Join Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP) for our annual birthday celebration at the 4 Star Theater on Tuesday, May 20th at 7pm! We’ll be marking 26 years with a western neighborhoods take on Rick Prelinger’s beloved Lost Landscapes.

Rick Prelinger is an archivist, filmmaker, writer, educator, and with his wife Megan, founder of the Prelinger Archives and Prelinger Library. He began collecting home movies and "ephemeral films" (films made for specific purposes at specific times, such as advertising, educational and industrial films) in 1983. Since 2006, Rick has created annual compilations of clips from the Prelinger Archives and screened them as “Lost Landscapes of San Francisco,” a participatory event that brings the city of the past and its everyday residents to life.

For our birthday, Rick has curated a very special Lost Landscapes, featuring footage from San Francisco’s west side. The audience is the soundtrack, and you’ll be encouraged to shout out memories, observations, and quips. Following the screening, we’ll enjoy a Q&A between Rick and WNP Executive Director Nicole Meldahl. The main program starts at 7pm but doors open at 6:30pm, giving you time to mingle, peruse the goods at Tunnel Records, and purchase tasty treats (like the best popcorn in the city) from the concession stand. Tickets are $75 for reserved seats up front and $40 for general admission. All tickets include complimentary cake and sparkling beverages.

Every ticket purchased will help us keep the lights on and the history happening at WNP, your friendly community history nonprofit since 1999. Come out to support us and see the neighborhoods like you’ve never seen them before!

For questions and sponsorship opportunities, email WNP’s Director of Programs, Chelsea Sellin, at chelsea@outsidelands.org.