Zeitgeist CALENDAR
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The Following events will be in the Zeitgeist Theatre & lounge @ 6621 St. Claude Ave
or the St Claude Arts Park(next door at 6619 St Claude Ave (one block East of Orleans Parish in Arabi):
March 29 through April 4:
Opens March 29:
UPROAR by Paul Middleditch & Hamish Bennett
A 17 year-old student ( Julian Dennison, Hunt For The Wilderpeople & Deadpool 2) is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity from New Zealand also starring Rhys Darby & Minnie Driver.
Saturday, March 30 @ 7:00 pm
DAT’S FUNNY - $20
COMING SOON:
Opens April 6:
7:00 pm nightly
ENNIO by Giuseppe Tornatore
Academy Award winning director of the beloved Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore turns his camera on his longtime collaborator Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020) in a moving and comprehensive profile of the indefatigable composer. Tornatore’s documentary portrait examines the breadth of the maestro’s career, from his early Italian pop songs to the fistful of unforgettable film scores that he wrote, including The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The Thing, Days of Heaven, The Mission and hundreds of others. Packed with insightful commentary from Morricone’s collaborators and contemporaries, Ennio affords the master one last chance to recount his career and deconstruct his artistic process. Featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Quincy Jones, Dario Argento, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Wong Kar-Wai and many more!
Friday, April 12 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES in the Zeitgeist Lounge
Sunday, April 14 @ 8:30 pm
CHRIS ALFORD / REX GREGORY / JAKE NOBLE / DOUG GARRISON
Tuesday, April 16 @ 7:30 pm
CHRIS ALFORD PRESENTS - Creative Improvised Music
Opens April 19:
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER by Vera Drew
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed. As mainstream success eludes our heroine, leading her to unite with a ragtag team of rejects, misfits, and a certain love interest named Mister J, "Joker the Harlequin" is born again as a confident (and psychotic) joker on a collision course with the city's fascist caped crusader. Vats of feminizing chemicals, sexy cartoon interludes, scarecrow psychiatrists, CGI Lorne Michaels, and psychedelic gender dysphoria all play supporting roles. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody. THE PEOPLE’S JOKER features a superhero-sized cast of celebrated comedic talent in both voice and live action roles behind the vibrant kaleidoscope of characters that lampoon the iconic heroes and villains of the DC comics’ world, featuring cameos from comedy multi-hyphenate Tim Heidecker, award-winning actor Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford (Netflix’s Big Mouth, Adult Swim’s Teenage Euthanasia), and Scott Aukerman (Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis co-creator and host of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast), with Vera Drew, Lynn Downey (Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six), Nathan Faustyn (SADDLED), and Kane Distler, in his film debut as Mister J.
Saturday, April 20 in the Art Park
Monthly Art Market
Tuesday, April 23 @ 7:30 pm
DEVIN GREY (NY drummer/composer) with TBA
Thursday, April 25 @ 7:30 pm
GLASS CHOPS featuring HAROLD KELT (micro-tonal Zen harmonics)
Saturday, April 27 @ 7:00 pm
DAT’S FUNNY $20
Tuesday, April 30 @ 7:30 pm
CHRIS ALFORD PRESENTS - Creative Improvised Music
Friday, May 3 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES in the Zeitgeist Lounge
Wednesday, May 8 @ 7:30 pm
BYRON ASHER, HELEN GILLET, CYRUS NABIPOOR, etc.
Friday & Saturday, May 10 & 11 @ 7:30 pm; Sunday, May 12 @ 2:00 pm
THE FELT MENAGERIE presented by the Tennessee Williams Theater Company
A zany, floppy, puppet theatre send-up of Tennessee Williams’ most desperate characters! Come see the outrageous antics in a small southern town’s rec hall as Blanche Dubious stumbles in on a meeting of arch Southern ladies that is categorically not what she planned for. Inner and outer struggles come to hilarious new light as we turn Williams’ iconic themes on their heads. Not recommended for children. Adult Themed. Not appropriate for anyone under 16.
Saturday, May 18 in the Art Park
Monthly Art Market
Saturday, May 25 @ 7:00 pm
DAT’S FUNNY $20
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6621 St. Claude Ave. Arabi, LA 70032 www.zeitgeistnola.org (504) 352-1150
Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrated its 31st anniversary this November.
Come join us!
The Following events will be in the Zeitgeist Theatre & lounge @ 6621 St. Claude Ave
or the St Claude Arts Park(next door at 6619 St Claude Ave (one block East of Orleans Parish in Arabi):
March 29 through April 4:
Opens March 29:
UPROAR by Paul Middleditch & Hamish Bennett
A 17 year-old student ( Julian Dennison, Hunt For The Wilderpeople & Deadpool 2) is forced to get off the fence he has actively sat on all his life to stand up for himself, his whanau (family) and his future in this heartwarming story of identity from New Zealand also starring Rhys Darby & Minnie Driver.
Saturday, March 30 @ 7:00 pm
DAT’S FUNNY - $20
COMING SOON:
Opens April 6:
7:00 pm nightly
ENNIO by Giuseppe Tornatore
Academy Award winning director of the beloved Cinema Paradiso, Giuseppe Tornatore turns his camera on his longtime collaborator Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020) in a moving and comprehensive profile of the indefatigable composer. Tornatore’s documentary portrait examines the breadth of the maestro’s career, from his early Italian pop songs to the fistful of unforgettable film scores that he wrote, including The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, The Thing, Days of Heaven, The Mission and hundreds of others. Packed with insightful commentary from Morricone’s collaborators and contemporaries, Ennio affords the master one last chance to recount his career and deconstruct his artistic process. Featuring interviews with Clint Eastwood, Quentin Tarantino, John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Quincy Jones, Dario Argento, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Wong Kar-Wai and many more!
Friday, April 12 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES in the Zeitgeist Lounge
Sunday, April 14 @ 8:30 pm
CHRIS ALFORD / REX GREGORY / JAKE NOBLE / DOUG GARRISON
Tuesday, April 16 @ 7:30 pm
CHRIS ALFORD PRESENTS - Creative Improvised Music
Opens April 19:
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER by Vera Drew
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed. As mainstream success eludes our heroine, leading her to unite with a ragtag team of rejects, misfits, and a certain love interest named Mister J, "Joker the Harlequin" is born again as a confident (and psychotic) joker on a collision course with the city's fascist caped crusader. Vats of feminizing chemicals, sexy cartoon interludes, scarecrow psychiatrists, CGI Lorne Michaels, and psychedelic gender dysphoria all play supporting roles. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody. THE PEOPLE’S JOKER features a superhero-sized cast of celebrated comedic talent in both voice and live action roles behind the vibrant kaleidoscope of characters that lampoon the iconic heroes and villains of the DC comics’ world, featuring cameos from comedy multi-hyphenate Tim Heidecker, award-winning actor Bob Odenkirk, Maria Bamford (Netflix’s Big Mouth, Adult Swim’s Teenage Euthanasia), and Scott Aukerman (Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis co-creator and host of the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast), with Vera Drew, Lynn Downey (Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six), Nathan Faustyn (SADDLED), and Kane Distler, in his film debut as Mister J.
Saturday, April 20 in the Art Park
Monthly Art Market
Tuesday, April 23 @ 7:30 pm
DEVIN GREY (NY drummer/composer) with TBA
Thursday, April 25 @ 7:30 pm
GLASS CHOPS featuring HAROLD KELT (micro-tonal Zen harmonics)
Saturday, April 27 @ 7:00 pm
DAT’S FUNNY $20
Tuesday, April 30 @ 7:30 pm
CHRIS ALFORD PRESENTS - Creative Improvised Music
Friday, May 3 @ 8:00 pm
GOLD ROOM READING SERIES in the Zeitgeist Lounge
Wednesday, May 8 @ 7:30 pm
BYRON ASHER, HELEN GILLET, CYRUS NABIPOOR, etc.
Friday & Saturday, May 10 & 11 @ 7:30 pm; Sunday, May 12 @ 2:00 pm
THE FELT MENAGERIE presented by the Tennessee Williams Theater Company
A zany, floppy, puppet theatre send-up of Tennessee Williams’ most desperate characters! Come see the outrageous antics in a small southern town’s rec hall as Blanche Dubious stumbles in on a meeting of arch Southern ladies that is categorically not what she planned for. Inner and outer struggles come to hilarious new light as we turn Williams’ iconic themes on their heads. Not recommended for children. Adult Themed. Not appropriate for anyone under 16.
Saturday, May 18 in the Art Park
Monthly Art Market
Saturday, May 25 @ 7:00 pm
DAT’S FUNNY $20
__________________________________________________________________________________________
6621 St. Claude Ave. Arabi, LA 70032 www.zeitgeistnola.org (504) 352-1150
Schedule is subject to change as films are held over – please check the website for updates nightly.
Zeitgeist is a non-profit, artist run media arts center that celebrated its 31st anniversary this November.
Come join us!