Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'foundmagazine'
May 17, 2007
THEATER: Listen up: The World Financial Center’s unique Word of Mouth Festival is going on through Saturday only. Taking inspiration from the festival’s location, The Women’s Project is presenting a series of short plays by women playwrights called Girls Just Wanna Have Fund$. They’re all site-specific works about the relationships between women and wealth (or lack thereof); audiences are escorted through various spots around the World Financial Center to watch each performance. (There's an article......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In"June 4, 2006
DCist is screwed in the event of an oil crisis. Not that we're not all screwed in the event of an oil crisis, just D.C. is more screwed. Don't sell your car yet, District resident, a cabbie can kick you to the curb if he doesn't like your address. Not even Metro can save you now. Londonist experiences the London of the future through the wonders of 3D modeling, but while the 3D guys are......
Continue Reading "Elsewhere in the Ist-a-verse"May 16, 2006
It's soggy outside but it's cozy at the bookstores and bars this week. Tonight (6/16), Australian writer Peter Carey is reading from his latest book, Theft: A Love Story, at 192 Books at 7PM. Or, head down to the always cozy Half King tonight for the Spring 2006 edition of The Literary Review, where Lynne Tillman, Craig Mueller, and Cary Goldstein will be reading from their selections in the journal. It starts at 7PM and......
Continue Reading "Literati Roundup: Readings, Celebrations, and a Cannon!"December 2, 2005
Just in case you've left a little space in your weekend for some literary-minded events (and we're sure you have), make it a priority to stop by the 18th Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair, a totally free event that's happening all weekend, on Saturday, December 3rd (10am to 6pm) and Sunday, December 4th (11am to 5pm) at the Small Press Center, located in The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen building at 20......
Continue Reading "Literati Weekend: Small Press Book Fair"September 24, 2004
Gothamist doesn't hate it when our friends become successful, and we have no shame when it comes to plugging their endeavors. A month ago, we told you about FOUND Magazine, a project that started small, but has ballooned to a book deal, television appearances and nationwide tour. Last night was the first of three nights of reading-performances by Davy Rothbart, the creator of FOUND. He performs again tonight and Saturday (two shows each night)......
Continue Reading "Slapdance Across New York"August 26, 2004
Next month the ambitious "Slapdance Across America" 50-state FOUND book tour van will be pulling into an alley in Times Square next to The Tank for 3 nights of find-filled reading and song. FOUND Magazine is the brainchild of Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner, who had the why-didn't-I-think-of-that? idea to collect and publish found letters, notes, drawings, photographs, laundry lists and other items collected by Rothbart, his friends, and strangers across the United States. The......
Continue Reading "FOUND in New York"
