I’m happy to inform you that “The Puppet Show,” a vastly entertaining traveling exhibit of puppet-related art, is now at the Frye Museum in Seattle.  The show includes a number of the videos that Michael Smith and I did over the years; the Frye Museum is at 704 Terry Avenue.  Further particulars can probably be found here.  The DVD collecting those videos is still to be had from 2nd Cannons.

Some of you may want to head down to Jalopy Theater, in Brooklyn, on Sunday, June 7, for “Comic Strip Serenade.”  Comics historians Bill Kartalopoulos and Mark Newgarden have put together a program of songs based on comic strips, many never heard since they were preserved in sheet music many years ago.  There will be songs about The Katzenjammer Kids, Abie the Agent, Li’l Abner, Felix the Cat, Smokey Stover, Krazy Kat, and Pogo, among others.  The performers include Les Chauds Lapins, Peter Stampfel, Robin Goldwasser, John Keen, and myself.  It’s at 9:00; details may be found here.

I’ll also be performing in Carmen Borgia’s long-awaited nautical musical, “South.”  I’ve been cast as the mysterious, Bible-swiping Mr. Pym, and as a pirate captain; I’ll also be playing uke, cuatro, Marxoharp, cavaquinho, and other nice instruments.  It’s at Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street in Manhattan,  on June 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, and 27.  There are probably more details here and here. 

(Posted by Doug Skinner)