2015 - The Factory Theatre - Eora (Sydney), Australia (no recordings found)
2016 - Sasquatch! Music Festival - George, WA ( portions of The River and Evil Death Roll / Cellophane > I'm in Your Mind Fuzz )
2018' - The Observatory - Santa Ana, CA, USA ( Altered Beast I > Evil Death Roll (cut), Rattlesnake / portions of Evil Death Roll, Sleep Drifter and Gamma Knife / Digital Black )
Today we have clips from Sasquatch! festival 2016 and Santa Ana 2018.
- recordings are found at King Gizzard Live Spreadsheet and KGLW.net

EDIT: Reposting because I would like more responses in order to create a more comprehensive college list :)
I just completed my sophomore year of high school, and it’s time for me to start thinking about college. Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about various colleges to create a set list that focuses more on what works for my interests and ambitions rather than just going for the most prestigious universities.
That said, I would much appreciate some recommendations for good safeties, targets, and reaches! And if you can, please take the time to chance me for T20 universities and perhaps provide some advice on how I can strengthen my application within the coming years!
Demographics
Gender: Female
Hooks/URM: Daughter of immigrants
Race: South Asian/Indian
School: semi-competitive large public school. over 2,000 students, 15 or so out of 500 in the class of 2023 were accepted to T20 schools
State: Colorado
Income: ~180k/year, family of 3
Intended Major(s)
Considering biochemistry or clinical lab science as a pre-med route with a minor in either political science or philosophy
SAT
I’m a rising junior, so I haven’t taken the SAT yet, but my PSAT scores (with absolutely no studying minus one practice test freshman year) are as follows
PSAT 8/9: 1420
PSAT 10: 1410
Projected SAT: 1560
UW/W GPA and Rank
My school operates on a 4.0 scale
UW GPA: 4.0 (projected for senior year - 3.95)
W GPA: 4.15 (projected for senior year - 4.5)
UW Rank: 1/446
W Rank: 2/446
Coursework (I’m only including weighted classes)
Sophomore year: AP Gov (projected 5) AP Macro (projected 4), AP World (projected 4)
Junior Year: IB English, IB European History, AP Calc BC, IB Spanish 5, AP Biology, IB Business
Senior Year (tentative): IB English, IB 20th Century History, AP Physics C: Mech, IB Math A&A HL, AP Spanish, IB Chemistry
Awards
I have a running list of around 10 awards that I’ve earned over the course of the past two years. I won’t list them here because they will easily reveal my identity to anyone who may know me. If you want to know my awards to better be able to chance me, please PM me!!
Extracurriculars
• Varsity girls cross country (freshman year - present)
• Varsiry girls swim (freshman year)
• Varsity girls track (sophomore year - present)
• piano player for 10 years, just starting competitions this year
• club swimming (7th grade - sophomore year)
• volunteering at the local library - over 20 hours doing reading buddies and sorting books
• upcoming: will be volunteering at a hospital this summer. it’s a super competitive program and only 30 out of 200 or so applicants got in, most of which being rising seniors. i will get 64 hours of service and a few educational opportunities from this
• holding a leadership role in a school club (won’t specify for safety reasons)
• National Honor Society
• Spanish National Honor Society
• Theatre
• HOSA (health occupations students of America)
Extracurriculars I Plan to Add
• Technology Student Associaton
• DECA (distributive education clubs of America)
• Speech & Debate
• Tutoring students in math up to Precalculus (have already received an interview for this position)
Other Useful Things to Know
• Passion project: currently translating my grandmother’s books from Telugu to English so readers in America will be able to read these books. She is a published author in India.
• I’m trilingual
• Have been out of the USA over 10 times. Thinking using international travel as a metaphor for my college essays might be a good idea.
Dream Colleges & Aspirations
• Harvey Mudd
• Johns Hopkins
• Stanford
• Texas A&M
• Columbia
• Would like to run for college if I end up at a D3 school
Thanks for reading! If there’s anything else you need to know to make better recommendations or chancing, PM me or just ask me in the comments.

Hello Home Theatre Enthusiasts,
Finding a top-notch home theatre installer is a crucial part of setting up your perfect entertainment space. You need someone who knows the ins and outs of audio-visual equipment, acoustics, and aesthetics. Here are some tips on how to find the best home theatre installers in the USA:
1. Check Certifications: Look for installers who are CEDIA (Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association) certified. This ensures they have proper training and adhere to industry best practices.
2. Read Reviews: Websites like Angie's List, Yelp, and HomeAdvisor are great places to start. Read reviews from past customers to gauge the quality of work and customer service.
3. Ask for References: A reputable installer will be more than happy to provide references from past clients.
4. Visit Showrooms: If an installer has a showroom, visit it. This will give you an idea of the quality of their work and the products they use.
5. Evaluate Communication: A good installer will listen to your needs, suggest appropriate solutions, and communicate clearly about costs and timelines.
6. Check their Portfolio: Most professional installers will have a portfolio showcasing their previous projects. This can give you an idea of the quality of their work and whether their style matches what you're looking for.
7. Industry Partnerships: Check if they have partnerships with reputable home theatre brands. This can indicate a level of trust in their skills by recognized industry entities.
8. Comprehensive Services: The best installers will offer comprehensive services, including consultation, design, installation, and after-service support.
9. Custom Solutions: Every home and every client's needs are different. A top installer will offer custom solutions rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
10. Compare Quotes: Finally, get quotes from multiple installers to ensure you're getting a fair price. Remember, the cheapest isn't always the best!
The ideal home theatre installer will combine technical expertise with great customer service to bring your vision to life. Feel free to share your experiences or recommendations. Happy viewing!

A new June 2023 slowly stamps batch has just been released, and we can start counting the results of the post I made the last month.

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How are the results going?

Not too good, we only got 22 new stamps, even less than May batch, which was a huge step back.
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How many ideas became stamps?

In the post I considered 7 categories:

• Flags: 1 out of 14, 7% ↗
• Events and festivals: 13 out of 68, 19% ↗ (note: one event was not on the site so the correct result would be 14 out of 69, 20% ↗). Actually I considered also the stamp of the last 4 days of May in the total amount, but they added the Luxembourg's stamp which will come out on May, so the counting could be correct, but that's an even higher increasing.
• Location stamps: 0 out of 43, 0% ＝
• European castles: 3 out of 15, 20% ↗ (note: one was not proposed on the feedback site).
• Global international stamps: 1 out of 11, 9% ＝ (remember they aren't really considering these proposals, as they already said).
• Single stamps: 0 out of 9, 0% (I don't count the single stamps not under review or in progress).
• Premium sets: 0 out of 20, 0% (I don't count the premium sets not under review or in progress).

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So the total is: 19 out of 152, 12% ↗
The feedback site includes also more premium stamp ideas, but there are so many ideas that I can't make a statistic about them. Even though it's important to remember the Slowly team released 3 premium stamps.
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Is this a good result or not?

Well, I proposed 8 of these 22 stamps, so I'm quite satisfied. Even though the results are still very low, there have been a huge increase in proposal of new events and this explains why most of the new stamps are from this category. The categories we considered above mostly increased and non decreased, so the Slowly team is probably starting to take the ideas more into consideration though.
The total of ideas is still huge, they won't make 152 stamps each month of course, also because the ideas we make are not all good ones. But in my opinion I expected lots of more stamps. I'm happy for some great new stamps, but some of the best ideas weren't chosen unfortunately.
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What's the best time to propose a stamp?

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Let's see again this statistic!
5 stamps were proposed in 2022, 12 more were posted in of April (4 of them after my post on Reddit).
Obviously I only considered stamps specifically for June. What the best time to add such suggestions? Well, surprisingly this time was around April 25, exactly one month before the batch release.
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What can we do now?

Let's wait for the next month!
I tried to arrange a list for the potential new entries, this is merely speculation, but some of these will become new stamps in July. So keep an eye on this subreddit if you would love to see one of the followings! The lists are subject to changes, feel free to comment or send me a DM if you find anything more.
Note: clicking on the links will brought you on the feedback site, to know more about those proposals!
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Flags:

• French Polynesia 🇵🇫 - 29 June
• Seychelles 🇸🇨 – 29 June
• Burundi 🇧🇮 – 1 July
• Madeira - July 1
• British Virgin Islands 🇻🇬 - 3 July
• Comoros 🇰🇲 – 6 July
• Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 – 7 July
• Cook Islands 🇨🇰 - 7 July
• Kiribati 🇰🇮 – 12 July
• São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹 – 12 July
• French Southern and Antarctic Lands 🇹🇫 - 14 July
• Saint-Pierre and Miquelon 🇵🇲 - 14 July
• Saint Martin 🇫🇷 - 14 July
• Abkhazia - July 23
• Esperanto - July 26
• Wallis and Futuna 🇼🇫 - 29 July
• Vanuatu 🇻🇺 – 30 July
• Hawaii - July 31

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Commemorative free Regional possible releases:

• 26 June Aimé Césaire Day, Martinique 🇲🇶
• 26 June National Canoe Day, Canada 🇨🇦
• 26 June-1 July Hajj Season, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 or more countries
• 27 June Hellen Keller Day, USA 🇺🇸
• 28 Vidovdan, Serbia 🇷🇸
• 28 June-2 July Východná Folklore Festival, Slovakia 🇸🇰
• 29 June Saints Peter and Paul, Vatican City 🇻🇦
• 30 June Lovers’ Day, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿
• 30 June General Prayer Day, Central African Republic 🇨🇫
• 30 June-11 July Vincy Mas, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨
• End of June-Early July Heilala Festival, Tonga 🇹🇴
• 1 National Doctor’s Day, India 🇮🇳
• 1 Dostoevsky Day, Russia 🇷🇺
• 1 Ketikoti, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• 1 Neerosh, Somalia 🇸🇴
• 1 RONPhos Handover Day, Nauru 🇳🇷
• 1 Sir Seretse Khama Day, Botswana 🇧🇼
• 1-15 Heiva i Tahiti, French Polynesia 🇵🇫
• 2 Pedro Paulet, Peru 🇵🇪
• 3 Heroes' Day, Zambia 🇿🇲
• 3 Days of Mowing in Kupres, Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦
• 3 Caricom Day, Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬, Bahamas 🇧🇸, Barbados 🇧🇧, Belize 🇧🇿, Dominica 🇩🇲, Jamaica 🇯🇲, Grenada 🇬🇩, Guyana 🇬🇾, Haiti 🇭🇹, Montserrat 🇲🇸, Saint Kitts and Nevis 🇰🇳, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨, Saint Lucia 🇱🇨, Suriname 🇸🇷, Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 and maybe more.
• 4 Vierdaagse, Netherlands 🇳🇱
• 4 Tirgan Festival, Iran 🇮🇷
• 4 Henrietta Swan Leavitt, USA 🇺🇸
• 5 Saints Cyril and Methodius Day, Czechia 🇨🇿
• 6 Jan Hus Day, Czechia 🇨🇿
• 7 Fishermen’s Day, Marshall Islands 🇲🇭
• 7 Eid al-Ghadir, Muslim countries
• 7 Saba Saba Day, Tanzania 🇹🇿
• 7 Ra o te Ui Ariki, Cook Islands 🇨🇰
• 7 Batakari Day, Ghana 🇬🇭
• 7-16 Calgary Stampede, Canada 🇨🇦
• 8 Zvejnieksvētki, Latvia 🇱🇻
• 10 National Day of Nikola Tesla - Day of Science, Technology and Innovation/the Day of Science, Croatia 🇭🇷 and Serbia 🇷🇸
• 10-16 Te Taetae ni Kiribati, Kiribati 🇰🇮
• 10-19 La Fiesta de La Tirana, feast of La Virgen del Carmen, Chile 🇨🇱
• 10-19 Sebiba, Algeria 🇩🇿
• 11 National Culture and Senior Citizens Day, Kiribati 🇰🇮
• 11 Día del Bandoneón, Argentina 🇦🇷
• 11-14 Rebetiko Festival, Greece 🇬🇷
• 12 Favaloro's Bypass Surgery method, Argentina 🇦🇷
• 12 Malala Day, Pakistan 🇵🇰
• 13 Fernando Pessoa, Portugal 🇵🇹
• 13 Bhanu Jayanti, Nepal 🇳🇵
• 15-1 August Tobago Heritage Festival, Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹
• 16 National Ice Cream Day, USA 🇺🇸
• 16 Galla Bayramy, Turkmenistan 🇹🇲
• 16 Gergetoba, Georgia 🇬🇪
• 17 Día del Pollo a la Brasa, Peru 🇵🇪
• 19 Hijri New Year, Muslim countries
• 19 National Football Day, Brazil 🇧🇷
• 20 Lempira Day, Honduras 🇭🇳
• 21 Gungu Festival, Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩
• 21 Fête Victor Schœlcher, Martinique 🇲🇶
• 21-23 Pflasterspektakel Linz, Austria 🇦🇹
• 22 Ratcatcher's Day/Pied Piper Day, Germany 🇩🇪
• 24 Simon Bolivar Day, Venezuela 🇻🇪
• 24 National Amelia Earhart Day, USA 🇺🇸
• 26 Eva Perón (Evita), Argentina 🇦🇷
• 27 José Celso Barbosa Day, Puerto Rico 🇵🇷
• 28-5 August Te Maeva Nui, Cook Islands 🇨🇰
• 28-6 August Jerash Festival, Jordan 🇯🇴
• 29 Ólavsøka, Faroe Islands 🇫🇴
• 30-7 August Summer Festival, Anguilla 🇦🇮
• End of July Bula Festival, Fiji 🇫🇯

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Global, international day potential releases:

(feedback site doesn’t accept this kind of requests, but Slowly team is still releasing these stamps)

• 1 Free Hugs Day
• 4 Alice in Wonderland Day
• 6 Kiss Day
• 7 Chocolate Day
• 7 Save the Vaquita Day
• 9 I Purple You/Army Day
• 14 Non-Binary People's Day
• 14 Shark Awareness Day
• 16 Guinea Pig Appreciation Day
• 16 Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day
• 21 Dog Day
• 25 IVF Day
• 26 Esperanto Day
• 27 Stray Dog Day
• 29 Tiger Day

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Locations stamps proposals for countries that currently have 0 stamps

(may come out in the future), you can also vote for them to make the Slowly team consider more these ideas:

• Andorra 🇦🇩
• Antarctica 🇦🇶
• Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬
• Burundi 🇧🇮
• Cape Verde 🇨🇻
• Central African Republic 🇨🇫
• Chad 🇹🇩
• Comoros 🇰🇲
• Congo 🇨🇬
• Djibouti 🇩🇯
• Dominica 🇩🇲
• Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶
• Eritrea 🇪🇷
• Gabon 🇬🇦
• Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
• Kiribati 🇰🇮
• Laos 🇱🇦
• Lesotho 🇱🇸
• Liberia 🇱🇷
• Malawi 🇲🇼
• Marshall Islands 🇲🇭
• Mauritania 🇲🇷
• Micronesia 🇫🇲
• Monaco 🇲🇨
• Mozambique 🇲🇿
• Nauru 🇳🇷
• Niger 🇳🇪
• Palau 🇵🇼
• Rwanda 🇷🇼
• Sahrawi
• Saint Lucia 🇱🇨
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇻🇨
• Samoa 🇼🇸
• San Marino 🇸🇲
• São Tomé and Principe 🇸🇹
• Seychelles 🇸🇨
• Solomon Islands 🇸🇧
• Somalia 🇸🇴
• Somaliland
• South Sudan 🇸🇸
• Tajikistan 🇹🇯
• Tuvalu 🇹🇻
• Vanuatu 🇻🇺

There are also lots of great ideas for dependencies and territories, you can check them on the feedback site!
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We could also see more European Castles, they could include:

• Aland Islands 🇦🇽 (Kastleholm Castle)
• Andorra 🇦🇩 (Castell de Sant Vicenç)
• Canary Islands 🇮🇨 (Castillo de San Jose)
• Ceuta and Melilla 🇪🇦 (La Vieja)
• Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 (Skansin)
• Guernsey 🇬🇬 (Castle Cornet)
• Iceland 🇮🇸 (Borgarvirki Fortress)
• Isle of Man 🇮🇲 (Peel Castle)
• Jersey 🇯🇪 (Elizabeth Castle or Mount Orgueil Castle)
• Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 (Turkestan City Fortress)
• Monaco 🇲🇨 (Prince’s Palace)
• Russia 🇷🇺 (Novgorod Kremlin)

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Premium single stamps and achievements currently under review and in progress:

• Badminton, global
• Golem, Czechia 🇨🇿
• Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie, France 🇫🇷/Poland 🇵🇱
• Penny Black, global or United Kingdom 🇬🇧
• Royal Bengal Tiger, Nepal 🇳🇵, Bhutan 🇧🇹 and India 🇮🇳
• Stamp Achievement for Long term pen pals
• Stamp Achievement for 1,000 stamps collected
• Stamp Achievement for completing one year, two years, three years and so on
• Wayang, Indonesia 🇮🇩

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Premium sets under review and in progress:

• 7 wonders, global
• Alhambra of Granada, Sagrada Familia, Aqueduct of Segovia, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Roman Theatre (Mérida), Giralda of Seville, Spain 🇪🇸
• Alice In Wonderland, global
• Argentine sayings, Argentina 🇦🇷
• Art Movements, global
• Arthurian Legends, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
• Boba Teas, global
• Brazilian Desserts, Brazil 🇧🇷
• Brazilian Folklore, Brazil 🇧🇷
• Celtic symbols, Ireland 🇮🇪
• Cheese Set, global
• Constellations, global or according to hemisphere
• Cryptids (Cryptozoology), global
• Flower Whispers Vol.3, global
• Greek Gods, Greece 🇬🇷
• LGBTQ+ / Know your pride!, global
• Origami, global
• Russian Fairy Tales, Russia 🇷🇺
• Tales from 1001 Nights (Arabian Nights), global
• Works of Jules Verne, France 🇫🇷

2016 - Moe's Alley - Santa Cruz, CA, USA (no recordings found)
2018 - Theatre Royal - Castlemaine, Australia (no recordings found)
2022 - Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY, USA ( complete show / complete show audio / mostly complete from The Balrog - Rattlesnake, and partial versions of The Dripping Tap and Mind Fuzz suite / archive )
Today from we have several complete recordings plus additional clips from a year ago in Rochester, NY.
- recordings are found at King Gizzard Live Spreadsheet and KGLW.net

I'm trying to make a list of all of the things to do in Denver for this summer. Does anyone know of anything I should add?
DOUBLE CHECK BEFORE YOU GO. THIS LIST MAY NOT BE UP TO DATE

Music Festivals

• Saturdays 05/27-09/02 Swingin Under the Stars - 7:30PM-10PM FREE All Ages Swing Dancing, Lessons, Ice Cream, Live Music Little Man Ice Cream, 2620 16th Street Denver, CO 80211
• 06/03 Denver Day of Rock - 1:15PM-9:30PM FREE All Ages 15 Bands, 3 Stages; Mainly Rock; Food Trucks LODO Denver
• 06/07 Holiday Theater Music and Poetry Showcase - 7PM FREE All Ages Guitar, Low-Rock, Spoken Word, Poetry, Jazz MCA Denver at the Holiday Theater 2644 West 32nd Avenue Denver, CO 80211
• 06/10 Five Points Jazz Festival - 12PM-8PM FREE All Ages 140+ Jazz Performances Five Points, Denver
• 06/17 First Harvest Music Vestival - 4PM-8PM $10 12 and Below; $35 1+ All Ages Various Musicans Including the Flobots, The Snakes, and Brothers of Brass; Foodtrucks, To Show Solidarity for Refugees DeLaney Community Farm 170 South Chambers Road Aurora, CO 80017
• 07/14-07/16 Compost Heap Music Festival - Times TBA FREE (Suggested Donations) Underground Music of Various Genres Seventh Circle Music Collective, 2935 W 7th Ave, Denver CO
• 07/15 Blues & BBQ Festival – 10AM-6PM $10 All Ages Live Blues Music and BBQ Citizen’s Park, 5560 W 24th Ave, Edgewater, CO 80214
• 07/21-07/22 Global Dance Festival – 3PM-11PM $99/Day All Ages EDM, Art Installations, Circus Performers, Silent Disco. Performers Include Kaskade, Deadmau5, Loud Luxury, Surf Mesa, Troyboi, Zedd and Many More! Empower Field. 1701 Bryant St, Denver, CO 80204
• 07/28-07/30 Underground Music Showcase - 3PM-12AM $120 Weekend Pass *Independent Music of Various Genres - Broadway // 6th Ave to Alameda, 21 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80209
• 08/25-08/27 Meow Wolf Vortex Music and Art Festival - 2:30PM-?? $60-$100 / Day, -$229 Weekend Pass Electronic Music Festival Feat. Griz, Armani White, BLOND:ISH and many more The Junkyard, 2323 W. Mulberry Place, Denver, CO 80204
• 08/12 Ghost Canyon Fest – 6PM-12AM $50 21+ Noise, Punk, and Post Punk Bands Hi Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver, CO 80223
• 09/09 Sunnyside Music Festival – 12PM-7:15PM FREE All Ages Local Bands, Food, Vendos Chaffe Park near 2001 W 44th Ave, Denver, CO 80211
• 09/16 Viva Southwest Mariachi Fest – 4:30PM-10PM FREE All Ages Mariachi Bands, Food, Vendos Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W Florida Ave, Denver, CO 80223

Culture Festivals

• 06/02 Chrom - 5PM-10PM FREE All Ages A Pride Queer Art Showcase and Vendor Market, Live DJ Skylight, 833 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, United States
• 06/09-06/11 ayA Con - F 4PM-7PM; Sa 10AM-6PM; Su 10AM-5PM $15-$30 All Ages Indigenous Comics, Art, Fashion, Performance, Film, and Music McNichols Civic Center Building, 144 W Colfax Ave, Aver, CO 80202
• 06/09-06/11 Denver Greek Festival - F 11AM-11PM; Sa 11AM-12AM; Su 11AM-7PM FREE All Ages Celebration of Greek Heritage with Food, Music, Vendors, and Art Assumption of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 4610 E Alameda Ave, Denver, CO 80246
• 06/17-06/18 Juneteenth Festival - 12PM-8PM FREE All Ages Celebration of Black Culture and Liberation with a Parade, Live Music, Vendors Five Points, Denver
• 06/17-06/18 Cherry Blossom Festival - 5k Sa 8AM; Parade Sa 9:30AM FREE All Ages Celebration of Japanese Heritage with Taiko Drumming, Teriyaki Chicken, Sake, Japanese Art Sakura Square, Denver
• 06/24-06/25 Denver Pridefest - Sa 11AM-6PM; Su 11AM-4PM FREE All Ages Celebration of LGBTQ+ Culture with 5k Run, Parade, Venors, Concerts, Drag Events Civic Center Park, 101 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80202 (Parade Starts at Cheeseman Park)
• 07/07 -07/09 Colorado Black Arts Festival - F 1PM-8PM; Sa 11AM-8PM; Su 11AM-7PM FREE All Ages * Celebration of Black Culture with Performances, Visual Art, Scavenger Hunts, Food, Parade, Vendors* City Park, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80205
• 07/15-07/16 Mile High Global Bazaar - 11AM-7PM FREE All Ages Cultural Exhibits and Vendors from around the World Skyline Park, Denver, CO 80202
• 07/22-07/23 Colorado Dragon Boat Festival – Races Start 8AM; Festival Sa 10AM-7PM. Su 10AM-5PM FREE All Ages *Dragon Boat Races, Food, Vendors, Performances – FREE – Sloan's Lake Park W Bryon Pl, Denver, CO 80212

Food / Drink Festivals

• W-Th 05/15-09/?? Civic Center Eats - 11AM-7PM Free All Ages 10-20 Food Trucks of Various Cuisines Civic Center Park, 101 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80202
• 05/14, 06/04, 07/09 A Taste of Colorado 10AM-6PM Free All Ages Live Music, 6 Food Trucks, Drinks, Live Music, Kids Activities, Vendors Civic Center Park, 101 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80202
• 05/27-05/28 BBQ Fest 11AM-8PM $35 Under 20; $109 Adult All Ages * All You Can Eat BBQ, All You Can Drink, Cooking Demos, Live Music* Empower Field at Mile High, 1701 Bryant St, Denver, CO, 80204
• 05/27 Taste Around the World! Spring Wine Event - 3PM-6:30PM $90 All Ages * Tastings for 25 Bottles of Wine with Help From Wine Experts* Ironton Distillery (RiNo) - 3636 Chestnut Pl, Denver, CO 80216
• 07/20 The Big Eat - 6PM-9PM $85 21+ 50+ Restaurants All You Can Eat, Live Music* Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1400 Curtis St, Denver, CO 80204
• 07/22 - Summer Brewfest - 1PM-10PM $55 Advance, $60 Day of Only Allowed Half of Time) 21+ *Unlimited Tastings of Local Beer Brews Mile High Station, 2027 West Colfax Avenue, Denver Co 80204
• 08/03 Denver Burger Battle - Price TBA 21+ 20+ Restaurants Best Burger Competition; Unlimited Drinks and Burgers* Tivoli Quad, 1000 Larimer St, Denver CO 80204?
• 08/19 Sloan’s Lake Beer Fest - $5 DD, $35 if Drinking 21+ 1970s Themed Beer Tasting with Live Music* 1610 Raleigh Street Denver, CO 80204
• 08/26 Denver Summer Whiskey Tasting Festival - 2:30PM-6PM $45 21+ Tasting of 20+ Whiskey, Tasting Lessons, Live Music, Food Location TBA
• 09/06-09/09 Denver Food and Wine Festivals 11AM-8PM $60-$95 21+ * Food and Wine Showcase, Tastings, Seminars, Cocktail Competition* Tivoli Quad on the Auraria Campus, 1000 Larimer St, Denver

Art / Crafts / Shopping Festival

• 05/05, 06/02, 07/07, 08/04, 09/01 Sante Fe First Friday Art Walks - 5:30PM-9PM FREE All Ages Galleries , Vendors, Food Trucks, Music Sante Fe // 5th Ave to 11th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
• 05/05, 06/02, 07/07, 08/04, 09/01 RiNo First Friday Art Walks - 5:30PM-9PM FREE All Ages Art,Vendors Larimer St // Broadway to Downing
• 05/05, 06/02, 07/07, 08/04, 09/01 Dairy Block First Friday Art Walks - 5PM-9PM FREE All Ages Art, Vendors 1800 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202
• 05/05, 06/02, 07/07, 08/04, 09/01 Lakewood First Friday Art Walks - 6PM-9PM FREE All Ages Galleries, Drinks, Music 6501 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214
• 05/20-05/21 Spring Bazaar - 12PM-6PM FREE All Ages 80+ Vendors, Live DJ, Food Hall Outside Zeppelin Station, 3501 Wazee St #100, Denver, CO 80216
• 05/27-05/28 Denver Arts Festival - Sa 10AM-6PM, Su 10AM-5PM FREE All Ages Local Art Conservatory Green, Central Park, 8304 E. 49th Pl. Denver 80216
• 06/08-06/11 Denver Fringe Festival - Hours Vary $15 (Some FREE Street Performances) All Ages 55+ Shows of Performance Art, Plays, Comedy, Improv, Cabaret, Magic, Dance, Aerial, Immersive Experiences, & More Across 12 Venues RiNo and Five Points Denver
• 06/10-06/11 Denver Chalk Art Festival - Sa 10AM-10PM; Su 10AM-8PM FREE All Ages Chalk Art on the Street 123 W. 12th Avenue, Denver, CO 80204
• 07/01-07/03 Cherry Creek Arts Festival Sa-Su 10AM-8PM; M 10AM-6PM FREE All Ages Art Vendors Cherry Creek North, 2401 E 2nd Ave #150, Denver, CO 80206
• 07/22-07/23 Cheeseman Park Art Festival – 9AM-5PM FREE All Ages 150+ Artists, Live Music, Food & Drinks Cheeseman Park, 1599 East 8th Avenue, Denver CO 80218
• 05/14, 05/22, 06/11, 06/25; 07/09, 07/23, 08/13, 08/27 Thrift Pop – 12PM-5PM FREE All Ages Vintage Clothing, Thrifting, Collectibles Denver Central Market 2669 Larimer St, Denver CO

Other Festivals

• 05/18-05/21 Somebody’s Friend Movement and Music Festival – Times Vary FREE All Ages Dance and Live Music Festival Denver Central Market 2669 Larimer St, Denver CO
• 05/20 Rocky Mountain Tree Festival – 12PM-6PM FREE All Ages Live Music, Art Vendors; All Funds Go to Planting Trees New Terrain Brewing Co, 16401 Table Mountain Pkwy, Golden, CO
• 05/12; 06/04; 07/09; 08/06 !Viva! Streets – 8AM-2PM FREE 3.5 Miles of Car Free Streets; Food; Crafts Broadway, Denver From Alameda to 20th
• 06/10-06/11 Unicorn Festival – 10AM-5PM $25 All Things Fairy and Unicorn Including the Unicorns Themselves Clement Park, 7306 W Bowles Ave, Littleton, CO 80123
• 06/10-06/11 Big Gear Show – Sa 10AM-6PM; Su 10AM-4PM FREE Outdoor Goods Consumer Show Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
• 06/30-07/02 Fan Expo – F 4PM-9PM; Sa 10AM-7PM; Su 10AM-5PM $38-$58 / Day; $90 3-Day Pass All Ages Convention for Fans of Comics, Sci F, Horror, Anime, Gaming Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St, Denver, CO 80202
• 07/15-07/16 Lavender Festival – 9AM-5PM $13 Adults, $11 Seniors, $9 Children All Ages Lavender Fields, Artists, Live Music, Demonstrationsof Dye Garden and Blacksmith ShopDenver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield Farms, 8500 W Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton, CO 80128

Farmers Markets

Sundays

• Sundays 05/07-11/12 South Pearl Street – 9AM-1PM 1527 S Pearl St, Denver, CO 80210
  
• Sundays 06/25-10/08 Central Park – 8:30AM-12:30 PM South Green 7601 29th Ave, Denver, CO 80238
  
• Sundays 04/07-10/29 Metro Denver Famers Market - Highlands Ranch – 10AM-2PM 9288 Dorchester St, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
  
• Sundays 06/04-09/24 Arvada Farmer’s Market – 9AM-1:30PM Olde Town Square, 5702 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, CO 80002
  
• Sundays 05/21-10/15 HighlandsSquare – 9AM-1PM 3600 W 32nd Ave, Denver, CO 80211
  
• Sundays 05/14-10/29 Parker – 8AM-1PM – 19565 Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80138
  
• Sundays 05/28-10/15 Festival Park – 9AM-2PM – 300 2nd St, Castle Rock, CO 80104
  
• Sundays 06/04-09/24 People + Produce – (Food Trucks Beer Garden Live Music) - 9AM-1PM – 4190 S Newport St, Denver, CO 80237
  
• Second Sundays May-Aug Stanley Summer Series Farmer’s Market - 1PM-6PM Stanley Marketplace, 2501 Dallas St, Aurora, CO 80010
  

Tuesdays

• Tuesdays 05/30-09/26 Evergreene – 10AM-2PM 1036 El Rancho Road, Evergreen, CO 80439

Wednesdays

• Wednesdays 06/07-08/30 Green Valley Ranch – 5PM-8PM Green Valley Ranch Town Center Park, 4890 Argonne St., Denver, CO 80249
  
  • Wednesdays 06/14-08/16 Cherry Creek – 9AM-1PM Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 E 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80206
• Wednesdays 06/14-09/27[Littleton]((https://www.denverfarmersmarket.com/) – 10AM-2PM 7301 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO 80120
  

Thursdays

• **Thursdays 05/11-09/3140 - Real Farmers Market - Erie – 5PM-8PM – Briggs Street // Wells and Moffatt, Erie 80516

Saturdays

• Saturday 05/06-11/04 Cherry Creek Fresh Market – 9AM-2PM Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 E 1st Ave, Denver, CO 80206
  
• Saturdays 05/13-10/28 University Hills – 9AM-1PM – 2500 S Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80222
  
• Saturdays 06/10-09/30 [Lakewood]((https://www.denverfarmersmarket.com/) – 10AM-2PM Mile Hi Church. 9077 W Alameda Ave, Denver, CO 80226
  
• Saturdays 04/06-10/28 Southwest Plaza – 8AM-2PM 8501 W Bowles Ave, Littleton, CO 80123
  
• Saturdays 05/13-09/30* Southland – 8AM-1PM – 6155 S Main St, Aurora, CO 80016
  
• Saturdays 06/03-09/16 Union Station – 9AM-1PM 1701 Wynkoop, Denver, CO 80202
  
• Saturdays 5/13-10/28 City Park – 8AM-1PM 2551 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
  
• Saturdays 06/03-10/07 Golden 8AM-1PM 1019 10th St, Golden, CO 80401
  
• Saturdays 5/13-10/14 Real Farmer’s Market - Louisville – 9AM-1PM 824 Front Street, Louisville, CO 80027
  
• 1st and 3rd Saturdays 5/13-10/21 Rebels in the Garden - 9PM-1PM Activist Group Rebel Marketplace, S Del Mar Circle, Aurora, CO, USA
  

Denver.org List of Farmers Markets

Concerts

LIST OF ALMOST ALL CONCERTS AND LIVE MUSIC IN DENVER SUMMER 2023
Free Outdoor Concerts

• Sundays 06/04-08/06 City Park Jazz - 6PM-8PM FREE All Ages Jazz, Blues, Brass, and More City Park Pavilion, Denver
  
• Dates Vary 05/19-09/29Levitt Pavilion Free Concerts Series - Times Vary FREE All Ages Free Concerts, Various Genres Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W Florida Ave, Denver, CO 80223
  
• Central Park Concert Schedule - 6PM or 6:30 PM FREE All Ages Central Park, Denver
  
• Green Valley Ranch Sunday Concerts in the Park - 4PM-6:30PM FREE All Ages Green Valley Ranch Town Center Park, 5050 Argonne St, Denver, CO 80249
  
• Downtown Lakewood Summer Concert Series - 6PM-8PM FREE All Ages Belmar Shopping Center, Downtown Lakewood, 7337 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood, CO 80226
  
• Orchard Town Center Til’ Dark 3rd Friday’s Concert Series - 6:30PM-8:30PM FREE All Ages The Orchard Town Center, 14697 Delaware St, Westminster, CO 80023
  
• Highlands Ranch Community Association Summer Concert Series - 6:30PM-8:00PM FREE All Ages Highland Heritage Regional Park, 9651 S Quebec, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
  

Outside Paid Venues

• Red Rocks Event Schedule 303-319 CO-8, Morrison, CO 80465
  
• Empower Field Event Schedule 1701 Bryant St, Denver, CO 80204
  
• Fiddler’s Green Event Schedule 6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  
• Denver Botanical Gardens Music at the Gardens Schedule Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver, CO 80206
  
• Evenings El Pastor at the Denver Botanic Gardens Small Ensembles Hidden Throughout the Gardens Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St, Denver, CO 80206
  
• Civic Center Park Concert Schedule Civic Center Park, 101 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80202
  
• Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Concert Schedule Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way, Commerce City, CO 80022
  
• Arvada Center Outdoor Amphitheater & Front Porch Concerts Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003
  
• Shady Grove Concert Series at Four Mile Historic Park - 6:30PM $15 Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S Forest St, Denver, CO 80246
  
• Mile High Music Series - 6:30PM-10PM Ticket Comes with 1 Free Frink Four Mile Historic Park, 715 S Forest St, Denver, CO 80246
  

Paid Indoor Venues

• List of Venus in Denver

Concert Lists (by Genre, Search, Etc)

• Songkick
  
• Concertfix
  
• Concertful
  

Parks / Nature

National Parks

• Rocky Mountain National Park $15-$35; $70 Annual; $80 Interagency All Ages 415 Square Miles of Mountain Environments FREE DAYS: 08/04, 09/24, 11/11
  
• Mesa Verde National Park $15-$30; $55 Annual; $80 Interagency World Heritage Site of Pueblo Ruins FREE DAYS: 08/04, 09/24, 11/11
  
• Great Sand Dunes National Park $25; $40 Annual; $80 INteragencyFREE DAYS: 08/04, 09/24, 11/11
  
• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park $15-$30; $55 Annual; $80 Interagency FREE DAYS: 08/04, 09/24, 11/11
  

State Parks

• Barr Lake
  
• Cheyenne Mountain
  
• Crawford
  
• Eleven Mile
  
• Jackson Lake
  
• John Martin
  
• Lake Pueblo
  
• Mancos
  
• Ridgway
  
• St. Vrain
  
• Staunton
  
• Steamboat Lake
  
• Trinidad Lake
  

City Parks

• City Park Lake, Science Museum, Zoo, Golf 17th and York, Denver, CO
  
• Skyline Park * Beer Garden, Ice Skating Rink in Winter* 16th and Arapaho, Denver, CO
  
• Civic Center Park * Lots of Festivals, Art Museum, Library, Government Buildings* 101 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO, 80203
  
• Confluence Park Aquarium, Children’s Museum, Elitch Gardens, S Platte River 2250 15th St, Denver, CO
  
• Centennial Flower Gardens Gardens, S Platte River, Elitch Gardens 1101 Little Raven St, Denver, CO
  
• Commons Park S Platte River, Sand Prairie 17th and York, Denver, CO
  
• Sloans Lake Park Lake, Festival 1700 Sheridan Blvd, Denver, CO
  
• Washington Park Lakes, Boat Rentals, Gardens, Playgrounds, Sports, Tennis Courts, Soccer Field Virginia Ave and Downing St, Denver, CO
  
• Cheeseman Park Paths, Playgrounds 1599 E 8th St, Denver, CO
  
• Bear Creek Park 2,600 Acres, Hiking, Biking, Horseback Riding, Swim Beach, Boat Rentals 15600 W Morrison Rd, Lakewood, CO
  
• Paco Sanchez Park Hilly expanse with unique playgrounds 1290 Knox Court, 3240 W 14th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
  
• Ruby Hill Bike Park 7 Acre Park for Bike Riders with Ramps and Tracks W Jewell Ave, Denver, CO 80223
  
• Smaller / More Distant City Parks include: Berkeley Lake Park, Rocky Mountain Lake Park. McDonough Park, City of Cuernavaca Park, Benedict Fountain (Triangle) Park AND MANY MORE…
  

Hikes

• Day Hikes Near Denver Great List with Many Categories to Sort From
  
• Top 10 Day Hikes Near Denver * Made by guides at Day Hikes Near Denver .com*
  

Water Activities

Beaches

• Cherry Creek State Park Swim Beach Smoky Hill Trail, Aurora, CO 80015
  
• Aurora Reservoir Swimming Beach S Powhaton Rd, Aurora, CO 80016
  
• Aurora Reservoir SCUBA Beach E Reservoir Dam Rd, Aurora, CO 80016
  
• Platte River Highlands Bridge and Swimming in Confluence Park 2250 15th St, Denver, CO 80202
  
• Soda Lake Beach in Bear Creek Lake Park Near 15600 W Morrison Rd, Lakewood, CO 80228
  
• Chatfield Park Swim Beach Near Perimeter Rd, Littleton, CO 80128
  

Pools

• List of Public Denver Outdoor Pools
  
• List of Public Denver Indoor Pools
  

Splash Parks

• List of Splash Parks in the Denver Metro Area May be out of date

Water Parks

• List of Water Parks in the Denver Metro Area May be out of date
  
• 05/29-09/04 Island Kingdom Waterpark at Elitch Gardens - Varies between 9AM and 8:30PM (Closes at Dusk) $50/Day, $75/Season All Ages Water Park with Thrill Slides, Family Slides, Wave Pool, and Lazy River; Attached to Theme Park (No extra cost) 2000 Elitch Cir, Denver, CO 80204
  
• 05/26-09/04 Water World - Varies between 9AM and 6PM $28-$55 Adults, $24-$45 Children All Ages Water Park with Thrill Slides, Family Slides, Wave Pool, Lazy River, and Surf Wave 8801 N Pecos St, Federal Heights, CO 80260
  
• 05/27-08/13 The Splash at Fossil Trace - 10AM-5:30PM Park; 10AM-5PM Pools $12.50 Day Pass, $194 Season Pass All Ages Pools and Water Slides 3151 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401
  
• 05/27-09/04 Pirate’s Cove - 10AM-5:30PM $18 Day Pass; $120 Season Pass All Ages Pools and Water Slides 1225 W Belleview Ave, Littleton, CO 80120
  

Amusement

Theme Parks / Roller Coasters

• Year Round, Dates Vary Elitch Gardens - Varies between 9AM and 9PM $50/Day, $75/Season All Ages Theme Park and Water Park 2000 Elitch Cir, Denver, CO 80204
  
• 05/13-09/10 Lakeside Amusement Park - Varies between 1PM and 11:30PM $30 All Ages Theme Park Built in 1908 4601 Sheridan Boulevard, Lakeside, CO 80212
  

Themed Festivals

• Saturdays & Sundays, 06/17-08/06 Colorado Renaissance Festival - 10:30AM-6:30PM $28 Adult, $12 Child All Ages Renaissance Themed Food, Drink, And Entertainment including Comedy, Sword Swallowing, Fire Breathing, Music, Jousting, and More 650 Perry Park Ave, Larkspur, CO 80118

Outdoor Movies

Local Projections

• Denver.org List Mostly not announced yet List of Outdoor Movie Showings in Denver Including: Avanti, Town Center Park Auditorium, Ironton Distillery & Crafthouse, Elitch Gardens (in the Wave Pool), South Green in Central Park
  
• Denver.org List Mostly not announced yet List of Outdoor Movie Showings Near Denver Including: Red Rocks, Stanley Marketplace, Parfet Park in Golden, Parks Across Westminster, Backcountry Base Camp in Littleton, Memorial Park in Northglenn, Infinity Park in Glendale, Citizen Park in and Edgewater
  

Drive Ins

• 88 Drive In - 7PM $12 Double Features Drive in Theatre, Film Schedule 5 Days in Advance 8780 Rosemary Street, Commerce City, CO 80022

Theatre / Opera / Symphony Shows

• Denver Center for the Performing Arts Big Performing Arts Complex with Several Auditoriums for Plays, Concerts, Symphonies, Shows, and More 1350 Curtis Street, Denver, CO 80202

• 04/14-06/18 The 39 Steps- Singleton Theatre
  
• 05/31-06/04 Riverdance - Buell Theatre
  
• 06/13-06/18 Aladdin - Buell Theatre
  
• 06/21-07/02 Book of Mormon - Buell Theatre
  
• 08/16-08/19 Jagged Little Pill - Buell Theatre
  
• 09/01-10/08 A Little Night Music - Wolf Theatre
  
• 09/15-09/17 Beetlejuice - Buell Theatre
  

• Miners Alley Playhouse Local Children’s Theatre 1224 Washington Ave, Golden, CO 80401

• 05/19-06/11 The Oldest Boy
  
• 05/27-06/24 Robin Hood
  

• Adams Mystery Playhouse Full-time Murder Mystery Theatre 2406 Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80211

• 05/02-05/27 Bootlegger’s Murder
  
• 05/13-05/31 A Dark and Stormy Murder
  
• 06/02-08/03 Mystery in Pirate’s Cove
  
• 06/02-08/05 Murder on Pirate’s Island
  
• 08/10- 09/16 An Artful Murder
  
• 09/22-09/30 They Came From Below
  

• Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities Local Playhouse for Concerts and Plays 6901 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada, CO 80003

• ** 09/08-10/15** Beautiful: The Carol King Musical

• Vintage Theatre Local Play House Specializing in Revival and Contemporary Musicals and Play 1468 Dayton St, Aurora, CO 80010

• 06/02-07/09 Driving Miss Daisy
  
• 07/22-07/30 In the Heights
  

• Firehouse Theatre Company at The John Hand Theatre Performance Art Group 7653 E 1st Pl, Denver, CO 80230

• 06/03-07/01 A Mexican Trilogy: Charty

• Curious Theatre Company Cutting Edge Theatre 1080 Acoma St, Denver, CO 80204

• 05/18-06/15 Cullud Wattah

• 06/11-08/13 Colorado Shakespeare Festival Prices Vary; $18 For Standard Bundle **Festival Showing Many of Shakespeare’s Plays Over a Few Weeks 972 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80302
Theatres Without Current Shows That You Should Still Keep an Eye On
• The Source Theatre Company Local Performing Arts Theatre 721 Santa Fe Dr, Denver, CO 80204
• Lone Tree Arts Center Contemporary Center Which Hosts Plays, Concerts, and Events 10075 Commons St, Lone Tree, CO 80124
• Cherry Creek Theatre Performance Art Center 350 S Dahlia St, Denver, CO 80246

Dance / Performance Art / Burlesque / Etc

• 05/18-06/04 Strange Natures - TH-Su 7PM $20 Immersive Dance Theatre Show 1801 Brentwood St., Lakewood, CO 80214
• 07/05-08/13 Cirque du Soleil: Kooza - 7:30PM $54- $64 All Ages Circus and Gymnastics Show Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, CO 80202
• 07/06-07/08 Colorado Burlesque Festival - 7PM-10PM $25- $35 / Day, $75 / Weekend 18+ Burlesque, Drag, Aerial, & Variet Performance Reelworks, 1399 35th St, Denver, CO
• 07/02 -07/31– Central City Opera’s 2022 Festival – (Opera and Theatre) – Central City Opera House

Museums / Exhibits / Gardens

Art

• Denver Art Museum - 10AM-5PM $12-$19 ALL AGES Daily 10AM-5PM General Art Museum 100 W. 14th Avenue Pkwy Denver, CO 80204 - FREE DAYS: 05/09, 05/14, 06/13, 07/11, 07/30, 09/09, 09/12, 10/10, 11/04, 11/14, 12/12)
  
• Museum of Contemporary Art Denver - T-F 12PM-7PM; Sa-Su 10AM-5PM $7-$10 All Ages Contemporary and Modern Art 1485 Delgany St Denver, CO 80202 - FREE DAYS: 06/03, 07/01, 08/05, 09/02, 10/07, 11/04, 12/02
  
• Meow Wolf - Su-Th 10AM-10PM; F-Sa 10AM-12AM $40-$55 ALL AGES Psychedelic Immersive Alien Art Experience 1338 1st St, Denver, CO 80204
  
• Spectra Art Space: Spookadelia - 11AM-9/10PM $12-$30 ALL AGES * Psychedelic, Immersive Local Art Experience* 1842 S Broadway Denver, CO 80210
  
• Clyfford Still Museum - 10AM-5PM $6-$10 ALL AGES Art by the Artist Clyfford Still 1250 Bannock St Denver, CO 80204 - FREE DAYS: 05/31, 06/25, 07/23, 08/18, 09/06, 10/05, 11/04, 12/03
  
• Museo de las Americas - 12PM-5/6PM $5-$8 ALL AGES Latin American Art 861 Santa Fe Dr, CO 80204 - FREE DAYS: 06/02, 07/07, 08/04, 09/01, 10/06, 11/03, 12/01
  
• American Museum of Western Art 10AM-4:30PM $5 All Ages Art Depicting the American West from 1800s to Present 1727 Tremont Place, Denver, CO 80202
  
• Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art- T-Sa 11AM-5PM; Su12PM-5PM $10-$12 All Ages Fine and Decorative Art 1201 Bannock St Denver, CO 80204
  

History

• History Colorado Center - 10AM-5PM $14 ALL AGES General History Museum with Emphasis on Colorado History 1200 Broadway Denver, CO 80203
  
• Four Mile Historic Park 10AM-4PM $6-$8 ALL AGES Celebration of Denver’s Western Heritage 715 S Forest St, Denver, CO 80246 - FREE DAYS: 05/26, 06/23, 08/25, 09/22, 10/27, 11/24, 12/22
  
• Black American West Museum - 10AM-2PM $10-$15 All Ages History of Black and African American in the Wild West 3091 California St Denver, CO 80205
  

Science / Nature

• Denver Museum of Nature and Science - 9AM-5PM $17-$23 All Ages Nature, Science, Technology, and History; Planetarium; Laser Fantasy 2001 Colorado Blvd Denver, CO 80205 - FREE DAYS: 06/28, 08/16, 09/06, 09/18, 10/15, 12/04
  
• Botanical Gardens - York St (Downtown) - 9AM-8PM $15 Gardens with Plants from All Over the World 1007 York St, Denver, CO 80206 - FREE DAYS: 06/06, 07/05, 08/15, 11/24
  
• Botanical Gardens - Chatfield Farms) - 9AM-8PM $10 Gardens and a Full Working Farm 8500 W Deer Creek Canyon Rd, Littleton, CO 80128 - FREE DAYS: 06/06, 07/05, 08/15, 11/24
  
• Plains Conservation Center M-F 8AM-4PM; Sa 9AM-5PM $10 All Ages Prairie Conservation Center / Activities / Educational Experiences 21901 E Hampden Ave Aurora, CO 80013
  

Animals

• Denver Zoo - 9AM-5PM $24 Adults, $18 Kids All Ages Animals, Conversation, Education 2300 Steele St, Denver, CO 80205 - FREE DAYS: 10/07, 11/07, 11/12
  
• Butterfly Pavillion - 10AM-5PM $15 Adults, $10 Kids All Ages Butterfly Garden, Insect Exhibits, Tarantula Holdings, Education 6252 W 104th Ave, Westminster, CO 80020
  
• Denver Downtown Aquarium - M-Th 10AM-8:30PM; F-S 11AM-10PM; Su 11AM-8PM $19-$25 Plus Add-ons All Ages Aquarium / Restaurant / 4D Theatre / Mermaid Shows 700 Water Street Denver, CO 80211
  
• Wild Animal Sanctuary - 10AM-5PM $50 Adults, $30 Kids All Ages Learn About Wildlife Rescue and See Animals from Elevated Platforms - Stresses It's Not a Zoo but you can see many "zoo" animals 2999 Co Rd 53, Keenesburg, CO 80643
  

Things to Do Year Round

• WIP of Places to Eat, Drink, and Have Fun Around Downtown I'm still building this. Please let me know if you have anything to add or change!
• Eat Around the World in Denver Join us over at /denverfood where we're trying to make a list of restaurants that represent each of the world's countries all in the larger Denver area!

Other Resources

General Compilations
• Mile High on the Cheap
• 303 Magazine Events Calendar
• Colorado.com Events Schedule
• Denver-Co Events
• Vesta Events
• AllEvents
• Metro Denver
• Dairy Block Event Calendar 1800 Wazee St, Denver, CO 80202

Saw a similar list posted earlier but predictably 90% of the movies were Chinese blockbusters which is obviously an accurate list but I thought it might be a little more varied and interesting if I removed the Mandarian language movies.

1. The Passion of the Christ, 2004 (USA) - $612 million
   
2. Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train, 2021 (Japan) - $506 million
   
3. The Intouchables, 2011 (France) - $426 million
   
4. Spirited Away, 2001 (Japan) - $395 million
   
5. Your Name, 2016 (Japan) - $380 million
   
6. Dangal, 2016 (India/Hindi) - $340 million
   
7. Suzume, 2022 (Japan) - $298 million, still in theatres
   
8. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, 2017 (India/Telugu Tamil) - $278 million
   
9. Parasite, 2019 (S.Korean) - $258 million
   
10. One Piece Film: Red, 2022 (Japan) - $246 million
    

The only other non-Mandarin films in the top 50 list are;

• The First Slam Dunk / Japan / $245m
  
• Welcome to the Sticks / France / $245m
  
• Ip Man 4: The Finale / Hong Kong+China / $239m
  
• Howl’s Moving Castle / Japan / $235m
  

This is all from Wikipedia so if you notice there are any errors go ahead and point them out.

With all the talk of Total War: Pharoah, I thought it would be fun to create a "Business Proposal" document for my dream game, Victoria: Total War. Please note that I am not a game developer, and am at best an amateur historian. This list is not in any particular order, I just wrote them down as they came to me. I know this is super long. I apologize.
Victoria: Total War
Victoria: Total War would be a turn-based strategy game set in the 100 years spanning from 1800 to 1900 and focused on empire-building and the interactions between factions on the global stage. Below are the features aimed to be in the base-game and some areas for DLC/Expansion packs.
Mechanics:
· World spanning map divided into theatres. Europe/North Africa/Middle East, North America, Indian Subcontinent/Southeast Asia.
· Industrialization: Each faction should have options to transition from an agrarian society to an industrial society, with some factions having a technological head-start in this area, such as the European empires.
· Factions Europe: The United Kingdom, France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Ottoman Empire, Sweden, Dutch, Morocco, Persia.
· Factions North America: The United States, Dominion of Canada (Colony of U.K.), Viceroyalty of New Spain (Colony of Spain), Russian Alaska (Colony of Russia).
· Factions India/Southeast Asia: Marathas, Sikh Empire, Nepal, third party Indian Princedoms, Durrani (Afghan) Empire, British East India Company (puppet of U.K., but historically acted on their own accord), Konbaung (Burma/Myanmar), Rattanakosin Kingdom (Thailand), Dutch East India Company (centered in Indonesia), Cambodia, Ngyuen Dynasty (Vietnam).
· Each faction should be made up of a minimum of five or more sub-regions. An example would be the United Kingdom being made up of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and Northern Ireland. In North America, each United States ‘state’ that is represented on the map should be made up of at least two or three sub-regions. An example would be New York having a sub-region for Manhattan, Lower New York, and Upper New York. The idea is to represent the historical power of the United States and to make an invasion of any faction on the map an actual endeavor and more difficult.
· Dynamic uniforms. As technology advances, so should the uniforms that are worn by armies.
· Technology trees that are specific to each culture and represent the background of their respective regions.
· Representation of War Support and civilian life in the various empires.
· A mechanic that allows empires to host military parades in their capital cities. Invest treasury and influence into the event, make it as big or small as the player wants, add different elements such as regiments that have accomplished feats in the military marching in the streets, cavalry, and musician regiments. The more that is invested, the more war support is rewarded to the player.
· Modeled capital cities. Like in the original Rome, have an interface that allows the player to view their capital or other cities. Have an interactive event where the player can see the military parade that they just organized and can watch their infantry march past a viewing pavilion. There should be time appropriate music/marches played by the army’s musician regiment.
· Colonization. Implement tech and player actions in regard to colonization, such as events or uprisings in conquered territory.
· Unifying/Formable Nation Events: Special events for the unification of a culture group, such as Prussia forming the German Empire.
· Diplomacy modeled after the Three Kingdoms/Warhammer III system.
· Resources. Add oil, timber, coal, iron, steel, etc. into the game as consumable resources for industrialization.
DLC/Expansions:
There are several ways to keep this game profitable for many years to come. Here are a few ideas regarding DLC.
· Campaign Expansion: The American Revolution.
o New Start date of 1776.
o Play as the Continental Congress and guide their struggle against Britain or play as Britain and crush the rebellion.
o Unique units of the United States, Britain, France, and Spain.
o War support mechanics for Britain. If too many battles are lost to the colonials, the public will demand an end to the war.
o Foreign relations mechanic for the USA. The player must balance sending representatives to foreign governments for aid in weapons and support and keeping the founders in Philadelphia to promote unity among the colonies and drafting a new constitution. If the player favors sending all their representatives to foreign governments for aid, they risk the other colonies breaking off and either rejoining the crown or declaring their own independence. If the player favors uniting the colonies, they risk facing the British Empire alone with a deficit of weapons and ammunition.
· Expansion: Revolutions.
o This will add revolution and rebellion mechanics into Victoria: Total War.
o Mini Campaign focused on the German Spring and the revolutions in 1848.
o Add emergent factions into the game like Ireland.
· Campaign Expansion: The U.S. Civil War.
o New Start date of 1861.
o Focused on an expanded North American map.
o Play as the United States or the Confederate States.
o Similar mechanics to the American Revolution campaign, except flipped.
o Unique units for the United States, Confederate States, Mexico, Britain/Canada, Spain, France.
· Campaign Expansion: The Franco-Prussian War.
o New Start Date of 1870.
o Unique units for France, Prussia, Bavaria, Baden, Wurttemberg, and Hesse-Darmstadt.
· Campaign Expansion: The Crimean War.
o New Start date of 1853.
o Unique units for Russia, Britain, France, and the Ottoman Empire.
· Campaign Expansion: The Sepoy Rebellions.
o New start date of 1857.
o Expanded map of the Indian subcontinent.
o Unique units for Britain and the Indian rebels, maybe for the Indian Princedoms.
· Campaign Expansion: The Boer Wars.
o New Start date of 1880.
o Unique units for Britain and Transvaal.
o New Theatre: Africa, with the southern continent added to the game.
· Theatre Expansion: The Opium Wars.
o New Theatre: Asia, with the Qing Dynasty in China, Eastern Russia, the Josun Kingdom in Korea, and the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan.
o Unique units for China, Japan, and Korea.
o Unique tech tree for Japan, that allows it to rapidly industrialize after an event forcing them to end their isolation.
· Theatre Expansion: Bolivar’s Wars of Independence.
o New Theatre: South America, from Panama in the north to the tip of the continent.
o Unique units for the South American revolutionaries, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil.
o Formable nation of Gran Colombia.
o Formable nation of Peru-Bolivia.
o Each nation can be broken up upon rebellion/revolution to reflect the historical South American countries or can be unified to challenge the United States or European powers on the world stage.
o Momentum mechanic for Simon Bolivar. As long as Simon Bolivar remains alive, the head of an army, and continues to win battles, more and more people will flock to his banner, forming more, bigger armies. (Kind of like the Greenskins’ Whaag mechanic in Total War: Warhammer.)

I for one can't believe it's already Memorial Day weekend. If you're not heading to Taylor Swift or one of the dueling festivals sandwiching the City this holiday weekend, everything may seem a bit quiet on the home front...and yeah, there are about half as many shows listed this week as last week. But I'm here to convince you to break out the white chinos and kicks, and hit up a local venue for some good, loud fun. And since it's a 3-day weekend, this post has you covered through Memorial Day.
If you're new to this sub or just passing through, each week I try to highlight the "best" upcoming rock, punk, indie and alternative shows. I scour the web and social media for concert announcement, booking, rescheduling, etc., and then pick which shows are vying for my time and money (or which would've been if they weren't sold out). This is not intended to be an exhaustive list as there are other non-reddit resources that cast a wider net on live shows, including pop, hip hop and comedy shows, but feel free to add any missing shows using the comments (especially for other genres).
As usual, listed times are approximate start times (not door); prices are estimates for door tickets, and do not include online fees and taxes.

MONDAY MAY 22

Cameron Castan + Diary + Whenwolves @ Baby's All Right, 10pm ($15)
Vacation + Heavy Lag + Pasha and the Kindred Spirits + Sub Rosa @ The Meadows, 8pm ($15)
Basic Bitches + Stepneck @ Mercury Lounge, 7pm ($15) ^{early show}
Narrow Head + Graham Hunt @ Mercury Lounge, 9:30pm ($20) ^{late show}

TUESDAY MAY 23

Beach Bunny + PUP + Pool Kids @ Pier 17 - Rooftop, 6:30pm
Tits Dick Ass + Pop Music Fever Dream + Suburban Speed + Femcel @ Purgatory, 9pm ($15)
Pet Symmetry + Retirement Party + Camp Trash @ Saint Vitus, 8pm ($20)
Narrow Head + Graham Hunt @ TV EYE, 9pm ($20)
Jess Williamson + Babehoven @ Union Pool, 8pm (SOLD OUT)

WEDNESDAY MAY 24

Ghost Town Remedy + HYPEMOM + Fear Not Ourselves Alone + OK King @ Bar Freda, 8pm ($15)
blink-182 + Turnstile @ Barclays Center, 7:30pm ($200+)
Castle Black + O. Wake + Easter Island + Slow Teeth @ Berlin, 7:30pm ($10)
OFF! + Die Spitz @ Bowery Ballroom, 8pm ($30) ^{rescheduled from 11/10/2022}
The Veldt + Dead Leaf Echo + Iceblynk @ The Broadway
Lady Alice + Baba Chevy + Eat @ Our Wicked Lady, 8pm ($15)
The Art Gray Noizz Quintet + USA Nails + Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends + A Deer A Horse @ Saint Vitus, 8pm ($15)
Jess Williamson + John Andrews and the Yawns @ Union Pool, 8pm (SOLD OUT)
Indigo De Souza + Sluice @ Webster Hall, 8pm (SOLD OUT) ^{rescheduled from 9/29/2022}

THURSDAY MAY 25

Hozier + June McDoom @ Bowery Ballroom, 7:30pm (SOLD OUT)
Namesake + Arverne + Pamphlets @ Carmelo's, 8pm (FREE)
Phantom Planet + Wheatus @ Gramercy Theatre, 7pm ($30)
Couvo + JSanti & The Bootlegs + pooryork + Alexander Yearns @ Hart Bar, 8pm ($10)
Cancelled: Bob Vlyan + Jigsaw Youth @ Elsewhere

FRIDAY MAY 26

The Down and Outs + S.C.A.B. + Comatosed @ Brooklyn Made, 8:30pm ($15)
*Taylor Swift + Phoebe Bridgers + GAYLE @ MetLife Stadium, 6:30 (SOLD OUT)
Velvet Vaughan + gobbinjr.+ Natalia Ice @ Sleepwalk, 8pm ($15)
Foyer Red ^{record release show} + Dan English @ Union Pool, 8pm ($15)
Cancelled: Big Joanie + Frida Kill @ Baby's All Right

SATURDAY MAY 27

The New Colossus Festival presents Summer Saturdays @ 18th Ward Brewing, 1pm (FREE) feat. Slut Magic + Idaho Green + Y&I + Local Weatherman + The Shining Hours
Bacterial Lawn + Dad + Heavy Halo + Gall Sac @ The Broadway, 9pm (F$15)
13th Law + Ok Cowgirl + SYTË @ Elsewhere - Zone One, 7pm ($15)
The Pretty Bitchin + Fixtures + Lil Goose @ Mama Tried, 6pm (FREE)
Taylor Swift + Phoebe Bridgers + Gracie Abrams @ MetLife Stadium, 6:30 (SOLD OUT)
^{Favorite Friend presents} A Very Special Episode + The Black Black + Salamander + Pleaser @ Our Wicked Lady, 8pm ($15)

SUNDAY MAY 28

Bloc Party + Family Dinner @ Brooklyn Steel, 8pm (SOLD OUT)
Taylor Swift + Phoebe Bridgers + Owenn @ MetLife Stadium, 6:30 (SOLD OUT)
Airiel + Laveda @ TV EYE, 8pm ($15)

MONDAY MAY 29

Basic Bitches + Stepneck @ Mercury Lounge, 7pm ($10)
Soup Dreams + Good Deli + DD Island + Boyscout Marie @ Purgatory, 9pm ($12)
Moonwalks + ZZZwalk + YASSS @ TV EYE, 8pm ($15)
​
*And no, I would not ordinarily include a performer like Taylor Swift in these weekly posts, but I Phoebe Bridgers is playing too, so get lost.

2015 - Fowlers Live - Adelaide, Australia (no recordings found)
2016 - Cellar Door - Visalia, CA, USA (no recordings found)
2022 - Mr. Smalls Theatre - Millvale, PA, USA ( complete show audio / archive / Self-Immolate > Mars for the Rich, Supreme Ascendancy / Work This Time (portion) Float Along-Fill Your Lungs (portion) )
Today we have the complete show plus additional clips from a year ago in Pennsylvania.
- recordings are found at King Gizzard Live Spreadsheet and KGLW.net

It seems an echoed belief on the internet that TV was seen as the backwaters of the entertainment and that only the losers of the acting industry go to TV. That it was backup for former movie stars whose careers were stagnating, the last spot for people who could not launch a career in film and live theatre, and the starting point for people with minimal, if no prior professional acting experience, esp children.
And that for a long time acting on TV was so hilariously bad and that the gap with the acting of movies was very very wide. That the best TV actors were terrible if they tried feature length films or even just made for TV movies. And that the reason George Clooney was so significant to film history was that he was the first actor who came from a TV background to make it as a full time cinema actor in real Hollywood production and not just B movie roles as well as the biggest example of someone who made it to the top of the A List from the small screen............
However someone sent me a PM in response to a post on /Buffy I participated in.

Saw your comments along with others about SMG not having a great career post-Buffy and how she attempted Hollywoods s well as comments on Boreanaz trying movies out..... So I had to send this.
A lot of old Telenovelas (in particular from Mexico and Argentina) had a lot of movie stars acting in them including a few A listers in the Latin America region and British TV even earlier than the Charlie's Angels day had some top actors star in it (esp since it seems in the UK there is no dividing line between TV, live theater, and cinema as there seems to be in North America)........
I mean Timothy Dalton was the leading Shakespearan actor for a time in his career (not to mention he later became James Bond!) and he gives a phenomenal performance in the 1980s Jane Eyre TV show, giving the best Rochester ever and god even relative unknowns like Anthony Higgins gives outstanding performances in various BBC roles (just go watch The Eagle of the Ninth which is available in full). Higgins and other primary TV actors have no problem getting good careers in cinema even if they did not make the A list and actually do both full time with some adding live theater in between.
Don't get me started on nationally produced TV outside of the West such as Japan's Samurai epics and the various stuff that are government sponsored in Turkey even around the same time The Brady Bunch was running. The acting is Oscar worthy and A Listers in the countries were given roles.
Even strictly TV actors in many countries where there is a big gap in quality (esp writing) have acted in serious movie roles and gave great performances even being at B and sometimes D list act and its more common before the 90s to see TV actors outside of English speaking counties to become full time movie stars or even A Listers.....
I mean did you know Salma Hayek started out in the 80s as Telenovela actress before moving onto Dusk Till Dawn when she immigrated to the USA? It seems she and her fellow co-stars on these cheap productions had no problems moving onto to cinema full time and actually dd a mix of both serious films and soap opera TV.
And indeed many Latinas who immigrated to the USA in recent years and are now popular as move stars such as Ana De La Reguera all stared as popular Telenovela stars before moving primarily to cinema in their own country just like Salma did (though they still continued acting on TV shows before immigrating to the USA as seen with La Reguera).

I responded with a and he pointed me to an another conversation.
https://www.reddit.com/TrueFilm/comments/lam5cn/do_live_action_tv_actors_in_particular_ongoing/glqrd8y/

I'm 37 years old and can remember when television used to show stuff from before I was born quite regularly. I'm also in the middle of watching a series from 1991 called GBH and the acting in it is quite excellent.
Every era has "good" and "bad" acting. Nonetheless, I am suggesting that proceeding on the premise that the past was bad based on literally the worst shows on television from one culture only is extremely faulty.
Your responses strike me as fairly ignorant of anything beyond your immediate context, so let me help you out. In Britain and Europe, we actually have a much longer history of producing quality television than the USA. In Germany there is Heimat, Berlin Alexanderplatz, World on a Wire, and even network shows like Tatort. Britain has had countless, including its full Shakespeare revival from 78-85 and multiple 'TV play' strands, where the best writers from theatre and television would work with the best actors and directors that would go on to fame in cinema (Loach, Greengrass, Watkins, Clarke, Leigh, Frears, Kotcheff, Apted, Joffe, Ove). Poland produced Dekalog for approximately $10k per episode and it absolutely kills anything made today on practically every level.
If you want to argue that American network television has improved in some measure then go ahead, but that doesn't speak for the world. Personally I don't see a whole lot of difference between something like The Blacklist or Chicago Med and their antecedents in network crime and hospital dramas of yore, save the superficial aspects of technologically-enhanced production, the method of shooting and the era-specific conventions in performance style. Ultimately they're soapy, kitsch, and shot according to the standard rules (30 degree rule, 180 degree rule) of television shooting.

So I really have to ask....... Richard Burton not only acted in a few American TV films but miniseries was some of the main work he did in the UK after his rocky relationship with Liz (see my username!). Despite that, he was able to easily be casted in movies anytime he auditioned and he still remained a pick for more serious roles. Acting on TV at all did not hurt his movie career (even if he was already past his prime while he was doing TV stuff). It as just seen as another day's work according to his diaries in the same way he continued live theater productions to pay the bills.
So I'd have to ask. In addition to the two quoted texts examples and Richard Burton how come America had such a gigantic divide between TV and movies and even theatre before the 2000s? While in the rest of the world since the advent of Television in their specific countries, A Listers continue doing all 3 throughout their career and TV stars transition to primarily cinema all the time and even small time TV esp on genres seen as trash like teen soap operas and action superhero monster of the week act in real movies released in theaters and not just cheap daytime made-for-tv films and VHS B Movie releases?
I mean since I got the PM as a result of chatting on /Buffy one of the lead stars of the show Anthony Head (Giles in Buffy) had done stageplays and or the bulk of his career actually acted in movies including serious roles and genres back in the UK for much o his acting resume before he came to America in 1997. His actual fame in the UK is not Buffy but a few BBC shows including Doctor Who and some local commercials.
Compare that to the rest of Buffy's main cast who were small time TV extras and support or models or even outright nobodies aside from Sarah Michelle Gellar herself and maybe Seth Green for the later seasons. And except for Anthony Head, Seth Green, Dave Boreanaz and Alyson Hannigan they all practically struggled to have vibrant acting careers after Buffy (some of them like James Marsters focusing on endeavors outside of acting to continue their career elsewhere).
So I really have to ask this obsession of divide before HBO kicked off TV standards with The Sopranos? Even high budget production miniseries are not exempt from this in the pre-90s US TV industry. Aside from Peter O'Toole a lot of high budget production miniseries had to settle for full time movie actors who weren't on the A List or import British actors in. Perfect example is North and South which despite its cinema level production values settled for people who are still unknowns like James Read and had half the main cast as British actors. Even the mos famous name Patrick Swayze was seen mostly as a borderline twee B movie and proper Hollywood productions at the time.
Why did America stratify the TV and movie industry as well as stage plays? How come in the rest of the world even you have top bill local names like Toshiro Mifune and De La Reguera acting on TV alongside cinema and live stage performances?
How come TV acting was seen as something harmful to someone who is still at the early stages of his career in North American industries while for example in the UK small TV gigs and even doing full time acting on a few seasons is seen as nothing significant by itself in the UK and is done all the time by full time professional no-name movie actor swell beyond the B list and had done serious movies as well as full-time Shakespearan actors?
How come someone can do full time TV actin in a Latin American country for about yet transition to the A List no problem in not only their own country but even abroad? As seen with Salma Hayek (i was just shy of 10 years of her entry into acting via Telenovelas when she did Dusk Till Dawn and overnight catapulted into the A List of Hollywood)? Or even smaller names like Ana De La Reguera quickly entered primarily cinema profession without much difficulty in as little as 5 years after doing nothing but TV stuff?
Seeing how in the rest of the world it seems a systematic pattern that TV actors later on become movie actors and a noteworthy amount of A listers had their start on TV as well as country's top names doing a mix of film stage plays and television, why was North America the oddjob in this, creating a real divide between TV and cinema (and cinema and live theatre as well I might add)?
George Clooney's successful jump to full time movie actor and making it as an AAA list actor seems less impressive when you have guys like Ricky Gervais doing feature films released in theatres and Ian Mckellan juggling in TV,Theatre, and film productions and in at least 2 or 3 years of his career doing a mix of all 3 within a single year. So I have to ask why people jumping Clooney style to Hollywood was almost unheard off before 1995 and even today its still difficult to make the jump full time in the USA contrasted to the rest of the world?

It seems an echoed belief on the internet that TV was seen as the backwaters of the entertainment and that only the losers of the acting industry go to TV. That it was backup for former movie stars whose careers were stagnating, the last spot for people who could not launch a career in film and live theatre, and the starting point for people with minimal, if no prior professional acting experience, esp children.
And that for a long time acting on TV was so hilariously bad and that the gap with the acting of movies was very very wide. That the best TV actors were terrible if they tried feature length films or even just made for TV movies. And that the reason George Clooney was so significant to film history was that he was the first actor who came from a TV background to make it as a full time cinema actor in real Hollywood production and not just B movie roles as well as the biggest example of someone who made it to the top of the A List from the small screen............
However someone sent me a PM in response to a post on /Buffy I participated in.

Saw your comments along with others about SMG not having a great career post-Buffy and how she attempted Hollywoods s well as comments on Boreanaz trying movies out..... So I had to send this.
A lot of old Telenovelas (in particular from Mexico and Argentina) had a lot of movie stars acting in them including a few A listers in the Latin America region and British TV even earlier than the Charlie's Angels day had some top actors star in it (esp since it seems in the UK there is no dividing line between TV, live theater, and cinema as there seems to be in North America)........
I mean Timothy Dalton was the leading Shakespearan actor for a time in his career (not to mention he later became James Bond!) and he gives a phenomenal performance in the 1980s Jane Eyre TV show, giving the best Rochester ever and god even relative unknowns like Anthony Higgins gives outstanding performances in various BBC roles (just go watch The Eagle of the Ninth which is available in full). Higgins and other primary TV actors have no problem getting good careers in cinema even if they did not make the A list and actually do both full time with some adding live theater in between.
Don't get me started on nationally produced TV outside of the West such as Japan's Samurai epics and the various stuff that are government sponsored in Turkey even around the same time The Brady Bunch was running. The acting is Oscar worthy and A Listers in the countries were given roles.
Even strictly TV actors in many countries where there is a big gap in quality (esp writing) have acted in serious movie roles and gave great performances even being at B and sometimes D list act and its more common before the 90s to see TV actors outside of English speaking counties to become full time movie stars or even A Listers.....
I mean did you know Salma Hayek started out in the 80s as Telenovela actress before moving onto Dusk Till Dawn when she immigrated to the USA? It seems she and her fellow co-stars on these cheap productions had no problems moving onto to cinema full time and actually dd a mix of both serious films and soap opera TV.
And indeed many Latinas who immigrated to the USA in recent years and are now popular as move stars such as Ana De La Reguera all stared as popular Telenovela stars before moving primarily to cinema in their own country just like Salma did (though they still continued acting on TV shows before immigrating to the USA as seen with La Reguera).

I responded with a and he pointed me to an another conversation.
https://www.reddit.com/TrueFilm/comments/lam5cn/do_live_action_tv_actors_in_particular_ongoing/glqrd8y/

I'm 37 years old and can remember when television used to show stuff from before I was born quite regularly. I'm also in the middle of watching a series from 1991 called GBH and the acting in it is quite excellent.
Every era has "good" and "bad" acting. Nonetheless, I am suggesting that proceeding on the premise that the past was bad based on literally the worst shows on television from one culture only is extremely faulty.
Your responses strike me as fairly ignorant of anything beyond your immediate context, so let me help you out. In Britain and Europe, we actually have a much longer history of producing quality television than the USA. In Germany there is Heimat, Berlin Alexanderplatz, World on a Wire, and even network shows like Tatort. Britain has had countless, including its full Shakespeare revival from 78-85 and multiple 'TV play' strands, where the best writers from theatre and television would work with the best actors and directors that would go on to fame in cinema (Loach, Greengrass, Watkins, Clarke, Leigh, Frears, Kotcheff, Apted, Joffe, Ove). Poland produced Dekalog for approximately $10k per episode and it absolutely kills anything made today on practically every level.
If you want to argue that American network television has improved in some measure then go ahead, but that doesn't speak for the world. Personally I don't see a whole lot of difference between something like The Blacklist or Chicago Med and their antecedents in network crime and hospital dramas of yore, save the superficial aspects of technologically-enhanced production, the method of shooting and the era-specific conventions in performance style. Ultimately they're soapy, kitsch, and shot according to the standard rules (30 degree rule, 180 degree rule) of television shooting.

So I really have to ask....... Richard Burton not only acted in a few American TV films but miniseries was some of the main work he did in the UK after his rocky relationship with Liz (see my username!). Despite that, he was able to easily be casted in movies anytime he auditioned and he still remained a pick for more serious roles. Acting on TV at all did not hurt his movie career (even if he was already past his prime while he was doing TV stuff). It as just seen as another day's work according to his diaries in the same way he continued live theater productions to pay the bills.
So I'd have to ask. In addition to the two quoted texts examples and Richard Burton how come America had such a gigantic divide between TV and movies and even theatre before the 2000s? While in the rest of the world since the advent of Television in their specific countries, A Listers continue doing all 3 throughout their career and TV stars transition to primarily cinema all the time and even small time TV esp on genres seen as trash like teen soap operas and action superhero monster of the week act in real movies released in theaters and not just cheap daytime made-for-tv films and VHS B Movie releases?
I mean since I got the PM as a result of chatting on /Buffy one of the lead stars of the show Anthony Head (Giles in Buffy) had done stageplays and or the bulk of his career actually acted in movies including serious roles and genres back in the UK for much o his acting resume before he came to America in 1997. His actual fame in the UK is not Buffy but a few BBC shows including Doctor Who and some local commercials.
Compare that to the rest of Buffy's main cast who were small time TV extras and support or models or even outright nobodies aside from Sarah Michelle Gellar herself and maybe Seth Green for the later seasons. And except for Anthony Head, Seth Green, Dave Boreanaz and Alyson Hannigan they all practically struggled to have vibrant acting careers after Buffy (some of them like James Marsters focusing on endeavors outside of acting to continue their career elsewhere).
So I really have to ask this obsession of divide before HBO kicked off TV standards with The Sopranos? Even high budget production miniseries are not exempt from this in the pre-90s US TV industry. Aside from Peter O'Toole a lot of high budget production miniseries had to settle for full time movie actors who weren't on the A List or import British actors in. Perfect example is North and South which despite its cinema level production values settled for people who are still unknowns like James Read and had half the main cast as British actors. Even the mos famous name Patrick Swayze was seen mostly as a borderline twee B movie and proper Hollywood productions at the time.
Why did America stratify the TV and movie industry as well as stage plays? How come in the rest of the world even you have top bill local names like Toshiro Mifune and De La Reguera acting on TV alongside cinema and live stage performances?
How come TV acting was seen as something harmful to someone who is still at the early stages of his career in North American industries while for example in the UK small TV gigs and even doing full time acting on a few seasons is seen as nothing significant by itself in the UK and is done all the time by full time professional no-name movie actor swell beyond the B list and had done serious movies as well as full-time Shakespearan actors?
How come someone can do full time TV actin in a Latin American country for about yet transition to the A List no problem in not only their own country but even abroad? As seen with Salma Hayek (i was just shy of 10 years of her entry into acting via Telenovelas when she did Dusk Till Dawn and overnight catapulted into the A List of Hollywood)? Or even smaller names like Ana De La Reguera quickly entered primarily cinema profession without much difficulty in as little as 5 years after doing nothing but TV stuff?
Seeing how in the rest of the world it seems a systematic pattern that TV actors later on become movie actors and a noteworthy amount of A listers had their start on TV as well as country's top names doing a mix of film stage plays and television, why was North America the oddjob in this, creating a real divide between TV and cinema (and cinema and live theatre as well I might add)?
George Clooney's successful jump to full time movie actor and making it as an AAA list actor seems less impressive when you have guys like Ricky Gervais doing feature films released in theatres and Ian Mckellan juggling in TV,Theatre, and film productions and in at least 2 or 3 years of his career doing a mix of all 3 within a single year. So I have to ask why people jumping Clooney style to Hollywood was almost unheard off before 1995 and even today its still difficult to make the jump full time in the USA contrasted to the rest of the world?

It seems an echoed belief on the internet that TV was seen as the backwaters of the entertainment and that only the losers of the acting industry go to TV. That it was backup for former movie stars whose careers were stagnating, the last spot for people who could not launch a career in film and live theatre, and the starting point for people with minimal, if no prior professional acting experience, esp children.
And that for a long time acting on TV was so hilariously bad and that the gap with the acting of movies was very very wide. That the best TV actors were terrible if they tried feature length films or even just made for TV movies. And that the reason George Clooney was so significant to film history was that he was the first actor who came from a TV background to make it as a full time cinema actor in real Hollywood production and not just B movie roles as well as the biggest example of someone who made it to the top of the A List from the small screen............
However someone sent me a PM in response to a post on /Buffy I participated in.

Saw your comments along with others about SMG not having a great career post-Buffy and how she attempted Hollywoods s well as comments on Boreanaz trying movies out..... So I had to send this.
A lot of old Telenovelas (in particular from Mexico and Argentina) had a lot of movie stars acting in them including a few A listers in the Latin America region and British TV even earlier than the Charlie's Angels day had some top actors star in it (esp since it seems in the UK there is no dividing line between TV, live theater, and cinema as there seems to be in North America)........
I mean Timothy Dalton was the leading Shakespearan actor for a time in his career (not to mention he later became James Bond!) and he gives a phenomenal performance in the 1980s Jane Eyre TV show, giving the best Rochester ever and god even relative unknowns like Anthony Higgins gives outstanding performances in various BBC roles (just go watch The Eagle of the Ninth which is available in full). Higgins and other primary TV actors have no problem getting good careers in cinema even if they did not make the A list and actually do both full time with some adding live theater in between.
Don't get me started on nationally produced TV outside of the West such as Japan's Samurai epics and the various stuff that are government sponsored in Turkey even around the same time The Brady Bunch was running. The acting is Oscar worthy and A Listers in the countries were given roles.
Even strictly TV actors in many countries where there is a big gap in quality (esp writing) have acted in serious movie roles and gave great performances even being at B and sometimes D list act and its more common before the 90s to see TV actors outside of English speaking counties to become full time movie stars or even A Listers.....
I mean did you know Salma Hayek started out in the 80s as Telenovela actress before moving onto Dusk Till Dawn when she immigrated to the USA? It seems she and her fellow co-stars on these cheap productions had no problems moving onto to cinema full time and actually dd a mix of both serious films and soap opera TV.
And indeed many Latinas who immigrated to the USA in recent years and are now popular as move stars such as Ana De La Reguera all stared as popular Telenovela stars before moving primarily to cinema in their own country just like Salma did (though they still continued acting on TV shows before immigrating to the USA as seen with La Reguera).

I responded with a and he pointed me to an another conversation.
https://www.reddit.com/TrueFilm/comments/lam5cn/do_live_action_tv_actors_in_particular_ongoing/glqrd8y/

I'm 37 years old and can remember when television used to show stuff from before I was born quite regularly. I'm also in the middle of watching a series from 1991 called GBH and the acting in it is quite excellent.
Every era has "good" and "bad" acting. Nonetheless, I am suggesting that proceeding on the premise that the past was bad based on literally the worst shows on television from one culture only is extremely faulty.
Your responses strike me as fairly ignorant of anything beyond your immediate context, so let me help you out. In Britain and Europe, we actually have a much longer history of producing quality television than the USA. In Germany there is Heimat, Berlin Alexanderplatz, World on a Wire, and even network shows like Tatort. Britain has had countless, including its full Shakespeare revival from 78-85 and multiple 'TV play' strands, where the best writers from theatre and television would work with the best actors and directors that would go on to fame in cinema (Loach, Greengrass, Watkins, Clarke, Leigh, Frears, Kotcheff, Apted, Joffe, Ove). Poland produced Dekalog for approximately $10k per episode and it absolutely kills anything made today on practically every level.
If you want to argue that American network television has improved in some measure then go ahead, but that doesn't speak for the world. Personally I don't see a whole lot of difference between something like The Blacklist or Chicago Med and their antecedents in network crime and hospital dramas of yore, save the superficial aspects of technologically-enhanced production, the method of shooting and the era-specific conventions in performance style. Ultimately they're soapy, kitsch, and shot according to the standard rules (30 degree rule, 180 degree rule) of television shooting.

So I really have to ask....... Richard Burton not only acted in a few American TV films but miniseries was some of the main work he did in the UK after his rocky relationship with Liz (see my username!). Despite that, he was able to easily be casted in movies anytime he auditioned and he still remained a pick for more serious roles. Acting on TV at all did not hurt his movie career (even if he was already past his prime while he was doing TV stuff). It as just seen as another day's work according to his diaries in the same way he continued live theater productions to pay the bills.
So I'd have to ask. In addition to the two quoted texts examples and Richard Burton how come America had such a gigantic divide between TV and movies and even theatre before the 2000s? While in the rest of the world since the advent of Television in their specific countries, A Listers continue doing all 3 throughout their career and TV stars transition to primarily cinema all the time and even small time TV esp on genres seen as trash like teen soap operas and action superhero monster of the week act in real movies released in theaters and not just cheap daytime made-for-tv films and VHS B Movie releases?
I mean since I got the PM as a result of chatting on /Buffy one of the lead stars of the show Anthony Head (Giles in Buffy) had done stageplays and or the bulk of his career actually acted in movies including serious roles and genres back in the UK for much o his acting resume before he came to America in 1997. His actual fame in the UK is not Buffy but a few BBC shows including Doctor Who and some local commercials.
Compare that to the rest of Buffy's main cast who were small time TV extras and support or models or even outright nobodies aside from Sarah Michelle Gellar herself and maybe Seth Green for the later seasons. And except for Anthony Head, Seth Green, Dave Boreanaz and Alyson Hannigan they all practically struggled to have vibrant acting careers after Buffy (some of them like James Marsters focusing on endeavors outside of acting to continue their career elsewhere).
So I really have to ask this obsession of divide before HBO kicked off TV standards with The Sopranos? Even high budget production miniseries are not exempt from this in the pre-90s US TV industry. Aside from Peter O'Toole a lot of high budget production miniseries had to settle for full time movie actors who weren't on the A List or import British actors in. Perfect example is North and South which despite its cinema level production values settled for people who are still unknowns like James Read and had half the main cast as British actors. Even the mos famous name Patrick Swayze was seen mostly as a borderline twee B movie and proper Hollywood productions at the time.
Why did America stratify the TV and movie industry as well as stage plays? How come in the rest of the world even you have top bill local names like Toshiro Mifune and De La Reguera acting on TV alongside cinema and live stage performances?
How come TV acting was seen as something harmful to someone who is still at the early stages of his career in North American industries while for example in the UK small TV gigs and even doing full time acting on a few seasons is seen as nothing significant by itself in the UK and is done all the time by full time professional no-name movie actor swell beyond the B list and had done serious movies as well as full-time Shakespearan actors?
How come someone can do full time TV actin in a Latin American country for about yet transition to the A List no problem in not only their own country but even abroad? As seen with Salma Hayek (i was just shy of 10 years of her entry into acting via Telenovelas when she did Dusk Till Dawn and overnight catapulted into the A List of Hollywood)? Or even smaller names like Ana De La Reguera quickly entered primarily cinema profession without much difficulty in as little as 5 years after doing nothing but TV stuff?
Seeing how in the rest of the world it seems a systematic pattern that TV actors later on become movie actors and a noteworthy amount of A listers had their start on TV as well as country's top names doing a mix of film stage plays and television, why was North America the oddjob in this, creating a real divide between TV and cinema (and cinema and live theatre as well I might add)?
George Clooney's successful jump to full time movie actor and making it as an AAA list actor seems less impressive when you have guys like Ricky Gervais doing feature films released in theatres and Ian Mckellan juggling in TV,Theatre, and film productions and in at least 2 or 3 years of his career doing a mix of all 3 within a single year. So I have to ask why people jumping Clooney style to Hollywood was almost unheard off before 1995 and even today its still difficult to make the jump full time in the USA contrasted to the rest of the world?

It seems an echoed belief on the internet that TV was seen as the backwaters of the entertainment and that only the losers of the acting industry go to TV. That it was backup for former movie stars whose careers were stagnating, the last spot for people who could not launch a career in film and live theatre, and the starting point for people with minimal, if no prior professional acting experience, esp children.
And that for a long time acting on TV was so hilariously bad and that the gap with the acting of movies was very very wide. That the best TV actors were terrible if they tried feature length films or even just made for TV movies. And that the reason George Clooney was so significant to film history was that he was the first actor who came from a TV background to make it as a full time cinema actor in real Hollywood production and not just B movie roles as well as the biggest example of someone who made it to the top of the A List from the small screen............
However someone sent me a PM in response to a post on /Buffy I participated in.

Saw your comments along with others about SMG not having a great career post-Buffy and how she attempted Hollywoods s well as comments on Boreanaz trying movies out..... So I had to send this.
A lot of old Telenovelas (in particular from Mexico and Argentina) had a lot of movie stars acting in them including a few A listers in the Latin America region and British TV even earlier than the Charlie's Angels day had some top actors star in it (esp since it seems in the UK there is no dividing line between TV, live theater, and cinema as there seems to be in North America)........
I mean Timothy Dalton was the leading Shakespearan actor for a time in his career (not to mention he later became James Bond!) and he gives a phenomenal performance in the 1980s Jane Eyre TV show, giving the best Rochester ever and god even relative unknowns like Anthony Higgins gives outstanding performances in various BBC roles (just go watch The Eagle of the Ninth which is available in full). Higgins and other primary TV actors have no problem getting good careers in cinema even if they did not make the A list and actually do both full time with some adding live theater in between.
Don't get me started on nationally produced TV outside of the West such as Japan's Samurai epics and the various stuff that are government sponsored in Turkey even around the same time The Brady Bunch was running. The acting is Oscar worthy and A Listers in the countries were given roles.
Even strictly TV actors in many countries where there is a big gap in quality (esp writing) have acted in serious movie roles and gave great performances even being at B and sometimes D list act and its more common before the 90s to see TV actors outside of English speaking counties to become full time movie stars or even A Listers.....
I mean did you know Salma Hayek started out in the 80s as Telenovela actress before moving onto Dusk Till Dawn when she immigrated to the USA? It seems she and her fellow co-stars on these cheap productions had no problems moving onto to cinema full time and actually dd a mix of both serious films and soap opera TV.
And indeed many Latinas who immigrated to the USA in recent years and are now popular as move stars such as Ana De La Reguera all stared as popular Telenovela stars before moving primarily to cinema in their own country just like Salma did (though they still continued acting on TV shows before immigrating to the USA as seen with La Reguera).

I responded with a and he pointed me to an another conversation.
https://www.reddit.com/TrueFilm/comments/lam5cn/do_live_action_tv_actors_in_particular_ongoing/glqrd8y/

I'm 37 years old and can remember when television used to show stuff from before I was born quite regularly. I'm also in the middle of watching a series from 1991 called GBH and the acting in it is quite excellent.
Every era has "good" and "bad" acting. Nonetheless, I am suggesting that proceeding on the premise that the past was bad based on literally the worst shows on television from one culture only is extremely faulty.
Your responses strike me as fairly ignorant of anything beyond your immediate context, so let me help you out. In Britain and Europe, we actually have a much longer history of producing quality television than the USA. In Germany there is Heimat, Berlin Alexanderplatz, World on a Wire, and even network shows like Tatort. Britain has had countless, including its full Shakespeare revival from 78-85 and multiple 'TV play' strands, where the best writers from theatre and television would work with the best actors and directors that would go on to fame in cinema (Loach, Greengrass, Watkins, Clarke, Leigh, Frears, Kotcheff, Apted, Joffe, Ove). Poland produced Dekalog for approximately $10k per episode and it absolutely kills anything made today on practically every level.
If you want to argue that American network television has improved in some measure then go ahead, but that doesn't speak for the world. Personally I don't see a whole lot of difference between something like The Blacklist or Chicago Med and their antecedents in network crime and hospital dramas of yore, save the superficial aspects of technologically-enhanced production, the method of shooting and the era-specific conventions in performance style. Ultimately they're soapy, kitsch, and shot according to the standard rules (30 degree rule, 180 degree rule) of television shooting.

So I really have to ask....... Richard Burton not only acted in a few American TV films but miniseries was some of the main work he did in the UK after his rocky relationship with Liz (see my username!). Despite that, he was able to easily be casted in movies anytime he auditioned and he still remained a pick for more serious roles. Acting on TV at all did not hurt his movie career (even if he was already past his prime while he was doing TV stuff). It as just seen as another day's work according to his diaries in the same way he continued live theater productions to pay the bills.
So I'd have to ask. In addition to the two quoted texts examples and Richard Burton how come America had such a gigantic divide between TV and movies and even theatre before the 2000s? While in the rest of the world since the advent of Television in their specific countries, A Listers continue doing all 3 throughout their career and TV stars transition to primarily cinema all the time and even small time TV esp on genres seen as trash like teen soap operas and action superhero monster of the week act in real movies released in theaters and not just cheap daytime made-for-tv films and VHS B Movie releases?
I mean since I got the PM as a result of chatting on /Buffy one of the lead stars of the show Anthony Head (Giles in Buffy) had done stageplays and or the bulk of his career actually acted in movies including serious roles and genres back in the UK for much o his acting resume before he came to America in 1997. His actual fame in the UK is not Buffy but a few BBC shows including Doctor Who and some local commercials.
Compare that to the rest of Buffy's main cast who were small time TV extras and support or models or even outright nobodies aside from Sarah Michelle Gellar herself and maybe Seth Green for the later seasons. And except for Anthony Head, Seth Green, Dave Boreanaz and Alyson Hannigan they all practically struggled to have vibrant acting careers after Buffy (some of them like James Marsters focusing on endeavors outside of acting to continue their career elsewhere).
So I really have to ask this obsession of divide before HBO kicked off TV standards with The Sopranos? Even high budget production miniseries are not exempt from this in the pre-90s US TV industry. Aside from Peter O'Toole a lot of high budget production miniseries had to settle for full time movie actors who weren't on the A List or import British actors in. Perfect example is North and South which despite its cinema level production values settled for people who are still unknowns like James Read and had half the main cast as British actors. Even the mos famous name Patrick Swayze was seen mostly as a borderline twee B movie and proper Hollywood productions at the time.
Why did America stratify the TV and movie industry as well as stage plays? How come in the rest of the world even you have top bill local names like Toshiro Mifune and De La Reguera acting on TV alongside cinema and live stage performances?
How come TV acting was seen as something harmful to someone who is still at the early stages of his career in North American industries while for example in the UK small TV gigs and even doing full time acting on a few seasons is seen as nothing significant by itself in the UK and is done all the time by full time professional no-name movie actor swell beyond the B list and had done serious movies as well as full-time Shakespearan actors?
How come someone can do full time TV actin in a Latin American country for about yet transition to the A List no problem in not only their own country but even abroad? As seen with Salma Hayek (i was just shy of 10 years of her entry into acting via Telenovelas when she did Dusk Till Dawn and overnight catapulted into the A List of Hollywood)? Or even smaller names like Ana De La Reguera quickly entered primarily cinema profession without much difficulty in as little as 5 years after doing nothing but TV stuff?
Seeing how in the rest of the world it seems a systematic pattern that TV actors later on become movie actors and a noteworthy amount of A listers had their start on TV as well as country's top names doing a mix of film stage plays and television, why was North America the oddjob in this, creating a real divide between TV and cinema (and cinema and live theatre as well I might add)?
George Clooney's successful jump to full time movie actor and making it as an AAA list actor seems less impressive when you have guys like Ricky Gervais doing feature films released in theatres and Ian Mckellan juggling in TV,Theatre, and film productions and in at least 2 or 3 years of his career doing a mix of all 3 within a single year. So I have to ask why people jumping Clooney style to Hollywood was almost unheard off before 1995 and even today its still difficult to make the jump full time in the USA contrasted to the rest of the world?

It seems an echoed belief on the internet that TV was seen as the backwaters of the entertainment and that only the losers of the acting industry go to TV. That it was backup for former movie stars whose careers were stagnating, the last spot for people who could not launch a career in film and live theatre, and the starting point for people with minimal, if no prior professional acting experience, esp children.
And that for a long time acting on TV was so hilariously bad and that the gap with the acting of movies was very very wide. That the best TV actors were terrible if they tried feature length films or even just made for TV movies. And that the reason George Clooney was so significant to film history was that he was the first actor who came from a TV background to make it as a full time cinema actor in real Hollywood production and not just B movie roles as well as the biggest example of someone who made it to the top of the A List from the small screen............
However someone sent me a PM in response to a post on /Buffy I participated in.

Saw your comments along with others about SMG not having a great career post-Buffy and how she attempted Hollywoods s well as comments on Boreanaz trying movies out..... So I had to send this.
A lot of old Telenovelas (in particular from Mexico and Argentina) had a lot of movie stars acting in them including a few A listers in the Latin America region and British TV even earlier than the Charlie's Angels day had some top actors star in it (esp since it seems in the UK there is no dividing line between TV, live theater, and cinema as there seems to be in North America)........
I mean Timothy Dalton was the leading Shakespearan actor for a time in his career (not to mention he later became James Bond!) and he gives a phenomenal performance in the 1980s Jane Eyre TV show, giving the best Rochester ever and god even relative unknowns like Anthony Higgins gives outstanding performances in various BBC roles (just go watch The Eagle of the Ninth which is available in full). Higgins and other primary TV actors have no problem getting good careers in cinema even if they did not make the A list and actually do both full time with some adding live theater in between.
Don't get me started on nationally produced TV outside of the West such as Japan's Samurai epics and the various stuff that are government sponsored in Turkey even around the same time The Brady Bunch was running. The acting is Oscar worthy and A Listers in the countries were given roles.
Even strictly TV actors in many countries where there is a big gap in quality (esp writing) have acted in serious movie roles and gave great performances even being at B and sometimes D list act and its more common before the 90s to see TV actors outside of English speaking counties to become full time movie stars or even A Listers.....
I mean did you know Salma Hayek started out in the 80s as Telenovela actress before moving onto Dusk Till Dawn when she immigrated to the USA? It seems she and her fellow co-stars on these cheap productions had no problems moving onto to cinema full time and actually dd a mix of both serious films and soap opera TV.
And indeed many Latinas who immigrated to the USA in recent years and are now popular as move stars such as Ana De La Reguera all stared as popular Telenovela stars before moving primarily to cinema in their own country just like Salma did (though they still continued acting on TV shows before immigrating to the USA as seen with La Reguera).

I responded with a and he pointed me to an another conversation.
https://www.reddit.com/TrueFilm/comments/lam5cn/do_live_action_tv_actors_in_particular_ongoing/glqrd8y/

I'm 37 years old and can remember when television used to show stuff from before I was born quite regularly. I'm also in the middle of watching a series from 1991 called GBH and the acting in it is quite excellent.
Every era has "good" and "bad" acting. Nonetheless, I am suggesting that proceeding on the premise that the past was bad based on literally the worst shows on television from one culture only is extremely faulty.
Your responses strike me as fairly ignorant of anything beyond your immediate context, so let me help you out. In Britain and Europe, we actually have a much longer history of producing quality television than the USA. In Germany there is Heimat, Berlin Alexanderplatz, World on a Wire, and even network shows like Tatort. Britain has had countless, including its full Shakespeare revival from 78-85 and multiple 'TV play' strands, where the best writers from theatre and television would work with the best actors and directors that would go on to fame in cinema (Loach, Greengrass, Watkins, Clarke, Leigh, Frears, Kotcheff, Apted, Joffe, Ove). Poland produced Dekalog for approximately $10k per episode and it absolutely kills anything made today on practically every level.
If you want to argue that American network television has improved in some measure then go ahead, but that doesn't speak for the world. Personally I don't see a whole lot of difference between something like The Blacklist or Chicago Med and their antecedents in network crime and hospital dramas of yore, save the superficial aspects of technologically-enhanced production, the method of shooting and the era-specific conventions in performance style. Ultimately they're soapy, kitsch, and shot according to the standard rules (30 degree rule, 180 degree rule) of television shooting.

So I really have to ask....... Richard Burton not only acted in a few American TV films but miniseries was some of the main work he did in the UK after his rocky relationship with Liz (see my username!). Despite that, he was able to easily be casted in movies anytime he auditioned and he still remained a pick for more serious roles. Acting on TV at all did not hurt his movie career (even if he was already past his prime while he was doing TV stuff). It as just seen as another day's work according to his diaries in the same way he continued live theater productions to pay the bills.
So I'd have to ask. In addition to the two quoted texts examples and Richard Burton how come America had such a gigantic divide between TV and movies and even theatre before the 2000s? While in the rest of the world since the advent of Television in their specific countries, A Listers continue doing all 3 throughout their career and TV stars transition to primarily cinema all the time and even small time TV esp on genres seen as trash like teen soap operas and action superhero monster of the week act in real movies released in theaters and not just cheap daytime made-for-tv films and VHS B Movie releases?
I mean since I got the PM as a result of chatting on /Buffy one of the lead stars of the show Anthony Head (Giles in Buffy) had done stageplays and for the bulk of his career actually acted in movies including serious roles and genres with a few TV roles back in the UK for much of his acting resume before he came to America in 1997. His actual fame in the UK is not Buffy but a few BBC shows including Doctor Who and some local commercials.
Compare that to the rest of Buffy's main cast who were small time TV extras and support or models or even outright nobodies aside from Sarah Michelle Gellar herself and maybe Seth Green for the later seasons. And except for Anthony Head, Seth Green, Dave Boreanaz and Alyson Hannigan they all practically struggled to have vibrant acting careers after Buffy (some of them like James Marsters focusing on endeavors outside of acting to continue their career elsewhere).
So I really have to ask this obsession of divide before HBO kicked off TV standards with The Sopranos? Even high budget production miniseries are not exempt from this in the pre-90s US TV industry. Aside from Peter O'Toole a lot of high budget production miniseries had to settle for full time movie actors who weren't on the A List or import British actors in. Perfect example is North and South which despite its cinema level production values settled for people who are still unknowns like James Read and had half the main cast as British actors. Even the mos famous name Patrick Swayze was seen mostly as a borderline twee B movie and proper Hollywood productions at the time.
Why did America stratify the TV and movie industry as well as stage plays? How come in the rest of the world even you have top bill local names like Toshiro Mifune and Ana De La Reguera acting on TV alongside cinema and live stage performances?
How come TV acting was seen as something harmful to someone who is still at the early stages of his career in North American industries while for example in the UK small TV gigs and even doing full time acting on a few seasons is seen as nothing significant by itself in the UK and is done all the time by full time professional no-name movie actor swell beyond the B list and had done serious movies as well as full-time Shakespearan actors?
How come someone can do full time TV actin in a Latin American country for about yet transition to the A List no problem in not only their own country but even abroad? As seen with Salma Hayek (i was just shy of 10 years of her entry into acting via Telenovelas when she did Dusk Till Dawn and overnight catapulted into the A List of Hollywood)? Or even smaller names like Ana De La Reguera quickly entered primarily cinema profession without much difficulty in as little as 5 years after doing nothing but TV stuff?
Seeing how in the rest of the world it seems a systematic pattern that TV actors later on become movie actors and a noteworthy amount of A listers had their start on TV as well as country's top names doing a mix of film stage plays and television, why was North America the oddjob in this, creating a real divide between TV and cinema (and cinema and live theatre as well I might add)?
George Clooney's successful jump to full time movie actor and making it as an AAA list actor seems less impressive when you have guys like Ricky Gervais doing feature films released in theatres and Ian Mckellan juggling in TV,Theatre, and film productions and in at least 2 or 3 years of his career doing a mix of all 3 within a single year. So I have to ask why people jumping Clooney style to Hollywood was almost unheard off before 1995 and even today its still difficult to make the jump full time in the USA contrasted to the rest of the world?

Hello everyone!
I was inspired to look into my cities sister and twin cities today and thought it'd be interesting to have a penpal that either lives in or was born in the cities twinned with mine. I've listed the cities below:
Anshan, China
Bochum, Germany (bonus points if you've been to the Starlight Express theatre)
Chengdu, China
Donetsk, Ukraine
Esteli, Nicaragua
Pittsburgh, USA
A bit about me: I'm a 35-year-old historian and classical studies student specialising in Anglo-Saxon and Viking age Britain, but I also have an interest in learning about other countries during the same period (9th-11th century). I enjoy playing WoW, listening to rock and metal (power metal ftw), watching Sci-fi and fantasy, and exploring museums. I love cats, cute stickers and stationery, crochet, scrapbooking, and journaling.
Here's the Wikipedia link to twin a d sister cities in England for anyone who would be interested in doing something similar.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_England

Welcome to our series of posts highlighting information and resources available within our subreddit. In this post, we introduce our FAQ and our KDRAMA 101, which contains some of the most commonly asked questions and other basic information about kdramas. This post will focus on a selection of questions about Netflix, check out our Netflix FAQ for even more information.
If you have any additional questions about the information in this post or our FAQ, feel free to leave a comment with your question/feedback.
What is The Swoon?
The Swoon channel on Youtube is Netflix's official hub for Korean and Asian entertainment so that's were you want to go for official goodies from Netflix for things related to kdramas/kmovies and other Asian entertainment offerings.
(It's also the only acceptable source of previews/teasers for Netflix productions.)
Note: Mod team actually emailed Netflix to confirm that the channel is the official source, so anyone offering teasers from other channels will be seen as re-uploads and not permitted in accordance to our Rules on content.
What is the difference between "Netflix Original" and "produced by Netflix”?
Netflix Original: Netflix will label any drama they have exclusive streaming rights to in a certain region as an Netflix Original in that region even if Netflix is only licensing the content and was not part of the production process.
Produced by Netflix: these are dramas that Netflix financed and produced (examples include Kingdom, Love Alarm, My Holo Love, Extracurricular).
Quick tip to distinguish between a licensed Netflix Original and Netflix production:

All episodes released on the same day worldwide = Netflix production
vs.
Episodes released weekly concurrent with its airing schedule in Korea OR the drama finished airing in Korea but is still unavailable on Netflix = a licensed Netflix Original

For more info, check out Netflix’s Help page on licensing and the article The Four Types of Netflix Originals.
Why isn’t [drama] available even though it’s airing in Korea?
We don’t know, we’re not Netflix. When (if ever) a drama comes to Netflix for any given region depends on the licensing agreement Netflix has. For more info, check out Netflix’s Help page on licensing
When is [drama] coming to Netflix for my region?
We don’t know, we’re not Netflix. Netflix tells you to keep browsing the New Arrivals page and looking out for its announcements via Press Releases.
How Good Are Netflix's Subtitles?
Not great: they often skip over nuances in the language.
Common example of subtitle inferiority include use of the name of a character throughout no matter what that character is being called in the dialogue. This can at times be a spoiler if the dialogue was being purposely vague.
Another very common complaint is that due Netflix subtitles often contain more cursing/profanity in comparison to what is actually being said in the Korean dialogue. This has been speculated to be attributed to Netflix's choices for localization of subtitles. So just be aware that cursing in kdramas, especially ones broadcast on any of the free to air channels (KBS, MBC, SBS) are relatively rare and mild.
Which Dramas Are Dubbed?
Based on user feedback, it seems that Netflix offers dubbing only on Netflix productions. See the Netflix help article on How to use subtitles, captions, or alternate audio to change your options.
What's with the music?
Background music in kdramas may be altered on streaming platforms in comparison to original broadcast due to copyright and licensing issues. Streaming sites will replace songs with generic choices if they do not have the correct licensing. In general, the songs being switched out are not original songs created solely for the drama, instead they are pre-existing songs.
Longer Answer
Note: The explanation below is a very simplified look at a very complex legal issue. Use it for reference, not authority.
In terms of licensing, each individual song can be thought of as having two sets of legal rights associated with it: publishing rights and recording rights. Publishing rights refers to the rights of the songwriter (or the publishing company that now hold the rights). Recording rights refer to the rights of that specific recording/performance (usually held by the recording company).

Example to illustrate the point:

Think of the Auld Lang Syne song.
The melody is an old Scottish folk song so no songwriter can claim publishing rights for it. People all around the world can use the melody without having to obtain its publishing rights. In fact, it was used as the tune of the SK national anthem for a few years.
Now imagine that some Singer X made a recording of a specific performance of the song Auld Lang Syne. This specific recording would have recording rights associated with it but no publishing rights associated with it.
If someone wanted to use this recording made by Singer X in a drama as part of the soundtrack, they would need to license the rights to use this particular recording (recording rights). They would not need to obtain publishing rights since no songwritepublishing company has those rights.

Now for kdramas:
The music used in kdramas can be one of three types:

1. Previously existing songs,
   
2. A specific recording of a previously existing song made just for the drama (such as a remake), or
   
3. A new song written and recorded specifically for the kdrama.
   

Of these three types, only types 2 and 3 are included in the kdrama’s OST (original soundtrack) because they were originally created for the kdrama.
And of these three types, only type 3 songs are easily licensed for worldwide distribution because both the publishing and recording rights are recently created and generally bundled together with the drama licensing rights.
For type 2 songs, while recording rights may be relatively easy to obtain since the recording was made specifically for the drama, publishing rights may be hard to obtain, especially for worldwide distribution.
For type 1 songs, both publishing and recording rights have to be obtained, making it even harder. Especially if the song is an existing kpop hit song whose international distribution rights are already held by different companies in different regions.
Now why does Netflix often switch out songs:
Because the songs switched out are often pre-existing songs that Netflix cannot (or has chosen not to) obtain international licensing rights for. Keep in mind that Netflix is available in a lot of markets internationally so if they want to license a song, they have to license it for every single market in which this drama will be streamed in.
So if this drama will be streamed in 20 countries, then Netflix has to obtain song license rights in all 20 countries in order to use it, which can get really expensive really fast. For songs written and recorded specifically for dramas, licensing is feasible because the song rights are likely bundled with the drama streaming licensing rights, but is near impossible if the song is a pre-existing song with existing distribution deals in different markets.

A Hypothetical:

Fire by BTS was used as the intro song by a character in Fight My Way (쌈 마이웨이).
To stream the drama with this song in the USA, Mexico, Australia, Japan, and Brazil, Netflix must obtain the licensing rights for this song in all five countries. If Netflix cannot obtain the correct licensing rights for even one of these countries, then the easiest way to deal with the problem is to switch the song out for some generic tune that they do have the rights for.
For a big act like BTS that definitely has different distribution deals in different markets, getting the licensing rights is probably a big challenge (and expense) and likely not worth it from a business standpoint for Netflix. The result is background music being replaced with generic tunes.

And in case you were wondering, the music problem is not limited to kdrama content, see this Vox article explaining how music licensing rights are a huge headache for older shows now being released on streaming platforms.
Known Alterations to Kdramas on Netflix
We have a list compiled from feedback by our community about the type(s) of changes that were made to specific kdramas as they were broadcast on Netflix versus original SK broadcast. Subtitle issues are not included. This list is provided for reference and has not been verified in any manner. If you wish to add anything to the list, please leave a comment or send a modmail with the subject: Netflix FAQ.
Another Miss Oh

Music changes. Background music in a baclub scene was removed.
Music changes. The song that Park Do Kyeong sings as a child and subsequently records for Oh Hae Young is removed. The scenes remain with the corresponding dialogue but there is no song.

Coffee Prince

Cut Scene. Episode 17 scene where Han Gyul (Gong Yoo) sings I Love You by Han Dong Joon is removed.

Fight For My Way

Music changes. A character's entrance song to matches was Fire by BTS in the SK broadcast.
Cut scenes. In Netflix the first scene was the teacher getting mad but other sites show a scene before the teacher got mad.

Goblin

Music changes. Eun Tak sings Meet Him Among Them (그 중에 그대를 만나) by Lee Sun Hee (이선희) at the wedding.
Blurred scene. They are watching Gong Yoo's Train To Busan in the movie theatre.

Hotel Del Luna

Cut scene. The part wherein the ghost of a cancer patient sings BTS' 'Fake Love' was removed (although the cancer patient's call scene remains intact). It's on Episode 11.
Cut Scene. Episode 9:The part where Gu Chan-seong sang 'Baby Shark' to a little girl was removed.

I'm Not A Robot

Music change. Jo Ji-ah's ringtone (from the song 'Please Don't Be Sad') is replaced with a generic ringtone.

Let's Eat

Cut scenes. Karaoke scene was cut.

Mr. Sunshine

Cut scenes. A meeting with the prime minister of Japan has been cut out in episode 1.

My ID is Gangnam Beauty

Music changes. FL dances to New Face by Psy in original broadcast.

My Love From Another Star

Epilogues for some episodes were cut.

Reply 1997

Music changes. When Si Won goes to Seoul and she is on the bus, original version starts to play "Without You"; on Netflix ver. there isn't a song.

Reply 1994

Music changes. Different background music for funeral scene.
Cut scenes. Some episodes on Netflix differ in length to broadcast episode, users believe cut scenes were of minoside plotlines.

Shopaholic Louis (Shopping King Louie)

Music changes. Episode 2: sauna scene: 'A Whole New World' was replaced with generic instrumental music.

Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (Strong Girl Bong Soon)

Music changes. In ep 4 when Bong Soon carries Min Hyuk, they removed the Whitney Houston song and added some generic romantic music.
Cut scenes. In Ep 1 there's scenes of the bus driver singing and they cut those out.

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo

Cut scenes.

Welcome to Waikiki

Season 1
Ep. 5 Cut scenes. Baby Sol watches the Baby Shark song on TV.
Ep. 5 Music change. Original scene of Seojin slapping the driver. JTBC Drama Channel YT clip
Season 2
Ep 1: Cha Woosik (Kim Seonho) sang the wedding song JTBC Drama Channel YT clip
Ep 6: Cut scene. Sooyeon's performance. JTBC Drama Channel YT clip

What's Wrong With Secretary Kim

Cut scenes. The Netflix version doesn't have the scene where the Vice Chairman's driver sings This Is the Moment in one of the team dinners.

If you have any Youtube links for the broadcast version from official Youtube channels or further details for the alterations, please leave a comment.

FRIDAY

• Game 2: Hurricanes vs. Devils, PNC Arena, Raleigh
• First Friday, Downtown, Raleigh
• Bands, Bites, & Boats, Bond Park Boathouse, Cary
• North Carolina Symphony presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• Cinco de Mayo in the Courtyard, The Matthews House, Cary
• Corks for Kids, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
• First Friday Market & Movie Night, Moore Square, Raleigh
• PLAYlist Concert Series: Rebecca Kleinmann Sextet, Durham Central Park, Durham
• Ryan Hamilton, Carolina Theatre, Durham
• Happy Dan the Magic Man, Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts, Wake Forest
• Holly Springs International Food Festival, Downtown, Holly Springs
• Josh Wolf, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Mommy + Me First Friday Raleigh, Curate Downtown, Raleigh
• HerbFest, Festival Park, Wake Forest
• Oak City Shred Fest 3, Lakeside Retreats & Glamping, Raleigh
• Star Wars Day, The Cary Theater, Cary
• Monica Nevi, Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Accent Imaging 155, Wake County Speedway, Raleigh
• Artist Opening Reception: Voyager C’est Vivre, The Centerpiece, Raleigh
• Black Restaurant Week Durham, Various Locations, Durham
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical, DPAC, Durham
• Operation Thunderdome II, Northgate Mall, Durham
• Big Red Dance Project 2023 Spring Concert, Durham Arts Council PSI Theatre, Durham
• CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Durham County Memorial Stadium, Durham
• May 5th Unraveled Panel Discussion, The Chesterfield, Durham
• Bipeds Show: We Choose the Moon, Mettlesome Theatre, Durham
• Invent the Night Gala: The Magic of Science, Museum of Life and Science, Durham
• Retro Film Series - Planet of the Vampires/ Danger: Diabolik, Carolina Theatre, Durham
• Larry Q Draughn: Tribute to Thelonious Monk, Sharp Nine Gallery, Durham
• Punk Princess and Friends, The Pinhook, Durham
• Cinco De Mayo Party (Wake Forest), Fortnight Brewing, Wake Forest
• Largest Cinco De May 5th Party, Dos Taquitos, Raleigh
• The Arts for Epilepsy Ball, North Ridge Country Club, Raleigh
• Meth Rats/Super Reg/Middle Earth, Schoolkids Records, Raleigh
• Cinco de Mayo Fiesta!, PourWorks, Raleigh
• Cinco de Mayo, Lonerider Brewing, Raleigh
• Bike Bonanza, Raleigh Union Station, Raleigh
• Music in the Park - Hot Commodity, Healthy Food Hub, Morrisville
• George Birge Live in Concert Raleigh, J.S. Dorton Arena, Raleigh
• Chico Bean, Raleigh Improv, Cary

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SATURDAY

• Meet in the Street Festival, Downtown, Wake Forest
• 42nd Annual Apex PeakFest, Historic Downtown, Apex
• 7th Annual Fest in the West, USA Baseball National Training Complex at Thomas Brooks Park, Cary
• Satyre Fest, Moore Square, Raleigh
• Cary Dog Daze and Pet Expo, Cary Police Department, Cary
• Oak City Shred Fest 3, Lakeside Retreats & Glamping, Raleigh
• Monica Nevi, Room 861 at Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• North Carolina Symphony presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Meymandi Concert Hall at Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• Geek and Grub Night Market (May the Force be With You Edition), Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical, DPAC, Durham
• Strawberry Festival, Old North Durham Park, Durham
• Family Fun Day, Durham Bulls Miracle League Park, Durham
• Bike Month Kick-off, Museum of Durham History, Durham
• Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, Motorco Music Hall, Durham
• Full Moon Fever Bike Ride, In front of Mellow Mushroom, Durham
• Moth Watch with the Museum of Life and Science, Museum of Life + Science, Durham
• 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Gizmo Brew Works, Raleigh
• 2nd Annual Kids in Nature Day, Lake Benson Park, Garner
• Movies on the Lawn at Dix Park - Inside Out, Dix Park, Raleigh
• 5th Annual Spring into Trains Show, Kerr Scott Building at North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh
• Annual Concerto/Aria Concert, Jones Auditorium at Meredith College, Raleigh
• Author Event: A reading and conversation with Mimi Herman, Kerri Schlottman and Susan Reinhardt, Page 158 Books, Wake Forest
• Celebrating Sean Bunn Wiffle Ball Derby and Silent Auction, Meredith College, Raleigh
• Get Your Rear in Gear - Raleigh 5K, WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary
• HerbFest, Festival Park, Wake Forest
• Home Is Distant Shores Film Festival, The Cary Theater, Cary
• Josh Wolf, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Tacos N' Tequila Bar Crawl Raleigh 2023, Whiskey Rose, Raleigh
• Trash into Treasure: Composting 101 Workshop, Raleigh City Farm, Raleigh
• War Work: Labor During the Civil War symposium, City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum), Raleigh
• Chico Bean, Raleigh Improv, Cary
• Black Restaurant Week Durham, Various Locations, Durham
• Operation Thunderdome II, Northgate Mall, Durham
• Big Red Dance Project 2023 Spring Concert, Durham Arts Council PSI Theatre, Durham
• CIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Durham County Memorial Stadium, Durham
• Bipeds Show: We Choose the Moon, Mettlesome Theatre, Durham
• Durham Greek Festival, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Durham
• Otis & Wawa's 1st Annual Margarita De Mayo Bar Crawl, Downtown Durham, Durham
• Michael Hawkins and the Brotherhood, Sharp Nine Gallery, Durham
• Go-Go a Gojo: a world house music dance party, Downtown, Durham
• The Defacto Thezpian: Producer Showcase, Durty Bull Brewing Company, Durham
• The Pink Triangle Goes 80's, The Fruit, Durham
• SiriusXM Presents: Yacht Rock Revue - Reverse Sunset Tour, The Ritz, Raleigh
• NATURE PLAY DAY, Prairie Ridge, Raleigh
• Greasy Grindfest III, The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop, Raleigh
• Dixie Gun and Knife Show, Jim Graham Building, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh
• Little German Band & Dancers presents: Alphorn Recital, Cary Arts Center, Cary
• Watts & Ward Derby Party, Watts & Ward, Raleigh
• 2023 Strawberry Fest, Phillips Farms of Cary, Cary
• 37th Annual Smithfield Ham & Yam Festival, Historic Downtown, Smithfield

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SUNDAY

• Kevin James: The Irregardless Tour, Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
• Moulin Rouge! The Musical, DPAC, Durham
• Maria Bamford, Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh
• Oak City Shred Fest 3, Lakeside Retreats & Glamping, Raleigh
• Heartless Bastards with Piedmont, Motorco Music Hall. Durham
• HerbFest, Festival Park, Wake Forest
• Asian American Pacific Islander Month Series, The Cary Theater, Cary
• Big Red Dance Project 2023 Spring Concert, Durham Arts Council PSI Theatre, Durham
• Durham Greek Festival, St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, Durham
• Kermes de las Madres, El Futuro's greenspace at St. Lakewood Plaza., Durham
• Fruit Flea Market, The Fruit, Durham
• Al Strong Presents Jazz Brunch, Alley Twenty Six, Durham
• Duke Baseball vs Longwood, Jack Coombs Field, Durham
• Jewish Food Festival, Jewish for Good at the Levin JCC, Durham
• Durham Medical Orchestra: Voices in the Light, Baldwin Auditorium, Duke University East Campus, Durham
• 5th Annual Spring into Trains Show, Kerr Scott Building at North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh

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Hello all, it's not long until earnings are coming out for Q1 2023 and I thought I would try and put as much stuff as I know about Q1 in one location for you to read before earnings are announced tomorrow morning. Don't think of it as a definitive list and more as a convinient place to find out info about Q1 especially the news and general grosses.
Culmulative grosses for Q1:
AMC Theatres:
USA: $1,722,308,288 (Within a hair or 2020 Q1) 28% Growth YoY
Odeon:
UK: £225,000,000 ($283,000,000) 0.1% Growth YoY
United Cinemas International:
Germany: €229,900,000 ($253,400,000) 72.9% increase YoY, of special note this is only under 2% behind 2019 for the quarter which is amazing.
Italy: €111,800,000 ($123,130,000) 50% increase YoY
Portugal: I only have Year To Date which sadly isn't that helpful sorry! Here is the number anyway: $19,938,259
Nordic Cinema Group
Finland: Sadly I wasn't able to track down box office numbers for this country although an article from January states that they are recovering well with a 70% YoY increase in admissions. This is a total and should only be used as a guide.
I couldn't find much in terms of a total Q1 2023 box office for the Nordic Cinema Group, this may be due to the fact that I only speak German and Spanish and the articles may be in their native languages.
Apologies again for not being able to get everything, what is particuarly bullish is that the big markets outside of the UK (especially Germany) have seen up to 70+% growth! The only country that didn't have huge growth was the UK but this may change thanks to films such as Mario and Guardians of the Galaxy.
Of note for worldwide revenue is that it was the best first quarter since 2019 with a total of $8 billion globally.
Revenue per patron:
Adam Aaron stated that not only were there higher than expected Revenue per patron but during the week 12th to the 19th of March 2023 set an all time record.
In 2022 Q4 it was $19.98 per patron as reports have been of records being broken we may expect a higher than expected number. The majority of revenue over the ticket price goes to AMC (85.9%) which may help their bottom line be a lot more bullish for that quarter.
Ticket revenue:
Disney expects in general 65% of the ticket value to go to them, so for example Avatar and Ant Man and The Wasp Quantamania would expect that percentage.
The top two films of the quarter was Avatar TWOW ($280,147,218) and Ant Man and The Wasp Quantamania ($211,127,607)
The rest of the top 10 were from films that were not Disney and possesed a deal that is atleast 50% of the revenue going to AMC opening week with the longer the film is in giving more of the revenue to AMC.
Of note is Creed III ( $145,057,951) and John Wick Chapter 4 ($102,486,094) which massively overperformed.
The greater share of the box office going to other companies than Disney means that a greater percentage of the ticket sales should go to AMC this quarter.
Merchandise sales (Popcorn buckets ETC):
The sales of popcorn tins and accessories became noteable in Q1 2023 with the Ant Man and The Wasp Quantamania helmet being high enough that it was mentioned by AMC. Totalling 2 million dollars worth of sales alone other films popcorn tins also sold out such as the 20 sided dice from Dungeons and Dragons. This growth will help the bottom line and concession sales leading to the records being broken for revenue per patron.
Store popcorn:
Store popcorn sales haven't been shared with us however from social media and Adam Aaron we have been told that sales are brisk and they are expanding to 2,600 stores.
This is a new revenue stream and we have not been able to state what the profits are going to be from this venture. The popcorn line launched at the 13th of March and would have had costs associated with launching this product.
In terms of initial shipments they were reported on Twitter accounts to have sold out in many stores in the first couple of weeks. Hopefully this has helped the bottom line.
Franchise:
AMC Saudi Arabia is a franchise deal meaning the revenue should be great with minimal costs, this will help with the companies bottom line this quarter even if the revenue may not be life changing.
Lawsuit: The lawsuit and vote was filed in Q1 2023 this will cost the company money to sort (lawyers be hella expensive) which will be a drag on the bottom line. The vote will also have cost money to file.
Personal thoughts:
I am hopefull that with the new revenue streams and growth in the international film market alongside AMC we will see at least minimal cash burn. It is a shame that the Comic Book Movie films didn't do as well this quarter as that would have pushed the USA domestic market past 2 billion dollars which would have guaranteed a profit.
As it stands I do not believe that AMC will have a profit this quarter. I am however at the moment very bullish about Q2 2023 and expect the results to be good for Q1. They wouldn't have positioned it before maket open unless it was a pleasant surprise and I feel confident that it will be.
Sources:
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/quarteq1/?grossesOption=calendarGrosses
https://www.screendaily.com/features/uk-exhibitors-remain-optimistic-for-2023-box-office-growth-despite-sluggish-first-quarte5181056.article
https://www.screendaily.com/news/german-box-office-returns-to-near-pre-pandemic-levels-in-first-quarter-of-2023/5181013.article
https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/admissions-finland-local-fare-grab-38-in-january-2023-26-9-in-2022
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/lifestyle/arts/2023/04/04/cinema-admissions-up-50-to-15.8-mn-in-q1-2023_8b8cad4b-ee3e-43e0-bc50-89dee58fad08.html
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/yea?area=PT
http://www.nordiccinemagroup.se/about-nordic-cinema-group/
https://investingstrategy.co.uk/invest-in-stocks-shares/buy-amc-stock/
https://gower.st/articles/global-box-office-records-best-quarter-since-2019-8-billion-q1-2023/
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/quarteq1/2023/?ref_=bo_ql_table_1
https://gulfbusiness.com/seven-acquires-amc-equity-stake-in-cinemas-in-ksa/

# Today In Phishstory - April 30th Brought to you by tiph-bot. Beep.
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Phish, Saturday 04/30/1994 (29 years ago) The Edge Night Club, Orlando, FL, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1994 Spring Tour
Set 1 : Chalk Dust Torture , Mound , Stash , Poor Heart , Sample in a Jar , Punch You in the Eye , Rift , Ginseng Sullivan ¹ , Sweet Adeline ²
Set 2 : Wilson > David Bowie ³ , Wolfman's Brother > Peaches en Regalia > Harry Hood , Axilla (Part II) , McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > Possum , Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up , Big Black Furry Creature from Mars
Encore : Sleeping Monkey > Highway to Hell
1 Acoustic and without microphones. Fish on washboard. 2 Without microphones. 3 All Fall Down signal.
Jamchart Notes:
Stash - Every version of "Stash" from April '94 is on this chart and with good reason. This one mutates and thrashes nicely.
David Bowie - > in from "Wilson." Cool little jam on "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in intro. Some "DDJ"-like musing, an unusually quiet but probing early section, and then a gnarly, dissonant build, all making this final April '94 performance another strong one.
Harry Hood - Jam opens with a great "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" tease followed by light, fluttery playing before a knockout punch ending.
McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters - A lilting, musical intro features melodic Trey and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" teasing, a fun theme throughout this show. A loose, easy vibe dominates the composed section. Page's fast clip solo, which sparkles, is anchored by great Mike and colored by thoughtful and deliberate work from Trey. A fiery conclusion > to an excellent "Possum."
Possum - Several teases in the jam (see Setlist), but they fit in really well, as if part of the jam, not funny little add ons. Then the jam takes off in typically blistering '94 style. Fish rocks this one hard, and the others are no slouches either.
Show Notes:
Ginseng Sullivan and Sweet Adeline were performed acoustic without microphones. Ginseng also featured Fish on washboard. Lion Sleeps Tonight was teased in Wilson, Bowie, Hood, McGrupp, and Possum. Bowie also contained an All Fall Down signal and Kashmir teases from Page. Page teased Entrance of the Gladiators in Axilla. Possum also included McGrupp, Bowie, Wilson, Peaches, Wolfman's, Axilla, and DEG teases. During one of the pauses in BBFCFM, Fish said his mother was in attendance, prompting a New York, New York tease from Page.
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Phish, Friday 04/30/1993 (30 years ago) Sports Center, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1993 WinteSpring Tour
Set 1 : Lengthwise -> Maze , Bouncing Around the Room , Poor Heart > Stash , The Horse ¹ > Silent in the Morning > Divided Sky , Cavern , Lawn Boy > All Things Reconsidered , Possum
Set 2 : Wilson , Sparkle > Tweezer -> Walk Away > Mound , Big Ball Jam , Harry Hood , Hold Your Head Up > If I Only Had a Brain > Hold Your Head Up , You Enjoy Myself , Golgi Apparatus
Encore : When Something is Wrong with My Baby , Amazing Grace , Tweezer Reprise
1 Trey on acoustic guitar.
Jamchart Notes:
Possum - Experimental jam with quiet scat singing by Trey early, good tension, a near breakaway section at 6:00, and pounding Fish.
Wilson - Lengthy, playful, discordant intro with "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" teases from Page on keys and Trey on vocals. The Morricone teases continue throughout, most effectively as the nightcap to a queasy, little jam preceding "BLAT BOOM".
You Enjoy Myself - Excellent B&D;!
Show Notes:
The Horse featured Trey on acoustic guitar. Trey teased Divided Sky in Cavern and Lazy in Possum. Wilson contained several teases of the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Trey teased Fire (Ohio Players) in Harry Hood. Fish dedicated If I Only Had a Brain to Mark (who was one of the lighting people on the tour), Mark's friend Tim, and their wives. YEM contained Mission: Impossible theme teases from Page and Trey. The soundcheck's No One to Depend On was performed instrumentally.
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Phish, Thursday 04/30/1992 (31 years ago) Barrymore Theatre, Madison, WI, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1992 Spring Tour
Set 1 : The Curtain > Split Open and Melt , Fee -> Maze , Reba , Uncle Pen , Stash , Rift , Esther > Run Like an Antelope
Set 2 : Glide > Tweezer ¹ > The Squirming Coil , My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own , You Enjoy Myself ² , The Horse > Silent in the Morning , Chalk Dust Torture , Cold as Ice > Cracklin' Rosie > Cold as Ice , Harry Hood , Tweezer Reprise
Encore : Carolina ³ , Cavern
1 Colonel Bruce Hampton on trombone. 2 Me and My Arrow signal. 3 Without microphones.
Jamchart Notes:
Stash - A very good version with brief departures beyond standard "Stash," and lots of tension and dissonance.
Run Like an Antelope - Improvisational jam that gets well beyond typical "Antelope." Machine Gun Trey and Mike rip it.
Tweezer - Hysterical, must-hear opening segment. Colonel Bruce Hampton on trombone.
You Enjoy Myself - "Welcome Christmas" (from How The Grinch Stole Christmas) VJ.
Show Notes:
Glide was preceded by an All Fall Down signal. Tweezer featured Colonel Bruce Hampton on trombone. YEM included a Me and My Arrow signal and a Welcome Christmas tease in the vocal jam. Carolina was performed without microphones. The Aquarium Rescue Unit opened this show.
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Phish, Sunday 04/30/1989 (34 years ago) Night Stage, Cambridge, MA, USA
Gap Chart, Tour: 1989 Tour
Set 1 : I Didn't Know , You Enjoy Myself , McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters , The Lizards , Divided Sky , Wilson , Peaches en Regalia , Run Like an Antelope , Terrapin ¹
Encore : Possum
1 Fish on trombone.
Show Notes:
This show was preceded by an introduction from Dionysian co-founder Ben Hunter. After YEM, Trey acknowledged his grandparents who were in attendance. Prior to McGrupp, Trey said that the band were traveling minstrels from Gamehendge and proceeded to provide a brief Gamehendge narration about each of the four songs they were going to play: McGrupp And The Watchful Hosemasters, The Lizards, "Divided Sky and the Wind Blows High," and "Wilson, Can You Still Have Fun?" Terrapin featured Fish on trombone.
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Phish, 1988-04-30 Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/phish-april-30-1988-colgate-university-hamilton-ny-usa.html
Tour: 1988 Tour
Show Notes: This show may have been a fraternity party.

Trey Anastasio

Trey Anastasio Band, 2022-04-30 Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-band-april-30-2022-centennial-olympic-park-atlanta-ga-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This performance was part of Sweetwater 420 Fest and took place on the Sweetwater Stage.
Trey Anastasio Band, 2017-04-30 House of Blues, Houston, TX, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-april-30-2017-house-of-blues-houston-tx-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes:
Trey Anastasio Band, 2005-04-30 State Palace Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-april-30-2005-state-palace-theatre-new-orleans-la-usa.html
Tour: TAB - 70 Volt Parade Spring 2005 Tour
Show Notes: This show was billed as the "New Orleans Superjam." The first set was electric TAB; the second set lineup included Trey, Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers), Gregory Davis and Roger Lewis (Dirty Dozen Brass Band), Dave Grippo (Giant Country Horns, TAB), and Michael Ray (Sun Ra Arkestra). Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes performed on accordion for the TAB debuts of his originals "Bunny Bread" and "Tomato Song." "Sneakin' Sally" featured Mike on bass and contained "Chameleon" teases. "Three Little Birds" featured Mike on bass and Dave Matthews on vocals. "Thank You..." featured both Mike and Peter Chwazik on bass and Dave Matthews on vocals. "Old Habits" was performed by Mike and Trey only, both on acoustic guitars. "46 Days" through the end of the show featured Mike on bass and Ivan Neville on keyboards.
Trey Anastasio, 2002-04-30 The River Music Hall, 92.5 The River Studios, Haverhill, MA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-april-30-2002-the-river-music-hall-925-the-river-studios-haverhill-ma-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This live promotional appearance for Boston's 92.5-FM WXRV The River featured Trey performing solo acoustic between interview segments.
Trey Anastasio, 2002-04-30 Studio 7, 92.9 WBOS Studios, Boston, MA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/trey-anastasio-april-30-2002-studio-7-929-wbos-studios-boston-ma-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This live promotional appearance for Boston's 92.9-FM WBOS Studio 7 series featured Trey performing solo acoustic between interview segments.

Mike Gordon

Benevento/Russo Duo featuring Mike Gordon, 2005-04-30 TwiRoPa, New Orleans, LA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/mike-gordon-april-30-2005-twiropa-new-orleans-la-usa.html
Tour: Mike - The Duo Feat. Mike Gordon Spring 2005 Tour
Show Notes: "Mephisto" featured Jamie McLean on guitar. "Hoodoo Voodoo" and "Heartbreaker" featured Scott Metzger on guitar.

Page McConnell

Vida Blue, 2020-04-30 The Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/page-mcconnell-april-30-2020-the-tabernacle-atlanta-ga-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: This performance was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.

Other

Max Creek, 1997-04-30 Club Toast, Burlington, VT, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/guest-appearance-april-30-1997-club-toast-burlington-vt-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: Mike performed on a second bass for the entire second set.
Michael Ray and The Cosmic Krewe, 1995-04-30 Jimmy's, New Orleans, LA, USA
Setlist: https://phish.net/setlists/guest-appearance-april-30-1995-jimmys-new-orleans-la-usa.html
Tour: Not Part of a Tour
Show Notes: Trey and Fish sat in for the whole show. This gig featured a mix of the "North" and "South" Cosmic Krewe lineups. This list reflects portions of the two sets performed that evening and is likely out of order; many of the songs listed are included on Michael Ray and The Cosmic Krewe's 2003 release, Live at Jimmy 's.

Demographics

• Gender: Male
• Race/Ethnicity: White
• Residence: USA
• Income Bracket: >200k
• Type of School: Suburban Public
• Hooks: First Generation depending on college

Intended Major(s): Business (Applied as Economics major for UMass Amherst, Boston College, and Boston University)
Academics

• GPA (UW/W): 3.3 UW/ 3.6 W
• Rank (or percentile): unknown
• # of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 8 honors 3 APs (All during senior year)

Standardized Testing
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.

• SAT: 1340 (660RW, 680M)

Extracurriculars/Activities
List all extracurricular involvements, including leadership roles, time commitments, major achievements, etc.

1. Made a short film that was selected and screened at the AMC in Times Square
2. President of DECA, state finalist one year, won regional competition once, was a finalist the year after
3. Theatre
4. Selected by business teacher to run school store- tasked with creating merch for the school
5. Started a fundraiser for a church in my father’s village in Albania
6. Secretary of movie club- free club from 10 members to 40 members
7. Vice President of movie club
8. President of French honor society

Awards/Honors
List all awards and honors submitted on your application.

1. Official Selection in the All American high school film festival
2. DECA state finalist

Letters of Recommendation
(Briefly describe relationships with your recommenders and estimated rating.)
History Teacher (9/10) was great in her class and she loved me but we’ve had convos how my effort could be better at some points
English (9/10) - Fantastic writer. Usually hates all her students so its very lucky to be on her good side
Business TeacheDECA Advisor (10/10)- Best relationship I have with a teacher and has so much to say about how I’ve helped the club.
Senior year calc teacher (10/10) - Math has consistently been the lowest grade on my transcript, but this year I succeeded in her class and I think she saved me app tbh
Interviews
(Briefly reflect on interview experiences, if applicable.)
Babson (8/10) Talked a lot about my goals and I feel like I connected with my interviewer
Bentley (10/10) Loved me so much she kept me 30 mins over time to keep talking to me
Fairfield (5/10) Interviewer cut me off a couple times, didn’t do enough research before interview as well
Essays
(Briefly reflect on the quality of your writing, time spent, and topic of main personal statement.)
I think my common app essay was one of the highlights of my app. Talked about how my short film influenced my relationships and my aspirations for the future.
Decisions (indicate ED/EA/REA/SCEA/RD)
Acceptances:

• Babson (Deferred EDII -> RD)
• Marist (EA) - 20k a year and Honors college
• Bryant (EA) - 25k a year
• UMass Amherst (EA)
• UMass Lowell (EAII) - Honors College
• Providence College (EA Deferred -> RD)
• Fairfield (EA Deferred -> RD) - 15k a year
• Conn College (RD) 22k a year
• Bentley (RD)

Waitlists:

• Emerson College (Deferred EA-> RD
• Fordham (RD

Rejections:

• Boston College (RD)
• Boston University (RD)
• Northeastern (RD)

Conclusion: Attending Babson!! Really happy I got in to my top school and had a boat load of acceptances to choose from!