Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Update - December 31, 2010
This update includes:
* New Year's Eve with the Bindlestiffs, 12/31/10
Drive By Truckers with Bindlestiff, NYC.
Buccaneer Bindlestiff in Millbrook, NY.
* Bindlestiff's Open Variety Stage Show,Brooklyn, NY. 1/3/11
* The Bindlestiffs [Season 1, 10 episodes] available on DVD
* Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret, Hudson, NY. 1/21/11
* Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret, NYC. 4/1&2/11
* Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth, Coney Island, USA. 3/27/11
* Support the Variety Arts
For the most up to date info visit
http://www.bindlestiff.org or call 1-877-BINDLES
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Spend New Year's Eve with the Bindlestiffs
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus performers will be celebrating New Year's Eve at two locations.
Buccaneer Bindlestiff's Swashbuckling Cirkus sails into Millbrook, NY. Shows starting at 4 pm. $5 for access to all events. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Millbrook, NY. http://www.millbrookrotary.org
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus performers join Drive By Truckers for a grand New Year's Eve Show at Terminal 5, 610 West 56th St between 11th and 12th Ave., NYC. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus cast featuring The Great Fredini, Ekaterina, Miss Saturn, John Stork, Kendra Greaves, and stilt walkers from Lady Circus. http://www.terminal5nyc.com/event/4819 or http://www.drivebytruckers.com/home.html
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Bindlestiff Open Variety Stage Show
Galapagos Arts Space, 16 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
First Monday of Every Month
Next Show: January 3, 2011
Door $5
Showtime: 8 pm
A First Look at NYC's Finest Emerging Variety Talents
And An Intimate Experience with Circus Stars from Around the World
Circus * Sideshow * Vaudeville * Burlesque * Dance * Music
Come to Dumbo Brooklyn for a spectacular night of variety entertainment that will include much more than a simple song and dance. Hosted by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founder Keith Nelson, Bindlestiffs Open Stage Variety Show is a non stop variety show experience that may include The Heavy Metal Magician, Kung Fu juggling, trained rats, clown bands, aerial artists, wire walkers, sword swallowers, stripping clowns, living cartoons, physical comedy, a cougar contortionist and a cowboy from the Bronx. Every show offers amazing sights, quirky surprises, and some of the best variety artists working New York and the world. Always entertaining.
Every month you can expect a different line up of emerging artists and professional entertainers. Galapagos Art Space has dedicating the first Monday of every month to New York City's variety, vaudeville, aerial, and circus artists. Celebrating works in progress, emerging artists, and professionals trying something new, this night promises many surprises.
For more information and to buy tickets go to
http://www.galapagosartspace.com
If you would like to be on the stage, email keith@bindlestiff.org. Write 'Open Variety' in the subject line!
And if you want to see who has been on the open stage in the past, visit the blog at
http://bindlestiffopenstage.blogspot.com
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The Bindlestiffs [Season 1, 10 episodes] available on DVD
The Bindlestiffs, the ten episode series documenting the 2008 Bindlestiff Family Cirkus tour is now available on DVD.
Ordering information is available at http://www.thebindlestiffs.com
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret, Hudson, NY
Friday, January 21, 2011
Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Showtime: 9 pm Doors: 6 pm
Admission: $15 presale/$20 at the door/$5 discount for clowns in make-up (at door only)
Tickets: www.helsinkihudson.com For mature audience only.
On January 21 the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret returns to Club Helsinki in Hudson, NY. Our musical Maestro the Mystic Shadow will accompany jugglers, contortionists, acrobats, aerial artists, sideshow marvels, novelty artists, and daredevils with original circus tunes.
Hosted by Ringmistress Philomena, the January 21 Cirkus Cabaret features
* Kinko the Clown (2012 Presidential Candidate) presents his stumbling antics and dancing diabolo display.
* Zero Boy, sound acrobat and vocal cartoonist, paints naughty pictures and gritty scenes.
* Book Kennison’s contorting juggling offers an odd twist to the throwing arts.
* Kendra Greaves offers an dazzling display suspended upon the aerial rope.
* Philomena and Mr. Pennygaff attempt a feat of equilibristic exhibtionism.
* Mr. Pennygaff promises to swallow up to 24 inches of solid steel.
You can expect a night of many surprises.
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Other Upcoming Bindlestiff Family Cirkus shows at Club Helsinki:
Friday, February 25, 2011. Bindlestiff Presents... A Night of Twisted Novelty featuring Sweet Soubrette and Mistress B
Friday, March 25, 2011. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret returns with a brand new lineup of fabulous performers
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret, NYC
April 1 and 2, 2011
Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street (between Rivington and Delancey), NYC 10002
Stay tuned for more details
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Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth, Coney Island, USA
March 27, 2011
Coney Island, USA, Brooklyn NY.
Mark your calendars. Details coming soon
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Support the Variety Arts
We ask for your contribution in support of the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and our mission to promote, develop and sustain the variety arts.
If you feel a connection to Bindlestiff—if our unconventional vision and values speak to you, if you consider yourself a Bindlestiff at heart, or if you just love coming to our shows—we invite you to deepen that connection this year by making a tax-deductible financial contribution.
We need your help to continue creating provocative, thrilling performances, conducting youth programs that develop skills and self-esteem, and cultivating a vital community of variety artists, all while keeping ticket prices accessibly low.
Tax-deductible donations can be made at
http://www.bindlestiff.org/menu/donate.html
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
www.bindlestiff.org
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus
PO Box 1917
New York, NY 10009
http://www.bindlestiff.org
1-877-BINDLES info