BONK! is a monthly performance series, held at The Racine Arts Council building, 316 Sixth Street in downtown Racine, WI. It is usually (but not always) held on the fourth Saturday of the month and runs from about 6-7:45pm. The series is curated by Nick Demske. Along with Demske, BONK! was originally founded in October 2008 with Matt Specht and Nicholas Michael Ravnikar. The current BONK! Crew is:
Peg Rousar-Thompson: our most excellent video homie. You can thank her for all the recent clips you have to watch here.
Dan Nielsen: Our Sound Guy. He not only sets it up, but he lets us use his personal sound equipment!
Mark Bilbrey: Wizard of all things blog and news release related
& Kelsey Gray: our online promotions Guru
Huge thanks go to all of these folks for volunteering their time to keep BONK! alive.
Bonk! is sponsored by grants from The Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, The Friends of the Racine Public Library and The Racine Arts Council. Additional sponsorship and support are provided by The Urban League of Racine & Kenosha, Olde Madrid Restaurant, and the crew of volunteers listed above.
First of all, I have to say how much I enjoyed the BONK! premiere experience. It is definitely something I will continue going to (and hopefully get some more people into). I hope you guys continue finding great artists to keep it going. You mentioned having a myspace page, and I did a search for it, but could not seem to find it. I signed up for the listserve, so if you include that website on there, you don’t need to send me a response, but if you don’t include it on there, could you please email me the web address? I’d appreciate it. Thanks, and keep up the good work!
While I enjoyed the Bonk!Premier as video rather than in person (and oh by the by what a beauteous logo), it truly was the next best thing to being there. I am so impressed with the inviting/inclusive nature spurred on by a solid yet un-anal organizational handling that was so evident in this first premier. No telling where this may lead and I will be dogged in following its unfolding blossom, emerging energy, existential exercising, and all the damn good reasons for future gatherings. thank you.
Tina Ullrich