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Oct 28, 2009

Sponsored Post: Win Tickets to Disfarmer

The following post is from our advertiser, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Disfarmer is a portrait of an artist, a piece of puppet theatre that examines the contradictions in the life of hermit Mike Disfarmer, who was born in 1884 and died in 1959 alone in his photo studio. His solitary world comes to life through “table-top puppetry,” Magic lantern slides and 8mm home movies; old Edison wax disks and haunting Ozark mountain music create…

 
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