Category: Events

Location: Joondalup Library, Upstairs Meeting Room

Yeah, Nah, Yeah. This is happening.

So, its Fathers Day weekend this weekend and, like before on various days where we think people might want to not feel like they’re missing out on POWA, we’re not doing our normal lineup of Anime.

But instead of just another lazy day, I’m making good on my threats of a Monty Python night with a fan-favourite of fathers and old people (like me) everywhere!

That’s right, we are going to be watching the 1975 comedy classic (Some would say masterpiece; I call it a classic masterpiece) “Monty Python and the Holy Grail!”

King Arthur (King of the Britons, and not a woman, nor a welshman with a chip on his shoulder) sets off across the sunny English countryside in a quest from god: Find the Holy Grail. There’s a wizard, there’s some very rude frenchmen, there’s grand armies, and there’s even talk of a terrifying beast (With big sharp teeth!) all in the King’s path. 

It’s a silly place.

Now, the film is just over an hour and a half long, so if you wish to you can skip the film and show up afterwards – we will have a few hours left in the day where we can play some board games, hang out and do the usual lazy stuff… but of course, the entire point of a lazy day is that you don’t need to feel like you need to rock up at all! 

A more personal note; If you have not seen this film, I personally suggest you give it a go. It is a film that is quite foundational for a lot of comedy, and would go on to influence and be referenced in media up to this current day. It is, however, an older film and sometimes the Python’s brand of humour and jokes, in many of their works, can come across as poorly aged, perhaps. Holy Grail is rated PG, however, and of all their works is (surprisingly) the most family friendly. But it is still an old comedy; some jokes and language could offend more modern sensibilities. 

And, by the way, there wont be a shop or raffle on offer this week: Lazy! Day!

We hope to see you there!

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This Weeks Schedule:

1:00pm – Library Opens

1:30pm – Film start: “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”

3:00pm – Film ends

4:45 – Run away! Run away!

Location for Bowling: Zone Bowling Joondalup

In the greatest oxymoron of at least this week’s post, this is not only one of our laziest days on our calendar, it’s also a day where we actually leave the library and go do some actual sport.

Yes, I think that’s weird, too. 

Sport.

Well, with the Pixel Expo on this weekend, it stands to reason that some – or a bunch – of our membership might want to check it out, and we don’t want people to feel too put out in missing POWA this sunday. So, instead of our normal lineup, we are instead going to be using the Library room for the best kind of thing: lazy things.

There’s no real plan, let alone a schedule, its really just an excuse to use the space for whatever we want – board games, video games, chatting, lunch, what-have-you. The laptop will be present, we might chuck on some random stuff for the screen, or might get stuck into a really long board game we don’t finish, it really depends on the mood.

Effectively, we are giving people an opportunity to not miss out on our lineup of anime, but also giving people the opportunity to come along for a Sunday hangout.

It is noted that there wont be a raffle prize or food shop like our normal screenings – lazy be as lazy does, and we be lazy. 

Now if youre shaking your head picturing us lazy people, how about after the normal scheduled event, we go play a sport? And a real sport, at that! Not a fake sport, like American Football, either. 

Zone Bowling is just around the corner from POWA’s meeting room at the Library, and from 6:00pm we are gonna meet there and have a couple rounds of throwing heavy things, aimed badly, at things really far away in a building where the music is entirely too loud. We have purposely scheduled bowling to take place an hour after POWA ends – so there’s enough time to grab some food, have a drink, feed the cat – that kinda thing – before rocking up. It is pay-your-own-way, and will cost the individual about $28 for two games if you’re keen, though there’s no requirement to pay for both (or at all, if you just wanna hang out.)

We hope to see you there!

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This week’s Schedule:

1:00 – Doors at the Library Open, we veg out

4:45 – Door at the Library Shut, we uproot ourselves and leave

6:00 – Hey, POWA, Lets go Bowling (At Zone Bowling, Joondalup)