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In the late 1970s, when punk rock still seemed dangerous – no, it’s true, kids, you can ask your mom and dad – the venerable old Ukrainian Cultural Center in East Hollywood was one of the few places in Los Angeles willing to host shows for bands such as Black Flag and Bad Brains, the Minutemen and the Circle Jerks.
These days it’s home to tamer events like the centennial of the late great Ukrainian-American actor Volodymyr Palahniuk – you may know him as Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance – or the annual Psyanka Festival celebrating Ukrainian-style Easter egg decorating.
But music returns to the UCC for a few weeks this month when the Red Bull Music Festival holds its Center Channel film series there, screening movies that make use of genres from rock and jazz to instrumental and dance, including an opening day tribute to the punk bands that once rattled its gilded art deco rafters.
From Friday, Feb. 8 through Wednesday, Feb. 20, some 20 films will screen, many of them with guests from the productions either on screen or behind the scenes.
What follows is your chronological guide to the films, guests and events of Center Channel 2019. Go to Redbull.com/us-en/music/event-series/center-channel for details on showtimes, ticket prices and instructions for how to reserve your spot in the audience.
Friday, Feb. 8: Take the day off work or skip school and get to the Ukrainian Cultural Center at noon for the start of an all-day marathon of classic punk rock: documentaries, concert films, narratives, some of them surely including bands that once graced...