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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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@bindlestiff.org or cirkus@bindlestiff.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bindlestiff Family Cirkus PO Box 1917 New York, NY 10009 1-877-BINDLES http://www.bindlestiff.org