Puppets! Chicken John brings the Thai puppeers to Burning Man

Sat, Apr 29
9:00
$15

Here is the post for the show:


Project: Pimento!

Puppets have strings. Pianos have strings. Guitars, ukuleles, =

violinshellip even tennis racquets & tampons have strings. But not =

the Theremin! The Theremin is an instrument that achieves it's =

tonality but interrupting a magnetic field. Pitch is adjusted by how =

close your hand is to the antenna. Volume adjusted by another =

antenna. It's a weird instrument. You know what it sounds like: Good =

Vibrations by the Beach Boys features a Theremin. Named after It's =

inventor, you will be mystified and mesmerized by Robby Virus as he =

coaxes the thing to play: lounge music. Backed by a full band, you'll =

feel like you in Vegas in the late 60's but also kinda like in outer =

space or something. And if it's not as good as I describe, wellhellip =

you don't have to buy their CD. There are simply no strings =

attachedhellip
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Rube Waddell presents:

O, Rube!,

They will then be presenting again (after a four year hiatus!) the =

His-story of our patron saint and namesake, Rube Waddell himself, in =

a production of "O, Rube!". A tale of the life and untimely death of =

this mountain of a man, the father of our cause, told in verse and =

with PUPPETS of our very own construction! Those who were lucky =

enough to witness this spectacle of our diminutive thespian prowess =

in the past know enough to not miss this special presentation at the =

Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. Those others, be you warned.

A trailer for the show can be viewed here: rubewaddell.org/ =

trailer/trailer.html

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Jenny Jo and Clair Mack (Wonder Closet) will present:

Precautionary Tales for the Wild and Naughty

Shel Silverstein poemshellip. Put to PUPPETS!!!!!!!!!! Nuff said!
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Rabbit (Robin Frohardt) Presents:

Buckskin Betty's Wild West Review!!!!

See a puppet show of the La Contessa as piloted by Pirate John who is =

brought to justice by fate and drowns in a sea of sandhellip

All this Saturday the 29th of April, at the Caf=E9 du Nord!~!!!!!!!!!!
OK, so we're having a puppet festival this Saturday at the Caf=E9 Du =

Nord. Well, it's kinda a puppet festival. It's not nearly as big as =

the puppet festival that was held in Bangkok in January. But there is =

a bunch of puppet action. It's a benefit. We met super cool =

puppeteers in Bangkok when they did their puppet festival. It was =

totally cool. With little or no money and puppeteers from 9 countries =

they did amazing stuff. The organizers of the festival are Thai. =

Great people. Made us feel like kings and queens. Really fun. Super =

talented marionettes. It was a great experience. I asked them while I =

was there if there was anything I could do for them, ya knowhellip =

return the favor. They all said it, kinda in unison: "We want to go =

to Burning Man!". They didn't know my email address, my background or =

my nothing. To them, I was just a guy playing country guitar in a =

wild west puppet show. They simply didn't know. I guess they were =

kinda kidding. We're not. We're gonna raise $11,000 and bring them =

here. And I'm asking for your help.

To get these guys to come to Burning Man would be an organic, =

authentic cultural exchange. These people are from another world. =

Everything is different. Their ideas, their goals, their way of =

sitting. It's top to bottom different. It's kinda better. I'm a huge =

fan. Spending time with the Thai people was a very healthy thing for =

me. To try to put it in words would be silly. So I won't. But forget =

the actual people or where they are from. Even just the exchange, on =

the idea level, is huge. Here is a group of people that want to =

participate in our world. Our all-inclusive scene here is being put =

to the test: their money is, literally, worthless here.

In Thailand, they were able to provide and facilitate us. They have =

connections and have a big house and can easily figger things out. =

Just like we can here. But for them to come here, their money gets =

devalued 90% or more. Your interest in this project is the only thing =

that is going to get them here. First, we have to get them Visa's. It =

seems like it's going to be a few hundred dollars EACH for the Visa. =

For us to go there, it's like 20 bucks. Plane tickets are like $700. =

There are 8 of them. A few hundred dollars to ship their puppet =

stuff. They can stay at my big house, and I'll take 'em in my bus to =

the man, but I need to feed 'em and take them to the movies and =

sightseeing and stuffhellip. Just like they did for us. I'm thinkin' =

we need 11 grandhellip

Traditional Thai shadow puppetry is amazing. If you don't know about =

it, your missing out. But they do not do traditional Thai shadow =

puppets. They do more marionette stuff, but it's all totally =

experimental and 'new'. They are young and full of ideas. My =

intention is to fly them out, do a few shows here in SF and maybe LA. =

Bring the whole brood to Burning Man and set up a small theatre for =

them to perform their puppetry for the good citizens of BRC. Send =

them home with a few dollars as well. Just like they did for us.

Please attend our benefit show this Saturday or visit our website =

(www.chickenjohn.com/puppets)
And make a paypal contribution or check back in a few months I will =

have a wish-list posted on the site to collect things we need to host =

the Thai's. If we get all this together we will denote their =

existence on the playa by the name of the troupe: Kai Doom Doom.

In sincere gratitude and appreciation, Chicken John & Rabbit (Robin =

Frohardt)



www.cafedunord.com
www.chickenjohn.com/puppets
www.burningman.com
www.projectpimento.com
www.rubewaddell.org

Venue:

Cafe du Nord
2170 Market Street
SF
415-861-5016
www.cafedunord.com

Additional Info:


www.chickenjohn.com/puppets