A new month brings about another Chomp Womp Family Night hosted at the 8th Street Taproom (801 New Hampshire) in Lawrence, KS. The lineup on Monday, August 3rd consists of:

BURGER KINGDOM
DEMON HORSE
THE KITE TAILS
CONTINENT

10pm /// 3 bucks///21+

posted by: Brent Carter

Because he spent the last 16 years of his life living and working in Lawrence, KS we Lawrencians have a special place in our hearts for William S. Burroughs. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Burroughs’ classic Naked Lunch and the 12th year since he passed away, so to honor the world renowned writer, artist, junkie and gun enthusiast the Lawrence community has organized two special events.

On Saturday, August 1st from 6 to 9pm DotDotDot Artspace (1910 Haskell) will host a one-night only show of previously unseen stencils, stamps, and paint-covered curiosities used by William S. Burroughs in the making of his artworks curated by artist Yuri Zupancic.

On Sunday, August 2nd from 6 to 9pm the Bourgeois Pig (6 E 9th) will hold an exhibit of selected Burroughs artwork, and a celebration featuring:

• Remarks from Burroughs’ former editor James Grauerholz
• Readings from Naked Lunch by former cohorts Jim McCrary and Wayne Propst
• Screenings of Propst’s home videos of WSB in Lawrence and “Towers Open Fire,” by Antony Balch and WSB (1963)
• Accordion serenade by Sue Ashline, and some of the Old Man’s favorite songs on the iPod
• The Dream Machine
• Plus Burroughs’ favorite food and drinks will be served all night

Not in Lawrence? Click here to find about other Naked Lunch @ 50 celebrations going on around the world.

posted by: Brent Carter

Studio Synopsis:
Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case, Crude is a real-life, high stakes legal drama involving global politics, the environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous cultures. Subverting the conventions of advocacy filmmaking, this award-winning film explores a complex situation from all angles, bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus. “Rarely have such conflicts been examined with the depth and power of Joe Berlinger’s documentary Crude. These real characters and events play out on the screen like a sprawling legal thriller.” – Stephen Holden, The New York Times

In select theaters: September 9, 2009

Having already seen Brother’s Keeper and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster we know this will be an incredible film.

Learn more about Crude here.

posted by: Harold Johns III

Mixtape SoundLab and AudioOne presents the Replay Lounge Hip Hop Takeover on Thursday, July 30th.

The following artists are scheduled to play on the two stages at Replay Lounge (10th & Mass. St. Lawrence, KS):

JABEE – 12:45
REACH – 12:15
SMOOTH CONFUSION – 11:45
JAMES CHRISTOS – 11:25
ROYCE DIAMOND – 11:00
GREG ENEMY – 10:45
DUTCH NEWMAN – 10:30
THE PHANTOM – 10:15
ATILLA – (TBA)
CRAIG SMITH – 10:00
J. BROWN – 9:30
SPENCE – 8:00

DJs (on the patio):
JOHNNY QUEST
MILES BONNY
DJ ATHER
DJ GTRAIN

The show starts at 7pm, is all ages until 10pm and has a $3 cover. After 10pm it’s 21 and over. Mixtape SoundLabs will also be giving away two free days at the studio: one in studio A, and one in the new B studio.

posted by: Harold Johns III

From the organizers:
The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in which teams make a movie—write, shoot, edit and score it—in just 48 hours. Each team is assigned a genre, character, prop, and line of dialogue that they must work into their film. They are responsible for putting together a cast and crew, and getting equipment and anything else necessary to make a film/video in just a weekend. Any team, regardless of skill level, is eligible to participate in this competition. Filmmaking teams of all levels will begin at 7:00pm on Friday, July 31st and deliver a finished 4 to 7 minute film by 7:30pm on Sunday, August 2nd. The completed films will then premiere at the Screenland Theater (1656 Washington KCMO) on Friday August 7th at 7:30pm and again on Sunday, August 9th at 9:45pm.

posted by: Brent Carter

The Lawrence/Douglas County Chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition will be hosting FREE films every few months as part of their Never-ending Film Festival. This Thursday, July 30th, 7pm at Liberty Hall (646 Massachusetts) the Coalition presents the winner of the 1998 Golden Globe Best Foreign Film award “Ma Vie en Rose” (“My Life In Pink”). Check back at The Rathaus or on the Kansas Equality Coalition of Lawrence website for future showing dates and titles.

posted by: Tricia Rock