Gerry Fialka
Suzy Williams
GERRY FIALKA by David Healey

GERRY FIALKA and the PXL-2000 Fisher Price Toy Video Camera by Alfred Benjamin

Photo of BRAD KAY & SUZY WILLIAMS by David Healey

Stormin' Norman and Suzy- 2009 by Annie Temple

To download hi-res pics go here.
CONTACT: Gerry Fialka 310-306-7330
pfsuzy@aol.com

Updated LAUGHTEARS.com Schedule(followed by info links on 7 Dudley Cinema, Jazz Funk Fest, Fialka's Workshops, Documental, SUZY WILLIAMS, MESS-interviews, PXL THIS toy camera film festival, Marshall McLuhan-FINNEGANS WAKE Reading Club, Fialka in NZ, Sunny War)

August  2010 events info:
Aug 3, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

Aug 10, Stormin Norman & Suzy in Stockbridge MASS http://www.redlioninn.com/

Aug 9, Mon, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - ROCATERRANIA art film http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

Aug 11, WED, 7-10pm: BRAD KAY at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Aug 15, Sun, 2:30-4pm: Suzy & Her Solid Senders at Jazz Forum, 1600 Ocean Park Blvd, 90405, http://www.lajazzforum.com/

Aug 16, MON, 6-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - John Cage
films http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

Aug 21, SAT, 3-6pm: MESS with JAY LEVIN interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

Aug 27, FRI, 7:30-10pm SUZY, Steve & Don- Industry Cafe, 6039 Wash Blvd CC 90232, free www.industrycafeandjazz.com

Aug 27, FRI, 7-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Aug 28, Sat, 6-10pm SPONTO EVOLUTION TWO art & music celebration at ARTISAN VENICE, 80 Windward & Pacific, free 

September  2010 events info:
Sept 7, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

Sept 8, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Sept 11, SAT, 2-6pm: MESS- Leland Auslender films & interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

Sept 13, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - DR. CHICAGO George Manupelli films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

Sept 18, SAT, 6-10pm: JAZZ FUNK FEST at The Talking Stick http://www.laughtears.com/jazzfunkfest.html

Sept 20, MON, 6-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema RICKY LEACOCK Documentary Pioneer Films http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

Sept  24, FRI, 7:30-10pm SUZY, Steve & Don- Industry Cafe, 6039 Wash Blvd CC 90232, free www.industrycafeandjazz.com

Sept  24, FRI, 7-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Sept 25, Sat, 7:30-10pm The Backboners at  http://therumormill.us/ 11739 W Wash Blvd 90066, free

October  2010 events info:

Oct 3, SUN, 8pm Suzy & Brad in San Fran THE LIT SHOW at http://oddballfilm.com/  and http://litquake.org/

Oct 5, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

Oct 9, SAT, 8pm MESS at Echo Park Film Center Annex http://echoparkfilmcenter.org/

Oct 11, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - Wasteland Utopias by David Sherman films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

Oct 13, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Oct 16, SAT, 3pm: MESS with Author LES PLESKO http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

Oct 16, SAT, 7-10pm: Stormin Norman & Suzy at The Talking Stick, 7-10pm http://www.laughtears.com/suzynorman.html

Oct 18, MON, 6-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - American Astronaut - Billy Nayer Films http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

Oct 20-27 Gerry tours SF, MESS with John Law oct22 at http://oddballfilm.com/ , PXL THIS 19 at http://www.othercinema.com/ on Oct 23

Oct 29, FRI, 7:30-10pm SUZY, Steve & Don- Industry Cafe, 6039 Wash Blvd CC 90232, free www.industrycafeandjazz.com

Oct 29, FRI, 7-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

November 2010 events info:
Nov 8, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - Dance Films - EIGHT WOMEN http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

Nov 9, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

Nov 10, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Nov 15, MON, 6-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - Southern Cali Landscapes Exp Films http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

Nov 19, FRI, 7:30-10pm SUZY, Steve & Don- Industry Cafe, 6039 Wash Blvd CC 90232, free www.industrycafeandjazz.com

Nov 19, FRI, 7-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Nov 20, SAT, 3pm: MESS- Political Chuck Anderson interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

December  2010 events info:
Dec 7, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

Dec 8, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Dec 11, SAT, 2pm: MESS- Political Filmmaker Alan Gorg's films & interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

Dec 13, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - PXL THIS 20 toy camera film festival http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

Dec 17, FRI, 7:30-10pm SUZY, Steve & Don- Industry Cafe, 6039 Wash Blvd CC 90232, free www.industrycafeandjazz.com

Dec 17, FRI, 7-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Dec 20, MON, 6-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - Celestial Celluloid 16 mm films http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

(programs subject to change)

  Links:  
     
7 Dudley Cinema - updates - archives - Venice ongoing film series at the Talking Stick, Venice (ABOUT US)
(Link to the original 81x site for 7 Dudley Cinema)
 
     
JAZZ FUNK FEST - Feb 20, June 19, Sept 18, 2010 at the Talking Stick  
     
Workshops by Fialka: List One and List Two and List Three - Upon reading these workshop descriptions, LA Weekly Art critic Doug Harvey declared that Fialka should have his whole own department at Cal Arts. Fialka has lectured on Music at USC, James Joyce & experimental film at San Francisco Cinematheque, Advertising as Art at New England Institute of Art, Pixelvision at MIT & several UK venues, The Art of Fakery in Documentary Filmmaking at SF's Academy of Art & New Zealand's Massey University, McLuhan's Percepts at UC Davis Technocultural Studies (Jesse Drew & Craig Baldwin), Culture Jamming at Flint Institute of Arts, Finnegans Wake at UC Berkeley, various subjects at numerous Ann Arbor Film Festivals and many more. Read accolades at these links. Inquire about Fialka's "Who Knew Genres" study program. Fialka's BIO
 
     

DOCUMENTAL - updates - archives - Santa Monica ongoing film series at the Unurban Coffee House, Santa Monica

SUBVERSIVE CINEMA  screens films last Fridays (except July 23, Nov 11, Dec 17), 7-10pm at 212 PIER COFFEEHOUSE, 212 Pier Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405, 310-314-5275, free admission, http://www.212pier.com/

Friday, July 23, 7-10pm: Happiness Is A Warm Projector - In a rare public appearance visionary curator Bryan Konefsky screens a selection of un-dependent films from the first five years of his Albuquerque-based festival, Experiments in Cinema. This program includes experimental documentaries, essay films, avant garde music videos, and film poems from Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Panama, Spain, China, South Korea, and Texas.
 
 
 

Suzy Williams by Leland Auslender

Suzy Williams - LA's Diva Deluxe - upcoming shows, info 310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com

***Second Wednesdays from 7:00-10:00pm at Danny's, 23 Windward Av, Venice CA 90291, 310-566-5610 http://www.dannysvenice.com/ free admission

***Usually last Fridays from 7:30-10pm at Industry Cafe, 6039 Washington Blvd, Culver City CA 90232, 310-202-6633 http://www.industrycafeandjazz.com/ free, With Steve Weisberg & Don Allen (call 310-306-7330 to confirm)

***Suzy & Her Solid Senders (Suzy's bio at this link) - Saturday, Oct 16 from 7-10pm at The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Blvd (at California), Venice CA 90291, 310-450-6052, $10

***Suzy CD "Enjoy the Ride" available from here  http://www.worldsrecords.com/cgi-bin/storeR.cgi/specific=itemcode&phrase=65537&cart_id=06-03-10.28567

*** The Backboners  CD available

***Suzy & Brad Kay do BESSIE SMITH -  http://www.myspace.com/christmaswithbessie   

***The Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers (with Suzy Williams) available for all your Seasonal Caroling needs
http://www.madamechocolate.com/jingle.html 

*** Stormin' Norman & Suzy East Coast Shows - info from zamcheck@aol.com,

COVER ME -new original song by SUZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEcUNc8hu8w
MORE new songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwKFe6F6CUI


More press ready (hi-res) stills at Suzy Williams' other web sites - http://www.puddingbench.com/suzy.htm --- http://dobbstown.com/Suzy/  --- http://www.muralista.org/suzy 

Suzy WIlliams' new CD available from HERE

click HERE for hi-res ver for print and publication
 
 
 
 
Sat, July 24 at Beyond Baroque SUZY WILLIAMS- THE LIT SHOW In her fourth annual celebration of song and literature, LA's Diva Deluxe SUZY WILLIAMS performs songs based on words by Kurt Vonnegut, Dorothy Parker, Raymond Chandler, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, Frank Conroy & Baudelaire. With special musical guests. You've read the book, now hear the song
 
 
 

MESS - archives- (Media Ecology Soul Sessions) at Beyond Baroque

GERRY FIALKA's INTERVIEWS have been one-on-one and before live audiences (as in the MESS Series) since the mid-70's. "Fialka's cool questions are right at the heart of all my work. By far the best interview I have ever been treated to." - Ondi Timoner, only two time Sundance Grand Jury winner. Read Ondi's interview here. LIONEL ROLFE interview HERE

 
     
PXL THIS Film Festival - Fisher-Price toy camera PXL-2000 Annual Film Festival  
     
PXL THIS 18 - toy camera film festival  
     

PXL THIS 19 - toy camera film festival- deadline for entry Oct 22, premiere screening Dec 7, 2009 - Toy Camera Fisher Price PXL-2000 Pixelvision Film Festival pxlthis.ning.com

 
     
  PXL THIS 20, the 20th annual toy camera film festival featuring Pixelvision films made with the Fisher-Price PXL-2000 camcorder.  
     

Marshall McLuhan-FINNEGANS WAKE Reading Club and Robert Dobbs

DREAM AWAKE - James Joyce & Experimental Film Screening/Workshop MORE, REVIEWS & FOLLOW-UP

 
     
Fialka in New Zealand 2008:
 
 
     
SUNNY WAR  - myspace page and 30 min. concert produced by Gerry Fialka on youtube: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  
  Read Michael Simmons' July 17, 2009 LA Weekly "Meet Sunny War" article
http://www.laweekly.com/2009-07-16/music/meet-sunny-war/