mke punk fest presents
​UPCOMING SHOWS & EVENTS

OCTOBER 

THURSDAY
OCTOBER 17th
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i want my mtv
USA/2019/86min/english

​2019 mKE film fest
ORIENTAL theater
​2230 N Farwell Ave

When MTV began broadcasting in August of 1981, a channel playing only music was widely dismissed as a crazy idea. MTV was more of a ragtag, anything-goes operation in those early years, and the journey to becoming a global juggernaut was fraught with high-stakes battles against things as innocuous as local cable companies and as critical as systemic racism. Sometimes those things even came from the channel itself, as David Bowie once subtly pointed out on air. I Want My MTV is bursting at the seams with sexy (and sometimes laughably unsexy) '80s and '90s nostalgia, and MTV's evolution into its modern incarnation is vividly told in interviews with the staff and musicians whose lives were changed forever.
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Community Partners: MKE Punk Fest, Draft and Vessel, & dope folks records

saturday
OCTOBER 19TH
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I WANT MY MTV
USA/2019/86MIN/ENGLISH

​2019 MKE FILM FEST
broadway theatre center
​158 N Broadway

WHEN MTV BEGAN BROADCASTING IN AUGUST OF 1981, A CHANNEL PLAYING ONLY MUSIC WAS WIDELY DISMISSED AS A CRAZY IDEA. MTV WAS MORE OF A RAGTAG, ANYTHING-GOES OPERATION IN THOSE EARLY YEARS, AND THE JOURNEY TO BECOMING A GLOBAL JUGGERNAUT WAS FRAUGHT WITH HIGH-STAKES BATTLES AGAINST THINGS AS INNOCUOUS AS LOCAL CABLE COMPANIES AND AS CRITICAL AS SYSTEMIC RACISM. SOMETIMES THOSE THINGS EVEN CAME FROM THE CHANNEL ITSELF, AS DAVID BOWIE ONCE SUBTLY POINTED OUT ON AIR. I WANT MY MTV IS BURSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH SEXY (AND SOMETIMES LAUGHABLY UNSEXY) '80S AND '90S NOSTALGIA, AND MTV'S EVOLUTION INTO ITS MODERN INCARNATION IS VIVIDLY TOLD IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE STAFF AND MUSICIANS WHOSE LIVES WERE CHANGED FOREVER.
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS: MKE PUNK FEST, DRAFT AND VESSEL, & DOPE FOLKS RECORDS

saturday
october 26th

vexnation's
2nd annual
halloween bash

feat. live music from
vexnation
beaker
picked last
ke akajohndoe

quarters (900 E center)
9pm  $5 cover
free entry when you donate 2 personal hygiene items. all donations will be delivered to a local shelter.