What do veggie porn, go-go dancing, Niagara Falls, peep torture, Costa Verde, wrestling and abandoned houses have in common? I haven’t a clue, but you can find out Friday, when Squeaky Wheel takes its act outdoors for its first annual outdoor Silent/Sound Screening. The above subjects will all be addressed in various videos and films that will be projected onto a huge screen on the side of 712 Main Street (Squeaky’s building), and which will be scored by live bands. The media come from local artists—including Ron Ehmke, Jax Deluca and Meg Knowles, among others—as well as national artists. The screening accompanies an open house at Squeaky Wheel, and indoor screenings of last year’s Portraits of Main Street documentaries begin at 6. The Portraits of Main Steet series was filmed by the 2005 class of the Buffalo Youth Media Institute, and each portrait focuses on a different aspect of our city’s troubled main thoroughfare, from graffiti and vacancy issues to Shea’s Performing Arts Center and the Anchor Bar. The evening should prove to be both entertaining and engaging.

Friday, September 29 at 6pm. Squeaky Wheel, 712 Main Street (884-7172). Free