And we're back. This show is meaningful to me in a way that it won't be to you. Years ago, I was a regular at a show at R Bar in Williamsburg. This show is a sampling of the excellent comics who routinely did the show, without the host who moved to LA a while ago. What should be meaningful to you is that this will be a great show. And here's who will be there:
Claudia Cogan ( Last Comic Standing)
Victor Varnado (Conan, Comedy Central)
Liam McEneaney ( Comedy Central, Showtime)
Amanda Melson ( Comedy Central)
Ritch Duncan (TruTV)
Michael Martin
And hosted as always by Charles Star.
Pant Hoot Comedy
Thursday, May 9 at 9pm
Lincoln Park Tavern
49 Lincoln Road between Flatbush and Ocean
FREE!
Hosted by Charles Star (Bridgetown Comedy Festival, San Francisco Comedy & Burrito Festival)
Pant Hoot Comedy Thursday, January 10 at 9pm Lincoln Park Tavern 49 Lincoln Road between Flatbush and Ocean Steps from the Q/B/S at Prospect Park FREE!
Alphabet Arts, the local puppetry theater who brought you City of Hamburgers and Puppets Got Talent, are back with a weekend of shows at The Bushwick Starr. The first Puppets + Poets show is going on as I type this but they are performing from Friday through Sunday, including family matinees on Saturday and Sunday so you've got plenty of opportunity to see them this weekend.
I love their work and hope to get to one of the free(!) matinees with my son to see Sweatshirt Boy head to Coney Island.
The Bushwick Starr and Alphabet Arts present:
Puppets + Poets 207 Starr St. (between Irving & Wycoff)
Performances December 6 - 9, 2012
Thursday - SundayEvening program for mature audiences:
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm. Tickets $12. Family friendly Matinee program for all ages:
Saturday + Sunday at 4pm. FREE!
BROOKLYN, NY -Puppets + Poets is a workshop and performance festival produced by AlphabetArts to create and cultivate collaborative hybrid art. The festival includes two programs of eclectic performances blending poetry and puppetry, two of the world's oldest and most diversely practiced art forms. Featuring collaborations by poets, puppeteers, musicians, actors and other artists, including Sweatshirt Adventures by Alphabet Arts, Another World Is Possible by The People's Puppets of Occupy Wall Street, Your Parents' Cocaine by political hip-hop legends The Coup, and much more.
Artistic Director: Amber West
Producer: Sarah Engelman
Workshop Facilitators: Chris Borchardt, Joe Therrien, Amber West
Family Program Director: Chris Borchardt
Lead Puppeteers: Joe Therrien, Kirsten Kammermeyer
Stage Manager: Neelam Vaswani
Directions:
Via Subway take the L Train to Jefferson Street, exit at Starr Street, walk against traffic on Starr, and the theater is 3/4 of a block on the right.
About Alphabet Arts:
Alphabet Arts is a nonprofit artist collective founded in NYC in 2009 by a poet, a puppeteer, and a producer. The collective blends a variety of art forms to create innovative performances and educational programs for both family and mature audiences. Learn more at alphabetarts.org.
More about Puppets + Poets:
Alphabet Arts introduced this unique program in 2011 to create opportunities for diverse artists and youth to collaboratively explore the relationship between puppetry and poetry, art forms practiced throughout the world and across the ages. Participants in the collective's inaugural hands-on workshops created original "puppet poems" and performed to sold-out audiences at Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Creative Arts Studio. Thanks to this success, The Bushwick Starr invited Alphabet Arts to produce a larger festival in 2012 that will continue as a lively annual event providing opportunities for artists and youth to create, collaborate, and build community across artistic disciplines and other borders. The development of Sweatshirt Boy's crazy Coney Island Adventure, which Alphabet Arts will present at the free Puppets & Poets family matinees in 2012, is supported in part by the Greater NY Arts Development Fund of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council.
We're back! Sorry to anyone who came out last week, since we are off of our usual second-Thursday schedule. I calculate that my apology is relevant to zero people.
Anyway, here's who we've got this week:
James Adomian (Last Comic Standing, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)
Jena Friedman (writer for Late Show with David Letterman; SXSW Comedy Festival)
Today at 1pm, Rutland I (between Flatbush and Bedford) is having a Block Party that is also a fundraiser for the Lefferts Gardens Montessori.
EVENTS 2:30 - 4:30 pm BBQ 2:30 - 3 pm Piano Concert for Kids Performance by LGM Parent and PLG Resident Surya Botofasina 1 pm Dominic the Knife Sharpening Guy 1 - 3 pm Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest Judging at 3 p.m. 3 - 3:30 pm Songs by Jeremy Plays Guitar 3:30 - 4:30 pm Origami Table Sponsored by Taro’s Origami Studio in Park Slope 4 - 5 pm Kids Costume Parade Princess/Superhero theme! Kids bring your instruments to march down Rutland I in your costumes. Parade starts at 4:30 p.m. Prizes for Best Princess and Best Superhero Costume Contest. 4:30 - 5:30 pm Doggie Costume Parade Parade starts at 5 p.m. Prizes and other goodies! Sponsored by Trixie’s
ACTIVITIES 1-5:30 p.m. DJ MUSIC FACE PAINTING BAKE SALE AND LEMONADE STAND Homemade sweet and savory goodies POPCORN AND COTTON CANDY BOUNCY HOUSE GIANT STOOP SALE Great items for Kids, Women, and Men. Clothing, toys, books, household items, and more at affordable prices!
All proceeds will go to support the Lefferts Gardens Montessori
Back in February we received an email from neighor and nerdcore star MC Frontalot letting us know that his latest video, Stoop Sale, was dropping. Because of our current blogging practices (Pant Hoot dates and cobwebs) it slipped between the cracks.
This morning, though, I decided to poke fun at him on Twitter, so the least I could do is post the video, particularly since it was shot on a Kickstarter-funded set built to look like Lefferts between Washington and Bedford, where he lives. Good work on the song and video and you can buy the album or any of his other merch here.
I forgot to post last month but that doesn't mean Lincoln Park Tavern didn't host a great show. Thanks to everyone who came out despite my negligence. We've got another great show next Thursday and I hope to see you there.
Our lineup for May 10:
Lucas Molandes (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, Montreal Just For Laughs Festival)---->
Jamie Lee (NBC's Last Comic Standing; Portland Bridgetown Comedy Festival)
Adam Newman (MTV's The College Humor Show; Boston Comedy Festival finalist)
And we're back! The second Thursday of the month is coming up and that means that comedy is back at Lincoln Park Tavern. Without anymore buildup, here's are this month's guests:
Brooklyn Kids Rock is coming up this Saturday, March 3rd, at Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Fort Greene. The event features live music, arts & crafts, face painting, snacks and raffle prizes. All proceeds go to the Maple Street School.
Tickets are on sale in advance at the Maple Street School website, and will also be available at the door.
Here's the lineup:
11:30 The Deedle Deedle Dees 12:30 Rolie Polie Guacamole 1:30 Jeremy Plays Guitar 2:30 Captain Kirk Douglas 3:15 Jon Samson
Brooklyn Kids Rock! Saturday, March 3rd 11am - 4pm Brooklyn Masonic Temple (map) 317 Clermont Ave, Fort Greene
Recent Comments