T.A.P.E. presents Home Video Day - Music Edition!

Join us for Home Video Day 2025 celebrating music culture on video and audio tape. A free, hands-on event dedicated to the personal and powerful legacy of home media. From childhood recitals to underground concerts or digital TikTok reels, home video and audio recordings have long preserved the stories that are critical to our personal, familial, and community histories. This year’s edition highlights music culture on tape in a tribute to how video and audio tape capture the soundtracks of our lives.

Home video is one of the true revolutions in how people could record their own lives. But today, we are often locked out of the playback equipment needed to watch and listen to this media. T.A.P.E. (Teach Archive Preserve Exhibit) is an organization dedicated to access to playback equipment for the public and committed to popular preservation education. Home Video Day is a day for gathering, advocacy, and access open to all!

Watch and Listen to Your Tapes

Bring your tapes and your loved ones. We’ll have playback equipment available for a wide range of formats including VHS, VHS-C, Hi8, Video8, MiniDV, DVD, and ¼” Reel-to-Reel, Cassette, Microcassette, and CD.

Please note: No live digitization available at this event.Visit to learn more about T.A.P.E.'s services.

Free Tape Inspections and Repairs

Get help from volunteer archivists to get condition assessments and repairs such as shell swaps, splicing, and even mold removal.

All Day Programming and Storytelling

Enjoy all-day curated home video programming from Whammy! Analog Media, Sudan Tapes Archive, UCLA Punk Collective, Olivia McKayla Ross, and more. We will even have show-and-tell time! Share your home video and audio on the big screen, with time for discussion and reflection!

Auditorium screening schedule announcing soon!

Vendors

Check out the local cassette and physical media vendors who are keeping independent music distribution alive today!

Nighttime Screening

Come back in the evening for special, ticketed screening of Christopher Wilcha'sThe Target Shoots First (1999) co-presented by Hollywood Entertainment and 7th House!

T.A.P.E. is a volunteer-run 501(c)3 non-profit based out of Whammy! Analog Media. Check out our website at tapeanalog.org.

Admission is first come, first serve pending event space capacity.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

CONTENT DISCLAIMER

The views, opinions, and thoughts expressed within exhibited works are solely those of their creators and may not represent those of the Philosophical Research Society (PRS), its affiliates, or any individuals associated with PRS. Screenings are intended for educational and entertainment purposes.

ACCESSIBILITY

PRS wants all guests to be able to enjoy our events safely and comfortably. If you require any accessibility accommodation, please reach out to [email protected] before showtime and we will be happy to assist you.

REFUND POLICIES

All sales are final. There are no refunds for PRS events , except in the event of a medical emergency, including but not limited to a positive COVID-19 test. Ticket exchanges may be granted on a case by case basis, pending circumstances.

In the event that PRS is forced to cancel an event entirely, tickets will be refunded or vouchers offered for a rescheduled event.

PARKING

Limited parking is available onsite at PRS in both the front lot (entry from Los Feliz Blvd. when heading east) and back lot (entry from first alley way, off Griffith Park Blvd. from intersection with Los Feliz Blvd.), as well as street parking on Griffith Park Blvd. and (after 7 PM) on Los Feliz Blvd. We encourage attendees to consider carpooling, walking or biking to events if possible, and please be considerate of our Los Feliz neighbors when parking.

PRS EVENT POLICIES

• We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
• Events are subject to change without notice, including guest speakers and/or performers.
• We encourage you to arrive at least 30 min. before the scheduled event start time to find parking, enjoy the Bookstore and take your seats.
• Please turn off all mobile devices before the show. Talking and texting are not allowed during the events.
• No filming, audio recording or mobile phone recording of events, screenings, concerts or other programs by audience members is allowed without permission.
• There is no smoking permitted on PRS grounds.
• We strongly encourage guests to wear masks to PRS events to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.
• PRS allows Service Animals into the facility under ADA and state guidelines. For further details please visit www.ADA.gov. No animals permitted whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support, under ADA guidelines and CA Health Code.
• Please do not bring outside food or drink into PRS events.
• Weapons are strictly prohibited at PRS events.

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