Odds are the first four words ever spoken were “tell me a story.” And the next four? “Once upon a time…” It’s why we have cave paintings, sculpture, theatre, film, television both scripted and “real.” Everything in our world is crafted to communicate something, whether memory or information, association or...
Do you have 17 minutes and 21 seconds to watch a video. Of course you do. Because you really need to see Ben Cameron, former Executive Director of TCG and current Program Director, Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, talking at the TEDxYYC conference about where we’re all headed,...
Better Monday than never. These are the stories, posts, trends and folks we’ve been following this last week and change. Friday slipped into Saturday, slipped into a 360 storytelling event (more on that later), then slipped into live-blogging the Oscars for Media Elites. Life goes on… So today, a supersized...
Check it. These are the stories, posts, trends and folks we’ve been following this week. There’s a little bit of everything, from the power of blogs to the Humana Festival, from digital theatre to building the world of a show. And no, there’s not a word about “devised work.” (Well,...
We don’t normally pay attention to 2pm around here–or time at all, really, since it’s always 2am here–but this afternoon, you’d have been able to join in a chat at TheatreFace with our own 2am summit guru, Nick Keenan. Quite simply, if it weren’t for the ongoing conversations with Nick...
How do we devise work? And how best can we support that work, these artists? Rather, how can we provide a sustainable model for these companies for funding, presenting, travelling? We’re talking about groups like Universes, the Rude Mechanicals, SITI Company, the Civilians, Taffety Punk and more. Their process is...
Some of us are in D.C. right now for the latest #newplay convening at Arena Stage. You can follow along with us on Twitter, on the New Play Blog and even through streaming video. In the meantime and in-between time, here are the stories, posts, trends and folks we’ve been...
This is the day when, if you’re on Twitter, you highlight someone you follow and suggest that the rest of your friends follow them as well. It’s called Follow Friday, or #ff for short. buy alprazolam online overnight delivery https://www.gallusdetox.com/us/xanax/ We have our own version of the tradition here, even...
One nice tradition on Twitter is the “follow Friday” hashtag, where you pick out a few of the people you follow and suggest them to the rest of your followers. It’s an easy way to meet new people and make new connections. So we’re going to pay homage to our...
The other day, I was following a 2am conversation about how some Chicago theatres could work together to maybe create “industry Monday” shows, or “pay what you can” shows to get people in seats. Ideally, you would be able to get other theatre folk in to see your show, you...
