On Jan. 14 Fairuza (tweeting on the subject here) will be showing some of her art as part of a group show of evidently horse-themed work at Melissa Morgan Fine Art 73-040 El Paseo Palm Desert, CA. Some of Balk’s artwork (presumably for this show) can be found on the site on this page
From Oct. 30 to Nov. 1 Ru will be attending Fangoria’s Trinity of Terrors convention in Las Vegas. Other guests will include Roger Corman, Malcolm McDowell, George Romero, John Waters and more. For tickets and more info: http://www.trinityofterrors.com/
UPDATE: Balk has reportedly cancelled her appearance at the convention “…due to accepting a film role which will be shooting as the convention”. Whether this schedule conflict relates to Thicker or another as yet unknown project is unclear.
Balk will be in Orlando, Florida on Oct. 9-11 for the Freakshow Film Fest. Other guests include Linda Blair, John Landis, Shannen Doherty and more. Further details can be found at their site, here
Fairuza will be in Hunt Valley, MD. September 25-27 for the Horrorfind Weekend convention. Other guests include Doug Jones of Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth fame, Margot Kidder, Fred Williamson, Danny “Machete” Trejo, Corbin Bernsen, Adrienne King of Friday The 13th and one half of Jay & Silent Bob, Jason Mewes. For ticket info, click here
Early next month (Aug. 6-9) Ru is scheduled to attend the Albuquerque Film Festival’s first time out. Details are sketchy at present, but keep an eye on the fest’s official site for more details. Other guests include Giancarlo Esposito (of The Usual Suspects and more recently the drug kingpin/fast food magnate of New Mexico in AMC network’s Breaking Bad), Luce Rains (3:10 to Yuma, No Country for Old Men, Appaloosa), Marvel Comics director of games Todd Jefferson, Special Effects artist Zaid Serafi and Faran Tahir of Star Trek, Iron Man and Charlie Wilson’s War.
Is there any other kind. The next in what is now officially a string of convention appearances for Balk will be in Orlando Florida from October 9 to the 11th for Spooky Empire’s Ultimate Horror Weekend. other guests include Adrienne Barbeau, Tippi Hedren, Sid Haig, George Romero and HG Lewis
On June 4 Balk will be at the Playboy Mansion hosting the fourth Marijuana Policy Project party. The evening will include a “live fire and glow performance”…or at least people will walk away in the frame of mind to believe they saw whatever it is to which that refers.
Tickets range from $800 to $900 dollars and are available through the link above.
Another convention appearance added to the itinerary, this time at “the southwest’s premiere horror convention”, Texas Frightmare Weekend in Dallas. The event runs from May 1st to the 3rd and also features Tobe Hooper, Alice Cooper, Linda Blair, Barbara Steele, Karen Black, Lena Heady, Thomas Dekker, William Forsythe and David F. Friedman.
Singer Eliza Wren has composed her own score to Walter Murch’s Oz sequel and will be debuting the music at the Sundance Film Festival along with footage from the film. According to SL Weekly the event will be hosted by Balk herself.
More about Wren’s project here.
UPDATE:
The Salt Lake Tribune has an article on the event with quotes from Balk about it as well as another questioning whether the concept is “preposterous” or not.
Poster from EWERCS
