Sixteen

Sixteen - The Heavy

Magic, edited by Noel Daniel

Magic, 1400s–1950s
Daniel, Noel (Edited by)
Hardcover, 29 x 44 cm (11.4 x 17.3 in.), 650 pages
Taschen 2009

Papà tatuato

Mark Blumberg's Freaks of Nature public lecture at the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia.

Mark Blumberg will speak about his Freaks of Nature: What Anomalies Tell Us About Development and Evolution, published in 2009. Dr. Blumberg is a behavioral neuroscientist and professor at the University of Iowa. The lecture/reading will be followed by a book signing in the main lobby.

Friday, September 11, 2009 from 6:30 PM
Mütter Museum, Philadelphia.

"Kate Bush with a knife in her hand"

Melpomeni (Mediaeval Baebes) live at The Cross King in Kings Cross (London) on Friday 31st July.

Burton In Wonderland

Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland teaser (debut march 2010):

Defending Natural History Museum in Milan

Sign the petition in defence of Milan's Natural History Museum, threaten by local council indifference.

Bloody Circus in Ragusa

Ragusa (Sicily), 1st August 2009

David Larible tribute to Grock

Monday 13rd July David Larible will perform "Il clown dei clown", one-act play with Gensi and Stephan Kuntz, at Villa Grock in Imperia.
The show is a tribute in the 50° anniversary of Grock departure.

Opening show performed by Trio de Janeiro.

Production Alessandro Serena (Circo e dintorni).

Here Larible's official website.

Funambolika 2009

Funambolika third edition is about to start: Raffaele De Ritis' clownerie and circus festival will take place in Pescara's Teatro D'Annunzio from Monday 6th to Wednesday 8th.

On stage:

Monday 6th July
GRAN GALA DU CIRQUE
with Victor Kee, Oleg Izossimov, Golden Powers, KGB, Aurelia Cats and Curatola Brothers.

Tuesday 7th July
AVNER THE ECCENTRIC
Laugh professional

Wednesday 8th July
CREATURE
African Acrobatic Theatre


Tickets on sale here.

An extract of Avner show:

Love Is a Wave

Love Is a Wave - Crystal Stilts

C'est magnifique...! Raffaele De Ritis' new show

(photo Silvia Mazzotta)


The preview of C'est Magnifique (Le Crazy Paradis Burlesque), new Raffaele De Ritis' project, is running these days in Pescara (28 and 31 may) at Wake Up Club (Via Andrea Doria, 30 - Pescara).
For reservations crazyparadis@libero.it

"Le Crazy Paradis is a concept of Raffaele De Ritis, a leading director and writer in international circus, former assistant of music-hall legends Jerome Savary and Arturo Brachetti, collaborator of star clowns David Larible, Jango Edwards, and in the past artistic director of dinner show “Pump, Duck and Circumstance” for Cirque du Soleil, guest director at New York's Big Apple Circus and creator of "Barnum's Kaleidoscape" for Feld Entertainment."

Here FB event.
Here De Ritis' "Novelties and Wonders" blog.

Shock and Horror: the preview

Waiting for James Mundie european tour in 2011/2012... www.toddbrowning.com

Untill The Beginning Of The World

It opens today the one picture exhibition dedicated to italian photographer Luigi Ghirri. "Fino alla fine del mondo", the last photo took by Ghirri will be shown at the Sinagoga in Reggio Emilia (via dell'Aquila, 3/a) since 7th june. On sunday 3rd may writer Beppe Sebaste will read a novel dedicated to the great photographer.

Here, the website.

Carousel, directed by Adam Berg

Thanks Savo.

Happy Birthday Mr. Cunningham

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