Two new live “shadowcast” performances of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” will be held as charity fundraisers for the women’s rights organization Equality Now, as part of the ongoing “Can’t Stop the Serenity” campaign. The Teseracte Players of Boston were a big hit at the Boston CSTS event earlier this year! Catch their performance again at these two events:
September 14th, 10:00pm, Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA – http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/movie_detail/100918.html
September 17th, 11:00pm, Cinema Salem in Salem, MA – http://cinemasalem.com/movies/drhorriblessing
[Tip via Dave of CSTS Boston]
The Rhode Island Science Fiction Club (RISFC) will be having a Sci-Fi Film Festival at the Warwick Public Library in Warwick, RI on Saturday, September 11th from 9:00am-5:00pm. The film list currently includes Godzilla: Final Wars, Young Frankenstein, It Came From Outerspace (1953), and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It’s free to the public and refreshments will be provided. See http://risfc.org/ and http://www.warwicklibrary.org/wpl/ for more information.
[Tip from James at RISFC]
I had previously noted that Cinematic Titanic, the movie-mocking troupe of former MST3K members, will be appearing live in Boston on October 29th; they also have a show scheduled in Providence, RI on October 16th at 8:00pm.
Cinematic Titanic Live is the theatrical version of movie riffing, the comedic art form we created over twenty years ago in the form of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Performed in a theater, the five cast members take the stage and riff on a feature film in front of a live audience. Lately Cinematic Titanic has taken over some of the most beautiful theaters in the country with some of the cheesiest movies ever made, making for a hilarious evening of entertainment.
Details are available at http://www.cinematictitanic.com/livetour.php.
[Tip from Scott of the New England Browncoats]
Did you miss Boston’s “Can’t Stop the Serenity” event? Are you jonesing to see “Serenity” and “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” again? Well, you have another chance! The Rhode Island Science Fiction Club and the RKO Army are joining forces to bring CSTS to Rhode Island:
You have another chance to catch “Can’t Stop the Serenity”!!! July 24th at Cinemaworld in Lincoln, RI at 10:30 pm. We’re staring with Joss Whedon’s “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog” with a live shadowcast by the RKO Army followed by “Serenity” at midnight! The Rhode Island Science Fiction Club is hosting this event to bring CSTS to Rhode Island and southern New England. $15 in advance and $20 at the door with all proceeds to go to Equality Now. Also bring a non-perishable food item for the RI Food Bank. For tickets go to Cinemaworld in Lincoln or email info@risfc.org.
Learn more at http://www.cstsri.blogspot.com/ and http://www.cinemaworldonline.com/lincoln/.
[Tip from James of the Rhode Island Science Fiction Club]
The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA is hosting a series of midnight movies on July weekends, dubbed “The End Is Nigh In July.” All the movies being screened depict the possible end of the world: Independence Day, Mad Max, 12 Monkeys, Six-String Samurai, and 28 Days Later. You can buy a pass for the entire series if you wish. For details on showtimes and tickets visit http://www.coolidge.org/.
The Saturday Fright Special horror show hosts will celebrate their fourth annual “Spooktacular” event with “a rare 35mm screening of the 1967 Toho monster melee SON OF GODZILLA” at the Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH on July 31st at 2:00pm. They’ll be making quite a party of it:
In addition to the main feature, cast members of the NH-based horror host TV show SATURDAY FRIGHT SPECIAL will appear on stage to introduce the film and conduct prize giveaways, featuring signed comics and original sketches by horror comics icon S.R. Bissette (who’ll be debuting a new comic at the event), as well as additional original sketches from students and alumni from the Center for Cartoon Studies in VT. Preceding the feature will be vintage monster movie previews, snack bar ads, and a cartoon.
You can find out more details at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125878930783967 (a Facebook login is not required to see this page) and http://www.thecolonial.org.
[Tip from Spooktacular Curator Mark]
The Harvard Film Archive in Cambridge, MA will be screening science fiction films from the 1970s from June 18th to June 28th. Here’s the introduction to the series:
The 1970s witnessed a remarkable efflorescence of science fiction films, with filmmakers in the U.S. and abroad channeling the relentless darkness and misanthropy of the period’s cinema into dystopian, paranoid and offbeat fables of a bleak new world. After 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), science fiction cinema entered an extraordinarily creative and fertile period equally distinguished by such brooding masterpieces as Solaris, Andrei Tarkovsky’s answer to Kubrick, and Nicholas Roeg’s haunting elegy for a dying race The Man Who Fell to Earth, as by the outrageous and imaginative satire of Death Race 2000 and Dark Star. Predicting a future ruled by reality television programs, genetic engineering, environmental plagues and insouciant robots, talented auteurs such as Robert Altman, David Cronenberg and Jim McBride brought a new sophistication and dark verve to one of the most popular postwar film genres.
To see a complete list of films and screening times see http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2010aprjun/sf1970.html.
[Tip via Boston Events Insider]
The stars of “Cinematic Titanic” (all former associates of “Mystery Science Theater 3000″) will be making a live appearance to mock some of the best worst movies ever at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, MA. The show takes place on October 29th at 8:00pm, but tickets go on sale to the general public on June 4th.
Cinematic Titanic Live is the theatrical version of movie riffing, the comedic art form we created over twenty years ago in the form of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Performed in a theater, the five cast members take the stage and riff on a feature film in front of a live audience. Lately Cinematic Titanic has taken over some of the most beautiful theaters in the country with some of the cheesiest movies ever made, making for a hilarious evening of entertainment.
For details see http://www.cinematictitanic.com/livetour.php. If you know the super secret password, you can order tickets early at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/010044B5CE45BE9B?artistid=1368329&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=51.
[Tip via Rich of Vortex of Mirth]
Oops! I didn’t realize that James Cameron has dropped out of the previously-scheduled “Evening With James Cameron” event on June 16; he’s been replaced with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. See http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/cf10/.
[Thanks to Richard and Dave for alerting me to the change]
“Star Wars in Concert” is a live performance of music from the Star Wars saga that brings together “stunning visuals, a live orchestra, choir and narration, plus an exclusive exhibit of Star Wars costumes, props and production artwork.” The concert returns to New England with two performance dates:
Wednesday, July 21st at Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH
Thursday, July 22nd at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT
For details visit http://www.starwarsinconcert.com/.
[Tip from Rich of Vortex of Mirth]
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September 7, 2010 10:31 pm | 
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