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SUMMARY:Film Festival Day 3: Rainbow Retrospective\, A Decade of Queer Comedy Shorts
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Film Festival Alliance and Theatrical at Home\, the Free State Festival is proud to present RAINBOW RETROSPECTIVE: A Decade of Queer Comedy Shorts. \nThis special collection curated by Derek Horne (Programming Director of FFA member festival Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival) showcases some of the best LGBTQIA+ comedic short films from over the past ten years. \nBest of all\, ticket sales are split between the filmmakers & the Free State Festival\, a community event directly impacted by COVID-19! \nFilms include:\nGay Shark Tank\, D. Guy Shalem\, 15 min (2010)\nSomething Real\, D. Guy Shalem\, 9 min (2012)\nGayby\, D. Jonathan Lisecki\, 11 min (2010)\nSpunkle\, D. Lisa Donato\, 13 min (2016)\nFoxy Trot\, D. Lisa Donato\, 15 min (2018)\nI Know Her\, D. Fawzia Mirza\, 3min (2019)\nOne Year Lease\, D. Brian Bolster 11 min (2014)\nBlocked\, Kevin Yee\, 4 min (2020)\nIf this is Wrong\, Chelsea Woods\, 14 min (2018) \nAbout Film Festival Day \nAn initiative of the Film Festival Alliance\, a collaborative community of mission-driven film festivals\, Film Festival Day is designed to support filmmakers\, audiences and film festivals alike. Hundreds of film festivals across North America have been cancelled or postponed as a result of COVID-19. Movies can unite us in a way that no other art form can\, and film festivals play an essential role in connecting our community and supporting the works of independent storytellers. Please join us in a celebration of our communities\, our audiences\, independent filmmakers and what makes the film festival experience so unique. \n\n+ GOOGLE CALENDAR
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/film-festival-day-3-rainbow-retrospective-a-decade-of-queer-comedy-shorts/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200709T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200709T173000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Short Film Screening: Fear Not
DESCRIPTION:Free State Festival is proud to present a virtual screening of the brand new Kansas-made short film FEAR NOT directed by Emily Railsback. Tune into our Free State Festival Facebook page on Thursday\, July 9 at 5pm to watch the film followed by a LIVE cast & crew Q&A. \n \nABOUT THE FILM:\nAs a new law passes that arms teachers with guns in classrooms\, a Mennonite school teacher must decide which moral values to hold higher\, her non-violent pacifist beliefs or her marriage to a state senator who helped pass the law. \nTo learn more about FEAR NOT\, visit: https://www.emilyrailsback.com/fear-not-film
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/virtual-short-film-screening-fear-not/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200807T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200807T173000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20200731T152316Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Short Film Screening + Q&A: Now What?
DESCRIPTION:Free State Festival presents a virtual screening of the new short film\, Now What? followed by a Q&A with the creative team on Facebook LIVE. \nABOUT THE FILM: As social media floods with adult-driven information\, misinformation\, opinions\, and witness recorded killings; it begs the question – How are the youth digesting these times? Jamal experiences watching a Black man murdered for the first time. In result he grapples with what his identity means in a polarized society. \nNow What? was created in response to the turmoil felt as the world witnesses the habitual police killings of unarmed people of color. Created by Marcus Guider\, DeVonte Brown\, and La’Ron Cooper\, the short film explores the psychological effect that these murders have on children. As social media floods with adult-driven information\, misinformation\, opinions\, and witness recorded killings; it begs the question – How are the youth digesting these times? Jamal\, the film’s young black protagonist\, experiences watching a Black man murdered for the first time. In result he grapples with what his identity means in a polarized society. Through the story\, the filmmakers aim to create cross-cultural empathy in a time when it’s needed the most. \n* This film contains firearms and subject matter that may be disturbing to some audience members. Viewer discretion is advised.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/virtual-short-film-screening-qa-now-what/
LOCATION:KS
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210604T205335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210621T024542Z
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SUMMARY:Lawrence Stories: Short Documentary Virtual Screenings
DESCRIPTION:KU William Allen White Journalism School students\, under direction of instructor Rebekka Schlichting\, honed their documentary filmmaking skills to capture stories happening in Lawrence during this school year. The Free State Festival is proud to showcase their work on the virtual screen as a snapshot of time and place. These short films will be embedded on this page June 21-27 and can be enjoyed by mobile device when you get to the drive in early\, on your computer during a well-earned lunch break or experienced on your home cinema via YouTube. \n\nReturning Home: The Repatriation of the Kaw Prayer Boulder\n \nDirector: Matt Michie (14 minutes)\nA century ago\, the city of Lawrence claimed an ancient prayer boulder from the Kaw Tribal lands. Now it is returning home.\n\n\n\n\n\nStill Spinning: Lawrence Music Survives a Pandemic\n \nDirectors: Nicole Dolan and Cami Koons (15 minutes)\nThe Lawrence music community shares their experiences of loss\, triumph and development throughout the pandemic.\n\n\n\n\n\nBonding with Brooms\nDirector: Jack Johnson (11 minutes)\nQuidditch players at KU find solace within their team during COVID.\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/lawrence-stories-short-documentary-virtual-screenings/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210518T233903Z
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SUMMARY:Experimental Film Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Screening venue: Lawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire St.)\nFilms will be screened on a loop in the Lawrence Arts Center’s front gallery for the entire week of the Free State Festival. Please come and go at your leisure (masks required).\n  \nMidden – Adriana Gramly (4 minutes)\nScraps and trash are brought together through animation to realize hidden potential. \n* Midden will be accompanied by a 3D sculptural art installation  \nArtist Statement:  \nMy home has hardly changed\, as far as appearances\, in the twenty years we’ve lived there. Well except for the twenty years worth of collected junk. I now am separated enough to appreciate\, not cringe\, at its eccentricities. The opossum coming through the window was no longer embarrassing\, nor the stray cats snakes\, and raccoons. And now the packrat in the side-room comically chews up my dad’s collection of wires\, beads\, and clothes\, finding pieces for its own nest\, or midden. \nIn retaining my dad’s spirit to create my own hoarder’s nest\, I collected and made things that I was attracted to\, and found their purpose as I went. By bringing all of these scraps and trash together in an animation\, I’m realizing their potential in a way that my dad has never seemed to manage with his own treasures. \n  \nThe View – Elizabeth Stehling (7 minutes)\nHypnotic\, transient realities continuously fracture with frames of majestic landscapes. As the sands flow and seconds pass\, two women fall deeper into a disorienting new space of lost time. \nRiptide Rhapsody – Kenton Brett and David Jarred (7 minutes)\nFive furry\, fluffy and feathered friends are swept out to sea and into an amazing adventure. They encounter sea monsters\, robots\, and mutants in this stylistically inventive and hand-made animation. \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/experimental-film-showcase/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210702
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
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SUMMARY:Free State Festival Podcast - LISTEN to discussions with filmmakers\, film critics & more!
DESCRIPTION:With an all outdoor movie lineup this summer\, our showtimes are LATE and we know hanging around for Q&As and discussions might be too much to ask. So\, we put together this podcast series for you to enjoy in between screenings\, during morning workouts and on the drive home. \n\nIn this episode\, we go behind the scenes of The 24th with excerpts from Kansas Public Radio’s interview with Kevin Willmott by Kaye McIntyre and a conversation with Curator of Education Lora Vogt at National World War I Museum and Memorial.\n\n \nThe Free State Festival · Free State Festival Podcast: The 24th\n  \n\nLawrence Talks presents an all new podcast\, Philosophers at the Cinema! In this very special Free State Festival edition\, host David Tamez is joined by Kansas City film critic Lonita Cook for a deep dive into John Waters’ Hairspray and an exploration into the philosophical ponderings of the movie-going experience.\n\n \n\nAn audio recording of Hiawatha Center for Justice’s END OF THE LINE: THE WOMEN OF STANDING ROCK virtual panel discussion with director Shannon Kring\, activists Phyllis Young and Pearl Daniel-Means. Moderated by Dr. Daniel Wildcat.\n\n \nThe Free State Festival · Free State Festival Podcast: End Of The Line Virtual Panel by Hiawatha Center for Justice\n\nA conversation with For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close director Heather Voss and Free State Festival Director Marlo Angell.\n\n \nThe Free State Festival · Free State Fest Podcast – For Madmen Only\n\nStay tuned to this page for more podcasts as the week goes on…
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/podcast/
LOCATION:KS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210621T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210621T193000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
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SUMMARY:The Women of Standing Rock Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Haskell Indian Nations University’s Hiawatha Center for Justice presents a virtual panel discussion to set the stage for the Tuesday night screening of End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock. Hiawatha Center for Justice Director Dr. Daniel Wildcat will moderate an engaging and informative conversation with the creative team behind the film and community members. \nPanelists:\nShannon Kring is an Emmy-winning producer and humanitarian whose work has been presented by dozens of governments\, and by institutions including the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues\, the Smithsonian Institution Museum of the American Indian\, NASA\, MIT\, the British Museum\, and UNESCO. She is a UNWTO Liaison and serves as Honduras’ Goodwill Ambassador. Shannon works with the UN\, US Department of State\, USAID\, UNEP\, and other global bodies on issues concerning the indigenous and other marginalized members of society\, environmental sustainability\, and cultural preservation. \nShannon Kring\nPearl Daniel–Means is a producer\, activist\, and author who speaks around the world on matters concerning indigenous issues\, human rights\, and environmentalism. She was born into the Ashiihi (Salt) Clan of the Navajo Nation. Her Lakota name\, Iyoyanbya Izanzan Win\, translates loosely to “Bright Light”. Pearl walked alongside the late American Indian activist\, author\, artist\, and actor Russell Means\, as his wife\, business manager\, and collaborator. \nPearl Daniel-Means\nPhyllis Young has been an American Indian rights activist (Lakota/Dakota) for more than 40 years. In 1978 she co-founded Women of All Red Nations with Madonna Thunder Hawk. Between 1993 and 2008\, Young served on the board of the National Museum of the American Indian\, and in 1977 she helped coordinate the first conference on Indians in the Americas by the United Nations in Geneva\, Switzerland. \nPhyllis Young\nModerator:\nDaniel Wildcat\, Ph.D.\, is a professor at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence\, Kansas\, and an accomplished scholar who writes on Indigenous knowledge\, technology\, environment\, and education. He is also director of the Hiawatha Center for Justice and the Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center\, which he founded with colleagues from the Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University. A Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma\, Wildcat recently formed the American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group\, a tribal-college-centered network of individuals and organizations working on climate change issues. In 2008\, he helped organize the Planning for Seven Generations climate change conference sponsored by the National Center for Atmospheric Research. \nDaniel Wildcat\n  \nEvent Sponsors & Partners:\n  \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/virtual-panel-discussion-on-end-of-the-line-the-women-of-standing-rock/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210621T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210621T230000
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SUMMARY:Triumph
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Lawrence Public Library Lawn\n(707 Vermont St.)\nDirector: Brett Leonard\nWriter & a Producer: Michael D. Coffey\nNarrative feature. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.\nSpecial Guest: Writer/Producer Michael D. Coffey\nInspired by a true story\, a bright and determined high school senior strives one last time to be a wrestler despite having cerebral palsy. Going to extreme lengths\, he crushes obstacles and inspires others along his journey to prove his abilities. \nThis semi-autobiographical film is written by Lawrence filmmaker Michael Coffey and stars RJ Mitte of Breaking Bad. \nActor RJ Mitte & Writer/Producer Michael D. Coffey\n\n\nEvent Sponsors & Partners: \n \nEvent Details:\n\nEvent is FREE\, but registration is required!\nDoors open: 8pm / Screening time: 9pm\nYou must arrive 30 minutes prior to the screening time to guarantee your reservation.\nPlease bring your own lawn chairs and blankets. Bathrooms will be available on site.\nPlease seat your party socially distanced from others. Festival personnel will be on site to assist.\nIn the event of inclement weather\, this film will screen at Liberty Hall (644 Massachusetts St). Registered patrons will receive an email of the change no later than 5pm on the day of show and the venue change will be posted on the Free State Festival website and social media.\nPhysical tickets are not required. Please check in with festival personnel at the Free State Festival information table upon arrival and we’ll check your name off the list.\nLet us know if you’d like to reserve accessible seating. We are happy to accommodate! \n\nPre-show experience:\nDoors open at 8pm for live music by Lem Sheppard\, prizes from Game Nut\, puzzle experiences from Breakout Lawrence\, food available for purchase by Pedestrian Cheese and a special appearance by Triumph writer-producer Michael D. Coffey.  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/opening-night-film-triumph/
LOCATION:Lawrence Public Library\, 707 Vermont Street\, Lawrence\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210622T230000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210501T173112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210617T163448Z
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SUMMARY:End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Lawrence College & Career Center\n(2910 Haskell Ave.)\nDirector: Shannon Kring\nDocumentary\nRunning time: 1 hour 27 minutes.\nA group of indigenous women risk their lives to stop the Dakota Access oil pipeline construction that desecrated their ancient burial and prayer sites and threatens their land\, water\, and very existence. In the process\, they must face the personal costs of leadership\, even as their own lives and identities are transformed by one of the great political and cultural events of the early 21st century. Placing their courage in true historic perspective\, END OF THE LINE goes to the essence of this astonishing event – “the hearts of the women.” \nPLEASE NOTE: THIS SCREENING HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM A DRIVE IN FORMAT TO OUTDOOR SEATING to provide a better viewing experience.  \nPlease bring your own lawn chairs or blankets for seating! \nPre-show experience:\nA virtual panel discussion on Monday\, June 21 at 6:30pm presented by Haskell Indian Nations University’s Hiawatha Center for Justice will provide further engagement on the themes of this film. \nThe film will be preceded by music by Alaskan native Gracie Denning and a screening of the short documentary\, Returning Home: The Repatriation of the Kaw Prayer Boulder (14minutes\, directed by Matt Michie).  \nInformation on how to get involved with local activism around issues covered by the film will be available on site. \nEvent Details:\n\nTickets: $10/ car\nDoors open: 8pm / Screening time: 9pm\nYou must arrive 30 minutes prior to the screening time to guarantee your reservation.\nThe film may be viewed by lawn chair seating in front of the screen for best viewing.\nFestival staff will assist in parking and socially-distant seating.\nPlease bring your own lawn chairs and refreshments.\nBathrooms will be available on site.\nIn the event of rain\, this film will be screened at Liberty Hall.\n\nGracie Denning\, Musician\nEvent Sponsors & Partners:\n  \n \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/end-of-the-line-the-women-of-standing-rock/
LOCATION:Lawrence College & Career Center\, 2910 Haskell Ave.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66046\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210623T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210623T223000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210501T185136Z
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SUMMARY:One Reel Under the Stars
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Cider Gallery Courtyard\n(810 Pennsylvania St.)\nShort film program. Running time: 1 hour\nThis eclectic collection of comedies\, dramas and episodic films celebrates the art of the pocket cinema. Themed goody bags make a fun bridge from screen to audience!   \n  \nThe Incredible Brown NDN – Rodrick Pocowatchit (10 minutes)\nAn ordinary Joe decides to become the world’s first Native American superhero. \nI Love You Moocho – Ermir M.B. (8 minutes)\nJosie has overstayed her welcome at her brother Nathan’s house and his wife\, Heather\, has had enough.\n \nFrom Scratch – Anthony Almonte (13 minutes)\nA prison chef discusses his past and perfects an old recipe.  \nDusk Thorns – Lee Frazier Davis and David Evan Krebs (4 minutes)\nIn this stop-motion music video\, a creature constructs itself and explores its world. \nEvery Quiet Moment – Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre (9 minutes)\nWhen Diana’s best friend invites her ex to the party\, she looks for new ways for love. \nThe Square Root – Misti Boland and Jeremy Osbern (14 minutes)\nA short form episodic series exploring memory and the small moments that make us who we are. Each chapter focuses on a different character during that split second before making the decision that will change their lives forever.\n* Adult Content advisory \nPre-show experience:\nLive music by Kirsten Paludan 8:15-8:45pm\, art by Tonja Torgerson inside the gallery and puzzles by Breakout Lawrence! \nKirsten Paludan – Musician (Photo by Jeff Burkhead)\nKirsten Paludan is a musician\, actress\, and composer who has collaborated on numerous local and national releases as a guest artist\, and is a member of four bands. Paludan began her career as an actress\, appearing in the films Ride with the Devil (1999/Ang Lee\, dir.) and CSA:The Confederate States of America (2004/Kevin Wilmott\, dir). A producer/director\, as well\, Paludan developed Cabaret du Monde(2017) and Cowboy Cabaret I & II (2015/2016) for the Lawrence Arts Center – a series of themed cabaret performances to feature her different musical projects and diverse performers from the region. She has also toured nationally with her opera singing sister and their ever evolving sister act – in January 2017\, their show Music of the Mind premiered at the Lied Center of Kansas in Lawrence. Community focused and supported\, Paludan is a vocal coach and private music teacher\, and is a mentor/coach for River City Rock Camp. \nART: \nBe sure to head inside the Cider Gallery to experience Tonja Torgerson’s Garden of Eden installation. Life-size figures grapple with the recognition of their mortality\, prompting you to consider the frailty of the body and dwell on uncomfortable truths. \nEvent Details:\n\nDoors open: 8pm for Puzzles by Breakout Lawrence / Music: 8:15pm / Screening time: 9pm\nChairs will be available on site\, but lawn chairs and blankets are welcome.\nAudience members will be socially distanced. Seating will be spaced out by festival personnel.\nIn the event of inclement weather\, this film will move inside the Cider Gallery.\nPedestrian Cheese will be on site with cheese boards for purchase to accompany the themes of the film selections. The Cider Gallery will also have wine pairings for sale. Please do not bring in outside food or refreshments.\n\n  \nEvent Sponsors & Partners:\n \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/one-reel-under-the-stars/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
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SUMMARY:ART OPENINGS: Tonja Torgerson & Ashlyn Pope
DESCRIPTION:Tonja Torgerson: Succumb\nCider Gallery (810 Pennsylvania St.)\nTonja Torgerson\nAs part of her project-based residency at the Lawrence Arts Center\, Torgerson uses prints\, cut paper\, and collage to create a fallen Garden of Eden in which life-size figures grapple with the recognition of their mortality. These works provide an intimate pause in which to consider the frailty of the body\, allowing us to dwell on uncomfortable truths. \nTorgerson’s exhibit will be open to the public starting Friday\, June 25\, but attendees of the festival’s One Reel Under the Stars short film program can get a sneak peek of her process and progress on Wednesday\, June 23! \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAshlyn Pope: Witnessing Dandelions\nLawrence Arts Center (940 New Hampshire St.)\n \n  \nAshlyn Pope’s work is a reflection not only of her own experience\, but also an expression of her history. Pope has spent her time in residency at the Arts Center exploring themes of her ancestry and symbolism\, and how to relay that information through her ceramics. Working in both hand-building and throwing\, she uses her art to champion diversity through a body of work that discusses her own Gullah history\, as well as the past and present of the Black community. While Pope works in a variety of mediums\, she truly enjoys the challenges of working in clay\, “having to take the time to become acquainted and learn to work together with the clay\, and become a partner in its formation.” \nAlso on display at the Lawrence Arts Center…\nExperimental Film Showcase + Midden sculpture by Adriana Gramly \nAaron Hughes | Poetry Despite/Music Despite Eternal War Requiem
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/art-openings/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210625T223000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
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SUMMARY:For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Lied Center of Kansas\n(1600 Stewart Dr.)\nDue to forecasted rain this evening\, this screening will move INDOORS at the Lied Center.\nWe have plenty of room for social distancing\, so please leave the lawn chairs at home and stay dry while experiencing Del’s story on the BIG screen!\n\nDirector: Heather Ross\nDocumentary\nRunning time: 1 hour 27 minutes.\nHailing from Manhattan\, Kansas\, comedy guru Del Close was a mentor to comedians such as Bill Murray\, John Belushi\, Elaine May\, and Tina Fey. As Close leads us through sewers\, mental wards\, and his peculiar talent for making everyone famous but himself\, he emerges as a personification of the creative impulse itself. \nPre-show experience:\nPuzzles by Breakout Lawrence starting at 8pm! \nMusic by Ellie LeBar at 8:30pm! \nEllie LeBar is an Indie pop singer\, born and raised in Lawrence\, Kansas. Her latest single\, Shifts\, is the second release of a 6 song EP slated to release June 25th. The Color Pallet EP explores the headaches of romantic crushes through upbeat\, indie disco pop. Written for young women like herself\, LeBar’s music brings a boost of energy to brighten her listener’s days. \nEllie LeBar\, Musician\n\nEvent Details:\n\nTickets: $10/ car\nDoors open: 8pm / Music: 8:30pm / Film screening: 9pm\nThe film may be viewed drive-in style from the Lied Center parking lot or by lawn chair seating in front of the screen.\nFestival staff will assist in parking and socially distant seating.\nPlease bring your own lawn chairs and refreshments.\nBathrooms will be available on site.\nIn the event of rain\, this screening will move inside the Lied Center.\n\nEvent Sponsor:\n \n \n  \n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/for-madmen-only-the-stories-of-del-close/
LOCATION:Lied Center of Kansas\, 1600 Stewart Dr.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66046\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210626T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210626T230000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210501T191712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210626T164028Z
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SUMMARY:The 24th
DESCRIPTION:New Screening Venue: Lied Center of Kansas\n(1600 Stewart Dr.)\nDue to forecasted rain this evening\, this screening will move INDOORS at the Lied Center.\nWhile this event originally SOLD OUT as a Drive In\, we have opened up additional tickets as there is plenty of room for social distancing. \nDirector: Kevin Willmott\nNarrative Feature. Running Time: 1 hour 53 minutes\n  \nAmerica has just entered the Great War\, but is refusing to send black troops into combat. Instead of heading to the front lines\, the Twenty-Fourth Infantry is sent to Houston\, Texas to oversee the construction of Camp Logan for the Illinois National Guard. William Boston is forced to choose between his love for a young woman and leading an attack by 156 African American soldiers on a brutal and racist police force. This incident led to what is now called the Houston Riot of 1917. \nPre-show experience:\nLIVE Q&A with Director Kevin Willmott\n  \nEvent Details:\n\nDoors open: 8pm / Live Q&A: 8:30pm/ Screening time: 9pm\nThis screening is FREE\, but registration is required.\n1 ticket reservation per car\nYou must arrive by 8:30pm to guarantee your reservation.\nThis film will be viewed drive-in style from your vehicle OR by lawn chair for best viewing.\nPlease bring your own lawn chairs and refreshments.\nBathroom will be available on site.\nIn the event of rain/inclement weather\, this event will move INSIDE the Lied Center. Ticket holders will be notified by email no later than 5pm on the date of the show.\n\n\nEvent Sponsor:\n \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/the-24th/
LOCATION:The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Dr.\, Lawrence\, KS\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film,Ideas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210604T180606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210628T144322Z
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SUMMARY:Philosophers at the Cinema Podcast: Hairspray
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Talks presents an all new podcast\, Philosophers at the Cinema! In this very special Free State Festival edition\, host David Tamez is joined by Kansas City film critic Lonita Cook for a deep dive into John Waters’ Hairspray and an exploration into the philosophical ponderings of the movie-going experience. \nEnjoy this podcast episode before the film screening of Hairspray\, during your drive home from the cinema\, or after sleeping in the next morning over a fine cup of coffee. \n  \n \nPhilosophers at the Cinema Series Summary:\n\nThis series focuses on the timeless tendency for philosophers to ruin films held favorably by the general public. Philosophers often ruin our favorite films by pointing out a film’s logical inconsistencies\, ethical dilemmas\, and operating assumptions about human nature (among others). Hoping to channel this enduring aspect of doing philosophy\, this series hopes to introduce philosophical topics by ruining your favorite films.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/philosophers-at-the-cinema/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:All,Film,Ideas
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210627T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210627T223000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210501T204652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210627T214716Z
UID:1277-1624825800-1624833000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:Not So Silent Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: Fally Afani – Alex Kimball Williams & Mike Quillin. \nScreening Venue: Douglas County Fairgrounds Open Pavilion\nDue to forecasted rain\, this event has moved inside the Douglas County Fairgrounds Open Pavilion and will be a lawn chair screening rather than a Drive In.\nPlease enter off Harper St. and follow signs (and volunteers) to parking. \nAdvisory: The second film in this program contains adult content and may not be suitable for all audiences. \nAn odyssey of Audio-Visual accessibility featuring two classic silent films with live music\, multilingual audio description\, visual art projections and hands-on activities. \n\n\nThe Immigrant \nDirector: Charlie Chaplin \nNarrative short.\nRunning time: 30 minutes\nLIVE Audio Description by Audio-Reader \nThe silent comedies of actor-director Charlie Chaplin have delighted cinematic audiences for over a hundred years and none of Chaplin’s two-reeler comedies are as well-constructed\, preserved\, and esteemed as his 1916 short film\, The Immigrant. In this film\, Chaplin appears in his iconic role of The Little Tramp who is coming to America to seek his fortune. However\, The Tramp’s sea voyage and ultimate arrival in the U.S. are filled with misadventure\, satire\, and romance.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nUn Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)\nDirector: Luis Buñuel\nNarrative short.\nRunning time: 21 minutes\nLIVE Audio Description by Audio-Reader \nFrench presentation by KU Department of French\, Francophone & Italian\nLIVE music by Alex Kimball Williams & Mike Quillin\nWith its iconic and jarring imagery\, Un Chien Andalou is an unforgettable surrealist classic from 1929 that is still shown in film classrooms and festivals around the world today. Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí teamed up to create the bizarre and unnerving sequences that make up this short film\, including the most widely remembered: the slicing open of a woman’s eye. \n  \n\nPre-show experience: \nWhile you wait for the films to begin\, whet your palate with Spencer Projects\, a series of popup projections that beam works of art from the Spencer Museum’s collection into the community. This Free State Festival edition features works prompted by these two films and explores the immigrant experience\, romance\, dreams\, dislocation\, and free association. \nAlso\, pick up a free Spencer Museum Art Cart Kit to make your own zoetrope\, an early animation toy that creates the illusion of motion\, then write a 6-word poem to describe your animation. Available while supplies last. \nEvent Details:\n\nTickets: $10/ party\nDoors open: 8pm / 8:30pm Spencer Projects / Film screening: 9pm\nPlease bring your own lawn chairs and refreshments.\nBathrooms will be available on site.\n\n  \nEvent Sponsors & Partners:\n \n  \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/not-so-silent-cinema/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:All
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210701T223000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210501T190000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210630T202749Z
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SUMMARY:Hairspray (1988)
DESCRIPTION:Screening Venue: Theatre Lawrence\n(4660 Bauer Farm Dr.)\nDirector: John Waters\nNarrative feature. Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes\n1960s Baltimore teenager Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) finally gets her big break and lands on an American Bandstand-inspired TV show. Tracy soon forces the issue of integrated dancing on the previously all white program\, much to the horror of her square parents (Waters’ longtime muse Divine and comedian Jerry Stiller).  \n“In a very real sense\, Hairspray is Waters’ most daring movie. It took more courage and judgment to make a comedy like Hairspray than it did to make Pink Flamingos.”—Kevin Thomas\, Los Angeles Times. \nPre-show experience:\nTo set the stage for an evening of movie-revelry\, pageant queens Miss Gay Kansas 2020 Deja Brooks and Miss Kansas 2020 Annika Wooton team up for a Divinely-inspired music number and speed-painting. Deja performs as the character of Tracy Turnblad while Annika demonstrates her award-winning pageant talent of speed painting Miss Brooks in action – all in just under seven minutes!   \nSpecial appearance by Kathy Eisman as Edna Turnblad!  \nWhile you are waiting for the movie to start\, you can also enjoy movie-centric puzzle experiences by Breakout Lawrence\, buy raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes from Game Nut. \nEvent Details:\n\nEvent is FREE\, but registration is required!\nSign up for a family/group pod\, not individual members of a family/group pod that can accommodate between 2 and 6 people.\nBe sure to bring lawn or camping chairs (this is not a drive-in and parking will be available close to the venue).\nGates open at 8pm. Arrive by 8:30 to secure your spot.\nConcessions are available on site. No outside food or drinks.\nIf it rains\, this event will move inside Theatre Lawrence.\n\n  \nDeja Brooks\, Miss Gay Kansas 2020\nAnnika Wooton\, Miss Kansas 2020\n  \nEvent Sponsors & Partners: \n \n \n \n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/hairspray/
LOCATION:Theatre Lawrence\, 4660 Bauer Farm Dr.\, Lawrence\, 66049\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art,Film,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210927T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210927T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20210826T173047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T155502Z
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SUMMARY:Free State Film Society presents: Fries! The Movie
DESCRIPTION:The all new Free State Film Society launches with an evening of film\, music\, champagne and… FRENCH FRIES! \nLive music by Nick Carswell sets the stage for an outdoor screening of the fresh-from-the-fryer documentary\, Fries! The Movie. Film Society subscribers will get in to this event for FREE and a la carte tickets are just $10. You can even supersize your experience by adding yummy fries by Lawrence Beer Co. and a champagne taster (available by pre-order ONLY). \nABOUT THE MOVIE:\nNo other food bridges borders\, languages\, and tastes more than the humble but delicious fried potato. Taking the audience on a joyous and mouth-watering journey around the world\, best-selling authors Malcolm Gladwell and Chrissy Teigen join an international cast of characters to better understand the globe’s obsession with the french fry with humor and reverence. \n“Fries! The Movie unequivocally proves Gladwell’s assessment that the world would be a dark\, miserable place without french fries.”\n—Shayna Weingast\, Tribeca Film Festival \nTICKETS:\nAdmission to movie and live music: $10 \nDo You Want Fries With That?: $10\nSupersize your experience by adding yummy fries from Lawrence Beer Company AND a champagne taster! \nFree State Film Society Subscription: $40 \nBecome a subscriber of the Free State Film Society and receive free admission to FRIES! The Movie (optional fries & champagne can be purchased separately)\, discounts on film screenings & events throughout the year AND early access to tickets to the Free State Festival (slated to return in Spring of 2022). Subscription expires one year from purchase date. \n\nMusic by Nick Carswell at 7pm/ Movie at 7:30pm (running time: 84 minutes)\nIn the event of rain or inclement weather\, this event will move inside the Cider Gallery and masks will be required.\nHEALTH/SAFETY PROTOCOLS:\n– Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination status OR negative COVID test required at the door for patrons 12+\nPlease bring one of these items with you to the screening for entry:\n■ Vaccination card/photo of vaccination card on mobile device\nOR:\n■ COVID-19 PCR test that is less than 72 hours old from event start time\n■ COVID-19 antigen test taken within 6 hours of event start time
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/friesthemovie/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211028T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20211014T133136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T133502Z
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SUMMARY:Carnival of Souls Screening + Live Music
DESCRIPTION:Free State Film Society presents a big screen viewing of the cult classic by Lawrence filmmaker Herk Harvey at Liberty Hall just in time for Halloween. You’ll recognize familiar Larryville locations while being swept away by the mesmerizing visuals and organ score. \nKeyboardist Jeff Stolz will set the stage with live music before the film AND we’ll dedicate the evening to Herk Harvey and Oldfather Studios by raising a glass in their honor! Remarks by KU Film & Media Professor Matt Jacobson. \n\n6:30pm Doors/ 7pm Music/ 7:30pm Screening\nNo hard tickets required! Names of ticket holders will be checked in at the door.\nFree State Film Society Subscribers can attend the film for FREE – no pre-registration required! Check in with your member name at the door. Click here to join the Society! \nCostumes welcome! \nProof of COVID-19 vaccination status required at the door for patrons 12+:\nDetails here: http://libertyhall.net/events/single/2021-covid-19-attendance-protocol\n\nABOUT THE FILM\nA young woman survives a drag race accident\, then agrees to take a job as a church organist in Salt Lake City. En route\, she is haunted by a bizarre apparition that compels her toward an abandoned lakeside pavilion. Made by industrial filmmakers on a small budget\, the eerily effective B-movie classic Carnival of Souls was intended to have “the look of a Bergman and the feel of a Cocteau”—and\, with its strikingly used locations and spooky organ score\, it succeeds. Herk Harvey’s macabre masterpiece gained a cult following on late-night television and continues to inspire filmmakers today. \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/carnival-of-souls-screening-live-music/
LOCATION:Liberty Hall\, 644 Massachusetts St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211120T200000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20211108T152134Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T152605Z
UID:1780-1637431200-1637438400@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:A Reckoning In Boston - Virtual Screening & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual screening of the brand new award-winning documentary film A Reckoning in Boston on November 20 followed by a filmmaker panel discussion.\n\nThis virtual screening is FREE for Free State Film Society subscribers.\nClick here to join the society! \nClick here to buy a virtual ticket to A Reckoning in Boston + Q&A\n\nABOUT THE FILM\n\nIn the fall of 2014\, Kafi Dixon and Carl Chandler enrolled in a rigorous night course in the humanities at a community center in their Boston neighborhood of Dorchester. Kafi\, 44\, sharp\, witty and restless\, dropped out of school at 15. She dreams of starting a land cooperative in Boston for women of color who have experienced trauma and disenfranchisement. Carl\, 65\, a community elder and doting grandfather\, is the class’s intellectual leader. White suburban filmmaker James Rutenbeck comes to Dorchester to document the students’ engagement with their course\, but as he is awakened to the violence\, racism and gentrification that threaten their place in the city\, he is forced to come to terms with his flawed film premise and his own complicity in racist structures. Spending more time listening than filming\, James enlists Kafi and Carl as producers of the film. Five years on\, despite many personal obstacles\, Kafi and Carl arrive at surprising new places in their lives\, and\, following their lead\, James does too. Bringing to light the foundations of systemic racism in one community that has spanned generations\, A Reckoning in Boston shows that transformation\, healing and social change begins within each of us.\n  \n“Don’t miss this powerful film that lays bare the transformative force of the humanities in our lives in these turbulent and troubling times!”\n– Cornel West
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/a-reckoning-in-boston-virtual-screening-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:All,Art,Film,Ideas,Music
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220212T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220119T191254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T201514Z
UID:1823-1644694200-1644697800@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:Night of 1\,000 Candles - Calvin Arsenia and Maya Deren
DESCRIPTION:Just in time for Valentine’s weekend\, the Free State Film Society brings you a candlelit evening of film and music amidst the beautiful ambience of the Cider Gallery. Award-winning vocalist and harpist Calvin Arsenia performs amidst the backdrop of experimental films by the legendary Maya Deren. \nHEALTH & SAFETY PROTOCOLS: \nMasks and proof of COVID-19 vaccination are required at this event. Please do not attend if you are feeling unwell at the time of the show. \nClick here to review the Lawrence Arts Center’s COVID-19 policies for ticketed events.\nFree State Film Society Subscribers can attend this event for FREE as part of their $40 year-long subscription. Click here to become a subscriber and receive a promo code for this event!\nPhysical tickets are not required. Patrons will be checked in on a list at the door.\nDoors open at 7:00pm\nABOUT THE ARTISTS: \nCalvin Arsenia \nVoted Kansas City’s Best Musician 2018\, 2019\, 2020\, and 2021 (PitchKC)\, Arsenia’s angelic stylings on voice and harp create rare harmonies and arrangements that look past the boundaries of his traditional gospel and classical upbringing. Known for his elaborate and ceremonious sensory concert experiences that merge jazz and electronic influences\, Calvin believes the art is in crafting the perfect moment. His music is best served live\, with sensational performances and high fashion. Arsenia’s energy and curated environments fill the often intimate spaces he performs in. Brought into 9 countries through public and private grants in less than a decade\, Arsenia builds a scene for his audience and for himself\, packed with beauty and lasting delight. \nMaya Deren \nFilm selections: At Land\, Meshes of the Afternoon\, Ritual in Transfigured Time\, The Very Eye of Night. \nDeren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde from the 1940s and 50s. Deren was also a choreographer\, dancer\, film theorist\, poet\, lecturer\, writer and photographer. The function of film\, Deren believed\, was to create an experience. Each one of her films would evoke new conclusions\, lending her focus to be dynamic and always-evolving. She combined her interests in dance\, Haitian Vodou and subjective psychology in a series of surreal\, perceptual\, black and white short films. Using editing\, multiple exposures\, jump cutting\, superimposition\, slow-motion and other camera techniques to her fullest advantage\, Deren creates continued motion through discontinued space\, while abandoning the established notions of physical space and time\, with the ability to turn her vision into a stream of consciousness.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/night-of-1000-candles-calvin-arsenia-and-maya-deren/
LOCATION:Cider Gallery\, 810 Pennsylvania St.\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220226T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220226T163000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220215T190409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T190409Z
UID:1862-1645884000-1645893000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:Just Mercy Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Free State Festival\, Watkins Museum of History\, The Equal Justice Initiative and the Douglas County Community Remembrance Project invite you to a screening of the film Just Mercy\, the compelling story of a civil rights attorney who worked to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner. This special event is part of a series of programs acknowledging the histories of segregation and racial injustice\, both locally and nationally. The film will be preceded by remarks from Ursula Minor\, President of the Lawrence Chapter NAACP\, and the Rev. Verdell Taylor. \nMasks and proof of vaccination are required. Admission is FREE but online ticket registration is required to adhere to capacity limits. \nClick here for the Lawrence Arts Center’s COVID-19 health and safety policies for ticketed events.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/just-mercy-film-screening/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220412T190000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220324T013106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T013336Z
UID:2048-1649786400-1649790000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:Passholder and Society Member Welcome Reception
DESCRIPTION:Free State Festival Passholders and Film Society Members kick off the festival with beverages and conversation before our opening night event\, Aorta of An Archivist\, premiering at 7pm.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/passholder-and-society-member-welcome-reception/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220412T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220412T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T025632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220410T173718Z
UID:1873-1649790000-1649797200@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:The Aorta of an Archivist
DESCRIPTION:7pm Doors Open for Live Music by Alex Kimball Williams\n7:30pm Film\n(Film running time: 53min)\n8:45pm Q&A with Artist Dario Robleto \nThe Aorta of an Archivist traces three “firsts” in the history of recording: the first time live music and singing were recorded\, the first time brain waves were recorded in a dream state\, and the first time a human heartbeat was recorded while listening to music. These stories are told through narration\, sound\, and visuals drawn from a variety of sources\, including still images of historic events\, footage from NASA\, and photographs of experiments Robleto conducted in a makeshift laboratory. \nAorta of an Archivist was commissioned by the Spencer Museum of Art. This world premiere in-theatre screening will feature live audio description by the Audio-Reader Network and American Sign Language interpretation for an accessibility-friendly experience!  \nGuests: \nDario Robleto\, Visual Artist\nDario Robleto is a transdisciplinary artist\, researcher\, writer\, and teacher based in Houston\, Texas. He has exhibited his work extensively since 1997 at museums such as the Menil Collection\, Houston\, TX\, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His work has been profiled in numerous publications and media including Radiolab\, Krista Tippet’s On Being\, and the New York Times. He has served as a researcher and resident at institutions such as Rice University\, the Smithsonian Museum of American History\, the SETI Institute and the Radcliffe Institue for Advanced Study at Harvard University. He is currently serving as an Artist-in-Residence in Neuroaesthetics at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering and as Artist-at-Large at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering and the Block Museum of Art. In 2016 he was appointed as the Texas State Artist Laureate. \nAlex Kimball Williams\, Musician\nAlex Kimball Williams is a multicultural writer\, speaker\, musician & scientist. They operate within several groups\, including BLACK Lawrence (Black Literature & Arts Collective of Kansas)\, Epicenter (East-side People’s Intercultural Center) & Girls Rock Lawrence. Their work often focuses on identity politics\, ethnic conflict\, culture & the beauty of people of color. Kimball Williams is the recipient of the 2018 MLK Dreamer’s award\, a local award given to one person per year for spreading a revolutionary vision & change in the community. Whether it’s performing protest songs\, writing articles online or teaching inclusion & cultural competence\, Kimball Williams radically stirs up the community with their multicultural & scientific approach to issues of social & environmental justice.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/aorta-of-an-archivist/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T213000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T025802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220330T180443Z
UID:1876-1649872800-1649885400@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:An Evening of Oscars: Celebrating Kevin Willmott and Oscar Micheaux / Music by The Black Creatures
DESCRIPTION:6pm Film Screening: Oscar Micheaux: The Super Hero of Black Filmmaking \n(Film running time 80min)\n7:30pm Q&A and recognition of Academy Award Winner Kevin Willmott\n8:30pm Music concert by The Black Creatures \nHonor the legacy of early film pioneer Oscar Micheaux and celebrate the Academy-Award winning career of Lawrence’s own Kevin Willmott in one engaging evening of film\, music and special guests. We’ll begin the festivities with a film screening of the brand new documentary Oscar Micheaux: The Super Hero of Black Filmmaking that world-premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival and features interviews with Kevin Willmott\, Amma Asante and Chuck D. \nOscar Micheaux wrote\, directed and produced more than forty-four films\, six novels and spent his latter years in Great Bend\, Kansas. Join Kevin Willmott and film critic Lonita Cook for a conversation about Micheaux’s influence on cinema as a whole and Kevin’s career in particular.  \nAfter a short intermission\, we’ll return for a community tribute featuring clips from Willmott’s films from the early indie Ninth Street\, the Sundance smash hit CSA\, and his Oscar award-winning screenplays in collaboration with Spike Lee. Enjoy remarks by some of his closest collaborators\, and get off your feet for a live music finale by acclaimed sonic duo\, The Black Creatures. This is one special evening you won’t want to miss! \nEvent co-sponsor: University of Kansas Department of Film and Media Studies. \n \nABOUT THE BLACK CREATURES:\nGleefully tinkering with elements of soul\, hip-hop\, and EDM\, The Black Creatures are here to tell interdimensional stories – through all-original\, lyric-heavy songs and live performances. Influenced by neo-soul sirens like Erykah Badu and Alicia Keys\, wordsmiths like Da Brat and Tech N9ne\, and composers a la Daft Punk and Robert Glasper\, they make music that defies genre and tradition in an effort to break generational curses. They aim to honor the past\, celebrate the present\, and transcend the expectations of the future by creating consistently unique songs\, videos\, images\, and interactive live performances. \nThe Black Creatures\, Musicians\n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/an-evening-of-oscars-celebrating-kevin-willmott-and-oscar-micheaux/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220414T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220414T210000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T025904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T125131Z
UID:1878-1649962800-1649970000@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:False Negative: An Evening with John Waters
DESCRIPTION:6pm Doors\n7pm Show \nThis filthy world sure has changed and so has John Waters’ spoken word show. This all-new\, fast-moving\, comic monologue about his career\, movies\, fashion\, crime and the urge to startle is a booster shot for COVID-paranoid lunatic audiences everywhere. The man the French press recently called the “Queer Confucius” is eager to duct tape his artistically-infected fans to their seats and give them an antibody-shaking show like no other. \nRaven Bookstore will be on site with books by John Waters for sale. Divine Queens will welcome your arrival to this one of a kind event!   \nIndividual tickets: $35 \nAll Access Festival Pass: $125 (includes entry to all festival events and a VIP small group Q&A with Mr. Waters after the show). Limited quantities available! (Sold out!) \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/false-negative-an-evening-with-john-waters/
LOCATION:Liberty Hall\, 644 Massachusetts St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T183000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T025949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220327T051258Z
UID:1893-1650042000-1650047400@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:Home from School: The Children of Carlisle
DESCRIPTION:4:30pm Doors\n5pm Film\n(Film running time: 55min)\n6pm Q&A with Director Geoff O’Gara and Producer Jordan Dresser\, Chairman of the Northern Arapaho Tribe \n“Kill the Indian in him\, and save the man.” This was the guiding principle that removed thousands of Native American children and placed them in Indian boarding schools. Among the many who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School were three Northern Arapaho boys. Now\, more than a century later\, tribal members journey from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to help them finally come home. \nPanel moderated by Rhonda Levaldo\, Haskell Indian Nations University. \nGuests: \nGeoff O’Gara\, Director\nChairman Jordan Dresser
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/home-from-school-the-children-of-carlisle/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T203000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T030029Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220327T051512Z
UID:1897-1650051000-1650054600@freestatefestival.org
SUMMARY:Bring Her Home
DESCRIPTION:7pm Doors\n7:30pm Film Screening\n(Film running time: 56min)\n8:30pm Q&A with Leya Hale \nBring Her Home follows three Indigenous women – an artist\, an activist\, and a politician – as they fight to vindicate and honor their missing and murdered relatives who have fallen victims to a growing epidemic across Indian country. Despite the lasting effects from historical trauma\, each woman must search for healing while navigating racist systems that brought about this very crisis. \nModerated by Rebekka Schlichting\, KU William Allen White School of Journalism \nDirector Leya Hale\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/bring-her-home/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T223000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220324T014926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T015241Z
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SUMMARY:Late Night Passholder and Film Society Reception
DESCRIPTION:Festival Passholders and Film Society Members stay up past their bedtimes to chat about festival experiences over night caps at RPG (Restaurant\, Pub & Games).
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/late-night-passholder-and-film-society-reception/
LOCATION:KS
CATEGORIES:Ideas
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T113000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T030104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T183152Z
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SUMMARY:Small Bites: Short Film Tea and Pastry Pairing
DESCRIPTION:Taste a range of light comedy\, heavy drama\, experimental art and documentary film accompanied by tea pairings by Mana Bar and tasty morsels by Maceli’s Banquet Hall and Catering.  \nShort film selections:\n \nTea Time (6min) by Tara Price\nMy First Native American Boyfriend (5min) by Joey Clift\nEpiphany (8min) by Nicole Hodges Persley\nLast Days of August (13min) by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian\nDescended from the Promised Land: The Legacy of Black Wall Street by Nailah Jefferson (22min) \n(Total film run time: 54min) \n \n \n\n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/small-bites-short-film-tea-and-pastry-pairing/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T143000
DTSTAMP:20260712T223019
CREATED:20220306T030146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T182405Z
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SUMMARY:Mama Bears and Liberate LFK
DESCRIPTION:12:00pm Doors\n12:30pm Short Film: Liberate LFK: The Past\, Present and Future of LGBTQ+ Activism at KU  (15min running time)\n12:45pm Feature Film: Mama Bears\n(Mama Bears running time: 1hr 30min)\n2:15pm Community Panel\nModerated by Rev. Caroline Dean of Plymouth Congregational Church. Panelists: Stephanie Morales Macedo (Producer\, Liberate LFK short film)\, Dawna Raehpour (Free Mom Hugs of Kansas)\, Gryffin Eason (artist)\, Linda Hoopes (mother)\, and Derrick Hurst (Rainbow Kids and Families). \nOver 30\,000 conservative\, Christian mothers call themselves “mama bears” for how ferociously they fight for the civil rights of their children and the entire LGBTQ+ community. This brand new documentary premiering at SXSW explores the journeys of two mama bears and a young lesbian whose struggle for self-acceptance exemplifies why the mama bears movement is vitally important.
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/mama-bears/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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