John Waters in Edinboro April 4
EDINBORO, PA – The Edinboro Film Series, in cooperation with Identity and Edinboro University Student Government Association is pleased to announce their Spotlight Filmmaker for spring: acclaimed writer and director John Waters. Mr. Waters will be performing an all-new version of his solo stand-up performance, This Filthy World, on Thursday April 4th, 2013.
John Waters is a cultural icon. An American filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian, writer, journalist, visual artist, and avid art collector. Waters' one-man show is a "vaudeville" act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called "The Pope of Trash." Focusing in on Waters' early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to "filth followers" everywhere.
Edinboro Film Series director John C. Lyons said "John Waters is a name that has kept reappearing on my wish-list for the Edinboro Film Series ever since I started it seven years ago. He's a perfect fit in our program's eclectic history. To say I am excited about this event is an understatement."
Edinboro Film Series presents
JOHN WATERS: THIS FILTHY WORLD
Thursday April 4th, 2013 8:30PM
Louis C. Cole Memorial Auditorium
Edinboro University
Tickets available: Free for Edinboro University students (must have a ticket to attend). General Admission: $10 pre-sale $15 at the door. Available online at www.edinborotickets.com. Will call by phone at 814-732-1048 [8a.m. – 4p.m., daily]. Tickets are also available at the SGA Convenience Store located on the 2nd Floor of the Frank G. Pogue Student Center on the campus of Edinboro University.
Posters created for the event by area artist Andy Flatley will be available for purchase and autographs at the event. Proceeds of which will be donated to the LGBT Resource Center.
For more information go to http://aux.edinboro.edu/filmseries or email filmseries@edinboro.edu.
