actor's theatre of louisville
most notable as the home of the Humana Festival (March-April yearly), this regional theatre is much cooler than it lets on during the rest of the year.
[added on 11/18/02]

alan cumming
he's such a cute little puppy, and a poster child for all that is good and sweet and fun about gender and sexual fluidity
[added on 10/16/03]

alice in theatreland
particularly intriguing bits of greek theatre info.
[added on 08/13/02]

american visionary art museum
possibly the best thing on baltimore's inner harbor, the vam features a wide variety of work created by self-taught artist's whose bios appear to say they're all schizophrenic. that must be the secret - the vast majority of work here is compelling and stare-worthy. add a small but fabulous gift shop and pricey but fabulous cafe, and your whole day is planned. ps - i so would want to have my wedding in the tall sculpture barn, if i ever decided to get married.
[added on 11/18/02]

another girl at play
a collection of successful artists tell their stories; good source of inspiration to do whatever it is you want
[added on 02/20/03]

art & revolution
bay-area california group that participates in political puppetry and such
[added on 01/11/03]

art and culture
sometimes quite random interconnected encyclopedia of arts
[added on 12/11/03]

artomat
art. vending machine. need i say more?
[added on 02/28/03]

charles mee
mee lets you use elements of his texts for free.
[added on 08/13/02]

chick lit
stuff for chicks who like words
[added on 08/23/02]

culture vulture
a somewhat ugly site with useful art event links, almost always current.
[added on 08/13/02]

double edge theatre
a predominantly female theatre collective with a background in Grotowski
[added on 12/06/02]

girl director
this book (intended for teens) is a great starting point if you're thinking about making your own movies. quite inspiring.
[added on 11/13/02]

ground zero dance
one of the most theatrical modern dance groups i've seen, certainly one of the best local teams
[added on 12/25/02]

kurt weill foundation
a great source of info on weill and lenya's careers
[added on 08/13/02]

latin ballet
ballet to me is like poetry - most of the time it's shlocky, boring, or both - and i don't like it. but i do like this company's melding of latin folklore with balletic style.
[added on 12/25/02]

magdalena project
international collective of women in experimental theatre
[added on 12/06/02]

margaret cho
no one does quite as good a job at uniting the freakish masses as mz cho.
[added on 10/16/03]

mother tongue
d.c.-based feminist poetry collective; sponsors many events and maintains a nicely informative website (for those not in d.c.).
[added on 12/23/02]

nervousness
submit art and other things for swap
[added on 08/28/02]

no media kings
the "you should make one too" section has some great pointers on low-low-budget film making
[added on 11/13/02]

ontological hysterical
i love richard foreman. his existence affirms my artistic purpose. i kid you not.
[added on 08/13/02]

performing arts database
a database of links. some excellent, some not so.
[added on 08/13/02]

places
enter a place and associated song memory, and get one back
[added on 08/28/02]

poison soda
a community site for poets (mostly)
[added on 09/04/02]

postmarked
write someone you don't know a letter. use pretty stationary and say something interesting.
[added on 04/30/03]

project artaud
a theatre and housing project in san francisco. intriguing.
[added on 08/13/02]

robert wilson
big experimental theatre figure
[added on 08/13/02]

silk road dance
maryland-based central asian dance troupe
[added on 02/20/03]

small spiral notebook
literary magazine + art
[added on 08/22/02]

softer world
poignantfunnysad comics, new each week
[added on 02/17/04]

starr foster dance project
local modern dance troupe. while i still haven't managed to see any of starr's performances, i fully intend to. the boy speaks very highly.
[added on 12/25/02]

the SITI company
they're amazing. if you ever have a chance, see one of their productions. or train with them. they'll kick your ass.
[added on 08/13/02]

theatre of operations
my tiny theatre company in virginia
[added on 08/22/02]

toni wells
randomly beautiful photography
[added on 02/27/03]

wooster group
i've always been intrigued by the wooster group, spaulding gray (whom i hate) and all
[added on 03/07/03]

world arts focus
dc-based group that provides space to a variety of world artists
[added on 02/28/03]