If a Dog Can Find Them, You Can Too!

and why the ghosts always get Amanda šŸ‘»

Hello!

Welcome to The Flying P, a weekly newsletter covering your Phipps Center for the Arts and anything else I might want to throw your way.

This issue hasā€¦

  • šŸ•¹ Pac-Man Advice
    donā€™t have too much fun

  • šŸ‘“ Hilarious Old Farts
    theyā€™d be okay with me saying that

  • šŸ‘©ā€šŸŒ¾ Info on the Market
    it wonā€™t impact your 401k

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SPECIAL EVENTS

Winter Market @ the Phipps

flowers and bread and cookies and cakes andā€¦

The Hudson Farmers Market on Carmichael reached out to the Phipps recently with a little problem: ITā€™S COLD OUTSIDE!

Luckily, itā€™s less cold in the Phipps, so we agreed to host their Winter Market in our lobbies from 10am to 2pm on Jan 25, Feb 1 & 8, and March 15 & 29 (29th will end at 1pm).

The first one was this past Saturday, and it was so much fun to see the community out and about, grabbing some farmers market goods, hopefully also thinking ā€œwow, this place is cool. maybe I should take a class or buy a ticket or make a very, very large and recurring donation.ā€ šŸ˜Ž

Swing by one of these Saturdays and check it out!

bacon, folksā€¦there was bacon!

PHIPPS TOP 10
best-selling upcoming events this season by tickets soldā€¦

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (previously: 1)
2. The Andrews Sisters Onstage: a Jen Burleigh-Bentz production (previously: 3)
3. Cantus (previously: 4)
4. Silent Sky (previously: 5)
5. Underneath the Lintel, or: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers (previously: 6)
6. The SpongeBob Musical (previously: 7)
7. A Wurlitzer Red White and Blue Spectacular (previously: unlisted)
8. Cabaret Night at the Phipps (previously: 9)
9. The Show Must Go On (previously: 10)
10. Stand-Up Junior (previously: unlisted)

BETTER HURRY LIST
best-selling upcoming events this season by percent sold
(i.e., closest to being sold out)ā€¦

1. The Andrews Sisters Onstage: a Jen Burleigh-Bentz production (previously: 2)
2. Cantus (previously: 3)
3. Underneath the Lintel, or: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers (previously: 4)
4. Cabaret Night at the Phipps (previously: unlisted)
5. The Show Must Go On (previously: unlisted)

as of 1/13/25
NEWS

Local Dog Makes Phipps History

first dog to play the puzzle game

If youā€™ve ever thought to yourself, ā€œI wonder if a dog can play the Phipps puzzle gameā€ welp, todayā€™s your lucky day.

He didnā€™t finish in record time, but he was, nevertheless, such a good boy.

artist: Andy Ness

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my favorite gallery piece of the week
Andy has some AMAZING stuff in Gallery One.
Check it out soon; this exhibition closes on the 26th!

EVENTS

One Hilarious Weekend

this gent brought the funny

Hereā€™s a shot I took from my perch while running lights for this weekendā€™s performance of Kick the Bucket List (yes, I run lights sometimes; you should too).

This fun crew nearly sold out the entire weekend and produced non-stop laughs from the crowd I was a part of. Hopefully you caught one of these two shows.

ā€œBen, whatā€™s with the palm trees?ā€
Ssssshhhhhhhhh. Just go with it, gentle reader.

I went with a few friends to something called Full Tilt Tavern in Bloomington this weekend. Itā€™s essentially Chuck E. Cheese if you took away the animatronic animal band and replaced it with pull tabs. Anyway, hereā€™s a video of my wife and I playing a gigantic Pac-Man game. As you can see, Amanda doesnā€™t take Pac-Man nearly as seriously as she should. Weā€™re gonna talk about it. šŸ•¹šŸ•¹

Are you a ā€œgamer?ā€ If so, hit reply and let me know what youā€™re into right now.

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Check out The Flying C(rossword).
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