Grumpy

Film for Good! is a film club dedicated to fundraising for important causes, bringing folks together for a night at the movies (except it’s at Purgatory, so it’s better) and a stripped down musical performance. Our first screening of the year is “Working Girls,” Lizzy Borden’s 1986 film about a lesbian who takes on a job as a high-priced New York City sex worker in order to bankroll her own business. Afterwards, Grumpy will play a sweet lil stripped-down set to retroactively ring in the new year ❤️ All proceeds will benefit Callen-Lorde, an organization transforming lives in LGBTQ+ communities through comprehensive healthcare, provided free of judgment and regardless of ability to pay. Their COIN program is specifically geared toward sex workers and provides free care in an affirmative, supportive environment. A guaranteed-cozy Tuesday evening movie night, and everyone’s invited. See ya there! 🌈

This is a 21+ event.

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"Working Girls" w/ Grumpy

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New York

In the fall of 2020, Great Grandpa - the close-knit group of Al Menne, Dylan Hanwright, Cam LaFlam, and Pat and Carrie Goodwin - didn’t know if they would go on. After starting on the follow-up to Four of Arrows, each member was called in different directions, some to new countries, new jobs, new life stages. But as Menne puts it simply, “Time passed and I missed my friends.” As any good relationship built on mutual love, trust, and a mountain of shared history, the quintet—who grew up in Seattle and have been making music together for a decade—were drawn back into one another’s orbits in 2023. Great Grandpa recently made their highly-anticipated and “epic return” (Brooklyn Vegan) with the gorgeous track “Kid,” and “Doom” is another cathartic entry in the band’s beloved catalog. Penned by Pat Goodwin soon after the release of 2019’s acclaimed Four of Arrows, the song swirled in the band’s consciousness, taking on many iterations before being officially recorded in 2024. “Doom,” produced by guitarist/engineer Dylan Hanwright and Goodwin, is the bands’ first self-produced track since 2017’s Plastic Cough. It sees the band at the furthest end of their prog/math-rock spectrum — at times embracing the odd time signatures and heavy electric guitar of their early years while expanding on the dark, knotty chamber-folk of Four of Arrows. And now, with these two new tracks and a run of tour dates on their belt, Great Grandpa continues. These upcoming live shows will be fans’ first opportunity to hear new music live.

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