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Looking
to perform? Poonie’s Cabaret is free and easy!
Looking to express ideas in a nontraditional, relaxed,
honest, format? Do you have a piece that’s not quite ready
for primetime but still deserves a chance to be presented; or are
you a fringe performer who just wants to figure some stuff out? Perhaps
(and I am just saying perhaps) maybe
you are just like us: slightly confused, curious, in need of a nudge.
This is the deal: we provide the space, maybe even
an assignment if you need inspiration. Poonie’s is the first
Tuesday of the month at Links Hall. You get in at 8:00 p.m., we
start the show at 8:30 p.m. We also provide a fistful of fairy fun.
You provide the work, no more than 15 minutes in length. Any work.
We welcome all forms of expression: music, dance, contact improvisation,
puppetry, performance art, theater, live painting, queer expression,
Indian classical singing, tap dancing, cheerleading, hip hop and
b-boy/girling, film/video,freestyle rapping, freestyle martial arts,
four square, capoeira, baroque music, freejazz, middle eastern music/dance,
flamenco...etc. We’ll program up to four artists/groups per
show. We are not picky people.
We are Brian Robert Hinkle and Matthew Hollis, the
new hosts/curators of Poonie’s Cabaret.
Email us if you are interested in performing!
Matthew Hollis mach3117@juno.com
Brian Robert Hinkle brobstinkle25@yahoo.com
Poonie's Cabaret was created by Selene Carter,
who was inspired by Patrick Scully’s “Patrick’s
Cabaret” in Minneapolis, MN. Poonie’s is named for Poonie
Dodson, a much-loved Chicago dancer/choreographer who died of AIDS
in the early 90's. Performers and audience members are asked for
a $5 donation. Proceeds from the cabaret go to the Links Hall Duncan
Erley Memorial Coming Out of the Closet Fund, which is periodically
awarded to artists whose work explores the realms of healing, gay
activism, and spiritual and sexual transformation.
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Poonie’s
Cabaret
Christmas & Time
December 2, 2003
Tuesday 8:30 p.m.
Donation $5
Join your host Brian Robert Hinkle for a nontraditional
holiday cabaret.
First Love
November 4, 2003
Tuesday 8:30 p.m.
Donation $5
Fall in love with Poonie’s Cabaret all over
again, as NEW host/curators Brian Robert Hinkle and Matthew Hollis
usher in November. This month at Poonie’s all artists who
were chosen were asked to explore what it is that makes first love
still hum in the heart. Featured performers are contact improvisers
Erica Hagen and Mark Koenig, the musical styling of KDRONE, a couple
surprise guests, and as always a treat from your favorite hosts.
Come join us, there is lots of love for everyone.
October 7, 2003
Tuesday 8:30 p.m.
Donation $5
Minds and bodies poised and sailing into the moment!
This monthly evening of improvisation and works-in-progress is in
memory of Poonie Dodson and Duncan Erley, both Chicago dancer/artists
who succumbed to AIDS in the late 20th century.
September 2, 2003
Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.
Donation $5
Poonie’s Cabaret is informal, unpredictable, and ripe with
possibility and community. Come see performing artists realize their
new work in a relaxed environment. Your $5 donation goes to the
Duncan Erley Memorial Coming out of the Closet Fund. |
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