The Bowlus is going to the birds and cats and dogs. Popovich Comedy Pet Theater will perform at 3 p.m., Sunday on the Bowlus stage. MICHAEL Smail and Collin Haire will have their art work on display from Feb. 22 to March 12 in the Mary L. Martin Art Gallery. Smail is a 1997 Iola High School graduate. Haire grew up in the Iola area and graduated from Humboldt High School in 2004.
Gregory Popovich is a fourth-generation Russian circus performer. He became a member of the Moscow Circus Group at age 17.
In 1990 he was invited to join the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in the United States. He was a featured performer at the Circus Circus Hotel and Casino and used his family kitten in his clown act. He began building an entire routine based on performing cats.
After many years of traveling in other shows Popovich created a pet theater show. The Popovich Comedy Pet Theater made its debut in Las Vegas in June 2006. Gregory’s wife, Izolda, and daughter, Anastasia, are both performers in the show.
Popovich’s goal is to educate the audience that every animal is unique and that people have a great responsibility to their pets. Both professionally and personally, Gregory strongly supports and promotes adopting an animal from a shelter and increasing participation in the practice to spay/neuter cats and dogs.
The Bowlus and Allen County Animal Rescue Facility have teamed up for this show. Anyone who adopts an ACARF animal from Feb. 2-21 will receive a four-family pack of balcony tickets for Popovich’s show.
Gregory has been a guest on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Orchestra tickets are $20 and balcony is $17. Discounts are available for students and seniors 65 and older. The show is sponsored by the Daniels Bequest.
The artists’ reception will be at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Comedy pet theater to come to Bowlus Sunday
