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Newsletter—May 2022
Geek Parties of the Grand Valley
Summer Shakespeare Series
[Image: Black and white line drawing of Shakespeare in a strong arm pose holding a skull with a sword and crown behind]
Returning post-pandemic with a simple, dreamy production of the the popular Midsummer Night’s Dream (MSND in the calendar below)
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Join us at rehearsals M & Th each week from 5:30-7:30 to work on props, costumes, design, and sets. Little Las Colonias Amphitheater behind the Botanical Gardens.
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Missed auditions but still want to perform? Show up and we’ll give you a part! There are at least 22 parts, and the more the merrier.
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Accessibility is important to us. If you need accommodations for scripts or getting to rehearsal, let us know!
The Poe Project
[Image of Poe with Ravens flying near, text in image The Poe Project Call For Artists October 2-7, 2022]
Accepting original pieces, adaptations, theater, monologues, readings, and more
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Submit your pieces for review and editing before August 20th planning meeting
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Last Poe Project event is the Downtown Art Festival
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Want to launch a new Poe Project event? Let us know! The Poe Project is a partnership of businesses, performers, and charitable organizations.
Important Dates
May 21 Sparkly Tea Party
June 16th MSND at KAFM Radio Room
June 25th MSND Final Performance
August 20 Planning for Poe and Winter Ball
August TBD Mad Max Tea Party
August 27 Poe Auditions/Performer Meeting
September 3 Poe Auditions/Performer Meeting
October 2-8 Poe Week
November TBD Winter Ball
On the web at tinyurl.com
/GeekParties
/PoeProjectGJ
On facebook at facebook.com
/GeekPartiesGV
/PoeProjectGJ
/SummerShakespeareSeries
/groups/GeekPartiesTheater
/groups/GeekPartiesGrandValley
Email at
GeekPartiesOfTheGrandValley@gmail.com
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Newsletter—May 2022
Updates since 2020: GPGV Survives the Pandemic
[Image four people dressed in black outdoors on a street corner setting up ropes, sound system wires]
[Image Caption: ]Pandemic-safe boundaries & the new equipment
2020 GJCAC Grant Report
In 2020, Geek Parties of the Grand Valley received a grant from the Commission on Arts and Culture for a sound system. We initially applied for it for our Summer Shakespeare Series, but due to quarantine, we worked to have the grant reapplied to The Poe Project.
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Mesa County Event Guidelines approved our Pandemic Protocol documents, but by October there were still strict guidelines. Since the GPGV board was already a single pod for the 20-21 school year, we put on a single event: Readings on the Corner for First Friday, October, outdoors, and showcased our new equipment, fulfilling our commitment to the City.
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This equipment is available for organizations to borrow.
[Image: man in black setting a speaker on a speaker stand next to the Chrome Buffalo on Grand Junction’s Main Street]
[Image caption: Public Address speakers, and we could be heard over the traffic]
[Image: four people dressed in black posing for the picture in front of the Chrome Buffalo on Grand Junction’s Main Street]
[Image caption: The 2020 GPGV Board]
Corvid 2020
Aside from the Night at the Buffalo, The Poe Project lasooed several online events for 2020.
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Three Zephyr Stage artists, Raquel Benham, Kim Nuzzo and Valerie Nuzzo, each created multiple entries in an original film called Poe-mythology: nothing stays buried. ZephyrStage.com
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Mesa Murder Mysteries writer and director Kathy Applebee fielded both an online Murder Mystery event and an escape room event.
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GPGV hosted the annual online Cool Story Poe Facebook Event party.
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See the Playbill at tinyurl.com/ PoeProjectPlaybill2020
2022 Costume & Cosplay Apparel Giveaway
In a one-off event, Geek Parties of the Grand Valley partnered with the Grand Junction Free Promwear to throw a gigantic tattered, dirty, outdated promdress & suiting giveaway. The feature in Out and About was excellent publicity for our first event back.
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The event was so packed--with tables, dresses & with people--the library opened up the second community room. Theaters, artists, people looking to craft their own promwear, and other members of the community attended.
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What remained was donated to the Homeward Bound Clothing Closet on North Avenue and BAM! Business Art Mentorship. Look for BAM!’s fashion show this summer to support their students. (BAM Biz Art Mentorship on Facebook)
[Image: person in pink dress and tie and purple fairy wings against a backdrop of purple, green, red, and black dresses]
[Image caption: Board member Cas Hartter obliged the newspaper. Photo by McKenzie Lange, screenshot from the Daily Sentinel on Facebook, February 18, 2022. Wings by Mickie Robinson]