The first week of August is National Clown Week. It was declared so by Richard Nixon, when Congress on October 8, 1970, passed the following law/resolution: S Since that time period, people have been taking some time during this month to celebrate, and often there are various organizations that meet or hold festivals. And in 1991, people started calling it […]
Read moreThis is the third or fourth year in a row that I forgot that this week is International Clown Week. I have posted about it before. (In fact, when I went to go look for images for this, I found one of the images that I created!) What can I tell you, I’m a professional clown. I’m good at being […]
Read moreSomehow it escaped me that this week is International Clown Week. I don’t really celebrate it per se. In fact, I mostly shun this kind of stuff. The problem is that the kind of clown stuff that I am interested in (and hopefully, if you are reading this, you are interested in too) is not the cutesy stuff, of which […]
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I got my copy of A Clown In Our Town a few weeks ago, and I have been meaning to write about it. It’s a wonderful tribute to Rob Torres, who passed away unexpectedly in 2018.  I wrote his obituary here: RIP- Rob Torres, International Man of Mirth. Photographer Jim Moore, who has taken more photos of clowns, circuses, […]
Read more“Clowning Around: InterPlay and Sacred Clown,†a workshop facilitated by Jean Carlos Claudio and Agnotti on Wednesday, will take place on March 28th from 6:30pm-9pm at Cup & Spoon 2415 W North Ave. This is a community event that happens monthly. Admission is priced on a sliding scale. This month, the event is a lighthearted evening of spontaneous connection and […]
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For over 30 years, Clown Camp has been an intensive training ground for newcomer clowns and for seasoned clowns to hone their skills. Clown Camp was founded and directed by Dr. Richard Snowberg, a clown for over 35 years and an inductee into the International Clown Hall of Fame. Since 1981, over 6000 people from over 25 different countries have […]
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I have studied with Christopher Bayes in NY about 15 years ago– he’s a great teacher, and you are sure to learn a lot from him! Â (I studied with him and Bill Irwin AT THE SAME TIME! Well, different hours, but the same week) Take Clown in Chicago with Christopher Bayes Christopher Bayes, current head physical acting teacher at the […]
Read moreI don’t know if March is New York Clown Month or something, or if I’ve been living the good life for a while, but RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE, in NYC, there is an INCREDIBLE confluence of some of the best clowns in the world! Â And we’re not even having a festival or anything! Let’s forget about the cornucopia of comedy […]
Read moreThe NY Clown Theater Festival 2012 Â starts in just a few days, and features loads of great shows. Â (I’ve already featured my show and the workshops that are taking place, but there’s lots of other great stuff, including an opening pie fight, a closing funeral procession (made a little bit more real by the death of one of the prospective […]
Read moreThe annual NY Clown Theatre Festival at the Brick is coming up soon, and they’ve got all kinds of great things lined up. They are on the slow road to announcing the performers (although I have it on very good authority they’ve made their decisions, and are just finalizing schedules) In the meantime, they’ve announced the workshops that will be […]
Read moreThe Brick Theater, presenter of the New York Clown Theatre Festival , has decided to make that esteemed festival biennial (for those of you who are not sure– that means every other year) In between, it presents the Amuse Bouche– a lighter selection of events.  This year it’s not really so light– 9 mainstage shows, 3 cabarets, clown films and […]
Read moreGabriela Muñoz, Sabine Choucair & Farah Kassem, three international clowns (Mexico & Lebanon) are currently in India working with children in five different communities throughout the northern part of the country. Their journey started of in Dhampur in the state of Uttar Pradesh, where they met with 60 children from Push Niketaan School and their teachers. They spent a week […]
Read moreThis just in from Pat Cashin’s always excellent Clownalley.net: Ringling Clown College (my alma mater!) wins the 2011 Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Pat Cashin’s CLOWNALLEY.NET: RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CLOWN COLLEGE TO BE RECIPIENT OF 2011 KENNEDY CENTER MARK TWAIN PRIZE FOR AMERICAN HUMOR (you can view his site by clicking above, or read the text of […]
Read moreWhile I’m busy blogging for the Clown Festival at the Brick Theatre, the 29th annual ClownFest is just getting ready to occur in lovely Seaside, NJ. Clownfest bills itself as “America’s Grandest Clown Celebration” I can’t really say if that’s true or not (I am not there- how could it be? :O) ) They definitely have a lot of stuff […]
Read moreENTER LAUGHING! Baraboo’s International Clown Hall of Fame & Research Center Opens For Funny Business On Friday, May 21, 2010 Baraboo, WI (April 29, 2010) — The world’s foremost organization dedicated to the preservation of the art, craft and history of clowning will open its doors in Baraboo on Friday, May 21, 2010 at 10 am. The International Clown […]
Read moreThe schedule for this year’s festival has been announced. Although my time is limited this year (expecting a baby in late August) I plan on blogging for the festival as I did last year. I’ll be previewing a bunch of the acts here over the next couple of weeks or so. Looks like a very exciting lineup with a big […]
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