"So SWAMP was where I was based, in a garage apartment in one corner of where the Menil Collection property is."
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Austin’s Punk/New Wave Cinema, Discovered and Re-Discovered
by Peter Lucasby Peter LucasA newly restored program of rarely seen short films gives a glimpse of Austin's DIY rennaisance in the late-'70s and early-'80s.
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Just because the Supreme Court ruled last month to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide, it doesn’t mean Houston doesn’t still need its annual QFest! Now in its 19th year, the International…
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After almost 30 years, Houston’s Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) is moving out of its physical location at 1519 West Main and into a “virtual office” (Mary Lampe’s living room?).…
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The folks who put the Q in QFest are gearing up again for the five-day annual film festival dedicated to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer cinema. It begins Thursday…
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Houston’s DiverseWorks states that its current exhibition The Eleventh Hour “traces a lineage of urgency and activism in DiverseWorks’ programming over the past 30 years.” For those feel a sense…
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The Southwest Alternative Media Project has been helping aspiring Houston filmmakers for decades; now, with start-up money from an anonymous donor, SWAMP has announced a new funding opportunity, the Houston…
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The Southwest Alternative Media Project (SWAMP) is launching a Citzen-Filmmaker Competition in honor of it’s 35th Anniversary and invites everyone to compete. The rules are simple: using a mobile device…
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Houston Film Critics Awards Show Today, SWAMP Director Lampe, Worldfest Founder Todd, King Herring and Jeff Bridges Honored
This afternoon the Houston Film Critics Association tots up the best films of 2011 at their fifth annual awards show. Although some of the suspense has been reduced by the…
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Tune in tonight for For the Sake of the Song: the Story of Anderson Fair, episode seven of “The Territory”, the Southwest Alternative Media Project (SWAMP)’s documentary series on the…
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Hurry on over to the Southwest Alternative Media Project‘s yard sale, Friday (today!) and Saturday 8am-2pm. AV geeks closets are always full of interesting stuff, and they promise new and…