Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Update - JULY 1, 2010
This update includes:
* Bindlestiff's Open Variety Stage Show, Brooklyn, NY. THIS MONDAY!
* Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Returns to Spiegeltent, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
* New York City's first Unicycle Festival September 3-5
* Upcoming Bindlestiff Events
* 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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Bindlestiff Open Variety Stage Show
Next show July 5. THIS MONDAY!
Galapagos Arts Space, 16 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY
First Monday of Every Month
Coming Shows: July 5, August 2, September 6...
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. 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. And at every show you will witness your host Keith "Bindlestiff" Nelson attempt the Human Blockhead Kendama Feat. Always entertaining, sometimes almost successful, this daring and painful feat has never been accomplished.
Every month you can expect a different line up of emerging artists and world class entertainers. Galapagos Art Space has dedicating the one 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.
The July 5 will also include a special tribute to Frank Sidebottom, a Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show performer and modern day English Musical Hall legend who took his final bow this past week.
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!
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Returns to Spiegeltent
Celebrating our fifth year at Summerscape Festival (Bard College), Bindlestiff returns to our favorite venue, the luxurious Spiegeltent. Bindlestiff will be featured on two weekends August weekends.
August 7 & 8. Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth, amazing talent all under the age of 21.
August 21 & 22. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret. Two of the performances are for all-ages, the Saturday (8/21) night show is for mature audiences only.
For tickets and more information visit http://fishercenter.bard.edu/summerscape/2010/
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New York City's first Unicycle Festival September 3-5
The first NYC Unicycle Festival will be rolling across New York City September 3 to September 5, 2010. Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. is producing this three-day event featuring a grand gathering on Governors Island on September 4. The festival features unicycle races and games, trials demonstrations, public shows, a long-distance ride, and the largest group of one-wheeled enthusiasts ever to gather in the five boroughs. 2010 will be the first year of a festival that is intended to become an annual tradition for the Big Apple.
For more details visit http://nycunifest.com.
Contact us to become a Unicycle Festival Sponsor: cirkus@bindlestiff.org
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Upcoming Bindlestiff Events
* Buckaroo Bindlestiff's Wild West Jamboree featuring Foot & Fiddle at the Bickford Theatre, Morristown, NJ on July 21.
* Buccaneer Bindlestiff's Swashbuckling Cirkus on Pier 1 in Riverside Park, NYC. July 22 at 10:30 am.
* Keith Nelson (BFC co-founder) is directing both the Cascade of Stars and the Taste of Vaudeville! at the 2010 International Juggling Convention. Expect to see a number of Bindlestiff folks on the stage in Sparks, Nevada.. July 26 to August 1. juggle.org
* Bindlestiff Cirkus Skill Workshop will be offered at the Woodstock Library, Woodstock NY. Augst 12 at 6 pm.
* Ghost Walk returns to Hudson, NY on November 5. ghostwalkhudson.com
For more details and updates, go to the calendar at http://www.bindlestiff.org
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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