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Fundraiser
Canterbury Eve
Saturday, January
26, 2013 at 6:00 PM
In the
historic home of Judith Hilburg, 728
Capitol St., Vallejo CA
Donations:
$35.00 to 100.00
Fundraiser
for Paper Pilgrimage, from
Page to Stage, the McCune
Canterbury Paper Puppet Project.
An
intimate gathering. A medieval,
artistic and literary treasure hunt.
Food. Drink. Music.
Drama.
In addition to the
art collection of Ms. Hilburg displayed
in her Julia Morgan Arts and Crafts home,
there will be a selection of medieval
delicacies prepared by celebrity
chef Bill Briwa (see "Spotlight on
Bill" below), medieval ales and
meads by brewmaster Michael Nelson along
with a selection of fine wines, early
music by Sean Smith, and a dramatic
reading of some of Chaucer’s writing
by cast members of the international
award winning Magical Moonshine
Theatre.Join us for Canterbury Eve, a
celebration of art, food, drink, music,
literature, publishing, and drama.
Advance Tickets Required.
Limited to the first 50 respondents.
Website for online tickets: www.canterbury.brownpapertickets.com/
(recommended as tickets are going fast)
Make checks payable to the McCune Fund,
and mail to McCune Collection, Box 894,
Vallejo, CA 94590. . The
McCune Fund is a 501-C3 non profit, EIN
20-3373839
Website for project (you can donate to
the project directly through the website
on Paypal): www.magicalmoonshine.org/kelmscott.htm
Spotlight on Bill Briwa, Chef for
Canterbury Eve:
Chef Briwa
graduated top of his class at the CIA in
1980 and was the recipient of the Keating
Award having been voted most likely to
succeed by his peers. He has worked in a
variety of culinary positions in Northern
California, including the French Laundry,
the Sugar House Bakery, and Domaine
Chandon, and has held the position of
executive chef at the CIA's Wine
Spectator Greystone Restaurant, the Hess
Collection Winery, and his own bistro,
Palmers Cafe. As the culinary chair
of the Napa Valley Wine Auction in 2003
he helped raise more than eight million
dollars for local charities. Bill
is the host/chef instructor of Everyday
Gourmet: Rediscovering the Lost Art of
Cooking, now available on DVD,
and has traveled to study and teach
cooking in Greece, Sicily, Tunisia,
Mexico, China, and across the United
States. His writing on food and
wine has appeared in Sunset magazine,
the trade journal Flavor and the
Menu, and Fine Cooking.
(Napa, CA)
More on Paper Pilgrimage, from
Page to Stage, the McCune
Canterbury Paper Puppet Project.
The Kelmscott
Chaucer is considered to be a masterpiece
of publishing. The Kelmscott press was
the creation of renowned Arts and Crafts
designer William Morris and the Chaucer
publication was lavishly illustrated by
Edward Burne-Jones.
The
Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Kelmscott
Press. 1896.
The
Kelmscott Chaucer was published in 1896
by William Morris. It took four years to
prepare. It contains 87 wood cut
illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones. In
addition, there are many large border
decorations, frame decorations, large
initial word decorations, and ornamental
initial letter decorations designed by
William Morris. His goal was to make a
artistic book that was unified in all
aspects of craftsmanship – fine
paper, fine ink, fine binding, and fine
printing. The Kelmscott Chaucer has been
called one of the most beautiful books of
the nineteenth century and of all times.
Burne-Jones referred to the work as a
“pocket cathedral.” Even though
the book was sold out before it was even
published, it was not a financial
success. William Morris had to subsidize
its production from the income of his
other earlier works. (Paraphrased from McCune
Collection Website)
THE PROJECT: The McCune
Collection of Rare
Books in Vallejo and puppet artist
Michael Nelson are currentlyundertaking a
collaboration to create a work of
miniature theatre based on the classic
writings of Chaucer (The Canterbury
Tales) and using the Kelmscott Chaucer,
especially the woodcuts of Edward
Burne-Jones, as design inspiration.
Initially the
project will create a work of live
theatre with performances open to the
public. Ultimately it is planned that
this production can then be realized in
video format to be shared worldwide.
HOW CAN YOU
HELP? Funding
support is being sought to allow artist
Michael Nelson to have studio time to
create the paper scenes, characters,
sets, etc. based on the illustrations in
the Kelmscott Chaucer. If you would like
to see this exciting work realized, email
mail@magicalmoonshine.org.
What is Toy
Theatre or Paper Theatre? Toy theatre
is a Victorian parlor theatre where the
stage, sets, characters are all printed
on paper. It can be thought of as the
theatre of paper dolls. Michael and
Valerie Nelson have been creating
original toy theatre productions for over
a decade and their miniature shows have
headlined at festivals in Europe and
coast to coast in the U.S. Their
"Natalie" and "The
Widow" have won the puppetry
equivalent of the Oscar, the UNIMA
Citation of Excellence in Puppetry,
founded by Muppet Creator Jim Henson.
Gallery of
some of Nelson's toy theatre productions
to date
Below,
several toy theatre stages...
 
Below,
scenery and characters from original toy
theatre productions...
     
 
 
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