Fri, May 24th @ 7:00 & 9:00	Sat, May 25th @ 4:30, 7:00 & 9:00	Sun, May 26th @ 4:30 & 7:00

Tattoo Nation

Tattoos used to be a sign of rebellion. A middle finger salute to the rest of the world. Outlaw bikers got tattoos. Sailors on leave in Singapore got tattoos. Lifers in the joint got tattoos. Now, your mother's got a butterfly on her ankle and your kid's sporting a tramp stamp. What happened? How did tattoos go from the renegade, readymade, carney cartoons inked as fast as possible to the art form they've become today?

That transformation is the subject of the new documentary film, TATTOO NATION.
TATTOO NATION tells how a few incarcerated but very talented Chicano artists changed the world of ink forever. It follows three tattoo pioneers, Charlie Cartwright, Jack Rudy and Freddy Negrete, and shows how a new, fine line style using detail and shading to achieve a remarkable realism revolutionized the world of ink. In 1975, Cartwright and Rudy boldly opened the first tattoo parlor in the heart of East LA's Chicano community. They hired a recently paroled teenager who, while in jail, unknowingly established iconic images that spoke to an entire generation of Chicanos. Freddy Negrete became the first professional Chicano artist employed by a mainstream tattoo parlor – a tattoo parlor that was embraced as a new vehicle for self-expression by the Chicano community in East Los Angeles. For the first time, these legendary figures tell their stories in a feature-length documentary film. Included are other important figures such as David Oropeza and "Chuco" Caballero, winners of many prestigious tattoo competitions. Their victories brought international recognition to the uniquely American approach known as "Black & Grey". The world of tattoo, and the way we regard tattoo, was forever changed.

2013 • 1 HOUR & 26 MINUTES • Documentary

Thurs, May 23rd @ 6:30

DOPAMINE

Speaker: Jana Hackathorn, Associate Professor Murray State University

Topic: Dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain, is more commonly known as the driver in the pleasure center of the brain. This potent neurochemical can increase maternal bonding with a child, sexual attraction to a stranger, preferences for sexual behaviors, satisfaction with one's current relationship, and even duration of one's committed romance. As a whole, current research indicates that dopamine is not just a major player in our relationship behaviors but may in fact be the star player.

Regular Admission-$8.75
Seniors/Students-$5.25
MAC Members-$5.00

Rand, Winston, and Johnson have a small tech startup company in the Bay Area that's developing a artificially-lived computer character, Koy Koy the bird, who can hear and see and interact with the user. Koy Koy gets placed in a kids schoolroom for testing, and Rand develops a relationship with one of the teachers, Sarah. Rand learns that his scientific understanding of human mating isn't necessarily a roadmap for the real thing.

2003 • 1 HOURS & 19 MINUTES • HD

Mon, May 27th @ 7:00

Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide show Part 2
& It's Fine! Everything is Fine.

Disclaimer
The ideas and images being utilized in the performance as well as films are of an explicit nature. Please take care in purchasing your tickets as there will not be any refunds.

No one under 18 will be allowed.

Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide Show Part 2 and It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE!
Actor/Director Crispin Glover comes to Maiden Alley Cinema with his Big Slideshow and films followed by a post-screening Q&A and book signing. It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE goes into uncharted cinematic territory with screenwriter Steven C. Stewart starring in this semi-autobiographical, psycho-sexual, tale about a man with severe cerebral palsy and a fetish for girls with long hair.

Crispin Hellion Glover performs a one hour dramatic narration of eight different profusely illustrated books. The images from the books are projected behind Mr. Glover during his performance.

Purchase your $20 ticket here.

Tickets will be $25 the day of the show. Crispin will be present for a Q & A and book signing directly following the film.

Tues, May 28th @ 7:00

Crispin Hellion Glover's Big Slide Show Part 1 & WHAT IS IT?
Disclaimer
The ideas and images being utilized in the performance as well as films are of an explicit nature. Please take care in purchasing your tickets as there will not be any refunds.

No one under 18 will be allowed.

Actor/Director Crispin Glover returns to Maiden Alley Cinema for his second evening with his Big Slideshow and films followed by a post-screening Q&A and book signing. WHAT IS IT? is a bewildering, unnerving, surreal, blackly comic film from the visionary mind of Crispin Glover that tells the inner and outer struggles of a young man facing villains and demons on multiple planes.

Crispin Hellion Glover performs a one hour dramatic narration of eight different profusely illustrated books. The images from the books are projected behind Mr. Glover during his performance.

Purchase your $20 ticket here.

Tickets will be $25 the day of the show. Crispin will be present for a Q & A and book signing directly following the film.

Frances Ha

Starring Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, To Rome With Love)
Directed by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and The Whale & Greenberg)

Frances (Greta Gerwig) lives in New York, but she doesn't really have an apartment. Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she's not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren't really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. FRANCES HA is a modern comic fable in which Noah Baumbach explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption.

2013 • 1 HOUR & 35 MINUTES

Thurs, June 20th @ 7:00

ET: The Extra-terrestrial

Sponsored by Schlafly Beer
A  Steven Spielberg Film

Beer: Summer Larger- A beer worth phoning home about.

A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet.

1982 • 1 HOUR & 55 MINUTES • HD

$10.00 All Admissions including one beer ticket.

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