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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

CFA Announcements

Carnegie Mellon's College of Fine Arts Announcement:
WEEK of Mar. 25 - Apr. 1, Events, PGH Events

WEEK OF PDF at link_________________________________________________________

Click link for next week's calendar:

http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ecs/CFA261.pdf

Thurs., March 22 Events ____________________________________________________

Thurs., March 22 6 p.m.

Carnegie Mellon University¹s School of Art will host
³Tidings: New Turns in Art from Northern Ireland², a panel discussion about the current political and social situation in Northern Ireland and how artists are reacting to this current political shift of power and accord.

The discussion will take place in the Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 22, at 6 p.m. with a reception to follow.

Panelists include Hilary Robinson, the Stanley and Marcia Gumberg Dean of the College of Fine Arts, at Carnegie Mellon; John Carson, head of the School of Art; and David Miller, professor in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon; and moderator Melissa Ragona, assistant professor in the School of Art.

Read art critic Mary Thomas' review of the exhibition at link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07080/771065-42.stm
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Thursday, March 22
Cuarteto Latinoamericano
and Alberto Almarza, flute
Broadcast live on Classical
WQED FM 89.3 Pittsburgh
Kresge Recital Hall 7:30 p.m.

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New Works Festival:

"Chasing the Dragon"
by Michael Herman
Directed by Allegra Libonati

Friday, March 30, 4:00 PM
Saturday, March 31, 8:00 PM

"Three Ways to Tie a Noose"
by Michael Scotto
Directed by Dana Friedman

Friday, March 30, 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 31, 4:00 PM

All performances are FREE, available one hour before the show.

All performances take place in the John Wells Studio in the Purnell Center for the Arts.

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TACO TRUCK
TENT SHOW, 4915 PENN AVE.
SATURDAY MARCH 24, 10-4PM:
John Pena (MFA 08'), Joey Hayes (MFA '09) and Ally Reeves (MFA '08) will be operating a homemade Taco Truck from the TENT SHOW storefront. Look for a fabulous make-shift taco truck with real authentic home-cooked tacos. A treat for all you Burghers! (vegetarian friendly).

TENT SHOW is a roving institution that responds to whatever neighborhood it temporarily settles in. Currently, TENT SHOW is occupying a storefront at
4915 Penn Avenue as a center for the research, production and exhibition of experimental television shows and events that are based on the surrounding Garfield/Friendship/Bloomfield neighborhood. More info at:
http://www.tentshow.org

PGH Events ________________________________________________________________

campus conversation on public art policy

WHERE: Baker Hall A53 (good food and refreshments served!)

WHEN: Wednesday, April 11
5:00-8:30 p.m.

WHAT & WHY: A representative sample of the campus community comes together to learn about and discuss issues at a deliberative poll.
Campus conversations highlight the virtues of campus diversity, provide a new tool for dissemination and feedback, and create a sense of campus community as ewll as an appreciation of democratic practice and civic engagement.

HOW: more info @ http://caae.phil.cmu.edu/cc

RSVP Contact, Dan Giesey
dgiesey@andrew.cmu.edu
412.268.7641

Presented by Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Co-sponsored by Coro Center for Civic Leadership * Southwestern Pennsylvania Program for Deliberative Democracy ____________________________________

Filmmakers

THE LIVES OF OTHERS
Regent Square Theater
1035 S. Braddock Ave, Edgewood / 412-682-4111

Best Foreign Film Oscar winner!
This political thriller begins in East Germany, five years before Glasnost and the fall of the Berlin Wall. It chronicles the consequences of the Minister of Culture's decision to investigate, by means of surveillance, the lives of a successful playwright and his girlfriend, a popular actress -- even though they pose no threat to the state. The complex yet lucid script and the noir-inflected camerawork establish a brooding atmosphere of fear, doubt and suspicion, and create a suspenseful story of political and moral relevance. With its superb cast, this intense drama succeeds both as a convincing historical recreation and as a compelling tale of individuals whose lives are shaped by the society they live in. With subtitles. (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Germany; 2006; 137 min)

Fri 3/23 ... 7:00, 9:45
Sat 3/24 ... 3:00, 6:00, 9:00
Sun 3/25 ... 1:45, 4:30
Mon 3/26 - Thu 3/29 ... 8:00


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TOUCH OF EVIL
Regent Square Theater
1035 S. Braddock Ave, Edgewood / 412-682-4111

Part 4 of the Sunday Nights with Orson Welles Series Even with studio interference, Welles proved he was an exceptional talent, in this taut drama about police corruption in a sleazy border town. Great performances from Welles, Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston, as a Mexican cop, no less. The opening sequence is legendary, and even after almost 50 years, it holds up as stunning cinema. Watch a trailer. (USA 1958; 108 min)

Sun 3/25 ... 7:30

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MAN PUSH CART
Harris Theater
809 Liberty Ave, Downtown / 412-682-4111

"I loved it!" ­ Roger Ebert.
Due to an ice storm and a small flood that closed the Harris Theater for a few days last month, we decided this great little indie film needed one more chance to be seen. Recalling that great neorealist classic The Bicycle Thief, this beautifully crafted fiction film is a touching portrait of a Manhattan street vender. Ahmed ­ once a famous pop star in Pakistan ­ is now selling coffee and bagels to rushing New Yorkers. We come to understand that this quiet man is troubled by his past, as he struggles with his sense of self-worth and the harsh realities of finding his place in a rarely depicted corner of America. (Ramin Bahrani; 2006; USA; 87 min)

Fri 3/23 ... 7:00, 9:00
Sat 3/24 ... 6:00, 8:00
Sun 3/25 ... 2:00, 4:00

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THE GUATEMALAN HANDSHAKE
Harris Theater
809 Liberty Ave, Downtown / 412-682-4111

Another indie film (which premiered here at the Three Rivers Film Festival) we wanted to bring back is this quirky look at Americana. Filmed in Harrisburg, it's the story of Donald the demolition derby driver, played by Will Oldham. When Donald vanishes, his friends & family are in a quandary.
The landscape is strewn with lost objects and lost people: Donald's pregnant girlfriend, his helpless and car-less father, a pack of wild boy scouts, a lactose intolerant roller rink employee, an elderly woman in search of her lost dog, and a ten-year-old girl named Turkeylegs. Many of the crew on this project have a local connection. (Todd Rohal; USA; 2005; 96 min)

Mon 3/26 - Wed 3/29 ... 7:30
Thu 3/29 ... 5:30, 7:30

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MATTHEW BARNEY NO RESTRAINT
Melwood Screening Room
477 Melwood Ave, N. Oakland / 412-682-4111 or 412-681-5449

This documentary examines the creative process by observing one of the most brilliant artists working today: Matthew Barney (often baffling, always amazing). We watch him as he installs his blubbery sculpture on a Japanese whaling ship. He's there to make his film Drawing Restraint 9 with co-star and girlfriend Bjork as they play terrifically strange travelers. For background, there's a video clip of Barney's 1988 performance piece Drawing Restraint 2. Strapped into a harness and tether, the athletic artist strains to make a drawing on paper almost beyond his reach. Art dealers, critics and curators add appreciative and helpful comments. Barney's dad says his son started as a pre-med major at Yale, planning on a career in plastic surgery.
If he had not detoured to art, "there'd be some strange people walking around the street," notes his dad. (Alison Chernick; USA/Japan; 2007; 70
min)
Screening with No Restraint ­ "Cadillac Ranch" by Ant Farm (16 min; 1975) and "Semiotics of the Kitchen" by Martha Rosler (6 min; 1975). Distributed by Video Data Bank.

Fri 3/23 & Sat 3/24 ... 7:30, 9:30
Sun 3/25 ... 3:00, 5:00

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DANIEL ANKER, IN PERSON
Mini-Melwood Screening Room
477 Melwood Ave, N. Oakland / 412-682-4111 or 412-681-5449

Daniel Anker is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker who is in town for the screening of his 2004 film Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust in the Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival. We have invited him to Pittsburgh Filmmakers to talk in the Mini-Melwood Screening Room. He will hold a discussion and show clips from his many films. Light food and drink will be served at 6:30. Admission is free.

Mon Mar 26 ... 6:30

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For additional information on events happening in the College of Fine Arts schools and its associated programs visit their web links below.

College of Fine Arts
www.cmu.edu/cfa
Visit the College of Fine Arts myspace page at link:
http://profile.myspace.com/126551897

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