arise! bookstore summer series
some of these are already over obviously but i'll leave the old ones behind the lj-cut for reference anyways. if you plan to attend any of these please call ahead just to make sure they aren't cancelled or anything.
Arise! Summer Series!
http://www.arisebookstore.org
Fun events at Arise! Bookstore EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT this summer!! Events start at 8pm, films (if listed) start at sundown.
June 1 Bingo with prizes! FILM Que Viva Mexico - Sergei Eisensteins legendary and beautiful though fragmented epic about Mexico.
June 8 Rose Brewer of United for a Fair Economy discusses her new book, The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Divide.
June 15 A roundtable discussion of food politics with local agricultural activists. FILM Gleaners & I - Agnes Vardas documentary about food scavengers.
June 22 Presentation on the Innocence Project with Susan M. Thurston Myster, a forensic scientist at Hamline University. The Innocence Project provides assistance to inmates with provable claims that they are innocent of the crimes they are imprisoned for. FILM After Innocence - A look at what happens to prisoners who are set free after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
June 29 Open Mic Night: Bring your poetry, short stories, music, etc. to share.
July 6 Coloring book-making workshop with Jacinta Bunnell, co-creator of Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be... and Girls Are Not Chicks coloring books! Workshop starts at 7 pm at Arise!, followed by music at the Bryant Lake Bowl.
July 13 The Dating Show will pair up a lonely person with one of three eager contestants for a summertime love affair! FILM Sid & Nancy - Classic tragic punk love story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his junky girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
July 20 The anniversary of the 1934 trucker strike. A night of Minneapolis labor history plus a labor song sing-along with Andy Gifford. FILM Labors Turning Point - Documentary on the dramatic 1934 Teamsters strike.
July 27 Space Cowboy night! Live music TBA. FILM The American Astronaut - The band The Billy Nayer Show stars in this surreal space-Western musical.
August 3 Stenciling & Screenprinting workshop. Learn something; teach something; make something. FILM Style Wars - The 1983 documentary about how NYCs landscape was being transformed by graffiti artists.
August 10 Religious Revival Night. Celebrate the rise of the Right. FILM Hell House - A documentary about a Texas church using a Hollywood-style haunted house to scare teens into Christian life.
August 17 Tramp night: Bring a vegetable to add to the pot for Mulligan Stew. FILM Long Gone - Documentary that follows six train-hoppers over the course of seven years with a soundtrack by Tom Waits.
August 24 Vegan potluck - bring food to share. Live music TBA. FILM The Cook, The Thief, Her Lover and His Wife - Food, sex, murder, and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable.
August 31 Finale party! Celebrate the end of the summer. Live music TBA.
Arise! Summer Series!
http://www.arisebookstore.org
Fun events at Arise! Bookstore EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT this summer!! Events start at 8pm, films (if listed) start at sundown.
June 1 Bingo with prizes! FILM Que Viva Mexico - Sergei Eisensteins legendary and beautiful though fragmented epic about Mexico.
June 8 Rose Brewer of United for a Fair Economy discusses her new book, The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Divide.
June 15 A roundtable discussion of food politics with local agricultural activists. FILM Gleaners & I - Agnes Vardas documentary about food scavengers.
June 22 Presentation on the Innocence Project with Susan M. Thurston Myster, a forensic scientist at Hamline University. The Innocence Project provides assistance to inmates with provable claims that they are innocent of the crimes they are imprisoned for. FILM After Innocence - A look at what happens to prisoners who are set free after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned.
June 29 Open Mic Night: Bring your poetry, short stories, music, etc. to share.
July 6 Coloring book-making workshop with Jacinta Bunnell, co-creator of Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls Will Be... and Girls Are Not Chicks coloring books! Workshop starts at 7 pm at Arise!, followed by music at the Bryant Lake Bowl.
July 13 The Dating Show will pair up a lonely person with one of three eager contestants for a summertime love affair! FILM Sid & Nancy - Classic tragic punk love story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his junky girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
July 20 The anniversary of the 1934 trucker strike. A night of Minneapolis labor history plus a labor song sing-along with Andy Gifford. FILM Labors Turning Point - Documentary on the dramatic 1934 Teamsters strike.
July 27 Space Cowboy night! Live music TBA. FILM The American Astronaut - The band The Billy Nayer Show stars in this surreal space-Western musical.
August 3 Stenciling & Screenprinting workshop. Learn something; teach something; make something. FILM Style Wars - The 1983 documentary about how NYCs landscape was being transformed by graffiti artists.
August 10 Religious Revival Night. Celebrate the rise of the Right. FILM Hell House - A documentary about a Texas church using a Hollywood-style haunted house to scare teens into Christian life.
August 17 Tramp night: Bring a vegetable to add to the pot for Mulligan Stew. FILM Long Gone - Documentary that follows six train-hoppers over the course of seven years with a soundtrack by Tom Waits.
August 24 Vegan potluck - bring food to share. Live music TBA. FILM The Cook, The Thief, Her Lover and His Wife - Food, sex, murder, and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable.
August 31 Finale party! Celebrate the end of the summer. Live music TBA.