10/21/2023 0 Comments Fireside theaterIt came on Sunday nights at 11pm, right after The King Biscuit Flower Hour, at least on the radio station that I heard it on, Pittsburgh’s WDRE 105.5 FM. ![]() ![]() ![]() I discovered the Firesign Theatre when I was a ten-year-old in 1976, via a long forgotten nationally syndicated radio program called The Comedy Hour which was 60 minutes of short bits from comedy records that were interspersed with bursts of radio static, as if the station was being changed between each selection. So if you are someone who has ever benefited from being introduced to something here that you developed an unhealthy obsession for, pay attention to this, won’t you? This is one of the best things, ever. I’ve even had several small record label owners contact me and tell me that they’d put out this or that reissue of an obscure album that we had covered. In many ways a DM blog post is like a conversation you might have in a record store. I’m certain that we’ve introduced our readers to new things that they, in turn, have become evangelists for over the decade plus since DM launched, because you tell us so in the comments. We’re digital prospectors, panning for gold, not crap. “Hey, smell this, it smells like shit.” There’s no point in that. We almost never write about things we hate. “Here is this great thing, you should check it out” is more or less the editorial policy. We write about stuff we enjoy, in the hopes that our fervor will be contagious. I see Dangerous Minds more as a repository of enthusiasm. Scott Walker presented the Wisconsin Department of Tourism Legacy Award posthumously to Dick Klopcic.“Discovering the Firesign Theatre is worse than trying to get into Frank Zappa for the first time.”Īnyone who has read this blog for any period of time knows that this is obviously not a place to read, you know, rock journalism. "It is such an honor, I know my dad would really be proud," said Rick Klopcic. The partnership between the two organizations was formally honored with the naming of the set design and construction space in the Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center for Arts Humanities as The Fireside Theatre Scenic Studios. "It's kind of an extension of their education for the students to come over here and load in and tear down a show, and see the whole thing put together with Broadway actors. "It helps the Parkside scenic shops hire professional people who can then teach the students who want to go into that field. Today, Rick Klopcic operates the Fireside Theatre with his wife, Jane, and their son, Ryan. ![]() "My parents started the theatre business in 1977 and we got involved with UW-Parkside when we re-did our art gallery into a theatre back in the early 80s," said Rick Klopcic, the son of Dick and Betty Klopcic. When Dick and Betty Klopcic opened The Fireside in 1964, professional theatre was not a part of the operation. "I have great feelings for The Fireside and I, of course, said yes. "We worked well together," Clickner said. Warren remembered Clickner when the two first met working on the Fireside production of "Hello Dolly." "One day out of the blue, Skelly called me and asked if I wanted to work at Parkside building sets for the Fireside," Clickner said. When Michael Clickner left the Fireside Theatre in Fort Atkinson, Wis., to move back to Racine and be closer to his parents, he may have believed his Fireside days were over.Ĭlickner, who is now the Fireside Theatre technical director and scenic lab supervisor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, worked for the Racine Theatre Guild for a few years before getting a call from Skelly Warren, who is now a Parkside emeritus professor of design and technical production.
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