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<p>CARLETON THE MIME was one of the first street performers in Chicago. His debut was at the Chess Pavilion near Oak Street Beach in the summer of 1972. Soon after he began retail promotions for art galleries on Clark Street, Marshall Fields and Chas. A Stevens. His first stage was at Kingston Mines when it was on Lincoln Ave. long before it became strictly Blues. He taught at the Body Politic and St. Nicholas theatres prior to organizing the Chicago Mime Theatre. Carleton established the first Mime Week in Chicago, with a proclamation from the then Mayor Jane Byrne. He was instrumental in the street skating fad with promotions for Lincoln Park Roller Works. (Carleton still performs with the original Chicago skates he rented then purchased to do the promotions in 1973.)
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