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...in the JENNIFER BATES MEMORIAL GALLERY
Christopher Wilke Spectres of the Id Ongoing through May 25, 2008
“From early on I have been led to believe that I have a slightly skewed perspective of reality. I don’t know if that’s true. My solipsistic nature persuades me to believe that everyone sees old prude women and imagines them dancing in Hell, or imagines elephants used in primitive pageantry draped with fascist banners anytime the word “patriotism” confronts them. Am I the only one that thinks a human smile looks defensive, in the same way a dog looks when it’s kicked? I doubt it. I have to doubt it…. When I retreat to my humble abode and paint I find that a wave of relief washes over me. The stress of conformity drifts away, the stress of required responses and greetings... here in my world, I see form as subservient to content, and function is King. As masturbation, the function is therapeutic. As sex, the function is hypnotism. I need to make others see how I see. And I think they do, and we all think we’re the only ones, trying to banish what others would call bizarre or evil from our thoughts. And we walk along the streets and show our teeth to our neighbors and use the shield of program like a condom for interaction.” -- Christopher Wilke -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, May 15, 7PM "oh my god, I think I'm a H U M A N I S T ! " Martha Knox Humanist Association of Greater Philadephia Would you check "nonreligious", "atheist" or "agnostic" on religious surveys? Are you passionate about science and skepticism? Are you interested in Unitarian Universalism or Quakerism for their ethical values, but turned off by the supernaturalism that come with them? If your answers are yes, you're a Humanist! Martha Knox, Celebrant and VP of the Humanist Association of Greater Philadelphia gives an interactive talk about organized, philosophical Humanism, which is both a global movement and network of local communities. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thursday, May 22, 7PM DEATH OF THE NATION STATE Radical Traditionalism and the Neo-Tribalilst Alternative hosted by Bood Samel and Jason Lawrence We live in an age where notions of secular apocalypse are no longer a quiet paranoia exclusive to those of us who hang out at gun shows and conspiracy bookstores. Pre-millennial memories of Bo Gritz burning a U.N. flag at “The Survivalist Expo” seem almost quaint in these days post 9/11, post Patriot Act and, in many ways, post-everything-life-as-we-knew-it.
To paraphrase Spengler (poorly), civilization (as opposed to culture) is in fact the last stage of something quite organic in nature. If one stresses this metaphor to the breaking point, we can only expect that bad diet and lack of exercise will lead our current organism to a swift but awfully painful death. And You live in Philadelphia; things will get ugly and things will get ugly very quickly. Well, they kind of have already.
For those of you who see no dignity in going down with the shit, Jason Lawrence and Bood Samel present one alternative that derives its inspiration from the past—a distant pre-Christian past where mysticism dwelt beyond the sunny epithets of the Church and the Bank and the Marketplace. Though particularly relevant today, their message offers good advice for healthy, positive living at any level of societal degeneration.
Topics include: contemporary and historical antecedents to the coming age, the gathering of the tribe, and defense of the self and the group. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, June 6, 5-9PM FIRST FRIDAY ON FRANKFORD AVENUE in the Jennifer Bates Memorial Gallery... ART OPENING & RECEPTION SOUND AND VISION OF CHANGES: ROBERT N. TAYLOR and NICHOLAS TESLUK (June 6, 2008 - July 20, 2008) Details to follow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thursday, June 12, 6:30PM Monthly UFO Discussion Group Open Forum Hosted by Chris Augustin of ____________________________________ Thursday, June 19, 7PM FOUNDER'S DAY DVD SCREENING OF Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West Dedicated to the late Jennifer Bates on the occasion of her birthday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saturday, June 21, 7:30PM +++ CHANGES +++ IN CONCERT !! PIONEERS OF FOLK NOIR !! $10 admission Advance payments accepted in store or via Paypal payment to germbookstore@aol.com This will sell out quickly. If you've ever been to our store, you know how very special and intimate this concert will be. _____________________________________________________ Sunday, June 29, 12pm - 7pm (during store hours) Classic & cult anime & live action Japanese scifi, hosted by Nathan Smith ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 7PM Lecture and Powerpoint: Djuna Wojton Get to Know Tarot: Retrieve inner guidance using Tarot Archetypes Slide lecture on the mysterious tarot. Learn the history of tarot cards and get acquainted with different decks. A meditation will lead you to interact with your inner tarot guide to receive a positive message from the spirit realm.
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