Now showing in Flint...Emergency managers: the play!

Kate Wells — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:19:00 +0000

Artists are often idealists, but in Flint this weekend, a new theater company is trying something really optimistic.

They’ve written a play about…emergency managers.

Sure, it may not be the sexiest topic, but it’s got people talking.

"There's this overwhelming sense of apathy."

Like us, for example. I sat in with an auditorium full of ninth graders from Beecher High School as they got a sneak peak.

ArtPrize update: “performance” art features real wedding and website snag extends voting

Lindsey Smith — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:14:59 +0000

Voting for ArtPrize was supposed to end today. But the website has been down on and off throughout the day. So voting to narrow down the “top ten” continues until tomorrow at 4p.m.

There are a lot more ‘sound’ and ‘performance’ art in ArtPrize this year. I highlight ‘sound’ last week, so over the weekend I caught River City Improv’s performance called “Congratulations”.

http://vimeo.com/29634955

performance art

Now showing in Flint...Emergency managers: the play!

ArtPrize update: “performance” art features real wedding and website snag extends voting