On Sunday night, June 29th, AV Geeks presents That Damned Metric System!, a video compilation of films created during America’s push to adopt the metric system during the 1970’s. The AV Geeks website lists rare metric shorts from Schoolhouse Rock and Metric America as part of feature. As usual, there will be trivia and door prizes. The event begins at 7:30 Sunday night at Tirnanog with a suggested donation of $5.
AV Geeks is the result of one man’s irrational passion, Skip Elsheimer, who owns over 20,000 16mm educational and industrial films harvested from the fertile grounds of school auctions, thrift stores, closets and dumpsters. Skip is based out of Raleigh but does travel from time to time, taking his show to venues ranging from rock and roll dive bars to museums. Skip has converted many of the films to digital media, readily available at his online archive. All suggested donations support the digitization process.
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