The showing will be followed by an open meeting to start planning a 2016 Rag reunion and celebration.
The Rag‘s first banner, 1966, designed by Clelie Moore.
Event: “The Rag: Austin Underground Press 1966-1977”
What: Film showing and planning for 50th Anniversary Rag Reunion
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015
Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Fannie Mae Stewart Community Center
Address: 1902 East 22nd Street, Austin, Texas 78722
Donations: Contributions welcome
What: Film showing and planning for 50th Anniversary Rag Reunion
Date: Saturday, September 12, 2015
Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Fannie Mae Stewart Community Center
Address: 1902 East 22nd Street, Austin, Texas 78722
Donations: Contributions welcome
AUSTIN — There will be a screening of Parts 1 and 2 of a three-part documentary film, The Rag: Austin Underground Press 1966-1977, on Saturday, September 12, 2015, at the Fannie Mae Stewart Community Center in Austin.
The film, about the life and times of Austin’s pioneering underground newspaper, The Rag, is being produced by Peoples History in Texas. It is still a work in progress with a third part now in development. A premiere showing of the full work is scheduled for October 2016, in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the first publication of The Rag on October 10, 1966.
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