H.P. Lovecraft birthday thingy Aug 20th

[botzi]

i was at the victoria steam expo on the weekend, which was soooo fraking cool, anywho... i found some hand bills for hp lovecraft's birthday party somewhere on pandora. if anyone has the actual address or a link to this event please post. the flyer was pretty vague as to what the event would entail and what time its at.
i am looking forward to this tho.

[botzi]

i had another look at the flyer for lovecraft's birthday. here's what it says
FRIDAY AUGUST 20TH 8PM SOLSTICE CAFE 529 PANDORA AVE $10/$5 with costume
search LOVECRAFT'S BIRTHDAY (facebook) for the loathsome details...
presented by pimp my shogoth productions

here's the info from the pimp my shogoth facebook page
A group to coordinate, inform, inspire and update all those involved with the production of LOVECRAFT'S BIRTHDAY, a 120th Birthday Celebration and
Cthulhu-riffic Cabaret in Victoria BC August 20th 2010 (put on by Skawt Chonzz & Divers Hands)
Basic Info
Name:
Pimp My Shoggoth Productions
Category:
Entertainment & Arts - Performing Arts
Description:
So we're putting on a show this August. August 20th, to be precise. It's a Friday. It's also the 120th Birthday of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, or it would be, had he not died of a combination of cancer and Bright's Disease in 1937 and then made some terrible bargain with extra-dimensional deities for an unnaturally long life. Which is the sort of thing he popularized in his stories. So there's that...
To celebrate, we're doing up a 120th Birthday Celebration and Cthulhu-riffic Cabaret for the Old Gentleman, right here in Victoria, BC! Loathsome fun!
To coordinate, inform, inspire and update all those involved with this endeavour, we've set up this here little production group. Pimp My Shoggoth Productions: exclusive HPL-inspired spoken word events. So far, just the one event but let's see how things go...

Check here for news, updates, links and graphics.

Thanks y'all!

Lovecraft's Birthday!
Celebrating 120 Years of Eldritch Paranoia with a Cthulhu-riffic Cabaret...
Date:
Friday, August 20, 2010
Time:
7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Solstice Cafe
Street:
529 Pandora Avenue
City/Town:
Victoria, BC

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Description
the Right Reverend Johnny Landotter (Esoteric Order of Dagon, Landlocked Rocky Mountain Division)

in association with

Pimp My Shoggoth Productions

presents

LOVECRAFT'S BIRTHDAY!

Friday August 20th is the 120th birthday of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. What's that you say? The paranoid, xenophobic old bastard has been dead since 1937, from a combination of cancer and Bright's Disease? Well of course he has, but why let a little thing like that get in the way of a birthday party?! Have a little vision!

We have. We've had visions aplenty. Appalling visions! Visions of a Cthulhu-riffic cabaret the likes of which this town has never seen! After all, Lovecraft IS the father of modern horror; he deserves no less, we think you'll agree. Yes, a hideous spectacle of spoken word, a phantasmagoria of poetry, music and comedy to drive you mad with glee! A loathsome yet hilarious parade of shambling horrors and general yog-sothery before your very eyes!

Also, birthday cake.

Performances by:
the diabolical Dave Morris
Plutonian Warlock Skawt Chonzz
the malevolent Missie Peters
Tindlosi Hound Wrangler GLuke Maynard
the khaotic Kimberleigh Roseblade
...
...
and Samuel William DeGraff!

And if you haven't fled gibbering from the building after so much cosmic awesomeness, we will present an exclusive screening of director David Prior's award-winning Lovecraftian short film "AM1200" in the second half of the show!

Door prizes!
A thoroughly abominable HPL Trivia Contest!
Prizes for Best Costume!

FEEL THE CALL...
August 20th -- Solstice Cafe -- 529 Pandora Ave, Victoria
Doors Yawn Wide @ 7:30, Show @ 8
$10 at the door, $5 with costume

Sponsored by: Dark Horse Books, Legends Comics, AudioVideo Replay, Russell Books, Cherry Bomb Toys and The Turntable

[Aaron]

Neat. Thank you for posting that.

[grandpamunster]

This looks like fun!
I read every last bit of Lovecraft there was Back In The Day, but haven't picked him up in years.

Unca Gran'pa
(thinks he's safe from shoggoths)