Alien Boy

The poster for the upcoming Alien Boy Benefit, September 17 at Wonder Ballroom, is at the printers today, but we have a proof you can look at. The artwork is by Mike King of Crash Design. Thanks Mike!...

The upcoming September 17th benefit for Alien Boy has found a home at Facebook and over 100 people have signed up for new information about the show and to show solidarity with the documentary film. Do you Facebook? See and join us at Alien Boy Benefit. And if you join - please consider inviting your friends to join the benefit event as well....

Many thanks to the generous donors who contributed $2,700 to Alien Boy at a fundraiser on Wednesday night at home of Allen and Nan Whitaker-Emrich. Donors heard from the film's director Brian Lindstrom and producer Jason Renaud to learn the latest about the film's progress and watched a portion of Brian's film Finding Normal. EXTRA - if you're a member of Facebook, join the Alien Boy Benefit...

I've blogged before about the production of "Alien Boy," the documentary that Brian Lindstrom is making about the death of Jim Chasse at the hands of Portland Police Officers in 2006. Brian is best known for his brilliant film "Finding Normal,"which he made as a one-man show. This time, he has more help, including Portland Mercury muckraker Matt Davis, former Pond front man Charlie Campbell, and...

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Wonder Ballroom owner Chris Monlux has graciously donated the space for an Alien Boy benefit on September 17. Monlux was a Portland cop himself for 3 years in the late '70s. "Things were a lot more liberal back then," he says. "We had a liberal police chief, there were cops who smoked pot, and there were cops with long hair. I considered it as like social work." Ultimately, Monlux decided the...

A fundraising benefit for the making of the documentary film Alien Boy is in the works for the Wonder Ballroom on September 17th. Mark your calendar now. Alien Boy is a documentary film being produced by the Mental Health Association of Portland. The film will document the life and death of James Chasse. We'll have some early and raw footage to show you, an update of how the filmmaking is...