The Grand Illusion

Calling all bims and brunos! Astral Projections visits from Portland, OR to open a 16mm Speakeasy right here at the Grand Illusion. Drawing from the legendary archive of Dennis Nyback, they'll whisk you back to a 1920s smoky cocktail lounge, where the waiters, entertainers, and even your food wear roller skates. Garrett Schroeder and Ioana Cherascu have cooked up a hotsy-totsy rumpus of shorts featuring animation, sing-alongs, and stories from nearly a century ago. You'll be wooed by crooners, wowed by jazz, and awed by death-defying daredevils! So hop in your steamer and come on down to a time of ecstasy and excess, of sorrow and blues. More fun than a zozzled rub in a breezer – it's the beginning of life as we know it.

Co-presented by The Sprocket Society.