~~~ Celebrating Elephants Day at the Oakland Zoo ~~~
Saturday May 26
2 shows- 12 and 2 pm
Oakland Zoo 9777 Golf Links Rd., Oakland, CA
Shows are free with your admission to the zoo
Celebrating Elephants is an annual event at the Oakland Zoo, come visit elephants (and all your other favorite animals) and enjoy an animal-free circus show with Circus Finelli. Learn about elephants with the experts from the Oakland Zoo, and become involved with helping these amazing animals to thrive and grow in numbers. Circus Finelli will perform two short spectacles for children and families, one at noon and one at two pm.
2 shows- 12 and 2 pm
Oakland Zoo 9777 Golf Links Rd., Oakland, CA
Shows are free with your admission to the zoo
Celebrating Elephants is an annual event at the Oakland Zoo, come visit elephants (and all your other favorite animals) and enjoy an animal-free circus show with Circus Finelli. Learn about elephants with the experts from the Oakland Zoo, and become involved with helping these amazing animals to thrive and grow in numbers. Circus Finelli will perform two short spectacles for children and families, one at noon and one at two pm.
~~~ Lagunitas Beer Circus ~~~
Sunday May 20
1-6 pm
Lagunitas Brewing Co
1280 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94954-1113
ages 21 +
tickets $40 general admission, $25 designated driver admission (does not receive beer glass)purchase tickets at: http://lagunitas.com/beercircus/index.html
Step right up for the fourth annual Lagunitas Beer Circus, a benefit for the Petaluma Music Festival, keeping music in schools.
Circus Finelli perfoms on the main stage at 4:30, and will also play as a strolling Circus Band throughout the day. A stellar lineup of bay area Circus, Music, Comedy, and Burlesque performs all day.
1-6 pm
Lagunitas Brewing Co
1280 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 94954-1113
ages 21 +
tickets $40 general admission, $25 designated driver admission (does not receive beer glass)purchase tickets at: http://lagunitas.com/beercircus/index.html
Step right up for the fourth annual Lagunitas Beer Circus, a benefit for the Petaluma Music Festival, keeping music in schools.
Circus Finelli perfoms on the main stage at 4:30, and will also play as a strolling Circus Band throughout the day. A stellar lineup of bay area Circus, Music, Comedy, and Burlesque performs all day.
~~~ Merced Branch Library Open House ~~~
Wednesday, May 16
6 - 8 pm
Roving Clown Luz Gaxiola: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Light Refreshments served from 6:15-7:00 p.m.
Juggler Extraordinaire Dana Smith: 7:00 p.m.
SF public library, Merced Branch 155 Winston Dr (between Broadmoor Dr & Stonecrest Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132
Come celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Merced Branch renovation. Fun for families and children of all ages! Entertainment and light refreshments will be provided. Happy Anniversary Merced! Enjoy performances by Roving Clown Luz Gaxiola and Juggler Extraordinaire Dana Smith. Try your luck on a scavenger hunt! The Branch was renovated as part of the Branch Library Improvement Program, a voter initiative passed in November 2000. Building better libraries for stronger communities.
6 - 8 pm
Roving Clown Luz Gaxiola: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Light Refreshments served from 6:15-7:00 p.m.
Juggler Extraordinaire Dana Smith: 7:00 p.m.
SF public library, Merced Branch 155 Winston Dr (between Broadmoor Dr & Stonecrest Dr)
San Francisco, CA 94132
Come celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Merced Branch renovation. Fun for families and children of all ages! Entertainment and light refreshments will be provided. Happy Anniversary Merced! Enjoy performances by Roving Clown Luz Gaxiola and Juggler Extraordinaire Dana Smith. Try your luck on a scavenger hunt! The Branch was renovated as part of the Branch Library Improvement Program, a voter initiative passed in November 2000. Building better libraries for stronger communities.
~ Circus Finelli at the Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center ~
Sunday May 20
11 am
515 Cortland Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94110
CANCELLED!
We apologize for any inconvienence.
~~~ Circus Finelli at 50 Mason Social House ~~~
Wednesday, June 6
7-10 pm
50 Mason Social House
50 Mason street, San Francisco, CA
free
Join Circus Finelli for an evening of music and comedy at the beautiful new venue, 50 Mason Social House. Hear accordions and steel-bodied strings play circus originals as well as old-timey tunes and Eastern European Favorites.
7-10 pm
50 Mason Social House
50 Mason street, San Francisco, CA
free
Join Circus Finelli for an evening of music and comedy at the beautiful new venue, 50 Mason Social House. Hear accordions and steel-bodied strings play circus originals as well as old-timey tunes and Eastern European Favorites.
~~~ Over the Waves ~~~
"Over the Waves" in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Sara Fajardo.
June 25, 26, 27
8 pm
Stage Werx Theatre 446 Valencia street x 16th street
San Francisco California 94103
“Over the Waves” is a maritime clown adventure, the legend of four inept sailors who set out across the open ocean toward certain disaster. “Over the Waves” is a dreamy vaudevillian version of classic sea stories, told through cartoonish physical comedy, circus, and live music on accordion and ukulele. “Over the Waves” premiered last August at the Festival Strongylus clown festival in Chihuahua, Mexico.
~~~~~ Medical Clown Project ~~~~~
Molly Shannon, Luz Gaxiola, and Mahsa Matin of Circus Finelli are all currently performing with the "Medical Clown Project" in San Francisco. The Medical Clown Project provides therapeutic medical clowning as an integrated component of care for adult and pediatric patients and their families.
The clowns also benefit the community milieu by lightening the mood of healthcare providers and staff. For more information on the Medical Clown Project, visit http://www.medicalclownproject.org/. And to read an article from the SF Chronicle about the project, and see a video about the medical clown project, go to: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2012/01/15/BA2K1MP5MA.DTL&o=1
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~~~ Congratulations to "Mustard" of Circus Finelli! ~~~
Mahsa Matin named "Best One-Woman Band" by the SF Weekly:
"Have you seen the Beat Feet Orchestra? Actually, the "orchestra" is just one musician: pint-sized Mahsa Matin...tromping around the city with a bass drum, snare, and high hat that — strapped to her back — she plays by stomping her wire-rigged clown shoes....
Read the whole article here.
Watch the AMAZING DOCUMENTARY all about Mahsa Matin and her adventures in clowning.
Special thanks to Seven Summit Productions for creating this video.
photo by Mica Gaxiola.
