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Animation Block Party Pairs Well with Brooklyn Brewery Mash

Casey Safron - June 10, 2015

Beer and film festivals have been best friends forever. Lagers and stouts can be an essential social lubricant to fest-goers over 21, especially if...

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ABP Takes Summer Show to Downtown Manhattan

Casey Safron - July 21, 2014

This summer, for the first time in the history of Animation Block Party, opening night will be held in lower Manhattan. The evening is...

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Animation Block Presents: The Frederator Retrospective

Casey Safron - April 29, 2014

Back when the Animation Block Party film festival was a curly haired infant, I had a day job managing the School of Visual Arts...

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Animation Block Plans L.A. Valentine’s Spotlight

Casey Safron - January 29, 2014

This past summer, I had the exciting opportunity to produce a rock show for Animation Block Party. It featured memorable performances from some of...

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Animation Block Presents Late Night Work Club + Friends

Casey Safron - December 3, 2013

I grew up in a land far away without Google. It was called the 1980s and animation was different then. Drawn on paper, painted...

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Animation Block Party Perspective: Roll Call

Casey Safron - July 18, 2013

I’ve been fortunate to have a strong team in support of Animation Block Party. My West Coast compadre, Jonathan Mazer, helped manage early events,...

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ABP Perspective: Music Hall of Williamsburg

Casey Safron - July 11, 2013

In the afterglow of last summer's festival, I knew that Animation Block Party 2013 needed to underscore the significance of our ten-year anniversary. Music...

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ABP Perspective: On the Roof

Casey Safron - July 3, 2013

Rooftop Films is an outdoor screening series that runs in NYC from June through September every year. They were founded in 1997 and have...

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ABP Perspective: Brooklyn Academy of Music Connection

Casey Safron - June 21, 2013

Based on the success of the first Animation Block Party, I knew that we needed a more distinctive venue and got in touch with...

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Animation Block Party: First-Person Perspective

Casey Safron - June 12, 2013

I’ve told the evolution of ABP story before, but for readers foreign to Animation Block Party – here’s the abridged breakdown. I was organizing...

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Animation Block Party Spotlight: Doug Crane

Casey Safron - July 19, 2012

Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will...

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Animation Block Party Spotlight: Part 3

Casey Safron - June 18, 2012

Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will...

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Animation Block Party Spotlight

Casey Safron - May 13, 2012

Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will...

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