In the age of YouTube, it boggles the mind to think
that people used to shove change into a jukebox and stand around
watching a 16 mm precursor to the music video. But
Scopitones—which, when they launched in the U.S., were stocked
exclusively with obscure French performers—were a smash in
the ’60s, their garish Technicolor aesthetics achieving cultural
immortality in Susan Sontag’s “Notes on ‘Camp.'” The
fascinating, eccentric archivist Dennis Nyback will introduce
selections from his personal collection. (Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3925. 7 and 9 pm,
$5-$8.)

Annie Wagner is The Stranger's former film editor. She was born and raised in Capitol Hill, but has since lived in such far-flung locales as Phoenix, AZ, Charlottesville, VA, and Wedgwood. After graduating...