Bindlestiff Bulletin Board
The Lastest Cirkus News, Fresh Off the Bindlestiff Grapevine
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Bindlestiff Co-Founder Stephanie Monseu invited to serve as Board Member
of Columbia County Council on the Arts
Bindlestiff's upstate location in Hudson, NY is the home of the Columbia County Council on the Arts. Founded in 1965, the CCCA has a membership of over 800 individual artists, writers, sculptors, filmmakers, community volunteers, weekend and full-time residents, educators and business owners serves the thriving arts community in Columbia County.
Bindlestiff Joins Columbia County Performing Arts Collective
Since moving to Hudson in 2005, Bindlestiff co-founder Stephanie Monseu has become active and committed to the growth and promotion of the Arts in Columbia County, while remaining involved in Bindlestiff's New York City performing and educational outreach activities.
Known as PerformColumbia, the collective is an association of twenty-five professional and community-based organizations. It's members have come together to promote and nurture the performing arts as essential to a healthy economic and cultural life in Columbia County. The performing arts businesses in PerformColumbia produce theater, music, opera, film, circus, variety and more. Visit PerformColumbia.com for more info.
Buckaroo Bindlestiff's Wild West Jamboree to be Featured Entertainment
at Rocking Horse Ranch this Summer!
Join Cowboy Keith and Miss Philly at Rocking Horse Ranch Resort in HIghland, New York for a fast-paced and funny cowpoke comedy show featuring tricks from the circus ring and rodeo arena!
Witness classic Wild West thrills:
Fancy Lasso Tricks
Target-Snapping Bullwhip-Cracking
"Pony" race for youthful Rodeo stars
Our own delightfully original comedy Knife Throwing act
A Cowpoke Sing-Along
Juggling
Six-Gun Spinning and Safety Talk
For more information about shchedules and location, visit the
Rocking Horse Ranch website!
"The Bindlestiffs" Internet Cirkus Spectacle Webisodes
The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus has taken the show online! Experience the thrill of the circus in "The Bindlestiffs," a series of weekly webisodes. Visit their new site and check it out!
Kinko Thanks You For Your Support
The 2008 presidential election was an exciting three-ring spectacle. Although the Red Ring and the Blue Ring received the most attention. There existed a dimly lit third ring that featured the best acts of the entire show. Like all political campaigns, Kinko's campaign included sleight of hand, tightrope acts, death-defying feats, slapstick comedy, and so much more. Kinko will not concede, stating that until every write-in ballot is counted, the election is not fair. Meanwhile, his campaign staff is focusing their attention and resources on 2012. Kinko for President! Stay tuned - visit Kinko's
Bindlestiff's Cavalcade of Youth Showcase Coming This Spring
The 2009 Cavalcade of Youth Spring Showcases are going to be at the Zipper Factory, NYC. We are currently seeking youth to participate. You must be under 21 years old to take part in the Cavalcade of Youth program. If you are interested in joining the Cavalcade of Youth contact Viveca Gardiner.
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.
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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Michelle Matlock is performing in cirque de Soleil's Love |
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Magic Brian is featured in street performing festivals across the world |
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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 Programs Expand in Upstate NY
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus co-founders Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu have set up shop in Hudson, New York. Upstate New York can expect to see more of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus: programs are already underway at schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, Colleges, and theaters. We look forward to reawakening the dusty variety circuit of the Catskills and the "Borscht Belt"!
Bindlestiff Family Cirkus In Print
The Bindlestiffs are on proud display in a number of prestigious publications:
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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.
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Bindlestiff Family Cirkus Featured in History of Vaudeville
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.
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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.
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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.
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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 costs, 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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