February 2012

We are getting ready for our special “Fly High and Speak Easy” fundraiser event on March 9th and 10th. Our concert features friends Rick Olson from L.A. on jazz piano and returning from New York City, The Singing Chef, Justin Hicks.

Activities will center around a show of song and aerial dance to live music. This will be taking place Friday Night at 6PM, at The Gin Studios, 430 N.Compress, in a “Family Show” which is more casual, and will have children’s tickets available. On Saturday the same show will take place at the Gin (no “Family Show” price tickets available) to be followed by a gourmet 1920’s “Speakeasy” Dinner at a private home just blocks away in Pioneer Park.

Our show will include Aerial Fabric, Single Point Trapeze, Aerial Rope, Tap and Terrestrial Dance. Period costumes by Donna Barrier and through the help of The General Store. The Audience is encouraged to come dressed in Twenties styles and The General Store Costumes ( The Gen) on Picacho Ave will allow renters a 20% discount.

Rick Olson will provide music from the twenties with his impeccable keyboard stylings. We invite you to listen to his own lovely jazz pieces and originals on his website www.rickolsonmusic.com. Justin Hicks has sung and cooked for the Las Cruces audiences before and he returns by popular request. Justin has sung for many Broadway productions but concentrates now on his original songs. He is a graduate of ICE in New York and has worked as a chef and caterer in the city for a decade. His gourmet food surprised audiences last year at the fundraiser. This year he has researched an entire 20’s Gatsby style banquet. The menu is below.

For tickets visit:
www.brownpapertickets.com

The dinner will feature a “Blind Pig” style of entertainment, urging participants to purchase tickets to view such unique performance “Sideshows” as a fire swallower, contortionist, jugglers and additional aerial feats. Our diners will hear the docile sounds of Rick Olson as they indulge in the wonderful food stylings of Chef Justin Hicks.

bar snacks / hors d'oeuvre
fried giant white corn nuts
warm olives
preserved kumquats
"faux gras" mousse
pork rillettes
pickled crudites

dinner
bread and butter-crispy pullman toast, fresh butter, honey
vegetable gratin -tomato confit, ricotta salata
chicken fricassee -cippolini onion, mushroom salad, fines herbs pistou
or pot roast -anchovy potato cake, radicchio,  fines herbs pistou
olive oil cake -citrus, apple butter
fortune cookies -sanka, green tea, vanilla

 

April brings yet another show called “Agua”. This show will take place during the last two weekends in April and will contain new and old works by PIM, all with the subject of “Water”. PIM’s site specific performance “El Río En Vîvo” on the banks of the Río Grandé featured local artists and writers and our first aerial fabric piece offered in the Las Cruces area. Our decade long Sun Stories international series contained numerous water themed pieces as did our local “Wing Walkers” show. Jellyfish ,Koi ,River Sounds and Oceans are revisited and new musical collaborators also emerge.” Agua “April 21,27,28 at 7PM and April 22 at 4PM. Look for details to come.

Our exciting January travels opened doors to new collaborative partners from around the world. We will divulge information on upcoming tours and residencies as projects emerge. Stay tuned for our 2012/2013 “Palace at Night” tour and our ongoing local class and workshop offerings.