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THURSTON, KIM, AND JIM AT NYC BENEFIT + BANG ON A CAN Kim, Thurston, and Jim will perform at a benefit for the Carter G. Woodson Cultural Literacy Program. The fundraiser takes place Monday, June 9, 7:00 pm at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Tickets are $20.00 in advance & $25 at the door. The evening will
also include music by David Byrne, Pamela Laws, and Citizen Cope, as well
as fiction readings by Jonathan Franzen, Mary Gaitskill, and Colson Whitehead.
The following is from the organizers:
And don't forget- on June 14 the Bang on a Can All-Stars will perform new pieces they have commissioned from Thurston. Thurston will also be joining them onstage for the performance at Symphony Space in New York. The same night will also feature newly commissioned works from Donnacha Dennehey, Annea Lockwood, and Ingram Marshall. Plus, special guest Steve Reich joins Bang on a Can in a performance of some of his seminal works. More infos here. LEE NEWS: AMERICAN MAGIC, SOLO DATES, & MORE Lee has contributed music to a play by Gil Kofman entitled "American Magic" which will open May 8 in New York. An excerpt from the play's website follows: In AMERICAN MAGIC, a city is under attack by an unseen enemy and security is at an all-time high. When a foreign-born mind reader entertains the President during a birthday gala, he is accused of stealing secrets from his head and being in collusion with terrorists.In this ripe and timely new play by Gil Kofman, a heated battle is taking shape on the streets of the American soul. Amid the smoldering prospect of perpetual paranoia and the flames of xenophobic fear, defending our liberty without imprisoning it in the process will require more than smoke and mirrors. By using the metaphor of mind-reading to go beyond the standard profiling of those around us, the play interrogates the notion of other as an extension of ourselves and our fears, while poking fun at our eagerness to pawn civil liberties for an illusion of safety. AMERICAN MAGIC at Altered Stages at 212 W. 29th St, New York, NY. OPENING IS SUNDAY, MAY 8th through JUNE 8th. Also, don't forget about upcoming Lee solo dates: May 16 Nels Cline, Lee Ranaldo & Marina Rosenfeld New York, NY Tonic May 24 in Barcelona and May 27 in Madrid Lee joins Steve as a member of Christina Rosenvinge's band May 28 Reading to celebrate new Spanish edition of Lee's book 'Road Movies' with Ray Loriga, plus Lee solo guitar. La Casa Encendida 6:30pm Madrid June 1 Text of Light,
Nancy (Vandoeuvre), France Musique Action Festival line-up: Lee Ranaldo/Alan
Licht/Uli Kreiger/DJ Olive/William Hooker. June 5 Christian Marclay/Lee Ranaldo Hammer Museum, LA July 26 David Watson, Lee Ranaldo, Tony Buck Marseilles, France MIMI Festival KIM ART EXHIBIT (AND PHOTOS), STEVE IN SPAIN Kim has what might be her first ever NYC solo art show upcoming at Participant Gallery. The press release reads in part: From April 19 – May 18, 2003 PARTICIPANT INC will present STAIRWAY (IS IT MY BODY?) a solo exhibition of works by Kim Gordon. Based on a text written by the artist, this site-specific installation will incorporate recent and new works in painting, sculpture, video and sound. The text—one in an ongoing series of music revisionist artist’s books—addresses themes drawn from Gordon’s experience growing up in Los Angeles in the 70s: cars, hitch hiking, Charles Manson, rock music, and the intersection of modern and postmodern architecture. Somewhere in the desert canyons resided Joni Mitchell—the embodiment of “consistent total brilliance.” Her memories are aesthetic, like architecture. Using the particularities of L.A. architecture (wood and metal detailing, the colors of buildings, institutional murals) as catalysts for works, Gordon recalls the subtleties and obsessions of this formative moment. PARTICIPANT INC is located at 95 Rivington Street, between Ludlow and Orchard Streets in the Lower East Side. Gallery hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 12-7pm. Photos from the opening can now be seen on Stefano Giovannini's website. In other developments, Steve will be performing with Smells Like Records artist Christina Rosenvinge once in New York, and then throughout Spain. The dates are as follows: 4/13
New York NY - Tonic (w/ TONY SCHERR )
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