DATE: 12.20.2024 | DOORS OPEN: 7:00 PM | FILM: 8:00 PMLOCATION: 3411 EAST 5TH ST.
HOSTS: Yellow Bike | Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery | Rocket Cinema Texas
ADMISSION: FREE
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SPONSORS:
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
We will serve: Surprise Holiday themed cocktails with Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Black History Bike Ride
NPR: To Keep Austin’s Racial Justice Movement In Motion, One Man Got On His Bike. Hundreds Followed.
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Let’s get together for a movie/s screening* and art viewing** at the Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery! Let’s ride*** together from YellowBike. Details below.
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*MOVIE/S SCREENING
“The Route To Emancipation”
By Black History Bike Ride | 2024 | 17 min.
“The Route To Emancipation” by Black History Bike Ride follows 3 friends as they embark on a 350 mile cycling route from the Texas Capitol in Austin to the site where Juneteenth began in 1865. The journey takes viewers back through centuries of Black history in Texas, with interviews from educators, historians, and community leaders along the way.”
"The Triplets of Belleville"
By Sylvain Chomet | 2003 | 80 minutes
A 2003 animated adventure comedy-drama film written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. It tells the story of Madame Souza, an elderly woman who goes on a quest to rescue her grandson Champion, a Tour de France cyclist, who has been kidnapped by the French mafia for gambling purposes and taken to the city of Belleville She is accompanied by Champion’s loyal and obese hound, Bruno, and joined by the Triplets of Belleville, music hall singers from the 1930s, whom she meets in the city.
**ART VIEWING
A great opportunity to dive into the “Enantiodromia: Lorelei Linklater” exhibition. Opening Reception: Saturday, December 7, 6 – 10 PM (On View: December 7 – January 7).
***BIKE RIDE TO THE EVENT
Ride led by Bat City Biking. Details coming soon.
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HOSTS:
Yellow Bike
An Austin based community bike shop and nonprofit.
Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery
The space’s mission is to be a vibrant and diverse cultural location and warm gathering place to not only showcase great work, but provide an affordable venue for performance, community and other celebrations.
Rocket Cinema Texas
Rocket Cinema works with schools, film festivals, outdoor venues, and anyone that wants to show a movie outside.
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Kudos to our friends for leading the ride:
Bat City Biking
Casual rides in ATX ranging from mild to somewhat spicy.
Event Venue
3411 E 5th St, Austin, TX 78702-4911, United States
