tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40315156205858859962011-10-24T18:05:19.238-07:00Nicole Gruternoreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031515620585885996.post-64980027977865837462011-10-24T17:54:00.000-07:002011-10-24T18:05:19.274-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">featured at the</div><div style="text-align: center;">2011 New Orleans Fringe Festival</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">November 18, 19, 7pm</div><div style="text-align: center;">November 20, 9pm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Siberia</div><div style="text-align: center;">2227 St. Claude</div><div style="text-align: center;">New Orleans</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">A prank phone call gone wild, Sex Offender shows the flip side of taboo, underage sex and female agency. Blending far-out fantasy with rollicking reality, serious matters are tempered through humorous story and original song while channeling the powers of Venus, virginity, and virility.&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.nicolegruter.com/">www.nicolegruter.com</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.nofringe.org/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=item&amp;id=100:sex-offender&amp;Itemid=150">www.nofringe.org</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/tFuTgmdqr2U/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFuTgmdqr2U&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tFuTgmdqr2U&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #969696; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #969696; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Sex Offender turns unsettling autobiographical stories of illicit sex into revelations of raunchy empowerment. As the show unfolds, the weighty issues begin to favor a fantasy world replete with monster goddesses, our-little-girl-is-all-grown-u<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>p-now vixens, and kindergartner revenge fantasies.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4031515620585885996-6498002797786583746?l=nicolegruterperforms.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nicole Gruternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031515620585885996.post-35989751106625038382010-06-04T01:34:00.000-07:002010-06-04T01:41:47.401-07:00<a href="http://starvingartistsale-a-thon.blogspot.com/">Nicole Gruter's Starving Artist Goods &amp; Chattel Charity Sale-a-Thon</a><div><a href="http://starvingartistsale-a-thon.blogspot.com/"></a><br />When: June 18th, 2-10pm, Stage show at 8pm<br />June 19th, 12-5pm<br /><br />Where:Project Lodge<br />817 E Johnson St., Madison, WI<br /><br />What: SAGCCSAT will be a live web-streamed, two-day event filled with guest appearances from local celebrities, musicians, artists, and other good-looking people. Bids on incredible items will be taken by phone, email, or in person. It's for a good cause!<br /><br />Stop by <a href="http://www.theprojectlodge.com/">The Project Lodge</a> or watch <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nicole-gruter-s-starving-artist-goods-chattel-charity-sale-a-thon">Live Telethon Coverage</a> to be part of the auction action!<br /><br />Help support the arts by helping Nicole lighten her load, pursue things made of money, and consume all things performance art. Don't forget the art.<br /><br /><a href="http://nicolegruter.com/">nicolegruter.com</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4031515620585885996-3598975110662503838?l=nicolegruterperforms.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nicole Gruternoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031515620585885996.post-60841138115714277282009-06-17T21:28:00.000-07:002009-06-22T10:52:20.575-07:00<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Visit me on my two-month tour beginning September 2009. I will be hosting tea parties at vacation destinations and work sites throughout the Western United States. While serving up tea, I’ll be asking people about the pressures they feel on their time, what activities bring them peace, and how they can apply the analogous tea time to their daily life. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Tea Tour 2009 playfully promotes the ritual of relaxation in a time-stressed culture, while addressing the serious effects of a 24/7 society. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Watch for the van, short and stout, with the huge handle and fiberglass spout. Take some time for tea with me!</p><div>Updates will be found on <a href="http://teatour2009.wordpress.com/">www.teatour2009.wordpress.com</a></div><div><a href="http://nicolegruter.com/">www.nicolegruter.com</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, 'Bitstream Vera Sans', sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4031515620585885996-6084113811571427728?l=nicolegruterperforms.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nicole Gruternoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031515620585885996.post-49935329069759814442008-04-06T22:20:00.000-07:002008-04-06T23:07:10.647-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">It's not worth any money. It's too crappy to donate. I don't want it, but I can't bear to part with it. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Dance with me as I celebrate a ritual of release of my neuroses while parting ways with nail polish and calculators, Midol and colored pencils. There just might be something you'll want for yourself, but you'll have to dive for it. It'll be a 15 minute dance party, so don't be late! I'm on at 8:00pm sharp.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This performance is in conjunction with the International Noise Conference featuring 15 bands in one night, each with 15 minute time slots, beginning at 7pm. Cool.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">NICOLE GRUTER PERFORMS!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 8:00pm</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(entire experimental showcase begins 7:00pm)</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Nottingham Co-op</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">146 Langdon St. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(actually behind it, sort of)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial;">Madison, WI</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">www.myspace.com/nottinghamcoop</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4031515620585885996-4993532906975981444?l=nicolegruterperforms.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nicole Gruternoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4031515620585885996.post-90780843170359580172008-01-31T00:06:00.000-08:002008-01-31T00:08:11.194-08:00if you missed this performance at the Commonwealth Gallery, i'll be doing it again at the 7th Floor Gallery, Humanities Building, UW Campus, Madison, Sat. Feb 2nd, 7:00-8:30pm.<div><br /></div><div>hope you can make it!</div><div><br /></div><div>nicole</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4031515620585885996-9078084317035958017?l=nicolegruterperforms.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nicole Gruternoreply@blogger.com0