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Halloween Parade Still Planned; UPDATE: CANCELLED

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UPDATE: With national and international concerns rising over surges in COVID-19 cases, the annual All The Saints Halloween Parade has officially been cancelled by organizers.

While disappointed, most if not all the Oregon Hill neighbors seem to appreciate and understand the decision.

Message from the All The Saints Theater Company:

The 15th Annual Halloween Parade: “A Funeral March for the Plague of Now!” will take place on Saturday October 31st, All Hallow’s Eve.
This year is a very different year. We take COVID-19 very seriously and urge everyone to take all safety precautions should you decide to join us.
Please read the following to understand how this year will be different!
THIS YEAR’S ROUTE WON’T BE MARCHING THROUGH OREGON HILL.
Please come with your COVID Pod who you are prepared to carry a puppet with or march alongside! MASKS ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE! We will have masks to spare if you forget yours! If you would like to decorate your car and be at the back of the parade that is allowed as I am picking a route that allows for vehicles.
We are meeting (per usual) at Monroe Park 7pm sharp on 10/31! Due to the nature of this year, in order to keep the people usually on the sidelines out of the equation we are NOT announcing the route until we march, and it will be slightly shorter than our usual route. It is a year to participate, not to be a bystander (in all ways, not just for the parade).
15 ft Plague Doctors, Vultures schlepping the refugees of the Humanity System, the celebratory skeleton puppets, Grandma Elder, the Hawk of Resistance that defeated the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, Black Lives Matter and the Confederacy is Dead Puppets, and King NoOne and his Fascist Empire will be there and they must be defeated this November with the Vote!
Music by members of NoBS as Tyrannis Bass, and many other amazing local musicians!
All the protection from COVID-19, the police state, and the fascist empire to you and your people. Please stay safe.
As always, this parade is in honor of the dead. Thank you.

The Puppets Protect,
Lily Lamberta and the All the Saints’ Family.

Open High School’s Online Art Auction Has Started

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From the site:

Each year Open High School depends on our Art Auction to raise funds for our Art Program. This year our goal is to raise $3,000 to purchase supplies for the art department. To make a difference, please bid on auction items, give a cash donation, or simply share this auction on your social media and invite your friends to participate.

Lally Construction has generously offered to match all cash donations up to $500! So please be generous and help us make a difference in the lives of Open High Students!

Please support Open High School by checking out their Art Expo online bidding site. All proceeds go toward the robust and amazing art program at the school. The site is open all week, June 15-20 and closes at midnight on the 20th.

Dirtwoman For The Rest Of The World – Spider Mites Of Jesus DVD Release

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From the press release:

This coming Friday the 13th is a lucky one for Dirtwoman fans. The DVD and streaming versions of SPIDER MITES OF JESUS: THE DIRTWOMAN DOCUMENTARY will be available on DirtwomanDoc.com. The DVD will also be on sale in Carytown at Mongrel and Plan 9 (Richmond and Charlottesville).

Speaking of Cville, the FINAL PUBLIC SCREENING will be at Charlottesville’s Vinegar Hill Theatre
on Thursday, March 12, 7pm. Coming full circle, this is the theatre where the movie first premiered at the 2018 Virginia Film Festival.

Directory Jerry Williams will be there for Q&A and to sell early copies of the DVD

Williams also attended five additional festivals in 2019, visiting San Francisco, Palm Springs, Orlando and Atlanta. In January 2020, the film had a 4-week run at Movieland in Richmond. “I was expecting audiences who knew Dirtwoman from his notorious days, but was thrilled that younger viewers who had no idea about Dirtwoman were so enthralled by his outsize personality, plus a glimpse of Richmond’s counterculture from the 70s and 80s.”

Purchased in 2015 by Light House Studio, Vinegar Hill Theatre now screens independent and documentary films by filmmakers both local and abroad. This showing at the VHT holds a special place in Williams’ heart, “Not only did it premiere here two years ago, VHT is a special cinema for me. I went to many films there when I lived in Charlottesville in 1971, while running a record store.” Interestingly, the early film buff went on to review movies for TV, print and radio (and still is).

Read more about Donnie, watch the trailers and exit interviews at DirtwomanDoc.com.