Event week

Back in NYC from DC, and gearing up for ...

Hanifah Walidah Q&A tonight at NYU,

NYU Grad Student strike on Wednesday barring last-minute change of heart on Administration (hope springs eternal)

Queer Studies Symposium at Rutgers Thursday to celebrate new Social Text issue, "What's Queer About Queer Studies Now?"

Marina Abramovic at the Guggenheim all-night, every night this week, except for

Judith Butler on Friday night at NYU, with Sparkle Shortz and maybe long-lost college buddy. This event is in doubt now with strike. If it falls through can always go see Abramovic reenact another classic Performance Art piece from the 1970s.

Saturday afternoon panel at the "Old Bottom Line" on trends in Performance and New Media. Talk about the ironies -- resuscitating the downtown scene in the morgue NYU has built for it.

Next week, Performa continues with appearances by Eileen Myles, Ron Athey, and Vaginal Creme Davis.