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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220412T180000
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220413T213000
DTSTAMP:20260711T105109
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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:20260711T105109
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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
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220415T203000
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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:20260711T105109
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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:20260711T105109
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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T183000
DTSTAMP:20260711T105109
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SUMMARY:The Stylist
DESCRIPTION:3:00pm Hair Styling Demos by Lada Salon in the lobby\n(Have your hair styled before the film for this red carpet Lawrence premiere. Tips welcome!)\n3:30pm Doors\n4:00pm Film \n(Total film running time 1hr 45min)\n5:45pm Q&A with Jill Gevargizian + cast/crew  \nObsession gets a makeover in The Stylist\, a deliciously twisted slice of female-led psychological horror. We all dream of being someone else… but for Claire\, that dream goes from an obsession to a living nightmare. Hairstylist by day\, serial killer and collector of scalps by night\, Claire’s lonely existence is thrown into turmoil when a regular client asks her to style her hair for her wedding day. Increasingly fixated on Olivia’s seemingly flawless life\, Claire vows to lock up her scalp collection and change her ways for good – only to discover that repressing your deadly desires is easier said than done. \nDirector Jill Gevargizian\n\n  \n 
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/the-stylist/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220416T213000
DTSTAMP:20260711T105109
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Cameron Esposito
DESCRIPTION:Close out the Free State Festival in the best way possible – a night of live comedy by comic\, actor and writer Cameron Esposito! Cameron has appeared on NBC\, CBS\, HBO\, Comedy Central\, TBS\, Amazon\, IFC\, E!\, Cartoon Network and the CW\, in indie films featured at the Sundance and SXSW film festivals\, big budget features for nationwide release\, in print in the New York Times and at comedy and music festivals worldwide. Cameron’s podcast\, Queery\, features interviews with lgbtq+ luminaries and her new book Save Yourself tackles sexuality\, gender and equality. \nRaven Bookstore will be on site with Cameron’s new book\, Save Yourself. \nOpener: \nJanell Banks \nJanell Banks hails from Kansas City Missouri by way of Houston Texas. She has always been a natural goofball and class clown. Her quick wit\, charisma\, and ferociously aggressive style of comedy gives the audience a raucous and hilarious interactive show. Janell is a radio personality and producer of the Comedy Power Hour at KUAW 98.5 FM\, content creator\, and touring comic; these are not jokes\, these are side-splitting PSA’s! Banks is regarded as one to watch. She has appeared on the Michael Colyar Morning Show as a regular and featured for Rodney Perry and April Macie\, Luenell\, Tommy Davidson\, Chris Kattan and many more! \nJanell Banks
URL:https://freestatefestival.org/event/an-evening-with-cameron-esposito/
LOCATION:Lawrence Arts Center\, 940 New Hampshire St\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66044\, United States
CATEGORIES:All
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