Friday, February 22, 2002 8 PM, $ 5, doors open at 7:30 with dj Spike (Club KY)

A benefit for Paper Tiger TV, New Neutral Zone, and FIERCE!
Tonight’s multi-media, bi-coastal experience brings together
film/video, spoken word & indie/punk sounds. Making its West Coast
Premier, Fenced Out documents the fight for the Christopher St.
Pier—one of the only places in New York City, where youth of color,
low income, homeless and l/g/b/t/q youth can hang out. In the
summer of 2000, fences were built on the spot where the kids
congregated, for construction of a new state park. Now in the
summer of 2001, most of the space has been taken over by this
development. Produced by Paper Tiger TV in partnership with New
Neutral Zone, a drop in center for gay, lesbian, bisexual,
transgendered, two-spirited and questioning youth and FIERCE, a
community organizing project for LGBTSTQ youth in New York City.
Turning Tragedy into War, also produced by Paper Tiger TV,
counteracts the corporate media’s war driven and racist spin on the
events of September 11. Meanwhile, back on the West Coast,
Seattle’s based QFC (Queer Film Club), a DIY filmmaking collective
has been creating work that challenges stereotypical queer images.
Tonight, we present Super-8 & video shorts, including: Karen bout
Karen ( Aaron Park), Scenic Seattle (Trever Smith), and Holy
Matrimony?! (Trever Smith & Kristi Shaefer). Afterwards, San
Francisco based performance artist, Alan Reade presents excerpts
from his newest work Touched by a Monster. Reade examines how body
image, language, and mass media are internalized. He has performed
at Jon Sims Center for the Arts, Theatre Rhino, The Knitting Factory
(NYC) and other venues nationwide. Stick around for dj Jacob,
dancing and refreshments!