Tag: Center for Puppetry Arts (Atlanta GA)

This Weekend in Culture: Movies, Monsters, Authors, Puppets and God

While handing me a book, she said, “Expand your brain but don’t take too long it do it.” My wife has been reading Female Chauvinst Pigs, and between her comments and Ariel Levy’s appearance on The Colbert Report, my interest has been piqued. So I’ll be reading that sometime this coming week. But quickly as ordered so the borrowed book can be returned.

As for what we did over the weekend, here’s rundown:

Friday night, the good/not great movie Idiocracy and an unexpected viewing of Friends of God: A Road Trip With Alexandra Pelosi. Unexpected in that we planned diner and the movie at a friend’s house and after “Idoicracy” she started up the Pelosi documentary. I had only heard a little about it on Ain’t It Cool. Scary and intriguing.

Saturday night was spent in “Pan’s Labyrinth”. At Mid-Town Cinema the entrance sign to the theater just said “Labyrinth” having my wife sighed that she’d love to see the David Bowie movie up on a big screen. He was pretty dreamy back in the day. Still is, from what some of the girls are saying.

And Sunday it was “Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” at the Center for Puppetry Arts.

All in all, a nice weekend. We seem to meeting our goal of taking advantage of Atlanta’s cultural offering’s.

Fun With Friends, Weekend Puppetry Art Show, Tonight's Animation Screening

We had a friend in town and got a chance to show what we really like about Atlanta.

Over the weekend, we went to the production of the Center for Puppetry Arts‘ “The Ghastly Dreadfuls’ – Compendium of Graveyard Tales and Other Curiosities.'”  A really nice show that mixed live cabaret singing/musicians and staged marionette Halloween/horror stories. Really interesting stage craft.  And funny.

During her visit we also hit the R Thomas Deluxe Grill for dinner, Cafe Intermezzo for great deserts and hot chocolate, Nam for subtle Vietnamese  and the Your Dekalb Farmers Market buffet for the cheapest meal of the trip (3 people for $10).

As per her request we tried to show her some of the local flea markets and thrift stores, with mixed results.  Some places found online were permanently closed when we went to them.  And a few that were open were wonderfully sketchy and weirdly laid out.

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Now we are relaxing and recuperating. Our friend is back in Vegas, and us chilling at home. I’m planing on seeing a screening of animated movies at the Five Spot, sponsored by the ASIFA-Atlanta.   Which I just found out about today from The Ward-O-Matic.

From the ASIFA website…

“‘ASIFA’ stands for Association Internationale du Film d’Animation. It was started in France in 1960 as a membership organization devoted to encouraging animaton. “

“Blowin’ Smoke
Monday, October 16th (7:30pm)

The follow-up to our popular “Roll Yer Own” screening. In fact, that screening has become so popular that we had to break it into two separate shows. “Roll Yer Own” is strictly non-commercial, featuring mostly student work as well as independent and “downtime” works from professionals. “Blowin’ Smoke” will feature full-on commercial work, including studio reels. It’s a chance for every one to show off what they’ve been working on over the past year, as well as shameless self-promotion!

To Hell with Hitler!

C. Martin Croker’s collection of animation propaganda from the 1940’s is sure to astound you. 13 different cartoons, 13 different Hitler model sheets from the likes of Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, and more, including “Der Fuhrer’s Face” and “Education for Death- the Making of a Nazi”!

Bizarro Saturday Morning

Weird stuff that nobody’s seen! Nobody, that is, except the collector and purveyor of all things cartoon- C. Martin Croker!

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie

That’s right, your favorite Adult Swim value meal on the big screen. See it here first, with the writers, artists, producers and all other guilty parties in attendance. No weapons allowed!”

Gumby in Atlanta, Dammit!

Gumby will be having his own retrospective in Atlanta. Starting the first week of August, the Center for Puppetry Arts will be displaying original props and models. Opening night will have rare movies and a Q & A with members of Art Clokey’s family.

Original link & Gumby image from Cartoon Brew .

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From the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Museum Special Exhibits Page…

“Art Clokey’s Gumby: The First 50 Years – NEW!
Curated by Susan Kinney, Deputy Museum Director,
Center for Puppetry Arts
August 4, 2006 – March 4, 2007

Fifty years old and still without a wrinkle, Art Clokey’s famous green clay character, Gumby, is here, complete with entourage. The pop-culture icon that ushered in stop-motion animation dresses up in shining armor to join the Knights of the Roundtable, gets suited up to set foot on the moon, and visits his long-time friend, Pokey, the amiable red horse. Clokey’s creation has spawned more than 200 Gumby television episodes, a feature film, and a video game and has been an inspiration to a myriad of animators, including Tim Burton. “