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Written by Rehema Barber
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Midnight Matinees beginning 07.10.09—07.31.09
Come out to the Power House every Friday night beginning 07.10 for some of our best film picks yet! Admission is just $5 per person and FREE for members. Doors open at 11:15 and the films promptly start at midnight, unless otherwise noted. Join us for our kick off event on July 10th at 10:30 with guest, Bryant Terry, Author of Vegan Soul Kitchen, for his film pick Watermelon Man and sample one of the tasty recipes from his book, a Watermelon Martini.
MIDNIGHT MATINEE SCHEDULE
 Watermelon Man - 07.10.09
Starring: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, D'Urville Martin
Directed by: Melvin Van Peebles
100 minutes; 1970; Rated R Jeff Gerber, an insurance agent, lives in a typical suburban neighborhood. He is also both racist and a fitness freak. But Jeff's bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.
Teeth - 07.17.09
Starring: Jess Weixler, John Hensley
Directed By: Mitchell Lichenstein
94 minutes; 2008; Rated R
In this horror black-comedy film, high school student Dawn works hard at suppressing her budding sexuality by being the local chastity group's most active participant. A stranger to her own body, a forced sexual encounter causes innocent Dawn to discover she has a hidden curse-- an adaptation-- that may turn out to be an asset.
Fido - 07.24.09
Starring: Carrie-Anne Moss, Tim Blake Nelson, Billy Connolly
Directed by: Andrew Currie
91 minutes; 2007; Rated PG-13
Ashy-blue-skinned zombies haul trash, mow lawns and do any other grunt work in picture-perfect Willard, as they've done since the Zombie Wars turned them into domesticated servants controlled by a company called Zomcom. They think they have everything under control, but little Timmy Robinson knows it is not so when his family's zombie named Fido eats their next-door neighbor in this truly original (and funny) horror film.
Tsotsi - 07.31.09
Starring: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Kenneth Nkosi
Directed By: Gavin Hood
94 minutes; 2006; Rated R Tsotsi is the street name of a young Johannesburg delinquent who has taken to a life of crime in order to support himself. One evening, Tsotsi shoots a woman while stealing her car, and only later discovers that her infant son is in the back seat. As Tsotsi finally looks back at his own childhood, he tries to take care of the infant on his own.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 July 2009 21:52 )
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Written by Rehema Barber
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Tuesday, 02 June 2009 16:17 |
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Girls, Grillz, and Dolls 06.26.09—08.10.09 
Power House Memphis welcomes Atlanta based photographer Sheila Pree Bright as our next Fuel Room artist. Join us starting at 6:30pm on June 25th for our Fuel for the Fire lecture by Bright, during which she will discuss her processes and impetus for the work. The official opening for Girls, Grillz, and Dolls will be on June 26th from 6 to 9pm. In the spirit of Power House’s goal to present art experiments and experiences, Bright reopened two previous bodies of work, Plastic Bodies and Gold Rush. Bright came to Memphis for a week in May to photograph different individuals within our community, some of whom will be featured in her Memphis debut. Artist Bio
Sheila Pree Bright is an Atlanta based photographer whose large-scale works combine a wide-ranging knowledge of contemporary culture, while challenging perceptions of identity. Bright has recently emerged as a new voice in contemporary photography with her edgy portrayals of urban and suburban themes, as well as her provocative commentary about American beauty standards. She received national attention after winning the Santa Fe Prize from the Santa Fe Center for photography in 2006 for a series of work entitled The Suburbia Series. The series takes aim at the American media's projection of the "stereotypical" African American community to depict a more realistic and common subsection of African American life. Recently, Bright embarked on one of her most ambitious projects to date called Young Americans, which was underwritten by a grant from the Aetna Foundation. The exhibition premiered as a solo exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta in May 2008 and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in September 2008. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 22 June 2009 21:57 )
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Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere... |
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Monday, 11 May 2009 00:00 |
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Power House Memphis presents: Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere…
A Power House Director’s Choice Group Exhibition
July 3-August 10, 2009 Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere looks at the oddity of humanity with pieces that border on the bizarre, compulsive and the beautiful. Works question labels of race, gender and cultural identity, highlighting the concept of otherness and how it affects our perception of reality. The sense of wandering implied by Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere is embodied by installations that lie on the fringes of categories like sculpture and painting, but do not quite find a home within these classifications. Much of the work deals with the negotiation of identity in a world that is complex, mysterious and anything but black and white.The 2009 Power House Director's Choice Artists are: Keith O. Anderson (NYC), Dwayne Butcher (Memphis), Brendan Fernandes (NYC), Marie Irmgard (Denmark), Charles Huntley Nelson (Atlanta), Kambui Olujimi (NYC), Joel Parsons (Memphis), Jonathan and Mary Postal (Memphis), Jackson Dingo Ryan (Eugene, OR) and Tam Tran (Memphis). - Opening reception from 6-8pm July 3rd
- Director's Choice talk about Everywhere, Nowhere, Somewhere on July 16th at 6:30pm
  
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Last Updated ( Friday, 03 July 2009 18:21 )
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Guest Project: Born Under A Bad Sign |
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The Fuel Room Guest Project : Born under a bad sign.
Guest Curated by Celine Kopp
Participating Artists: Saâdane Afif (FR), Ulla von Brandenburg (GER), Marcelline Delbecq (FR), Laurent Montaron (FR), Lili Reynaud Dewar (FR), Mai-Thu Perret (CH) Born under a bad sign is a project bringing to Memphis six of Europe's most exciting artists to be in residence together in Memphis in 2009. This project will take place in several phases involving: a research period, the introduction of the featured artists’ work to the local audience while each artist is in Memphis developing their projects, the creation of a book, and the organization of an exhibition that will premier in Memphis and then tour internationally. Born under a bad sign was a blues album by Albert King, recorded between 1966 and 1967, and released in 1967 by Stax Records. The title brings to mind the musical history of Memphis, the civil rights movements, the situation and history of the South, and also vernacular culture and references to the occult (Robert Johnson and the crossroads curse, etc.) |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 June 2009 16:03 )
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