For more information/tickets for this performance visit: www.bam.org
For more information on Leimay Ensemble visit: www.leimay.org
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For more information/tickets for this performance visit: www.bam.org
For more information on Leimay Ensemble visit: www.leimay.org
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“This book, a collection of prose and poetry by David Cale, changed the way I look at life and love. Cale’s way of putting human emotion into words liberates and invigorates. His meanings are sometimes obscure, so I do not recommend this book to the linear thinker. It’s out of print, but find it and read it any which way you can.”
Copies of this wonderful book can be purchased here!
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The Great Fredini (Fred Kahl) and Coney Island USA founder/director Dick Zigun.
Adam Bishop and Patrick David Wall
Bambi The Mermaid and Chuck Varga
Reverend Billy and his megaphone reached out to all those present to honor Coney Island USA and Founder  Dick Zigun.
Coney Island’s ‘in house’ photog Norman Blake hard at work capturing the essence of Coney Island USA for years!
Tiger Bay (Miss Coney Island 2017) Patrick Salazar (Mr. Strange) and Fancy Feast (Miss Coney Island 2016
Velvet Crayon performing some of his own tunes.
Adam Realman performs his awesome cigarette swallowing act.
The Great Fredini performs the infamous sideshow trick “human blockhead” with 2 ice picks.
Mat Fraser performs the ‘Sealo the Seal Boy’ act made famous by Stanley Berent in 1941.
Jennifer Miller performed a juggling act with machetes and a hysterical monolog.
Fire eating performer Nola Star lights up the stage with fire and heat! Wonderful act!
Tesla coil, fire and wild makeup are the token ingredients for Jellyboy the Clown.
Unzipping the overalls and revealing the bird costume was burlesque performer Tiger Bay’s act.
One of the many Auction Table’s where curious and wonderful items were going to the highest bidder.
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Reverend Billy with his megaphone preaches to the crowd!
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Performers who played Surf Reality include: (A Who’s Who of the downtown performing arts scene)
The New York Art Scene in the period of 1974 thru 1984 was ‘on fire’. So much was going on everywhere! This book covers the scene!
Downtown is more than just a location, it’s an attitude–and in the 1970s and ’80s, that attitude forever changed the face of America. This book charts the intricate web of influences that shaped the generation of experimental and outsider artists working in Downtown New York during the crucial decade from 1974 to 1984. Published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of Downtown art (organized by New York University’s Grey Art Gallery and Fales Library), The Downtown Book brings the Downtown art scene to life, exploring everything from Punk rock to performance art. The book probes trends that arose in the 1970s and solidified New York’s reputation as arbiter of the postmodern American avant-garde.
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Vaudevisuals – Year in Review – June 2016
June was quite an active month. Bindlestiff Open Stage at Dixon Place, The Big Apple Circus was losing it’s presence in NYC, Quick Change book was started and Conjuring in Asia got some attention.
EEPYBIRD – DIET COKE AND MENTOS – REVISIT
BINDLESTIFF OPEN STAGE VARIETY REVUE – JUNE 2016 – DIXON PLACE
“I’LL SAY SHE IS” – THE LOST MARX BROTHERS MUSICAL AT THE CONNELLY THEATER
VAUDEVISUALS BOOKSHELF – “MAGIC AND LOSS – THE INTERNET AS ART”
MY FATHER THE CIRCUS KING – A DOCUMENTARY FILM
THE BIG APPLE CIRCUS NEEDS YOUR HELP! NOW!
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF QUICK CHANGE – A PROPOSED BOOK PROJECT
VAUDEVISUALS BOOKSHELF – “CONJURING ASIA – MAGIC, ORIENTALISM”
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Coming soon! July 2016
Starting the evening off is Reverend Roper and his attempt to get all present to be ‘blessed’.
With kazoo and piano, Sabrina Chap provides more than ample music for the evening.
Wild and wonderful comrade Miss Ekaterina sways down the aisle with a bottle in hand.
 Magic Brian heats up the audience with his delightful magic.
Jenny Lee Mitchell always has the audience roaring with laughter with her many characters and musical talent.
The evening wouldn’t be complete without a visit from ‘Wilfredo‘. Always dancing, singing and flirting.
A fun evening of variety, comedy, magic, burlesque and ‘surprises’!
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The Secret Variety Society will back at Pangea on January 11th and February 8th. Both nights at 7:30 pm
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Emerging puppeteer & Jim Henson Foundation resident artist Spencer Lott visualizes the surreal landscape between reality and memory through the beautiful unraveling of one man’s mind.
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, James Blossom and his daughter grapple with their changing relationship and differing realities.
Struggling to adjust to life at the local nursing home, the retired scenic painter finds himself increasingly involved in his own cinematic adventures.
For more information and tickets!
The description of the book as per Amazon.
Captivating photographs from the present and the past take readers on a tour through New York City’s most influential cultural spaces–reminding us of what made them legendary, and revealing what has replaced them. If you lived in New York City in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, or ’80s, you
If you lived in New York City in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, or ’80s, you
were likely enchanted by a particular, legendary place. Latenight
spots like the Copacabana, Studio 54, The Mudd Club,
or The Roxy; music venues such as CBGBs and the Village
Vanguard; cutting-edge performance spaces such as The
Kitchen and St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery; social hangouts
like the Gaslight CafĂ© and Keith Haring’s Pop Shop. Many of
Many of these places are gone, but none are forgotten–and all are
brought thrillingly back to life in this gorgeously designed
volume. Poignant, insightful texts and both archival and new
photography take readers inside more than 40 historical
locations to see what made them so beloved back in the day
and reveal what they look like now. Each chapter includes
Each chapter includes background history of the space, as well as quotes from famous
artists, musicians, and other key players of the time. Together,
these words and pictures comprise a bittersweet elegy for a
city’s iconic spaces and show the continued relevance of New
York as a hotbed for the creation of popular culture.
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