Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Update
Contains:
* Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: a photographic exhibit at DriveIn
* BFC featured in Sideshow Encyclopedia
* BFC in new Vaudeville history
* 2006 NYC Winter Season
* Now Booking 2006-07
* Supporting Variety Entertainment
We thank everyone who came to see us perform with the Midnight Circus
in Chicago. Although Keith and Stephanie Bindlestiff will be spending
the next month performing on the seas of the Caribbean, there are a
number of Cirkus related events coming up in the New York area. And
since a couple of these events are book releases, a bit of Bindlestiff
is coming to you at your local book store.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: a photographic exhibit
Photographer Gregory Costanzo
presents The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: a photographic exhibit
Reception Friday, November 18, 7 - 10 pm
November 18 - December 31, 2005
at DriveIn, 443 West 18th Street, between 9th and 10th Ave., New York,
NY 10011
For more information: 212 645 2244
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus featured in Sideshow Encyclopedia
Marc Hartzman's American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most
Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers (published by
Tarcher/Penguin) will be available in stores on Thursday, November 18.
www.americansideshow.com
Join Marc Hartzman at two New York book premiere celebrations
* Friday November 18th. Borders at Kip?s Bay (550 Second Ave.) at
7pm. Featuring Eak the Geek from Coney Island,
* Sunday November 20th join Marc Hartzman for an illustrated talk at
Snug Harbor in Staten Island at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary
Art (1000 Richmond Terrace). 2 pm. This is in support of Marie Roberts?
exhibition of sideshow banner paintings.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus featured in Vaudeville History
Trav S.D., Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Advisory Board Member, has just
released a hysterical and histrionic history of Vaudeville, No
Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous.
Join Trav S.D. in celebrating. The Events to date are:
* Monday, Nov. 21, 6pm: Book-signing/ launch event at the Drama Bookshop
* Wednesday, Dec. 14, 5:30-7:30, Benefit book-signing and lecture at the
Palace Theater for the Theater Museum
* Tuesday, January 17: Makor/92ndf Street Y: "Vaudeville Past &
Present"
* Saturday, March 4, 4pm: Brooklyn Public Library: "Brooklyn Vaudeville
Past" featuring a performance by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
* Saturday, March 11, 4pm: Brooklyn Public Library: "Brooklyn Vaudeville
Present" featuring a performance by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
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Cirkus NYC 2006 Winter Season
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is preparing for The 2006 New York Winter
Season with a month of Cirkus Variety in Brooklyn. Scheduled for March,
this year's season features the Cavalcade of Youth and BFC Variety
Cabaret.
More details coming soon.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is now booking 2006/07
The Bindlestiffs are now booking 2006/07. Whether you are looking for a
complete stage show, walk around entertainment, amazing acts, outdoor
festival productions, or daredevil spectacles, Bindlestiff offers all
your entertainment needs. We also expect to do a bit of touring in
2006, so venues wanting to host a night/weekend of Cirkus should
contact us.
For more details email stephanie(a)bindlestiff.org or
cirkus(a)bindlestiff.org
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Keep the Variety Arts Alive
Every donation is greatly appreciated, whether it is five dollars or
five thousand dollars. With your help, Circus, Sideshow, Vaudeville and
Burlesque continue to thrive despite the rising costs of insurance,
gas, props, publicity, legal fees, moving costs, storage, venue
rentals...
Donations can be give on-line at http://www.bindlestiff.org or by
sending a check or money order to Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts,
Inc., PO Box 1917, New York, NY 10009
Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit
organization devoted to the preservation and evolution of the variety
arts.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
PO Box 1917
New York, NY 10009
1-877-BINDLES
http://www.bindlestiff.org
