The News Review:
- Arts festival says site is in doubt
- A Festival on the Half Shell
- City hosts 14-hour music festival
- Palm Springs film festival will honor Sean Penn
- 2008 Adelaide Festival of Arts poster launched
- Berlin Film Festival to honour Bunuel
Arts festival says site is in doubt
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – Oct 25, 2007
htm –>Arts festival says site is in doubtPoint State Park’s renovations could bring stricter usage rulesThursday ctober 25 2007By Mark Belko Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Three Rivers Arts Festival one of the city’s most popular events could be driven out of Point State Park which is undergoing a major face-lift and due to reopen next summer. New guidelines are being developed for the use of the state-owned park and unless those guidelines are revised the festival “will most likely not be able to operate in Point State Park” said Elizabeth Reiss the arts festival’s executive director. Restrictions involving set-up and take-down times how long a stage can stay up and the use of tractor trailers and heavy equipment in the park would severely impact the event’s ability to operate and generate revenue she said.
A Festival on the Half Shell
Washington Post – Oct 25, 2007
A Festival on the Half Shell. Mary’s County yster Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
City hosts 14-hour music festival
BBC News – Oct 25, 2007
The one-day music event which runs from Thursday afternoon until 0600 BST on Friday will see 100 acts and DJs turn the area into a festival site. As part of the Brighton City Festival 14 hours of entertainment will be on offer at 14 arenas in the city centre. Event organiser Ben Gill promised “a real festival atmosphere”. “This is the biggest event of its type the city has ever seen.
Palm Springs film festival will honor Sean Penn
Press-Enterprise – Oct 25, 2007
" Festival chairman Earl Greenburg said anyone who wants to know why Penn was selected only needs to see "Into the Wild. " "’Into the Wild’ is a very serious film a serious subject beautifully directed and beautifully produced" Greenburg said. As an actor Penn has appeared in more than 30 films and won an scar and a Golden Globe for "Mystic River. " He was nominated for the Academy Award for three other films "Dead Man Walking" "Sweet and Lowdown" "I Am Sam.
2008 Adelaide Festival of Arts poster launched
NEWS.com.au – Oct 25, 2007
5 million 2008 Adelaide Festival – and its eye-catching poster – was launched with a bang on the Festival Theatre stage this morning. Skip to:Search BoxSection NavigationNetwork NavigationContentView the Sitemapndm.
Berlin Film Festival to honour Bunuel
DigitalJournal.com – Oct 25, 2007
GA_googleFillSlot(“In-Article”);. comThe Berlin Film Festival is to celebrate Spanish- born director Luis Bunuel at next February’s festival with a presentation of a comprehensive programme of his movies organizers said Thursday. “It’s impossible to classify Bunuel” said Rainer Rother who is director of the festival’s retrospective programme. “His greatness lies in his persistence to present his own individual perspective on things. ” The movies to be shown of Bunuel who died in 1983 include films which he contributed to as assistant director and screenwriter as well as producer. “He invented filmic surrealism provoked in socio-critical works and achieved fame with satirical portraits of Europe’s bourgeoisie” said Rother who is also director of the Deutsche Kinemathek – the museum for film and television.