The Second Night of Music Against the Machi ne at the Splinter Collective with performances curated by Desert Drone f rom Black Baptist, Slan, Raquel Denis, and Maiiuwak . Doo rs open at 6pm and music starts at 7pm. This is an all-ages event with a c ash bar.
Music Against the Machine runs from October 22-26 and will feature local musicians, artists, and vendors who strongly oppose data cen ters in the Sonoran Desert. Come out and join your community in resisting big tech and the surveillance state!
$10 – $20 No One Turned Away fo r Lack of Funds
Tickets are by donation and will be split 50/50 betw een No Desert Data Center Coalition and the performers.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:621@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Music Against the Machine Festival\, Night One DTSTAMP:20261012T232733Z DTSTART:20261023T010000Z DESCRIPTION:Music Against the Machine kicks off Thursday\, October 22nd at the Splinter\nCollective with performances from Big City Sleep\, Hank Abbe y & the Pearl Snaps\,\nand Guttertown. Splinter Collective (901 N 13th Ave ) is an incredible local art\ncollective and event space in the Dunbar Spr ings neighborhood. Doors open at 6pm\nand music starts at 7pm. This is an all-ages event with a cash bar.\n\nOnce you’ve checked out the 10 tabling vendors and organizations\, we invite you\nto take a stroll across the str eet to the Cressworth C. Lander Auditorium at\nDunbar Pavillion (325 W 2nd St)\, where Desert Dispatch is showing The Mirage:\nInhumane Tech in the Silicon Desert. The 15 minute film will start at 6:45pm\, so\nyou can make it back to Splinter for Big City Sleep!\n\nMusic Against the Machine runs from October 22-26 and will feature local\nmusicians\, artists\, and vend ors who strongly oppose data centers in the Sonoran\nDesert. Come out and join your community in resisting big tech and the\nsurveillance state!\n\n $10 – $20 No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds\n\nTickets are by donation and will be split 50/50 between No Desert Data Center\nCoalition and the p erformers. URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/music-against-the-machine-festival-ni ght-one LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:activism,music X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Music Against the Machine kicks off Thursda y, October 22nd at the Splinter Collective with performances from Big City Sleep, Hank Abbey & the Pearl Snaps , and Guttertown. Splinter Collective (901 N 13th Ave) is an incredible local art collective and event space in the Dunbar Springs neighborhood. Doors open at 6pm and music starts at 7pm. This is an all-ag es event with a cash bar.
Once you’ve checked out the 10 tabling ven dors and organizations, we invite you to take a stroll across the street t o the Cressworth C. Lander Auditorium at Dunbar Pavillion (325 W 2nd St), where Desert Dispatch is showing The Mirage: Inhu mane Tech in the Silicon Desert. The 15 minute film will start at 6:45pm, so you can make it back to Splinter for Big City Sleep!
Mus ic Against the Machine runs from October 22-26 and will feature local musi cians, artists, and vendors who strongly oppose data centers in the Sonora n Desert. Come out and join your community in resisting big tech and the s urveillance state!
$10 – $20 No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds
Tickets are by donation and will be split 50/50 between No Desert Dat a Center Coalition and the performers.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:619@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Castration Movie 3 DTSTAMP:20261012T232733Z DTSTART:20261019T020000Z DESCRIPTION:Castration Movie is a multi-part postmodern epic by visionary a uteur Louise\nWeard. In Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift\, Izzy (Avalon Fast) seeks\nout everything in her power to stop her partner (Hen ri Gillespi) from\ntransitioning. This screening is 2 hours and 7 minutes long\, there is no\nintermission. We recommend bringing a cushion or your own camping chair for\ncomfort. “As daring and revolutionary an indie film as any crafted this decade.”\n– William Bibbiani\, The Wrap “Castration M ovie holds the shimmering promise of\nwhat cinema can be now\, when multip lex fare has entered its moribund final act\nand fascism is tightening its grip on dissent\, free expression\, and the rights\nof the vulnerable. Gr eat films about real things made on the margins are\nevermore essential\, and this is a great film.” – Chris Sheilds\, Screen Slate “A\nlandmark in trans cinema\, from its blisteringly uncomfortable first act to its\nbotto mlessly miserable last.” – Gretchen Felker-Martin (author\, Manhunt) “May\ nvery well upend our notions of how trans film imagery can look and feel… and\ntaste.” – Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Gardner (authors\, Corpses\ , Fools\, and\nMonsters: The History and Future of Transness on Film) “Wat ching Castration\nMovie got me so hyped for the future of film.” – Morgan M. Page (writer\, Framing\nAgnes) URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/castration-movie-3 LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:cinema,experimental,Film,LGBTQ+ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Castration Movie is a multi-part postmodern ep ic by visionary auteur Louise Weard. In Chapter iii. Junior Ghosts—Premorp hic Drift, Izzy (Avalon Fast) seeks out everything in her power to stop he r partner (Henri Gillespi) from transitioning.Castration Movie is a multi-part postmodern epic by visionary auteur Louise Weard.The second part of Castration Movie (running 300 minutes with an intermission) contains one chapter:
“Anthology ii introduces protagonist Circle naked and alone in a bathroom, snorting drugs off the sink. Played by Alexandria Walton in a mesmerizingly vulnerable performance, Circle has recently joined a tran s separatist cult who self-isolate in a basement, surviving on hot dogs, y oga, orgies and ketamine.” Hyperreal
This screenin g is 5 hours long, with an intermission in the middle.
We recommend bringing a cushion or your own camping chair for comfort.
< p>“As daring and revolutionary an indie film as any crafted this decad e.” – William Bibbiani, The WrapEND:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:586@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Splinter Mesh Raising DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20260718T010000Z DTEND:20260718T030000Z DESCRIPTION:A few years ago\, we installed a router on top of the Splinter warehouse to share\ntheir existing internet connection with neighbors. Now we're going to connect\nthat router to the broader mesh!\n\nIf you've bee n curious about the Mesh or interested in getting your home\nconnected\, t his event is a great chance to learn more about how our network\nworks and how we make new connections\, particularly if you're in the Dunbar\nSprin g neighborhood.\n\nYou could get on the roof to help us install and align the router\, see how we\ntest the connection inside\, or just hang out and ask questions about the mesh.\nWe'll have a short presentation and discus sion about the political implications\nof our network and a hands-on activ ity about some wireless internet skills and\nconcepts.\n\nThe install will be outside\, and some of the other activities may be as well.\nCome prepa red for the heat! URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/splinter-mesh-raising LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:tucsonmesh X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:“Castration Movie holds th e shimmering promise of what cinema can be now, when multiplex fare has en tered its moribund final act and fascism is tightening its grip on dissent , free expression, and the rights of the vulnerable. Great films about rea l things made on the margins are evermore essential, and this is a great f ilm.” – Chris Sheilds, Screen Slate
“A landmark in trans ci nema, from its blisteringly uncomfortable first act to its bottomlessly mi serable last.” – Gretchen Felker-Martin (author, Manhunt)
“ May very well upend our notions of how trans film imagery can look and fee l… and taste.” – Willow Catelyn Maclay and Caden Gardner (authors, Co rpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness on Film)
“Watching Castration Movie got me so hyped for the future of film .” – Morgan M. Page (writer, Framing Agnes)
A few years ago, we installed a router on t op of the Splinter warehouse to share their existing internet connection w ith neighbors. Now we're going to connect that router to the broader mesh!
If you've been curious about the Mesh or interested in getting your home connected, this event is a great chance to learn more about how our network works and how we make new connections, particularly if you're in t he Dunbar Spring neighborhood.
You could get on the roof to help us install and align the router, see how we test the connection inside, or ju st hang out and ask questions about the mesh. We'll have a short presentat ion and discussion about the political implications of our network and a h ands-on activity about some wireless internet skills and concepts.
T he install will be outside, and some of the other activities may be as wel l. Come prepared for the heat!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:580@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Sleaze Ball - CANCELLED due to weather! DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20260712T030000Z DTEND:20260712T060000Z DESCRIPTION:We’re making the show that other clubs won’t. Grungy\, sexy\, t rashy\, kinky\,\nfreaky\, filthy\, out loud and proud drag that doesn’t sa nitize itself for the\nmainstream!\n\nA monthly event at Splinter Collecti ve in the courtyard! URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/sleaze-ball-drag-show LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:dance,Drag,performance X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:We’re making the show that other clubs won’ t. Grungy, sexy, trashy, kinky, freaky, filthy, out loud and proud drag th at doesn’t sanitize itself for the mainstream!
A monthly event at Sp linter Collective in the courtyard!
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:581@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Freya Fox and Friends - CANCELLED DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20260711T030000Z DESCRIPTION:Freja Fox 🏳️⚧️ 🏴 Straightedge Folk Punk Fox\nFalling at the Finish Line Tour\n\nFeaturing: The Nsomniaks\, Guttertown and Jamie Q.\n\nFriday July 10 @ 8:00pm\n\n$10 NOTAFLOF URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/freya-fox-and-friends LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+,music X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Freja Fox 🏳️⚧️ 🏴 Straightedge Folk Punk F
ox
Falling at the Finish Line Tour
Featuring: The Nsomniaks, Gutt ertown and Jamie Q.
Friday July 10 @ 8:00pm
$10 NOTAFLOF
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:567@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Rainbow Cholla - Golden Saguaro in Absentia DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20260618T020000Z DTEND:20260618T190000Z DESCRIPTION:Five experimental music acts would might normally be found in t he environs of\nGolden Saguaro (www.goldensaguaro.org [http://www.goldensa guaro.org]) make a\nspecial summer appearance at Splinter Collective! $0-1 5 donation\, NOTAFLOF.\n\nRomo Lampkin - unique quirky soundstress\n\nZenz izenzo - math rock free jazz duo\n\nTruthsayer - noise garbage\n\nIgloo Ma rtian - Tucson's mystery dada superstar\n\nCATyklysm - synthblasts\n\n URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/rainbow-cholla-golden-saguaro-in-abse ntia LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:experimental,music,noise,performance,sound art X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Five experimental music acts would might no rmally be found in the environs of Golden Saguaro (www.goldensaguaro.org) make a special summer appearance at Splinter Collective! $0-15 donation, NOTAFLOF.
Romo Lampkin - unique quirky soundstress
Zenzizenzo - math rock free jazz duo
Truthsayer - noise garbage
Igloo Martian - Tucson's mystery dada superstar
CATyklysm - synthblasts
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:538@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Birdbath and more DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20260401T020000Z DESCRIPTION:noise performance duo Birdbath\, with locals Lobsel Vith\, Ball gag\, Mess.a.lina\,\nBionightmare $10 URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/birdbath-and-more LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:experimental,music,noise,performance X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:noise performance duo Birdbath, with locals Lobsel Vith, Ballgag, Mess.a.lina, Bionightmare< /strong> $10
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:204@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Tucson Erotica TEASR Film Festival DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20250316T030000Z DTEND:20250316T053000Z DESCRIPTION:Sundance\, schmundance. If you want to witness pure filmmaking GENIUS come out to\nthe 2025 TEASR erotic short film festival - Saturday\, 3/15\n@splintercollective520 [https://www.instagram.com/splintercollectiv e520/] . We\nwill be featuring shorts from around the world (e.g.\, Croati a\, Japan\, Austria\,\nItaly\, etc.)\, as well as right here in Tucson! Do ors at 7 PM\, show at 8 PM. This\nyears festival has been generously spons ored by our friends at @soazfilm\n[https://www.instagram.com/soazfilm/] Li nk to tickets:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-teasr-erotic-short-film- festival-tickets-1256579295499?aff=oddtdtcreator\n[https://www.eventbrite. com/e/2025-teasr-erotic-short-film-festival-tickets-1256579295499?aff=oddt dtcreator] URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/tucson-erotica-teasr-film-festival LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:adult,community,erotic,Film,kink X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Sundance, schmundance. If you want to witne ss pure filmmaking GENIUS come out to the 2025 TEASR erotic short film fes tival - Saturday, 3/15 @splintercollective520 . We will be featuring shorts from around the world (e.g., Croatia, Japan, Austria, Italy, etc.), as well as right here in Tucson! Doors at 7 PM, show at 8 PM. This years festival has been generously sponsored by our friends at @soazfilm Link to tickets : https://www.e ventbrite.com/e/2025-teasr-erotic-short-film-festival-tickets-125657929549 9?aff=oddtdtcreator
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:142@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Tucson Mesh Movie Night: Johnny Mnemonic DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20250119T010000Z DTEND:20250119T040000Z DESCRIPTION:Join Tucson Mesh on Saturday January 18th at 6pm at @SplinterCo llective520\n[https://www.instagram.com/SplinterCollective520/] for a scre ening of the 1995\ncyberpunk cult-classic starring Keanu Reeves\, Johnny M nemonic!\n\nCome enjoy snacks and learn about the @TucsonMesh\n[https://ww w.instagram.com/TucsonMesh/] project\, and socialize with the\ncommunity! Then jack into the mainframe of ‘90s Cyber Cinema with filmmaker\n@JazzyBo ho [https://www.instagram.com/JazzyBoho/]’s special introduction before\nt he feature presentation.\n\nJohnny Mnemonic\, based on the William Gibson story\, stars Keanu Reeves as\nJohnny\, a data courier with an overloaded brain implant designed to securely\nstore confidential information. Takesh i Kitano portrays a yakuza affiliated with\na pharmaceutical megacorporati on attempting to suppress the data\; he hires a\npsychopathic cyborg anti- christ street preacher assassin played by Dolph\nLundgren to do so.\n\nLOC ATION Splinter Collective 901 N 13th Ave\nDOORS 5:30pm\nSHOW 6pm\nDonation s Accepted! URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/tucson-mesh-movie-night-johnny-mnemon ic LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:community,Film X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join Tucson Mesh on Saturday January 18th a
t 6pm at @SplinterCollective520 for a screening of the 1995 cyberpunk
cult-classic starring Keanu Reeves, Johnny Mnemonic!
Come enjoy sn
acks and learn about the @TucsonMesh project, and socialize with the community!
Then jack into the mainframe of ‘90s Cyber Cinema with filmmaker @JazzyBoho’s spe
cial introduction before the feature presentation.
Johnny Mnemonic,
based on the William Gibson story, stars Keanu Reeves as Johnny, a data c
ourier with an overloaded brain implant designed to securely store confide
ntial information. Takeshi Kitano portrays a yakuza affiliated with a phar
maceutical megacorporation attempting to suppress the data; he hires a psy
chopathic cyborg anti-christ street preacher assassin played by Dolph Lund
gren to do so.
LOCATION Splinter Collective 901 N 13th Ave
DOORS
5:30pm
SHOW 6pm
Donations Accepted!
$20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds
Splinter Collective
901 N 13th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705
Celebrate the release of Lara’s new album Anch or Me with her full band and special guests Freddy Jay and H aeden.
TICKETS: https://splinte rcollective.org/event/anchor-me-album-release-show-with-lara-ruggles/< /p> END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:90@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Queeraoke: Y2K Edition DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20241129T023000Z DTEND:20241129T063000Z DESCRIPTION:Hate colonizer so called holidays? Us too. Coming to Queeraoke is a much better\nidea. The theme is y2k so start practicing those bops fr om the 2000s!!!\n\nHosted by @kidviolet520 [https://www.instagram.com/kidv iolet520/]\n\nNovember 28 from 730-1130pm\n\n901 N. 13th Avenue\n\nPark on the street. Enter by the rainbow pole.\n\nFlier by @akasiaart [https://ww w.instagram.com/akasiaart/] URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/queeraoke-y2k-edition LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:karaoke,LGBTQ+,live performance,music X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Hate colonizer so called holidays? Us too. Coming to Queeraoke is a much better idea. The theme is y2k so start pract icing those bops from the 2000s!!!
Hosted by @kidviolet520
No vember 28 from 730-1130pm
901 N. 13th Avenue
Park on the stree t. Enter by the rainbow pole.
Flier by @akasiaart
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:30@tucsontimeline.info SUMMARY:Southern Arizona Film Society presents 1994's FRESH KILL w/ filmmak er Shu Lea Cheang in-person DTSTAMP:20261012T232734Z DTSTART:20241007T020000Z DTEND:20241007T060000Z URL:https://tucsontimeline.info/event/southern-arizona-film-society-present s-1994s-fresh-kill-with-filmmaker-shu-lea-cheang-in-person LOCATION:Splinter Collective - 901 N 13th Ave\, Tucson\, AZ 85705 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:art,Drag,Film,LGBTQ+,performance,special guest END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR