Short notice but my interview with Rob Roth, Michael Cavadias, and The Claywoman will be TONIGHT at 9:30. The show is "streaming" which means you can listen to it from anywhere in the universe from a computer with internet access (whoa!). I'll be archiving it on my website soon. See below. -- Gerry Visco 917-689-4610 Keep It Real Thumb Dear WKCR Listeners, Welcome to the 30th edition of the Arts Department e-newsletter of 2008. If you are unable to tune into the show live, you can always catch shows on the Archive's section of our newsletter: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/archives/arts.html. Feel free to learn more about our shows at www.wkcr.org/wkcrarts and visit the Arts Calendar at http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ohara.wkcr%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York where you can find a monthly calendar of upcoming hosts. Tune in at 89.9 FM or listen on-line at www.wkcr.org. Arts & Answers Tuesday, July 29: 9:30-10:00 pm Joining us on Arts and Answers will be the Claywoman, a 500-million-year-old enigma who, legend has it, travels the world searching for souls to heal. The Mystery of Claywoman, written and performed by Michael Cavadias and directed by Rob Roth, combines a documentary screening with lecture at the New Museum on the Lower East Side on August 1. Roth is a director and artist who created the Click + Drag performance events at Mother. Cavadias is an actor, model, and musician who appeared in The Wonder Boys and performed with Blacklips Performance Cult and Mabou Mines. Hosted by Gerry Visco The Mystery of Claywoman Part of New Museum Presents Film/Video Buy tickets now: $8 Members, $10 General Public Claywoman is a 500-million-year-old enigma who, legend has it, can cure anyone of their deepest pain. She has traveled the universe searching for souls to heal and planets to save. The Mystery of Claywoman, written and performed by Michael Cavadias and directed by Rob Roth, combines the forms of a documentary screening and lecture to actualize the story of Claywoman. Claywoman was originally developed by Cavadias while working with seminal downtown performance troupe Blacklips Performance Cult and with Mabou Mines E.T.C.'s artist residence program. The cast of the film includes Amy Poehler, Alan Cumming, Justin Bond, and Ruth Maleczech. Michael Cavadias has acted in many films, including Wonder Boys (alongside Michael Douglas and Robert Downey Jr.), fronted the rock band "Bullet," whose songs were featured in the film The Safety of Objects, and is currently a featured performer with the Citizens Band. As a fashion model, Cavadias has been photographed by Terry Richardson, Stephen Klein, Mario Testino, and Albert Watson. He is also known as dj and performance artist Lily of the Valley. Director Rob Roth is a founding member of Click + Drag, the infamous Saturday night performance party at Mother, for which Roth created video installations, photography, design, and performance. Roth has collaborated and created works for Justin Bond (Kiki and Herb), Caden Manson/Big Art Group, Blondie/Deborah Harry, and choreographer Julie Tolentino. He is director and creator of Screen Test, the live rock opera with Theo and the Skyscrapers, and directed Deborah Harry's new video for the single Two Times Blue. The Mystery of Claywoman Written and Performed by Michael Cavadias Directed by Rob Roth Edited by Rob Roth Animation: Rob Roth, Brian Finney, Kenji Yamashita Courtney Tichman: makeup Jamie Clayton: makeup assistant Ben Kato: lighting design Todd Thomas: costume design Trent Ermes: director of photography Palmyra Delran and Sean Pierce: music Film Cast Justin Bond Alan Cumming Rachelle Garniez Deborah Harry Viatcheslav Kopturevskiy Trip Langley Ruth Maleczech Amy Miles Edgar Oliver Amy Poehler Mauro Von Waldenberg Steve Wangh