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BFF Holiday
WHAT IS IT?
It's the most wonderful time of the year... to have a BFF.
One of Brian Feldman's signature projects returns - just in time for the holidays! Whether Boxing Day, Chanukah, Christmas, Festivus, Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Kwanzaa, Mawlid, Omisoka, Saturnalia, St. Lucia Day, Saint Nicholas Day, Yule... Whatever holiday you're celebrating this year, your BFF is here for you.
"BFF Holiday" is life itself. Attend this one-on-one experience happening every day in Dec. 2016, hanging out for two hours with one of D.C.'s top performance artists. At a mutually agreed upon time, Brian will meet you at the Friendship Heights Metro Station and be your BFF for two hours.
Maybe you and Brian will go shopping for the perfect gift or, if you've already got one, help you wrap it. Perhaps you just need his critical eye as you visit thrift shops and try on ugly Christmas sweater after ugly Christmas sweater in order to find the ugliest one. Conceivably, you could even go to The White House Hanukkah Party! Anything can happen, as this is a real life experience, with only one ticket available per day.
What is a friendship worth? How do we make friends? What does being friends actually mean? Brian explores these questions and more by offering you an opportunity to define friendship.
If you need a gift this season for the person who has everything, look no further than "BFF Holiday."
Read the reviews below to learn more. As DCist said, "In a city that has an advocacy group exploring how to "make D.C. weird" - and is still struggling - Brian Feldman is a shining beacon of eccentricity." dcist.com/2015/12/best_of_dcist_2015.php
Funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
WHEN IS IT?
Dec. 1 - 31, 2016
Showtime is negotiable. After purchasing your ticket, Brian Feldman will contact you directly via email or text to discuss possible showtime. (Online sales end at 11:00 PM the day prior.)
WHERE IS IT?
Starts at Friendship Heights Metro Station
5337 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, D.C. 20015
wmata.com/rail/station_detail.cfm?station_id=11
HOW MUCH IS IT?
$50.00 (no service fees)
Call 1-800-838-3006 (Available 24/7)
or visit bffholiday.bpt.me
LINKS
j.mp/bffholiday_fb (Facebook Event)
twitter.com/BrianFeldman (@BrianFeldman)
twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23BFFHoliday (#BFFHoliday)
REVIEWS
"We meet at 6 p.m. by the Chinatown Friendship Arch. He shows up in a Capital Fringe shirt with a sign bearing my name, as if he were a driver picking me up at the airport. For the $30 ticket price, Feldman would do nearly anything I wanted - go to a museum, ride bikes, eat, visit sentimental locations, or go to a movie. But he won't show me his butt."
(Rachel Kurzius, DCist)
dcist.com/2015/08/brian_feldman.php
"Brian Feldman and I went bowling and drank juice last night. We wandered as Chinatown closed down, talking about our dreams. Like a good first date, it was low-key and relaxed, and I had purchased two hours of the gentleman's company on the internet."
(Rachel Manteuffel, Washington City Paper)
washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/fringe/2012/07/13/hip-shot-bff
"(4 / 5 Stars) This show offers the most personal attention this reviewer has ever encountered and a performance artist who is trying - and succeeding - to encourage audience and performer interaction."
(Natalie McCabe, DC Metro Theater Arts)
dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2012/07/18/capital-fringe-review-bff-by-natalie-mccabe
"I went to meet him. He was late by about 15 minutes. Tardiness is a little bothersome in a friendship context; don't good friends generally respect your time? So the lateness didn't bode well for our budding BFFship. He was very apologetic though, and he also refunded me $2.00, so it wasn't so bad... I'd hang out with him again."
(Rebecca Mills, vena-cava.tumblr.com)
vena-cava.tumblr.com/post/27517879255/the-frenz-experiment
"...it's an enjoyable two hours of carte blanche to ask a stranger anything you want to know about himself -- and to get things off your chest that you're not comfortable admitting to the people who know you. You're never going to see this guy again. You can tell him absolutely anything and at the end of your two hours, it won't matter."
(Fiona Zublin, The Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/gog/performing-arts/bff,1232370.html
"(4 / 5 Stars) By its end, BFF has accomplished what it was designed to do. The production's two hours had me both interacting with a stranger and constantly examining my own feelings about the interactions. Attending the piece manages to be entertaining and engaging as an activity while still prompting serious bouts of introspection which continue long after Feldman has left me alone. No, Feldman will not be my new best friend forever, but he certainly has given me something to think about for a long time."
(Peter Timko, DC Theatre Scene)
dctheatrescene.com/2012/07/14/bff
"Did I "explore friendship... through 'friend building'"? Not really. But I laughed and got a kick out of doing something I wouldn't ordinarily do with friends or on a date. Verdict: 5 stars. Better than most first dates where I don't think there will be a second date."
(Jessica Selinkoff, Texarkana Dispatch)
texarkanadispatch.blogspot.com/2012/07/50-shades-of-bff.html
WHO IS IT?
Brian Feldman is an award-winning performance artist. Best known for leaping off of a ladder 366 times over 24 hours ("Leap Year Day"), eating dinner on stage with his real life family - in front of paying audiences - over 40 times ("The Feldman Dynamic") and, five years prior to same-sex marriage being legally recognized in the state of Florida, legally marrying a stranger in support of marriage equality via a game of spin-the-bottle ("Brian Feldman Marries Anybody*"); in addition to the more than 110 other projects he has presented since August 2003 through Brian Feldman Projects, the premiere presenter of experimental time-based art in the nation's capital.
Poster Design: Edward Alan Feldman
http://www.feldman.graphics/posters.html
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LocationStarts at Friendship Heights Metro Station (View)
5337 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20015
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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