Friday, July 13, 2012

Local Spotlight: Sincerely Yours, Marty McFly

Kristin Frenzel's depiction of The Breakfast Club, as kitties.
Imagine a job in which you were able to create events around your favorite music, art and movies.

For Phillip Roffman, CEO of Fort Lauderdale-based Subculture, that dream job is a reality. On Saturday, his latest pop-culture-oriented event, titled Sincerely Yours, Marty McFly, will come to fruition at the Classic Gateway Theatre in Fort Lauderdale. The '80s-themed party will include screenings of the 1985 cult classics "The Breakfast Club" (9 p.m.) and"Back to the Future" (12:30 a.m.), intermission performances by local bands Suede Dudes and Beach Day, and an '80s-themed photo booth operated by Fort Lauderdale photographer Ian Witlen.
Kristin Frenzel's "The Doc"

Roffman got the idea for Sincerely Yours while visiting Chicago and Orlando, where he found communities that supported local art, culture and businesses.

"I love this element of artists coming to local coffee shops and showing artwork, and movie theaters having bands inside them," Roffman says, "all these really wonderful things."

He thought Fort Lauderdale could use more of that, so this past January, he formed Subculture to help unite his favorite artists, musicians and businesses in a way that would benefit the community. ... Read the rest of Arterpillar's story about Sincerely Yours, Marty McFly in the Sun-Sentinel.

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