‘Events’ Category Archive

Search and Rescue: Sound Found

Featuring The Mysterious Island and Noah’s Lark (both 1929). And beer.
Tues. March 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM
At the Northwest Film Forum – 1515 12th Ave. (on Capital Hill between Pike and Pine)
Free for NWFF members. $8.50/general admission. $6.00/children under 12 and seniors.
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Ballard Backyard Movie Party V: Soundies And Stuff

Friday, July 6, 2007 was the Sprocket Society’s second backyard movie party of the season.
Because of the mid-summer lack of dark hours (and the presence of neighbors), we opted to dispense with the customary feature and go with a program of short films plus a 30 min. “featurette” — namely the absolutely brilliant film An [...]

Backyard Movie Party IV: Voyages

This past Friday — Memorial Day weekend — was our first backyard movie party of the season, we being the usual suspects of Brian, Gary, and myself. The location, once again, was Brian and Gary’s duplex in Ballard, which I’ve come to start calling The Ballard CineYard — tho KinoHortus also crossed the mind. (”Kino” [...]

Backyard Movie Party III – BYMP 2006, Part II – The Sequel

On Friday, September 29, Brian and Gary and I had a second Backyard Movie Party behind their duplex, just three weeks after the one on Labor Day Sunday. Miraculously, the weather cooperated and it was clear, slightly crisp night.
There are a couple great Flickr albums of low-light photographs of the evening by Patrick and Brian.
Following [...]

Backyard Movie Party II – BYMP 2006

On Labor Day Sunday 2006 (Sept. 3), my pal Brian Alter and his duplex-neighbor Gary hosted their second annual backyard movie party, with me once again providing the films. Last year we were forced to retreat to Brian’s fortuitously-empty basement, but this year we were blessed with beautiful weather, complete with spectacular clouds shlooping across [...]

Backyard Movie Party I: Basement Edition

Our first Backyard Movie Party was held Labor Day Sunday (Sept. 4), 2005, at Brian and Gary’s duplex in Ballard.
We had to scramble and relocate into the basement of Brian’s half due to rain. Unfortunately, the rain also meant a bunch of folks didn’t show up as they didn’t realize we had the basement option. [...]