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If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next blog.  If possible please try and send the information several weeks in advance.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

FREE MOM & BABY SHOW this upcoming Monday, August 4, at 10 am. That’s right, free to babies and free to caregivers! Completely, totally, free! So tell your sleep-deprived new-parent friends to join us this Monday.

What movie will be show? What else, but THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR (PG13 — 114 minutes), since it has the word, “Mummy” right in the title. Besides this special presentation for babies, THE MUMMY will screen Friday-Thursday at 12:05, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, and 9:50.

THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13 - 150 minutes) returns again this week Friday- Thursday at (11:45 AM), (3:15), 6:45 and 10:00.

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (PG13 - 104 minutes) returns for a second week to CinemaSalem and will play Friday through Thursday at 11:30, 2:00, 4:20, 7:00, and 9:20.

You only have to pay $6 for admission if you show up before 6 pm. (Unless you’re a baby and show up at 10 am Monday, when it’s free!)

Festivals

1 0 t h A n n u a l R o x b u r y F i l m F e s t i v a l

Opening Night Film - Of Boys & Men
Screening at the MFA, Boston
Thursday, July 31st at 7:30pm
Q&A to follow the movie with Robert Townsend

Closing Night Film - Steam
Screening at the MFA, Boston
On Sunday, August 3rd at 5:30pm
Q&A to follow the movie with Ruby Dee

For more information, contact the festival at 617-541-3900 ext. 321. The list of all works being presented is online under “Films” at roxburyfilmfestival.org.

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next blog.  If possible please try and send the information several weeks in advance.

Local events

The Salem Film Fest is presenting a fabulous free movie this Friday night at 8:30 on the Salem Common. This great event is presented as a kickoff to the Salem Culture Fest, which will present great art, dance, and music from around the world on Saturday and Sunday. The title of the free Friday film is being kept a secret, but I can tell you that it will be fun and family-friendly. So come and enjoy a great flick under the stars.

CinemaSalem:

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (PG13 - 104 minutes) will actually debut with a midnight premiere on Thursday night/Friday morning at 12:01 am and then will play Friday through Thursday at (12:10), (2:30), (4:50), 7:20 and 9:40.

THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13 - 150 minutes) will play Friday-Thursday at (11:45 AM), (3:15), 6:45 and 10:00.

WALL·E (G - 103 minutes) plays CinemaSalem for its last week Friday-Thursday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:00 and 9:15.

GRIFFEN THEATRE STAGES BATTLE OF THE COMICS

Salem, Mass. (July 23, 2008) – Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical fourth wall. Stand-up comedy is difficult to master partly because the performer is at the mercy of the audience, which is an integral element of the act.

An adept stand-up comedian must nimbly play off the mood and tastes of any particular audience, and adjust his or her routine accordingly. Stand-up is an art form that is openly devoted to getting laughs from an audience above all else… (Source: Wikipedia.)

Come play audience to these stand-up comdedians at The Battle of the Comics at the Griffen Theatre on Sat., July 26^th at 8 p.m. Over one dozen comics from the North Shore, Boston and the surrounding area will compete for a cash prize of $200. Each comic has SIX MINUTES to wow the audience with their comic genius. The winner will be determined by audience vote.

“Last years event, The Battle of the Improv, was a smash hit with a sold out audience. This year, we will up the ante with a cash prize,” says the Griffen’s Artistic Director, Erik Rodenhiser.

Comedians range from amateurs to seasoned veterans, but only one will win!

Entry fee is $10 per comedian. Audience tickets are $12. Call 978 317 1169 to reserve a space on stage. For audience reservations, call 978 825 0222.

The Griffen Theatre is at 7 Lynde Street, Salem, MA.

Festivals

The Woods Hole Film Festival takes place Saturday, July 26 through August 2, 2008.

Ticket and schedule information is online at woodsholefilmfestival.org, or call 508-495-3456.Event Name: Roxbury Film Festival When: 07/29/2008 — 08/03/2008 Submission Deadline: 05/02/2008 Where: Boston, Massachusetts Venue: Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Website: www.roxburyfilmfestival.org
Event Details
The Roxbury Film Festival Planning Committee is working diligently on the 2008 festival. We are currently selecting films and panel topics and confirming our special guests!
Event Name: Cinema Prosperite When: Monday, September 15, 2008 Submission Deadline: 09/15/2008 Where: Cambridge, Massachusetts Venue: Online Website: www.sevenfund.org
Event Details
Cinéma Prospérité is open for submissions. This competition is actively seeking short films (2-5 minutes) that use the power of film to expand our experience and shape our understanding of the world around us. Videos should be suitable to be posted online in forums such as MySpace TV, YouTube, etc. The video should use the best film techniques to showcase the story of an entrepreneur – to show the story of what odds this person has overcome, what impact they have had on the world, and how they’ve managed to achieve their goals. Profiled entrepreneurs should be engaging in for-profit, sustainable and ethical business practices.

Misc. Odds and Ends

It seems like I have been spending a lot of time going to funerals lately. You can always learn things such as not putting off what you should do. The last person’s funeral I went to, I meant to ask him some information. He was an accomplished genealogist in addition to being accomplished and retired in other fields. This is something for all of us who have projects we would like to start, but never get around to them.

The tax free holiday on August 16 and 17 will save me some money on equipment I was planning to buy.

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

SON OF RAMBOW showing at (12:15), (2:20), (4:45), 7:30 and 9:45. July 11 through July 17

THE DARK KNIGHT (PG13 - 150 minutes) premieres at the Thursday midnight show (which is technically on Friday morning), and will play Friday-Thursday at (11:45 AM), (3:15), 6:45 and 10:00.

WALL·E (G - 103 minutes) plays Friday-Thursday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:00 and 9:15.

HANCOCK (PG13 - 121 minutes) will screen Friday-Thursday at (12:00), (2:20), (5:15), 7:30 and 9:40.

Misc. Odds and Ends

You can applying for a copyright online and save. The fee for basic copyright claims ($35 vs. $45 if you went the paper route).

http://www.copyright.gov/eco/index.html

If you know of any furnished house or apartment in the fall for 4 months let me know. One of our members needs one until he goes to Australia. A 3 bedrooms if possible, and to pay no more than $1000 because of reduced income.

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

SON OF RAMBOW (PG13 - 96 minutes) will play Friday-Thursday at (12:15), (2:20) and 7:30.

HANCOCK (PG13 - 125 minutes) will play at CinemaSalem Friday-Thursday at (11:20 AM), (1:30), (4:00), 7:15 and 9:30.

WALL·E (G - 97 minutes) plays Friday-Thursday at(11:40 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:00 and 9:15.

GET SMART (PG13 - 97 minutes) plays Friday through Thursday at (4:45) and 9:45.

GRIFFEN THEATRE SEARCHES FOR LOCAL COMICS TO

DUKE IT OUT ON STAGE

Salem, Mass. (July 7, 2008) – Do you feel like the next Dane Cook? Do you have something funny to say to the world? Are you the office comedian or comedienne?

If you have six minutes to spare and $10, come down to the Griffen Theatre on Sat., July 26^th at 8 p.m. and enter to win The Battle of the Comics.

Over one dozen comics from the North Shore, Boston and the surrounding area will compete for a cash prize of $200. Each comic has six minutes to wow the audience with their comic genius. The winner will be determined by audience vote.

“Last years event, The Battle of the Improv, was a smash hit with a sold out audience. This year, we will up the ante with a cash prize,” says the Griffen’s Artistic Director, Erik Rodenhiser.

Comedians range from amateurs to seasoned veterans, but only one will win.

There is an entry fee of $10 per comedian. Call 978 317 1169 to reserve a space on stage. For audience reservations, call 978 825 0222.

The Griffen Theatre is at 7 Lynde Street, Salem, MA.

Festivals

Newburyport Documentary Film Festival

When: 09/26/2008 — 09/28/2008

Where: Newburyport, Massachusetts

Website: www.newburyportfilmfestival.org/

FESTIVAL 2008
SNOB ‘08

November 7-9, 2008 • Concord, NH 03301

Deadline for Submissions is July 31, 2008

The Somewhat North of Boston (SNOB) Film Festival, a grassroots community initiative, celebrates and supports independent filmmaking. It provides a forum for dialog and learning and showcases a wide variety of media. The SNOB Film Festival, in conjunction with Red River Theaters (RRT) and the New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI), provides an annual venue for films the public might not otherwise see.

http://www.snobfilmfestival.org/

Misc. Odds and Ends

The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund offers financial support to films that explore scientific, mathematical, and technological themes and storylines, or a leading character who is a scientist, engineer, innovator or mathematician; all genres welcome (except science fiction or fantasy). Apply by August 1st.

The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund will provide up to $140,000 in support of innovative and compelling filmmaking that explores scientific, mathematical, and technological themes and storylines, or a leading character who is a scientist, engineer, innovator or mathematician in fresh ways.

They are seeking exceptional narrative work of all genres (except science fiction or fantasy) with scientifically accurate themes or characters.

The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund does not offer funding to short films or documentaries.

Past projects that have received funding for screenplay development through the TFI/Sloan Partnership include outstanding screenplays about Rosalind Franklin, Hedy Lamar, Richard Feynman, Edwin Hubble and Ramanujan, as well as many comedies.

http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/sloan/fund/17388354.html

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

Happy July 4^th. The posting is one day earlier so that everyone can plan a little earlier.

Local events

CinemaSalem: July 4-10

HANCOCK (PG13 - 125 minutes) will play Friday - Thursday at (12:10), (2:30), (5:00), 7:30 and 9:50.

WALL·E (G - 97 minutes) will play Friday through Thursday at (11:40 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:15 and 9:30.

GET SMART (PG13 - 97 minutes) plays Friday through Thursday at Fri - Thu: (11:00 AM), (1:30), (4:15), 7:00 and 9:40.

web: http://www.cinemasalem.com

Festivals

Marblehead Festival of Arts Film Festival will be held outdoors in Crocker Park on Thursday, July 3, starting at 9 pm. This year we have 90 minutes of shorts by film and video makers from Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York City, New York state, North Carolina, Hollywood (CA), and New Zealand. Closer to home, we have works by RAW Arts filmmakers and one by Beverly’s Steve Baldwin (note: The “Hollywood” film is by Carl Hansen, a former Beverly resident and active access participant before (I believe) BevCam became BevCam). We have 15 films, none of which is over 9 1/2 minutes long. If you come early (like 6:30 or so) you’ll catch some good musical entertainment as well.

Misc. Odds and Ends

Whether you’re a Mac or PC user, remember to get the latest patches and updates. Even Apple just did it’s fourth set this year.