CALENDAR OF https://laughtears.com/ EVENTS
Jan 3 TUES 6pm McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club MDR library 4533 admirality way free
Jan 14 SAT 4-6pm MESS – Filmmaker Henry Schipper interview at unurban 3301 pico FREE https://laughtears.com/mess.html
Jan 15 SUN 7:30pm Subversive Cinema at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd, free (essential = ADAM CURTIS- httpss://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNormalisation = POLITICAL FILM and discussion)
Jan 18 Wed, 6-9pm: MOM- MEDIA DISCUSSION at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd venice ca FREE
Jan 22, SUN – 14th Annual VENICE FILM FEST – at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd, free – Colorful history of films made in Venice California, and celebration of the otherwordly happenings at the legendary Venice West Gallery (birthplace of the Beats), aka Sponto Gallery with live performances. Experience the essence of Spontofication Rituals in art, music, poetry and the freedom of creativity. FEATURING RARE COSMO video footage including the SUNNY ZORRO art show at Sponto and more. Facebook = httpss://www.facebook.com/events/1368538349831838/
Jan 23 MON Laughtears Salon 6-9pm 212 Pier Santa Monica free – politics, art culture discussion free
Jan 28 SAT – 7th annual POETRY OF VENICE PHOTOGRAPHY – at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd, free – 2-4pm=panel discussion , 4-6pm=Opening for PHOTO SHOW in Gallery, free admission Paramedia ecologist Gerry Fialka hosts a panel discussion of award-winning Venice photographers, who explore landscapes of the human psyche and push pictorial representation beyond! Examine the trance-inducing transforming power of cameras in our community by way of McLuhan. With B MEADE, KRISTY CAMPBELL, MARGARET MOLLOY, Dave Healey Todd von Hoffmann, Peter Tan, TRISH ELLEBRACHT, Ned Sloane, Aisha Singleton, Regina Barton Facebook – httpss://www.facebook.com/events/373926132998864/
Feb 7 TUES 6pm McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club MDR library 4533 admirality way
Feb 11 SAT 4-6pm MESS – Artist Gordon Winiemko interview at unurban 3301 pico FREE https://laughtears.com/mess.html
Feb 13, Mon – HENRY SCHIPPER FILMS at Unurban 3301 Pico, free, 4pm – Schipper’s engaging documentaris – on Eartha Kitt (42 minutes, 2016) at 6pm Actress, singer, activist, legend, Eartha Kitt’s life and career have been wrapped in mystique since she burst on the scene in the 1950s singing instant classics like “Santa Baby” and “C’est Si Bon”. A true original, Kitt was a pioneering African American presence on Broadway and in Hollywood, and her turn as Catwoman in the 1960s Batman series brought her mainstream acclaim. Uncompromising in her personal life as well as professionally, she publicly confronted Lady Bird Johnson in the White House about the Vietnam War, and she scarcely worked again in the US for ten years. But a new generation embraced Miss Kitt in the 1990s with films like Boomerang, and appearances on Living Single and New York Undercover. This show explores the woman and the myth. Those interviewed include Reggie Hudlin, Norma Miller, Tessa Thompson, Dick Gregory, Robin Givens and Freda Payne. And Rudy Ray Moore, AKA, “Dolemite” (42 minutes, 2016) at 645pm Underground legend Rudy Ray Moore nailed his legacy in the mid 1970s with a series of films built around the funkiest superhero of the Blaxploitation era, Dolemite. Before that, Moore had built a rep as a stand up comedian and recording artist with hard core comedy routines that would have made Redd Foxx blush. But it was Dolemite, the trash-talking rhymester from the hood, who put him on the map and planted some of the earliest seeds of rap. Interviews include Big Daddy Kane, Guy and Joe Torry, Too Short, Richard Sandfield, and Luenell. Free Jazz with Films at 4pmhttps://www.laughtears.com/jazzfunkfest.html
Feb 15 Wed, 6-9pm: MOM- MEDIA DISCUSSION at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd FREE
Feb 25 Sat 7pm Jazz Funk Fest at unurban 3301 pico FREE https://www.laughtears.com/jazzfunkfest.html
Feb 26 SUN, 7pm Political and Music Films at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd FREE
Feb 27 MON Laughtears Salon 6-9pm 212 Pier Santa Monica free – politics, art, culture discussion
March 7 TUES 6pm McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club MDR library 4533 admirality way free
March 11 SAT 4-6pm MESS – Musician-author Paul Zollo interview at unurban 3301 pico FREE https://laughtears.com/mess.html
March 14 – 29 Gerry events in Michigan
March 15 Wed, 6-9pm: MOM- MEDIA DISCUSSION at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd venice ca FREE
March 26 SUN 7pm – 7 Dudley Cinema at beyond baroque 681 venice blvd, free – POLITICAL & MUSIC FILMS
March 27 MON Laughtears Salon 6-9pm 212 Pier Santa Monica free – politics, art culture discussion free
April 4 TUES 6pm McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club MDR library 4533 admirality way free
April 8 SAT 4-6pm MESS – Filmmaker Walter Reuben interview at unurban 3301 pico FREE https://laughtears.com/mess.html
April 10, MON – DOCUMENTAL at Unurban 3301 pico blvd FREE Laughtears.com
4pm= Film history discussion and rare film clips
5:30pm= “If Jacques Rivette and Raul Ruiz had a child it might look something like Walter Reuben’s (in person)THE BIG RAINCHECK (2016, 83 minutes) – a thrilling combination of the real and the fantastic spread over some forty years of Texas arts community life and times, decimated by the AIDS pandemic but never truly destroyed. Hilarious and melancholy at the same time, it marks Reuben as an important American film talent.”—David Ehrenstein. Starring Albion Salbani, Breven Angaelica Warren, Maryanne Hayes, Woolsey Ackerman, and Gina Lalli .https://www.thebigraincheck.com/trailer.html
