You can keep your eyes on the gigs calendar for places to see me, but there is a Stay Free! event coming up that you shouldn’t miss: On Tuesday, May 31, the Issue 24 Release Party will be a screening of Brad Neely‘s Wizard People, Dear Readers at Southpaw in Park Slope.
WIZARD PEOPLE screening (aka Stay Free! #24 release party)
Stay Free! magazine is pleased to announce a screening of WIZARD PEOPLE, DEAR READER, in conjunction with our Illegal Art Exhibit. Wizard People, Dear Reader is an unauthorized re-envisioning of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by Brad Neely. The film has recently come under fire from Warner Brothers, which owns the copyrights for the Harry Potter films.
We’re actually going to be screening a new version of the movie. Over the past year, Brad has been performing WP live and embellishing the story with more jokes and other observations. Though he’s no longerdoing the show live (a vow he made in response to Warner Brothers’ attempts to shut down the movie), he re-did the recording and this will actually be its public debut.
Tuesday, May 31 at 8 pm sharp; doors open at 7:30. $5 cover
@ Southpaw: 125 Fifth Ave. (718) 230-0236
Music before the show and at intermission will be provided by DJ Digestif of the Cordial Squad and DJ Meat Mistress.
Read other people’s praise for Wizard People:
An interview on NPR.
The Village Voice featured it in this week’s events listings. (A prior screening was shut down by Warner Brothers. The Voice previewed that show also.)
My friend Daniel wrote about Wizard People for Salon last year.
I hope to see you there.