Alamo Blog-a-thon: A few favorite memories

Here are a few of my many favorite memories of the Alamo Downtown on Colorado:

• Tab Hunter's delightful conversation with Eddie Muller from the stage
• Farley Granger and his lover of many decades arguing about various events in Farley's life
• The night I almost poured a pitcher of sangria over Quentin Tarantino's laughing head (unbeknownst to him) for showing the foulest home-invasion exploitation movie ever made
• All the rest of the AFS QT Fest screenings that always delivered some amazing cinematic moments
• The Britney/Justin/Christina singalong when I suddenly wondered what exactly was I doing there
• Odyssey covering various Journey songs to the accompaniment of their music videos
• MOMMIE DEAREST screening screamfest
• Luke Savisky's transcendent avant-garde projection art
• Graham Reynolds musical compositions for silent films (AFS and others)
• Working with Kier-La, Karen, Tim, Karrie, Sean, Afsheem, and the rest of the invaluable and wonderful Alamo Downtown staff
• Every Tuesday night (AFS Essential Cinema) and once-a-month AFS Doc screenings, when for a few moments I introduce various film treasures

It has been a wonderful ten years in the Colorado Street space, but the Alamo (puttin' on the) Ritz will be even better. There are magical moments waiting for us all in that new old space.

-- Chale Nafus, AFS Director of Programming