(In reverse chronological order.
Everything takes place in the Baltimore, Maryland area unless otherwise
noted)
2010:
Oct 21-24 - Skizz serves on the jury at the IndieMemphis Film Festival (Memphis, Tennessee)
Sat Oct 9 - The Jennifers perform at Golden West .
Fri Oct 8 - The Go Pills help celebrate the release of The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad's Boneslinky!, along with The Rock n' Roll Freakshow and Bobby E. Lee & The Sympathizers. At Wind Up Space.
Wed Sept 29 - Skizz will be the guest WYPR's Maryland Morning Screen Test. Film screening & interview taping open to the public, 7pm at Wind Up Space.
Sept 24-26 - Skizz serves on the jury at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, Alabama)
Sun Sept 19 - HIT & STAY (a documentary by Joe Tropea & Skizz Cyzyk) benefit at Wind Up Space, with Lower Dens, Small Sur, Carnivores, and Bean, plus a raffle. 8pm, $8.
Sat Sept 18 - Garage Sale performs at Joe Squared, with The Transporters.
Sat Sept 11 - Garage Sale (2pm), The Go Pills (3pm), and The Jennifers (3:30pm) perform on "The Party Stage" (36th & Elm) at Hampdenfest.
Sun Sept 5 - Joe Tropea & Skizz Cyzyk will be guests on 21st Century Radio talking about HIT & STAY.
Sat Sept 4 - Garage Sale performs at Cheap Beer Fest.
Fri Aug 27 - HIT & STAY (a documentary by Joe Tropea & Skizz Cyzyk) benefit at Viva House.
Sat Aug 21 - The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) perform as part of the CooCooRockinTime CD re-release party at Creative Alliance.
Sat July 24 - The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) and The Go Pills (Skizz, Batworth, Tom Balog, Randy Austin) play at Shake More Au Go Go, along with Who’s Ready For The Cave?, Pam & Barbara Rubella, Weeping Mews, Don Zientara, Bag5, CooCooRockinTime, Frown Pow’r, Leprechaun Catering, Aliens, Animal Eyes, Old Songs, Bald Mountain, Liz Downing, Molly Andrews, Cigarbox Planetarium, Tinklers, Zomes, SpiderCake, Bad Girls, Degenerettes, I Don’t Cares, and Half Japanese.
Fri July 23 - The Go Pills (Skizz, Batworth, Tom Balog, Randy Austin) open for HALF JAPANESE!!! at The Ottobar, along with Oriole. All ages.
Tue July 13 - "The Journeymen and Split Rock Tour: Resistable Object and Moveable Force Together at Last" comes to Wind Up Space. James Jay and Mike Faloon read from their new books, plus performances from Barbara DeCesare and Skizz. 7 pm.
Sat July 5 - The Go Pills (Skizz, Batworth, Tom Balog, Randy Austin) and Mink Stole perform at the Atomic BBQ, along with The Millbillies.
May 6-9 - Maryland Film Festival . Skizz will be introducing films and conducting Q&A sessions throughout the festival, AND screening scenes from Icepick To The Moon, Hit & Stay, Freaks In Love, and Well Intentioned World during MFF's Works In Progress Showcase (3pm Saturday at Windup Space).
Tue April 13 - Luna Blu Vintage Fashion Show, MC'd by comedian Reed Walton of The Sweet Tarts, vintage fashion modeled by Gilded Lily Burlesque and live surf music by John Irvine and Skizz of Garage Sale. 7-9pm, Mt. Vernon Stable (909 North Charles Street). $15
Sat Feb 27 - Sun Feb 28 - Skizz's music videos for Tippy Canoe ("Mass Transmissions") and Mad Tea Party ("Every Way") will be screened during Ukelear Meltdown III (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England).
Wed Feb 24 - Fri Feb 26 - Skizz will be a Visiting Artist guest of Minnesota State University Moorhead's Film Studies Department. (Moorhead, Minnesota).
Sun Feb 21 - Moviate presents Fredrik from Sweden, Tara Toms, and Michael Robinson's film, Locking Gazes, with live sound & light performance by Lisa Bennett, Alyx Bowen, Skizz Cyzyk, Caleb Smith, Adrien Barlup, James Hollenbaugh and Michael Robinson. door opens @ 7, film @ 7:30pm. ALL AGES. At the Midtown Scholar Bookstore (1302 N. 3rd St. Harrisburg, PA).
Sun Feb 21 - The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) perform as part of Upward Spiral, along with sound poet Marty Esworthy, at YorkArts, 3 pm (10 N. Beaver Street, York, PA) .
Sat Feb 20 - The Jennifers perform at Golden West along with Slow Jets and Bean.
Jan 22 - 28 - Skizz serves on the narrative features jury at The Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah) , and then performs solo-uke at the Closing Night Party.
2009:
Sat Dec 12 - Mink Stole’s Christmas: Unwrapped & Unplugged at the Creative Alliance. Actress and story teller extrordinaire Mink sings cabaret with her fab band—Skizz Cyzyk, Walker Teret, Scott Wallace Brown. Tall but true tales of a big family childhood, adventures with John Waters and other surprises! 8pm show, 7pm Members Happy Hour. $15, $13 mbrs.
Sun Nov 1 - The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) perform a house concert at All Souls Day Performance Party along with poets Chris Toll, Rupert Wondolowski and Cliff Lynn and musicians Liz Downing and Michael Willis. 5-8pm. 4214 Harford Terrace.
Wed Oct 14 - Moviate presents THE SHORT FILMS & VIDEOS OF SKIZZ CYZYK: A retrospective spanning 1983 to present.
8pm, Abbey Gallery, Harrisburg, PA .
Oct 8-15 - Skizz serves on the jury at the IndieMemphis Film Festival (Memphis, Tennessee)
Wed Oct 7 - The Jennifers perform at The Hexagon, along with Michael Holt (from The Mommyheads).
Sept 25-27 - Skizz serves on the jury at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, Alabama)
Sun Sept 13 - Joe Tropea & Skizz Cyzyk premiere a scene from their upcoming documentary, HIT & STAY: THE ONGOING STORY OF THE CATONSVILLE NINE, screening with Lynn Sachs' INVESTIGATION OF A FLAME. 8-11 PM, Busboys & Poets Restaurant, 2021 14th Street NW, WDC.
Sat Sept 12 - The Jennifers perform at Hampdenfest. 5 PM on the Atomic Stage.
Sat July 25 - The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) play at Shake More Au Go Go, along with Half Japanese, The Tinklers, Old Songs, Coo Coo Rockin Time, Boister, Daniel Higgs, Zomes, Pleasant Livers, Naybros, R. Stevie Moore, Spidercake, Aliens, Steve Johnson, Eyeball Skeleton, Liz Downing, Cigarbox Planetarium, Bald Mountain, Rubella, Indulgence, and Barbara Decesare.
Fri July 24 - The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) play Ukulele Nouveau, along with The Fleastompers, Jared Denhard, and Victoria Vox. At the Creative Alliance. 8pm. $12, $10 mbrs.
Sun July 19 - LITTLE CASTLES screens as part of Artscape, 3 PM in the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Free.
Sat June 13 - Garage Sale at Honfest. 6:30-8:00pm on the stage at Falls Road & 36th Street/The Avenue.
May 7-10 - Maryland Film Festival
Fri May 1 - Garage Sale performs at Joe Squared, with The Transporters.
Sun April 19 - Ukulele shindig with The Whiteouts (Joel Eckhaus & Ralph Shaw) and The Lefties (Don Peyton & Skizz Cyzyk) at El Rancho Grande. 4 PM.
Fri March 27 - The Jennifers perform at Metro Gallery, along with e.joseph and the phantom heart, FFHH, and The Jaguar Club.
Sat March 14 - Maryland Lawyers for the Arts and Creative Alliance present “Legal and Business Issues for Filmmakers” at the Creative Alliance. Panel includes Scott Johnson, veteran entertainment attorney, Maryland Film Office Project Manager Kathi Ash, and Skizz Cyzyk, filmmaker and Maryland Film Fest Programming Manager. 2-4 pm. Adv reg $15, $10 mbrs. Walk-in $20, $15 mbrs.
Fri March 6 - DO RE MINK: a cabaret performance starring Mink Stole & Her Wonderful Band (Scott Wallace Brown, Walker Teret, Skizz Cyzyk). Creative Alliance. 8pm. $15.
Jan 15 - 23 - The Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah)
2008:
Sun Dec 21 - The Jennifers open for Evan Dando (from The Lemonheads) at The Ottobar, along with Gary B. & The Notions.
Thur Dec 18 - Skizz performs solo uke at the Palace Of Wonders' Weirdo Show. (WDC)
Sat Dec 6 - The Jennifers perform at Metro Gallery, as part of Secret Crush Society's Into the Dolphin CD Release Party, along with Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad.
Sat Nov 15 - The Go Pills (Skizz, Tom Balog, Randy Austin, Batworth) play Gypsy Cab, at Falafel House (more info at http://hamiltonart.org/dhome/).
Sat Oct 25 - Garage Sale performs at Joe Squared, with Atomic Mosquitos.
Fri Oct 24 - The Jennifers perform at Joe Squared, with The Stalking Horses.
Oct 9-16 - Skizz serves on the jury at the IndieMemphis Film Festival (Memphis, Tennessee)
Wed Oct 8 - The Jennifers perform at Wind Up Space, along with Michael Holt (from The Mommyheads), Person Parcel, and David Celia (from Toronto).
Sept 25-28 - Skizz serves on the jury at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, Alabama)
Tue Sept 23 - The Jennifers perform at The Talking Head, with Soft Targets (from Chicago) and Abby Mott.
Sept 19-21 - Skizz is a programming & technical consultant for the Chesapeake Film Festival, Easton, MD
Sat Sept 13 - The Jennifers perform at Hampdenfest. 11 AM on the Atomic Stage.
Fri Sept 12 - Garage Sale performs at Joe Squared, with The Transporters and The Tritons.
Thur July 31 - "A Best of MicroCineFest" at Wind Up Space.
Sun July 20 - The Jennifers perform at Artscape. 1 PM on the Metro Gallery stage.
Sat July 5 - Garage Sale perform at the Atomic BBQ.
Sun June 29 - The Go Pills (Skizz, Tom Balog, Marc Berrong, Randy Austin) perform at Atomic Pop’s Uke-Pop Party!, along with Tippy Canoe, Victoria Vox and Uni & her Ukelele. 2-5pm
Wed June 18 - The Jennifers at The Sidebar with The Points (WDC), The Dig (NY) and The Swet (VA) .
Sat June 14 - Garage Sale at Honfest. 3:30 PM on the stage at Falls Road & 36th Street/The Avenue
Sat June 7 - Garage Sale at the Great Strides Walkathon benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Sun May 25 - The Jennifers at The 2008 Sowebo Arts & Music Festival
May 1-4 - Maryland Film Festival
Wed April 9 - Indie Memphis and Delta Axis present "A Best of MicroCineFest" at Power House Memphis (45 G.E. Patterson). 7:30 pm, Free and open to the public! (Memphis, TN)
April 2-8 - 4 FILMS IN 5 MINUTES screens as part of the NYUFF Is Enough 15th anniversary retrospective at the 15th & final New York Underground Film Festival. (NYC)
Wed March 19 - Garage Sale performs at Joe Squared with The Bobwhites.
March 12 - 16 - Skizz's music video for The Moaners' "Brainwash" screens at the Backseat Film Festival. (Philly, PA)
Wed March 12 - The Jennifers perform at The Talking Head with The Moaners and Impossible Hair.
Sat March 8 - The Jennifers perform at The Khyber, with Alright, Junior , Mean Streets, and The Donuts. (Philly, PA)
Sat March 1 - The Jennifers play the Pulaski CD Release Party at The Ottobar, along with Abby Mott.
Sat Feb 2 (night) - Garage Sale performs at the Hon Bar, 9 PM, FREE
Sat Feb 2 (day) - Maryland Lawyers for the Arts' Legal FAQs for Filmmakers Workshop, at the Creative Alliance, 2-5pm.
Jan 17 - 25 - Skizz serves on the Shorts Jury at The Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah)
Sun Jan 6 - The Jennifers perform at The Talking Head with The Jons, The Flukes, and Dead Mechanical
2007:
Thur Dec 20 - Skizz performs solo uke at the Palace Of Wonders' Weirdo Show. (WDC)
Sat Dec 8 - A Best Of MicroCineFest screening at The Laughing Skull Lounge at The Vortex Midtown
(878 Peachtree Street - between 7th & 8th Streets), Atlanta, GA 30309, 404-875-1667, 8 PM, $5.
Fri Nov 30 - The Jennifers perform at Lo-Fi Social Club along with Impossible Hair, House of Fire, and Sonic Cheetas of Death.
Sat Nov 17 - BALTIMORE EXPOSED: Short Films by Local Filmmakers, Enoch Pratt Central Library (400 Cathedral Street), 2 pm, Free! You don't have to go to the Sundance or Telluride festivals to see the Next Big Thing in cinema. Some of the best films are being made right here in our own backyard. This program presents the cream of the crop by both established Baltimore-based filmmakers (Skizz Cyzyk, John Standiford, Bump Stadelman, Laurence Arcadias and Sondheim Prize finalists Eric Dyer and Karen Yasinsky), as well as works by up-and-comers like Hsuan-Yu Pan and visual art students from the Maryland Institute, College of Art. (approximately 80 minutes) For more info, call (410) 396-4616
Sun Nov 11 - The Jennifers perform at The Cave along with Saints Will Do and Dead To Society (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Sat Nov 10 - The Jennifers perform at Preservation Pub along with Charlotte, NC's GoGo Pilot (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Fri Nov 9 - The Jennifers perform at Wonderland along with The Rulers (Richmond, VA)
Sat Nov 3 - The Jennifers perform at 8x10 along with The Oranges Band, Artanker Convoy & Paper Route
Oct 11-14 - Skizz serves on the jury and presents a "Best of MicroCineFest" program at the BendFilm Festival (Bend, Oregon)
Thur Oct 4 - The Jennifers perform at Metro Gallery along with Private Eleanor and more.
Sept 28-30 - Skizz serves on the jury at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, Alabama)
Sat Sept 22 (night) - Daft Punk’s Electroma & LYNCH, presented by Music Monitor Network, at the Creative Alliance. Daft Punk’s Electroma, the debut film by Parisian house music stars Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christos, is a sheer, wordless odyssey of robotic semi-men crossing a mythic American landscape. LYNCH is a 30 min preview of an award winning doc following iconic indie filmmaker David Lynch over 2 years as he makes Inland Empire. Also, DC’s Eric Cheevers’ short Las Historias Mas Sexy Del Mundo! No. 2 recreates “God-awful early-’70s Mexican sexploitation flicks,” and sets an unorthodox stage for Danish rock duo the Raveonettes. Plus Skizz Cyzyk’s music video for The Moaners’ “Brainwash”! 8pm, $7, $5 mbrs & stus
Sat Sept 22 (day) - Garage Sale performs at The Karb Kings' 10th Annual MobTown Greaseball Car Show Extravaganza!
Sat Sept 15 - The Jennifers perform at HampdendFest with tons of other bands
Fri Sept 14 - Trailer Trash: A Film Journal (Ramirez, 2007) at the Creative Alliance. An extraordinary personal statement about poverty, prejudice and the harsh reality of drug addiction in rural America. Don Ramirez’s film, part home movie, part hard-hitting documentary captures his family bravely facing a complicated mass of intersecting crises. Ramirez balances distance and intimacy in a disturbing but compelling document. Made with Super 8 Film, digital video, TV news footage and photos. Intro by Skizz Cyzyk (Maryland Film Festival, Maryland Lawyers for the Arts). Panel discussion w/ Ramirez and family follows. 8pm, $8, $6 mbrs
Tue Sept 11 - The Jennifers perform at IOTA, along with Michael Holt (ex-Mommyheads) and Impossible Hair (Arlington, Virginia)
Sat Sept 8 - MicroCineFest presents The Short Films of Roger Beebe at the Creative Alliance. Roger Beebe, formerly of Flicker (Chapel Hill), and multi-award-winning MicroCineFest filmmaker, shares his experimental shorts. With a documentary sensibility and a photographic eye he brings humor and soul to subjects from women in the Air Force during WWII, to where Shaquille O’Neal got his last name. Beebe inaugurates our new screening venue-the CAmm Media Lab! Less prestigious venues at which he’s appeared include Antarctica’s McMurdo Station, the CBS Jumbotron in Times Square, and MoMA (NYC). Upstairs in the CAmm Media Lab! 8pm, $8, $6 mbrs. Free Popcorn! ALSO: Check out Roger’s No Camera Required Wkshp, Sun Sep 9!
Sun Sept 2 - The Jennifers perform at The Camel with Captain 1, Seamonster, and The Norman Rockwells (Richmond, Virginia)
Fri Aug 31 - The Jennifers perform at Cousin Larry's with Sarianna & The Swell (Danbury, Connecticut)
Thur Aug 30 - The Jennifers perform at The Lit Lounge with The Campbell Apartment (NYC)
Tue July 17 - The Jennifers perform at The Ottobar along with Voxtrot, Two If By Sea, and The Heavycoats.
Sun July 15 - The Jennifers perform a quiet set at Rojo, as part of the Sidewalk Scramble turn-in. Skizz is a Sidewalk Scramble juror this year (Birmingham, Alabama)
Sat July 14 - The Jennifers perform at The New French Bar with The Stalking Horses (Asheville, North Carolina)
Fri July 13 - The Jennifers perform at The Earl, along with The Features & The Hot Pipes (Atlanta, Georgia)
Thur July 12 - The Jennifers perform at Bull City Headquarters, along with The Future Kings of Nowhere and Tennis & the Mennonites (Durham, North Carolina)
Wed July 11 - The Jennifers perform at The Cave, along with Velvet & The Red Hot Poker Dots (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Sat June 30 - Skizz performs solo uke at the Palace Of Wonders' 1-Year Anniversary Blow Out!. (WDC)
Thur June 28 - The Jennifers perform at Sonar along with Radiation Puppy, Pale Stars, and The John Hardy Boys.
Sat June 16 - Skizz performs at Sangha, along with Tippy Canoe & The Paddlemen and The Fleastompers. Takoma Park, MD
Sat June 9 - The Jennifers perform at The Ottobar with J Roddy Walston & The Business, Soft, and Impossible Hair.
Sat June 9 - Garage Sale performs at Hon Fest, 2 PM on the City Paper/Merritt Athletic Club Music Stage at Falls Road and W. 36th St.
Sat June 2 - The Jennifers perform at The Lo-Fi Social Club, with House of Fire, and Harlot.
Fri June 1 - CAmm Cage and Media Lab GRAND OPENING TO-DO! Join CAmm founders Scott Kecken, George Figgs, Skizz Cyzyk, Julia Nicholl, Lee Boot and Steve Frantz to celebrate Baltimore’s newest, fabulous film resource! The Cage and Media Lab offer below-market rates on rental equipment and expanded workshop and filmmaker support. Rub elbows with industry movers and shakers–Jack Gerbes, MD Film Office, Jed Dietz, MD Film Fest, and Skizz Cyzyk, MDFF & MicroCineFest—and get a first peek at our gear! Ribbon cutting and champagne toast! Video installations by “Cage Czar” Phil Davis, Jimmy Joe Roche (Wham City), and Mark Brown (Are We Not Men). DJ Amanda Otto (Reaction, Palace of Wonders, Charm City Soul Club) spins 60’s psychedelia, northern soul stompers, and foreign garage greats! VJ Jon Corun (AV CLUB, Fletchers) mixes video on-the-fly. CAmm coupons for future rentals/wkshps for all! Hors d’oeuvres & champagne toast. Cash bar. 7-9pm
Sat May 19 - The Jennifers perform at Rex's Bar, 344 W. Gay Street, West Chester, PA 19382, with House of Fire, France on Fire, The Black Canary and Even Further.
Thur May 17 - Skizz performs solo uke at the Palace Of Wonders' Weirdo Show. (WDC)
Mon May 14 - The Jennifers are interviewed and perform on WTMD's Baltimore Unsigned program. 8 PM, 89.7 FM.
May 3-6 - Maryland Film Festival
Sun April 29 - The Jennifers perform at The Ottobar opening for The Wrens, along with Squaaks
Sat April 28 - Garage Sale performs at the Hon Bar, 10 PM, FREE
Thur April 26 - The Jennifers perform at The Red and The Black along with DC's The Plastic Containers and Baltimore's The Degenerettes. (WDC)
April 20 - Skizz plays solo uke with Sassparilla The Singing Gorilla at Lenny's (Atlanta, Georgia).
April 19 - 28 - Skizz serves on the Features Docs jury at The Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia)
Wed April 18 - Skizz performs solo at the Charm City Art Space, opening for the Mike Faloon & Friends book tour.
Wed April 11 - LITTLE CASTLES screens as part of Loyola College's 2007 Humanities Symposium. 9 PM, Free! Reading Room.
Wed March 28 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott & Skizz perform on Maryland Public Television's Artworks This Week. 7:30 PM, shows again Thursday morning at 6:00am, and Saturday morning at 9:00am!
Sat March 24 - Pirana Pictures presents the World Premiere of FIFTH CITY (a new feature film from Eric Thornett. Skizz has a special appearance in it). 7pm. Free! Rosborough Center (Gaitherburg, MD)
Fri Feb 23 - The Jennifers CD release party!!! at Roots Cafe @ Seidels Bowling Lanes with special guests PALE STARS. 9 PM
Thur Feb 8 - Creative Alliance MovieMakers (CAmm) presents the SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION. No distributor, no PR firm, no prob! Skizz Cyzyk, filmmaker and Prog Mgr, MD Film Fest, offers dos and don’ts of entering film fests: entry forms, synopsis writing, worthwhile press kits, and selecting festivals. Filmmaker Matthew Porterfield (HAMILTON) gives tips on finding venues, networking, leveraging your successes, plus extending your film’s life beyond the festival world. 7-9:30pm. Early reg (by Feb 5) $15, $10 mbrs. Late reg $25, $20 mbrs.
Jan 18 - 27 - The Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah)
2006:
Fri Dec 29 - The Jennifers perform at The Talking Head with Squaaks, DJ Pat Martin, Romania, Chris Myers and possible mad surprises TBA. FREE!!!
Fri Dec 8 - Skizz performs solo at the Hamilton Arts Collective, along with Tippy Canoe, Lurch and Holler, and Curtis Eller, and hosted by Citizen Rahne Alexander. 9pm. $8. 5440 Harford Road.
Thurs Nov 16 - Mad Tea Party w/Liz Downing & The Awkward Sounds of Scott & Skizz. At the Creative Alliance. 8pm. $12, $10 mbrs.
Nov 9 - 12 - the tenth annual MicroCineFest
Sat Nov 4 - Atomic Books Presents I HATE THE 80S NIGHT: THE METAL YEARS - celebrating the 20th Anniversary of HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT! Featuring: Vollmer (made up of people from the HMPL movie), Chester Stacey, Secret Crush Society, The Awkward Sounds of Scott & Skizz, Keyboard Man, and more!! 9 PM @ The Ottobar
Sat Oct 28 - Garage Sale performs at the Atomic Halloween BBQ
Sat Oct 14 - Garage Sale perfroms at Mums along with The Beltways. 10 PM. 1132 S. Hanover St. (near the corner of Hanover and West) Federal Hill in Baltimore, MD • (410) 547-7415
Mon Oct 2 - Creative Alliance MovieMakers (CAmm) presents the CAmm Salon. Skizz will talk about the Maryland Film Festival and MicroCineFest, and give advice on entering film festivals. 7 PM. $5.
Sun Oct 1 - The Baltimore Museum of Art's "Free For All" kickoff event 16mm film screening, including Suzan Pitt's ASPARAGUS (1979, 20 minutes), Les Blank's WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (1980, 20 minutes), and Skizz Cyzyk's FOUR FILMS IN FIVE MINUTES: A TRILOGY (1992, 7 minutes). 12:30 PM. Free!!!
Sept 22 - 24 - Skizz serves on the documentary jury at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival (Birmingham, Alabama)
Sat September 16 - The Jennifers perform at HampdendFest with tons of other bands
Sun Aug 20 - Once again, The Awkward Sounds of Scott & Skizz open for The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. At the Ottobar, along with Corn Mo and Trixie Little & The Tap-Dancing Hate-Monkey!!! Doors at 8pm/ Show at 9pm- ALL AGES
Fri & Sat Aug 18 & 19 - MANAGER'S CORNER, MY LITTLE PICKLE LOVE SONG, and BAD ALIENS FROM ANOTHER PLANET screen at the Bearded Child Film Festival. (Grand Rapids, Minnesota)
Thur Aug 17 - Atomic Books' presents WHOLPHIN 2 VIEWING & PONKUTSU DVD RELEASE PARTY. Come watch selections of McSweeney's Wholphin 2 and Josh Slates' Ponkutsu Park, celebrating it's release on DVD! Some of Skizz's short films will also be shown. Atomic Pop. 3620 Falls Rd., 8PM. Free. Pizza & refreshments.
Fri July 7 - Garage Sale performs upstairs at the Ottobar, with The Comedy of Neil Hamburger!!! 7-10 PM
Sat July 1 - INDEPENDENTS DAY: LOCAL LEGENDS. Pratt Library celebrates July 4th by saluting revolutionary shorts by local independent filmmakers. Several of Skizz's short films will screen along with works by John Heyn, Todd Rohal, Bump Stadelman, Josh Slates, Eric Dyer, and others. Wheeler Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Enoch Pratt Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, 2-4 p.m.
Tue June 27 - The Washington Psychotronic Film Society presents "Selections From MicroCineFest" at Dr. Dremo's Taphouse, Arlington, VA. 8 PM. $2 suggested donation.
Sat June 24 - Garage Sale performs at the Hon Bar, 10 PM, FREE
June 9-17 - The Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia)
Sat May 20 - The Jennifers perform at The Talking Head with Kahoots, Sharky, and Park Police.
May 11-14 - The Maryland Film Festival
Sat May 6 - The Jennifers perform at the Charm City Scooter Rally @ Lithuanian Hall along with The Ambitions. 9 PM, $5
Wed April 26 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott & Skizz perform at The Library of Progress (1401 S. Light St., 410-234-0714) along with Mad Tea Party and Liz Downing
Fri April 7 - The Jennifers perform at Roots Cafe @ Seidels Bowling Lanes along with The Anomoanon. 9 PM
Fri April 7 - Garage Sale performs at Dangerously Delicious Pies along with Monsters From The Surf. Show starts at 7:30 PM sharp!
Sat April 1 - Garage Sale performs at the Hon Bar, 10 PM, FREE
Fri March 31 - The Jennifers perform at The Ottobar along with Water School, Jaws and My German Lover (only 5 bucks!)
Feb 28 - March 5 - GUMDROPS, MANAGER'S CORNER and One Ring Zero's M.C. screen as part of the Fourth Annual Backseat Film Festival (Philadelphia, PA)
Jan 20 - 29 - MANAGER'S CORNER screens as part of the Seventh Annual Tromadance Film Festival (Salt Lake City & Park City, Utah)
Jan 19 - 27 - Skizz serves on the Narrative Shorts Jury at The Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah)
Sun Jan 15 - Skizz programs films & videos as part of the Ottobar's Newlywed Game! Also showing: parody commercials from Sike-Trike and more! $3, 9 PM.
2005: Nov 11 - 13 - MicroCineFest
Fri Nov 11, noon - Skizz will be on 88.1 FM WYPR's The Signal program, talking about MicroCineFest. The show will be repeated at 7 PM
Sat Nov 5 - Atomic Books presents CASHED OUT! A JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE & HURRICANE RELIEF BENEFIT, featuring The Awkward Sounds of Scott & Skizz, Keyboard Man, Arboreteum, J. Roddy Walston & The Business, and more TBA. Ottobar 9 PM
Fri October 28 - Garage Sale performs at Roots Cafe @ Seidels Bowling Lanes along with The Soul Gamblers
Oct 25 - 30 - Skizz serves on the Animation Jury at The Bethel Film Festival
(Bethel, CT)
Sat October 22 - Garage Sale performs at the Hon Bar
Fri October 14 - The Jennifers perform at The Talking Head with the Frauds, The Fyuss, and The Bedtimes.
Sept 22 - 25 - Skizz serves on the Documentary Jury at Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
(Birmingham, Alabama)
Sat September 17 - Garage Sale performs at HampdendFest with tons of other bands
August 23 - One Ring Zero's "MC" screens as part
of an ADDENDUM DVD screening at
Anthology Film Archives,
NYC, New York
August 18-25 - MANAGER'S CORNER screens as part of
the Twelth Annual Chicago Underground Film
Festival (Chicago, IL)
Sat August 6 - GUMDROPS and HAIR DRYER CHAIRS: VERSION 2004 will screen as part of the Hondance Film Festival's "re-do" after January's "snow-in".
Tue August 2 - Skizz screens some of his films & videos at Forum 405.
July 21 - One Ring Zero's "MC" screens as part of
the World Premiere ADDENDUM DVD
screening at Barbes, Brooklyn, New
York
July 16-17 - MANAGER'S CORNER screens as part of
Extremely Shorts 8: Works 3 Minutes and Under at The Aurora Picture Show, Houston,
Texas
Sat July 16 - Skizz performs solo at the Kelly Shed & Bonfire, along with Frankentractor.
July 14-24 - MANAGER'S CORNER screens as part of
the 2005 Eat My Shorts series at Comedia's Just For Laughs
festival, Montreal, Canada
Sat July 2 - Garage Sale and The Jennifers perform at the Atomic
BBQ
Sat June 25 - The Jennifers and The Awkward Sounds
of Scott & Skizz perform at Rock-n-Romp with Secret Crush Society
June 24 - MANAGER'S CORNER and GUMDROPS screen as
part of the Backseat FIlm
Festival Kick-Off at The Patterson
June 10-18 - The Atlanta Film Festival
(Atlanta, Georgia)
June 10-18 - MANAGER'S CORNER screens in the Area
52 program at CineVegas (Palms
Casino/Brenden Theatres, Las Vegas, Nevada)
Sat June 4 - Garage Sale performs at DC-Nine (WDC) with Monsters From The Surf. UPDATE:
Garage Sale has cancelled.
May 5-8 - The
Maryland Film Festival
Sun May 1 - Garage Sale performs at the Pow
Wow
Tue April 5, 9 PM - MANAGER'S CORNER screens as
part of "the Best of CAmm: Film/Video Favorites From Five Years of Creative
Alliance Moviemakers" at the American Film Institute's Silver Theater in Silver Spring,
Maryland.
Tue March 29, 6:30 PM - LITTLE CASTLES screens at
The Neighborhood Design Center (1401 Hollins St.) with THE SCREEN PAINTERS. Free
admission.
Sat March 26 - Garage Sale performs at the Hon Bar
Fri March 18 - The Jennifers open for Baby
Macaroni (3/4 of NRBQ) at Ramshead Live
Sat March 12 - Skizz performs solo and then sits
in with The Jeffrey Lewis
Band at the Knitting Factory
(NYC). Also playing: La Mi Vida
Violenta, Sentai, and The Clicks
Fri March 11 - GUMDROPS screens as part of the CAmm Ides of March Animation
Invitational at The Patterson
March 9-15 - MANAGER'S CORNER screens as part of
the Twelth Annual New York Underground Film
Festival (NYC)
Sun Feb 27 - Berserk (Brent Malkus, David Cawley,
Skizz Cyzyk) reunite at the Ottobar
with special guests Gamma Rays and
Frankentractor
Thur Feb 3 - The Jennifers perform at Talking Head along with special
guests One Ring Zero and Glaz Almaz
Sat & Sun Jan 22 & 23 - Skizz's films
GUMDROPS, TAIL, and HAIR DRYER CHAIRS: VERSION 2004 will screen as part of the
inaugural Hondance Film Festival
Jan 21 - 28 - The Slamdance Film Festival (Park City,
Utah)
Tue Jan 4 - THE SHORT FILMS & VIDEOS OF SKIZZ
CYZYK:
2004: Mon Dec 20 - The Bowlermen and The Jennifers
perform at DC-Nine (WDC) along with special
guests Chester Stacey
Sat Dec 18 - The Bowlermen perform at The Mojo as part of Bopptopia, along
with Dark Water Transit, .....soihadto....., Myracle Brah, The Things!, and The
Beltways. This is a benefit for The Maryland Food Bank. Admission is FREE! with
a can of food ($5 W/O). www.themojobalto.com
Sat Dec 11 - The Jennifers perform at Talking Head
with Cementhead, Hockey Island, and Slot Racer
Fri Nov 19 through Sun Nov 21 -
MicroCineFest
Fri Nov 19, noon - Skizz will be on 88.1 FM WYPR's
"The Signal" program, talking about MicroCineFest. The show will be repeated at
7 PM
Wed Nov 17, 7:30 PM - Skizz will be on Maryland
Public Television's ARTWORKS THIS WEEK program, talking about MicroCineFest. The
show will be repeated Fri Nov 19 at 11:30 PM, and Sat Nov 20 at 9:00am
Sat Nov 13 - Marty's Card & Party Mart
(featuring David Cawley, Scott Wallace Brown, and Skizz) perform at Fraziers On
The Avenue, as part of Atomic Books' "I Hate The 80's" Night
Wed Nov 10 - Skizz performs solo at The Mojo,
along with Tippy Canoe, Jeff Lewis, The Blood Group (as Aircraft Totem), and
Langhorne Slim.
Wat Nov 6, noon, free - The Jennifers perform at
the Clean Air Festival (a benefit for the Clean Energy Partnership at Austin
Grill @ The Can Company, 2400 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD), along with Ellen
Cherry, Mike Holden, Rob Thorworth, The Barnburners, and June Star.
Sat Nov 6 - Skizz's films/videos show as part of
the CAmm Experimental Media Fest at The Patterson
Sat Oct 16 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz accompany Nora Lockshin in the Pigtown Pageant at The Third Annual Pigtown
Festival
Tue Oct 12 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform at The Mojo, opening for NEAL INNES!
Sept 23 - 26 - Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival
(Birmingham, Alabama)
Sat Sept 18 - The Jennifers perform at the Hampden
Fest, noon
Fri Aug 27 - Skizz performs solo (with Scott
Wallace Brown accompanying) at The Fez Under Time Café (NYC), as part of Dubya's
Ukulele Farewell Party thrown by Ukuleles For Sanity.
Sun July 25 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform and "Little Castles" screens as part of Family Fun Day at The
Patterson
Sat Jul 17 - "Damn You Mr. Bush" screens at The
Patterson
Sat July 10 - "Four Films In Five Minutes" screens
at the Wyman Park Outdoor Film Screening & BBQ
Fri July 9 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform at The Mojo, with Secret Crush Society, No More, and The
Vanishing
Sat July 3 - Garage Sale and The Jennifers perform
at the Atomic BBQ
Sat June 26 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform at the Mid-Atlantic Ukulele Invitational, along with The
Fleastompers, and Oh-Aloha.
June 11 - 20 - Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta,
Georgia)
May 6 - 9 - Maryland Film Festival
May 6 - 9 - "Damn You Mr. Bush" screens at the
Boston Underground Film Festival (Boston, MA)
May 7 - "Damn You Mr. Bush" screens at The Stray
Show (Chicago, IL)
Sun May 2 - The Jennifers at the Pow Wow
Sat May 1 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform at Fraziers, as part of Atomic Books' Anniversary Party.
Sat April 24 - The Jennifers play The Mojo, with
E. Joseph and Gilmore
Thur April 8 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform at the Ottobar, as part of the Trixie Little & Friends Variety
Show.
Tue April 6 - "Four Films In Five Minutes" screens
at Visions (WDC)
Thur April 1 - The Vita-Men perform at The
Sidebar
Sat March 28 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perform at an Animal Rescue benefit and flea market at Howard &
28th
Sat March 13 - The Jennifers perform at a
fundraiser party for the next film by Andy Bely (WDC)
Sat March 6 - The Jennifers perform at the Talking
Head as part of the Slow Jets' CD release party
Fri March 5 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz perfrom at the Patterson as part of the Comix Cabaret
Fri Feb 27 - The Vita-Men perform at
Fraziers
Tue Feb 24 - "Four Films In Five Minutes" screens
at the Blue Room (Adam's Morgan, WDC), as part of a fundraiser for Todd Rohal's
next film, The Guatelmalen Handshake.
Feb 19 - 22 - The Annapolis Reel Cinema Film
Festival (Annapolis, Maryland)
Thur Feb 5 - The Awkward Sounds of Scott &
Skizz open for The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players at The Recher
Theater
Fri Jan 30 - The Vita-Men perform at the Talking
Head
Jan 17 - 24 - The Slamdance Film Festival (Park
City, Utah)
Fri Jan 16 - "Little Castles" screens at The
Patterson
A retrospective spanning 1983 to present
At the American Film
Institute's Silver Theater in Silver
Spring, Maryland.
Included in the program:
- brand new works (MANAGERS
CORNER, GUMDROPS, and HAIR DRYER CHAIRS VERSION 2004);
- recent favorites
(DAMN YOU MR. BUSH!, STAR SPANGLED BABYDOLL, SHORT FICTION IN 99 WORDS OR
LESS);
- classics (FOUR FILMS IN FIVE MINUTES, a newly restored BAD ALIENS
FROM ANOTHER PLANET);
- no-budget music videos from Berserk, Meatjack, Young
Fresh Fellows, Blister Freak Circus, and Gneebnazix;
- plus more rarely seen
student films and general works of cinematic oddness!!!
For more info or to
purchase advance tickets, click
here