Marching towards FestiFools 2010

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Puppets of FestiFools past inspire this year’s creators.

Only four more days till FestiFools! U-M students and community volunteers have been hard at work the past few months creating HUGE PUPPETS that will make their FestiFools debut this Sunday — for just one unabashedly giddy, pedal-to-the-metal, take-no-prisoners hour. And you — yeah, I’m talking to YOU — really, really will want to be there. (Really.)

FestiFools 2010!

Sunday, April 11, 2010
4:00–5:00pm (sharp!)
Downtown Ann Arbor (Main St., between Washington and William)
Complete info at festifools.org

FestiFools heartily welcomes volunteers for the day of the event — puppet wranglers, crowd control, merry-makers, and “roadies.” To join this circus-for-a-day, check out FestiFools: Volunteer at the Event and/or email startproject@umich.edu.

FestiFeast Afterglow

After the dancing-in-the-streets-with-giant-puppets-like-there's-no-tomorrow street party, we’re gonna be mighty hungry. So immediately following FestiFools, we’re hightailing it straight to FestiFeast! Please join us at this family-friendly afterglow party in the Aut Bar courtyard (located directly across 4th Ave. from the Farmers’ Market in Kerrytown).

April 1-11: Morgan & York donates to FestiFools — with your help!

Morgan & York is donating 5% of total sales to FestiFools through April 11. But you gotta mention “FestiFools” to the cool person behind the counter or your purchase won’t count toward the total! Check out this page for the full details.

“Top” Secret

According to a source working at the highest levels within the FestiFools organization, plans are already underway to extend the spirit of Foolishness well beyond the 60-minute street party itself. Apparently, it has something to do with hats. (My source offered no more than this cryptic non-explanation: “More like fez than fedora, but really not that much like fez.”) So all we can do is keep our eyes peeled on Sunday, and see how this story unfolds.

Community volunteer Joan French primes a puppet for its final layer of color.

Community volunteers at work. | Max sculpts a face out of clay (when it’s dry, it’ll serve as a mold for a papier-mâché mask).

Pioneer High School students Kristina Talarek and Alice Carlson team up with Kristina’s mother, Karen Sipos, to design and build their very own puppet. (It’s not too early for you — yeah, I’m talking to YOU again — to start thinking about building your very own puppet for FestiFools 2011.)

U-M student Mike Kelmenson fits right in. | U-M associate professor Nick Tobier enjoys a FestiFools open-house event with his daughter. Nick was instrumental in getting the first three FestiFools events off the ground.

Ruth Marsh (FestiFools’ resident superhero) and Gretchen Adracie (of ArtSpoken) do papier-mâché.

FestiFools steering committee member Dave Waterhouse does papier-mâché with his sons.

FestiFools creative director Mark Tucker | Shary Brown (former executive director of the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair) joined the FestiFools creative team this year!

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See also:

• FestiFools 2016 (Jun 30, 2016)
• FoolMoon 2016 (Jun 30, 2016)
• FestiFools 2015 (Apr 17, 2015)
• FoolMoon 2015 (Apr 15, 2015)
• FestiFools 2014 (Apr 14, 2014)
• FoolMoon 2014 (Apr 12, 2014)
• FestiFools 2013 (Apr 9, 2013)
• FoolMoon 2013 (Apr 8, 2013)
• FoolMoon 2012 (Apr 12, 2012)
• FestiFools 2012 (Apr 3, 2012)
• A Mad Dash towards FoolMoon + FestiFools 2012 (Mar 29, 2012)
• FestiFools 2011 (Apr 5, 2011)
• FoolMoon 2011 (Apr 3, 2011)
• Marching towards FoolMoon + FestiFools 2011 (Mar 31, 2011)
• FestiFools 2010 (Apr 14, 2010)
• FestiFools 2009 (Apr 11, 2009)
• Frida Kahlo (Apr 4, 2009)
• More Celebrity Sightings (Apr 3, 2009)
• Here’s Waldo (Apr 1, 2009)
• Marching towards FestiFools 2009 (Mar 30, 2009)
• FestiFools 2008 (Apr 8, 2008)
• Marching towards FestiFools 2008 (Mar 14, 2008)
• FestiFools April 1st Parade (Apr 1, 2007)