Confession: I am too obsessed with the election right now to write anything of substance. But here are a few odds and ends:
- As part of its Ethics and War reading series, on Monday, October 27 Theater J will present a dramatic reading of depositions on water-boarding. Details here.
- For those of you who’ve asked me to feature more dance events (Trish!): check out Dakshina/ Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company in the closing performances of the Dance Festival of Indian Arts this weekend at the Lincoln Theatre (1215 U Street). Details (and advance ticket purchases) here.
(Also, while we’re on the subject of dance – and we are! – mark your calendars for the BollyBlend! dance show at Atlas Performing Arts on November 1.)
- There’s a Film Marketing & Distribution Seminar happening this Saturday, October 25, at Lounge 201 (201 Mass Ave NE). I don’t know Gallant Films, the folks hosting the seminar, but it looks like it will cover a good range of topics — from how to read a licensing memo, to why distributors who look exciting on paper might not make you any money. Josh of Gallant Films writes:
“(We) taught our first one-day seminar in New York in May, and had great response from the filmmakers who attended. We decided to bring the class to DC, my home town, after I attended SilverDocs in June and realized how many filmmakers are working in DC, Maryland and Virginia.”
To get the discount price of $99, use discount code JOSH50. For more information, contact Gallant Films - tell ‘em I sent you! (and let me know how it is!)
- I got an email about a wonderful-sounding student project called “Animated Poems” – animated interpretations of teen poetry, with the animation and music also created by teens. There’s a screening at Paint Branch High School on October 28 at – wait for it – 9:15 am.
Given the hour, I don’t expect too many of you will be rushing to attend, but I was just really taken with the project’s scope and creativity; I hope to write more about it in the future. For now, if you’re interested in learning more, contact the school’s artist in residence, Leila Cabib, who helped usher students through the project.
(On the subject of student art – check out how artist Keri Smith just used her blog this week to raise money to donate her book, Wreck This Journal, to a class of fourth graders…)
- Stay tuned for more coverage here on Creative DC of what I like to call “creative activism” – people addressing social problems in creative ways (for example, local Drew Chafetz, who was recently in touch with me about his new project, Love.Futbol, which aims to create soccer fields for kids in impoverished areas worldwide — see the WaPo write-up about his work).
This week, a shout-out to Linda Quirk, a woman who is running seven races on seven continents to raise $1 Million for addiction treatment scholarships to Caron. She’ll be running through DC this Friday and Saturday. (Full disclosure: one of my best friends works for Caron, and sent me this info.)
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I hear you… Totally an interesting election. But I was done with it 3 weeks ago. Maybe it’s because I don’t live in DC anymore…
Thanks for the synopsis ;)
Hi, Amanda
Thank you for letting your readers know about “Animated Poems.” In addition to being shown at Paint Branch High School, the video will be broadcast on Montgomery County Public Schools Instructional TV, available on Comcast Channel 34, Verizon FiOS Channel 36 and RCN Channel 89, at 7 PM November 10, 11 and 14, and 6 PM on November 12 and 13.
Thanks for the dance, Amanda! I did notice. I keep thinking when I see some great artist coming to town: “I should tell Amanda.” But I’m old and the chemo fried my memory…
Ok, made myself feel like a slacker, so remembered this:
Helanius Wilkins
Edgeworks
http://www.hjwedgeworks.org/
November 7-9, 2008
Performance
Dance Place, Washington, DC
Performance of the determining factor & Gotham Suite (premiere)
He premiered a piece at the JOM anniversary concert last week that was spectacular.
Trish, I’ll include the Edgeworks show in next week’s listings – thanks for the tip (…you old slacker ;)).
Leila: any way you could get the video online? It would be great to link to it…