Monday, May 14 at 7 PM

May Mystery Classic Movie:

REAR WINDOW

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Wendell Corey

A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Intro by Jonathan Woods, a mystery writer whose new book, "A Death in Mexico," was just released

Wednesday, May 16 at TBA, 7:00pm

LIVE La Fille Mal Gardee from the Royal Ballet

Monday, May 21 at 7 PM

May Mystery Classic Movie:

THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars:Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Lawrence A. Bonney

A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Intro by Hy Conrad (writer/producer of "Monk")

Tickets $10, Members $7

Monday, May 28 at 7 PM

May Mystery Classic Movie:

STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars:Farley Granger, Robert Walker and Ruth Roman

A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement.

Intro by Jonathan Woods, a mystery writer whose new book, "A Death in Mexico," was just released

June 6-8, 6:00 pm, Free Admission

JUNE 6 TH, 6:00pm

THE COCKETTES (2002)

Directed by San Francisco activist David Weissman, the film is one of three documentaries sponsored on consecutive evenings by the Education department of AIDS Help.

The Cockettes is about the gender-bending hippie troupe that performed midnight drag musicals at San Francisco’s Palace Theatre in the late 60’s and early 70’s. Their operetta-like productions thrilled audiences with crazed narratives and flamboyant costuming, and Weissman’s look back at their antics as they made their way to Broadway in New York is as wry as it is sobering.

  Fagbug: The Video.   Turning a slur sprayed on her VW Beetle from scarlet letters into a badge of honor, college grad student Erin Davies hit the road in her rechristened "fagbug" to raise awareness of gay rights and to speak where others had been silenced. The resulting documentary captures a 58-day cross-continental trip in which Davies interviews 500 people, discovers the virulence of hate crimes and records reactions to her queerly customized ride.  Presented by the AIDS Help Education Department.  Co-Sponsored by Key West Butterfly Nature Conservatory and Tropic Cinema.  Q&A and Reception to follow.

Free Admission  

JUNE 7 th, 6:00pm

WE WERE HERE

The new documentary We Were Here will receive its Key West premiere during Key West PRIDE,
sponsored by the Education department of AIDS Help. The 90-minute film, also directed by David Weissman, is one of three documentaries scheduled on consecutive evenings.

We Were Here focuses on 5 individuals, all of whom resided in San Francisco pre-AIDS. Blending archival footage with new interviews, the retrospective illuminates the unimaginable emotional toll, the political complexities of a sexually-transmitted plague and the role of women -- notably lesbians -- in caring for a community being ravaged.

The night’s audience is invited to remain for a live SKYPE videoconference with filmmaker Weissman.
Questions are encouraged.

 Fagbug: The Video.   Turning a slur sprayed on her VW Beetle from scarlet letters into a badge of honor, college grad student Erin Davies hit the road in her rechristened "fagbug" to raise awareness of gay rights and to speak where others had been silenced. The resulting documentary captures a 58-day cross-continental trip in which Davies interviews 500 people, discovers the virulence of hate crimes and records reactions to her queerly customized ride.  Presented by the AIDS Help Education Department.  Co-Sponsored by Key West Butterfly Nature Conservatory and Tropic Cinema. 

Free Admission  

JUNE 8 TH, 6:00pm

THE ADONIS FACTOR

The documentary will receive its Key West premiere during Key West PRIDE.
Directed by Christopher Hines ,the film  represents the final of three documentaries scheduled on consecutive evenings, all sponsored by the Education department of AIDS Help, all presented free to the public.

The Adonis Factor both champions and casts a critical eye upon the  shackles of gymrat narcissism many gay men have willingly embraced and objectified. 

“There’s plenty of eye candy and chiseled 6-packs,”  AIDS Help Director of Education Derrick Traylor commented, “yet the diverse viewpoints make for a complex, sometimes inflammatory, documentary that covers everything from circuit parties to steroid abuse and pec implants.”        

Fagbug: The Video.   Turning a slur sprayed on her VW Beetle from scarlet letters into a badge of honor, college grad student Erin Davies hit the road in her rechristened "fagbug" to raise awareness of gay rights and to speak where others had been silenced. The resulting documentary captures a 58-day cross-continental trip in which Davies interviews 500 people, discovers the virulence of hate crimes and records reactions to her queerly customized ride.  Presented by the AIDS Help Education Department.  Co-Sponsored by Key West Butterfly Nature Conservatory and Tropic Cinema. 

Free Admission  

Sunday, June 24 at 11:00am, 7:00pm

LIVE Raymonda from the Bolshoi Ballet

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