I just got an invitation to check out a performance tonight, so with that I'm off to an exciting evening. I love last minute plans.


So do they have these all over? Or is it just a Minneapolis thing?

If so, do you go? Do you support the arts?

CarrieMpls said:

i'm hiding from the uptown art festival this year it's everywhere! they've taken over the streets!

we fringe here


i think it's a fringe tour kind of.

CarrieMpls said:

Can I use your account while you're gone?

XxAxX said:

I've been meandering out of Uptown by going the long way round things. I HATE the Uptown Art Fair!



The show was great, btw.

emm said:

I found out tonight that ours is the biggest fringe festival in North America. We love our performing arts here, apparently.

CarrieMpls said:

we have an annual one in asheville - a weekend long event with about 4-6 different places to go watch different shows around 30 shows total or more going on each day

Jess has danced @ fringe for 3 yrs or more

I have a few pix if you would like to see them let me know

Mach said:

That's awesome! Somehow I thought it might be something you would know about.

Ours spans about 10 days with 15 or so venues and there are over 100 performances. It's quite large.

And I'd love to see pics.

CarrieMpls said:

thats HUGE

BRB with pix

Mach said:

3 yrs ago Jess- fire dance- she was12




2 yrs ago Jess




this yrs Fringe

Mach said:

I just looked it up and it's bigger than I thought...

"In 2006, we presented 163 shows in 867 performances over 11 days."

CarrieMpls said:

What type of show did you see ?

CarrieMpls said:

THAT's HUGEST

Gorgeous pics, Mach!! I love the fingernail thingys!

Mach said:

Tonight was a one-woman monologue by a fairly well-known local performer. She was sweet and funny and it was quite personal. Mostly funny. lol.

CarrieMpls said:

I really wish I knew how to post vids on youtube

Yeah Thai Dance fingers they rock !!

CarrieMpls said:

Yr before last I watch a gay couple sit and talk about their lives as gays

It was very personal ...much laughter and many tears too

It was moving

my fringe needs a trim

ZombieKitten said:

Mach said:

Carrie is there a web site for this Hugemungo festival ?

Mach said:

http://www.fringefestival.org/


It's another 'org'!

CarrieMpls said:

Thanx

CarrieMpls said:

Incidentally, this is the show I saw:

http://www.fringefestival...showid=661

Mach said:

PS - If your daughter is interested in traveling in the future, Minnesota's is still a "true" fringe festival. Though they get almost 1000 entries and there is only room for less than 200 shows, they are picked mostly by lottery, it's not an audition process, so everyone has a shot. I think that makes it kinda neat.

CarrieMpls said:

OH
MY
GOD !


wow ... This festival is awesome - huge - long

perhaps worth a trip to Minn. to experience it

CarrieMpls said:

That is a neat process


I am going to show her the site when she wakes ( teens sleep late !! )

Thank you again for sharing

They have them here in the UK although I never knew and still don't know what 'Fringe Festival' means. It sounds like something to do with hair which would be fitting in your case Carrie!

JDInteractive said:

A fringe festival is a performing arts thing. Usually plays, monologues, dance, some mixed media stuff, spoken word, etc. It's "fringe" cause it's open to all performers. Very "indie" in that sense.