CURRENT EVENTS
hurricane party Closing bash
at Alabama Contemporary Art Center in Mobile, al
HURRICANE PARTY Closing Bash April 20, 2024 1-9PM Alabama Contemporary Art Center 301 Conti Street Mobile, Alabama 36602 All day event including Punk Brunch Interview Reel Screening Party (with PBR & Mimosas), Punk Rock Flea Market, and Live Music by Pauper's Grave (Pensacola) & Future Hate (Mobile). You are invited to join us at the After Party Drag Show featuring Wanda Doomy, at the Merry Widow starting at 9:30PM AND...Julia Gorton's new Photo Zines of both the Pensacola & Mobile Scenes will be for sale all day! Limited numbers available so get it. Or you will miss it. CURATED BY 309 PUNK PROJECT AND JAMES BLACK Since the mid-1980s, Mobile, AL has been home to a resonant punk scene. Transitory in nature, as with any subculture, the scene in Mobile has cycled over the decades through fleeting phases and times of both abundance and scarcity. The thing about punk though, is within scarcity it innovates. All the DIY house shows, bands, art, zines, albums, mix tapes, and all the alternative venues and record shops that make for a ‘scene’ are impossible to list. Through a partnership with 309 Punk Project (Pensacola, FL), this exhibition aims to collect, archive, and preserve some of that lightning in a bottle. Supported by a series of calls for community members to come forward and donate Mobile-centric, punk ephemera, this collection represents a nearly four decade history of punk in the city. Guest Curators James Black of Mobile, and Scotty Satterwhite of 309 Punk Project, and all of the artists, have been working over the last two years to build a living archive of the Gulf Coast scene from Pensacola to West Mobile. Join us to revel in the past and fuel momentum of the next generation of punks in an ever evolving effort of mischief, alternative means, and mayhem. FEATURED ARTISTS Brad Bittinger | Neil Byrne | Vice Cooler | Skott Cowgill | Valerie George | Julia Gorton | Ryan Jetten | Sean Linezo | Cheetah Shine | Roman Gabriel Todd | Morgan Watkins |
Punk Brunch Screening Party
April 2oth @ 1PM Q & A with Valerie George Mimosas & PBR will be served Alabama Contemporary Art Center 301 Conti Street Mobile, Alabama 36602 Hurricane Party: Stories from the Mobile Underground Scene Video edited by Valerie George Sound edited by James Black Interviews collected by James Black, Neil Byrne, and Valerie George 2024 This collection of interviews, stories, and sounds is but a snippet of the rich underground culture cultivated by Mobilians over the last few decades. We are grateful to all who participated and shared their thoughts and experiences. Many thanks to everyone in the scene who helped gather and share images, music, and videos to supplement the interviews. Interviewees in Order of Appearance: Chad Booth, Cheetah Shine, Cherie Warren, CW Neese, Dave Mathews, Deke Davis, Emily Arnold, Jake Reosti, James Black, Joseph McRae, Josh Paisant, Matt O'Brien, Miranda Pixely, Neil Byrne, Nichole Black & Sally Reidy, Sam Night, Stacy Flowers Intermission Video “Hard White Cop” by Shitbricks Remix by Koko, Animation/Video by Ty Cummins 2023 |
309 Punk Preservation Pary
Night on the tracks | 309 AiR YusUKE Okada
NIGHT ON THE TRACKS
Saturday, May 11, 2024 5pm Participating venues include 309 Punk Project, End of the Line Cafe, Pensacola MESS Hall, Doc's Hop Shop, the curb, From the Ground Up, and The Handlebar. ART EXHIBITION BY YUSUKE OKADA 309 Punk Project | 309 N 6th Ave | 5-8pm 309's May Artist in Residence will exhibit his work. Yusuke Okada is an artist from Tokyo Japan. He currently lives and works in NYC. He paints and draws about many topics, including addiction, boredom, cows, dance, expectations, fart, god, houses, iPhones, jealousy, lovelessness, Mr. Bean, negativity, old people, ponies, questions, revenge, sad vacation, tears, urinals, violence, Waffle House, and youth. He uses acrylic and oil on canvas and wood and ink and watercolor on paper. Sometimes he uses clay. Free event; donations always welcome. LIVE MUSIC + HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS End of the Line Cafe| 610 E Wright St | 5-8pm End of the Line will offer live music and food and drink specials during NOTT Happy Hour (5-8pm). Discounts for attendees of Night on the Tracks with NOTT card. Support local small businesses. IMMERSIVE GLO ART EXPERIENCE MESS Hall | 418 E Wright St | 530-730pm Pensacola MESS Hall will debut an immersive Glo Art experience themed around the nature within our Bay Area and the surrounding wetlands. Visitors will walk through a completely self-contained mazelike structure and view immersive glo art created by students from St Paul Catholic School and other local participating schools while learning fun facts about our local ecology. The rest of the museum will not the open to the public during this special debut exhibition. Free event; donations always welcome. MAGIC SHOW WITH MILAN THE MAGICIAN Doc’s Hop Shop | 500 E Heinberg| 6-7pm Doc's will host a special magic performance from Milan the Magician and will have their new bounce house up for kiddos. Support local small businesses. LIVE ART DEMO BY ETEP the curb| 620 E Wright St | 6-7pm One of Pensacola's newest shops, the curb, is joining NOTT for the first time in May. The shop will offer in-store specials all day 2-8pm and free stickers with every purchase. From 6-7pm, local painter Etep will present a live art demo with Q&A. the curb will also hold a skateboard deck giveaway throughout the day. Follow their instagram for instructions on how to enter. Support local small businesses. LIVE MUSIC BY GRAYSON CAPPS From the Ground Up | 501 N Hayne| 630-9pm The garden will host music under the stars featuring acclaimed singer, songwriter, guitar playin’ Grayson Capps. Free event; love offerings always welcome. METAL SHOW The Handlebar | 319 N Tarragona | 7pm End your night with something loud and sludgy. The Handlebar is hosting a metal show featuring Gatecreeper and Creeping Death. $20 with half off the cover for attendees of Night on the Tracks with NOTT card. |