June 13, I’ll present “Alien Encounters: Sci-Fi Movies and the Cold War Culture of the 1950s,” a free talk in the Humanities Washington speakers series, at the Chehalis Library, in Chehalis, WA, at 6:30 p.m. Location details here.
June 15 brings another installment of Framing Pictures, a monthly event aimed at encouraging movie talk: at 5 p.m. at the Northwest Film Forum, film critics Richard T. Jameson, Kathleen Murphy, and I will discuss movies, including upcoming repertory events in Seattle. It’s free, and beer and wine is available for purchase. Read more here.
June 21, I will log my second year as a judge in 826 Seattle’s “Dance Your Cash Off,” a dance marathon to benefit the 826 mission of childhood literacy. You may wonder why I am a dance judge, in which case you betray your own appalling ignorance of my history with the funky chicken. More details (about the event, not the funky chicken) here.
July 22, I’ll present “Alien Encounters: Sci-Fi Movies and the Cold War Culture of the 1950s,” a free talk in the Humanities Washington speakers series, at the Woodinville Library, in Woodinville, WA, at 2 p.m.
Out now: the first two volumes of Rotten, a wild, provocative, and gory graphic novel I have co-authored with Mark Rahner (art by Dan Dougherty). It’s a zombie Western set in 1877, with overtones of recent U.S. political history. Or possibly undertones. Click on my Rotten tab above for further info and marching orders. Order the Rotten trade paperbacks at the Rotten website and see cover art here. The Rotten page at Moonstone, where you can also order the Rotten book The Lost Diary of John J. Flynn, U.S. Agent, is here. Check the Rotten music video here.
Most Wednesday mornings at 10:20 on KUOW (94.9 FM, kuow.org) I join Steve Scher on “Weekday” to talk about movies and culture; the archived sessions can be heard later.
For a list of past lectures at the Frye, click here.
To contact me about a speaking gig, drop me an email: thecropduster@gmail.com
