June Pizza and a Movie

Now, every month, High 5 will be hosting our already famous Pizza and a Movie Nights.

Next up: Tuesday, June 17th! (5pm-7:30pm)

Come Tuesday at 5pm for hot pizzzzza and a movie chosen for its proven ability to blow minds. More often that not, it'll be something you've never seen before. Which is nice.

As always, we'll be meeting up at High 5 HQ - that theater in the back of the lobby.

Our address is 1 East 53rd Street (between 5th and Madison). Look for the giant dragon above our door - you can see it through the glass facade!

The movie is, of course, a surprise.
:)

~eric,
director of pizza and movies

wall-painted animation by graffi-artist BLU

Take 7 minutes and check this out.
Done in Buenos Aires....


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Blu's blog is here. His website is here.

If you like this, you've got to take a look at Czech filmaker Jan Švankmajer's short films, which we watched at the Kick-Off for TRaC in the fall of 2007. (You HAVE to watch MEAT LOVE. It's the best!)

Neo-Futurism at High 5 World HQ

No, we're not done yet....

How about 15 plays in 30 minutes to blow out the spring and usher in the summer?

Next Wednesday, May 21st, starting at 5pm, High 5 welcomes the NEW YORK NEO-FUTURISTS to our world HQ for our first ever in-house production.

In their signature show Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, the Neo-Futurists, a wild bunch of performers/writers/directors, bring you a theater experience that is "a fusion of sport, poetry, and living-newspaper." At the Krane Theater in the East Village every Friday and Saturday night at 10:30, people roll the dice to determine how much they pay, a new name is slapped on their shirt and they enter the world of neo-futurism. With a "menu" of 30 plays in hand, every 2 minutes you shout and scream for the title of the play you'd like to see. Some are serious, some funny, sometimes people get sprayed with water. And at the end, if all 30 plays are completed before the timer runs out.... pizza for everyone. Isn't that beautiful??

What is neo-futurism, you ask? In a nutshell:

• You are who you are.
• You are where you are.
• You are doing what you are doing.
• The time is now.

I have no idea what that means. But believe me, it's going to be cool. 15 plays in 30 minutes!

There'll be food, of course. We'll bring the pizza. You bring yourself. Friends and family are welcome, too, if you want to bring'em. We'll also bring you the High 5 battleplan for the summer - Pizza and Movie Nights, Summer TRaC, FUZE events..... lots to jump into. All FREE.

Email ERIC if you are coming to the FINALE! Let me know approximately how many guests will be tagging along. (I need to plan for pizza.)

Officially, summer is about to begin......
5pm
Wed.
May 21
High 5 HQ
1 East 53rd Street

Be There!

FUZE this Friday

Opportunity strikes. And the dancers might, too.

High 5 hosts a FUZE event this Friday with STREB S.L.A.M. Show. What that means: Bring a friend, see the show, meet the choreographer. Here's a clip from one of their previous shows....



Dance and Multi TRaC have already been. Check out their blogs for info and pictures. If anyone wants a ticket, I have a few available.

7pm in Williamsburg. Brooklyn, baby.

Just email me.

~eric

Pizza & a movie at High 5 - Update!

heyo!

Next Tuesday, April 22nd, High 5 is hosting a gathering of movie lovers from 5pm - 7:30 p.m. to watch a film, break it down, talk about it, argue about it AND get some free eats. Come on out for....

PIZZA & a MOVIE Night at High 5

It's spring break, the weather is beautiful and I've got an awesome film on my desk. Figured you might be down to watch it. (If you're not vacationing in the Bahamas or something....)

Bring friends along if you want. Come solo. Wear flips flops. Whatever.

Email me if you're gonna make it! Let me know how many people you might bring so I know how much pizzzzzzzza we need.

Oh, and the movie will be.....a surprise. :)

UPDATE: The movie was Rivers and Tides -(here's a clip)- a documentary about the artist Andy Goldsworthy. I highly recommend adding it to your Netflix queue or picking it up from the library. He's an earth sculptor, I'd say. Check out some of his works: