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Sugar City: Our Future, Micro Grant Launch & Documentary Screening Featuring Welks MiceThursday May 16, 2024 6:30-9:00 pm
Hallwalls, 342 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY
FREE!
On Thursday May 16th at 6:30pm join Sugar City at Hallwalls where we will talk about what the future holds for the organization, including the launch of our new $2,500 micro grant launch and the debut of Stay Sweet: The Sugar City Story, a short film all about Sugar City directed by Brandon Schlia and produced by Braden Stewart. Accompanying the grant announcement and film screening will be live music by Buffalo's own Welks Mice. This event will be free and open to all.
GRANT PROGRAM
Sugar City will be launching a new yearly micro grant program to be given out to people and organizations in the greater Buffalo area, stop by the event to hear all of the details on what is going on.
WELKS MICE
Sugar Citizen Cliff Parks once wrote about Welks Mice "Feel good vibraphone heroes Welks Mice dropped a new single “Your Heart is the Purple Sage” that, in true Welks form, is virtually indescribable yet deeply affecting. Maybe it’s the naked, searching purity of Max Weiss’s vocals and the distinct sense that’s he singing TO YOU or his poetic and philosophical lyrics that come at you fast and insistent; maybe it’s the Andre Welks vibraphone that seem to gradually harmonize with your soul, or the intimate immediacy of the lo-fi production. In any case “Your Heart is the Purple Sage” is a refreshingly cathartic balm for the soul that feels just right, and it’s definitely worth a listen"
STAY SWEET: THE SUGAR CITY STORY
In the Summer of 2020 it became clear Sugar City would need to end it’s run as a vital community space due to the pandemic and it’s resulting financial fallout. At the time I was furloughed and looking for a creative project to fill my time. In speaking with Braden we devised a plan to explore the history of Sugar City, hearing from its members and its archive of footage, to enshrine the legacy of this crucial community resource. I spoke with a large number of folks, past and present members, attendees and performers to frame a retrospective that embodies the ways in which Sugar City uplifted the artist community and gave people a safe space to express themselves. This documentary is meant to serve as a time capsule of their efforts during their 11 year run and in so many ways, I hope it inspires the next generation of makers and doers to embody its mission.
Directed & Edited by Brandon Schlia
Executive Produced by Braden Stewart
ABOUT SUGAR CITY
Sugar City was Buffalo’s only legal, DIY, volunteer-run, all-ages performance venue until our closure at the start of the pandemic. Our goal is to provide an alternative space to share and create art and community projects based on participatory culture and a do-it-together attitude. Events and initiatives include, but are not limited to music, films, poetry readings, a zine library, meeting space, art gallery, workshops, and more. We want to break down the barriers of what is and isn’t “art” because in some way everyone is an artist.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202-1871, United States,Buffalo, New York
