Zombie Walk on Saturday, November 1 (?)
News has broken that AFI is showing Night of the Living Dead on Saturday, November 1 – the day after Halloween. As per the recommendations of Silver Spring, Singular, among others, I think this would be a prime time for our Zombie Walk (as opposed the original Halloween night plan).
The plan, of course, would be to gather at a predetermined location, walk a (loosely) predetermined route (with detours for smoothies, whisky, brains, etc., as needed), and eventually end up at the 10:30pm showing of Night of the Living Dead at the AFI SIlver Theatre.
I have attempted to take advantage of my membership status at AFI and emailed them to see if we can do something more than an unorganized arrival of hordes of undead at the theatre, so if anything comes back, you all will be the first to know. And if you have any ideas for the event, please feel free to post them here.
The initial thoughts include:
- Meet at Ellsworth and Spring (at the east end of the garage) to assemble and coordinate.
- Walk up Ellsworth through The Promenade.
- Paths for undead groups should include Borders, City Place, McGinty’s, and any unsuspecting victims whose brains appear to be tasty.
- Weave around various, yet undecided streets, including Georgia, Colesville, Bonifant and (of course) Thayer Avenue.
- Stop by Quarry House for a beer. Or two.
- Head over to AFI for the 10:30 showing of Night of the Living Dead. Bring any new zombies along with.
- After the movie, go back to the Quarry House for a beer. Or two.
And VERY lucky for us, Chip Py has offered to photograph the event. We’ll assume his First Amendment Rights aren’t questioned as we walk down Ellsworth. We’re still discussing online forums for coordination, but in the meantime, I’ve created a Facebook group to get people involved. Feel free to log in and give your two cents.
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If you drink enough absinthe, yes.
Might want a “dual mob” approach. We wouldn’t want to exclude the folks coming by bus/metro, so how about a second meeting place at the metro station?
Zombies on the bus? Awesome. Will they be coming from Burtonsville?
Isn’t that up in Howard County?
At the very least, someone should warn AFI that a buncha zombies might be sitting in their nice chairs. They’ll probably want some plastic slipcovers on those things or they’ll be getting dirt, rotting flesh, and brains out of the upholstery for months.
I’m a mushroom-cloud-layin’ motherfucker, motherfucker! Every time my fingers touch brain, I’m Superfly T.N.T., I’m the Guns of the Navarone! IN FACT, WHAT THE FUCK AM I DOIN’ IN THE BACK? YOU’RE THE MOTHERFUCKER WHO SHOULD BE ON BRAIN DETAIL!
10,000 kinds of awesome.
I have alerted them to our presence in an email last week, but have yet to hear back. No worries – still got a while left.