ENTERTAINMENT. FOR. PEOPLE!!!!

Phew everyone. Did you have a good break? I know the Back Fence Babes had some quality time off. In that time, we schemed and plotted and planned for 2010.

Our first event this year is Entertainment for People. (To be said in ones head as ENTERTAINMENT. FOR. PEOPLE!!!! Don’t say it out loud that way, people will stare.)

Entertainment for People is our awesome variety show featuring sketch comedy, readings, live storytelling and music.

February 25th’s E4P (that’s the short-hand for those in the know) features Arthur Bradford presenting video and stories from his time as director of MTV’s How’s Your News, Ritchie Young from Loch Lomond and his brothers performing as Fourever Young, sketch comedy from Eastland Academy, live storytelling from Portland favorite Nathaniel Boggess and a gardening demo from Destination DIY diva Julie Sabatier and the good people of SCRAP.

BUY TICKETS NOW!

Tickets are $10 until mid-February when they go up to $12. They’re $14 at the door. So get ‘em now.

Entertainment for People is held at The Woods (6637 Milwaukie Avenue). Only the greatest event space on the east side of the Willamette. Word.

So, get tickets now!

Entertainment for People, February 25th at The Woods. Doors open at 7, show 8.

Thank You for a Great Year!

Back Fence wishes to thank you for a wonderful year! Thank you to our amazing storytellers, our wonderful audience, our fantastic sponsors, and Portland’s media, which is always so kind to us.

We deeply appreciate all of the support shown to Back Fence PDX. We started this event with the intention of reflecting Portland’s varied communities, and we’re so grateful to be accepted in so many places.

We have a great 2010 planned including an Entertainment for People event on February 25th at The Woods, and March 24th takes us back to the Mission for our live storytelling event.

Keep up with Back Fence by subscribing to this blog, following us on Twitter, adding your name to our email list by sending an email to events at backfencepdx dot com and joining our Facebook page.

Have a wonderful, safe holiday season.

Best,

The Back Fence Babes

Awesome December 2nd event: Back Fence, Mortified, True Stories!

Tickets are on sale now!

All the info is at wordtopdx.com.

More Tickets at the Door!

Advance ticket sales have ended for GET ME OUTTA HERE, but we have plenty of tickets left at the Mission Theater (1624 NW Glisan).

Doors open at 6, show starts at 7:30. See you tonight!

November 19th, The Mission, GET ME OUTTA HERE!

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!

The BACK FENCE PDX November 19th Storytelling SHOW

Featuring awesome people telling true stories based on the theme

GET ME OUTTA HERE

Thursday November 19th

6:00 PM Drinks/Food — 7:30 PM Show!

THE MISSION THEATER

1624 NW Glisan

$10.00 online/$12.00 door

21 AND OLDER ONLY

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FREE cupcakes from

SAINT CUPCAKE

&

FREE buttons from

ONE INCH ROUND

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INTRODUCING THE STORYTELLERS…

KAROL COLLYMORE (Political Blogger)

SCOTT KRAVITZ (Annie Award Winning Animator)

RILEY MICHAEL PARKER (Visual Artist & Talk Show Host)

RORY MILLER (Former Corrections Officer)

EMILY RICHMOND (Las Vegas Sun Journalist, Nice (enough) Jewish Girl)

FATBOY ROBERTS (Recovering Radio Personality)

FOGATRON (Vocal Synthesizer & Beat Box Mastermind)

It’s going to be explosive! Click here and get your tickets now.

Oh, and steal this image, if you please.

 

Plenty of Tickets Left at the Door!

Hey! If you want tickets to Eastland Academy and auGi, the hottest comedy show tonight, then come to the IFCC (5430 N Interstate). We have plenty of tickets at the door!

Eastland Academy + auGi Tonight and Tomorrow!

Check out Portland’s hottest comedy acts for two nights only! Friday night is all sold out, but there are plenty of tickets left for Saturday.

Get 2-4-1 Tickets Here. Discount code: Halloween

Come out to IFCC at 5430 Interstate for these great shows. Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. Plus free SAINT CUPCAKES and NEW DEAL VODKA + COLUMBIA GORGE ORGANICS with a donation.

EASTLAND ACADEMY is Shelley McLendon and B. Frayn Masters performing a funny, smart show of hilarious sketches! Scary Mennonites! A tribute to White Snake! Slow river inter-tubing! Pre-recorded Spooky Gun Shots!

The lovely McLendon was specially chosen to travel with Mortified to LA and SF. She has written and performed for LiveWire, and kicks ass in the Liberators with her dry wit and memorable characters. Masters has changed live(s) with her award-winning writing and performances on Comedy Central, NPR, ImprovOlympic, Animal Planet Network, and McSweeney’s, she is also the blond co-host of Back Fence PDX.

SEXYNURD — auGi belts, pleads and air guitars his way out of his nurd-boy image in his one-man show, SexyNurd. But will a holy devotion to Rush’s Geddy Lee mean Rock Stardom? Um. Maybe?

auGi is a veteran of The Improv in LA, Second City, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Portland’s Mortified and Live Wire, auGi really does resemble the wikipedia picture of Geddy Lee.

*WARNING* Exposure to 80’s prog-rock and untamed back hair may cause heart palpitations.

Tickets are $12 at the door. 21 and over.

Costumes and Juice and Friday’s Sold Out Show!

All right everyone, Friday’s Eastland Academy and auGi show is completely sold out. I mean completely. Not even significant others or best friends or moms can get in without an advance ticket. So, if you have a comp advance ticket to Friday’s show and you’re willing to trade it for a Saturday comp ticket, drop me an email: melissa [at] backfencepdx [dot] com.

And…if you want a comp to Saturday’s show, go here, enter the date 10/31 and code: secret. There are a handful of free tickets for you so hurry! If you miss out on the freebies, there are plenty of tickets for sale too.

We are so pleased to announce that Columbia Gorge Organic is donating juice to go with our New Deal Vodka! I think it’s going to be a bunch of different flavors so you’ll have to come and check out new cocktail combos.

Finally, do you know what you’re dressing up as for Halloween? You know if you come dressed up to the 10/31 Eastland Academy/ auGi show, you’ll be entered to win a locket from Locket2You. I have two of their lockets and they’re so adorable.

Do you have your costume all picked out? If not, here are some great recommendations:

Kiala’s Heartless Doll Suggestions

Some Suggestions for Your Dog (Please don’t bring your dog to the show, dogs can’t win a locket. Or drink vodka.)

You could go as the Internet, like the Merc did this week

(And yes, Eastland Academy is in My What a Busy Week!)

Or, American Apparel has a costume shop. Seems to be their regular catalog, but with smiling models.

You Get Free Stuff!

At the Eastland Academy + SexyNurd show, you get free stuff from our fantastic sponsors!

How about a FREE CUPCAKE from SAINT CUPCAKE? Have you had the Big Top Saint Cupcakes? Um, they’re delicious and have chocolate chips. CHOCOLATE CHIPS!

What about some NEW DEAL VODKA? We’re making cocktails from their amazing vodka and you get ‘em for a donation!

And, on Halloween, the fabulous LOCKET2YOU is giving away some gift certificates for people coming in costume! I know, right? Have you seen their awesome lockets? Well, have you?

Grab some 2-4-1 tickets to the Halloween show here. Date: 10/31, Code: Halloween.

Join us, won’t you?

EASTLAND ACADEMY is Shelley McLendon and B. Frayn Masters performing a funny, smart show of hilarious sketches! Scary Mennonites! A tribute to White Snake! Slow river inter-tubing! Pre-recorded Spooky Gun Shots!

The lovely McLendon was specially chosen to travel with Mortified to LA and SF. She has written and performed for LiveWire, and kicks ass in the Liberators with her dry wit and memorable characters. Masters has changed live(s) with her award-winning writing and performances on Comedy Central, NPR, ImprovOlympic, Animal Planet Network, and McSweeney’s, she is also the blond co-host of Back Fence PDX.

SEXYNURD — auGi belts, pleads and air guitars his way out of his nurd-boy image in his one-man show, SexyNurd. But will a holy devotion to Rush’s Geddy Lee mean Rock Stardom? Um. Maybe?

auGi is a veteran of The Improv in LA, Second City, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Portland’s Mortified and Live Wire, auGi really does resemble the wikipedia picture of Geddy Lee.

*WARNING* Exposure to 80’s prog-rock and untamed back hair may cause heart palpitations.

FUN SIZE prices for hot tix! Halloween-o-licious Sketch Comedy! (No Tricks! Free Treats!)

Here’s a Screamin’ Deal For You!

Catch TWO hot comedy shows on their way to the top!

On October 30th/31st at the IFCC (5430 N Interstate)

Eastland Academy & SexyNurd join forces for a Spectacular Night of fun-size priced BIG laughs! BUT, you have to move fast — there are only a limited amount of tickets available for this great deal! Tickets are normally 10 bucks online, but if you move fast you can get TWO FOR TEN! Friday night no longer has any 2 4 1 tickets available (limited full price tix still available), but Saturday still does!

GET EM HERE! DISCOUNT CODE: HALLOWEEN (under quantity enter “2″)

You won’t have to ring a doorbell to get a free Saint Cupcake & New Deal vodka drink* (*ok, to get past the OLCC you gotta make a wee donation)

Check out the fabulous SHOWS!

EASTLAND ACADEMY is Shelley McLendon and B. Frayn Masters performing a funny, smart show of hilarious sketches! Scary Mennonites! A tribute to White Snake! Slow river inter-tubing! Pre-recorded Spooky Gun Shots!

The lovely McLendon was specially chosen to travel with Mortified to LA and SF, she has written and performed for LiveWire, and kicks ass in the Liberators with her dry wit and memorable characters. Masters has changed live(s) with her award-winning writing and performances on Comedy Central, NPR, ImprovOlympic, Animal Planet Network, and McSweeney’s, she is also the blond co-host of Back Fence PDX. Peek into the lives of these ladies here !

!AND!

SEXYNURD — auGi belts, pleads and air guitars his way out of his nurd-boy image in his one-man show, SexyNurd. But will a holy devotion to Rush’s Geddy Lee mean Rock Stardom? Um. Maybe?

auGi is a veteran of The Improv in LA, Second City, NBC’s Last Comic Standing, Portland’s Mortified and Live Wire, auGi really does resemble the wikipedia picture of Geddy Lee.
*WARNING* Exposure to 80’s prog-rock and untamed back hair may cause heart palpitations.

And we want YOU to have all of this halloweenie  goodness at a fun size price! How do you get your two tix for ten bucks? Click this link, enter the code “back fence”, enter a quantity of “2″, and get two tickets for ten bucks! Tickets are only available in advance for this deal and only a limited amount are available — so get on that would you?

And check out those Eastland Ladies in their internet video debut.