Bindlestiff Bulletin Board
The Lastest Cirkus News, Fresh Off the Bindlestiff Grapevine
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"The Bindlestiffs" Internet Cirkus Spectacle Webisodes
Premiere August 1, '08!
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus is taking the show online! You can experience the thrill of the circus in a series of weekly webisodes that start on August 1, 2008. For details, updates and previews visit http://www.thebindlestiffs.com.
Kinko for President Campaign Launched;
On Tour Until November 4, 2008
As the 2008 presidential election draws near, the American people demand a new kind of leader. With "Kinko for President," the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus offers the big-top solution! Kinko the Clown stands for change...spare change.
He's willing to do whatever it takes to bamboozle the public. And when it comes to throwing his hat in the ring, Kinko can't be beat--from hat tricks to juggling hats, this clown is your candidate! Bindlestiff Family Cirkus's newest production is a full-force spectacle, where the circus meets the media circus, sideshow marvels meet campaign carnivals, and the audience meets one of this country's oldest traditions--the variety arts.
Like all political campaigns, Kinko's campaign will include sleight of hand, tightrope acts, death-defying feats, slapstick comedy, and more. It's time to put a real clown in the White House--Kinko for President! To find out more about the campaign and Kinko's vision visit his campaign website.
If you are interested in having the campaign visit your town, contact us for booking information.
Kinko the Clown wins "Clown of the Year" Award
Kinko the Clown has been named Clown of the Year! On May 19th at an all-star event, New York Downtown Clown presented Kinko the Clown the top honor at the ONLY Clown Awards Show in North America- The New York Downtown Clown Golden Nose Awards! Visit New York Downtown Clown for more information
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Monthly Cirkus Cabaret
Starts in November, 2008
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Winter Cabaret Season in NYC is going to change its structure this year. Instead of having the entire season focused on one or two months, Bindlestiff is going to strive to offer a year-round showcase featuring the best variety entertainment. In November, the first monthly cabaret will begin at the Zipper Factory Theater, 336 West 37th Street, NYC.
Bindlestiffs Create Circus Program for Seniors
In the fall of 2008 Bindlestiff begins a new program devoted to bringing the variety arts to seniors. Bindlestiff Family Cirkus received a Senior Center Cultural Initiative Grant through SM(ART)s: Seniors Meet the ARTs, a new collaboration between the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), the Department for the Aging (DFTA), and the New York City Council, which will bring together New York City cultural organizations and senior centers. As part of the SM(ART)s initiative, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus will partner with Catholic Charities The Bay Senior Center in Brooklyn this year to bring Vaudeville shows and juggling workshops to their Senior participants. We look forward to expanding the program to include additional senior centers in NYC and upstate.
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Opens Upstate Office in Hudson, NY
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founders have set up shop in Hudson, New York. Upstate New York can expect to see more of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus in the coming years. Cirkus co-founders Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu look forward to reawakening the dusty variety circuit of the Catskills and Borscht Belt!
Cirkus Creating Upstate Variety Arts Center
2008 marks the start of a capital campaign that will provide Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. with a permanent rehearsal and performing space, a Center for the Variety Arts that will serve the interdisciplinary interests and needs of the many individual artists and companies who draw on and contribute to the Bindlestiff Family—in addition to a diverse compendium of unaffiliated creators—and, most importantly, contribute to the richness and multiplicity of inspired imagination endemic to the traditions and future of American culture. Bindlestiff Family Variety Arts, Inc. will spearhead a consortium of variety arts organizations devoted to creating a permanent facility for the research and development of related arts: circus, sideshow, vaudeville, clowning and physical comedy, aerial dance, juggling, etc. The future home of the center is Hudson, NY.
Bindlestiffs Listed on Wikipedia
Bindlestiff makes history. We now have a home on Wikipedia. You can take part in writing our history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindlestiff_Family_Cirkus
Family Update: Bindlestiffs Appearing With Other Productions
It may not be the entire Bindlestiff Family Cirkus show, but this year there are many Bindlestiff Family members performing across the nation and world with other productions, including:
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Jonas Woolverton is performing in Cirque du Soleil's Zoomanity in Las Vegas |
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Joel Baker is performing in Cirque du Soleil's Love |
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Magic Brian is featured in street performing festivals across the world |
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Angelo Iodice (aka AJ Silver) is in Germany performing on the variety stage |
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Una Mimnagh's motorcycle trapeze highwire thrill act is a featured act at many motorcycle rallies across the U.S. |
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Baby Dee is on the road! Watch out! |
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Featured in Sideshow Encyclopedia
Marc Hartzman's American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers includes the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Published by Tarcher/Penguin.
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Featured in New Book
Trav S.D., Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Advisory Board Member, features Bindlestiff in his hysterical and histrionic history of Vaudeville, No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous. Published by Faber and Faber
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Featured in Vaudeville Encyclopedia
Frank Cullen (with Florence Hackman and Donald McNeilly) has created one of the most extensive histories of Vaudeville in Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers. In this two volume set, the Bindlestiffs are well represented as a performing troupe and a few of its artists also are featured on their own. Published by Routledge.
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Featured in Book
About Underground Circuses
J. Dee Hill and Phil Hollenbeck's Freaks and Fire: The Underground Reinvention of Circus devotes a chapter to the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus. Also featured are Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, Cloudseeding Circus, Zamora the Torture King, the Yard Dogs, Enigma, the Brothers Grim Sideshow, and many more. Published by Soft Skull Press.
Bring the Cirkus to Your Town!
We are seeking venues to host 2008/09/10 programs. Bindlestiff offers performances, educational programs and also longer-term residencies. We are looking for venues that are Cirkus friendly: the larger the stage, the grander the show. For booking details email Stephanie.
Support the Variety Arts
Increases in gas prices, insurance cost, legal fees, and the declining economy are only the beginning of the financial perils facing Bindlestiff. You can help. 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. Click here to donate.
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