[WestMALocals] this Friday - touring Puppet Show at Food for Thought

[kate harris]

From: Erika Arthur <Erika at foodforthoughtbooks.com>

Please Forward Widely
COME ONE! COME ALL!

This Friday, June 24th at 7pm, Food for Thought Books at 106 Pleasant St. 
in downtown Amherst will host "OneEyed AdVentures in DeepSea DogLand" or 
"Where Do Things Belong?" (Toy Theater and Puppetry with Turntable and 
Electronics)

Featuring Philadelphia-based puppeteers DJ ShoddyPuppet (Morgan Andrews) 
and MC RamShackle (Beth Nixon) with appearances by the Cockroach, the Rat, 
the Pigeon, the Cow, the Camel, the Cyclops, the Anteater, the Ant, the 
Flounder, the Tree, the Mountain, the Bottle,  some People, some Robots, 
some Dogs, and NO CATS.

Questions and Explanations on the State of the Union to be detailed in 
Charts and Graphs for your comfort.

Artist Bio's:

Morgan Andrews has been making and touring puppet shows around the U.S. and 
Brazil since 1999. Past performances in the area have been with Terra E 
Teto in 2002, the Puppetual Motion Cycle Circus in 2001 and Shoddy Puppet 
Company in 2000. In his past lives, Morgan sat behind turntables at WMBR in 
Cambridge and played in the electronic toy band Rock/Paper/Scissors. His 
current work with cohort Beth Nixon and upcoming collaboration with 
animator Jo Dery somehow manage to cram all of these mediums into a 6-foot 
wooden box overflowing with sounds and stories.

Beth Nixon is hot off a street performing tour of France, Italy, and Spain. 
She has 28 teeth, a rubber toe, an ever-increasing adoration of cardboard 
and a lust for horned, winged, and floating beasts. She could use a good 
night´s rest, a multi-vitamin, and a more just world. Beth has had the 
pleasure of working with many dynamos including Big Nazo, Bread and Puppet, 
Spiral Q, The Black Sheep Puppet Festival and The Philly Puppet UpRising. 
She performed most recently at The Andorra International Festival of Women 
Clowns in the Pyrenes Mountains. Beth and Morgan will debut their new show 
at the International Toy Theater Festival in NYC and then embark on a 
puppet tour of New England with their trunk full of dogs, flounders, and a 
camel.

Tour Schedule:

Thu June 16 - Brooklyn, NY: 7th International Toy Theater Festival at St. 
Anne's Warehouse, 10pm - 
<http://www.greatsmallworks.org>www.greatsmallworks.org
Fri June 17 - Brooklyn, NY: same place, 7:30pm
Sat June 18 - Pawtucket, RI: Riversing Fest - 
<http://www.tourblackstone.com/riversing.htm>www.tourblackstone.com/riversing.htm
Sun June 19 - Providence, RI: The Dirt Palace
Mon June 20 - Boston (Charlestown), MA: Infrasound
Tue June 21 - Portland, ME: Samba Solstice Show!
Wed June 22 - Falmouth, ME: at Plan-It-X-Fest, the Bike Barn, 5pm - 
<http://www.hellomermaid.com/pixfest/>www.hellomermaid.com/pixfest/
Thu June 23 - Glover, VT: Bread & Puppet Theater, New Building, 9pm -
<http://www.theaterofmemory.com/art/bread/bread.htmlwww.theaterofmemory.com>www.theaterofmemory.com/art/bread/bread.htmlwww.theaterofmemory.com 

Fri June 24 - Amherst, MA: Food For Thought Books - 
<http://www.foodforthoughtbooks.com>www.foodforthoughtbooks.com
Sat June 25 - the end?

erika arthur
events coordinator
food for thought books
106 no. pleasant st.
amherst, ma  01002
413.253.5432
www.foodforthoughtbooks.com
a worker-owned collective bookstore since 1976