On Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Johnny Blazes and Madge of Honor present: HYPOTHESIS
a night of inventive performance
Could it be? Is that, there on the horizon… Spring? Come celebrate by taking off your long underwear and snowshoes with Johnny Blazes and Madge of Honor at their monthly performance event, Hypothesis, on Tuesday April 19, 2011 at the Midway. Hypothesis takes an intelligent, theatrical approach to cabaret while blending highbrow art with a lowbrow aesthetic. Each month, a new group of artists present work based on a challenge posited by fellow scientists Prof. Honor and Dr. Blazes. These challenges provide an opportunity to ask questions, test new approaches, and make work that fascinates.
Boston is notorious for jumping straight from Winter to Summer, with barely a nod to Spring. And what better way to celebrate that microsecond of vernal bliss than with Hypothesis’s April theme: Hot vs Cold! A truly divisive topic, there may be no rivalry more hotly contested and frigidly defended. Are you a summer or winter baby? Do you like your coffee steaming or iced? Do you want ice cubes or candle wax dripped on you? Warm or cool colors? Do you have a hot temper or give the cold shoulder? Come see our artists grapple with this conundrum; they promise to run hot and cold on you.
The evening will feature: poetry from local activist-legend Letta Neely, chamber music for the modern era from duo of misfit classical musicians Goli, (perhaps sexy) slam poetry from Boston’s own prodigal son Kit Yan (also known as the more vegan half of Good Asian Drivers, and Mr. Transman 2010), as well as performances from Boston’s most innovative vaudevillians, Johnny Blazes and Madge of Honor. The presentation of findings will be followed by a dance party to the smashing sounds of Boston’s own DJ Golden Touch of Audio Chemists. Feature drinks, appropriately fluorescent and elixir-evocative, will be available at the bar for those scientists over 21.
NEW THIS MONTH! Hypothesis will feature a new, EARLIER start time for you folks with so-called “day jobs” on Wednesday mornings…
HYPOTHESIS
Date: Tuesday April 19, 2011
Venue: The Midway, 3496 Washington St, Jamaica Plain 617-524-9038
Admission: $7 at the door, 18+
Doors: 7pm
Show: 8pm
Dancing: 10 pm onward
Questions? contact.hypothesis @ gmail.com
