When I heard the news that Dito van Reigersberg had passed away, my brain kept circling around the same odd thought: “it’s like all the elephants have gone extinct.” Thirty minutes later it would wail the same thing. I wanted to text everyone I knew, “all the elephants are
Just a quick dip in your inbox to say that if you are in Philadelphia, you should hop over to the ICA Philly for a half hour or 45 minutes, any time between now and August 9, to check out A World in the Making: The Shakers, which is just
You might think mid-February is a tad early to put out a best of the year list, but doesn't it kind of feel like it's been 12 months already? Don't we need to celebrate joy wherever we can find it? 2026 has been
Y'all. What a roller coaster trip of a time to be alive. Hope you are holding on to the safety bar and have some buddies with you. I'll be supporting artist Leslie Cuyjet with an upcoming presentation at BAM, December 3-7. If you're
Last night I went to the Whole Shebang to see Jungeun Kim and Lu Donovan share some current projects and research. Both artists performed solo in the very intimate, cozy space of Shebang (I counted 13 of us in the audience), and I was reminded of how wonderfully brave it
I have been doing volunteer shifts doing court observing as masked ICE agents are snatching immigrants when they come to court for mandatory immigration court appointments. Volunteers help distribute information about immigrants’ rights, collect emergency contact information so we can let someone know if they are detained, and try to
This is an extra Philadelphia-heavy edition, because all of a sudden there are a ton of exciting events all clustered together happening here! And still no centralized place to find out about them, as far as I can tell, so please enjoy this cobbled together attempt to spread the
It's likely you've heard about the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) withdrawing project grants that had already been awarded, which happened Friday, May 2. Many, if not most, of the NEA's staff members have resigned, including the three hardworking and dedicated (and stylish)
Links Hall is a small performing arts venue in Chicago that has been a vital home for independent artists for the last 45 years or so. Last week the organization announced that they would be closing at the end of June due to ongoing financial troubles. When I heard the
Next week I’ll be traveling to Louisiana doing what I’m calling a roadtrip residency. Will probably share more about what’s behind that residency in a future newsletter but for now, I just wanted to share a few things my pre-trip research has turned up, both horrifying
Woof, with so much news flooding the pipelines this week, I know I'm not alone in feeling just a mite overwhelmed. As a result, I'm going to share a half-dozen things I read on the internet this week that made me laugh, gave me a
Hello! I know we're all up in arms about nonsense at the Kennedy Center and changes at the National Endowment for the Arts, and I have a few opinions too, but for this week, just keeping it mostly local. BigKid spotlight Last week I got to drop by