In Context: New Society

Miranda July’s New Society comes to BAM on October 7. Get to know July the writer, actor, filmmaker, and distracted meditator with the links below. After you've attended the show, let us know what you thought below and by posting on social media using #NewSociety.

2014 BAM Holiday Reading List

Here we are as in olden days: in a vortex of yule, clamoring for nog and listening to Bing and Mariah, with so many holiday-related things to read, do, see. On the reading front, we suggest consolidation. Get your literary fix during the downtime while covering subjects that will resonate with BAM productions coming up in the winter/spring. Below are a few recommendations, dealing with everything from director John Carpenter to venereal diseases to rodeos in prison.