FIELD NOTES :: CLARINDA MAC LOW :: MARCHING AS METAPHOR
[box] For this special edition of our long-running FIELD NOTES series, Clarinda Mac Low (performance and installation artist, journalist, Culture Push director, and all-around making-happen-er of things) adds her voice to the chorus of questions seemingly never far from the
RE:CONVERSATIONS :: LATE NIGHT WITH CARL SAGAN :: Shanna Maurizi talks Experimental Film, Science, and Existential Crisis with Tara Plath
[vimeo_video height="300" autoplay="no"]https://vimeo.com/106237316[/vimeo_video] [box] In this special edition of our RE:CONVERSATIONS series, Filmmaker Shanna Maurizi joins Artist/Writer Tara Plath in dialogue around Maurizi's recent experimental project, LATE NIGHT WITH CARL SAGAN. Shot entirely on an iPhone with homemade props and frame-by-frame animation,
TIME IS RUNNING OUT to SUPPORT THE FOURTH ANNUAL NYC POETRY FESTIVAL
There are certain visions that become tangible in such a way as to appear simply as though they are naturally occurring - institutions and events, in particular, can appear to persist of their own accord even after just a few
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 20 :: Christina Rodriguez on Clarice Lispector, Agua Viva, and the Art of Breathlessness
It's a slow kind of love that builds as the pages are turning. When you read a book, you grow to love the story, the characters, and the author. If you are a writer, you might find a mentor and a
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 17 :: SPARROW on PHILIP WHALEN
[line] I met Philip Whalen in 1976 at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado, where I was a student (22 years old). Philip co-taught a class with Allen Ginsberg called "Visiting Poetics." At that time Philip was a Zen monk, with a
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30 :: DAY 11 :: ELIZA BLUE on MARIE HOWE
It is a Saturday, and I am kneading bread in a little kitchen in rural South Dakota. I am a month away from getting kicked out by my boyfriend’s parents, who own the place, because he is leaving to start
3rd ANNUAL NAPOMO 30/30/30:: DAY 4 :: LAURA HENRIKSEN on HELEN ADAM (1909-1993)
[Editor's note: I've loved Helen Adam ever since I heard an excerpt of the above, her "Cheerless Junkie's Song," podcast back in 2007. I was happy to find this rare video footage of her singing the song on the
3rd Annual 30/30/30 Poetry Month Series :: Inspiration, Community, Tradition :: Day 1 :: Introduction and CHY RYAN SPAIN on KAREN FINLEY
The Operating System is thrilled to welcome you to our 3rd Annual 30-on-30-in-30 Poetry Month Celebration! In this wildly popular series, begun in 2012, we invite creative people from a range of backgrounds to share a story about how their
MUSIC / DANCE :: COMING TOGETHER / ATTICA at THE INVISIBLE DOG ART CENTER, JUNE 12-15
Highlights from Coming Together/Attica from Rebecca Lazier on Vimeo. COMING TOGETHER/ATTICA JUNE 12 - 15, 2013 The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn Music by Frederic Rzewski (1971) Text by Sam Melville (1971) Performances: Thursday, June 13 at 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Friday, June 14 at
NYC Readings Roundup :: May 27-June 2
Editor’s note: welcome to the 13th iteration of our new weekly series, the Readings Roundup…which you might notice is growing steadily! Sorry if I’m repeating myself to some of you but if this is your first time here it bears
