Tim Barsky is a traditional Ashkenazi storyteller and oral historian who has been getting increasing attention for his unique performance style, which blends hip-hop, street theatre, and Jewish folklore. (more on performance) He’s also the world’s first battle flutist. Using just a flute and a microphone, Tim can beatbox, “scratch”, manipulate beats, drop classics, and play up to 8 lines at the same time, without loops or sampling. Taking the aesthetic of the battle DJ and integrating it into the flute, Tim is pioneering the art form of woodwind percussion. (more on flute beatboxing)

UPCOMING SHOWS:

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"OVER 9 WAVES":
TIM BARSKY'S NEW SOLO SHOW
EXTENDED!!

"Barsky's Over Nine Waves is not only a new force in theater, but sophisticated, impassioned storytelling at its best."
-Lisa Drostova, East Bay Express

"Barsky lays down intoxicating sounds as gravelly and aggressive as they are mellifluous."
-Chloe Veltman, SF Weekly

"Barsky's restless meditation on love and war has the force of an authentic, passionate distress behind it."
- Rob Avila, SF Bay Guardian

Acclaimed flute-beatboxer and performer-playwright Tim Barsky returns to the stage with "Over 9 Waves", setting fairy tales against the backdrop of the urban sprawls where he's worked as an oral historian for the past decade. Drawing from communities stretching from Oakland's murder 20's to the streets of Lebanon, Barsky conjures an inspiringly unique mix of hip-hop theatre, beatboxing, traditional Jewish folklore and the circus arts.

The Climate Theater
285 9th St. @ Folsom, SF
Saturdays, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 8pm
$15 general, $20 reserved
Click to Buy Tickets Online Now!
(or call the Climate Box Office: 415-263-0830)

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VOWEL MOVEMENT BEATBOXERS™

Sat. April 5th
The Climate Theater
285 9th St. (at Folsom)
10pm-2am/late
showcase, shebeen, & beatbox battle with cash prizes
tickets $10 general / $20 reserved

featuring resident beatboxers:
Soulati & Infinite (Felonious), Butterscotch (America's got talent), Eachbox (VM all-star), Tim Barsky (flute-beatboxer), DC (Golden State Warriors Mascot), Cornbread (hyphy movement), Syzygy (bass beatboxer), Monkstilo, The Genie (scratch guitar & beatbox), One Mouth Band, Maximillion, Constant Change, Joshua Walters (Berkeley Slam Team), Icebox (West Coast Beatbox Champion), 4D, as well as guest MCs, strippers, instrumentalists, DJs, circus artists, & visiting all-stars

Purchase tickets for April 5th

www.thevowelmovement.com
www.myspace.com/thevowelmovement
www.climatetheater.com
ph: 415-263-0830

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CITY CIRCUS WORKS-IN-PROGRESS WINTER CABARET!

Acrosports, in association with EDT, is proud to present City Circus's new show ... acrobats, aerialists, contortionists and beatboxers ... just in time for the holidays! Catch outstanding performances by the best and brightest talent in Bay Area circus and hip-hop.

Watch for a City Circus Show at the Brava Theatre in April and May of 2008!