Storytime with Mr. Buttermen Returns!

Mind The Art Entertainment announces that they will be extending their acclaimed La MaMa E.T.C. production of Story Time With Mr. Buttermen, a part of this year’s La MaMa E.TC. Presents: A Mind The Art Anthology, at Center Stage, NY, Feb 18^th-20^th.

A multi arts performance of original fables for adults from Mind The Art’s poetry book by the same title, it features cast members, David Williams, Ashley C. Williams, Joe Kurtz, Justin Anselmi, Ariana Paganetti, Joseph Reese Anderson, Christian De Gré, Manny Simone and Aaron Butler and includes some of the original writers. The show is a fusion of art forms and includes work by Mind The Art’s Poetry, Acting, Playwriting, Visual Arts, Music, Musical Theater and Production divisions and has been directed by Christian De Gré, Artistic Director of Mind The Art Entertainment.

Story Time with Mr. Buttermen

(the disturbed man that lives in your park)

Fables for Adults Living in a Modern World

Conceived & Directed by Christian De Gré

Written by Mind The Art Entertainment's Poetry Division

@ Center Stage NY

48 West 21^st Street

February 18^th & 19^th @ 8pm

February 20^th @ 5pm

Join the class of the beloved Mr. Buttermen (a wonderfully disturbed man that lives in the park) as he leads us on a journey of learning. His Fables teach us the importance of being a moral adult in the modern world with classic stories such as Petey the Impotent Rabbit, The Girl Who Cried Rape and The Tortoise and the Gin. Don’t miss the opportunity to once again giggle as a school child. (Note: Peeing your pants in the auditorium is frowned upon)

Tickets include FREE BEER and are $18 general admission/$13 for students/Seniors and are available at www.MindTheArtEntertainment.com.

Ellen Stewart, we honor and celebrate you!

(picture from www.lamama.org)

Dear Mind The Art family, friends and readers,

As you probably now know, the great Ellen Stewart, founder of La MaMa E.T.C. passed away this morning. We were just there last night, right below her apartment, rehearsing for our Anthology as her life began to fade.

Mind The Art has two shows there next week and it's because of La MaMa that we are who and where we are today. Because of Ellen's passion to allow new artists to create and explore we have had the opportunity to showcase: A Mind The Art Anthology Vol. I & Vol. II, What If?, Die, TE'A's Under The Veil, Spellbound- A Musical Adventure, A Woman In Progress & Story Time with Mr. Buttermen: Fables for Adults Living in a Modern World.

Let us honor and celebrate this incredible woman today. We as artists owe her much.

Below is what I have sent to La MaMa's staff on Mind The Art's behalf:

"Dear La MaMa family,

Mind The Art Entertainment would like to offer our condolences for this great loss today.

Ellen Stewart was a force beyond comparison and we all loved her dearly. We celebrate her incredible life and her bravery. We honor the obstacles that she overcame and her passion to support new work.

We would not be even a shadow of who we are if it wasn't for La MaMa E.T.C. and we cannot honor, thank and celebrate Ellen enough. She has given our artists a unique voice and we are just a few of the thousands of dreamers that have walked through those great doors.

We mourn and celebrate with you.

Thank you Ellen and the incredible family you have created for allowing us the chance to make our dreams become a reality, you will never be forgotten."

Kindest Regards,

Christian De Gré

President & Artistic Director- Mind The Art Entertainment

www.MindTheArtEntertainment.com

The Gathering!