Third Annual East Coast Puppetista Tour!

November 10-15 Leads up to Vigil to Close the SOA
Once again Cardboard Chaos hits the road in its annual tour to help shut down the U.S. Army School of the Americas. This November Cardboard Chaos presents a brand new circus, "When the Levee Breaks." The show features Uncle Sam's Little Global Circus and their provocative mix of circus, puppetry, political satire and original music. "When the Levee Breaks" looks at the catastrophic effects of Hurricane Katrina in the context of race, class, the war in Iraq and the lies of the Bush administration.

The traveling road show plans a short East Coast tour on November 10-15 to:

organize communities to participate in and support the November 18-20 Vigil to Close the SOA
close the SOA
work for justice with the people of the Americas

In addition to the circus, we offer your community workshops in making giant puppets and political theater, all in Cardboard Chaos' distinctive style of "turning love and anger into creativity and resistance."

The tour will be stopping in the following places:

Sunday, Nov 6th: JAMAICA PLAIN (BOSTON). Benefit concert at Spontaneous Celebration, a community center. 3 ? 9 PM. Contact Bonnie Rovics for more information at 617.522.3344.

Wednesday, Nov 9th: TROY, NY. 7:00 at the Indymedia Sanctuary. Contact Trudy Quaif for more information at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 518.439.8863.

Thursday, Nov 10th: HARRISONBURG, VA. 7:30 PM at the Broad Street Mennonite Church, 481 Broad Street. Contact Eliza for more information at 540.434.4231 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Friday, Nov 11th: LOUISA, VA at the Little Flower Catholic Worker Farm. Contact Sue, Bill or Cath for more info at 540.967.5574.

Saturday, Nov 12th: CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. 4PM at Better Than Television on the Downtown Mall. Contact Irina at 434.806.8212.

Sunday, Nov 13th: COLUMBIA, SC. 6PM at the Carolina Peace Center, 2701 Heyward Street. Contact Gerald at 803.238.1418 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Friday, Nov 18th: COLUMBUS, GA. At the Howard Johnson Hotel. Call Abi at 518.470.0153 to find out where and when.

Monday, Nov 14TH to Sunday, Nov 20th: COLUMBUS, GA. Building the pageant for the annual demonstration against the School of the Americas. Call Abi at 518.470.0153 to see how you can help!

Contact Abi with any last-minute questions or updates from the road: 518.470.0153

Last year's tour was an inspiration and rallying point for hundreds of activists in Connecticut, New York, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia as they organized for the November SOA Watch actions.

Performers in the troupe are puppeteers, stilt walkers, jugglers, political clowns and musicians, who since November of 2000 have been producing the colorful mass pageants and giant puppets at the SOA Watch demonstrations.

Funds raised on the tour will support Cardboard Chaos puppetistas in producing this year's mass pageant and giant puppets.

"When the Levee Breaks" will be traveling from Boston to Georgia beginning November 10. For more information or for booking, please contact Jake Weinstein at 203-562-1471. The Cardboard Chaos puppetistas are also looking for a van/small bus that could be used for the tour. Please contact Jake if you have one!