Director Richard Foreman and musician John Zorn team up for "Astronome: A Night at the Opera" opening next year at Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Watch video feed of rehearsals and see how Foreman develops this production. Tune in at www.free103point9.org every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 26, 2008-Jan. 21, 2009 live from the Ontological-Hysteric Theater in Manhattan. No rehearsals Dec. 24, 2008. Show opens in 2009.

“Over the River and Through the Woods…” A reminiscence? An interrogation of the holiday industry? A meditation on rivers and woods? To grandmother’s house we go? Re-making the holidays as you would like them to be as an adult? Perhaps none of these questions will be answered. But is it possible to smell gingerbread cookies while listening to a webcast? Hosted by New York Society for Acoustic Ecology co-chair Jonny Farrow, this show will focus on home recordings, holiday songs, and dusty memories from the shelves of holidays past. So, put on your pj’s, pour yourself a hot apple cider and curl up next to your laptop. NYSAE's weekly, two-hour radio show webcasting recordings of the NYC soundscape, (wo)man-on-the-street public interest interviews, live on-site sound explorations, special guests, and more. New show updated each month.

free103point9 is pleased to announce the 2009 Distribution Grant for New York State Artists providing support for the distribution of new works in film, video, sound, new-media, and media-installation. This grant is for completed works only.

On December 4th, Galen Joseph-Hunter (Executive Director, free103point9) will introduce this regrant opportunity as well as the application process.

About the Distribution Grant

Funding is available from free103point9 through a regrant from New York State Council on the Arts’ Electronic Media and Film Program. Grant awards will assist artists in making works available to public audiences and may include, but are not limited to: duplication of previews, screening, and exhibition copies of moving image and sound works; promotional materials including documentation and schematics of media-installation and new-media works. The rental or purchase of equipment for exhibition/distribution by individual artists is also eligible. Artists may request funding support up to a maximum amount of $10,000.

New to the Distribution Grant this year, successful applicants will also be awarded the additional opportunity to work with a project consultant. This mentor will have expertise in the grantees’ specific genre of media art.

Application Guidelines, FAQs, and Resources will be available at http://www.free103point9.org/nysca in November 2008.

Contact free103point9 for more information:
regrant@free103point9.org
(518) 622-2598
(917) 297-1537

Chorus of Refuge is a sound installation that transmits the stories of six refugees, living in different cities across the U.S. to six radios. The voices of the refugees are superimposed and coordinated in both rhythm and tonality to unite their narratives of struggle, survival and triumph. The event is free and open to the public.

Opening: Saturday 7-9 p.m., Sunday hours: Noon-6 p.m.
See photos of the event here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uniondocs/sets/72157611458830991/

NYSAE members Andrea Polli and Jonny Farrow interview artist China Blue about her recent CD, Under Voices, for which she recorded the seismic vibrations of the Eiffel Tower. With excerpts of the CD and other sonic curiosities. More information about China Blue's project here.