DC LaborFest Wraps, Labor FilmFest Continues
Friday, May 30, 2014
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The
first annual DC LaborFest wraps up this Saturday but the
14th annual DC Labor
FilmFest continues through
the month of June, with screenings Monday nights at AFI, plus free screenings
at Busboys & Poets and the AFL-CIO. Don't miss the free tour of the
Laborers, your last chance before the building closes for a year-long
renovation.
UPCOMING:
Sat, May 31: Music: Joe Uehlein & The U-Liners
Mon, June 2: Film: Kinky Boots
Tue, June 3: Film: Men At Lunch (FREE!)
Weds, June 4: Laborers' Museum Tour (NEW DATE!)
Fri/Sat, June 6-7: Film: Fun with Dick and Jane
ONGOING: Art
Exhibit: Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget; Ralph Fasanella: The Art of Social
Engagement; Poster Exhibit: Labor Film Posters
Sat,
May 31: Music: Joe Uehlein & The U-Liners
4p, Pacific Palisades
Stage, Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD
The U-Liners -- a socially
conscious Americana band from Takoma Park -- return to the Washington Folk Fest
at Glen Echo.
Mon,
June 2: Film:
Kinky Boots
7:30p, American Film Institute
Silver
Theatre, 8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MDThe inspiration for the 2013
Tony-winning musical, this film is based on the true
story of a traditional Northampton shoemaker who turns to producing fetish
footwear in order to save the failing family business and the jobs of his
workers. British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor—a 2014 Best Actor Oscar
nominee for 12 YEARS A SLAVE—won plaudits for his portrayal of Lola, a female
impersonator who consults with the company on boot design and models its
products, all the while contending with homophobic factory workers, including
Don, the reigning arm-wrestling champion in a local pub, who discovers respect
in the inevitable elbow-to-elbow showdown with Lola. Presented in
cooperation with
SAG-AFTRA
Tue,
June 3: Film: Men At Lunch (FREE!)
6p, Busboys and Poets, 5th
and K NW, Washington, DC
Director Seán Ó Cualáin investigates the engrossing story of "Lunch Atop a
Skyscraper," the iconic photograph taken during the construction of the RCA
Building (now the GE Building) at Rockefeller Center that
depicts eleven
workmen taking their lunch break while casually perched along a steel girder,
850 feet above the ground. For decades, this image has captivated imaginations
the world over. But who are these men? And where did they come from? Each step
in this compelling documentary deepens the mystery while shedding light on the
lives of ordinary workers in the throes of the Great Depression.
Presented in cooperation with Iron
Workers/IMPACT
Weds,
June 4: Laborers' Museum Tour (NEW DATE!)
12
noon; 905 16th Street, Northwest
Washington, DC; FREE but click here to sign up.
This may be your last chance to see this collection in one place before the
Laborers building closes for a
year-long renovation; the collection will likely
be dispersed throughout the building when it re-opens.
Fri/Sat,
June 6-7: Film: Fun with Dick and Jane
Jun 06: 9:15p; Jun 07:
11:00
After years of living beyond their means, the Harpers hit a rough patch
when
Dick (George Segal) loses his high-paying job. Unable and/or unwilling to cut
costs or find suitable new employment, he and high-living wife Jane (Jane
Fonda) settle upon a new career: armed robbery. Keeping up with the Joneses has
never been this thrilling. Caustic ‘70s social satire from the underrated Ted
Kotcheff.
Art
Exhibit: Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget
Thru
August 3, 2014; 11:30a-7p daily (FREE)
3rd
floor North, American Art Museum (8th and F Streets, N.W.)
Ralph Fasanella (1914-1997)
celebrated the common man
and tackled complex issues of postwar America in colorful, socially-minded
paintings. Ralph Fasanella: Lest We Forget celebrates the 100th anniversary of
the artist’s birth and brings together key works from a career spanning
fifty-two years.
Art
Exhibit: Ralph Fasanella: The Art of Social Engagement
Thru
August 1, 2014; 9-5 M-F (FREE)
AFL-CIO
lobby, 815 16th St NW
Another 10
paintings by Fasanella, as well as three sketches. Check out a
slideshow of Fasanella's art on the AFL-CIO's @Work site.
Poster
Exhibit: Labor Film Posters
Thru June 30; 9-4 M-F (FREE)
Amalgamated Bank, 1825 K Street NW
The
DC LaborFest is an expansion of the annual DC Labor FilmFest; both are
organized by the Metro Washington Council,
AFL-CIO.
CLICK HERE for the complete DC Labor Fest and Labor
FilmFest schedule!
* events are free unless
otherwise noted