[guerilla-drive-in] Coming Up: WALL-E August 26th at the Beach Flats Community Garden

Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive In Presents WALL-E The modern day classic: In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind. Friday August 26, 8pm Beach Flats Community Garden At the end of Raymond Street Always Free! PLUS thrilling and funny short films, an intermission, great company and a guaranteed good time! BRING blankets, pillows, anything you need to be comfortable in the great outdoors, friends, snacks to share. Donations to support the project are more than welcome. SANTA CRUZ GUERILLA DRIVE-IN is an outdoor movie theatre under the stars that springs up in the fields and industrial wastelands. Beyond showing great movies and bringing a broad community together, part of our mission is helping reclaim public space and transforming our urban environment. Find out more at guerilladrivein.org

China Syndrome- Report Back

The screening went well, despite my initial anxieties. I wasn't too sure I knew the in's and out's of the tech-equip esp. after I found out that Jason couldn't co-host when I went to meet him at SubR on Friday eve (he had to go to a Dr last minute- I'm pretty sure Jason is fine).

Senka was great & helped me with set-up. I managed to figure most things out... eventually. The only tech problem was I couldn't cue up the shorts (from an Atomic Cafe DVD) I'd tried it in advance at home and it worked fine- in hindsight, I think the remote for the DVD may need new batteries. This tech failure made the shorts- a bust. I could only start from the beginning of Atomic Cafe which was not at all funny or engaging- mostly truly sad, bleak and depressing footage re Hiroshima and Nagasaki carnage and US callousness about it.

About 35 people showed up (including 80 year-old Jan H, of the Raging Grannies), which was good, considering we hadn't done any postering- specifically for the show (since we were both under the weather the weeks prior to the show). I did manage to do some more posting of the GDI Summer schedule, with the China Syndrome highlighted.

I went back to SubR & took the bamboo pole-screen from SubR, cause I thought the screen was missing (I later found it at the bottom of the clear plastic 5 gal bucket).

The Green Station was a great location- central, visible, minimal peripheral light & noise (surprisingly!). Ray Newkirk & Bill LeBon (2 of the 5 co-owners of the GS) showed up at the screening. Ray opened the garage so I could access power & also brought brought out 6 plastic chairs for people to use. Senka & I brought some extra chairs, tarps and a large rug wall of which were used by folk. Jozseph kindly brought a huge wok full of popcorn, which was empty by the end of the eve. He would love to host us for a GDI screening on the back-levee side of the 418 in the coming few months (using the sloping hillside between the levee path and the building- stadium seating!)- if anyone gets a chance to check this out & assess the location, please do. (I think we could put some scrap rugs over the low bushes on the slope to increase seating). + Ray would be happy to host us again at the Green Station.

OK, that's it for the moment

Grrr-ant