Noir City Xmas and Noir Fest 2023

Because the 2022 program was fantastic, the proprietor and her friends will be visiting the Grand Lake Theater again, soon. In December, there will be a special showing by the Film Noir Foundation. This one is in 3-D!

Yours Truly and pal KG at NoirFest,
Castro Theater, San Francisco

The virtual flyer provides more information:

SAVE THE DATE: NOIR CITY returns to Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre January 20 – 29, 2023, celebrating 20 years of the Film Noir Foundation’s flagship festival! Festival program and details to be announced December 13 at NOIR CITY Xmas and on NoirCity.com thereafter.

Happy 20th Anniversary!

Passports Now on Sale for NOIR CITY 20

NOIR CITY 20 passports (10-day/24-film all-access passes) are now available at Brown Paper Tickets for $200, a savings of $40 over the regular ticket price for 24 films. The NOIR CITY 20 Passports will also be available for sale at the FNF’s merchandise table at NOIR CITY Xmas. Remember — the NOIR CITY Passport makes a perfect holiday gift for the noir lover in your life!

further along

Well, things have been a little different around the emporium for the last few months. Our proprietor volunteered with a local theater production company as their box officer during the month of June. She’s also been sorting through the stash of fabric and notions in addition to working at a Full-Time Day Job for a great company that let her take two entire weeks off to go back to the East Coast for a birthday gathering for her mother. All of her older sisters were there for an historic group visit and lobster-and-clam-bake.

While she was there, she worked on her sister’s organic farm and attended an all-school reunion for her junior high school, the same school that her grandmother attended, in the town where her mother grew up. She also got to sing in an impromptu rock band who called themselves the Ad Hocs– at the reunion dinner for this organization. The school gathering was attended by more than 150 former students and instructors. The building is now owned by another school but this is the place.

In the meantime, things have changed a little with regard to product sales via the online web site. We’re taking orders but are mostly doing in-person sales and repair jobs; doing our best to complete projects that need completing. Please stay tuned for availability of products. And feel free to drop a note anytime.

 

V-Day 2012 Oakland, Benefit Show at the Uptown

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As foretold by our guest blogger, Lady V-Jay Jay, the fund-raising performance of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues will be held on Wednesday March 14 and Thursday March 15, 2012, at the UPTOWN NIGHTCLUB on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, CA.

2012 Vagina Monologues Performance, Oakland, CA

Come on by the UPTOWN on Thursday night for a chance to bid on some great Silent Auction items from these local businesses and individuals

slient auction table, all proceeds go to Bay Area Women Against Rape

All profits from this event go directly to Bay Area Women Against Rape. Thank you to our generous sponsors:

Get Goes Mobile Cafe

Fiftyseven-Thirtythree

Book Zoo

Ruth M. Freeman

Tech Liminal

Kristen Caven

The Sacred Well

Blisses B

CupKates Bakery

Good Vibrations

*  THANK YOU!  *