The News Review:
- Meirelles’ ‘Blindness’ to open Cannes Film Festival
- Bayreuth Festival’s Family Cycle
- Bellevue High School festival a high note for jazz bands
- ‘Brain From Planet X’ is part of regional musical festival
Meirelles’ ‘Blindness’ to open Cannes Film Festival
International Herald Tribune – Apr 30, 2008
Based on a novel by Nobel laureate Jose Saramago it's about a city where inhabitants inexplicably go blind one by one. Moore stars as the sole person to keep her sight during the ordeal. Mark Ruffalo Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal co-star. Barry Levinson's “What Just Happened?” about a Hollywood producer struggling to make a film is scheduled to close the festival.
Bayreuth Festival’s Family Cycle
Washington Post – Apr 30, 2008
But yesterday Wolfgang Wagner 88 the composer’s grandson who has led the festival since 1951 announced that he is stepping down as of Aug. 31 when this year’s festival ends. He leaves a hereditary post from which the Bavarian government attempted unsuccessfully to oust him several years ago and the succession to which has been the subject of hot debate for more than a decade. ne thing that has kept Wagner who is reported to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease in his post for so long is the question of which family member would succeed him. Candidates for the post have included Eva Wagner-Pasquier Wolfgang Wagner’s estranged daughter from his first marriage a consultant to the festival in Aix-en-Provence who has also worked with the.
Bellevue High School festival a high note for jazz bands
Seattle Times – Apr 30, 2008
The three students are part of three Newport High School jazz bands competing in the Bellevue High Jazz Festival. Bellevue High Jazz FestivalEvening performances All events are at the Bellevue High School Performing Arts Center 10416 Wolverine Way. For more information visit:.
‘Brain From Planet X’ is part of regional musical festival
Press-Enterprise – Apr 30, 2008
A suburban family is forced to save the world from a band of aliens intent on taking over — all with catchy music and clever lyrics. For the Chance Theater of Anaheim this production running Saturday through June 8 is definitely a coup. Story continues below.