Haunted House- Zombie Research Facility

haunted2From Internationalist Books

For one night only come tour Dr. Graves’ Zombie Research Facility. Witness the exciting medical breakthroughs and social benefits of harnessing zombie labor. Our future is zombies!

October 31st 7pm to 11pm
@ The Hillsborough Rd. Coop
621 Hillsborough Rd. in Carrboro

$10 ADULTS
$5 Under 18
No Onsite Parking- a short walk from downtown Carrboro
(ride a bike or trick or treat your way there)

Benefit For Internationalist Books and
The Weaver Community Housing Association
http://internationalistbooks.org/
http://wcha.coop/

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Puppet Extravaganza: DINOSAUR SAINTS & HUMBLE ROBOTS

puppetvanFRIDAY,  December 14,  7 pm

@ Internationalist Books
405 Franklin St, Chapel Hill

$8-12 Sliding scale (no one turned away)

with:
Poncili Co. (Puerto Rico),
Jawbone Puppet Theater (Brooklyn, NY/Taiwan)

The Shows: Poncili Company (Pablo, Ephrain, Zuleyka, and Jimena) will perform several short, surreal, whimsical shows:  a robot, a giant crow, a moose!  Jawbone Puppet Theater, father and son act from Brooklyn, NY & Taiwan will perform original puppets shows with toy dinosaurs, Peruvian saints, folk tales and Kafka.  The house band playing Loretta Lynne heartbreak songs & Mariachi songs about drinking yourself to death over lost love–and we put our hearts and souls into it!

And we have cheap art for sale–hand made monster prints, comics and paper mache sculptures Continue reading

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MRPA Goes To Asheville, NC

We’ll be performing December 1st at Firestorm Cafe in Asheville at 7pm. We’ll be performing our latest show, Donny Quixote. Donny Quixote is a scathing critique of “green” capitalism and “green” technology told through a humorous adaptation of the story of Don Quixote. This performance is being co-sponsored by the Earth First Journal, the voice of the radical environmental movement. See you there!

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MRPA Performs @ November’s Really Really Free Market

Saturday, November 3rd, 2pm-Carrboro’s World Famous REALLY REALLY FREE MARKET

Carrboro Town Commons @ 2pm- This month will feature the latest performance from The Mysterious Rabbit Puppet Army!

Food! Books! Clothing! Music! Haircuts! Puppets! Ballot Box Piñata! Winter Coats! For Free!

Because sharing is more fulfilling than owning

Because corporations would rather the landfills overflow than anyone get anything for free

Because no one should have to do without food, shelter, entertainment, and community

Because life should be a picnic, but it only will be if we make it happen

BECAUSE HELPING EACH OTHER IS BETTER THAN COMPETING OVER WHICH RICH MAN SHOULD RULE OVER US

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Summer Tour Dates!

Please keep checking back for updates as we finish booking this summer’s tour!

June 20th: Richmond, VA at 6:00 pm The Flying Brick

June 21st: Washington, DC at 7:00 pm Radical Space DC, Facebook Event

June 22nd: Philadelphia, PA 7:00 pm at Wooden Shoe, Facebook Event

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Summer Tour Planning Begins – Bring MRPA to Your Town!

Friends!

MRPA is hard at work on our newest show and we’re booking now for the summer.

This summer’s tour features our newest puppet production, “Donny Quixote!” The show is a scathing critique of “green” capitalism and “green” technology told through a humorous adaptation of the story of Don Quixote. In addition to the featured show, we’ll be bringing a few fun performances, including a charming cantastoria. We also travel with a distro of material related to the content of our shows. Continue reading

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News Coverage From The Indie Grits Puppet Slam

The news in Columbia, South Carolina interviewed our very own Donny Don’t.

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