In 1971, after moving from Greenwich Village to a rural dairy farm in Central New York, Joey Skaggs became aware of a magnificent abandoned opera house built in the 1890s, that was about to be torn down. To save it, preserve it, and attempt to return it
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New York City’s 37th Annual April Fools’ Day Parade is for everyone everywhere this year. The theme is MASK UP. HELP STOP THE SPREAD OF PUTIN! It starts now and will last until there’s peace in Ukraine. We stand with the people of Ukraine and with Russians
Read more →Bait your hook and land a great fish story — “Joey Skaggs: Fish Condos”, the short doc with a big message! Available online for 24 hours starting February 11, 2022 at midnight.
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Here are some satirical hats for our times… Some are high brow, some are low brow. All are meant to inspire people to move on with their lives.
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The Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond Oral History series continues its film festival run with two festival screening in the next month. Episode 3, Joey Skaggs: Bad Guys Talent Management Agency, will be screening at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
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Using satire to bring attention to serious issues of defamation can be an effective way to bring awareness and promote cultural change. In this case, it took some time. This story in The New York Times, This Moth’s Name Is a Slur. Scientists Won’t Use It Anymore. (pdf),
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On May 22, 2021, the “Joey Skaggs: Bad Guys Talent Management Agency”, the 3rd episode of the “Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond” oral history series, will screen at the Bonita Springs International Film Festival. Center for Performing Arts –
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The New York April Fools’ Committee Is Proud to Announce: NEW YORK CITY’S 36th ANNUAL APRIL FOOLS’ DAY PARADE “DENY, DENY, LIE, LIE!” The only New York City parade dedicated to conspiracy theorists! New York’s irreverent April Fools’ Day Parade, poking fun at the past
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Having returned to consciousness following his recent harrowing alien abduction, Joe Enright of Argyle Heights has penned this probing portrait of Joey Skaggs and review of “Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond“, the new oral history series that screens this Friday,
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ANNOUNCING: Joey Skaggs Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond A new series of short oral histories, produced and directed by Judy Drosd with Joey Skaggs Visit here for details! Catch upcoming film festival screenings: New Jersey Film Festival, February 12, 2021 Oregon
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