THE PUBLIC ENEMY with White Ghost Shivers Live

Rated NR; 83min; Director:William Wellman (1931)  

Location: Alamo Downtown

It's Repeal Day! In 1933, the Prohibition on selling and consuming alcohol in the United States was repealed. Needless to say, there was a big party. And needless to say, we will keep the party going 74 years down the line.

We will start off with a live music set by Austin's own White Ghost Shivers, self-described as smorgasbord of Cab Calloway, circus sideshow, KISS, cabaret, Hee Haw and Robert Johnson served up at Andy Kaufman's bat-mitzvah. A joyous mixture of the absurd and sublime, the eight-piece ensemble gracefully blends a musical amalgam of Hokum Blues, Hillbilly Swing, Country and Hot Jazz.

Then we move on to the James Cagney Original Gangster Classic THE PUBLIC ENEMY, depicting the dread horror of Prohibition, and perhaps more importantly how to be Mr. Super Cool 1931-style. If you can't learn how to put some gangster in your lean watching Jimmy Cagney, there's no hope for you.

Then the party moves over to Mugshots, where they will roll out the barrels and we will all have a barrel of fun together at the afterparty, sponsored in part by Dewar's.

Won't you join us?

(please note, this show is 21 and up).