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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628
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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:20260709T024816
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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:20260709T024816
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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
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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:20260709T024816
CREATED:20210501T173112Z
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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:20260709T024816
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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:20260709T024816
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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
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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:20260709T024816
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628
DTSTAMP:20260709T024816
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210627T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210627T223000
DTSTAMP:20260709T024816
CREATED:20210501T204652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210627T214716Z
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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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