APInews monthly newsletter, essays, and links.
CreatioNation - A global community of creative people. Galleries, web hosting, and forums.
HYYPE Independent Media - A vehicle which assists, promotes and distributes independent arts and music. Our goal is to offer inexpensive, high quality production, mentoring, and promotion to artists of all genres, then provide a royalty-free outlet for the project to be exposed to the public. Education, events, promotion, production, and community involvement.
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Lombardy Elephants Artists' Group - A meeting point for all the arts, centred in Australia but hoping to link artists from over the world in joint artistic activities and friendships.
MyArtClub.Com - Offers a self service website for artists and art clubs to promote their art to the community.
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NeT-ArT - Virtual community of artists, galleries and art lovers. Free artists exhibition, chat, forum, resources, tools, and services for the arts. Also in Italian.
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ORVIS - Portfolios and information on visual and performing artists.
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Passion4Art - Artist network (commercial) offering web-hosting, discussions, calendars and other resources.
Reality Crash - Free online showcase for writers, artists, and musicians.
Reelmind - Free Internet community offering film makers, animators, writers and composers global promotion, through streaming media, and personal Web sites.
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RSUB - An online entryway to outre and avant garde digital arts and culture.
SensoLab - Project that strives to estabilish a connection between different forms of expression. This site is for anyone who wants to send creative work.
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different forms of expression. This site is FREE for anyone who wants to send us drawings,
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Slought Foundation - Comprised of a series of local and web-based arts initiatives; independent and collaborative components include multiple lecture series, curated events, concerts and publications (small presses, e-journals, music labels), exhibits.)
Meta Description: [ Slought Foundation, Philadelphia: Contemporary Art and Theory, Slought Foundation (pronounced Sl-aw-t) is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization that broadly encourages new futures for contemporary life through public programs with internationally renowned artists and theorists. ]
The San Juan Islands' Artist Community - An artist resource and directory for island residents. Includes links to local classes, workshops, events, featured artist, art organizations, material exchange, news, and galleries.
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The Thing - Bulletin board system and community for production and presentation of net specific art and the discourse surrounding it.
VeryBusy - Network for electronic arts, with database, forums and communities. In German and English.
vibecontrol - Experience multi-media communication art. Requires Javascript enabled browser.
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wwwArtchannel - System for antiques, architecture, crafts, dance, design, fashion, film, fine art, literature, multimedia, music, photography, show biz, television and theatre communities.
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