Not every food scene Waters filmed is as unspeakable as Divine’s final bite in Pink Flamingos. From Mr. Pinky’s eclairs in Hairspray to the pizza aroma Polyester audiences inhaled via Odorama scratch-and-sniff cards (in between the scents of glue and gasoline), Dreamland joints occasionally make the stomach rumble amid all the churning. Here are some […]
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John Waters returns to the land of pig filth with new books, an old grudge and a call to take over the world
The day John Waters calls me, he has just finished writing the first draft of his next show, Let’s Take Over the World, which he will present at the Englert Theatre on Oct. 9. The writer and director of films including Pink Flamingos, Hairspray and Cry-Baby and books such as Shock Value and Role Models […]
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Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5 and John Waters performing for new Cedar Rapids festival
newbo evolve is branded as a “multi-faceted festival” that “celebrates the creative Bohemian spirit through music, fashion, dance, food and technology.”
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‘King of Nasty’ John Waters returns to Iowa City for one-man roadshow
John Waters — “Filthier and Dirtier” The Englert Theatre — Saturday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. Prepare yourself. Hide the children. John Waters — the Auteur of Ordure — is once again bringing his one-man roadshow to the Englert, on Oct. 1. “Filthier and Dirtier” is the latest iteration of his vaudevillian act, a freewheeling […]
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In anticipation of John Waters’ visit, FilmScene dives into ‘Deep Waters’
“Deep Waters” series FilmScene — begins Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 10 p.m. Filmmaker and raconteur John Waters is returning to the Englert Theatre for “Filthier & Dirtier,” a special one-night engagement co-sponsored by FilmScene on Saturday, Oct. 1 (tickets $35-100). Waters last performed at the Englert during the 2011 Mission Creek Festival. Now, the pope […]
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Interview: John Waters on ‘Pink Flamingos,’ the transformation of Divine and the changing face of indie cinema
Friday, April 1, 2011 | Englert | 6 p.m. Doors Everyone has their first time with John Waters. For me, it was the summer of 1976, when I took off from my Grandmother’s house in Provo Utah, after a weird, lonely, freshman year at BYU (don’t ask) and hitchhiked around the West. I ended up […]
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Unabridged: An interview with John Waters (From 2011)
Everyone has their first time with John Waters. For me, it was the summer of 1976, when I took off from my grandmother’s house in Provo, Utah, after a weird, lonely, freshman year at BYU (don’t ask) and hitchhiked around the west. I ended up, rather crazed after sleeping rough alongside Interstate 5, in Berkeley, […]
