Cafe Cocomo's
650 Indiana St
Saturday, February 18

San Francisco, CA
$35, at 9:30 pm
Come celebrate the start of Carnaval at the 45th Friends of Brazil Carnaval Ball! Featuring the dancers of Aquarela (including Molly Shannon of Circus Finelli) in a never ending parade of sequins and feathers, as well as the Brasil/Brazil Band straight from Rio de Janeiro, it is the perfect way to kick off the Carnaval season. http://www.friendsofbrazil.org/events/index.htm 

The Crepe Place
1134 Soquel Ave
Wednesday, February 22 

Santa Cruz, CA 95062
$8, at 9 pm

The Circus is coming to Santa Cruz, offering clown audiences a chance to eat a late night crepe, grab a cocktail, and hear the rambunctious sounds of Circus Finelli. This show features the amazing acrobat/stand-up bassist Juliana Frick (http://julianafrick.wordpress.com/).
The Crepe Place Website: http://thecrepeplace.com/about/

Amnesia 
853 Valencia Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94110

Sunday, February 26
7:30 to 9:30 pm
tickets $10 at the door


Join us for a variety show to benefit the Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund. Featuring:


Circus Finelli
One Flea Circus
Uncle Buzzy's Home Town Theater Show
and more!




The Adrian Cervantes Mejia fund is a young grant-giving fund that supports performing arts. For more information about the Adrian Cervantes Mejia Fund, go to: www.acmfund.org/

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 

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.