The KDC Friday Night Movie is a series of FREE screenings in the Ruins, Knockdown Center’s backyard. Every Friday from August 11th – September 8th, join us at 8pm for live music followed by a feature film, frozen drinks, and our very own house-made popcorn! Make sure to bring your own blankets or lawn chairs, as seating is limited!
The Big Lebowski (1998)
The Big Lebowski is a 1998 American crime comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Jeff Bridges as Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker and avid bowler. He is assaulted as a result of mistaken identity, after which The Dude learns that a millionaire also named Jeffrey Lebowski was the intended victim. The millionaire Lebowski’s trophy wife is kidnapped, and he commissions The Dude to deliver the ransom to secure her release; but the plan goes awry when the Dude’s friend Walter Sobchak (John Goodman) schemes to keep the ransom money. Julianne Moore and Steve Buscemi also star, with David Huddleston, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott, Tara Reid, David Thewlis and Flea appearing in supporting roles.
The KDC Friday Night Movie is a series of FREE screenings in the Ruins, Knockdown Center’s backyard. Every Friday from August 11th – September 8th, join us at 8pm for live music followed by a feature film, frozen drinks, and our very own house-made popcorn! Make sure to bring your own blankets or lawn chairs, as seating is limited!
Natural Born Kilers (1994)
Natural Born Killers is a 1994 American satirical crime film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore, and Tommy Lee Jones. The film was released in the United States on August 26, 1994. The film tells the story of two victims of traumatic childhoods who became lovers and mass murderers, and are irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Upcoming:
Friday, September 1 – Big Lebowski (1998)
Friday, September 8 – Goodfellas (1990)
The KDC Friday Night Movie is a series of FREE screenings in the Ruins, Knockdown Center’s backyard. Every Friday from August 11th – September 8th, join us at 8pm for live music followed by a feature film, frozen drinks, and our very own house-made popcorn! Make sure to bring your own blankets, as seating is limited!
Witches of Eastwick (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 American comedy-fantasy film based on John Updike’s novel of the same name. Directed by George Miller, the film stars Jack Nicholson as Daryl Van Horne, alongside Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon as the eponymous witches.
Upcoming:
8.25 Natural Born Killers (1994)
9.1 Big Lebowski (1998)
9.8 Goodfellas (1990)
The KDC Friday Night Movie is a series of FREE screenings in the Ruins, Knockdown Center’s backyard. Every Friday from August 11th – September 8th, join us at 8pm for live music followed by a feature film, frozen drinks, and our very own house-made popcorn! Make sure to bring your own blankets or lawn chairs, as seating is limited!
Get Out (2017)
Get Out is a 2017 American horror film written, co-produced and directed by Jordan Peele, in his directorial debut. The film stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Stephen Root, LaKeith Stanfield and Catherine Keener, and follows a young interracial couple who visit the mysterious estate of the woman’s parents.
Upcoming:
8.18 Witches of Eastwick (1987)
8.25 Natural Born Killers (1994)
9.1 Big Lebowski (1998)
9.8 Goodfellas (1990)
The KDC Friday Night Movie is a series of FREE screenings in the Ruins, Knockdown Center’s backyard. Every Friday from August 11th – September 8th, join us at 8pm for live music followed by a feature film, frozen drinks, and our very own house-made popcorn! Make sure to bring your own blankets or lawn chairs, as seating is limited!
Friday, August 11 – Get Out (2017)
Friday, August 18 – Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Friday, August 25 – Natural Born Killers (1994)
Friday, September 1 – Big Lebowski (1998)
Friday, September 8 – Goodfellas (1990)
FOR US FEST CLOSING WEEKEND
Queer Abstract x BUFU x Olu Alege
Join us in the backyard with BUFU, Queer Abstract, and Olu Alege in the culminating event of “US,” a month of daily programming across all five boroughs that focuses on gathering, sharing strategies, resources, skills between collectives and how to build through organizing, healing, nightlife, and art.
Queer Abstract: What’s Yours?
Performances hosted by Shannon Matesky and Lo Jackson
ARTISTS:
Josiah Forde
Cynthia Bukilwa
Hameer Zawawi
Nia and Ness
Nic Kayyy
Bringing Beautiful Back to Black
Cor Ece
Veronica Garza
Roya Marsh
Nappy Nina
Myles
Dejaye
Nandi Kay
Dante Lennon
Alicia Goldsmith
The Alliyance
DJ Rzze Royze
DJ Boston Cherry
AND MORE!!!!!!!
Queer Abstract is a curated Monthly Performance Series highlighting QTPOC performers hosted and curated by Shannon Matesky. (QA) is place to showcase new work and celebrate each other, an attempt to blend party and performance communities to uplift and affirm fellowship, creativity and collaboration among the culture leaders of NYC. QA is a curated variety of singers, dancers, comedians, writers and any creative interested in getting down. Allies are welcomed and encouraged to affirm our magic, QTPOC are welcome and encouraged to fellowship, build and create!
BUFU (By Us For Us) is a collective of queer, femme, and nonbinary black and East Asian artists and organizers working to create a living archive centered around global conversations between black and Asian diasporas, with an emphasis on solidarity, de-centering whiteness, and resurfacing our deeply interconnected and complicated histories.
Join us for a special evening of experimental music and dance, brought to you by LPR Presents…
Patrick Higgins
Brian Degraw
Tyondai Braxton (DJ Set)
Qasim Ali Naqvi & Erin Ellen Kelly
Qasim Naqvi is a drummer, composer, and member of the group Dawn of Midi. When he is not touring with DOM, he composes music for film, dance, theater and chamber ensembles domestically and abroad. Qasim’s soundtracks and arrangements for film have appeared on HBO, NBC, PBS, The Sundance Channel, The New York Times, The Tribeca Film Festival, The Academy Awards, The Sundance Film Festival, The Toronto Film Festival, dOCUMENTA 13 and 14, The Guggenheim Museum, Vice TV, The Human Rights Watch Film Festival, IDFA and others. His concert works have been performed by the yMusic Ensemble, The Now Ensemble, The Loos Ensemble, The New Century Players, The Contemporary Music Ensemble of NYU, The Crash Ensemble, The Stargaze Ensemble, The Helsinki Chamber Choir, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s MusicNOW Season, The Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, TEN PEN CHii, Nimbus Dance Works and others. He is a 2016 N.Y.F.A Fellow in Music and Sound and has received other fellowships and awards from Chamber Music America, Harvest Works, S.T.E.I.M. and Art OMI. Presently, Qasim writes chamber and electronic music in Brooklyn, New York and works on a variety of projects as a freelance composer and drummer. He is represented by Erased Tapes Publishing.
Erin Ellen Kelly constructs ways of moving and performance pieces in gardens, galleries, warehouse spaces, gutted stores, boats, bombed out buildings, theaters, and by the side of the road. She is formerly a Movement Research Artist-in-Residence in NYC and recently completed a residency at Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France. Her work has been presented by ProveRommet Series through Bit Teatergarasjen in Bergen, Studio Galerie for Nacht&Nebel Festival Neu Kolln, Kunsthaus Tacheles for A Month of Performance Art, Kultur im Spannwerk in Berlin, Utopia Teatro in Barcelona, The Performance Mix Festival, NY Butoh Festival, the HOWL Festival, and Movement Research at Judson Church in NYC. She has collaborated with Aaron Taylor Kuffner, Qasim Naqiv, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Miriam Wuttke, and Mariam Ghani. Since 2006 she and Ghani have produced a series of video installations and photographs called “Performed Places,” which are currently on display at the Indianapolis Museum of Art and have been presented at the St. Louis Art Museum, Queens Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, Worth Ryder Gallery, Momenta Art, and Ryan Lee Gallery, in the US, and at Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany, Sharjah Biennial 9 in the UAE, Beijing 798 Biennial in China, and Gyeongnam Art Museum in Korea. “It Could Go Either Way” curated by Amy Mackie, an exhibition consisting of six of their video pieces was presented at the Rogaland Kunstsenter in Stavanger, Norway and at the Anchorage Museum of Art in Alaska.
Dance performances by Loni Landon and Manuel Vignoulle
Loni Landon is a Dancer, Choreographer, and Movement Consultant based in New York City. In addition to creating dances for her own collective Loni Landon Dance Projects, her work is commissioned by Dance Companies and Film Makers across the country.
Born and raised in New York City, Landon received her BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School in 2005. While a student at the NYC High School of Performing Arts, Landon was a NFAA Young Arts Modern Dance Winner. After Juilliard, Landon performed with Aszure Barton and Artists, Ballet Theater Munich, Tanz Munich Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera.
Manuel Vignoulle, French choreographer based in New York, studied at The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse de Paris and went on to work with different french contemporary companies including Claude Brumachon, Corinne Lanselle and Bernardo Montet.
He was a dance artist with both Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland), and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (New York) where he collaborated with inspiring choreographers such as Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Andonis Foniadalkis, Hofesh Shechter, Cisco Aznar, Carolyn Carlson, Benjamin Millepied, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Alexander Ekman, Jo Stromgrem and Ohad Naharin to name a few.
Is it Free?
No, get your tickets while they last. Then pull up and turn up or watch us turn up on your snapchat and Instagram feed (Kanye shrug).
Is Food Free?
Yes, we have a lot more food and a lot of options. Don’t bring an aluminum foil pan big fella.
Where is it?
The illustrious and exclusive Knockdown Center. Last month everyone wanted to be there; this time you all can get in when you get your tickets. But hurry up because the price will go up as we get closer to the date and each ticket level sells out!
Why should I go?
It’s going to be crazy and you will hate yourself if you knew what we have prepared for you and missed it. Stop thinking about if you should wait big fella. Tickets will sell out any day now!
Who is throwing it?
The General Public aka Those DopeBBQ/ Mixxy Brunch guys.
Is there a dress code?
Nah, just summertime fly. How are you going to get chose looking crazy big fella!?!
Will tickets be available at the door?
Not sure, they are moving fast. No ticket, no entry. This ain’t 1-800-feed the people big fella!
What can/can’t I bring to the event?
No outside food or drinks. This isn’t your auntie house big fella; Go home big fella!
Join us for a special *FREE* and family-friendly edition of OVERTIME! We’ll have activities, food, and music for all ages in our sunny backyard. We’re serving FREE hot dogs from 3-4pm and bringing out the ping-pong table, corn hole, and sidewalk chalk for a good time.
Drop In Activities (3-9pm):
Plaster Ice Cream Sculpture Workshop
Fabric Painting Station
Ping Pong
Sidewalk Chalk
Cornhole Toss
Scheduled Workshops:
4-5pm – Freestyle zine-making Workshop with Lacey Antonia Carter
5-7pm – IRL Meme and Zine-Making Workshop with Cayla Lockwood
6-7pm – Reading with local author Lori J. Fitzgerald from her new book, “Through the Oak Door”
Full Details:
3-9pm
*Plaster Ice Cream Sculpture Workshop*
Join us for Good Humor, a plaster ice cream sculpture workshop produced by Collective Springboard. Create your own plaster ice cream sculpture to take home to last the ages. Scoop, squeeze and dip plaster mixed with dye, paint, glitter, marbles and other ‘toppings’ on a cone of your choice at our sculpture station this Saturday!
Good Humor at Knockdown Center is produced by Danny Crump and Sarah Dahlinger, co-directors of Springboard Collective and current artists-in-residence at Flux Factory in LIC. Recent projects include Trivial Pursuits, a performative dinner party with a food fight finale, and Limo Cult, a 70 ft. handmade limousine with two deep fry stations for experimental deep fried objects and food. They are co-curating Humorgous Smorgasbord, an exhibition celebrating artists as humorists opening on September 8th, 2017 at Flux Factory.
3-9pm
*Tee Shirt Painting Station*
BYO-TEE… Bring your own white t-shirt or fabric and come ready to get your hands dirty with fabric paint and stamps!
4-5pm
*Collaborative Zine-making with Lacey Antonia Carter*
Have a story to tell? Want to unleash your inner comic? Come learn how to make your very own zine with our own Lacey Carter! Each participant will design a page, which will be combined and photocopied for everyone to take home!
5-7pm
*IRL Meme and Zine Workshop*
Cayla Lockwood, Artist-in-Residence at Flux Factory leads this hands-on meme and zine workshop where Dadaist poetry meets lolcats. Using randomly generated text and google images with good old-fashioned scissors and glue, participants will cut out words and paste them onto photos to make their very own meme—IRL! After a short demonstration on making simple saddle-stitched zines, participants will bind the Memes into book form. Collaboration encouraged!
6-7pm
*Lori Fitzgerald Reading*
Local author Lori Jean Fitzgerald will be reading an excerpt from her book “Through the Oak Door,” a series of connected novelettes in the mythic fantasy genre, featuring Celtic mythological figures and medieval characters in stories of transformation. Q&A and discussion to follow.
