Word Up Recirculation welcomes sustainable food systems researcher Antonio Roman-Alcalá to discuss his new book, NORTH STARS OF EMANCIPATION: California’s Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, on how greater racial inclusion can propel movements forward and help realize sustainable change, from a longtime political organizer and researcher.
“North Stars of Emancipation is a profound treatment of the complex barriers to transforming an exploitative industrial food system in clear need of it. Read for the data, the collective wisdom, but also to learn about, perhaps feel a part of, a burgeoning of creative thinking and searching action.”~Ricardo Salvador, Director and Senior Scientist of the Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
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Film Works Alfresco presents “Rope”
108 minutes. Mystery Thriller in English with Spanish subtitles (1948, USA). Appropriate for Young Adult. Pre-show strings performance by Cinema Quartet
As formally audacious as it is narratively brilliant, Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope connects a powerful ensemble in service of a darkly satisfying crime thriller. Starring Jimmy Stewart.
7:30pm – Pre-show live performance
8:30pm (approximately) – Feature Presentation
Programming will take place rain or shine Food and drink available for purchase until 9pm.
Free admission. Donations appreciated.
Film Works Alfresco: Raising Victor Vargas
98 minutes. Drama in English with Spanish subtitles (2003, USA). Appropriate for Young Adult. Pre-show performance by Curtis Turney and his Afro-Caribbean Septet at 7:30pm.
On New York City’s Lower East Side, Dominican teen and aspiring ladies’ man Victor Vargas has nothing but girls on his mind in this touching coming-of-age film.
7:30pm – Pre-show live performance
8:30pm (approximately) – Feature Presentation
Programming will take place rain or shine Food and drink available for purchase until 9pm.
Free admission. Donations appreciated.
A new one act play “Uptown Boys”
Andy Price (Bernie), Vincent Saia (Anthony), Jonathan Ellers (Ralph), and Tuto Taveras (Chico) star in Adrian Miranda’s Uptown Boys, a raw, fiercely funny, and deeply moving drama directed by Adrian Miranda. Set around a four-top table in Washington Heights, this bilingual one-act play captures the sharp wit, buried trauma, and unbreakable bonds of lifelong brotherhood.
Set during a routine neighborhood card game cluttered with dominos, chips, and beer, Uptown Boys centers on four aging friends whose lives are upended when Bernie (Price) drops a bombshell announcement: he is leaving the Heights for a new life in a different city. The revelation ignites forty years of unhealed turf wars and personal grief, hitting Ralph (Ellers) hardest as he drowns in the unaddressed loss of his family. But when a sudden, chaotic dual medical emergency strikes the table, the masks of machismo must come down, forcing these men to work as a team to save each other’s lives. Uptown Boys is a powerful exploration of aging, survival, and the ultimate strength it takes to finally ask for help.
