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The BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL applications for Music, Film and Visual Art are NOW BEING ACCEPTED online at
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Get ready to take part in this exciting, fresh addition to the Boulder/Denver Arts Scene. After a very successful first year the Boulder International Fringe Festival=A8 will return in 2006 with greater visibility and a more educated community. Now that the Fringe has introduced itself properly (how do you do, madame?) version 2.0 promises to be packed with more excitement and an eclectic variety of artists, audiences, and community groups.
New Additions in 2006:
100% of the Box Office (or sale of artwork) Revenue goes to the artistsFringe Artists get FREE admission into other Fringe shows!
Discounts available to Audiences for greater attendance.
Marketing with more distinction between the types of art.
More refined Artist Materials
Better Informed Press
More Technical Services
Music category completely redesigned for greater accessibility and affordability.
Film, Visual Art and Music category fees significantly reduced!
2=2E Party! YOU'RE INVITED TO THE "SON OF THE BIG FRINGE LOTTERY PARTY"!=20Hot on the heels of February's "The Big Fringe Lottery Party," (in which the Boulder Fringe's 40 dance and theatre slots were booked), comes April's
"SON OF THE BIG FRINGE THEATER AND DANCE LOTTERY PARTY", during which the festival's film, visual art, and music bookings will be decided.=20
April 10th 2006
7pm @ RedFish Brewery (between Spruce and Pearl on 13th St., downtown Boulder) Free=20 The event will feature entertainment by a variety of musical acts including Ramaya Soskin (of local favorite Slow Rosa), hip-hop artist Ian Sharp, improvisational duo LightsEdgeProject, and others. Also featured will be the work of video artists Mindtemple Media and several local visual artists.
Hosting the event will be Ryan Eggensperger (Eddy the Eskimo of the festival's live late-night talk program, "The Eskimo Show,") and co-host, improv comic Christopher Kuckenbaker.
So if you've got an application in, are curious about who's going to be a part of the festival, or are just interested in an evening of free, wacky, homegrown, Fringe-style entertainment, come join us for "Son of The Big Fringe Lottery Party," RedFish Brewpub, at 7pm on the 10th!=20
email: snipped-for-privacy@boulderfringe.com with any questions!
3=2E Salon! INTRODUCING C.R.A.B., A MONTHLY ARTIST'S SALON!=20The Boulder International Fringe Festival and The Laughing Goat present:
Constantly Risking Absurdity, Baby (C.R.A.B.) Where: The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder When: 7-9pm, the third Thursday of the month, beginning April 20th,
2006. What: A showcase for professional local artists, a networking hub, a great show How Much: $1 - $6 (depending on a roll of the dice) (artists performing that night get in free)=20=20 The Boulder International Fringe Festival, in the interest of strengthening Boulder's creative community, promoting new work by local artists, and raising the local standard for artistic innovation, brings you C.R.A.B., a monthly event at The Laughing Goat coffeehouse, which will showcase new works by writers, performers, comics, musicians, and other artists.
=20 C=2ER.A.B. (which is an acronym for Constantly Risking Absurdity, Baby; from the poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) promises to provide a much-needed forum for local artists to present new work, promote upcoming shows and events, and network in a context in which unique, high quality work is the order of the day.
=20 The event will begin at 7pm on the third Thursday of each month, and will last approximately 120 minutes, including an intermission. Hosted by Eddy the Eskimo (local performer Ryan Eggensperger), C.R.A.B. will follow a variety-show/salon format, in which the acts are presented sequentially, each act getting 5 minutes to perform. Following each act, the performer will have an opportunity to give a brief statement about their work, as well as advertise upcoming events, websites or available merchandise, as they see fit.
=20 If you are interested in performing at C.R.A.B., please send submissions to snipped-for-privacy@boulderfringe.com
4=2E Penguin Dust TRANSMISSIONS FROM THE VOID=20BY EDDIE THE ESKIMO
Hey! Aksutik everybody! Eddy the Eskimo here-=20 just wanted to say hey, it's been a long-ass winter and I'm looking forward to puttin' on my bermudas, revving up the sled, and making my yearly trek down to Boulder to see everyone for some Fringe events again this year!
=20 I hope everyone's excited to see me too, you know?
=20 But first things first. In response to some letters I've been recieving, a lot of people are curious as to how an Eskimo like myself got involved with an arts festival in Colorado, which is an excellent question in itself.=20
=20 And simply put, the answer to it, like many other questions in this world, is "Robert Redford."
=20 Lemme explain.
=20 One day last June, I was on vacation in the Alaskan wilderness, and I was making some bongos out of the skin of a moose that I used to know, when I hear a nanuk, er, polar bear, about 300 yards southwest of where I'm standing. So it's about lunchtime, and I'm thinking, groovy, I haven't had nanuk in a couple days.
=20 So I brandish my knife and I take a couple of steps, when I realize, wait a second, those footsteps are too soft for a polar bear...no, no, that's Robert Redford.
=20 I put my knife away, approach him, and sure enough, with his tape measure in one hand, a cup of Genmaicha in the other, and humming one of my favorite Woody Guthrie tunes, was the Sundance Kid himself. =20
=20 So naturally I introduced myself.
=20 EE: (approaching) Hey, Sundance, what's happening brother?
=20 RR: (focused, not looking up) I'm taking some measurements of the Alaskan wilderness up here, which, as you know, is in danger.
=20 EE: Oh really? What's the deal?
=20 RR: President Bush is still trying to pass a bill in congress to drill for oil up here in this beautiful, majestic land (takes deep breath, pounds on chest, then quickly returns to measuring).
=20 EE: Right, right. (awkward pause) So what exactly are you measuring?
=20 RR: (pause, then stands, looking EE square in the eye, very slowly) If you're gonna f#%* with the lions, it pays to sharpen your teeth.
=20 EE: (confused, yet somehow reassured) Got it. (pause, while RR returns to measuring) You need any help, man?
=20 RR: Sure, hold this. (hands EE a penguin liver)
=20 EE: Oh, sure. (author's note: the smell from a penguins liver, it is common knowledge on the tundra, functions as something of a natural amphetamine, sharpening the senses and providing one with a near-inhuman ability to focus on otherwise daunting tasks, such as evaluating the dimensions of the Alaskan wilderness with a consumer model Stanley Powerlock 35' tape measure) You know, (indicating incisions in said liver) these things work much better if you cut the slits perpendicular to the tissue.
=20 RR: Is that true? My guy told me parallel.
=20 EE: No, no, it's perpendicular, Robert Redford.
=20 RR: (stands, letting tape measure snap quickly back into casing for dramatic effect) You know what (tossing cup of tea) I could use someone like you. How do you feel about Utah?
=20 EE: I don't know, I've never been there. (looking at teacup) Are you gonna pick that up?=20
=20 RR: Utah is the Alaska of the West. With Mormons. And FILM! (throws arm over EE's shoulder) Pure, untapped, majestic- Mother Nature uncorked. Don't believe me? Ask Clooney.
=20 EE: Okay. (looking over shoulder at tea cup) Um...are you gonna-
=20 RR: You'll work for me. Personal Consultant in Arctic Affairs. How's that sound?
=20 EE: Um-
=20 RR: Fantastic.
=20 So I went with him.=20
=20 Unfortunately, on the way down, he ran into another Eskimo on the plane that he got along with just as well as me, but who had already signed a three-picture deal with Miramax, so he figured he'd kill two birds with one stone. And I got off the plane in Salt Lake City, far from home, and now jobless. Never one to turn down a challenge, I wandered the desert for 40 days and 39 nights, the 40th of which was August 17th of last year, when I arrived on the doorstep of Fringe Central. =20
=20 And the rest, as they say, is history.
=20 Well, I hope that answers everyone's questions, and thanks for writing - keep it up! Hopefully, someday I'll get to hear the story of how you all came to be involved with the Boulder Fringe. Oh yea, come see me at RedFish on April 10th, where I'll be hosting the "Son of the Big Fringe Lottery Party," and we'll find out who's gonna be in the Music, Film and Visual Art categories of the 2006 festival.
=20 Until then,=20 stay warm,
=20 Eddy the Eskimo
5=2E Get Involved! THE FRINGE IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD PEOPLE!There are many ways to be involved in the Fringe this year. We'd love for you to help us fill some of the roles that are needed in order for the festival to run smoothly.
If you're ready to jump into the world of fringe, try becoming one or many of the following things:
Artist - All disciplines of Art and creativity are accepted. It's a simple application - Unjuried and entirely uncensored.
Audience - Want to support the fringe but don't know where you fit in? Come see shows! Come experience the art and creativity in your community! Expect the unexpected! Performances are always affordable and open to all. Audiences are also given a voice in the creative process through audience voting - make comments on shows, be a part of the community buzz and have a say in what your community wants art to be! For more details go to -
Stay Informed -If anyone you know would like to sign up for the fringe Email List, have them send an email to snipped-for-privacy@boulderfringe.com=20