Dirty Opera presents a screening of “1991 The Year Punk Broke” with Director Dave Markey

Thrilled to announce that we will be screening Dave Markey’s 1991 The Year Punk Broke on September 18th at The Claremont Laemmle 5. You might know director Markey from his HC punk band SIN 34 that haunted Southern California from 1981 to 1984 prior to half the band morphing into Painted Willie, who had a …

The Germs, Black Flag, Dana Gould & OFF! in Claremont

Fantastic eve a few days back when Dirty Opera screened the Dimitri Coat’s film Free LSD in Claremont, California. The sold out screening at The Laemmle 5 had a panel featuring the band, actors & crew members from the film. Here is a pic by Bamboo Dart Press author Stevo Lution (his forthcoming collaborative book …

Karen Greenbaum-Maya’s “Eve the Inventor” book is out now.

Eve the Inventor by Karen Greenbaum-Maya is a hybrid collection of poems, prose, and short fiction inspired by the Jewish story that God will not destroy the world as long as there are 36 good people, good souls in it. The characters in this collection aren’t secular saints, they are decent people, deeply decent, struggling against …