To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 20:34:41 GMT Subject: [Puptcrit] Big Bird/Katrina Yes, the dateline of this story was 6 months ago, but the scumbags who tried to pull off the scheme are still in office, still throwing BILLIONS down a rathole in Iraq each month, STILL without an exit plan from that mess, still ant-arts, anti education, pro-poverty for most of us, anti-middle class, AND CURRENTLY MESSING WITH THE INTERNET. If you want to keep it free and open, you'd better contact your Senators and Congressioal Representatives NOW to support the bi-partisan Network Neutrality Bill of Senators Snowe and Dorgan, and ask Congress Reps to suport Rep. Ed Markey's Amendment FOR NET NEUTRALITY. I would imagine that puptcrit could be negatively effected if the Bushies succeed in one more attempt at monopolizing power, which they obviously do not deserve if you have checked the approval ratings. 6 Months ago many contacted their Senators and Reps about the PBS/CPB, and helped save at least part in the public interest. If you paid attention, then, you'd have responded to PBS public appeals for help. Nothing has changed for us. Citizens must remain vigilant daily. The Bull is running the China Shop. ALAN COOK -----Original Message----- From: puptcrit-request-AT-lists.driftline.org Sent: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:55:13 -0700 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Subject: puptcrit Digest, Vol 19, Issue 16 Send puptcrit mailing list submissions to puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to puptcrit-request-AT-lists.driftline.org You can reach the person managing the list at puptcrit-owner-AT-lists.driftline.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of puptcrit digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: big bird to pay for Katrina (jimpup-AT-aol.com) 2. Re: big bird to pay for Katrina (mjm) 3. Re: TV puppet class at CSU this summer (R3~) 4. Re: TV puppet class at CSU this summer (RaraBird-AT-aol.com) 5. Re: puptcrit Digest, Vol 19, Issue 15 (NANCYSTAUB-AT-aol.com) 6. A puppet Company's international touring schedule (Mathieu Ren?) 7. Ryan Howard (Jamie Ashby) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:07:23 -0400 From: jimpup-AT-aol.com Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] big bird to pay for Katrina To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Message-ID: <8C84390B500E9F3-1888-F6-AT-mblk-r36.sysops.aol.com> Nancy, Thanks for letting us know about this sinister plan. Jim Malone -----Original Message----- From: NANCYSTAUB-AT-aol.com To: puptcrit-driftline.org-AT-lists.driftline.org Cc: nananola-AT-earthlink.net; Lesliestaub-AT-aol.com; Tas455-AT-aol.com; info-AT-hensonfoundation.org; allelu-AT-attglobal.net; cherylhenson-AT-gmail.com; TSPICTURES-AT-aol.com; elizstaub-AT-yahoo.com Sent: Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:40 EDT Subject: [Puptcrit] big bird to pay for Katrina Republicans target Big Bird to pay for Katrina recovery By BILL STRAUB Scripps Howard News Service October 18, 2005 WASHINGTON - If an influential group of House Republicans gets its way, Big Bird will have to pay his own way to Sesame Street, and Masterpiece Theater will begin searching for product placement opportunities - all to fund the Hurricane Katrina recovery. The Republican Study Committee, a conservative group within the House GOP caucus, has launched Operation Offset to cut spending by $102.1 billion in this year's budget to help pay for rebuilding New Orleans and other devastated environs. Among the targets in the group's bull's-eye: The National Endowment for the Arts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Officials estimate the rebuilding effort will exceed $200 billion, and many conservative lawmakers are uneasy about picking up that tab. It would add to a federal deficit that already had been projected to reach $314 billion. "Congress must ensure that a catastrophe of nature does not become a catastrophe of debt for our children and grandchildren," said Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., the committee's chairman. After some initial hesitation, House Republican leaders, as well as President Bush, agreed that offsetting budget cuts are in order, although what form they might take remains up for debate. If the Republican Study Group gets its way, part of the savings will come from eliminating federal funding for the arts and public television. According to Pence, that would save the Treasury $1.8 billion over 10 years - a down payment on the Katrina bill. Federal arts funding has long been a target of Republican budget-cutters. In 1996, lawmakers not only slashed the appropriation to the National Endowment for the Arts by 39 percent but also adopted a provision to phase out the government's financial support for the program over two years. Eliminating the NEA, the federal government's primary funding source for non-profit theater and dance companies, never came to pass, however, as the endowment adopted new rules to make the type of art in line for funding more palatable to budget writers. In the late 1980s, the endowment encountered criticism for funding artists like photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, noted for his homoerotic images, and Andres Serrano, who raised hackles by dipping a crucifix into a vat of his urine. The agency responded with new regulations regarding its grant-making authority. In 1998, rather than shutter the operation, Congress reacted by ordering that state arts organizations receive a larger share of the fiscal pie. This year, Congress approved an NEA funding level of $125.6 million. The Republican Study Committee acknowledged in a policy statement that while the NEA has shifted its focus over the years to funding more traditional arts programs - dealing with areas like Shakespeare, folk music and opera - "the NEA continues to fund programs that some believe are of questionable value and appropriateness." The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a larger and more recognizable entity, receiving $368.8 million in the 2005 federal budget. The money supports educational and cultural programs offered over stations that are members of the Public Broadcast System - Masterpiece Theater and Nova are prime examples - and helps pay for National Public Radio. Like the NEA, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has experienced its share of controversy, with conservatives complaining about liberal bias in its programming, although recent polls indicate viewers and listeners fail to detect any such slant. Kenneth Tomlinson, who recently stepped down as CPB chairman, ruffled feathers by seeking to bring what he characterized as balance to network programming, offering a public-affairs program hosted by conservative writer Tucker Carlson and a look at the workings of the Wall Street Journal's editorial board. Pence and the Republican Study Committee note that the CPB and the Public Broadcasting System "continue to use federal funding to pay for questionable programming, such as a documentary on sex education funded by the Playboy Foundation." A lot of the programming, such as the popular children's show Sesame Street, "could bring in enough annual revenues to cover the loss of federal funding." Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., one of those urging steep budget cuts to pay for hurricane recovery, said the initiative must be accomplished without raising taxes or adding to the national debt, which recently surpassed the $8 trillion mark. "When the families of my district in western North Carolina have unforeseen expenses arise, they have to look for other, less-important items to cut from the family budget," McHenry said. "Government needs to apply that same common sense. We must not allow the liberals in Congress to politicize this issue and use it as their latest excuse to raise taxes." McHenry cited Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican, who said Hurricane Katrina destroyed every school in four of his state's counties. "Eliminating the federal share of CPB funding would free up $400 million this year," he said. "That is enough money to build 40 elementary schools." The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, McHenry said, already receives 85 percent of its funding from sources other than the federal government. "Certainly, public television has its benefits, but we have to be responsible and choose our priorities," he said. "What is more important, funding the Lehrer News Hour or building schools to educate our children?" But Brad Woodhouse, spokesman for the Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities, a group backed by organized labor to oppose budget cuts, said the effort has nothing to do with Katrina and everything to do with GOP efforts to salvage tax cuts enacted under President Bush, most of which have benefited the wealthy. "The idea that these cuts are to offset Katrina relief is hogwash," he said. "If offsets were a priority for this crowd, why has the GOP leadership refused to offset other spending such as rebuilding Iraq, Afghanistan or other operations in Iraq? The fact is this GOP effort is Robin Hood in reverse - robbing from the poor to give to the rich - and it ought to make GOP moderates, especially marginal members, very, very nervous." Americans for the Arts, a leading non-profit group dedicated to advancing the arts, added: "This is not the time to abandon a federal commitment to arts and culture" and advised supporters to raise the issue with their members of Congress. "Needless to say, cutting this funding would not even make a dent in the need for hurricane relief, and at the same time it would deprive the affected areas of much-needed help in rebuilding their vital cultural sectors," the group said in a statement. (Contact Bill Straub at StraubB(at)shns.com) _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 23:26:42 -0500 From: mjm <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] big bird to pay for Katrina To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Message-ID: <a4ba9cb62c38b5162cb62d0d0b9d60d9-AT-wi.rr.com> Certainly a hideous, ironic and laughable plan by the "what will they try next" Republicans, but, please note the date. A 6 month old story. m On May 11, 2006, at 6:07 PM, NANCYSTAUB-AT-aol.com wrote: > Republicans target Big Bird to pay for Katrina recovery > By BILL STRAUB > Scripps Howard News Service > October 18, 2005 ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 21:40:49 -0700 From: R3~ <radius11-AT-covad.net> Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] TV puppet class at CSU this summer To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Message-ID: <446411D1.3070902-AT-covad.net> Here you go... http://csusummerarts.org/index.asp I may see you there. Ray~ RaraBird-AT-aol.com wrote: >Hi fellow Pupt-critters, > >Somebody posted about this class (Puppets, Cameras and Controlled Chaos, July >2-15, 2006 at CSU , Fresno)...I went to the website and got all the info I >needed from it, called the lady and everything. She tells me I need to fill out >the application for the class online, and now I have forgotten the site >address. Does anyone have the link to this again? I am excited to register for >it, it looks great! > >Laura >_______________________________________________ >List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org >Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org >Archives: http://www.driftline.org > > >. > > > ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 06:12:12 EDT From: RaraBird-AT-aol.com Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] TV puppet class at CSU this summer To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Message-ID: <45e.c429b.3195b97c-AT-aol.com> In a message dated 5/11/06 9:39:21 PM, radius11-AT-covad.net writes: > Here you go... > > http://csusummerarts.org/index.asp > > I may see you there. > > Ray~ > Hi Ray, thanks for the link. I'll apply for this too....now if I can just get over this performance anxiety..... Laura ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:21:04 EDT From: NANCYSTAUB-AT-aol.com Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puptcrit Digest, Vol 19, Issue 15 To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Message-ID: <30c.4844063.31962c10-AT-aol.com> Probably the Munich City Museum or else Chrudim in the Czech Republic. Suan Kinney at CPA had the UNIMA research CD. Maybe she can find out from it. Nancy ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 14:56:51 -0400 From: Mathieu Ren? <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca> Subject: [Puptcrit] A puppet Company's international touring schedule To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org> Message-ID: <002801c675f5$e8585c20$4c34f3c7-AT-critter1> Hi all lovers of wonderful puppetry. I received this schedule from my Puppeteer's association. The company "Les Sages Fous", from Trois-Rivieres, (Quebec) are going again on tour around Europe. The more they do it, the more they are wanted. I can understand, they are truly amazing! Perhaps you have seen their wonderful Giant ostriches in their first show: Paradissimo. I have seen a great exerpt of their new show, and I wish I could turn myself into a puppet to hide in their luggage! Be enchanted by the fluid movements of mermaids and other underwater creatures! Here is the schedule, they are playing in lots of festivals! Sorry if there are some country names in French, I have to translate the list myself and don't know all the names in English. Show: Le Bizzarium : aquarium de rue (meaninang: street aquarium). Contact info: Jacob Brindamour: 1453, Notre-Dame Centre, local 3A, Trois-Rivi?res, (Qu?bec) CANADA G9A 4X4 (819) 374-4280 www.sagesfous.com info-AT-sagesfous.com European Tour 2006 Le Bizzarium : aquarium de rue 20-22 mai 06 - International Festival of Puppetry Art ? Bielsko-Biala, Poland 26-27 mai 06 - Festivalul International de Teatru de la Sibiu ? Sibiu, Romania 4 juin 06 - Sinksenfeesten ? Courtrai, Belgium 10-11 juin 06 - Mooi Weer Spelen ? Delft, Netherlands 24 juin 06 - Internationaal Poppentheater Festival ? Dordrecht, Netherlands 25 juin 06 - Hengelo op Straat ? Hengelo, Netherlands 1er-2 juillet 06 - Festival renaissanceS ? Bar-le-Duc, France 7 juillet 06 - Z?accros d?ma rue ? Nevers, France 8 juillet 06 - Straatfestival ? Vlissingen, Netherlands 9 juillet 06 - Zomer 2006 ? Menen, Belgium 12 juillet 06 - Gassensensationen ? Heppenheim, Germany (in option) 14 juillet 06 - Festival de la marionnette ? Dives-sur-Mer, France 16 juillet 06 - Puppetbuskerfestival ? Gent, Belgium 20-22 juillet 06 - Galway Arts Festival ? Galway, Ireland 28-31 juillet 06 - La Strada ? Graz, Austria 3-4 ao?t 06 - Mimos ? P?rigueux, France 6 ao?t 06 - Festival en Bastides ? Villefranche de Rouergue, France 8 ao?t 06 - Renc?arts ? Pornichet ? Pornichet, France (in option) 10-11 ao?t 06 - Boulevard Festival ? Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (in option) 12 ao?t 06 - Afro-Caribian Dahliade ? Bredene, Belgium 13 ao?t 06 - Kunstanimatie ? Wenduine, Belgium 17 ao?t 06 - Il Castello Incantato ? Locarno, Switzerland 20 ao?t 06 - Au Bonheur des m?mes ? Grand-Bornand, France 25 ao?t 06 - Kunstbende ? Koksijde, Belgium 1er-3 sept. 06 - PIF Festival ? Zagreb, Croatia 7-10 sept. 06 - la Fira de T?rrega ? T?rrega, Spain 15-17 sept. 06 - Venezianische Messe ? Ludwigsburg, Germany 19-24 sept. 06 - Festival Mondial des Th??tres de Marionnettes ? Charleville-M?zi?res,Fr 26 sept-10 oct 06 - Grand Huit Marionnettes ? Champagne-Ardennes Mathieu Ren? Cr?aturiste Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera... Puppets, Masks, Etcetera... www.creaturiste.com creaturiste-AT-magma.ca (514) 274-8027 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 15:15:14 -0400 From: Jamie Ashby <jamie.ashby-AT-utoronto.ca> Subject: [Puptcrit] Ryan Howard To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Message-ID: <1147461314.4464dec249517-AT-webmail.utoronto.ca> Dear friends, Is Ryan Howard on this list? If not, could somebody please send me his email address? I wanted to ask him a quick question aboutMcPharlin. Thanks! Jamie Ashby PhD Candidate: "Ideas in Motion: New Work Development at Puppetmongers Theatre Company" Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, University of Toronto Co-founder, PuppUTopiate: the *only* puppet company at the Univ. of Toronto ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org End of puptcrit Digest, Vol 19, Issue 16 **************************************** _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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