[DAC] Truth Serum events for the next couple of weeks.

[Aliza Shapiro]

Here are some events from Truth Serum Productions. Check out 
http://www.truthserum.org and get on the mailing list. We give away a 
lot of tickets to stuff and have some for the Gay and Lesbian Film/Video 
Festival at the MFA which starts Wednesday...and here's some other stuff!

EARLY Sunday May 13, 2007 MOTHER'S DAY! BRING YOUR MOM!
Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Cabaret Life Drawing Class
Great Scott 1222 Commonwealth Ave (corner of Harvard and Commonwealth)
$7 2:30pm 18+ (bring your ID, this is a bar)
http://www.truthserum.org

Aside from the standard structure of short poses to warm you up and then 
longer ones to give you more time to concentrate, this is definitely not 
your typical life drawing class. The model wears gorgeous burlesque 
outfits or goofy costumes and slowly strips out of them! The model 
talks! You'll clap for them and hoot and holler! You'll tip them! You'll 
chat with your neighbor! Dig out your dusty sketchbooks or hit the store 
and get a pad, and come join us for a little late afternoon nudie 
drawing date.

Our fabulous model this month is Max. He's our first male model for Dr. 
Sketchy Boston...And he'll be joined by Providence's burly girl: 
Voluptuous Rain.

LATER Sunday May 13, 2007
Screening: El Calentito and The Face of God with after-party
Films 7:30pm @ MFA Boston Gay and Lesbian Film/Video Festival
After-Party (doors 8pm, films 10pm) The Milky Way Lounge and Lanes
405 Centre Street in Hyde Square Jamaica Plain
$5, $3 with MFA ticket stub, or you know, as much as you want to pay. 
21+ http://www.truthserum.org

El Calentito by Chus Gutierrez (Spain, 2005, 90 min.) preceded by The 
Face of God by local filmmaker Peter Pizzi (US, 2007, 7 min.) and 
featuring Ben McCoy aka Mr. Lady.

After-party with the filmmakers and stars, queer music video 
compilation, Backalley Jukebox, by Matt Thomas of Toronto, Tam Willey's 
(ex-Secret Cock) new film: TRANNYCHASERS: A Skateboard Roadtrip, and 
Lisette Murphy's shadow puppet animation Mounte Bank: a traveling 
showcase of body bluffs, DJ Mark E. Moon and special film inspired 
drinks. The party will be happening from 8pm on, so come and chill if 
you want and watch the music videos. But we'll wait until about 10pm to 
run the local films so the folks over at the MFA can make it to the 
Milky Way.

Wednesday May 16, 2007
The Odyssey presented by Boston's new queer film/media series, CineMental
Brattle Theater
40 Brattle Street Harvard Sq. Cambridge
8.00pm, $10, all ages
http://www.truthserum.org

James Nadeau and Aliza Shapiro, who have been involved with programming 
for the Boston Gay and Lesbian Film/Video Festival for the past 6 years, 
along with other local programmers, have created a series that will 
explore the fringes of queer film, video and groundbreaking performative 
work with a decidedly alternative perspective. Welcome the birth of 
CineMental! CineMental will showcase the best of independent queer media 
in a way never before seen in Boston. CineMental will be a convergence 
of film, video, performance and music. It will change the way you think 
about what is queer, what is art and what is queer art! In a world where 
"The Gay" is becoming mainstream, we celebrate the radical. CineMental 
presents our first screening and event: The Odyssey

The Odyssey is 4th in the Pocket Myths series and is a collaboration 
between Andrea Lawlor and filmmaker Bernadine Mellis. Featuring work by 
mostly queer, trans, and women artists, retelling Homer's ancient epic 
of the aftermath of war. 24 continuous short films by 24 different 
groups of artists, tell the stories in the 24 chapters of Homer's epic, 
The Odyssey, in every film/video format imaginable. Film makers include: 
Paula Cronan & Laurie Weeks, Rebecca Yaffe & Laura Mays, Samuael 
Topiary, Courtney Dailey & Michael Hyde, Bill Basquin, EE Miller, Eileen 
Myles...Full list here.

The evening will feature music by Ryder Cooley along with readings by 
artists included in the project. After the screening we'll celebrate 
with drinks and discussion at Upstairs on the Square.

The Odyssey project comprises a zine complete with stories, poetry, and 
art, and the accompanying film on DVD. These will be on sale at the 
screening/performance. The zine is actually a 130 page volume, 
beautifully printed and closed with a naval knot of rope.