Where's that rain they are predicting today? There was a BIG fire that blew up near the suburbs of Missoula the other evening.

Remembering my friend Georgio at: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
Spitfires of the Spaceways
UPDATED! Wilma Deering & Dale Arden to the rescue; Bodacious Princess Aura I; Hapless Aura II; The fiery Emperor Ming; The Orson Welles Rumor Debunked; and BOTH incarnations of Jean Rogers!
Read my latest Spitfires in Context essay.

Charity Alert: Keep that resolution to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: We are having MANY special events over the next month at the Hockaday Museum of Art -- A Poetry Reading, a Lecture/Reception, Museums & Music, and an Unveiling of a Special Painting. Check 'em out!

Media Watch: Lets' talk about some REAL Theater!
The 2007 Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and Magic Hat Summer Variety Show Tour:

9/5 TBA Scranton PA (tentative)
9/6 Chameleon Club, Lancaster PA http://www.chameleonclub.net
9/7 The Zipper Theater, NYC http://www.thezipperfactory.com
9/8-9/9 The Boston Tattoo Convention, Boston MA http://www.bostontattooconvention.com
9/10 Lucky Dog Music Hall, Worcester MA http://www.luckydogmusic.com/
9/11 TBA
9/12 Red Square, Albany NY http://www.redsquarealbany.com/welcome/
9/13 Hops in the Square, Syracuse NY http://www.hollerbackproductions.com
9/14 Rex Theatre, Pittsburg PA http://www.elkoconcerts.com/rextheater.htm
9/15 World Cafe Live, Philadelphia PA http://www.worldcafelive.com/

Juggling Workshop in Hudson, NY
September 30th from 11 to 2pm.
In conjuction with Artswalk, Bindlestiff co-founders Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu will be offering juggling workshops.



Stephanie Monseu as Ringmisteress Philomena introduces The Strangest Show on Earth! (Digitized images from the trailer of The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus DVD by Alan Plotkin.)