New Orleans Area DIY Events and Shows
Last Updated February 8, 9:38 AM :: This list is an events calendar of [loosely] DIY activities in New Orleans. This calendar includes music shows, independent theater, activist and other types of meetings, etc. You will not find a listing for the House of Blues. The only way we can keep this list accurate and up-to-date is if you keep us informed. We can't spend every waking hour searching the internet and looking for flyers. Tell us what's going on! Submit your show to get it listed.
Monday, February 8
Little Lungs | Deny It | Relax Band
Monday, February 8. Pussy Palace (1228 North Broad Ave at Esplanade). 6PM. $3.
No More Fiction ALL AGES house show featuring women & queer bands in punk rock! Little Lungs from Brooklyn plus two NOLA bands.
45365
Monday, February 8.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking 45365 (pronounced: four, five, three, six, five) captures small town American life in striking cinema verité style that peels away the layers of Sidney, Ohio -- population 20,000 -- to reveal a deeper shared experience. Middle America turns out to be much more complicated than a Norman Rockwell painting would have us believe. Filmmakers Turner and Bill Ross deliver slices of life in gorgeous HD photography building the unique faces, places, and events into a powerful mosaic of humanity. Winner Grand Jury Prize SXSW as well as jury prizes at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Newport Int. Film Festival, Calgary Int. Film Festival and the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival plus nominated for the “Truer Than Fiction Award” at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards. Filmmakers Bill & Turner Ross have been filming a documentary on New Orleans’ nightlife for the past several months.
Tuesday, February 9
I, Octopus | Smiley WIth A Knife
Tuesday, February 9.
Circle Bar. 10PM. FREE.
FiberKraftWerk
Tuesday, February 9.
Hey Cafe. 7PM. FREE.
Knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, weaving, spinning, whatever. Come hang out and make something. No experience necessary.
45365
Tuesday, February 9.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking 45365 (pronounced: four, five, three, six, five) captures small town American life in striking cinema verité style that peels away the layers of Sidney, Ohio -- population 20,000 -- to reveal a deeper shared experience. Middle America turns out to be much more complicated than a Norman Rockwell painting would have us believe. Filmmakers Turner and Bill Ross deliver slices of life in gorgeous HD photography building the unique faces, places, and events into a powerful mosaic of humanity. Winner Grand Jury Prize SXSW as well as jury prizes at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Newport Int. Film Festival, Calgary Int. Film Festival and the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival plus nominated for the “Truer Than Fiction Award” at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards. Filmmakers Bill & Turner Ross have been filming a documentary on New Orleans’ nightlife for the past several months.
Wednesday, February 10
The Local Skank | Kings of Happy Hour
Wednesday, February 10.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Dark Dark Dark | Rusty Lazer | Kids from Fridges
Wednesday, February 10.
Saint. 10PM. FREE.
Kid Twist Don't miss your chance to sway along to all the newest songs from Dark Dark Dark as they return to New Orleans with Rusty Lazer over at Tha Saint!
Plus special guest DJ from the UK, Kids From Fridges! Starts at 10, don't cost nuthin!
He Who Hits First, Hits Twice: The Urgent Cinema of Santiago Alvarez (Part I)
Wednesday, February 10.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking This mini- retrospective features 8 films from the late-great founder of the of the Cuban Film Institute and it’s legendary newsreel division, Noticiero ACAIC. Santiago Alvarez directed over 700 films from the Cuban Revolution until his death at the age of 79 in 1998.
The films of Cuban Director Santiago Alvarez exist as a kind of fractured mirror on the last 40 years of American history – a subversive alternate history. This touring retrospective, from The Other Cinema in San Francisco includes: Now; Cerro Pelado; Hanoi Martes 13; Hasta la Victoria Siempre; and L.B.J. This program screens in conjunction with SI CUBA, A major citywide celebration of Cuban Art, Music and Culture – January – April 2010. Organized by the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University and the New Orleans Museum of Art, SI CUBA is a collaborative venture between museums, universities, galleries and other arts organizations, such as Zeitgeist, throughout New Orleans.
Thursday, February 11
Ladies' Night Afternoon: Muses Pre-Party and Carnival Mass
Thursday, February 11.
ARK. 4PM. FREE.
Iron Rail Book Collective Ladies' Night is a "NO BOYS ALLOWED" space for radical ladies. We
meet every Thursday at 7:30 at the Iron Rail, 511 Marigny.
Frenzi | Daniel Steel | Proppa Bear
Thursday, February 11.
Dragon's Den. 10PM.
Booking Bass bin safari.
Big Freedia and Rusty Lazer's Bounce Night at the New Hookah
Thursday, February 11.
Hookah. 10PM. $5.
Kid Twist Big Freedia is in tha Building! EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT catch Big Freedia with DJ Rusty Lazer at the New Hookah Club! Get there early, Freedia's hangin' out all evening! This is a real chance to come out to a night for people from all over New Orleans that love Bounce and love Freedia... and you might be surprised by some of the people you meet! AND BIG NEWS: THURSDAYS ARE NOW 18+!!!
So come out and get that azz everywhere, azz everywhere. 309 Decatur. See you all there.
Guitar Lightning Lee | Overnight Lows | King Louie One Man Band | Superdestroyers
Thursday, February 11.
Saturn Bar. 10PM.
86'd Productions He Who Hits First, Hits Twice: The Urgent Cinema of Santiago Alvarez (Part II)
Thursday, February 11.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking This mini- retrospective features 8 films from the late-great founder of the of the Cuban Film Institute and it’s legendary newsreel division, Noticiero ACAIC. Santiago Alvarez directed over 700 films from the Cuban Revolution until his death at the age of 79 in 1998.
The films of Cuban Director Santiago Alvarez exist as a kind of fractured mirror on the last 40 years of American history – a subversive alternate history. This touring retrospective, from The Other Cinema in San Francisco includes: 79 Primeraveras; El Sueno del Pongo; El Tigre Salto y Mato…Morira…Morira plus Travis Wilkerson’s documentary on Santiago Alvarez “Accelerated Under-Development”. This program screens in conjunction with SI CUBA, A major citywide celebration of Cuban Art, Music and Culture – January – April 2010. Organized by the Newcomb Art Gallery at Tulane University and the New Orleans Museum of Art, SI CUBA is a collaborative venture between museums, universities, galleries and other arts organizations, such as Zeitgeist, throughout New Orleans.
Friday, February 12
Anders Osborne | Mia Borders | Dr. Claw
featuring Adam Deitch, Ian Neville, Nick Daniels & Eric Krasno
Friday, February 12.
Blue Nile. 10:30PM (or after the parades). $10.
Booking Backbeat Foundation's 4th AnnuaL Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza.
DJ Musa | ActionActionReaction Indie Dance Party
Friday, February 12.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Sud Screed | Rusty Lazer
Friday, February 12.
Dragon's Den. 10PM.
Kid Twist Don\'t miss this encore performance of "SUD SCREED" by Jayme Kalal and Drew Ziegler, otherwise known as SCARY TOESIES! I won't even try to describe it here, just know that it\'s unlike anything you think you've seen before!
The AcropoLions | High Fructose Corn Syrup | Unfun | Whale on Cops | Hat Talk
Friday, February 12.
Here Today Gone Tomorrow. 8PM. $5.
Hungry Ghost Collective Big ol' thrift store show! Miss this and be torn asunder by wolves. AcropoLions are psychedelic/ ambient rock from NOLA. High Fructose Corn Syrup is semi synthetic sweetness grindcore. Unfun is touring Canadian punks. Whale on Cops is a two piece doom experiment channeling the nether realms. Hat Talk is instrumental post-metal from NOLA. BE ON TIME!
The Screaming Females | Jeff the Brotherhood | The Lovey Dovies
Friday, February 12. Koenji House (2608 Magazine at 3rd Street). 7PM SHARP. $5.
An Idea Like No Other This show is starting on time--IF NOT EARLY. Don't be a fool. Maybe you caught the Screaming Females on MTV recently? They're on Don Giovanni and do a poppy, 60s throwback, garage rock thing. Lots of blazing guitar solos, noise, and feedback plus brutal, tremelo-laden female vocals. They're on tour with Jeff the Brotherhood who do that stripped down, garage rock, powerpop everyone loves these days. Lovey Dovies open AT SEVEN PM. Maybe this will be their record release show? Last show before the South American tour? Who knows! Surprise, secret, local celebrity / scenester guest for people who come early? And other treats? You better believe it.
Sam Doores | The Bill Murray Experience | Feral Foster
Friday, February 12.
Yellow Moon Bar. 10PM. FREE.
Saturday, February 13
Magnolia Shorty | Rusty Lazer | Pinqy Ring
Saturday, February 13.
Allways Lounge (Cowpokes). 11PM-ish. $5.
Kid Twist Magnolia Shorty does her hits at the AllWays with Rusty Lazer! That's Right!! Smoking Guns! My Boy! Juvie! Monkey on tha Dick! Plus a special appearance by Chicago rapper Miss Pinqy Ring!
Hostile Apostle | Dresden | The Oggin
Saturday, February 13.
Bar, The. 11PM.
The faces will melt!
Cyril Neville's Carnival Party | Nigel Hall featuring Eric Krasno & Adam Deitch
Saturday, February 13.
Blue Nile. 10:30PM (or after the parades). $10.
Booking Backbeat Foundation's 4th AnnuaL Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza.
Mike Hurtt and His Haunted Hearts | The Happy Talk Band
Saturday, February 13.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking DJ Jubilee
Saturday, February 13.
Republic. 10PM.
Booking DJ Jubilee was a leader in the New Orleans bounce movement and still stands for all things New Orleans. His high-energy bounce starts a dance party every time with call and response jams from "Get It Ready" and "Back That Thang Up" to his new hit "GitOnDaFlur." It's the perfect show for Mardi Gras, so don't miss it on Saturday February 13th.
Bowlegged Gorilla
Saturday, February 13.
Saint. 10PM.
Dark Dark Dark
Saturday, February 13.
Treehouse. 5:30PM.
Louis Moholo-Moholo | Yells at Eels | Tim Green
Saturday, February 13.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Louis Moholo-Moholo (from Cape town, South Africa) is widely considered, by the musicians who make the music, to be one of the most important and influential drummers of the past 45 years, and he wishes to come perform here with a band led by master Dallas Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez and his group YELLS AT EELS and special guest New Orleans saxophone player Tim Green. Louis was perhaps the pivotal figure in the great and tragic exodus of south african jazz stars to London in the mid 60's, which so fruitfully meshed with figures such as Evan Parker, Keith Tippett, Soft Machine, Globe Untiy Orchestra, and everyone else active in European creative music of the era, and created a sound at the cutting edge of 'free-jazz' and rooted always in the 'Cape town swing' feel of his homeland. He was a youthful colleague of and great inspiration to folks such as Hugh Masekela and Miriam Makeba, who have achieved far greater fame in popular music.
Sunday, February 14
Mia Borders and Eric Krasno | Chapter 2 featuring Nigel Hall, Adam Deitch, George Porter Jr.
Sunday, February 14.
Blue Nile. 10:30PM (or after the parades). $10.
Booking Backbeat Foundation's 4th AnnuaL Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza.
Simon Lott | One Man Machine | The Other Planets
Sunday, February 14.
Dragon's Den. 10PM.
Booking Waterbed Kev | B Czar | Shukatron
Sunday, February 14.
Dragon's Den. 11PM.
Booking Downstairs VDAY JERK-OFF: Jerk chicken/tofu cook-off and dance party. Submissions/jerky judges: vdayjerkoff@gmail.com. Winner takes "ALL."
Big Freedia | Sissy Nobby | Katey Red | DJ Rusty Lazer | DJ Lefty Parker | Vockah Redu
Sunday, February 14.
Hookah. 10PM. $15 ($10 advance).
Kid Twist This year, the 2nd Annual Sweetheart's Ball will be hosted by The Hookah! Sunday, Feb. 14th, we're having a giant Bounce party hosted by BIG FREEDIA, SISSY NOBBY, and KATEY RED, with DJ Rusty Lazer and DJ Lefty Parker + VOCKAH REDU & MORE SPECIAL GUESTS! And that's not all. We'll have a special VALENTINES DAY PHOTO BOOTH for all you lovebirds and photo hounds out there. Try and look nice y'all!
Buy your tickets now right here. Make sure you get your tickets early, because this is a limited capacity event, and it will sell out! See you all on Sunday Gras!
King Britt | Fleur de Tease | DJ Quickie Mart
Sunday, February 14.
One Eyed Jack's. 7PM.
Aquarium Drunkard Winter Circle Productions presents QUEENS over KINGS: A Valentine's Evening.
Nouvelle Vague
Sunday, February 14.
Republic. 8PM. $18 / $15 advance.
Booking With a name that means "new wave" in English and "bossa nova" in Portuguese, Nouvelle Vague's moniker neatly sums up the group's concept: remaking new wave singles and pop classics with a Brazilian pop twist. Covers include songs by Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd., Depeche Mode, and many more. Nouvelle Vague are the brainchild of French producers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux with the support of multiple female singers, including Alexandra Pavlou of Spring and Suburbia, Mlanie Pain, Marina Celeste & Phoebe Killdeer of Phoebe Killdeer and the Short Straws. Each singer only performs songs they were not previously familiar with, to ensure that each cover would have a unique interpretation. It's Nouvelle Vague's distinct influence on each cover that makes the creations truly their own and absolutely fixating.
Monday, February 15
Mike Patton (Chalmette) | The Hons
Monday, February 15.
Big Top. 5PM. FREE.
With a possible SALLY STITCHES reunion.
Honey Island Swamp Band | Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band | Soul Rebels Brass Band | Dr Gonzeaux
Monday, February 15.
Blue Nile. 10:30PM (or after the parades). $10.
Booking Backbeat Foundation's 4th AnnuaL Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza.
Suplecs | The Unnaturals | R. Scully & the Rough 7
Monday, February 15.
Checkpoint Charlie's. 10PM. FREE.
Aysia 999 Celebrate Lundi Gras with The Unnaturals from 10pm-midnight. Followed by R. Scully. Free show!
Bionica | Smiley With A Knife | Hat Talk | Autotomii
Monday, February 15.
Maison Musique. 10PM. FREE.
Lundi Gras show Upstairs.
Acid Reflux | Necro Hippies
Monday, February 15. Phil's House (3055 Royal Street). 7PM.
Look Ma No Bra! Tuesday, February 16
The Fessters
Tuesday, February 16.
Blue Nile. 6PM. $10.
Booking Backbeat Foundation's 4th AnnuaL Mardi Gras Funkstravaganza.
Wednesday, February 17
In Fear and Faith | From Legends to Nancy | Oh The Moment | Calibrate the Massacre
Wednesday, February 17.
High Ground. 7PM. $10.
Incision Records Thursday, February 18
Ladies' Night Post-Carnival Detoxxx
Thursday, February 18.
ARK. 7:30. FREE.
Iron Rail Book Collective Ladies' Night is a "NO BOYS ALLOWED" space for radical ladies. We
meet every Thursday at 7:30 at the Iron Rail, 511 Marigny. Bring your favorite way to heal your hangover and cleanse your soul.
Frenzi | Daniel Steel | Proppa Bear
Thursday, February 18.
Dragon's Den. 10PM.
Booking Bass bin safari.
Big Sky | Til We're Blue Or Destroy
Thursday, February 18.
Red Star. 10PM.
Big Sky is a Baton Rouge 6 piece with banjo and horns, Til We're Blue or Destroy is an Austin, TX 9 piece that play dancey robo-rock.
Friday, February 19
Lambi a Rele: A Celebration of Arts to Benefit Haiti
Friday, February 19.
Zeitgeist. 4PM-7PM.
Booking Come immerse yourself in the culture of Haiti. Sample traditional Haitian cuisine and rum punch. There will be Haitian art on display, as well as recent photographs from Haiti for sale. We will also have a silent auction of original works by local artists, a raffle with great prizes from local businesses, live music and more! All proceeds from this event will be donated to Yele Haiti for earthquake relief.
El General
Friday, February 19.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Past and present collide in this extraordinarily crafted film when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of the US Directing Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo,” or “the foremost chief.” Today, he remains one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, illustrating both the idealism and injustices of the country’s history. Through Alicia’s voice, this visually stunning and stylistically innovative film moves between the conflicting memories of a daughter grappling with her remembrances of her father and his violent public legacy. Combining meticulously edited audio, haunting photographs, archival newsreels, and old Hollywood films with an original evocative soundtrack, sweeping footage of modern-day Mexico City, and interviews with today’s working poor, EL GENERAL is a poetic and cinematic exploration of historical judgment and a complex and arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
Tony Manero
Friday, February 19.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, a fifty year old man obsessed with John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever imitates his idol each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago. Each weekend, Raúl Peralta and his friends – a devoted group of dancers – gather in a small bar and act out their favorite scenes from the film. Raúl longs to become a showbiz superstar, and when the national television announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. But as Raúl is driven to commit a series of crimes and thefts in order to reproduce his matinee idol’s persona, his dancing partners (also underground resistance fighters who rail against the regime) are persecuted by the secret police.
Saturday, February 20
Brass Bed | 'Til We're Blue or Destroy
Saturday, February 20.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Evan Greer | Geppetta | Deny It | The Expensivists
Saturday, February 20. Miss Fort Knocks. 8PM. $3.
Booking Tour featuring genderqueer singer/songwriter Evan Greer and ukulele princess/puppeteer extraordinaire Geppetta. Local acts Deny It and The Expensivists
@ 1223 N. Dorgenois
We Landed on the Moon! | Glasgow | Elisnore | Sun Hotel
Saturday, February 20.
One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. $8.
New Album Tour “This Will Be One for the Books” captures the vibe of the band’s energetic live
shows and the blistering fun of what happens when people really enjoy making music
together. The album can be streamed online.
Contact meg@welandedonthemoon.com for pre or post show interviews.
El General
Saturday, February 20.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Past and present collide in this extraordinarily crafted film when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of the US Directing Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo,” or “the foremost chief.” Today, he remains one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, illustrating both the idealism and injustices of the country’s history. Through Alicia’s voice, this visually stunning and stylistically innovative film moves between the conflicting memories of a daughter grappling with her remembrances of her father and his violent public legacy. Combining meticulously edited audio, haunting photographs, archival newsreels, and old Hollywood films with an original evocative soundtrack, sweeping footage of modern-day Mexico City, and interviews with today’s working poor, EL GENERAL is a poetic and cinematic exploration of historical judgment and a complex and arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
Tony Manero
Saturday, February 20.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, a fifty year old man obsessed with John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever imitates his idol each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago. Each weekend, Raúl Peralta and his friends – a devoted group of dancers – gather in a small bar and act out their favorite scenes from the film. Raúl longs to become a showbiz superstar, and when the national television announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. But as Raúl is driven to commit a series of crimes and thefts in order to reproduce his matinee idol’s persona, his dancing partners (also underground resistance fighters who rail against the regime) are persecuted by the secret police.
Sunday, February 21
El General
Sunday, February 21.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Past and present collide in this extraordinarily crafted film when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of the US Directing Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo,” or “the foremost chief.” Today, he remains one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, illustrating both the idealism and injustices of the country’s history. Through Alicia’s voice, this visually stunning and stylistically innovative film moves between the conflicting memories of a daughter grappling with her remembrances of her father and his violent public legacy. Combining meticulously edited audio, haunting photographs, archival newsreels, and old Hollywood films with an original evocative soundtrack, sweeping footage of modern-day Mexico City, and interviews with today’s working poor, EL GENERAL is a poetic and cinematic exploration of historical judgment and a complex and arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
Tony Manero
Sunday, February 21.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, a fifty year old man obsessed with John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever imitates his idol each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago. Each weekend, Raúl Peralta and his friends – a devoted group of dancers – gather in a small bar and act out their favorite scenes from the film. Raúl longs to become a showbiz superstar, and when the national television announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. But as Raúl is driven to commit a series of crimes and thefts in order to reproduce his matinee idol’s persona, his dancing partners (also underground resistance fighters who rail against the regime) are persecuted by the secret police.
Monday, February 22
El General
Monday, February 22.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Past and present collide in this extraordinarily crafted film when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of the US Directing Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo,” or “the foremost chief.” Today, he remains one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, illustrating both the idealism and injustices of the country’s history. Through Alicia’s voice, this visually stunning and stylistically innovative film moves between the conflicting memories of a daughter grappling with her remembrances of her father and his violent public legacy. Combining meticulously edited audio, haunting photographs, archival newsreels, and old Hollywood films with an original evocative soundtrack, sweeping footage of modern-day Mexico City, and interviews with today’s working poor, EL GENERAL is a poetic and cinematic exploration of historical judgment and a complex and arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
Tony Manero
Monday, February 22.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, a fifty year old man obsessed with John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever imitates his idol each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago. Each weekend, Raúl Peralta and his friends – a devoted group of dancers – gather in a small bar and act out their favorite scenes from the film. Raúl longs to become a showbiz superstar, and when the national television announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. But as Raúl is driven to commit a series of crimes and thefts in order to reproduce his matinee idol’s persona, his dancing partners (also underground resistance fighters who rail against the regime) are persecuted by the secret police.
Tuesday, February 23
El General
Tuesday, February 23.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Past and present collide in this extraordinarily crafted film when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of the US Directing Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo,” or “the foremost chief.” Today, he remains one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, illustrating both the idealism and injustices of the country’s history. Through Alicia’s voice, this visually stunning and stylistically innovative film moves between the conflicting memories of a daughter grappling with her remembrances of her father and his violent public legacy. Combining meticulously edited audio, haunting photographs, archival newsreels, and old Hollywood films with an original evocative soundtrack, sweeping footage of modern-day Mexico City, and interviews with today’s working poor, EL GENERAL is a poetic and cinematic exploration of historical judgment and a complex and arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
Tony Manero
Tuesday, February 23.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, a fifty year old man obsessed with John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever imitates his idol each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago. Each weekend, Raúl Peralta and his friends – a devoted group of dancers – gather in a small bar and act out their favorite scenes from the film. Raúl longs to become a showbiz superstar, and when the national television announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. But as Raúl is driven to commit a series of crimes and thefts in order to reproduce his matinee idol’s persona, his dancing partners (also underground resistance fighters who rail against the regime) are persecuted by the secret police.
Wednesday, February 24
Over Under Yonder | Natalie Mae Palms | Putnam Smith
Wednesday, February 24.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Tegan And Sara | Steel Train | Holly Miranda
Wednesday, February 24.
Tipitina's. 8PM. $35.
El General
Wednesday, February 24.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Past and present collide in this extraordinarily crafted film when filmmaker Natalia Almada (ALL WATER HAS A PERFECT MEMORY), winner of the US Directing Award: Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, brings to life audio recordings she inherited from her grandmother. These recordings feature Alicia Calles’s reminiscences about her own father—Natalia’s great-grandfather—General Plutarco Elías Calles, a revolutionary general who became president of Mexico in 1924. In his time, Calles was called “El Bolshevique” and “El Jefe Máximo,” or “the foremost chief.” Today, he remains one of Mexico’s most controversial figures, illustrating both the idealism and injustices of the country’s history. Through Alicia’s voice, this visually stunning and stylistically innovative film moves between the conflicting memories of a daughter grappling with her remembrances of her father and his violent public legacy. Combining meticulously edited audio, haunting photographs, archival newsreels, and old Hollywood films with an original evocative soundtrack, sweeping footage of modern-day Mexico City, and interviews with today’s working poor, EL GENERAL is a poetic and cinematic exploration of historical judgment and a complex and arresting portrait of a family and country living under the shadows of the past.
Tony Manero
Wednesday, February 24.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking As Augusto Pinochet holds Chile in the grip of dictatorship, a fifty year old man obsessed with John Travolta’s character from Saturday Night Fever imitates his idol each weekend in a small bar on the outskirts of Santiago. Each weekend, Raúl Peralta and his friends – a devoted group of dancers – gather in a small bar and act out their favorite scenes from the film. Raúl longs to become a showbiz superstar, and when the national television announces a Tony Manero impersonating contest it seems like he may finally have a shot at living his dreams. But as Raúl is driven to commit a series of crimes and thefts in order to reproduce his matinee idol’s persona, his dancing partners (also underground resistance fighters who rail against the regime) are persecuted by the secret police.
Thursday, February 25
Ladies' Night Group Discussion: the Coming Insurrection
Thursday, February 25.
ARK. 7:30PM. FREE.
Iron Rail Book Collective Ladies' Night is a "NO BOYS ALLOWED" space for radical ladies. We
meet every Thursday at 7:30 at the Iron Rail, 511 Marigny.. Group discussion of much buzzed about Coming Insurrection.
A pdf of the document can be found here: http://tarnac9.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/thecominsur_booklet.pdf
Ladies who don't attend regular LN meetings are still welcome to join the discussion.
Frenzi | Daniel Steel | Proppa Bear
Thursday, February 25.
Dragon's Den. 10PM.
Booking Bass bin safari.
Loren Murrell | Eddy Burke
Thursday, February 25.
Yellow Moon Bar. 9PM. FREE.
Friday, February 26
Anton Gussoni Presents Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
Friday, February 26.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Broadmoore | Wildfires | Smiley With A Knife | We the Granada
Friday, February 26. Sadies. 10PM. $5.
Liverpool
Friday, February 26.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Gigante
Friday, February 26.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Birdwatchers
Friday, February 26.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Saturday, February 27
Smiley WIth A Knife | We the Granada | Wildfires | Autotomii
Saturday, February 27.
Banks Street Bar. 10PM. FREE.
We the Granada are experimental rock from Austin and Wildfires are heavy chaos from Lafayette.
The Unnaturals
Saturday, February 27. Bayou Park Bar. 10PM. FREE.
Aysia 999 Metronome The City | High in One Eye | Big Bertha
Saturday, February 27.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Shitstorm
Saturday, February 27.
Melvin's. 10PM.
86'd Productions Shitstorm is Florida power violence / grindcore from members of TORCHE.
Liverpool
Saturday, February 27.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Gigante
Saturday, February 27.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Birdwatchers
Saturday, February 27.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Sunday, February 28
Helen Gillet Showcase | Wazozo | Belgian Fries and King Gong
Sunday, February 28.
Circle Bar. 10PM.
Booking Liverpool
Sunday, February 28.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Gigante
Sunday, February 28.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Birdwatchers
Sunday, February 28.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Monday, March 1
Liverpool
Monday, March 1.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Birdwatchers
Monday, March 1.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Gigante
Monday, March 1.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Tuesday, March 2
Liverpool
Tuesday, March 2.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Birdwatchers
Tuesday, March 2.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Gigante
Tuesday, March 2.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Wednesday, March 3
Liverpool
Wednesday, March 3.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Birdwatchers
Wednesday, March 3.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Gigante
Wednesday, March 3.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Thursday, March 4
Liverpool
Thursday, March 4.
Zeitgeist. 5:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking One of the New Argentine Cinema's most distinguished directors, Lisandro Alonso (La Libertad, Los Muertos), has a singular voice that speaks once again in Liverpool. A graceful ode to solitude and the existential need for meaning, this story follows a sailor named Farrel on a lonely journey to the southernmost region of Argentina. After traveling the world, Farrel asks the captain if he can leave the ship to see if his mother still lives in their old village. Alonso's wide shots of formidable mountain ranges connects Farrel's gloomy trek through the snow with the dark past that haunts him, creating an engrossing aesthetic that sets the director apart as a master of style and technique.
Birdwatchers
Thursday, March 4.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking In Mato Grosso do Sul, in the midwest of Brazil, the farmers who lead a wealthy and leisurely existence have huge fields, as well as hordes of tourists who come for bird watching. The Guarani-Kaiowá, the indigenous people who really own the land, are now confined to a nearby reservation and are paid to stand naked along the shores of the river in face paint to provide thrills for the visitors. Fed up with their officially-imposed financial and spiritual impoverishment, which has led to a wave of suicides, tribal leader Nadio and a local shaman organize a protest on former Guarani property that is now occupied by the deeply unsympathetic farmer Moreira and his cruel wife. As the two opposing worlds meet in an uneasy confrontation, a deep bond develops between the shaman's young apprentice, Osvaldo, and the farmer's bikini-clad daughter. Casting local non- professionals, director Marco Bechis draws out performances that effectively highlight the sharp clash between tyranny and a profoundly spiritual and ancient culture connected to nature. As the myths and realities of daily life are highlighted by striking visual contrasts of vast cultivated fields and lush forests and riverbeds, the two irreconcilable sides engage in metaphorical and actual war fueled by poverty and fear.
Gigante
Thursday, March 4.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia, a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara's life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it.
Friday, March 5
Nora's Will
Friday, March 5.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Before dying, Nora schemes a plan to make José, her ex-husband, take care of her corpse. But she is missing something. For the only flaw in the plan –a mysterious photograph forgotten under the bed- will lead to an unexpected outcome reminding us that the biggest love stories are sometimes hidden in the smallest places.
Dos Patrias (Two Homelands, Cuba and the Night)
Friday, March 5.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Framed by the beautiful poetry of the oppressed Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, this revealing documentary features memorable portraits of five gay men and one transsexual woman living in and around Havana. Their disparate stories and candid interviews dispel myths while demonstrating a range of experience, opinion and social status: A vibrant nineteen year old, Raudel attends illegal gay parties, since the government still cracks down on queer gatherings; Tomas is a former colleague of Arenas, still deeply in touch with the revolutionary spirit; A courageous and talented photographer, Eduardo explores the mythology of Cuban machismo through his work; Imperio is an HIV-positive drag artist performing in the illegal cabarets; Alexy is the son of a Communist official living under the radar on the Malecon; and Isabel is a transsexual woman whose triumphant spirit helps her survive in a hate-filled world. It has been more than ten years since the success of films like Strawberry and Chocolate and Gay Cuba, so Two Homelands provides a fresh and important look at the present-day gay culture and community of an often misunderstood country that is still stuck in the past but also very dynamic and full of surprises. While exploring their contemporary struggle for sexual liberation, German director Christian Liffers offers intimate access to the private lives and the two homelands of these queer Cubans. Cuba is the country where they live, but the night is where they thrive.
Saturday, March 6
Tim Barry | Ninja Gun | Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship?
Saturday, March 6.
Zeitgeist. 7PM. $5.
An Idea Like No Other Tim Barry is the front man from AVAIL and also a train-hopping punk. His solo stuff is more country ish, but it will definitely tickle the pickles of any folk-punk Plan It X type fans. He's on tour with Ninja Gun, a poppy, alt-folk band from Valdosta, Georgia. Bywater gypsy wizards Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? are the local support. Make that long trek uptown and get your Marigny magicks on.
Sunday, March 7
The Imagination Movers
Sunday, March 7. Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts. 1:30PM / 4:30PM.
Come hop, sing, and dance with the Imagination Movers!
Nora's Will
Sunday, March 7.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Before dying, Nora schemes a plan to make José, her ex-husband, take care of her corpse. But she is missing something. For the only flaw in the plan –a mysterious photograph forgotten under the bed- will lead to an unexpected outcome reminding us that the biggest love stories are sometimes hidden in the smallest places.
Dos Patrias (Two Homelands, Cuba and the Night)
Sunday, March 7.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Framed by the beautiful poetry of the oppressed Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, this revealing documentary features memorable portraits of five gay men and one transsexual woman living in and around Havana. Their disparate stories and candid interviews dispel myths while demonstrating a range of experience, opinion and social status: A vibrant nineteen year old, Raudel attends illegal gay parties, since the government still cracks down on queer gatherings; Tomas is a former colleague of Arenas, still deeply in touch with the revolutionary spirit; A courageous and talented photographer, Eduardo explores the mythology of Cuban machismo through his work; Imperio is an HIV-positive drag artist performing in the illegal cabarets; Alexy is the son of a Communist official living under the radar on the Malecon; and Isabel is a transsexual woman whose triumphant spirit helps her survive in a hate-filled world. It has been more than ten years since the success of films like Strawberry and Chocolate and Gay Cuba, so Two Homelands provides a fresh and important look at the present-day gay culture and community of an often misunderstood country that is still stuck in the past but also very dynamic and full of surprises. While exploring their contemporary struggle for sexual liberation, German director Christian Liffers offers intimate access to the private lives and the two homelands of these queer Cubans. Cuba is the country where they live, but the night is where they thrive.
Monday, March 8
Madeline Adams
Monday, March 8. In the field (3253 Ivanhoe in Baton Rouge). $5.
Andy Gibbs Who Am I? (The Found Children of Argentina)
Monday, March 8.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking What does it feel like to suddenly discover that your parents are not actually your parents, but part of a network of military criminals who murdered your mother and father? Or that your mother gave birth to you one minute and was killed the next? Or that as a young child you were kidnapped and given to friends of those who tortured and killed your parents? And then to find your true family? The children of Argentina's disappeared are now young adults struggling with such complex and traumatic discoveries. For 3 decades, the Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers have been searching for their 500 stolen grandchildren, the children of their own children who disappeared in Argentina's Dirty War (1976-83). To date, 88 of these missing children have been found and have recovered their true identity. WHO AM I? tells their story.
The Man of Two Havanas
Monday, March 8.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Okay, here's the situation. I was born in Havana. That makes me Cuban. But, I was raised in little Havana, which makes me Cuban-American. However, since I don't see Castro as the root of all evil in the universe, nor would I strangle him with my bare hands given the opportunity, I am a little out of step with my tribe. I always have been. And I really don't care. My dad, on the other hand, does care. Back in Havana he was a revolutionary and fought alongside Castro for the freedom of the Cuban people. Then he had a falling out with his old friend and it was Miami, here we come. But his animosity towards Castro did not last and he soon wanted dialogue with the Cuban government. Bombings, death threats and drive by shootings were a daily occurrence in our home. But who would do this to us? We were Americans. Surely, it must be the Communists, right? Wrong. My father became the focal point of the anti-Castro terrorists. These are Americans, people, like you and me. Well, not exactly. They were trained by the CIA. What most Americans don't know is that terrorism in America did not begin on September 11th. In the 1970s and 1980s, there was a reign of terror in Miami. There were as many as seven bombings in one day and hundreds per year. The culprits were not Communists. They were Americans. And my family was at the epicenter. Bombs away. With a childhood filled with bombings and assassination attempts on her father, the filmmaker explores her relationship with him and the Cuba he left behind. Through the prism of a daughter we explore the past, the present, and the nature of social responsibility and personal sacrifice. The movie contains highly controversial top-secret audiotapes of a CIA trained Cuban exile Terrorist who is in the middle of a trial and incarcerated by Homeland Security. His trial puts the Bush administration's War on Terror on trial as well. The audiotape excerpts are from an NYT reporter who refuses to turn over these tapes. The never before heard audiotapes will be hotly debated in the media.
Tuesday, March 9
Who Am I? (The Found Children of Argentina)
Tuesday, March 9.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking What does it feel like to suddenly discover that your parents are not actually your parents, but part of a network of military criminals who murdered your mother and father? Or that your mother gave birth to you one minute and was killed the next? Or that as a young child you were kidnapped and given to friends of those who tortured and killed your parents? And then to find your true family? The children of Argentina's disappeared are now young adults struggling with such complex and traumatic discoveries. For 3 decades, the Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers have been searching for their 500 stolen grandchildren, the children of their own children who disappeared in Argentina's Dirty War (1976-83). To date, 88 of these missing children have been found and have recovered their true identity. WHO AM I? tells their story.
The Man of Two Havanas
Tuesday, March 9.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking Okay, here's the situation. I was born in Havana. That makes me Cuban. But, I was raised in little Havana, which makes me Cuban-American. However, since I don't see Castro as the root of all evil in the universe, nor would I strangle him with my bare hands given the opportunity, I am a little out of step with my tribe. I always have been. And I really don't care. My dad, on the other hand, does care. Back in Havana he was a revolutionary and fought alongside Castro for the freedom of the Cuban people. Then he had a falling out with his old friend and it was Miami, here we come. But his animosity towards Castro did not last and he soon wanted dialogue with the Cuban government. Bombings, death threats and drive by shootings were a daily occurrence in our home. But who would do this to us? We were Americans. Surely, it must be the Communists, right? Wrong. My father became the focal point of the anti-Castro terrorists. These are Americans, people, like you and me. Well, not exactly. They were trained by the CIA. What most Americans don't know is that terrorism in America did not begin on September 11th. In the 1970s and 1980s, there was a reign of terror in Miami. There were as many as seven bombings in one day and hundreds per year. The culprits were not Communists. They were Americans. And my family was at the epicenter. Bombs away. With a childhood filled with bombings and assassination attempts on her father, the filmmaker explores her relationship with him and the Cuba he left behind. Through the prism of a daughter we explore the past, the present, and the nature of social responsibility and personal sacrifice. The movie contains highly controversial top-secret audiotapes of a CIA trained Cuban exile Terrorist who is in the middle of a trial and incarcerated by Homeland Security. His trial puts the Bush administration's War on Terror on trial as well. The audiotape excerpts are from an NYT reporter who refuses to turn over these tapes. The never before heard audiotapes will be hotly debated in the media.
Wednesday, March 10
The Inheritors
Wednesday, March 10.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking The most highly praised and awarded Mexican documentary in many years, THE INHERITORS by Eugenio Polgovsky immerses us in the daily lives of children who, with their families, survive only by their unrelenting labor. The film takes us into the agricultural fields, where children barely bigger than the buckets they carry, work long hours, in often hazardous conditions, picking tomatoes, peppers, or beans, for which they are paid by weight. Infants in baskets are left alone in the hot sun, or are breast-fed by mothers while they pick crops. THE INHERITORS also observes other labor routines, including the production of earthen bricks, cutting cane, gathering firewood, ox-plowing fields and planting by hand, and even more artistic endeavors such as carving wooden figures and weaving baskets to sell. The indelible impression conveyed by THE INHERITORS, in which everyone-from the frailest elders to the smallest of toddlers-must work reveals how the cycle of poverty is passed on, from one generation to another.
Oblivion
Wednesday, March 10.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking The latest documentary from Heddy Honigmann (Forever, Metal and Melancholy, O Amor Natural) focuses on Peru's capital city of Lima, revealing its startling contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how many of its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis, terrorism and government violence, denial of workers' rights, and political corruption. OBLIVION provides intimate and moving portraits of street musicians, singers, vendors, shoeshine boys, and the gymnasts (some mere children) and jugglers who perform at traffic stops. The film also visits with small business owners, from a leather-goods repairman and a presidential sash manufacturer to a frog-juice vendor, and contrasts the work and home environments of bartenders, waiters and waitresses employed at Lima's finest restaurants and hotels but who live in slums in the city's surrounding hillsides.
Thursday, March 11
The Inheritors
Thursday, March 11.
Zeitgeist. 7:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking The most highly praised and awarded Mexican documentary in many years, THE INHERITORS by Eugenio Polgovsky immerses us in the daily lives of children who, with their families, survive only by their unrelenting labor. The film takes us into the agricultural fields, where children barely bigger than the buckets they carry, work long hours, in often hazardous conditions, picking tomatoes, peppers, or beans, for which they are paid by weight. Infants in baskets are left alone in the hot sun, or are breast-fed by mothers while they pick crops. THE INHERITORS also observes other labor routines, including the production of earthen bricks, cutting cane, gathering firewood, ox-plowing fields and planting by hand, and even more artistic endeavors such as carving wooden figures and weaving baskets to sell. The indelible impression conveyed by THE INHERITORS, in which everyone-from the frailest elders to the smallest of toddlers-must work reveals how the cycle of poverty is passed on, from one generation to another.
Oblivion
Thursday, March 11.
Zeitgeist. 9:30PM. $7 general / $6 students & seniors / $ 5 members.
Booking The latest documentary from Heddy Honigmann (Forever, Metal and Melancholy, O Amor Natural) focuses on Peru's capital city of Lima, revealing its startling contrasts of wealth and poverty, and how many of its poorest citizens have survived decades of economic crisis, terrorism and government violence, denial of workers' rights, and political corruption. OBLIVION provides intimate and moving portraits of street musicians, singers, vendors, shoeshine boys, and the gymnasts (some mere children) and jugglers who perform at traffic stops. The film also visits with small business owners, from a leather-goods repairman and a presidential sash manufacturer to a frog-juice vendor, and contrasts the work and home environments of bartenders, waiters and waitresses employed at Lima's finest restaurants and hotels but who live in slums in the city's surrounding hillsides.
Friday, March 12
Saturday, March 13
Sunday, March 14
Monday, March 15
Tuesday, March 16
Sexycrimes | Nervous Juvenile
Tuesday, March 16. NOLA venue TBA (get in touch if you can host this).
Look Ma No Bra! Sexycrimes are from Richmond and have ex-members of Dynamite Arrows.
Citizen Cope
Tuesday, March 16.
Tipitina's. 10PM. $25.
Wednesday, March 17
Off With Their Heads | Pumpkin | Opposable Thumbs
Wednesday, March 17.
Big Top. 7PM. $5.
An Idea Like No Other Did you miss out on the last OWTH show at the Big Top? For shame! Well, in my everlasting mercy I'm giving you another shot. Don't blow it this time. Ex-Rivethead / -Witches with Dicks pop punk on No Idea Records. You know what this is! It's sing-a-long, fist-pumping, booty-shaking music from Minneapolis. Pumpkin and Opposable Thumbs open--two awesome local bands from some New Orleans punk lifers.
Thursday, March 18
Spoon
Thursday, March 18.
Republic. 7PM. $20 / $18 advance.
Booking For over a decade, Spoon has been known as "one of indie-rock's thriftiest bands" - exploring, reinventing and refining both their sound and songcraft while remaining recognizably themselves. Their highly-anticipated new record, Transference, hits stores January 19th and their show at Republic on March 18th will feature new hits like "Written in Reverse" and classics like "The Underdog."
Friday, March 19
American Cheeseburger | Necro Hippies | High Fructose
Friday, March 19. Brock's House (3081 Iowa Street in Baton Rouge). 7PM. $5.
Andy Gibbs Saturday, March 20
Alesana | A Skylit Drive | Of Mice and Men | The Word Alive | We Came as Romans
Saturday, March 20.
High Ground. 7PM. $15.
Incision Records Sunday, March 21
American Cheeseburger | Necro Hippies | Small Bones
Sunday, March 21.
Dragon's Den. 7PM. $5.
An Idea Like No Other Downstairs thrash / punk / hardcore show. Ex-Goat Shanty / -Divorce, Athens thrashers American Cheeseburger are back down to melt your face off with the house lights ON. Necro Hippies are your favorite yokels combining Blatz, Minor Threat, and Joy Division into something to make Poppa Raw Sugar oh so proud. Small Bones are your other favorite yokels combining This Machine Kills and a hard life down at Nowe Miasto making little Derek "Jensen" Zimmer liken them to 90s French emo like a crazy person who's never heard the genre.
Monday, March 22
Thank God | Nanda Devi | Baby Boy
Monday, March 22. BR venue TBA.
Andy Gibbs Racebannon might also be playing this one.
Broken Water | Deny It
Monday, March 22. NOLA venue TBA (get in touch if you can host this).
No More Fiction Broken Water are from Olympia.
The XX | JJ
Monday, March 22.
Spanish Moon. 9PM. $12.
Bullhorn Bandits The xx are a London quartet, featuring the dual lead vocals of Romy Madley-Croft and Oliver Sim (who also play lead and bass guitar respectively), Baria Quereshi (keyboards and guitar) and Jamie Smith (beats, MPC sampler). All 19 years old, The xx are childhood friends who formed while attending the Elliot School.
Friday, March 26
Saturday, March 27
Sunday, March 28
Tuesday, March 30
WTUL Record Fair
Tuesday, March 30. Pocket Park. 11AM. FREE.
Booking Come by and trade records with vendors from all over the city!
Friday, April 2
Fleabag | Sourpatch | Deny It
Friday, April 2. NOLA venue TBA (get in touch if you can host this).
No More Fiction Sunday, April 4
Saturday, April 10
Smiley With A Knife | A Living Soundtrack | Shapes Like Dinosaurs | Rabbit
Saturday, April 10.
Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5.
Instrumental Showcase: SWAK & ALS have new records coming out around this time. Rabbit are a new NOLA band mixing Latin and punk styles and Shapes Like Dinosaurs are from Birmingham and if you like anything Kinsella (cap'n jazz, owls) your sure to eat it up.
Sunday, April 11
Thursday, April 15
Saturday, April 17
Sunday, April 18
Friday, April 23
Caddywhompus | Brother/Ghost | Fatter Than Albert | Sun Hotel
Friday, April 23.
Ernie K-Doe's Mother-in-Law Lounge. 9PM. $5.
Community Records Remember Jasper from Lanterns / Clawing to China? Brother Ghost is his new band from Austin, Texas that does more of an indie rock thing while retaining those old screamo roots. This is the Caddywhompus record release show for their LP on Community Records!!! DIY or go fucking die.
Saturday, April 24
Sunday, April 25
Friday, July 2
Moloch | Thou
Friday, July 2. NOLA venue TBA. $5.
An Idea Like No Other Moloch sound like a slowed down version of Rorschach, like a 90s metal band from Germany slowed down to midtempo plodding heaviness, like the perfect stripped down blend of Eyehategod and Dystopia. They're coming over from foggy NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND; and this is the second to last night of their first US tour. Wonderful little gentlemen. Talk to them at the show. Make some new, amazing friends like Thou did.
Saturday, July 3
Moloch | Haarp | Thou
Saturday, July 3. Baton Rouge venue TBA. 7PM. $5.
Andy Gibbs Final show of the Moloch / Thou tour.
Thursday, July 22
Altar of Plagues | Velnias | Thou | Barghest
Thursday, July 22. BR venue TBA. $5.
Andy Gibbs Friday, July 23
Altar of Plagues | Velnias | Tirefire | Thou
Friday, July 23. NOLA venue TBA. $5.
An Idea Like No Other Altar of Plagues play a mix of soaring post-rock and brutal black metal, and they hail from CORK, IRELAND. This might be your only chance to catch these guys, so don't sit home like a poseur (Bryan Funck). Velnias are from Colorado and play raw doom and black metal. Tirefire is everyone's favorite scenester black metal band. And Thou are a bunch of turds.