2010 Berkely Juggling & Unicycle Festival July 9-11

It seems like this just happened. I guess it’s been a busy year.

http://berkeleyjuggling.org/festival2010/

Always a fine festival, in Berkeley, California.

Juggling in Willits, California

If you happen to be near Northern California this weekend:

June 27: Educational Circus, 3 to 4 p.m. free at the Willits Center for the Arts. Learn juggling, acrobatics, hula-hooping or drumming. Make a mask or juggling pin. Join in an old-fashioned song swap.

June 27: New Old Time Chautauqua, at the Willits Shakespeare Company 1195 S. Main Street. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for youth and free for 8 and under. Advance tickets are available at Paradise Juice Bar or Sol Solutions. The evening features a blend of the raucous and the sublime juggling, folk music, acrobatic dance, new music, Sousa marches, hula hoops, a lasso and a cowgirl. Also featuring the Flying Karamazov Brothers, world famous jugglers.

That’s cheating! :-)

Zero gee juggling is slightly easier than normal.

Article here.

Flying Karamazov Brothers

The Flying Karamazov Brothers will be performing at San Jose Repertory Theatre! The Flying Karamazov Brothers are Bay Area jugglers who have achieved international success.  This limited engagement will run from November 10 to November 14, 2010.

Object manipulation & Fire Arts movie

Here’s a short film a friend forwarded to me. Various fire artists, talking about their art, and some performance.

Some are from the San Francisco Bay Area, maybe all.

Berkeley Juggling Festival Moves!

I just heard that the Berkeley Juggling Festival has moved this year. They will be at

Berkeley High School
1980 Allston Way
Berkeley, CA

It’s a short walk from downtown Berkeley Bart. I don’t know that area well, but parking around there can be a problem, so bart if you can.

The variety show will still be at the old location. Check the festival website, just in case details change, or I’ve read something wrong!

See you there!

Berkeley Juggling and Unicycle Festival

The Berkeley and Unicycle Festival is coming up, Friday, September 18th – Sunday, September 20th. The festival and workshops are free, the show is $10.

This amazing event has around 35 different classes over three days, as well as two shows, and other activities. I’m definitely going to this one – my third time. I may try to learn to unicycle.

Contact Juggling/Object Manipulation Workshops:

• Saturday 3:00pm:Beginning Contact Juggling
• Sunday: 10:00am: Advanced Object Manipulation
• Sunday:Noon: Contact Juggling Show and Tell

Portland Juggling Festival

The Portland Juggling Festival is coming up, and I hope to make it there this year. The usual other things like unicycles, diablo, etc., of course.

http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/event.php?eid=106645804304

Acrylic Spheres are Lenses

One thing I experienced at the Santa Cruz Juggling Festival was getting burned when doing contact juggling with my acrylic spheres in the sunshine. That’s why you can see me there practicing in the shade. I learn slowly, but I do learn!

But my stings were mild compared to this woman’s problems. She managed to burn down her house with an acryllic sphere. She put it in a window, and it lit her television on fire.

So keep your spheres covered when you are not using them, and don’t put them down (or leave them) where there is direct sunlight.

Santa Cruz Juggling Festival

I was at the 2009 Santa Cruz juggling festival recently, and I had a blast. Only downside was the heat. Bring a hat, bring sunscreen, and bring water. (I’m fond of throwing water bottles in the freezer, and bringing them. After a couple hours, they half melt, and are still wonderfully cold).

There were a range of classes; there was club juggling, contact juggling, hoops and whip cracking. I’ll definitely go next year. I wish they would find a spot with a little more shade, though.

Lots of pics at the link above.