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Looking
to perform? Poonie’s Cabaret is free and easy!
Looking to express ideas in a nontraditional, relaxed,
honest, format? Do you have a piece that’s not quite ready
for primetime but still deserves a chance to be presented; or are
you a fringe performer who just wants to figure some stuff out? Perhaps
(and I am just saying perhaps) maybe
you are just like us: slightly confused, curious, in need of a nudge.
This is the deal: we provide the space, maybe even
an assignment if you need inspiration. Poonie’s is the first
Tuesday of the month at Links Hall. You get in at 8:00 p.m., we
start the show at 8:30 p.m. We also provide a fistful of fairy fun.
You provide the work, no more than 15 minutes in length. Any work.
We welcome all forms of expression: music, dance, contact improvisation,
puppetry, performance art, theater, live painting, queer expression,
Indian classical singing, tap dancing, cheerleading, hip hop and
b-boy/girling, film/video,freestyle rapping, freestyle martial arts,
four square, capoeira, baroque music, freejazz, middle eastern music/dance,
flamenco...etc. We’ll program up to four artists/groups per
show. We are not picky people.
We are Brian Robert Hinkle and Matthew Hollis, the
new hosts/curators of Poonie’s Cabaret.
Email us if you are interested in performing!
Matthew Hollis mach3117@juno.com
Brian Robert Hinkle brobstinkle25@yahoo.com
Poonie's Cabaret was created by Selene Carter,
who was inspired by Patrick Scully’s “Patrick’s
Cabaret” in Minneapolis, MN. Poonie’s is named for Poonie
Dodson, a much-loved Chicago dancer/choreographer who died of AIDS
in the early 90's. Performers and audience members are asked for
a $5 donation. Proceeds from the cabaret go to the Links Hall Duncan
Erley Memorial Coming Out of the Closet Fund, which is periodically
awarded to artists whose work explores the realms of healing, gay
activism, and spiritual and sexual transformation.
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All performances
Tuesday evenings at 8:30 p.m.
Admission $5
Interested performers, please contact Matthew Hollis at (773) 252
- 8136
January 6, 2004
I will not...Happy New Year! Take some time to review all the things
you have never done or never will do again.
February 3, 2004
Love Is A Drag. Come celebrate love the right way. All pieces are
performed in drag. Put on a dress, tape down your breasts, see how
the other half lives.
March 2, 2004
Leprechauns, Lions, and Lambs. Oh my! So many things make March,
march. So many questions. Will it go in like a...or out like a...will
the groundhog win? And what about the Irish?
April 6, 2004
Stupid April. Let's face it...April has been holding us back for
too long.
May 4, 2004
cubs game
Mother may I? Change is upon us. Will you take two baby steps
forward or four giant steps backwards...is this the month with clocks?
Matt Hollis and Brian Hinkle host an informal, multifarious evening
of off-the-cuff performance by a variety of artists.
June 1, 2004
cubs game
What do Gay Horses eat? Come and celebrate your pride with hosts
Matthew Hollis and Brian Robert Hinkle. You don't have to be gay
but let's face it...it helps.
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