Puppets and the legendary Baby Dee on June 29th
June 25, 2008
Post cd release show, I thought I’d see something light & playful in order to help me unwind and start to enjoy this summer. So errr, um… I chose to see something with murder, something with revenge, something pondering life and death and to bee-ing. Yep, it was Hamlet in Central Park and it was fantastic! Before the show, I bumped into the beautiful songwriter Baby Dee and we had a nice chat. THEN, the incredible Erin Orr was a puppeteer in the show- the play within the play was done with massive marionettes. Today Erin just sent along this email and I must pass it along. I highly highly recommend this, because it is guaranteed to be beautiful and it’s free!!
“I am pleased to announce the return of “Its a Bee, Honey!”, a musical puppet circus for all ages based on the real life drama of honey bees.
I will be joined by the legendary composer Baby Dee and her accordian, harp and giant tricycle, the amazing and beautiful Rima Fand as the violin playing princess bee, the multi-talented Silvi Wool who will astound you with her spinning poi ball bee wings and a chorus of children (with puppets that they made themselves) as the worker bees. There will also be large bee puppets and a puppet theater made from a real bee hive. ITS FREE AND ITS REALLY GOOD!
June 29th at 3PM
The Abrons Arts Center at Henry Street Settlement (in the scuplture garden) 466 grand street
BUT WAIT! THERE IS MORE! I am also offering a free puppet making workshop at Henry Street on June 28th for children and their adults from 10-12. The kids will make worker bee puppets and be invited to be a part of the show the next day (there is a rehearsal at 1:30 on Sunday)..
for directions visit www.abronsartscenter.org or call 212-589-0400″
If you don’t happen to bee in New York, and do happen to bee in Evreux, France, then pop by the festival on the 27th and we shall dance together.
XXXooo
I saw Hamlet in Central Park t…
June 23, 2008
I saw Hamlet in Central Park tonight.You must see. It’s free. It’s so good. It runs until June 29. Erin Orr moves the puppets in “the play”!
Did everyone get the new Joan …
June 22, 2008
Did everyone get the new Joan As Policewoman album yet?!?!? Cause it’s great!!!!! Get thee to the sto’.
Other Music In-Store
June 19, 2008
We had the pleasure of doing an intimate in-store performance at Other Music in Manhattan a few days before the release of A Thousand Shark’s Teeth. DigForFire.tv have produced and edited together a beautiful video of the evening. Check it out:
Furthermore, if you order A Thousand Shark’s Teeth through their website, they’ll throw in a couple of mp3s of the performance for free :)!
Happy USA cd release! See you…
June 17, 2008
Happy USA cd release! See you tonight at the Blender Theater NYC for the extravaganza! playing puppets pierrot prince painting party hats!
We met Blood Red Shoes @ the f…
June 14, 2008
We met Blood Red Shoes @ the festival. Such sweet people & boy do they Rock! Thanks Sweden! Its 12:54 a.m. & the sun is coming up.
Driving through the swedish co…
June 14, 2008
Driving through the swedish countryside to Hultsfred. Otis Redding “That’s how strong my Love” is playing.
Tee shirts, posters & loot
June 10, 2008
Bring Me The Workhorse tee shirts
Drawing by DM Stith.
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Bring Me The Workhorse cd release poster
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Yellow Bird Project charity tee for Road Recovery
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CD release details & an interview with Shara & puppeteer Lake Simons
June 10, 2008
Last year, URB magazine ran a special issue on relationships between women artists. Shara chose to invite puppeteer Lake Simons! For those of you who either haven’t seen this article, or are trying to get in the Pierrot Punk mood for the June 17th CD release Eeeeeextravaganza next week, this article might be of interest. At the Blender Theater on Tuesday, Lake will perform with puppets to the delightful sounds of songwriter/composer John Dyer, as well as an opening act by circus composer Sxip Shirey. There will be face painting, party hats and hip swaying. Wear black and white and we will pretend we are all punk kids who were transported by a magic spaceship back to France in 1911! The band will be falling off the stage. MBD doesn’t have a formation name for this! Maybe it’s just Extravaganza formation! We’ve got so many instruments and fantabulous players galore: marimba and vibes player (can you say vibe-ist?) - Thom Kozumplik, drummer - Brian Wolfe, bassist - Nathan Lithgow, string quartet - Osso (Rob Moose, Olivier Manchon, Marla Hansen & Maria Jeffers), french horn player - Michael Atkinson, bassoonist - Sara Schoenbeck and guitarist/clarinetist - Sebastian Krueger. Aw yeah! 
Other Music in-store performance tonight
June 9, 2008
We are playing an in-store tonight at Other Music. MBD will be in string quartet formation at 8:30 pm. 15 East 4th St. East Village.
We are wearing orange polkadots, ruffles, and cradled bird headbands. I made a new ribbon collagey thing that sits on my right shoulder. It does not interfere with my guitar playing. I think it ties all the outfits together.
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