Monthly Play Reading Group. Think book club, but for theatre! This is an opportunity for those interested in theatre, discovering new scripts, trying out a bit of light acting, or hearing stories brought to life. No pressure to read aloud if you would rather just listen in and join the discussion after. All are welcome! 

There will be some scripts printed, but bring along a laptop if possible so that you can access the play online.

Description of this month's play: Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay. But in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power.

Content Advisory: DANCE NATION contains coarse language, gore, depictions of self-harm, simulated masturbation, descriptions of masturbation, sex and sexual violence.

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Let’s eat cake! 

Join Shenandoah Liberation Collective on July 17th for a Cake (and other baked goods) Auction fundraiser at Visible Records! All proceeds will be allocated between A Better World Bookfair transportation fund and the SLC mutual aid fund.

We will have both silent and live auction baked goods to bid on, representatives from rad local orgs, bang trims by Leslie Lowry and music DJ’d by Thomas Dean. Come ready to drop some cash and boogie down!

Recommended donation of $10 entry fee, cash preferred Venmo accepted. 

And don’t forget to mark your calendars for the second annual A Better World Bookfair, Saturday September 19 from 12pm-dinnertime, 565 Pine Ave, Waynesboro, VA.

Contact betterworldbookfair@protonmail.com with questions, or visit @shenliberation on instagram.

Monthly Play Reading Group! Think book club, but for theatre! This is an opportunity for those interested in theatre, discovering new scripts, trying out a bit of light acting, or hearing stories brought to life. All are welcome! 

There will be some scripts printed, but bring along a laptop if possible so that you can access the play online.

Description of this month's Play: Asian American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony Award win for M. Butterfly, leads a protest against the casting of Jonathan Pryce as the Eurasian pimp in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon, condemning the practice as “yellow face.” His position soon comes back to haunt him when he mistakes a Caucasian actor, Marcus G. Dahlman, for mixed-race, and casts him in the lead Asian role of his own Broadway-bound comedy, Face Value. When DHH discovers the truth of Marcus’ ethnicity, he tries to conceal his blunder to protect his reputation as an Asian-American role model. Confronting the shifting boundaries of race, and the ways in which we interpret ourselves, David Henry Hwang (and DHH) reveal that our faces are always more complex than they appear.

Content Advisory: Racism and Anti-Asian sentiments, mild profanity, euphemistic mentions of pornography and sex toys. 

Please join us 12:30pm on Saturday, June 27th for a screening of the film All That's Left of You (Cherien Dabis) with honorable guest lecturer Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, founding Director/Senior scholar of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies Program at SFSU (joining us by Zoom). Doors at noon, film at 12:30pm, lecture at 3:30pm EST.

RSVP at the link below by selecting "Get on the list"!

https://partiful.com/e/u7CkDKVFd3XLH3VdXss0?

Free to enter. Links will be provided on-site for donations to humanitarian relief organizations, Dr. Abdulhadi's "Teaching Palestine" program, and Visible Records.

RSVP here for a Zoom link alternative to the talk. Film available to stream online for $9 at Watermelon Pictures.

https://partiful.com/e/4Yfz23wYXl6w5sz32f79?c=hH_y5aeG

This June we here at Movie Friend are excited to bring you… Nashville (1975) directed by Robert Altman! This screening will be on Sunday, June 21st with doors at 8pm! Come join us!

Join leaders and organizers from the hospitality workers union UNITE HERE to learn important organizing skills!

Questions? Contact: awhite@unitehere.org

This is a free event for queer and trans folks who identify as plus size! Come hangout with fellow fat babes in a safe and inclusive environment! Allies are welcome for support and solidarity!

Contact: cvillefatties@gmail.com

Please join us for the opening of Aida Lizalde’s ceramics show, come tierra, canta fuego (earth eater, fire singer) on Friday, June 12th, from 5-8pm. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided!

June 11th is the International Day of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners. Join Rivanna ABC to write some letters! Thursday, June 11th, 6-8pm. Materials are provided and no experience is necessary. Drop in anytime! For more information on the history of June 11th, visit https://june11.noblogs.org/ 

Potlucks happen on the first Sunday of each month. Check out @communitypotluck.cville on instagram for details, questions, and an archive of past events!

This May we here at movie friend are excited to bring you… La Ciénaga (2001) directed by Lucrecia Martel! This screening will be on Sunday, May 24th with doors at 8pm! Come join us!

😇 movie friend is a monthly movie screening series in Charlottesville where friends, friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends come to gather and watch a movie <3
😇 doors are at 8pm and the screening will start around 8:15pm
😇 our screenings are free but we do encourage donations to @Visible_Records, our lovely hosts!
😇 feel free to bring your own chair, but we have lots of folding chairs available if you dont!
😇 masks are encouraged and provided!

“In Salta, Argentina, Mecha and her family’s holiday is coming to an end. Time becomes distended, punctuated by naps around the stagnant water of the pool, visits from cousins and children playing war in the jungle. A muted tension and a series of incidents slowly begin to disrupt the family order.”

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Come learn about the artists' proposals for the installation of Swords into Plowshares public art. Ask questions, give feedback! Childcare and light snacks provided.

Contact: swordsintoplowsharescville@gmail.com