NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH THE NEW ORLEANS BINGO! SHOW

All dressed up and no place to go to ring in 2011?

BE 1 OF ONLY 400 TO USHER IN NEW YEARS WITH THE NEW ORLEANS BINGO! SHOW

Brought to you by Riverside Dental & Silver Chiropractic

Discard any preconceived notions....this is NOT your Grandmother's Bingo!

Dressed in black, white and red like the leering faces on a good poker hand, the Bingo! Show is a multimedia stage experience that includes original black-and-white silent films, aerialists, dancers, ingénues, clowns, audience interaction, bingo games, slapstick comedy and shady characters who remind you that every stage door opens into a dark alley.

Ringleader – or ringmaster – Clint Maedgen, a Louisiana native, writes love songs to the bohemian beauty of downtown New Orleans with heartbreaking purity and unimpeachable chops; his songs swell with tenderness and crackle with sinister menace in equal parts.
Rounded out with occasional upright bass, organ, musical saw, theremin, siren, pantomime, flashlight, found percussion and suspicious behavior, the band is a Brechtian cabaret funneled through New Orleans' Ninth Ward via the noir surrealism of David Lynch's 'Twin Peaks'.

In recent years, The New Orleans Bingo! Show has forged a deep involvement with the New Orleans traditional jazz institution the Preservation Hall Jazz Band– touring with them, joining the show and working with the band to update, twist and preserve the unique quality that is New Orleans style showmanship.

"[The New Orleans Bingo! Show] is a link between the old music to come and the mysterious funhouse atmosphere that continues in New Orleans" (New York Times)

But as in the finest dime museums, sideshows and collections of oddities since the dawn of vaudeville, seeing is believing. So step up to the ticket booth, surrender a nominal sum and allow yourself to be astonished, amazed and amused by America's best-loved musical gameshow cabaret -- The New Orleans Bingo! Show.

Hosted in the historic & architectural jewel - The 5 Points Theatre - this Atypical Arts & EU Jacksonville promoted event is made even more special as part of the proceeds are going to benefit local non-profit efforts, JASMYN, the Riverside Arts Market & Movember Jax.

A very special and warm thanks goes out to Riverside Dental and Silver Chiropractic & Wellness (both in 5 Points) for stepping up to bring this amazing event to our community and to support the charities involved. Without their sponsorship, this never would've happened!

And, don't dare miss a few extra opportunities.....

• Restaurant Orsay (voted in Folio Weekly's  'Best of Jax' in 2010 as the 'Best Restaurant to Impress your Date!') is offering a very limited 'Orsay VIP' ticket, which--in addtion to the New Year's Eve show--features a special, New Orleans inspired pre-show dinner courtesy of Executive Chef Brian Siebenschuh, as well as reserved theatre parking, access to private balcony seating at the 5 Points Theatre and The New Orleans Bingo! Show CD.
• Witness a very special guest appearance, as accomplished playwright, performance poet, actor and host of NPR's 'State of the Re:Union',  Al Letson, opens the event with a spoken word performance!
• Ladies, use your Bingo! ticket to get ready for the party!  Present your ticket at Hair Peace Salon in 5 Points and get a luxury scalp massage, elegant up do, sleek blow out, champagne & hor d'oeuvres from 11-3 for only $35! P: 356.6856
• Then document the evening with a special commemorative photo taken in a custom painted photo booth born from the mind & talents of Shaun Thurston and inspired by The New Orleans Bingo! Show.  If you don't know, Shaun is the talent behind the 5 Points mural, which won the Folio Weekly's Best of Jax award as 'the Best Graffitti' in 2010! ($10 gets you a printed photo, as well as a digital image e-mailed to you!)
• Next, carry on the night at the after party, which will extend to both Underbelly & Birdies, where your ticket will earn you a drink on the house!
• Or use your Bingo! ticket to gain free entry into Lomax Lodge's late night DJ event!
• Last, but not least, take your ticket to Riverside Dental and for $100 you'll get your teeth whitened ($325 value)!
• Ok...this is really the last one. For parents, use your ticket at KidsPark, which will be open until 1am on New Year's Eve and is happy to provide a 10% discount for childcare during The New Orleans Bingo! Show. Present your ticket or Eventbrite receipt at time of check out to receive the discount (may not be combined with any other offers). Not registered at KidPark? This ticket will also serve as a coupon for half off your family registration (a $12.00 value). Registration forms may be downloaded at www.KidsPark.com/center/Jacksonville/register to save time at check in.

So, get ready Riverside.......this night will be special

Check out two joint efforts between The New Orleans Bingo! Show & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, 'Complicated Life' and 'St. James Infirmary'....as well as the Bingo! Show's maestro Clint Maedgen teaming with Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz & Trombone Shorty to record 'Ain't My Fault' for aid in the Gulf recovery.