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… Ann Arbor Film Festival's Awards Screening where Michigan Theater audiences' feasted on an eclec- tic array of visuals - from Bruce C~ er's hypnotic, V_4 i v e t Underground-esque search for magic…

…-time viewers. Although his looped-over footage was a visual masterpiece, the Endgame-like meditation made audiences feel dumb. Selected by Festival judges over .VIEVW the weekend, the Ann Arbor winning films…

… : 4 b Amazin' Blue Comedy Company Impact Dance Theatre M-Flicks The Rude Mechanicals (formerly Soph Show) MUSKET Mini-Courses Multicultural Programming Board Michigan Academic Competition Laughtrack…

… mushrooms to Johr on Sunday night, RE 35th Fi The Mic n Scott Matthews' homage to New York's gay S & M scene. Shocking, disturbing, challenging and, at times, irritating, the Film Festival was and is not…

… comprehend some cAha winning films. David. Gatten's tifnilm, "Hardwood Process," won the Festival's highest award, yet I found this experimental film overly vague, frustrat- ing and inaccessible to one…

… were ilm Festival spread across Sunday's three dif- higan Theater ferent 120-minute March 16, 1997 screenings. These segments contained some of my personal favorites, including Dan Tice's "Thank You For…

… the California Raisins have in common? Answer: They all submitted work to the Ann Arbor Film Festival as budding artists before becoming the colossal stars they are now. . Celebrating its 35th year as…

… the oldest voice of independent and experi- mental films, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, governed by director Vicki Honeyman, has invaded the Michigan Theater yet again. Although George Lucas is a Film…

… mainstream film festivals like Sundance, the Ann Arbor Film Fest does not aim to lure in big com- mercial studio execs. Instead, it pro- vides an outlet for all the deserving avant-garde expression that…

… films are then re- screened on Sunday, March 16th (a best bet for interested patrons short of time) and compiled to represent the Ann Arbor Film Festival in a national tour of schools, museums, and other…

…, England, and Germany, along with various domestic entries from locations across the U.S. and Canada, and even some home- grown talent here in Ann Arbor, includ- ing the University's Dan Tice. Unlike…

… Line" and "Stranger Than Paradise" may never have been created, and Ann Arbor Film Fest devotee Gus Van Sant may never have envisioned his "Drugstore Cowboy." Charlotte Lagarde's "Swell" shows Saturday…

… grant raising. Without support from the community, festivals like this .one will no longer save budding artists from our nation's humdrum economic slavery. Without this festival, films like "The Thin Blue…

… more information, call 668-7652. _. .. Film festival keeps indie spirit alive By John Ghose For the Daily Question: What do George Lucas, Brian DePalma, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono and the guy who created…

… ANN ARBOR'S FILM FEST TAKES OVER THE MICHIGAN' S MAIN STAGE Left: Interns and volunteers pi together posters and publicati to hype the festival. Right: Film reels are meticuloi labeled and organized…

… accordir to their day, time and theater location. Going ByJiwon Le Daily Arts Witer Film festival volun- teers Shrihari Sathe, Jacquline Wood and hen lookin th Laura Bridges, cre- ing Ann Arbor Fri ate a…

… just one person that sees the work. I think Ann Arbor is so special because of how we respect the work and filmmakers doing the work. Some festivals are about the view- ers or the audience and our…

… er fe fri Th ta by as its w in fe Photos courtesy of the Ann Arbor Film Festival Top: "Colorforms" airs March 19 at 9:30 p.m. Bottom: "Mouskouri and a Cabbage Tree" airs March 20 at 2. p.m. …

…ARTS Tuesday, March 10, 1987 The Michigan Daily Page 5 The 16mm Festival goes for the silver By John Shea The Ann Arbor Film Festival, a festival with as rich a past as promising a future, kicks…

… North Am - erca. Promising young filmmakers from across the country point to, Ann Arbor as the place to best display their talents. This year, over 250 entries have been submitted for the festival's 25t…

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…-off its silver anniversary run at the Michigan Theatre today. What started as a forum to exhibit the work of local filmmakers back in 1963 has grown into the oldest and most prestigious 16mm festival in…

…H 'run, and festival director Annette Wilson, along with a five-member screening committee, will view them all before choosing the 80-100 films that will be shown during the week. There are 30 hours of…

… $1000 Berman Award for the "Most Promising Filmmaker in the Festival." One thing that has changed since 1963 is the broadening of the field to international filmmakers; no longer does the festival have a…

… strictly North American flavor. Entries have been received from Ger - many, New Zealand, Italy and Ethiopia, just to name a few. A special program on experimental cinema in Germany, hosted by festival judge…

… Ann Arbor Film Festival has been one of the city's most vibrant and distinctive cultural institutions, second only, perhaps, to the University itself. Spawned from a resurgence in cinematic…

… to Ann Arbor's famedetv By BLAKE GOBLE DailyArts Writer The Ann Arbor Film Festival rarely dis- appoints, and we expect it to be no different this year. But unless you're a hardcore film buff, the…

… Conradis I Daily Film Editor nn Arbor isn't typically known for glamour. A In fact, mest people wouldn't knew it ac all if it weren't for the University that has engulfed it. But for one week out of every…

… film on duck, duck, goose is surely bet- ter than no film at all on the titular subject. "bLuE daHLia Live Performance: Seven Chances": The classic slapstick star of silent film Buster Keaton set to the…

… world music of Kalamazoo's bLuE daHLia couldn' me more esoteric. But at the very least, y sic c ii it yourself to see at least one Ket is ism bcfarc you die. "Dish": Six gay men descb ei sobses- sions…

… songwriter with unique its and one person's struggle c sps isfr Ipper biends of Celtic rock folk instead of plastic.b'o.i'k ' "Gibson & Recoder s Pierfo- blues and funk - is known mance": Sandra Gibsonand sce…

… experimentation during the '60s, the festival grew to become one of the most widely-regarded avant-garde and experimental film festivals in the world. Yet only a year ago - despite the temptation to think a…

… festival as well-established as this would be immune to such worries - it was dangerously close to extinction. "Everybody was very disturbed," said Christen McArdle, AAFF's executive director. "It seemed…

… like a lot of artists did get in touch with me - internationally, especially." The concern in the filmmaking community arose in 2006 after a group of state legislators cut the festival's state fund- ing…

… the festival as examples of state-fund- ed art they deemed objectionable. Among the films named were Brooke Keesling's "Boobie Girl," an award-winning ani- mated short about a young girl who wishes for…

… TRAVEL SUPPLEMENT 1 2UIr4lilaU lJattg SUNDAY MAGAZINE Sunday, March 27, 1955 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PAGE ONE _. I r - + wr+ PICTURESQUE FRAME: The village of Thun in the Bernese Oberland…

…- tionally a little more frantic than that of Cannes. The Festival here takes place in the heat of August and has the full complement of blue-jeaned auto- graph seekers who gather before the theaters in the…

…, Music Literature NEXT SUMMER, when thousands of Americans flock to Europe, the man- agers of music festivals will nightly thank the gods for the naive idea that great music is even greater in impressive…

…. Many Americans not yet aware of this will leave the festivals disappointed. The average American, accustomed to our bigness of sound and technical super- iority, has no conception of the varieties of the…

… characteristic European intensity of subtlety and nuance. He will be almost as confused by European musical insight as he is with the strange language he hears. He will also be chagrined to find these festivals…

… featuring his own American per- formers, a number sponsored this year by ANTA, the American National Theatre and Academy. The New York Philhar- monic, for instance, will again highlight the Edinburgh Festival…

…, and the New York City Ballet and the Philadelphia Orchestra will each manage to hit a number of festivals. (Even Europeans suffer from the demands of virtuosos; I see that this latter group will climax…

… the Strasbourg Festival with Yardumian's Armenian Suite, so begrudgingly received at our own May Festival last year), THE ATTITUDE of most festival-goers (which they will never admit), is that the music…

… more important than the music performed in them. Many Americans will even wonder what Yardumian has to do with Strasbourg, and why his musi is not performed in a special festival in Armenia (which, after…

… all, may not be a bad idea). Mr. Yardumian notwithstand- ing, the festival programs seem excep- tionally ambitious and appetizing to a can-fed American musical public; even these, though, are quite…

…: PROGRAMS (Subject to change) Syracuse University: The Ann Arbor festival has long since taken its assured place 'as one of the most important annual events in the United States. Its rank has been attained…

… FESTIVAL CONCERT Thursday Evening, May U) "For thirty-four years Ann Arbor has' held its annual May Festival and at no other time during that period has any other May Festival of the country surpassed this…

… them appreci- ate and are capable of fulfilling their responsibilities.. The value of such Festivals in advancing the art of music cannot be overestimated. The activities of the Ann Arbor Uni- versity…

… the art of music. ' J. ALBERT RIKER, Musical Courier, Editorial, New York: Ann Arbor has made itself nationally famous by the great music festival that is held there each year under the direction of…

… the University Sch'ool of Music. It is by such accomplishments that America is made musical. Such festivals as, these held each year in Ann Arbor satisfy this need-and awaken in many visitors and…

… perhaps in many who are unable to be present, the first con- ception of the meaning and delight of this great cultural and emo- tional influence we call art. The Ann Arbor festival does more than merely…

… a revealing look at growing up a lesbian. Green. 8 p.m. MUSIC Ann Arbor Bluestage It's blues, it's cool and you can participate. Blind Pig. 9 p.m. $2. Lash Benefit show for University Students…

… EASTERN DINER Now with Outside Seating* Phone-in Orders Welcome.Catering Available Best Middle Eastern- '96 Current " L4 I e L CAMPUS CINEMA Ann Arbor Film Festival See Thursday. Mich. 1, 7 and 9:30 p…

… @7 r . t x J t ,' 4 S Theki;dhigan' Dairy Lktrany M~auik i v Tastes of Ann Arbor Dining Guide, saturday Star Buffet Chinese R surant Nearly 100 items in our ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET Washtenaw…

… 3035 Washtenaw Ave. Ann Arbor, 971-0971 deli & bakery The Healthy Alternative 715 N. University Phone: 662-4700 Fax: 662-5224 7 am-7 pm M-Tha 7 am-5 pm F & Sat 9 am-3 pm Sun Ann Arbor's Finest Mexican…

… Wars," "Hook," and "E.T.," as well as other selections from "La Boheme," "Carmen" and "The Barber of Seville." Power Center. 8 p.m. $5 students through the MUTO. sunday CAMPUS CINEMA Ann Arbor Film…

… Against Cancer. The show will feature Irish music. Rick's. 9 p.m. $3. Susan Werner Contemporary folk guitarist/pianist straight from the Ann Arbor Folk Fest. The Ark. 7:30 p.m. $12.50 in advance at…

…-wich'es, Homemade Soups, Coffee, Desserts & much, more. .- In the 1995 Foley Guide 422 Detroit Street (at Kingsley) 313 663-DELI 7am-10pm daily Voted "Ann Arbor's Best Mexican Food, 193 '94."- .The Michigan Daily…

… Readership Pol "Tex-Mex without guilt.., a cheerful bustling Iatmosphere... healtier versions of TexMex classics.' 1 s r . Laura McReynolds, The Ann Arbor News "A definite cut above... The Burro's menu is…

… DS Most Extensive Menu in Ann Arbor The Perfect Place To Getaygt *Full Meals *Study *Late Night Munchies Deb's Eatery - 973-1221 2376 Carpenter Road The new Line Chinese Cuisine Rai Garden Speiliing…

…" reunites for this farce about a hostile takeover of a British zoo by an American conglomerate. Open captioned. Angell Aud. A. 8 p.m. $2 at the door. MUSIC George Bedard and the Kingpins Rockabilly, blues and…

…{11,{{11{1111II IU uses, AN CO. k WHAT EXPERTS SAY: SCHEDULE OF CONCERTS Excerpts from Letters of Congratulation on the Ann Arbor May Festival WALTER DAMROSCH, New York: What a noble collection of works…

… MARGARET MATZENAUER Contralto Ann Arbor Festival is one of the most valuable contributions to the cause of Metropolitan Opera Company music in America and should attract thousands from all parts of the…

… Music Clubs, La Scala and Chicago Operas Oxford, Ohio: The National Federation of Music Clubs begs to record its appreciation of the BENNO RABINOF Violin great Ann Arbor Music Festivals. PERCY GRAINGER…

…: The Ann Arbor Festivals probably do more for music and the cultural life of CONDUCTORS the nation than any similar festivals. JAMES FRANCIS COOKE, President the Theo- EARL V. MOORE Musical Director dore…

… creation Quasi (right) in 'Quasi's Cabaret Trailer,' Saturday night at the Michigan Theatre as part of the Ann Arbor 16mm Film Festival. Festival gathers steam By FRED SCHILL It wasn't your everyday run…

… used mostly for granular treatments of songs See DANCEBLUES, Page 8 Needless to say, the Film Festival is the cinematic event of the year in Ann Arbor ... if not the entire Midwest. Covering all the 16…

…-of-the- mill blues. Couldn't be. Normal old blues songs don't take ten minutes to play and, my God, what happened to the vocals? What Albert Collins and the Icebreakers did to the blues Wednesday, night at Rick…

…'s American Cafe was a phenomenon unto itself. What they have created can only be called dance blues. Highlighted by long, thunderous Collins guitar solos, the songs scorched and sizzled upon creation, and the…

… festivals. The of Palestine. The Ann Arbor Palestine Film Festi- 2005 Oscar nom- Ann Arbor val's opening night film, "Salt of inee for Best For- This Sea," was selected for the eign Language 2008 Cannes Film…

… spotlight after sion for her to choose Ann Arbor its premiere at the 2008 Sundance to host the event. Film Festival. It follows a group of "Ann Arbor is a really good place Palestinian rappers as they pur- to…

…-Hop" dialogue. Ann Arbor represents will headline the festival's closing a place where people can openly night on Saturday. discuss (Palestinian) issues." Ashraf plans to hold the festival Ashraf hopes to dispel…

… networks, they are not are really happy we're doing this." fair and objective," she said. "Pal- The Ann Arbor Palestine Film estinians are not given a voice." Festival begins tonight atthe Michi- "Media…

… Furs' 2007 debutPlague Park, for example, was influenced by a trip to a mass grave of the same name in Helsinki, Finland. Palestinian films reach Ann Arbor By KAVI PANDEY they have to say about their…

…- ema, having already earned a 2003 oped its share of notable films. Cannes selection with short film Such films will be on display start- "Like Twenty Impossibles." ing tonight at the first Ann Arbor…

… common as an annual event in Ann Arbor. views of Palestine by bringing Pal- "The first year it was difficult, estinian films to a local audience. 'but it will become easier and easi- "I think the reason…

…'s standards. No song on the album expresses this concept of materialism run rampant better than "Talk- ing Hotel Arbat Blues." The melody is initially reminiscent of Joan Jett's garage-rock hit "Bad Reputation…

… Blues," acting as a word- less epilogue to its predecessor. Its whining synthesizers make for an uneasy listen. The ideas from "Arbat Blues" beg for reflection and evoke a troubling question: What if the…

… Festival. The Film, "Paradise Film Festival movie follows an American-born Now," is arguably h daughter of Palestnian refugees as the most famous Today through she returns to her family's home, movie from…

…4 ARTS The Michigan Daily Tuesday, March 6, 1984 Page 6 _ _ P_ _' Ann Arbor Film Festival arrives 4 By Paul Clipson TONIGHT WILL mark the 22nd year of Ann Arbor's oldest and most renowned…

… film event, the aptly named Ann Arbor Film Festival. Actually, it's one of the oldest 16 mm film festivals anywhere. This year, like the past three, the festival will be held in the largest cinema in Ann…

… Arbor, the Michigan Theater. The festival starts tonight and will run until Sunday; winners night. There are three separate showings every evening, each screening a different package of films: All for…

… the documentary production group, Green Mountain Post. Their film, The Secret Agent, delves into the issues surrounding Agent Orange. Currently in New York, former Ann Arborites John Tintori and Mary…

… laughing in the distance, casting a slightly disturbing quality to the film. " From New York comes a documentary, The Shadow Project, by Zachary Winestine and JoAnn Pawowski. The film details a performance…

… tall - not including the floppy ears.Very colorful, he comes in pink and blue, holding a red and yellow pennant that can be personalized with the name of your school. Get hopping - adopt him now! $24…

… reasonable prices - either $2 dollars a show, or an economical $6 dollars for all three showings. There are a lot of special activities planned for this year's festival and most importantly, the festival will…

… all over the U.S.Not surprisingly, there will be a large amount of varying film styles and types. The film festival has always strived for variety for everyone's own tastes. Whether you crave for…

… Cybulski, past festival winners themselves, have also entered a film. Here's just a few of the many films entered to give an idea of what's going to be shown: * Barbara Klutinis' Trumpet Garden' can best be…

… soundtrack with footage of Ronald Reagan, medical films and other stuff, which creates a really strange mood. Besides the films that will be screened for the festival, a number of other activities have been…

…I Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY cinema- Festival Flicks into View Tonight Wilder, Ke By ELLEN FRANK They let you smoke at Cinema Guild during the Ann Arbor Film…

… Inevitable and the Velvet Underground. Some promising highlights of this year's Festival are several works of local film makers. Ann Arbor entries have come from Eric Brown, Jay Cassidy, Andrew Lugg and…

… number of films - it's easier and more varied than setting up individual festivals." Those that do use- the Ann Arbor Festival, in theatres from Youngstown, Ohio, to Tempe, Arizona, often adopt a hybrid…

… name for the imported, but locally sponsored, show. In Berkeley, it's called "The Berkeley-Ann Arbor- University of California-Centenn- ial Experimental Film Festival." University Charter Caledonian…

… Michigan University; Michael Ve- nezia, sculptor-painter from Ann Arbor; Ann Wehrer, a member of! the Dramatic Arts Center (and star of Andy Warhol's latest film, "Bike Boy"); and Prof. Samia Halaby- of the…

…-SUNDAY, MARCH 6-10 Presented in cooperation with the DRAMATIC ARTS CENTER of Ann Arbor. Over $900 in awards. Over 175 films in competition. There will be two completely different shows each night, Wednesday…

…-Satur- day. On Sunday, there will be two showings of the prize winners. Individual tickets may be purchased before each showing; series tickets, which include i I On Washtenaw between Ann Arbor and…

… FESTIVAL FOUR DAYS May 19, 20, 21 ,22, 1926 6 CONCERTS HILL AUDITORIUM ANN ARBOR EARL V. MOORE 'Musical Director WHAT AUTHORITIES SAY: Excerpts from Letters and Editorials. OSSIP GAB11111I0W ITSCH, Conductor…

…, Philadelphia:- "The May Festival at Ann Arbor has come to play a very vital part in hte development of musical life in Michigan. The program which you have outlined for this year strikes me as admirable in every…

…-fit to Ann Arbor. In- ian-shirted and barefoot, with his mix- ture of blues/jazz/folk, he doesn't reach out to the audience, he seems to come from it. That he is having a good time while performing is…

… Theater turns out to be a grand place to watch a film festival. By the time Ann Arbor's, 18th drew to a close Sunday night the Wuge old ,oviehouse had magically transformed itself from a hulking, austere…

… two shows of the Ann Arbor Film Festival winners' night with some classy, Bill Murrayish Las Vegas sleaze. Draped in a flowing gold-speckled bathrobe, Cole sang "Boogie-Woogie Piggie" (or something) and…

… Vanzetti posters and eep this most consumately Ann Ar- bor-ish of Ann Arbor's cultural events the wildly eclectic extravaganza it's come to be recognized as around the country. There are plenty of other…

… minimum of 55 credit hours. Graduate status preferred for the resident directors positions. QUALIFICATIONS: (1) Must be-a registered U of M student on the Ann Arbor campus. (2) Undergraduates must have…

…, it -f its - He opened with a traditional blues number, singing in his sort of half shout that he alternates with his harmonica. Ruth also did a haunting piece, simultaneously playing the harmonica *a…

…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 18, 1980-Page 5; R UFUS SEDER LEADS FILMMAKERS 16mm Film Festival ends at Mich. By CHRISTOPHER POTTER I must shamefully eat my aesthetic intonations- The Michigan…

… stranget into a stout, friendly old uncle. The transformation was remarkanly painless, eventually rev- ving up the Festival into the roaring; whooping happening that epitomized the Old A&D Auditorium days…

…-which now seem destined to swiftly slip into nostalgic obscurity. Another pleasant surprise: Against all prevailing odds, the Festival film I enjoyed the most actually ended ups winning the grand prize, or at…

…'S TRIUMPH by no means implies the Festival has adequately kicked its traditional habit of adulation of irrelevancies. Major awards to lengthy non-entertainments like Oxford Hotel, A Cup of Tea, and Tri…

… "Party." Music Rick's American Cafe Matt "Guitar" Murphy brings his hard-driving blues and R&B to Ann Arbor tonight. Matt is well known from his days in The Blues Brothers which is just the tip of the…

…, playing top-40 dance music. Joe's Star Lounge (665- JOES)-Ann Arbor favorite Aluminum Beach skas you all night long. Mr. Flood's Party (995-2132)-Al Hill's BluesBashers. Pianist Hill leads three members of…

… will speak on 'The Dual Role of Women" and refreshments will follow. The talk begins at 2:30 p.m. Ann Arbor Film Festival Today is the first day in the 22nd annual Ann Arbor Film Festival. Festival…

…. Etc Ann Arbor Film Festival The 22nd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival continues today. See Tuesday's listing for more infor- mation. Show times tonight are 7, 9 and11 p.m. University Activities Center…

…. Michigan Union Ballroom Ann Arbor's own George Kirmiz plays his blend of Arab and modern music tonight. Kirmiz plays guitar, 'oud and sings. He is accompanied by a quintet playing mostly Arabic instruments…

… terested peol of themselve Warner Bros. don WIV4AP the project videotape ar arts office. ball team ag begins at . Arena. $1. ( Etc. Ann Arbor F Day three film fest. Sl 9, and 11 p.r University A Day two o…

… Torelli, Bach, Vivaldi, Vierne, Cellier, and Purcell are performed by Ann Arbor organist Arthur Vidrich and Oberlin College trumpeter Byron Pearson. 4:30 p.m. St. Andrews Church (306 N. Division). Free…

… Women's Basketball Cheer the team as Coach Gloria Soluk leads our women's basket- Ann Arbor A Wednesda day of the A "Sculptural Bolt. Pieces structed of modeling pa The exhibiti only since la haven…

… top-40 hits. The Heidelberg (663- 7758)-Vertually every kind of music by Marilyn Max, singer/guitarist, to dance to. Joe's Star Lounge (665- JOES)-Swing to thesounds of Blue Front Pretenders, old style…

…)-Marilyn Max-versatile vocalist/guitarist. Joe's Star Lounge (665- JOES)-Get convinced by the Blue Front Persuadlers. Pizzeria Uno's (769-1744)-Off. the Street, a piano and percussion duo brings smooth jazz…

…The Ann Arbor Film Festival’s series of short film competitions showcases the beauty and unique nature of experimental film. The festival’s Films in Competition 2 session featured seven films…

… now I can finally attest to its cult status. Side Biscuit celebrates two years LAURA MILLAR Daily Arts Writer Courtesy of Will Castle Courtesy of the Ann Arbor Film Festival 4 — Wednesday, March…

… dreams and reali- ty. ~Belva Davis” WHISPER Ann Arbor Film Festival 2023: Searching for stories in Films in Competition 2 WILL CASTLE Daily Arts Contributor …

…’s cult status in the Ann Arbor restaurant scene has steadily risen since it first opened its doors in 2021. Just after its two year anniversary celebration, I decided that it was finally time to see…

… ranging from five minutes to around half an hour. Each film was completely different in style and theme, requiring me to constantly readjust. From the pastels of “Roses, Pink and Blue” to the…

… Michigan Theater. “Roses, Pink and Blue” “Roses, Pink and Blue” (Julia Yezbick, “How to Rust”) tells the story of two lost balloons on a pastel-colored beach. We never see the balloons. White words…

… begins by showing the helicopter moving in slow motion across the clear blue sky. At first glance, the shot resembles a painting. The camera then moves below to the cars and then around the…

…-Voice Recital, Maurice Wheeler, MM tenor, 8 p.m., Recital Hall; Voice Recital, Kay Murray, DMA, 8 p.m., Rackham Assembly Hall. Second Chance-First Annual Ann Arbor Rhythm and Blues Music Festival, The Marvelettes…

…0 I -HAPPENINGS HIGHLIGHT The Ann Arbor Film Festival returns to the Michigan Theatre for six days of newly produced independent, avant-garde, and experimental films. Three different shows are…

…-security Huron Valley Men's Facility, located just outside Ann Arbor. The inmate, Quince Robinson, 23, was serving two life sentences, one for mur- der and one for assault with intent to commit murder. Guards…

… Library. Elec. & COmp. Eng.-Ramesh Jain, "Dynamic Scene Analysis," 2 p.m., 2080 E. Engineering. MEETINGS Ann Arbor Go Club-7-11 p.m., 1433 Mason Hall. Botticelli Game Players-noon, Dominick's Cafe…

…-Organizational meeting, 8 a.m., Welker Rm., Michigan Union. Ann Arbor Nuclear Freeze Campaign-Organizational meeting, 7:30 p.m., Unitarian Church, 1917 Washtenaw. MISCELLANEOUS Amer:Chem. Soc./Studies-Free tutoring for…

… Quad. CRLT-Workshop/S:es<sion 2 of 3, "Speaking Skills," Alfred Story, Exten- sion Service & Communication, 3-5 p.m. Ann Arbor Public Library-Elizabeth Douvan, featured speaker at this month's Booked For…

… Lunch program. 12:10-12:50 p.m., Meeting Room, Main Library. American Studies-Bag lunch, 3:30 p.m., American Culture Conference Room,'364A Lorch Hall. Ann Arbor Handweaver's Guild-Eleventh Annual…

… Hall Commons Room. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of: Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann Arbor, MI. 4819. TUESDAY LUNCH DISCUSSION MARCH 9-12 NOON "WOMEN…

… stores C6-sponsored by: The Ecumenical Campus Center, The International Center, Church Women United in Ann Arbor. UNIVERSITY MINI-COURSE410 Technology, The Arms Race and 1 credit hour Winter 1982 March 18…

… screened at 7, 9, and 11 p.m., today through Friday, and at 1,7, and 9 p.m. on Saturday. Festival winners are highlights are screened Sunday at 7, 9, and 11 p.m. All programs are different and of…

…, not to discuss. One can only hope it will be shown again here in Ann Arbor. ONE COULD go on more or less indefinitely praising the bits and pieces that either pleased or excited as the festival went on…

… outside the screening room proves to be. The "Tragic Diary of Zero, the Fool," by Morley Markson, was the big money winner of $390 in the Eighth Ann Arbor Film Festival which drew to a close Sunday night…

… mildly entertain- ed. Not so. The Iris Bell Adven- ture, three people who fall in no particular category - music be- yond the mailslot for rock, jazz, blues, or even entertainment, guaranteed an…

… Ann Arbor. The group will perform in high schools, pris- ons, and also travel to areas in De- troit. VOICES OF STEEL will formed on Friday, March be per- 10. MI- GRANTS will be performed on Sat…

… Schottenfeld, Professor and Chairman, Director, Graduate Summer Session in Epidemiology, The University of Michigan, School of Public Health, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029; Telephone: (313…

… by the Butler Twins, who were featured in the blues festival in October. Forman's insidious plan is to book multi-act shows until enough people dis- cover the music, and then get the bands rooms and al…

…I Page 8 - The Michigan Daily-- Friday, March 10, 1989 Bash exposes local blues acts i BY JED THOMPSON SIDESTREAM smoke, overpriced beers and nowhere to sit down. Sound good? It did to 800 blues…

… fans who packed the Blind Pig to hear five Detroit blues bands imported by Blues Factory booking agency last Octo- ber. Five of the fastest blues fillies in Blues Factory's stable got some much needed…

… exposure; and 800 people got a soul-healing dose of fine local blues. It worked so well that Mark Forman, co-founder of Blues Factory Records, decided to do it again tomorrow night. Forman -started the…

… than 20 years. He'll bring the voice of experience onto the stage, and don't let the doubly diminutive handle fool you, he'll be ready to stomp. Code Blue features a guitar player named Art Littsey…

… vocals and lowdown harp work promised. The headliner for the night is the Detroit Blues Band. They were twice voted Best Blues Band (say it three times fast) by the Metro Times, Detroit's scaled- down…

… version of the Village Voice. The band is led by guitarist Jimmy McCarty, a veteran of the blues and rock scene with very serious credentials. He's played with Hendrix and the Detroit Wheels (Mitch Ryder…

…-Z-Boy, the 16mm festival returns to Ann Arbor. The Michigan Theatre hosts the Ann Arbor Film festival celebrating its 21st anniversary. The festival showcases independent and experimental films in the 16mm…

… genre. 100 films were selec- ted for this year's festival from 250 en- tries that were submitted from across the USA. The Ann Arbor Film Festival has never placed categorical restrictions on entries…

…"WMINd OW, 'AN ARB;O--R-- INDIVIDUAL THEATRE= 5*e of Libert 7«"l710 III TESDAY AlShows LOVESKI( DUDLEY MOORE STAR OF "TEN" AND "ARTHUR" ARTS Page 6 Tuesday, March, 8,1983 The Michigan Daily…

… performers. SuAnne Edmundson, Dave Edmundson, Rick Good, Gary Hopkins, and Greg Dearth, who are Hot Mud, kid around easily on stage. More importantly, they know each others' music, and are always in perfect…

… sliding sounds. Dave Edmundson, on fiddle and mandolin, SuAnne Edmundson, guitar, and Gary Hopkins, bass, all played at least adequately. To my ear, the man- dolin leads were blandly straightfor- ward and…

…. SuAnne, Rick, and Gary all have strong voices and produced superb harmonies. Gary's bass voiceunderlined vocals which are high quality for bands in this genre.aIrwasn'tuconvinced that these people were…

… fervent Sunday morning singers, but "If You Don't Love Your Neighbor Then You Don't Love God" was delivered- with enthusiasm befit- ting a southern prayer meeting. SuAnne also has an excellent voice for…

… Country and Western. With the ex- ception of a short and feeble attempt at yodelling, the C&W numbers were quite good. I liked "Deep Deep Blue,"'a mellow song that sounded like Linda Ronstadt backed up by…

…ARTS The Michigan Daily Tuesday, March 11, 1986 Page 5. IV Film Festival returns to Ann Arbor By John Shea T he Ann Arbor Film Festival commands attention. Now in its twenty-fourth year, it…

… the help of Ann Arbor's Goethe House, which promotes the best of recent German culture and arts. There will be special performances as well. Men Working will present a conceptual performance piece on…

… By Joseph Kraus There's something to be said for the middle. Anne Hills has worked for the last several years with two of folk music's old guard: Tom Paxton and Bob Gib- son. At the same time, though…

…. Experimenting with country, blues, and jazz techniques, she brings a fresh vision to many of the finest folk songs being written today. In particular, her version of Jon Ims' "Two of a Kind" on her last album…

… is the oldest and perhaps most prestigious festival in North America. Filmmakers from all around get the respect of their peers and the attention of the major studios in Hollywood. Ruth Bradley is the…

… director of the festival for the ninth consecutive year. She is part of a five member commit- tee who will prescreen over 200 en- tries before the festival gets under way Tuesday night. They will watch these…

… entered a film in the festival. Last year he won the top prize, the Tom Berman Award, for the most promising filmmaker; this is the brass ring that over 200 entrants are hoping to grab. "Even the money…

…, and 9 p.m., to conclude the festival. All of the programs will be diffferent and each will be of equal quality. Among the highlights of the festival will be two feature-length films. German artist…

… festival. Art Museum fetes fortieth By Arona Pearlstein " Adevice for the furtherance of £L7teaching" is how Jean-Paul Slusser described the fuction of a university art museum. Slusser, who wrote those…

… 11-12 SKIT NITE * * CARNIVAL By MARVIN FELHEIM Thirty-two hours of film have been scheduled to be shown in this, the Seventh, Ann Arbor Film Festival. I've seen twenty- four hours' worth; so this re…

…) U 9 11 I I 1I i I r "LEVELS OF RE)ALITY" Paintings by ALLYN LITE I i 11 1 11 THE SEVENTH ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL MARCH 11-16, 1969 Architecture and Design Auditorium SCREENINGS at 7…

… who work so tirelessly to bring these experiences of beauty and life to Ann Arbor are heroic persons, generous and committed. To them, I express the audiences' gratitude. PROFESSIONAL. THEATRE PROGRAM…

… picture of sum- mer life mer life in midwestern U. S., are such films, unpreten- tious and lively. A number of films, as might be expected, ex- plore the black world: The Blues Accordin' to Lightin' Hopkins…

… Mental Heaith Research Institute: "THE STEP TO MAN" Tues., March 18-Noon Luncheon PROF. TOM MAYER, Dept. of Sociology. "ACADEMIC AUTOCRACY" Film Festival: The fresh and the bland of it -MICHIGRAS APRIL…

… but himself, occasionally even his beloved. Especially depressing, in this festival, are the films f r o m Academia. Northwestern Uni- versity, UCLA and USC are re- presented by films that are un…

… the most disappointment aspect of the festival is the lack of gen- uine experimentation; there is simple nothing new. Improvis- ation on the Hollywood Ranch Market, with its vertical insert, allowing…

… simply because it was somewhat different; the contrasting realistic sequences added another dimension. There are rewarding and excit- ing films in this festival. In- terestingly, the longer, f ull- length…

… brings to mind the festival's o t h e r amusing treatment of that mid- west metropolis, Tom Palozzolo's The Bride Stripped Bare, a colorfulwand lively treatment of the unveiling. of the Picasso sculpture…

…- cepting that beauty and mak- ing the most of it. I cannot conclude this re- view without a personal n o t e. Much in the festival is dull and pretentious and overdone. But there are amounts of beauty and…

… bore for the viewer. As seems usual in the Ann Arbor 16mm Film Festival, what is accepted as art by the festival's screening committee is the abstract film which avoids the more conventional, plotted…

… Waldorf Education A Lecture by JOHN DAVY Dean, Emerson College, England RUDOLF STEINER HOUSE 1923 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor SUDAYs MORCH 18-3:00 P.M. Sponsored jointly by the Rudolf Steiner Institute of the…

… Great Lakes Area and the Rudolf Steiner School Association of Ann Arbor. Doily Photo By MAUREEN O'MALLEY 'Limp, the body hung from the pale, pink palate of Gorriser," for the economic fate and well…

…-med, or any of the other physical or biological sciences should write: Dr. G. Whipple, Department of Environmental and Industrial Health, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. WE WANT YOU…

… several documen- r- By Senn O'C' c March 21 24.1979 Trurcind'I heat re H PM U niversity Sho}wcase~ Productions Tickets $2 at P.T.P. Office in The Michigan League 764.0450 RED ROSES FOR ME By ANNE…

… Necktie, the latter about blues artist Bo Diddley. Returns to Mexico is the most personalized of the documentaries, and the most unusual in See MINIMALISM, Page 10 r -TONIGHT- America's Longest Running…

…16mm FESTIVAL KICKS OFF: The Michigan Daily- Minimal art gives maximum -Thursday, March 15, 1979-Page 5 reward Cruikshank promises to become the Robert Crumb of the film co-op circuit. THERE WERE…

…-out structure of commercial films. Thus, viewers of the annual 16mm festival in recent years have been subjected to films in which "the camera pans back and forth, back and forth over a brick wall for half an…

… endavor is probably sincere in such films, but audiences find them inaccessible, even offensive. Happily, for viewers at least, the two film exhibitions which opened this year's 16mm Film Festival at the…

… Old A&D Tuesday night featured many amusing, technically creative and highly accessible short films, and this bodes well for the rest of the festival, which runs till Sunday night. Unfor- tunately, many…

… SECTION THREE -dommummi- PP'l 4 It4k ~IAi1p SECTION THREE Vol. XXXVIII. No. 13 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1928 MAY FESTIVAL DR S Thirty-Fifth Annual Concert Event of the University…

… them to Ann Arbor to participate in the May Festival, and in a sense the orchestra has become so distinct a part of the Festival that music pa- trons coiing to Ani Arbor welcome Stock and his orchestra…

… as a unit of the event Tura Higbee Wel-Knowni Juva Higbee, supervisor of music in the Ann Arbor public schools, was recently elected to her position through her record as an authority in this field…

…. Before coming to Ann Arbor she had won distinction in her profession, and the results she has at- tained with the high school musical organizations have been remarkable. Her groups invariably won…

… to be unexcelled, rare drawn to Ann Arbor each season esembling a tin whistle, and then rium at a cost of $75,000, by the out of which has sprung many other mocray, which tells the story in its and his…

…. Fortunately for title, like "The Quest of the Queer year with the Chicago Civic Opera are built by Director Moore out ofne set of triangular tubes which Christian will preside at the organ, the Ann Arbor May…

… engagements. Ann tend. Almost every artist summoned mental, ho veran tout some descocto Frd afe o Arbor is one of the musical com- here appears as a rule before audi- "ath o nd isu Marion Telva, Merle Alcock…

… K..' OS The blue curtain that has been ~ ~hangihg over the stage in Hill audi- torium during most of the present season has been removed. In its place is a row of organ pipes, once more, that may not…

… sings as that mile after mile of wiring, and mag- geat atwist sang in his prime. Tis- nets bythe hundred, and wind-tub- will be his first Anni Arbor appear- I- kfog, and relay rooms, and other de- a n e…

… crystalizing the essence of his music, whether it is country blues, gospel, or Jamacan reggae. 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., The Ark (1421 Hill St.). Tickets $8.50. For more infor- mation call 761-1451. Theater Ann Arbor…

… week's guest at the Guild House's regular Friday luncheons (802 Monroe). Call 662-5189 for more in- formation. Free. 22nd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival The film festival continues tonight with a wide…

…. For further infor- mation call 763-1107. PTP Michigan Ensemble Theater Miss Julie continues tonight at 8 p.m. See Friday's listing. Etc 22nd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Yes, .more of the wacky and…

… Polot. Music University Musical Society The University Faculty Artists Etc 22nd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival Last night for the festival of celluloid for independent, producers. Winners picked tonight…

… "perfor- mer's composer." Hill Auditorium. 8 p.m. Free. Pound House Benefit A concert performance by none other than Peter "Madcat" Ruth, one of Ann Arbor's main cultural assets. He performs on a variety of…

…-6494 or 663- 0795. Ann Arbor Dickens Fellowship Local Dickens buffs gather for a talk by Ruth and Robert Iglehart of Hartfield books entitled, "Trollope: Another Side of Dickens' England." 8 p.m. (1420 Hill…

… con- tinues today at 3 p.m.,See Sunday. Etc Ann Arbor Cage Bird Club Monthly Meeting "Starting an Aviary" is the topic of a slide show discussion led by local expert Steve Hughes tonight. Includes…

… Weber's Inn, top-40s band, the Whiz Kids play boppin' music. Joe's Star Lounge (665- JOES)-Ann Arbor's most popular and potent street rocker, The Cult Heroes, play their music, led by vocalist Hiawatha…

…-5350)-The not-so-new rock star T-Bone Bur- nett shows Ann Arbor his ruch nuanced vocal style. The Sardonic wit of his lyrics makes this former member of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue Tour fun to hear. See…

…- JOES)-George Bedard and the Kingpins play very danceable swing, blues, and rockabilly. Rick's American Cafe (996- 2747)-The quite popular and quite fun Urbations play in Rick's ex- citing atmosphere…

… - SUNDAY, MAR. 16 ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL 8:00 MONDAY, MAR. 17 Dir.-Richard Marquand "JAGGED EDGE" (1985) When Jeff Bridges is accused of murdering his wife, Glenn Close is hired as his lawyer and falls in…

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… specialty entrees. Window's-Ann Arbor's only sky-high view restaurant with down to earth prices! NIEZ1 IAM ~ij~ a~ ME23LEA OLMMMIW rwIFIENJUw 4 PA FILM5. at the Michigan Theater FRIDAY, MAR. 14…

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… TOM KEANEY S URPRISE. Duke is the num- ber-one seed in the East regional. The Blue Devils only finished the regular season at the top (unanimously) of both AP and UPI polls. They only won the Atlantic…

… thetournament." Needless to say, Duke is favored to win in the East, and indeed, could very well win the whole thing, but Duke's iohnny Dawkins had plenty of time to celebrate after the Blue Devils conquered…

… Final Four? Definitely not. STANDING IN ITS way will be Syracuse, runners-up in the Big East Championship Tournament, Indiana, runners-up in the Big Ten, and Oklahoma, which almost beat the Blue Devils…

… afloat on the reputations of direc- tors, performers, and box office hits, the 11th Ann Arbor Film Festival is alive and well while having only the elements of sur- prise in its favor. I imagine that to…

… part of an existing musical, students will have ample opportunity to dis- play their talent. Eleventh Ann Arbor Film Festival Tonight through Sunday. Screenings at 7, 9, 11. Thursday & Friday. Saturday…

… wing! 1/AT 1,3, 5 7&9 P. 79;- uth state A TE r one 642-626, r Shake hands with "Folks"and"Blue' And then count your fingers! K EoK EAW 4 5, .. OFFICE OF FINANCIAL AID ANNOUNCES.. Applications for…

… the majority of people watching the festival, myself included, most, if not all, of the names in the various cre- dit listings are unknown. Not pub- licity statements in themselves, they only make us…

… the film this more or less anonymous filmmaker has put his or her imagination on the line, and we come in to laugh, applaud, hiss, or go stir crazy. In its diversity the festival is a kind of endurance…

… scholastic year. This March, like the 52 before it, film aficionados flood to the city to celebrate the oldest experimental film festival in the United States, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, housed…

… appreciation for historical precedent.” The festival is very integrated into the Ann Arbor community, relying heavily on local volunteers to keep it together each year. There is also a current and…

… off to some exotic locale? Is your mind still full of memories of sunshine, white sand beneath your toes and crystal blue waters? Well, dear readers, the water I was surrounded by was…

…-solid musical foun- In the late 'sixties, the Ann! dation. Hildebrant plays a con- Arbor Blues Festival establish- sistent sensitive bass line; hap- ed Ann Arbor as one of the ma- pily, the string bass is free of…

… ti f 4r 1 t 1 1 Daily Photo by STUART HOLLANDER Film Fest fiend Young film-goer peruses the program as he-waits for the show to begin. Ann Arbor blues: Just barely alive By HARRY HAMMITT vides a rock…

…, Carl found around Ann Arbor. They Hildebrant on string bass, and play solid, exciting blues, and Tom McDermott on drums. even throw in some swing on All' the players have an in- the side. There are still…

… band, and Ann Arbor began to parallel, much of the success lies with on a much smaller scale, the them. Bedard is a well-versed days in Chicago when Paul But- guitarist, his licks usually strad- terfield…

…, folk, and classical mu- ing one. Ann Arbor is a highly sic, dance, painting and sculp- diverse city, with an almost ture, literature, film, television endless series of different and and radio, and drama…

… has a strong, clear len on hard times here. The voice. Blues Festival has changed and As for Nardella, he is like shrunk because of financial dif- money in the bank for any ficulties, and there is…

… jor performing centers for blues the irritating quirks of an elec- artists. Not only did this repu- tric bass.~ McDermott's drum- tation bring an influx of blues ming is simple but to the point…

…, Siegel-Schwall, and die the subtle line between Charlie Musselwhite w e r e blues and jazz. His singing is a emerging blues musicians. little spotty, but is generally However, the blues have fal- fine; he…

… little left band. He was originally just a of the community of young harmonica - player, but he has white blues musicians that were taken to the guitar easily with once such 'a large part of the a natural…

… blues feeling. One: city's music scene. The few senses that he hasn't been play- that have remained now spend ing very long, but neverthe- their time at the Blind Pig jam- less, his leads are both authori…

…, Always, Different ART Peterdi Shows Mastery of Print Making r HILLEL SABBATH SERVICE The type of film now being shown in the present Ann Arbor Film Festival is the future of the movie medium. Some…

… the Fourth Ann Arbor Film Festival last night. "Up-Tight" coughed up' its life in a series of dizzying hand-held camera shots and tricky color montages. "Yellow Horse" belabor- ed the odd notion of…

… of some nasal blues.' If it had been longer, it might have been boring, but instead it is hilarious. The last film "Eargogh" was extremely interesting, if you're interested in that sort of thing. It…

… colors of cool blues, greens and greys which one would expect to find in an arctic wasteland. But his flat. polygonal, textured shapes, which usually are not part of the land- See PETERDI, Page 8…

….m.-The Psychology De- partment will present Dr. Leonard Berkowitz of the Univertisy of Wisconsin in a colloquium on "Some Experiments on Automa- tism and Intent in Human Ag- gression" ,in Aud. B. 7 and 9 p.m.-The Ann…

… 1930, he went on to win the Boston Arts Festival Graphics Prize in 1957, a Ford Foundation Grant in 1960, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1964 and '65, and a prize in the Tokyo Graphic In- ternational Museum…

… screening of a documentary about his longtime crusade for free speech. Though it's faced its ups and downs over the past year, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has beaten the odds and come out on top. McAr- die…

… astonished by the dedication and perseverance on the part of the festival's advocates. She argues that one of the reasons for the overwhelming encouragement was a sense of duty to the art world and the…

… world are rallying behind the AAFF now. Charlie Koones, publisher of the entertainment industry's most revered newspaper, Variety, ranked it as one of the "10 Film Festivals We Love" in his speech at the…

… International Film Festival Summit in 2007 - not bad con- sidering he had roughly 6,000 to choose from. And Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler Magazine, will make an appearance next week to coincide with the…

…, counterculture bands, and Califor- nians. But no more. In only two weeks will be the very first National Student Video Festival, right here in wholesome Ann Arbor. New York, San Francisco, and Chicago have already…

… intended, Ann Arbor is witnessing the birth of the National Student Video Festival. In a couple senses, the VideoFest is already a prenatal success. Its first triumph is the incredible amount of corporate…

…. Background: Escoffier's. Cotton-knit jersey dress by Basco, $60. Available at Ayla. Background: Alumni Building. dominated by professional producers. This is how Ann Arbor's VideoFest is unique: Entries are…

… limited to videos by college graduate and undergraduate students (this rule was modified slightly to accomodate a very pleasing development - read on). With the NSVF Ann Arbor has entered the video regime…

… have been very good at donating: Cash prizes range from $250 for 5th place to $1,500 for 1st. Then sponsors have also arranged to fly in the five winners for the awards presen- tation, and the Ann Arbor…

… combining skillful work with the latest styles in hair fashion. Tucked away on the ground level of East Liberty Plaza, Cappello's Salon features the finest haircutters in Ann Arbor. Come in and see for…

… your parking 306-310 S. State St., Ann Arbor 6 Weekend/Friday, March 30, 1984 :- 35 Week …

… And st will pla clips frt should4 as Ann ticket 1 And Studen exciting this Fe: this m now Fr Confide Media the desi PATTY, DAWN, LuANN, KIM, JEANIA Discover Cappello's-a unique haircutting experience…

… put on similar festivals, but their programs are c 0 0 a) a) -x N m' Alec Friedman: Video Fest mastermind Double-breasted silk jacket by Sergio Pellari, Italy, $350; silk banded-collar shirt by…

… at the folk festival is also accompanying him on his return. O.J. Anderson, the "good time mime" and this year's emcee for the folk festival, is the opening act. Anderson is an Ann Arbor resident, but…

… family, and his tribute to those ever-loving Chicago Cubs, "The Dying Cub Fan's Last Request" the refrain of which asks the question, Do they still play the blues in Chicago? One of Goodman's accomplices…

… only jazz but classical, folk, blues, even hints of pop. He writes in an open, free-form style that is highly in- dividualistic, using sporadic shades of one or another style only to add color to a…

… passage. He shifts suddenly from a slow blues saunter to an elegant roman- tic flourish, often with startling effec- tiveness. Because style does superficially sound improvisational, he has often been…

…, this "passive preppy" dresses in a traditional sense. His average attire in- cludes a solid-colored oxford shirt, a solid blazer (brown or blue, please) along with a tastefully striped Pierre Cardin tie…

… blues and greys of sports jackets and suits strictly reflect the business calender. In the "not-so-flamboyantly-dressed" position comes Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, James Brinkerhoff. One…

… colleague described him as detached from his clothes-they reflect his mood, or much else, for that matter. Brinkerhoff thrives primarily on the old maize 'n blue striped tie. Aside from those who use fashion…

… SHARP, Watson, the criminal always returns to the scene of the crime. "We are looking for a thief; a master thief. After all, a folk festival is not an easy thing to walk away with." A folk festival is…

…- nual folk festival (this year's) Goodman's performance was so energized that when he left the stage af- ter an encore demanded by close to two thousand folk music enthusiasts, many of those same two…

… absolutely captivate an audience. The folk festival was just one example. His shows are characterized by high energy, frequent humor and heavy doses of applause. Originally signed by the small Bud- dah Records…

… Film Festival offers creative films By JO MARCOTTY who cater to movies like L o v e prize winner; John Schotts a he Twelfth Annual Ann Arbor Story; or Mary Poppins, for to photographer and graphic artist…

… of Following the screenings in Center and Cinema Guild, films including Kurt McDowell, Ann Arbor, the award winning festival will show over 25 an old favorite and a special films will be sent on tour…

… awards for the best films, which certainly for something creative an observed i his book on will be shown in Ann Aroor on and new. VOTE APtU I CINEMA GUILD proundly presents the 12th A-nn, Arbor Film…

… I Daily Photo by KEN FINK John Prine Attention Advertisers for total campus saturation over air call 763-3501 The Rock of Ann Arbor 4 Series $ 13.00 Single: $1.00 I ohn great By MARNIE HEYN…

… yeah, he played Ann Arbor once and got his ass caught in the piano.' " As a prelude to "The Great Compromise," P r i n e told an anecdote: "Me and Francis Scott Key wrote this next song. He hadn't had a…

… can talk to." Every- body had sore palms. We'll try to be patient. And please come back to Ann Arbor soon. ANN ARBOR MOVIE THEATRE GUIDE By TOM OLSON Man brings us another varie- ty of loony British…

… with his guitars: "i started playing 12 years ago- it doesn't show. My parents bought me my first guitar--from Sears I. think-JC Higgins-it was a lot like their bikes-it was metallic blue with a white…

…; n Festival begins tonight with enjoy it, the audience must dlso David Robinson, a film maker usual gamut of experimental, be willing to explore. from Ohio University, and K r- mated, conceptual, and…

… to rs of artistic pieces, starting guest of the festival. Some of his nine other Universities. ght and running through Sa- pieces are Siamese Twin Pin- The films will be shown in the ay. heads, Ronnie…

….m., and 11 p.m. Tickets will be y Jay Cassidy, Festival man- Festival, is presenting (a real on sale beginning at 5:30 in the r, as "representative o: inde- mouthful) Portraits, Self-P o r- lobby before the…

…The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, March 21, 1978-Page 7 16mm By DOBILAS MATULIONIS O F THE MANY cinematic events that take place in Ann Arbor, by far the most enjoyable and lively is the annual 16mm film…

… SHOWN PHILLIPS Tuesday, April 11th A l18 p.m. Michigan Theatre TICKETS $7.50 - $6.50 Reserved Available at Michigan Theatre Box Office, Ann Arbor Music Mart, Bonzo Records and all Hudson's stores. A Son…

… but you won't be missing anything if your tur- ntable skips the song. "I'm a King Bee" is a purely blues number that has the same melody as the blues favorite, "I'm A Steamroller, Baby". "A New Rock 'n…

… SLIDES $1.20 NOW $.251 DOLLAR BILL COPYING 611 CHURCH 665-9200 Around Corner from Brown Jug Above The Blue Frogge WE ALSO MAKE IRON-ON T-SHIRT TRANSFERS Sat., Apr. 8, special children's mat. 3p.m. Fri…

… festival. With its par- tylike atmosphere, the festival represents the mecca of independent filmmakers and the reunion of their easy-going fans. Besides the films, this year also boasted attractions such as…

… performances by Pat Oleszko and side- show acts by. various amateur enter- tainers. However, the crux of the festival is the films themselves. As always, these works by the varied independent film- makers were…

… - not to mention producer, which can become taxing on one's pocketbook as well. Many of the films at the festival represented investments of ten thousand dollars plus, with much of this money going…

… many of the best films of the festival were supported by grants. BILL FERRIS' Four Women Artists, a straight documentary on four artists in the South, was thoroughly professional and captivated the…

… dizzying helicopter shots of the lumberjack sawing off the tops of standing trees and an original soundtrack that was the best of the festival. Canadian animator Jacques Drouin, famous for his pin- board…

… class postage is paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday morning during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. Subscription rates: $12…

… September through April (2 semesters); $13by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day morning. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. We…

… probably turn in his grave if he knew what was going on today. Even the wearing o' the green and green beer are American inventions. The color the Irish traditionally associate with St. Patrick's Day is blue…

… former English professor Donald Hall and other critics discuss a symposia on the works of famous poet and playwright William Butler Yeats in connection with this week's Yeats Festival. Sponsored by the…

… University's Center for Western European Studies, the festival is a multi-disciplinary effort designed to probe and celebrate the works of Yeats and his idea of the theatre. Throughout the symposia, Irish…

… drama specialists explored the various aspects of the poet-dramatist's works. Accor- ding to English professor Bert Hor- nback, originator of the Yeats Festival idea, Yeats thought very highly of the…

… Irish society's emotions. "As a young man," Hornbeck said, "he wrote the philosophy that poetry and sculpture exist to keep the passions alive." Irene Connors, assistant spech professor and Festival co…

…. The lively audience if about 100 was encouraged to fully participate and did so. Hall is a nightly Yeats Festival feature and reads Yeats poetry at the "Evening at the Pub" held in the University Club…

… in the Union. The "Pub" is designed for mingling and Irish folk music as well. The festival will run until Sunday and will feature Yeats' Cuchulain plays every night at the University Museum of Art…

… initiated into the world of Paul Geremia, however, might want to bear with me. It may seem profound to categorize this journeyman country blues singer as t.1 last of a dying breed. He is not. Ann Arbor sees…

… sit and feel and listen to where we've come from and not to where we are going. Ann Arbor offers many such opportunities. But they don't come ipuch better in the blues tradition than Paul Geremia. So…

… musty old lecture room in Angell Hall Thursday evening. The occasion was the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival presented by the Ann Arbor Film Cooperative. The night began with a series of…

… realistically- drawn teenagers singing of their own identity apart from the drug-oriented group. As a special treat, the Ann Arbor Film Cooperative displayed a collection of past Academy Award winning, animated…

… to Ann Arbor through the Celebration of Jewish Arts, spon- sored by B'nai B'rith, Hillel Com- munity. Tickets are available at Hillel as well as at the door for tonight's show at the Michigan Theater…

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… festival were a number of foreign films. One Japanese short was especially delightful. It follows the story of adorable pink and blue monkeys in their quest for the,, moon. The driving jungle music as well…

…. There are group rates and a nearly 50% discount rate for students. A show you don't want to miss! Paul Geremia revives blues at the cafe By Jeff Gibson I REALLY DON'T mind writing another preview for…

… more bluesman in six months than Eric Clapton or John Mayall could catalogue in an entire career (witness their latest efforts). Sadly, the dying breed is the blues audience that were awakened by the…

… aforementioned Bluesbreakers in the mid-'60s. Geremia and his contem- pories must face a current reality: If we can't dance to it we won't pay cover, and if we must sit we would rather be labotomized by our Blue…

… kiosks, shop windows, telephone poles. These handbilled eyes have been announcing the imminent arrival of the celebration of the Ann Arbor Film Festival's 30th Anniversary, a once-in- a…

… Hammer and George Kuchar. Since its founding by George Manupelli and the Once Group cultural organization in 1963, the Ann Arbor Film Festival has been one of the most powerful forces in making Ann Arbor a…

…th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival The Michigan Theater hosts this festival of independent and 16mm films. Today's events: Screenings at 7, 8, 9:30, and 11 p.m. Tickets are either $7, 12/2 shows, or $50…

… the hs a n has the your time sitting through tripe like "Mission To Mars." Well, this 38th Ann Arbor Film Festival Michigan Theater Through Sunday Germany this ycar.) Honcyman was part of a screening…

…The MTuesday, March 22, 2011 - 5 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL A2 festival turns 49 ANN ARBOR FILM FESTiVAL Professor documentarians By JENNIFER XU Senior Arts…

… Ann Arbor Film Fes- tival has featured many notable contributors through the years, ranging from artists like Andy Warhol to seasoned filmmakers like Gus Van Sant. Today through Sunday, the festival…

…-hand Monday night as Chapman graced Ann Arbor's Michigan Theater with her presence. Entering the stage in total darkness and then being flooded by red and blue lights, Tracy and her band began with "New…

… in favor of turning a ofit. he recent source of many of these significant, phenomenal films was the 34th Ann Arbor Film Festival. The usually dismal first quarter of the year at the movies was…

… Pierce of Iowa City for the REVIEW Ann Arbor Film Festival Michigan Theater March 12-17, 1996 amazing "50 Feet Of String." This film was a portrait of the seemingly monoto- nous trials of daily life and…

… about other things she has been affected by personally. Poverty was a primary issue she sang about when 61y Breer's "Supreero" was one of the award winners at the 34th Ann Arbor Film Fwtlval, which…

…, "The Good Doctor," is coming to Ann Arbor, right here in the Basement Arts. The Good Doctor" served as Neil Simon's tribute to Anton Chekhov, ar- guably one of the greatest writers in s sian history. The…

… Arbor Film Festival becomes just a fond memory. However, while com- mittees start planning for the Festival of 1997, and students, faculty and city- dwellers continue on with life here, selections from…

… experimental filmmak- ing that alternately entertained, in- formed and expressed creativity rarely seen in this age of mass-marketing. As the marquee darkens and the last souvenir T-shirt is sold, the 34th Ann…

… Ticketmaster locations. Student admission to the 7:30 p.m. show is $5. Wednesday March 20, 1996 5 excellence thrives at Film Festival By Bryan Lark Daily Arts Writer In a season renowned or, more ap…

… brightened once again by the welcome appearance of the weeklong 16mm film festival, which concluded Sunday at the Michi- gan Theater. Handing out $10,000 in awards, the ards jury had the arduous, yet ulti…

… three separate screen- ings on the final day of the festival, the awarded films were extremely diverse in both content and production tech- nique. The winners ranged from three- minute shorts to 90-minute…

…-day matinees at Ann Arbor 1 & 2 are for Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday only; matinees at State are for Saturday and Sunday only. THE 37TH ANNUAL ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL Vincent Van Gogh See Thursday. 7 p…

…-7652. 7 p.m. ---- - - - - Tuesday CAMPUS CINEMA 37th Ann Arbor Film Festival (1999) Open-to-the-public reception with the Peter Sparling Dance Co. opening thefes- tival with Julianne O…

… SECOND SECTION L Lit iga 11a11i MAY FESTIVAL S UPPLEMENT PRICE 5 CENTS ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1937 PRICE 5 CENTS I mumommom 44th Annual May Festival Opens Here May 12…

…, with music, the celebration of the University of Michigan's 100 th anni- versary of establishment in Ann Arbor. The Festival, however, is more than a half century younger than the University in Ann Arbor…

… Also To Participate Few May Festivals have witnessed as imposing an array of Metropolitan Opera stars and world-famous con- cert artists as this May Festival will witness. The seven vocalists in the…

… Flagstad's singing had been done en- tirely in the Scandinavian countries. Then in the summers of 1933 and 1934 she was invited to Bayreuth. It was her singing at this festival center that led to her being…

…8A - Wednesday, March 26, 2008 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com From the Ann Arbor film festival ........................... I ......... ...........................-R................ A NIGHT…

… overheard every- where. A general sense of relief permeated as people rejoiced after great strife. No, it wasn't a Democratic Convention afterparty. It was the Ann Arbor Film Festival's opening night, and…

… with openingstate- ments from Ann'Arbor mayor John Hieftje and the Festival's executive director Chris- ten McArdle,. All had spirited comments on this year's event. Hieftje boasted of the festival…

…'s international status as one the "top 10 film festivals in the world," praising its notoriety within Ann Arbor and world- wide. He even joked about a "website that says we're overrated." Of course, everyone…

…-sung Nirvana-cover, the beautiful collapse of a smokestack and insight onthe dangersofbeing akid inRich- Kicking off the 46th- C7 annual Ann Arbor Film Festival mond, California, and you've got a varied…

…, eccentric opening night of the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Now, not every piece works, but that's not the point here. To go and have fun while trying some new things is what it's all about. You may even start…

… thinking, pondering and even criticizing a little. The Ann Arbor Film Festival is back, and has every intention of staying for another 46 years. ABC's faculty-centric sitcom revisits high school drama with…

… another artist? That was the key question in the mak- ing of "One Bad Cat," a documentary by University alum Thomas. G. Miller that will be showing at the Ann Arbor Film Festival this Thursday at 7 p.m. The…

… of his clientele is white, not black." Even at a film festival as consistently provocative and edgy as Ann Arbor's, however, Miller does expect the film to generate some controversy. "The discus- sion…

…-rimmed spec- tacles could be seen on almost every patron, and glasses of Ann Arbor Brewing Compa- ny wine were in every hand. The swish of tweed coats and philosophical debate over art and culture could be…

… Arts Editor When the Ann Arbor Summer Festival needed somebody to get up, get into it and get involved, James Brown was the man who got the call. A true legend in American popular music, Brown is the…

… a variety of entertain- ment diversions for summer residents of Ann Arbor. From the open air Top of the Park concert/film screening series to Power Center performances by a wide range of musicians…

… the spirited gospel- esque vocals that dominated songs like "Try Me" and "Please, Please, Please" This new, more sophisticateapproach to rhythm and blues became known as soul music and, befitting his…

… influential African-American musical figure of the rock 'n' roll era. Godfather of Soul becomes city's rainakel bringing in all kinds of performers." The Festival, which runs from June 16 to July 9, features…

…, dance groups and multicultural exhibitions, the Summer Festival "really presents a little some- thing for everyone,' Murdock said. That type of multi-dimensional appeal is something embodied in the music…

… featured performer for Saturday's "I Feel Good" Benefit at Hill Auditorium, an event which, accord- ing to Summer Festival marketing direc- tor Colleen Murdock, is integral to the Fest's summer…

…-long activities. "All proceeds from the concert go toward funding different aspects of the Summer Festival," Murdock said. "We have a number of needs, from hiring stu- dents to work as concessionaires to…

…OSEPF KNITZER . m O0 4 Violinist EUGENE LIST .A. . . . .gPianist TIAN ....Organist PALMER CHRISI MR. CHARLES A. SINK ANN ARBOR, MICH. Enclosed find remittance of $.. May Festival Tickets, as follows: i…

… be required to present their ticket stubs in order to re-enter. Traffic regulations will be enforced by the Ann Arbor Police Department and the Building and Grounds Department of the University. For…

… the Centennial Of The Establishment Of The University In Ann Arbor th hoetikt I 1 ARTISTS .r GROUP~S , ' KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD Soprano .4. ELISABETH RETHBERG . . . ISoprano MARION ARTHUR…

…4 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 19:7 SUNDAY, MARUU 21~ I Ormandy, Itur b Will Be Festival Guest Directors Philadelphia Conductor To Make His First Local Appearance In Concerts 'Continued…

… medal. The annual Aus- ;rian Danube Festival, offering music by Bruckner, Beethoven, Mozart, and Franz Schmidt, at Linz and St. Flor- ian, is considered one of Europe's great music ,festivals. Besides Mr…

… experience that he definitely sup- plemented his career as piano vir- tuoso by accepting numerous orches- tra engagements. May Festivals Offer Famous List Of Chorals The Seasons,' 'Parsifal' 'Spring Rapture…

….m. session of the Ann Arbor Film Festival may have been disap- pointed by a series of original but not always interesting movies. The evening started out well enough, but the films seemed to get worse as time…

… alligator farm into a symphony df images. Thanks are due to the Ann Arbor Film Festival for another wonderful fest, and kudos to all the entrants fot their always interesting films. Lunch 11:30 to 1…

… favorite of mine was Strong Willed Women Subdue And Sub- jugate Reptiles. This film, in brilliant greens and blues, used a stop-slow- motion effect to transform footage of synchronized swimmers and qn…

… ATILANT:C 3 UJ j330J CTY 5301 (, A PRAOUT 7301 Festival By Richard Campbell b F OR MANY people, the thought ofn attending a 16mm film festival is like watching dad's home movies alla night. But Sunday…

…'s winner's night showed that 16mm is quite capable ofd going up against anything thata Hollywood cranks out, and quitee frequently is on the cutting edge of ther avant-garde.r The aspect of the festival that…

…- believable. Enough praise. Here's a look at Sunday's show: Winner of the Tom Berman Award, to the most promising film maker in the festival, went to An Acquired Taste (Ralph Arlyck). This fresh, humorous mini…

…-autobiography reminded me of an earlier Film Festival winner, Frank Film. Both films were personal in- trospections on a life dedicated to making movies, a life that very well might be futile. Arlyck visited his high…

… colors, though. There were several extremely good animated films at the festival. Com- muter (Michael patterson), utilizing drawings based on frames from a live- action movie, was a visual and aural…

…'s Night," where the best films of the week will be shown again). Part of the appeal of the Ann Arbor film festival is that whatever it is you're looking for - whether it be animation or narra- tive…

… promising filmmaker in the festival." Most of the money has been donated by Ann Arbor busi- nesses and private contributions. The beauty of the festival lies in that while it is a prestigious event, it still…

… can exert By Bappeal to an audience. Nicholls' en- ences are limitless, ranging from on a young band. "They don't say ergy is more honest than a market- Bach to the Blues, Elvis to Eno, we want you to…

….50. that their newly signed contract with Capitol Records doesn't mean an end to their romp 'n' roll style. Festival Continued from Page 1 ceedings), along with a five-mem- ber screening committee, will…

… view them all before deciding which 80 or so films will be shown for the week-long festival. There are approximately 25 to 30 hours of films, running from today through Sunday (the last night is "Winner…

… festival - shot in black and white, it has a distinctly gritty tone - but for those who get a big kick out of lewd sexual connotations (as Allen clearly does), it's a lot of fun. Syn- thesizers pound in the…

… funny Doo-Wop is. Not all of the films are good. But, as programming director Rock says, "This festival is for personal expression." Experimentation is king here, even if that means watching a two minute…

… film and spending more that half that time staring at a black screen (as one of the films shown to the press was). The good thing about the festival is, if you don't like a particular film, it will be…

… campus cinema, it is the perfect prescription for a sick patient. If it's "new cinema" you want - for this week anyway - theres no reason to look any- where else but your own backyard. The Festival opens…

… 7 No Film Fe(a)st opens doors by Mike Kuniavsky THE Ann Arbor Film Festival has probably been one of the two most famous cultural events to have A2's moniker attached to it, with the other being…

… independent film to Ann Arbor's front door (and we don't even have to tip the driver when we get it). The Festival is a gathering at which independent filmmakers from all over the world show their films and see…

… wear blue. In the process of phasing out written language in order to eliminate the possibility for dissent, the state implements a system of pictures for things such as grocery stores and stop signs…

… produced films to be shown to a wide audience. In one showing there may be animation, documentary, narrative, and experi- mental films, not to mention big, fluffy, fat and blue ones (though generally there…

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