Film series by queer women’s group
A series of short films created by queer women of color will be featured in special screening at 7 p. m. Oct. 17 at the Sedgwick Theater, 7317 Germantown Ave. in Mt. Airy.
“Electrifying Escapades,” sponsored by San Francisco-based Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project and the local Flickering Light Film Series, will feature the work of local artist Alexis McCrimmon and other filmmakers Thu Trinh, Rui Bing Zheng, Jennifer Lin, Monifa Porter, Letesa Bruce, Trina Espinosa and Jinky de Rivera.
Tickets to the screening are $5.
For more information, visit www.flickeringfilms.com or www.qwocmap.org.
Fundraiser for arts fest
Traverse Arts Project invites Halloween lovers and film enthusiasts to don costumes and head to the First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., at 7 and 11 p.m. Oct. 30 for screenings of horror flick “Nosferatu.” Proceeds from the event will be donated to next year’s Philadelphia International GLBT Arts Festival.
T. Desiree Hines, founder of the arts festival and a classical organist, will provide musical accompaniment to the 1922 silent film.
Tickets are $10 and can be ordered by calling (800) 595-4849.
Community to stage Latino AIDS events
A coalition of local HIV/AIDS service organizations, as well as Latino and LGBT groups, will come together for the sixth annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day from noon-5 p.m. Oct. 10 at Capitolo Recreation Center, 900 Federal St. in South Philadelphia.
The family-friendly event, organized around the theme “Knowledge is Power: Uniting our Flags,” will feature food, dance performances, a soccer tournament with the Philadelphia Falcons and free, rapid HIV testing.
For more information, call Stephanie Perez at (215) 763-8870 ext. 7100.
— Jen Colletta