[Imc-dnc-discuss] Fwd: invitiation to join us for a multi-media political event on july 28th

[IMC Boston Office]

     Hello all.

     I jsut received this message in the IMC e-mail
account. Is anyone interested in our putting a table
at this event? It's the Wednesday of the DNC.

     Cheers.

     S.


--- evonne hyla wetzner
<evonne at thevideounderground.com> wrote:
> From: "evonne hyla wetzner"
> <evonne at thevideounderground.com>
> To: <imc-boston-office at indymedia.org>
> Subject: invitiation to join us for a multi-media
> political event on july 28th
> Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:01:29 -0400
> 
> Hello-
> I am one of the organizers of an event called THE
> SIDESHOW on July 28th, coinciding w/ the DNC in
> Boston.  Details about the event are below, but in
> brief, it is an evening meant to raise political and
> critical though through documentary film, speakers,
> performance/visual art and music.
> 
> 
> 
> To complete the effectiveness of our event, we are
> aiming to provide several local non-profits w/ table
> space in the lobby of the venue to help spread the
> word about their work and the importance of
> organizing on a grass roots level.
> 
> 
> 
> We would like to invite your organization to
> participate at this event; in an effort to all work
> together toward the common cause of getting people
> out to the polls this November to stop Bush, we are
> hoping you can use your grassroots connections and
> databases to help spread the word!
> 
> 
> 
> Below is a brief press release of the event. Please
> email or call me (contact info below) if you can
> commit to partipating in this exciting multi-media
> event.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> __________________
> 
> Evonne Hyla Wetzner
> The Video Underground, Inc.
> 389 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA. 02130
> PH.617.522.4949/FX.617.522.5925
> www.thevideounderground.com
> 
> Supporting independent filmmakers and offering
> Jamaica Plain a diverse selection of Videos and
> DVDs.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> THE SIDESHOW
> 
> A rollicking alternative to pomp and pompous
> speeches
> 
> Boston, Massachusetts - July 28, 2004
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> As a special event to complement all the Big Top
> action at the DNC, Boston's Weekly Dig in
> association with The Video Underground presents The
> Sideshow, an exhilarating evening of multimedia
> social consciousness-raising at the Jorge Hernandez
> Cultural Center in Boston's historic South End
> district, Wednesday, July 28 at 6pm.
> 
>  
> 
> The highlight will be a feature screening of the
> film Horns and Halos (www.hornsandhalos.com), a
> compelling, award-winning documentary about the
> battle to publish J.H Hatfield's book Fortunate Son,
> an unauthorized biography of George W. Bush that
> first brought up allegations of cocaine use and
> presented a controversial portrait of the then
> candidate for president.  The film follows punk-rock
> indie publisher Sander Hicks of Soft Skull Press in
> his attempt to publish the book after St. Martin's
> Press pulled (and burned) the release due to claims
> of a shady past made against its author J.H.
> Hatfield. Following the screening, Hicks will speak,
> as well as filmmakers Michael Galinksy and Suki
> Hawley. 
> 
> Also in attendance for The Sideshow will be the
> Billionaires for Bush from New York City, an
> activist performance art group that satirizes Bush's
> special connections with the privileged class by
> holding forth and berating the great-unwashed
> masses.
> 
>  
> 
> In addition there will be a special exhibition by
> political cartoonists and their work, screenings of
> short political films, plus entertaining and
> exciting comedians, musicians and speakers including
> Boston's own conscious hip hop group The Foundation
> and Democracy Now host Amy Goodman.
> 
>  
> 
> The Sideshow begins at 6pm with a meet and greet and
> will include an open bar from 7 to 8 (cash bar
> follows through 11pm).  Admission is a sliding scale
> of $5 to $10.  Proceeds will cover production costs,
> and any additional money will be donated to a local
> nonprofit.  We'd like The Sideshow to become a
> destination point for both delegates from around the
> country and city residents to mingle, have fun and
> learn more about Boston's progressive media and
> grassroots activist organizations. 
> 
>  
> 
> Where: Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center-85 W. Newton
> St., Boston's historic South End.
> 
> When: Wednesday, July 28th, 2004, 6pm
> 
> How Much: $5 to $10, 21+
> 
>  
> 
> Contact: Evonne Hyla Wetzner, 617.522.4949,
> evonne at thevideounderground.com
> 
>               Graham Wilson, 617.426.8942 ext 231
> graham at weeklydig.com
> 
> 


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