12th Extravaganza | Departures & Arrivals
design: Matthew Giddings
Elsewhere’s Living Museum “transports” through its world of things.
Our annual fundraising event called Extravaganza magnifies Elsewhere’s extraordinary nature.
This year is a “departure” from our typical party, a choose-your-own-adventure, making it our most flexible and accessible Extravaganza ever!
While Extravaganza is taking place at Elsewhere on November 13th, you can have your Extravaganza experience any day after - through the end of the year!
TICKETS
Extravaganza Ticket - $60
Reserved timed entry for (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition
OR download/stream at-home filmic (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition.
Terminal E Street Party with Food/Drink Vouchers OR Hosted Terminal E Zoom Party
Member Extravaganza Ticket - $48 (20% discount)
Same benefits as above.
Benefactor Members get unlimited drinks.
Student / Accessible Ticket - $25 (Students: Must present student ID)
(F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition only - reserved timed entry
Standby Ticket - $25
(F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition only - no reservation, fly on standby (when there’s an opening, between 6-10PM)
REGISTRATION
Guide to Departures & Arrivals
FREE to all participants (hosts, guests, and Extravaganza ticket-holders) - our at-home guide to preparing for the evening. Register via button below to receive this.
Elsewhere In A Box and Host Guide
FREE to all hosts - artist-designed multiples and goodies to recreate Elsewhere experiences for your intimate gathering
Register by 10/20 to receive by regular USPS mail, or chip in to pay for expedited shipping after that.
Pick up at Elsewhere during open hours: Friday 4-9PM, Saturday 11AM-9PM, and by appointment.
Terminal E Street Party
FREE and open to the public! RSVP via button below and receive “Guide to Departures & Arrivals” in the mail!
Live music, immersive art, QTBIPOC vendors!
Beer, wine, cocktails/mocktails, and food for purchase.
Keep reading - more details below!
We are grateful to our sponsors and are still seeking additional sponsorship - would you like to sponsor this event?
Check out all that comes with sponsoring this year’s Extravaganza!
PLAN YOUR JOURNEY
START AT HOME WITH OUR “GUIDE TO DEPARTURES AND ARRIVALS”
While standing in front of a mirror, you break the seal on your Elsewhere Guide to Departures and Arrivals full of atmospheric prompts to help you prepare for the night.
We’ll give you a list of some items to gather and playlists to cue up ahead of time. Everyone who registers for Extravaganza will receive this for FREE by mail!
HOST A GATHERING WITH “ELSEWHERE IN A BOX”
FREE for Hosts
Recreate Elsewhere at home!
Limited edition of 200!
Sign up to host a gathering for 2 or more of your friends and loved ones and we will send you our artist-designed Elsewhere In A Box kit to create Elsewhere experiences from your home for FREE (or you can print it out)!
Carrier Pigeon Paper Airplanes after Rabideau’s 2017 Air Mail
Poncili Creación Paper Crowns after their 2018 Multi Parade
Portable Object Oracle after Elicia Epstein’s 2019 object oracle
Super Kitchen Bouncy Ball after 2005 Super Piano Bouncy Ball
18 Gestures to Remind You, You’re Elsewhere card decks after Cara Hagan’s 2021 40 Gestures to Remind You, You’re Still Here
Bathroom Confessatorium sign utilizing Kinari Council’s 2021 COVID Confessatorium after Amber PB’s Confessatorium
1 Genuine Museum Loan
All we ask is that as part of the gathering you host a giving circle asking everyone to support Elsewhere in some way.
What You’ll Get From Us:
Host Guide - setting up your home, using the kit, leading the giving circle, planning the menu and specialty cocktails, and where to send your photos!
Extravaganza Liason - a wonderful human to talk through your plans with you and answer any questions you have
Elsewhere In A Box kit
Mailed: Register by 10/20 to receive by regular USPS mail, or pay for expedited shipping after 10/20
Pick-Up: pick up at Elsewhere by 11/12 - during open hours (Fri 4-9, Sat 11-9) or by appointment
Print-Your-Own: print your own any time after 10/26 and gather the recommended supplies
Giving Circle Goal Ideas:
Collective gift of a set amount (i.e. $250, $1,000, $10,000)
Elsewhere Membership - everyone becomes a member (starts at $3/month) or increases their membership level
Host a bake sale, a group yard sale or gather everyone’s loose change to donate to Elsewhere
JOIN THE (F)LIGHT GUIDED MUSEUM EXPEDITION & FLIGHT SIMULATION
Saturday, November 13th, 6PM-10PM
@Elsewhere: 606 S. Elm St., Greensboro, NC
30-Minute Guided Experience with Ticketed Timed Entry
Book Now: One Night Only, Will Sell Out!
Your Extravaganza Ticket books you a spot for our Extraordinary Guided Museum Expedition at Elsewhere.
This is a flashlight tour inside the ground floor of the museum unlike anything you’ve every experienced - with a simulated flight and a very special surprise in the garden!
Groups of up to 12 people can enter at one time - let us know ahead if your travel party is larger than 12.
OR - LEAD THE AT-HOME (F)LIGHT MUSEUM EXPEDITION
Available to stream or download from our website starting Saturday, November 13th
You’ll be given instructions on how to set up your space to experience the filmic version of the (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition from your home with your housemates or guests.
ARRIVE AT THE TERMINAL E STREET PARTY
@ 600 Block of S. Elm St. (between Bain and Lewis)
Saturday, November 13th, 6PM-Midnight
Free and open to the public!
South Elm Street becomes Terminal E when the Extravaganza party moves outside and into the street in front of the museum. Live music, immersive art, dance party, and DJ's throughout the night.
SunQueen Kelcey
Maia Kamil
Quilla
Demeanor
Jaleel Cheek
Main Stage Performances
6:00 PM - Family Friendly DJ Set with Quilla
6:30 PM - Blind Dog Gatewood (Piedmont Blues Preservation Society set)
7:00 PM - Maia Kamil
7:45 PM - Demeanor
8:15 PM - Jaleel Cheek - Voguing Dance Lesson
9:05 PM - SunQueen Kelcey + Band
9:35 PM - Quilla with guests Demeanor and Maia Kamil
10:00 PM - Dance Party with Jaleel Check - Dance Performance with Audience Participation to kick off the Dance Party, with DJing power couple, Martin J. Dolan and Quilla!
11:00 PM - Open Stage Unplugged - acoustic performance circle featuring artist from our Open Stage series, served with hot cocoa from Cookee's Cafe
Immersive Art
Tagtool projections - Paint and animate Elsewhere’s facade using the Tagtool app. Sponsored by The Public Art Endowment, supported by Tagtool (Vienna, Austria), and artist/art professor Derek Toomes.
Cat Portraits - Visit with a special “cat” in front of Crooked Tail Cat Cafe
Private Concerts - 2 people will enter our neighboring On Point barbershop to be seated in the barber chairs for 5 minute private concerts
C.R.I.S.T.I.N. performs live in Artmongerz for Jordan Robinson’s lounge that everyone is welcome to come to.
More to be announced!
Food and Drink - available for purchase, or use vouchers that come with purchased Extravaganza tickets
Cookee's Cafe - Full Fall Menu (6PM-12AM)
Bonchon - $5 Special: 3 Korean Fried Wings / 2 Spring Rolls, served to you outside (6-10PM)
Chez Genese - $3-5 desserts and baked goods (6-8PM)
Mello Mushroom - $5 for 2 slices of pizza (6-8PM)
Beer, wine, and spirits for purchase, served up by our flight attendants all night!
Vendors
Luxe Fragrance Bar 24' truck - custom fragrances and lotions
Theydy’s Things - polymer clay jewelry & trinket trays
BlkandNerdy - custom housewares and gifts, cosplay costumes
Tarot and Astrological Chart Readings with Star - $10 tarot readings (10 min) + $20 mini-astro. chart readings (20 min)
OR - ARRIVE AT THE TERMINAL E ZOOM PARTY
Saturday, November 13th, 6PM-Midnight: We’ll be your avatar to experience, roaming the street party from the comfort of your home. The Zoom party will have a guest host, exclusive interviews and performances, fun interactive activities, and special breakout room experiences.
For anyone hosting after November 13th: you can either screen the recording of the Zoom party or reach out to us to create a custom Zoom experience for you and your guests.
While we are paying all of the artists involved in Extravaganza, we welcome other kinds of volunteers to help us pull off this night.
Volunteers receive free admission to the (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Experience and vouchers for food at the Terminal E Street party in exchange for working a 3 hour shift on 11/13 (1-4PM, 3:30-6:30PM, 6-9PM, 8:30-11:30PM, or 11PM-2AM) or in the week leading up to the event.
Any special skills, talents, tools/equipment, or magic that you bring are very welcome!
Individual and corporate sponsorships make this event possible. We hope that our neighbors, partners, supporters, fans, and friends will choose to sponsor the event - through dollars or in-kind donations - helping us to build critical support for Elsewhere’s programs. See our current list of Extravaganza 2021 sponsors.
All sponsorships include:
Event Tickets
Sponsor Recognition
Memberships to Elsewhere - to share with employees, clients, friends, or colleagues
Special Sponsor Gifts
$5,000 – First Class Lead Sponsor
10 Extravaganza Event Tickets, includes specialty tour and Terminal E street party ($600 value)
12 Elsewhere annual memberships ($432 value)
On-site Lead Sponsor recognition
Acknowledgment on all social media channels and website
Artist-Designed Elsewhere in a Box kits ($50-$200 value)
Naming opportunity and/or product placement for (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition
Special party gift and experience at Extravaganza ($200 value)
$1,000 – Travel Agent Sponsor
4 Extravaganza Event Tickets, includes Guided Museum Expedition and Terminal E Party, in-person or virtual ($240 value)
6 Elsewhere annual memberships ($216 value)
On-site Sponsor recognition
Acknowledgment on all social media channels and website
Artist-Designed Elsewhere in a Box kits ($50-100 value)
Naming opportunity for (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Expedition
Special party gift ($50 value)
$500 – Fly Away Sponsor
2 Extravaganza Event Tickets, includes Guided Museum Expedition and Terminal E Party, in-person or virtual ($120 value)
4 Elsewhere annual memberships ($144 value)
On-site event and digital sponsor recognition
Artist-Designed Elsewhere in a Box kit ($50 value)
Special party gift ($50 value)
$100 Individual / $250 Business – Runway Sponsor
1 Extravaganza Event Ticket, includes Guided Museum Expedition and Terminal E Party, in-person or virtual ($60 value)
Recognition on our website and in social media
Artist-Designed Elsewhere in a Box kit ($50 value)
Don’t find what you are looking for? We can customize a sponsorship packet just for you.
Resources
Guide to Departures and Arrivals - available here as a PDF starting 10/20 - all registered participants will be mailed the physical, sealed guides. It will contain the password for the Travel Resources page on our website.
Host Guide - available starting 10/20 - sent as PDF to all registered hosts
Elsewhere In A Box - downloadable/printable version sent to hosts starting 10/26
Recommended Reading: The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker; The Parade at the End of the World by Nat Pyper
Airplane/Airport Videos: Boarding Order, United 1984, more coming…
Extravaganza 2021 Production Team
Executive Director, Matthew Giddings, is working closely with the following incredible team to collaboratively produce this year’s Extravaganza.
Topher Lineberry came on as a Producer, shaping the experiences of Elsewhere In A Box, the Guide to Departure and Arrivals, (F)LIGHT Guided Museum Experience, and elements of the street party. Quilla is curating all of the live performances. Jaleel Cheek is providing creative consultation as well as performing. Chris Lee is designing elements of Elsewhere In A Box and is developing an original performance for (F)LIGHT.
Elsewhere’s Program Committee has been a critical creative braintrust in shaping Extravaganza 2021, especially co-chair Laura Ritchie. Other active committee members include Chris Vitiello, Stephanie Sherman, as well as staff members Jordan Robinson, April Parker, and Jess Hoyle.
Elsewhere’s Development Committee continues to help guide and support Extravaganza 2021 - Cheryl Stewart and Catena Bergevin as co-chairs, and Natalie Miller of The Historic Magnolia House, Jordan Lee of Acobe Fest, alumni artist Josh Franco (‘19), Dabney Sanders, Nancy Bryan, Susan Veazey, Barbara Peck, and Joan Stone.
Revisit Past Extravaganzas
This is what past Extravaganzas looked like, you know, to get the vibe:
