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Vallejo Odd Fellows once again hosting community events

Here’s a link to an article about the Lodge  in the Vallejo Sun.

VALLEJO — In February, the Vallejo branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows reopened its Grand Hall for events.

With a newly restored elevator it’s back open for business, and the order is working on fire escapes to open the upper floors. “We hosted the return of the Decades Dance Party on Valentine’s Day and a lot of people showed up for that,” San Pablo #43 lodge acting treasurer Hugh Kinniburgh said. “And right after that we had a Goth Festival, which was very popular. And on March 14th we had a St. Paddy’s Dance & Rummage that was a lot of fun.”

Read more here:

https://www.vallejosun.com/vallejo-odd-fellows-once-again-hosting-community-events/

 

Occupancy restrictions on 2nd floor lifted!

Poetry by the Bay at San Pablo Lodge #43

Yay – Hooray! We’ve passed the fire inspection for use of the 2nd floor, We can now have 200 people in our grand ballroom rather than the previous restriction of 49. We no longer need to get a special waiver from VFD to have big events on the 2nd floor. (Still LOTS to do for the upper floors’ fire code and elevator access.) Special Thanks to Santa Rosa #53 for making this happen.

OddFilm Free Series: Reefer Madness

Saturday, April 20th, Doors open at 7:30, Film at 8PM
4/20 is on a Saturday this year, so how can we resist showing the film Reefer Madness? That is, Odd Fellows would like to take the opportunity, in this permissive era, to remind the community of the dangers of Marihuana! 😉
Sorry, our elevator is broken so the lodge isn’t wheelchair accessible right now.
Admission is by donation, and we’ll have a snack bar open.

The ODDFilm Free Series – Fritz Lang’s M with Peter Lorre

Saturday, March 23, 2019 – Join us for the premiere of our monthly ODD Film Series.
Doors Open at 7:30
Film Starts at 8:00

About the film – M – 1931
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
Director: Fritz Lang
Writers: Thea von Harbou (script), Fritz Lang (script)
Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut
German with English Subtitles

No admission. Popcorn, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages for sale. Auditorium seating in the Second Floor Grand Ballroom. Feel free to bring cushions or blankets to pad our folding metal chairs.
SORRY WE ARE NOT WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE YET. Donations toward our Elevator Fund are gratefully accepted.

Chicago Tribune
Made in 1931, at the dawn of the sound era, “M” is a true spine-chiller. Beside it, almost all other movies about serial killers seem like child’s play. To explain the film’s central position, we need only note that Lang was the moviemaker from whom Alfred Hitchcock learned suspense and Luis Bunuel learned how to shock.
Roger Ebert * * * *
“M” was Lang’s first sound picture, and he was wise to use dialogue so sparingly. Many early talkies felt they had to talk all the time, but Lang allows his camera to prowl through the streets and dives, providing a rat’s-eye view. One of the film’s most spectacular shots is utterly silent, as the captured killer is dragged into a basement to be confronted by the city’s assembled criminals, and the camera shows their faces: hard, cold, closed, implacable.