BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281105T010000 RDATE:20290311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:America/New_York EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250611T190000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280312T030000 RDATE:20281105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dfd0a51577f68f35816d784dce8e1fd4 CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture CREATED:20260525T151738 SUMMARY:Jenda’s Movie Madness: Glen or Glenda (1953) LOCATION:The Playhouse at Waterville Station\, 17 Railroad Square\, Waterville ME 04 901 DESCRIPTION:\n \n🎬✨ Jenda’s Movie Madness: Glen or Glenda (1953)\nShe crash‑landed on p urpose. She’s back. And this time she’s taking on a film so sincere, so sur real, and so gloriously confusing that even Ed Wood wasn’t sure what movie he was making — but he made it anyway, with passion, angora, and Bela Lugos i yelling “Pull the strings!”\nStrap in for the next deliriously unhinged c hapter of Jenda’s Movie Madness, where cinematic misfires are transformed i nto pure comedy gold. This round, we’re diving into Glen or Glenda — Wood’s infamous, shoestring‑budget plea for compassion and understanding, wrapped in dream sequences, stock footage, inexplicable buffalo, and a narrator wh o may or may not be a wizard.\nIt’s chaotic. It’s heartfelt. It’s historica lly significant. And it is absolutely begging to be roasted.\n🌈 Why this fi lm matters\nBeneath the cardboard sets and cosmic weirdness, Glen or Glenda stands as one of the earliest American films to openly address gender iden tity and trans experience — decades before mainstream cinema dared to touch the subject. Ed Wood, drawing from his own life, created something clumsy, brave, and strangely ahead of its time. It’s a cult artifact that’s both a punchline and a milestone.\n🎤 Featuring live, unfiltered, laugh‑out‑loud c ommentary from the incomparable Jen Da’Benda and co‑host Tiffany — who will absolutely be pulling the strings.\n📍 The Playhouse at Waterville Station\ n📅 Friday, June 12\n🕖 7–9 PM\n🔞 18+ only\n🎟️ $10 (online or at the door)\nO nline tickets available here:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/jendas-movie-ma dness-glen-or-glenda-1953-tickets-1990114975464?aff=oddtdtcreator\n✨ All pr oceeds benefit The Playhouse, supporting its mission to bring diverse, comm unity‑driven cultural events to Central Maine.\n🍿 Snacks and drinks availab le\nGrab your tickets, bring your friends, and prepare for a night of angor a, chaos, compassion, and pure Ed Wood magic.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Jenda’s Movie Madness: Gl en or Glenda (1953)

 

🎬✨ Jenda’s Movie Madness: Glen or Glenda (1953)

She crash‑land ed on purpose. She’s back. And this time she’s taking on a film so sincere, so surreal, and so gloriously confusing that even Ed Wood wasn’t sure what movie he was making — but he made it anyway, with passion, angora, and Bel a Lugosi yelling “Pull the strings!”

Strap in for the next deliriousl y unhinged chapter of Jenda’s Movie Madness, where cinemat ic misfires are transformed into pure comedy gold. This round, we’re diving into Glen or Glenda — Wood’s infamous, shoestring‑budget plea for compassion and understanding, wrapped in dream sequences, stock footage, i nexplicable buffalo, and a narrator who may or may not be a wizard.

I t’s chaotic. It’s heartfelt. It’s historically significant. And it is absol utely begging to be roasted.

🌈 Why this film mat ters

Beneath the cardboard sets and cosmic weirdness, Gl en or Glenda stands as one of the earliest American films to openly ad dress gender identity and trans experience — decades before mainstream cine ma dared to touch the subject. Ed Wood, drawing from his own life, created something clumsy, brave, and strangely ahead of its time. It’s a cult artif act that’s both a punchline and a milestone.

🎤 Featuring live, unfiltered, laugh‑out‑loud commentary from the incomparable Jen Da’Benda and co‑host Tiffany — who w ill absolutely be pulling the strings.

📍 The Pla yhouse at Waterville Station

📅 Friday, June 12

🕖 7–9 PM

🔞 18+ only

🎟️ $10 (online or at the door)

Online tickets available here:

https://www.eventbr ite.com/e/jendas-movie-madness-glen-or-glenda-1953-tickets-1990114975464?af f=oddtdtcreator

✨ All proceeds benefit The P layhouse, supporting its mission to bring diverse, community‑drive n cultural events to Central Maine.

🍿 Snacks and drinks available

Grab your tickets, bring your friends, and prepare for a ni ght of angora, chaos, compassion, and pure Ed Wood magic.

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