Secret Room Events (Feb/Mar)

We have a screening event tonight, a screening event next Friday, and much, much more comin’ up! All sorts of cool stuff happening at Secret Room HQ but we’ll have a thorough diary-oriented email in February.

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Saturday, January 31st // 7:30pm-9:30pm

The year: 210X. In an era where humanity roams the galaxy freely, bounty hunters Y, M and H, hardened by solitude and battle, earn their keep by capturing alien creatures on brutal, hellish planets.

Cave of Monsters’ own Sam Kusek is hosting and we will have extremely limited edition RISO-posters (in 3 different colorways!) and CoM VHS tapes at the event!

Friday, February 6th // 7:00-9:00pm

A film by local screenwriter + director Ryan Webb

We met Ryan Webb last Summer when he showed up to our shop with a bag of camera equipment to film Buck-A-Bloo, Jaques Boyreau’s beatnik short, and instantly made everybody feel relaxed about the day-long shoot (with live jazz and VHS swap). We hit it off — he’s a really friendly, really creative fella — and when we found out he was about to release his own film in the Fall, we were delighted to see it at the Clinton Street Theater premier with a packed crowd.

Let’s Do Drugs and Talk to Aliens is really our kind of movie. A slacker comedy with a ton of heart. A love letter to interpersonal connection. Low budget special effects, physical props, and alien puppets galore. Goofball humor. A feature film made by a bunch of folks whose love for making movies shines in every scene.

We’re very excited to host an intimate screening of this fantastic movie with Ryan Webb next Friday in our shop, along with a couple of limited-edition RISO prints and we’ll screen some fun sci-fi cartoons beforehand.

👽 ← do you like him? come see him!

Save the date! We’re having fun over here and you can join us. All these events are FREE.

2/21 Galaxy Gateway: Our sci-fi public access show Galaxy Gateway returns on February 21st for an episode about love on planet earth with a stacked cast of performers including Ross Jackson, Molly Mendoza, Molly Lecko Herro, and Aaron Fairchild.

2/28 Live Music: Emmet Martin returns February 28th to host an evening of experimental, improvisational, field recording, and meditative music, headlined by sound collage artist Max Nordile, backed by 3 bands including Emmet’s own project Varied Terrain. Not familiar with Emmet? They run pnw cassette label Bud Tapes!

3/15 ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Secret Room turns two years old — celebrating our terrible twos with a birthday bash and fun surprises! Has it been two years already? Has it only been two years? Both feelings persist equally!

3/20 Poetry + Performance: Christopher Adams returns to host an evening of live performances built around his newest book of poetry Lardo Bardo (printed by Secret Room Press). An all-star cast of weirdo artists!

PREORDERS ARE STILL LIVE!

This is the final weekend we’re taking preorders for the shirt we’re putting out with art by Raf Spielman (screen printed by Grilka Press)! An essential part of any wardrobe, the tee shirt is worn as a cloth covering to keep your upper half warm and unchafed by heavier, textured overgarments. Like a modern Marlon Brando or James Dean, you too can now pioneer the handsome look of T-shaped cloth exposing your arms and head while helping you meet the requirements for polite modern society.

These shirts will ship out early March and all preorders come with a fun bonus sticker sheet!

PREORDER NOW

💛 PEACE ON EARTH FOREVER 💛

Thanks for making it all the way down here to the bottom of the page. Very excited to share this wood burning on the side of a squirrel feeder. This piece of art is pure and true.