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Performer Showcase Information

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Entertainers

Joe Wos 

Joe Wos combines storytelling and live cartoon illustration for a lively and interactive program for all ages. It's like watching a picture book being created before your very eyes!

 

Fun Fact: Joe is in the Guinness Book of World Records for a hand-drawn cartoon maze!

 

Toonseum

Once Upon a Toon

Charles Schultz Museum - Resident Artist

 

Recommended Audience: All ages, family audiences, any group size up to large assemblies.

Pricing: $250 (within 60 miles of Pittsburgh) $350 for single show within Pennsylvania, multi-show discounts available, full day rates also available. Joe also offers hands-on cartooning workshops for all ages K-adult

Geographic Location: NE, SE, NC, C, SC, NW, SW

Website: https://mazetoons.com/

Address: 235 Garlow Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15235

 

Michael Albert

 

 

NY based Pop Artist and Author Michael Albert will be making a presentation about his Modern Pop Art Experience & Cereal Box Collage workshop program for libraries. He will introduce himself, show some examples of his art in the form of his limited edition posters & explain the program he has been bringing to schools, museums, and festivals all over the USA for the past decade. The program is appropriate for kids school-age and up, teens, adults, and as a combined family/community art event for the library. He will be offering free posters for the attendees to take back to their respective libraries and is looking to book dates in the coming school year and for Summer Reading 2018.

 

An Artist's America

Worked at NYPL

Exhibition and Program

Bradford County

- All nine libraries.

-Gives a signed poster.

Recommended Audience: School Age and Up

Pricing: $350 for a 2-hour program, block booking discounts available

Geographic Location: NE, SE, NC, C, SC, NW, SW

Website: http://www.michaelalbert.com/ 

Address: 59 Hazelton Drive White Plains, NY 10605

 

Magicians

Al Mazing 

"Al Mazing is a natural cheerleader for reading and our local library system." All ages, clean humor, family magic show that can work within your yearly theme - the show also promotes reading and library services. 

Recommended Audience: All ages, family audience

Pricing: Starting at $245 within the Pittsburgh area. Up to 50% off for same day multiple booking in your local area. 

Geographic Location: C, SC, NW, SW

Website: http://almazing.com/library.html 

Address: 141 Ida Dr Glenshaw, PA 15116
Michael L. Reist, the Amazing Magi

Through storytelling, sleight-of-hand, illusions, puppets, and more, The Amazing Magi will entertain the children 

 with a very interactive program that highlights the magic of music and reading. This is not a program where a magician

stands on a stage and simply does "tricks." Virtually everything The Amazing Magi will do will beinteractive with the children. There will be special guests (Melvis Preesley and Cindy Looper - special puppets made just for this program) who will interact with the children and help with both the music and magic. There will be hands-on use of various musical instruments that will also be part of the magic. All in all, this will be a program that educates, entertains, enchants, and excites the children. They will love this program and leave excitedabout music and reading.

Recommended Audience: Ages 4-12. Can also do programs for teens or adults.

Pricing: Standard cost is $250 per show plus travel expenses if more than 40 miles round trip. Discounts given for a multi-library system as well as multiple shows on the same day.                     

Geographic location: NE SE, NC, C, SC, NW, SW

Website: http://www.theamazingmagi.com/ 

Address: 1408A Johnston Drive Bethlehem, PA 18017

 

 

Musicians

Jay Smar  NE Pennsylvania coal mining songs, both original and documented, preceded by their origin, performed with vocals accompanies by guitar, claw-hammer banjo, and to emulate coal mining musicians of this region, Jay Smar fiddles, sings, and flat-foot clog dances simultaneously. NE Pennsylvania coal-related books, chronicles, pay scales, and photos are also displayed. The program has been approved and was once funded by the PA Humanities Council and also the PA Performing Arts on Tour (PennPAT). A very interactive children's program, "History Through Folk Music" is also available with clod dancing origin and instruction, mandolin/fiddle/violin similarities and differences, along with coal stories such as the invention of the first roller-coaster fro ma coal train in Eastern PA called the Switchback Railroad.

Recommended Audience: Children's Program K-8, 9-12, 14+ (different programs for different age groups) Adult program ages 12+. Group size does not matter.

Pricing: Fee is determined by library. Jay asks that the library reviews his credentials at jaysmar.com, view a 4 or 15 minute video, then determine a comfortable, yet proper fee for their budget.

Geographic Location: NE, SE, NC, C, SC, NW, SW

Website: http://jaysmar.com/ 

Address: 519 Main St. Landingville, PA 17972 
Ray Owen Ray Owen, GRAMMY nominated songwriter and award-winning children's and family entertainer presents "The Song Imagineer" - All aboard! for a whirlwind tour through some of the most creative, zany, and downright hilarious songs and stories dreamed up anywhere down the line! Created to encompass the 2018 Summer Reading theme, "Libraries Rock," this highly interactive library program integrates songs, stories, history, comedy, whimsy, and theater, as well as pulling you into a world of fin. Ray, an avid promoter of literacy and an engaging champion of the power of creative language and musical expression, discovered early on the importance of words and our ability to harness the language that becomes a great equalizer in our lives as we grow, thrive, and bloom.

Recommended audience: All ages, all sizes.

Pricing: $275-$375 depending on distance (price includes travel).

Geographic location: NE, SE, NC, C, SC, NW, SW

Website: http://rayowenmusic.com/ 

Phone Number: (717)334-8631

Address: PO Box 3012 Gettysburg, PA 17325

 

Puppeteer/Ventriloquist

Adam Swartz Puppets  Every year, Adam Swartz Puppets presents an original, interactive puppet show based on the theme of the Collaborative Summer Library Program. They feature scenes from their upcoming 2018 touring show, "Alice and Jimmy's Epic Rock Dream." Alice has big ideas that no one else seems to understand and Jimmy is trying to find his rock and role style. Our heroes will travel far from home and encounter bullies, make new friends, and they need lots of help from the audience along the way. This show features a variety of musical styles and two original songs and is engaging for children and adults of all ages (including librarians)!

Recommended audience: All ages, all sizes

Pricing: Library rate = $175 per performance, $100 per additional performance at same location on same day. Travel fee = 30 cents per mile. Discounts for multiple bookings.

Geographic location: NE, SE, NC, C, SC, NW, SW

Website: http://adamswartzpuppets.com/ 

Address: 215 Delaware Rd. Pennsylvania Furnace, PA 16865 

 

Scientists

Mad Science of Pittsburgh  Mad science brings kids the fin, the amazement, and the wonder of all things science through interactive shows, hands-on workshops, and exciting festival booths. We'll make science come alive with a show your patrons will remember! 

Recommended Audience: Mad Science workshops are geared for up to 25 kids in grades K-6, with preschool programs for up to 20 kids. Shows are suitable for the whole family, and audience size is limited only by the size of the venue.

Pricing: Shows starting at $350, workshops starting at $175. Discounts offered for multiple bookings. Travel fees may apply. 

Geographic Location: NW, SW

Website: http://pittsburgh.madscience.org/ 

Contact Name: William Cody

Address: 945 Old Mill Road Cheswick, PA 15024

 

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