2007 Event Photos

Festivus for the Rest of Us

December 22, 2007

Grievances were aired around the aluminum pole at our Festivus celebration, which also included the Feats of Strength, a Bad Holiday Sweater Parade, a Bad Festivus Gift Exchange, and clips from the best of the worst tv holiday specials.
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Festivus
We Are Magic: The Xanadu Sing-A-Long

November 17, 2007

Our sing-a-long version of the greatest roller disco / fantasy / musical of all time also featured an Olivia Newton John music video salon and a Xanadu costume contest.

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Xanadu Sing Along
Puro Mexicano: A Centennial Tribute to Gabriel Figueroa

November 2 -8, 2007

Our tribute to famous Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa included screenings of brand new prints of eight films that Figueroa shot, including Enamorada and Macario, and each film was introduced by Figueroa's son, Gabriel Figueroa Flores, Jr.

Puro Mexicano
Grey Gardens with Albert Maysles

September 23, 2007

We kicked off our Essential Cinema series with a visit from legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles, who presented his documentary Grey Gardens.

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maysles
Poultrygeist with Lloyd Kaufman

September 21, 2007

Lloyd Kaufman returned to The Loft to premiere his horror/musical/comedy Poultrygeist: Night of The Chicken Dead.

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Poultrygeist
Grease Sing-A-Long

August 24 & 25, 2007

Original Grease cast members Edd "Kookie" Byrnes (Vince Fontaine), Annette Charles (Cha Cha DiGregorio), and Eddie Deezen (Eugene Felnic) attended two nights of the Grease Sing-A-Long.

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Grease
Summercamp! with Sarah Price

August 22, 2007

Summercamp! co-director Sarah Price came to talk about the film and snacked on s'mores and kool-aid with the audience before the screening.

Summercamp!
Viva Elvis

August 16, 2007

Our 30th Anniversary Elvis celebration included a live performance by Rich Butler, aka "The Blue Suede King", a banana and peanut butter sandwich eating contest, and a screening of Viva Las Vegas.

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Viva Elvis
Tucson International Children's Film Festival

July 22 - 28, 2007

The Lofts First annual children's film festival included films such as The Iron Giant, Strings, Microcosmos, and a Muppet Movie Sing-A-Long.

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Children's Film Festival
The Priscilla / ABBA Sing-A-Long and Glam-A-Thon!

June 30, 2007

Wingspan Reel Pride presented a subtitled version of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and an ABBA music video salon.

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Priscilla / ABBA
Phantasm with Angus Scrimm

June 13, 2007

"The Tall Man" Angus Scrimm did a Q + A, preceded by a screening of the classic Phantasm.

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Angus Scrimm
The Very Bad Movie Birthday Bash

May 26, 2007

MyTucsonTV's series, The Very Bad Movie, celebrates it's one year birthday with a screening of the Planet 9 from Outer Space.

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The Very Bad Movie Birthday Bash
The Found Footage Festival

May 21, 2007

Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher presented their hilarious first volume of The Found Footage Festival.

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The Found Footage Festival
Fight Club with Screenwriter Jim Uhls

April 27, 2007

Fight Club screenwriter Jim Uhls discussed his work on the cult hit and his forthcoming projects.

Jim Uhls
Scream-O-Rama 2007

April 13 - 14, 2007

It's the return of our 12 hour horror flick marathon! Featuring an autograph signing with Night of the Living Dead star Judith O'dea and the Miss Scream-O-Rama Terror Pageant.

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Scream-O-Rama 2007
Sleeping Dogs Lie with Bobcat Goldthwait

April 7, 2007

Bobcat did a Q+A following a screening of his new movie Sleeping Dogs Lie.

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Bobcat Goldthwait
First Friday Shorts with special guest hosts, Bobcat Goldthwait & Gordy Hoffman

April 6, 2007

The first Friday of each month at 9 p.m. Red Meat’s Max Cannon hosts the biggest, baddest short film contest in town, but this month Bobcat Goldthwait & Gordy Hoffman help him host!
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First Friday Shorts with special guest hosts, Bobcat Goldthwait and Gordy Hoffman
48 Hour Shootout

March 27, 2007

Teams of filmmakers have 48 hours to write, shoot, edit and submit their films. $500 was awarded to the winner of best overall film.

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48 Hour Shootout
The Purple Rain Sing-A-Long

February 2, 2007

Our first ever Purple Rain Sing-A-Long! Featuring a subtitled version of Prince's classic Purple Rain, a Prince music video salon and costume contest.

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The Purple Rain Sing-A-Long