HINDSIGHT - WRITE SOMETHING WORTH READING ABOUT OR DO SOMETHING WORTH WRITING ABOUT
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Tullman Collection Artist Mitsy Groenendijk in New Show "Time is on My Side" in Amsterdam
Witzenhausen Gallery
15 november 17.00 hrs / 19.00 hrs
Hazenstraat 60
1016 SR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.witzenhausengallery.nl
TULLMAN COLLECTION ARTIST LIBBY BLACK WILL HAVE NEW LARGE-SCALE INSTALLATION AT PULSE IN MIAMI
THIS IS A LIFE-SIZE PAPER VERSION OF A HIGH-END PRIVATE GYM THAT REPRESENTS A FANTASY EXERCISE WORLD FOR THE ELITE. THE PIECE IS CALLED "WORK OUT".
Composer-Singer-Songwriter JD Souther Visits Flashpoint Academy for a Workshop after Sell-Out Show at The Abbey
JD SOUTHER AND HIS GOOD FRIEND JASON BRETT(PRODUCER OF THE FILM "ABOUT LAST NIGHT" FOR WHICH JD WROTE THE MUSIC) TOOK A BREAK FROM JD'S WORLD TOUR IN SUPPORT OF HIS NEW ALBUM TO VISIT FLASHPOINT ACADEMY AND MEET WITH RECORDING ARTS STUDENTS.
WE EXPECT JD AND HIS BAND BACK IN CHICAGO IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO MAKE A NEW MUSIC VIDEO AT FLASHPOINT STUDIOS WHICH SHOULD BE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE.
IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON HIS OWN MATERIAL, JD RECENTLY WROTE THE BREAK-OUT SONG "HOW LONG" ON THE NEW EAGLES ALBUM. HE HAS WRITTEN AND CO-WRITTEN DOZENS OF SONGS FOR THE EAGLES, LINDA RONSTADT, JAMES TAYLOR, ETC. OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS.
AT THE ABBEY
AT FLASHPOINT ACADEMY
WE EXPECT JD AND HIS BAND BACK IN CHICAGO IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO MAKE A NEW MUSIC VIDEO AT FLASHPOINT STUDIOS WHICH SHOULD BE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYONE.
IN ADDITION TO WORKING ON HIS OWN MATERIAL, JD RECENTLY WROTE THE BREAK-OUT SONG "HOW LONG" ON THE NEW EAGLES ALBUM. HE HAS WRITTEN AND CO-WRITTEN DOZENS OF SONGS FOR THE EAGLES, LINDA RONSTADT, JAMES TAYLOR, ETC. OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS.
AT THE ABBEY
AT FLASHPOINT ACADEMY
Saturday, November 22, 2008
FLASHPOINT ACADEMY FILM STUDENT - MICHAEL P. NOENS - WINS NATIONAL AWARD - BEST COLLEGE FILM - FOR HIS FILM - "SLEEP TO DREAM"
Suburban filmmakers have an indie hit
Director Michael P. Noens, left, with Austin Griffith, director of photography, on the set of "Sleep to Dream"
By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald CorrespondentContact writer
Published: 11/4/2008 10:57
A feature film made by a group of up and coming filmmakers with CNGM Pictures, based in Palatine, has captured its second award at a national film festival.
"Sleep to Dream," was named "best college film," at the Flint Film Festival earlier this month. In 2004, the film's original 10-minute short version, won "best horror film" at the International Microcinema Film Festival in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Now, the 60-minute thriller awaits it next test: commercial distribution.
With both awards under its belt, the young filmmakers are in the process of getting a DVD of the movie ready to market. It will be available sometime after Nov. 11 on their Web site (CNGMPictures.com) and toward the end of the month on Amazon.com.
"Sleep to Dream" also made it to the Internet Movie Data Base, or IMDb.com, one of the largest movie sites on the web.
"It's kind of a new thing for us, but we're excited about the whole thing," says Palatine native Michael Noens, director. "We've just finished submitting the DVD design for the jacket."
The plot centers around Rachel, played by Barrington native, Angela Wascher, who awakens from a dream to find herself smothering her boyfriend to death. By the time she realizes what she has done, it's too late.
The film also stars Jonathan Legat of Park Ridge, Amy Sutton of Cary, Stephan Pratt and Haley Nichol of Palatine, Tony Calzaretta of Schaumburg and Melanie Stanton of Mount Prospect.
Noens worked with his former Fremd High School classmate, Marc Muszynski, to write and direct the film.
"It's not really a horror film as much as it is a suspense thriller, with a Hitchcock-psychological-thriller feel to it," Noens says.
In its feature length version, Noens and Muszynski had a chance to explore Rachel's character more, and layer the film between realms of a dreamlike state, and reality, leaving the audience trying to figure out which is real.
"The whole movie is done like a puzzle, with a lot of flashbacks," Noens adds. "The audience is left trying to figure out what's happening."
J. Spencer Greene, the company's managing director and former Fremd teacher, says the latest awards are only the tip of the iceberg for this prolific group of filmmakers. They recently had a short film accepted into the Cannes Film Festival, in France.
"They are an extremely talented group," Greene says. "Every so often you have a group of students like this, who are talented - and dedicated enough to the art to pursue it as a career."
Flashpoint Academy Completes Two More Introductions Shows for WFMT
GALLIA KASTNER - 11 YEAR OLD VIOLINIST FROM ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
LAUREN TU - 13 YEAR OLD PIANIST FROM GLENVIEW
LAUREN TU - 13 YEAR OLD PIANIST FROM GLENVIEW
Friday, November 21, 2008
DJ AND COMPOSER EXTRAORDINAIRE RALPHI ROSARIO VISITS FLASHPOINT ACADEMY FOR FULL DAY OF STUDENT WORKSHOPS AND DEMOS
SET UP FOR RALPHI PERFORMANCE AND BROADCAST IN MAIN SOUND STUDIOS
OPENING COMMENTS BY DEPT HEAD JOHN MURRAY AND RALPHI
INTO THE STUDIO FOR PREPARATION
FLASHPOINT STUDENTS CAPTURED AND BROADCAST THE ENTIRE RALPHI SESSIONS
