FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 7:00PM.
Shiny Object Film Screenings:
THE 10TH VICTIM
Fools Foundation, 1025 19th St, off K St, between 19th & 20th next to the back end of Old Spaghetti Factory. Admission: $5.00. Digital projection on to a large screen. Seating is on folding chairs - feel free to bring a pillow or cushion - or even your own folding chair! web: www.shiny-object.com/screenings/
This 1965 cult classic has inspired many films which followed, but more importantly, presaged the reality TV craze that currently permeates our culture.In the 21st Century, those with violent urges are allowed to enroll in a game of legalized murder wherein contestants hunt one another until only one is left alive. Ursula Andress, in all her stunning 60's glamor and beauty, as Caroline Meredith is set against Marcello Mastrianno in what will be for Caroline, her 10th and final victim. Along with her sponsor, the Ming Tea Company, Caroline plots out the perfect kill in front of TV cameras for the benefit of the viewing public. Rolling up romance, social satire and 60's Euro sex romp into one gorgeous pop culture retro cool stew with a soundtrack that Andy Warhol claimed to be one of his favorites, The 10th Victim is not to be missed. Oh, and did we mention Andress' S&M dance at the Club Masoch? That's worth the price of admission all on its own!
TUESDAY, JULY 3RD, 8PM
COMEDY & POETRY OPEN MIC
Butch-N-Nellie's, corner of 19th & I Streets, Downtown Sacramento. 548-8391.
Starting July 3rd, Butch-N-Nellie's, 3rd Eye Collective, and UBO Mag present LIFE SENTENCE, a weekly poetry and comedy feature with open mic.
FRIDAY, JULY 6TH, 7:00PM.
Shiny Object Film Screenings:
IN THE YEAR OF THE PIG
Fools Foundation, 1025 19th St, off K St, between 19th & 20th next to the back end of Old Spaghetti Factory. Admission: $5.00. Digital projection on to a large screen. Seating is on folding chairs - feel free to bring a pillow or cushion - or even your own folding chair! web: www.shiny-object.com/screenings/
Emile de Antonio's stunning Academy Award-nominated anti-war documentary from 1968 on the US in Vietnam, filmed at the height of our involvement. Upon initial release, reaction against it was so strong that theaters which ran it received bomb threats and had screens painted over. Interspersing footage from Vietnam with interviews of politicians, academics and military and intelligence personnel, the film traces the history of Vietnam and how it was manipulated by external forces, ultimately resulting in the Vietnam War. de Antonio shows mastery at simply allowing people to talk, and thus hang themselves with their own words -- a tactic which Michael Moore is also very adept at. Not only is this film important for historical reasons, but maintains much relevance given our current involvement in Iraq. Listening to some of the interviews in this doc seem very strangely familiar - as if you have very recently heard extremely similar statements supporting the reasons for the US being in Iraq...
FRIDAY, JULY 6TH, 7:30PM
Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol present
ZEUS & HERA, THE LATER YEARS
La Raza Galeria Posada, 1022-1024 22nd Street, Midtown Sacramento, 916-451-1372.
Writers of the New Sun/Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol are pleased to present a staged reading of a humorous new screenplay, by Natalia Mercado: "Zeus & Hera, The Later Years." $5 or as you can afford. Author: Natalia Mercado, a 29-year-old writer and English teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, has previously had plays produced by Bakersfield Community Theater. Zeus and Hera is her debut screenwriting effort.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 7-10pm
Asylum Gallery's:
ARTIST TRADE OFF
Asylum Gallery at HQ:Headquarters for the Arts, 1719 25th St, (25th & R Sts.) Cherie Hacker, 916-704-2909
Come to Asylum Gallery on lucky 7-11 and bring artwork and frames that you’d like to trade with other artists. Enjoy refreshing beverages and snacks while you mingle with other artists. Asylum Gallery is also accepting applications for member artists. The deadline for application is July 11, 2007. For an application, please email asylumgalleryathq@yahoo.com.
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 7:00PM.
Shiny Object Film Screenings:
ROCK THAT UKE
Fools Foundation, 1025 19th St, off K St, between 19th & 20th next to the back end of Old Spaghetti Factory. Admission: $5.00. Digital projection on to a large screen. Seating is on folding chairs - feel free to bring a pillow or cushion - or even your own folding chair! web: www.shiny-object.com/screenings/
A funky, curiously philosophical cinematic love poem that examines the near mystical allure of the four-stringed underdog of the musical world and the recent surge of alternative, post-punk musicians on the American mainland who have taken up the instrument, and have incorporated the ukulele not just into their raucous and irreverent original compositions, but into a counter cultural, post-punk ethos. With introductory narration by Academy Award winner Holly Hunter. Featuring Carmaig de Forest, Songs From a Random House, Janet Klein, Ukefink, Robert Armstrong (who was also the creator of Mickey Rat), Travis Harrelson, Oliver Brown, Heinous Rynes, Uke Til U Puke, The Haoles, Williwaw, Frank Novicki, Robert Wheeler, King Kukulele, Pineapple Princess, The Rumble Pups, and Ian Whitcomb! The film was directed by William Preston Robertson, who has lent his voice to numerous Coen Brothers films, authored the book "The Big Lebowski: The Making of a Coen Brothers Film," and possibly most impressively, was the voice of the creepy mounted deer head (and other possessed objects) in "Evil Dead II." Best of all, the amazing William Preston Robertson will be in attendance at the screening for a Q&A!! Yes, you will have the chance to meet the famous voice from Evil Dead II and director of this hip and bizarre doc!! We also might have some live uke playing going on!
SATURDAY, JULY 14TH, 7PM
Exhibition Closing party:
"VISEGRIP" THE ANTI THEME SHOW
Ongoing Exhibit: JUNE 15TH - JULY 14TH
Toyroom Gallery, 907 K Street, Regular Hours 11am till 7pm Tues-Sat / 12noon till 5pm Sun. Show will run from June 15 to July 14 - 2007. Closing Reception July 14th. Reception Hours 7pm till late.
Sacramento's premiere alt-sider gallery the TOYROOM will be presenting one hell of a show this June, when the art will be as warped as the heatwaves bouncing off the central valley blacktop! "Vise Grip" features John Bell, Mike Bell (related only in twistedness), Bruce Gossett, Kepi, and Rob Struven, a quasi-quintet (obviously one can short of a six-pack!) with five one-track minds: Create! Create! Like a whacked-out tribe of Dr. Frankensteins, these artists are obsessed with bringing their visions to life: Hot Rods, VooDoo, Cussed-Dumb Culture, the dark side of Pop Culture... you name it, they'll mame it! In the grip of their own vices, share the madness with a friend as you creep past the color, darkness, shadow and light that these five have presented, then pass your own judgement...innocent or guilty? Crazy or connected? No one can tell, and that's the fun! From the hot dirty race track to the seedy underbelly of society, from bad TV to even worse movies, it's the art of it all at the heart of it all that provides the motivation for these jerks-of-all-trades, and the inspiration springs (super?)naturally from the five wise guys to whom no rule applies! VISE GRIP...grab on to it!
JULY 20-22 and JULY 28-29
SACRAMENTO FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
Crest theatre. http://sacramentofrenchfilmfestival.org/
Save the dates for the 6th Annual Sacramento French Film Festival which runs Friday through Sunday on two weekends in July.
FRIDAY, JULY 20, 7:00PM.
Shiny Object Film Screenings:
ELECTRIC PURGATORY: THE FATE OF THE BLACK ROCKER
Fools Foundation, 1025 19th St, off K St, between 19th & 20th next to the back end of Old Spaghetti Factory. Admission: $5.00. Digital projection on to a large screen. Seating is on folding chairs - feel free to bring a pillow or cushion - or even your own folding chair! web: www.shiny-object.com/screenings/
A documentary examining the struggles of black rock musicians and the industry's ambivalence towards them. Director Raymond Gayle spent the better part of a year traveling around the United States interviewing many of Black Rock's elite including Fishbone, Vernon Reid, Adam Falcon, Jimi Hazel and Cody Chesnutt. Distinguished journalists such as Flip Barnes, Darrell McNeil, Charlie Braxton, and Greg Tate, share their opinions and insight on the dilemma facing these artists. Also contains plenty of archival footage! We're working on some speakers for this night, too. We'll update if/when we're able to pull that together!
MONDAY, JULY 23RD, 7:30PM
Sacramento Poetry Center presents:
FRENCH POETRY NIGHT
HQ: Headquarters for the Arts, 1719 25th Street, 25th & R Sts, www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org. (916) 451-5569.
In collaboration with Alliance Francaise to help celebrate the French Film Festival July 20-29. Hors d'oeuvres and visual entertainment. After the featured readers, please join the open mic and read poems in French, in translation or about France. Hosted by Rebecca Morrison.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 10:30AM - 4PM
ART BOOK FAIR
Crocker Art Museum, 216 O Street. 264-5423.
Publishers from around the country will bring in their newest special art books, plus their classics on art. Children's readings. Lectures for the whole family.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 3:30PM
SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE
Southside Park, 6th & T Streets Bandshell. Music starts at 3:30pm; show 4pm. Free show in the park!
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 10AM - 5PM
ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
Scottish Rite Temple, 6151 H Street, 849-9248. jimkay@comcast.net
The fourteenth Central Valley Antiquarian Book Fair; books of all kinds and all price ranges. Dozens of dealers. $5.
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