This week: Spike Lee's
DO THE RIGHT THING ("The hottest day of the year explodes on-screen in this vibrant look at a day in the life of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast."). Because it's on a weekday, we're starting a little later: food at 7, movie at 8.
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on Apr 10, 2013 -
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This week, we're trying out moving our Criterion night to Thursdays, with: Akira Kurosawa's
I LIVE IN FEAR ("his most literal representation of living in an atomic age"). Because it's on a weekday, we're starting a little later: food at 7, movie at 8.
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on Apr 9, 2013 -
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Due to some travel we each have planned in the next few weeks, we're taking a two-weekend break from Criterion Sunday - but not to worry! We will return on Sunday, April 7th with: Akira Kurosawa's
DODES'KA-DEN ("by turns tragic and transcendant...all of his hopes, fears, and artistic passion are on fervent display").
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on Mar 20, 2013 -
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This week's film: Orson Welles'
MR. ARKADIN: The Comprehensive Version.
Time Out says: "Long unavailable for theatrical screening...
Mr Arkadin assumed an equivalent patina of myth and legend to that cultivated by its central character.... Flamboyantly melodramatic, it's a playfully egocentric display of a magician's perverse revelation of his own trickery."
We are back to our regular schedule this week. Potluck dinner from 6pm, movie starts at 7
en punto.
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posted by ocherdraco
on Feb 25, 2013 -
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It's been a while since we've done one of these at my house, and I'm in the mood for some barbecue as well. You know the routine - food, beverages, games (including but not limited to Dominoes, apparently). I'll be making pastrami.
posted by Greg_Ace
on Feb 21, 2013 -
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Last night's screening of
Diabolique was a lot of fun! On to the next Criterion Sunday: each weekend we* will gather for a potluck dinner and watch one of the hundreds of Criterion Collection films available through Roku/Hulu Plus. This week (2/10): Mike Leigh's
TOPSY-TURVY, "an unexpected period delight from one of contemporary cinema’s great artists." *
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posted by ocherdraco
on Feb 4, 2013 -
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What's the point of having access to the masterpieces of cinema if you never actually watch them? It's time to remedy this sad state of affairs, one movie at a time.
Introducing: Criterion Sundays, where each weekend we* will gather for a potluck dinner and watch one of the hundreds of Criterion Collection films available through Roku/Hulu Plus.
This week: Henri-Georges Clouzot's DIABOLIQUE, the best Hitchcock film that Hitchcock never got around to making.
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posted by ocherdraco
on Jan 27, 2013 -
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Open invitation to any Portland Mefites who for whatever reason aren't planning to spend the holiday otherwise occupied visiting or being visited by relatives, and are interested in getting together during the weekend of Dec. 22nd - or perhaps 29th? - for a relaxed and calorie-filled nondenominational dinner. I'd be willing to host, as well as roast or smoke meat of some sort. People could bring side-dishes / desserts / drinks - you know, the usual. We can toast the season, have some fun, and avoid sitting home alone in the dark drinking box wine and feeling maudlin and sorry for ourselves! Yay!
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posted by Greg_Ace
on Dec 4, 2012 -
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Let's do the long-awaited, much-discussed cocktail tasting meetup - Nov. 17, at Greg_Ace's house.
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posted by Greg_Ace
on Oct 20, 2012 -
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Kind of a short-notice thing, I know (this is NOT the "BBQ meat-up" discussed previously, that'll be later this summer). As July 4th falls on a Wednesday, and I'll have a houseguest with me this coming weekend, I thought it would be fun to have a little get-together.
NOTE - DATE AND TIME HAVE CHANGED.
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posted by Greg_Ace
on Jun 25, 2012 -
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turtlegirl and I are having our annual bash on
18 August this year and wanted to extend an invite to MeFites who may be interested.
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posted by terrapin
on Apr 19, 2012 -
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I know several of us grow vegetable gardens. Is there any interest in an autumnal harvest-themed food meetup? Not sure what the best month would be; wouldn't necessarily have to be at the very end of autumn. Take some foodstuffs you've grown and either bring it raw or as (part of) a dish of some kind.
posted by curious nu
on Apr 10, 2012 -
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I don't have family nearby - but I won't let a little thing like that ruin a perfect excuse to cook a big ol' turkey! Any other MeFites who don't have Thanksgiving plans and want to do a potluck feast are welcome to join me on Saturday Nov. 26th.
EDIT: Time changed to avoid a Civil War-like conflict.
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posted by Greg_Ace
on Oct 27, 2011 -
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Feeling down? Your Wednesday plans not shaping up as you'd like? Then come have dinner with me, my boyfriend,
(The Rt Hon.) MP and some awesome non-mefites. Bring a (vegan) dish, or a beverage, and yourself. We're taking care of a few dishes ourselves, so if you can't think of a vegan dish to bring, don't sweat it and just bring drinks.
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posted by ocherdraco
on Jul 13, 2011 -
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At the last Portland meetup, the subject of a scotch tasting came up. The backstory is long and unnecessary, but the upshot is that we thought it sounded like a hoot and I'm willing to host it at my house in SE Portland (
4414 SE Center St., near SE 42nd and Powell). NOTE: The original plan of "five or six different types of scotch" has mutated into "whiskey" in general, to include Irish whiskey and bourbon.
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posted by Greg_Ace
on Apr 24, 2011 -
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I figure since I consider Thanksgiving to be a great excuse for me to go nuts cooking anyway, I'd see if there are any local Mefites who are - like me - at loose ends family-wise and have no other plans for Turkey Day. My apartment can probably accommodate about 8 people comfortably, but if the response is greater than that and someone has the means (and willingness) to host a larger gathering, that's cool too. We can figure out the exact logistics and time but what I had in mind was an afternoon+early evening potluck sort of thing.
posted by Greg_Ace
on Nov 6, 2010 -
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