Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Update - May 23, 2010 This update includes: * BFC Cabaret comes to Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY. 5/30 and 6/26 * Bindlestiff's Open Variety Stage Show, Brooklyn, NY. 6/7 * Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth All-Stars at Queen's Library * Upcoming Bindlestiff Events * New York City's first Unicycle Festival September 3-5 * Support the Variety Arts For the most up to date info visit http://www.bindlestiff.org or call 1-877-BINDLES * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BFC Cabaret coming to Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY. 5/30 and 6/25 This Sunday! Get Your Tickets Now. May 30 (Sunday) and June 25 (Friday), 2010 Club Helsinki, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY 12534 Showtime: 9 pm Doors: 8 pm Admission: $20 ($5 discount for clowns in make-up) Buy Tickets: WWW.HELSINKIHUDSON.COM Info: 1-877-BINDLES bindlestiff.org clubhelsinkiweb.com FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY! On May 30 and June 25, The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret comes to Club Helsinki's brand new home in Hudson, NY. The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Cabaret features new, phenomenal acts each show from the world's best artists in the disciplines of Circus, Variety, Burlesque, Sideshow, and Physical Comedy. Live, original Cirkus tunes by our  Maestro of Musical Mystery. Expect jugglers, clowns, acrobats, and trapeze artists to share the stage with musicians, magicians, dancers, daredevils, and more. Each show features a unique combination of acts, but all promise a legendary lineup of circus feats, sideshow marvels, and world-class entertainers.  Hosted by Ringmistress Philomena, the May 30 Cirkus Cabaret features * Kinko the Clown (2012 Presidential Candiate) presents his stumbling antics and dancing diabolo display * Mistress B, the towering “First Lady of Latex” has manipulated rubber far and wide. She is sure to amaze with her twisting skills. * Hilary Chaplain, recognized as one of America’s foremost professional physical comediennes, offers something for the more cultured folks. * Magic Brian presents his unique, humorous, and sometimes outrageous twist magic that promises to make people smile... and maybe even soil themselves! * Ryder Cooley, Columbia County based aerial artist, performs from the heights of the Big Top. * Ngonda Badila offers gorgeous music and movement * Philomena plans to bring one unsuspecting audience member to the stage for bull whip demonstration. * Mr. Pennygaff promises to swallow up to 24 inches, of solid steel The evening opens with a special performance by Hudson’s legendary Musty Chifon. You can expect a night of many surprises. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bindlestiff Open Variety Stage Show June 7, 2010 at Galapagos Arts Space, 16 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY First Monday of Every Month Coming Shows: June 7, July 5, August 2... Door $5 Showtime: 8 pm A First Look at NYC's Finest Emerging Variety Talents Circus * Sideshow * Vaudeville * Burlesque * Dance * Music Come to Dumbo Brooklyn for a spectacular night of variety entertainment: tap dancing bears, Kung Fu juggling, trained rats, clown bands, aerial artists, wire walkers, sword swallowers, a bit of burlesque, physical comedy, contortionists and cowboys. 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. Next show is June 7. For more information and to buy tickets go to http://www.galapagosartspace.com Get tickets now http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=BIN4 If you would like to be on the stage, email keith@bindlestiff.org. Write 'Open Variety' in the subject line! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bindlestiff Cavalcade of Youth All-Stars Upcoming performances On Thursday, June 10, 2010, Bindlestiffs Cavalcade of Youth All Stars will be a part of Queens Library’s summer reading kickoff. This years theme is “Summer in the City.” For info: http://www.queenslibrary.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Upcoming Bindlestiff Related Events - Bindlestiff Family Cirkus returns to Spiegeltent for Summerscape 2010 at Bard College. - Bindlestiffs Cavalcade of Youth All-Stars at the Spiegeltent - Bindlestiff co-founders are a part of a 1940's themed USO show at the FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY on May 28. - Keith Nelson (BFC co-founder) is directing both the Cascade of Stars and the Farewell Show at the 2010 International Juggling Convention, Sparks, Nevada - Ghost Walk returns to Hudson, NY in November For more details and updates, go to the calendar at http://www.bindlestiff.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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