[Imc-reno] Les Blank

[haltreacy at att.net]

Jerry as I recall Les Blank made a lot of stuff for the
U.S.I.A. and it couldn't be shown in the U.S. At one time
he had a studio/film school over a radical bar on San Pablo
Avenue in Berkeley (Anastazi or some name like that?) and
a lot of his filmmaking was rolled there.
    One Les Blank movie about a small redneck town (it could 
have been Silver Springs) with a black lady operating the 
local auto wrecking yard, never left my memory. At the end 
of the film the two main characters having discovered their 
love were compacted together inside a garbage truck. 
Ah-ha!  Very surreal cinema.  Hal.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Jerry E. Smith" <jerryesmith at gbis.com>
> Tonight
> 
> We are screening Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams this Tuesday
> evening at 7 in the Green Room (144 West Street).  Blank follows German
> filmmaker Werner Herzog through the jungles and mountains of South America
> during Herzog's trouble-plagued shooting of his epic masterpiece
> Fitzcarraldo.  To read more about it and to see production stills for Burden
> of Dreams go to our website www.gbfs.org  Admission is $6, $4 for our film
> society members.  The fresh-popped popcorn is always free.
> 
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 
> City of Reno
> Community Relations Division
> News Release
> June 7, 2005
> For Immediate Release
> 
> VIRGINIA STREET TO BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY FOR RETRAC WORK
> 
>         Virginia Street will be closed at the railroad tracks Wednesday
> (June 8) from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for construction related
> to the Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor (ReTRAC) project.
>         Granite Construction, which holds the design-build contract for the
> City project, indicates the closure is necessary for pouring of the invert
> slab underneath the new bridge over the trench.Southbound Virginia Street
> traffic will be re-routed to Sierra Street, while northbound traffic will be
> re-routed to Center Street.
>         Completion of the ReTRAC project will result in the elimination of
> 11 at-grade crossings, including the Virginia Street crossing, which will
> enhance pedestrian and motorist safety.The bridges over the trench at those
> street crossings will be an average of 54 feet long and 80 feet wide.More
> than 640,000 square feet of concrete will be poured for the trench which
> will be about 2.25 miles long.The $264,019,072.00 ReTRAC project, scheduled
> for completion in spring of 2006, is on time and on budget, according to
> Reno Public Works Department officials.
> -30-
> 
> Steve Frady, Public Information Officer
> (775) 326-6309
> (775) 813-6911 cell phone
> (775) 334-3066 fax
> 
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 
> Media Release – June 5, 2005
> Contact - Elinor Bugli (775-883-4154)
> Mile High Jazz Band Presents "Jazz and Poetry" in Carson City June 14
> 
> The Mile High Jazz Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by local
> poets for an evening of "Jazz and Poetry" at Comma Coffee on Tuesday, June
> 14, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.  Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the
> street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5
> general, $4 for members of the Mile High Jazz Band Assoc., and free for age
> 18 and under.  Swing dance instruction from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. is $5
> additional.
> 
> "Poets have captivated audiences at our previous 'Jazz and Poetry' events,"
> said David Bugli, leader and pianist for the Mile High Jazz Band.  "They
> choose poems that relate to the musical selections in interesting and
> sometimes unexpected and humorous ways."
> 
> For information about "Jazz and Poetry," call the Mile High Jazz Band at
> 775-883-4154, or visit their web site: www.MileHighJazz.com.
> 
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 
> Media Release:  June 5, 2005
> Contact:  Elinor Bugli 775-883-4154
> "POPS PARTY" CONCERT ON FATHERS DAY
> AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION
> 
> The Carson Chamber Singers and special guests, harmonica virtuoso Tom
> Stryker and tenor Patrick Jolly, will join the Carson City Symphony for the
> twenty-first annual Pops Party Concert on Fathers Day, June 19, 2:30 p.m.,
> at the Governor's Mansion.  Doc-O the clown will be on hand to greet the
> crowd, and refreshments and prizes will add to the festivity.
> 
> The Symphony, directed by David Bugli and guest conductor Alan Pefley, will
> play movie music, show tunes, marches, and more.  Highlights include music
> from "Chicago," "Harry Potter," and "Lord of the Rings."  The symphony
> strings will be featured in "The Lovers' Waltz," a sweet, romantic tune by
> Jay Ungar and Molly Mason.
> 
> The Carson Chamber Singers, directed by Judy Monson, will sing "Music!
> Music! Music!," "A Stephen Foster Tribute," and an arrangement of "You Raise
> Me Up" with instrumental ensemble and vocal solo by Patrick Jolly.  A Carson
> City resident, Jolly has sung in operas, musical theater, and concert
> settings, conducted choruses, and composed music, and he has performed with
> and guest conducted the Carson City Symphony.
> 
> Stryker, Jazz Harmonica Recording artist, formerly with Johnny Puleo and His
> Harmonica Gang, will make his first appearance with the Carson City
> Symphony.  He will be featured in special arrangements of "The Harmonica
> Player" and "What's New?," and with Jolly, in "Body and Soul."  The concert
> is funded in part by the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the
> National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
> 
> Admission is free.  Seating is on the lawn; the audience is welcome to bring
> blankets (some chairs will be provided) and food. The Carson City Jaycees
> will provide an array of snacks and beverages for sale before and during the
> concert.  Proceeds benefit the Jaycees and the Carson City Symphony
> Association.
> 
> In case of rain, the concert will be moved indoors to the BAC Performance
> Hall, corner of Minnesota and King Streets, Carson City.  For more
> information, call the Symphony at 775-883-4154 or check the web site:
> CCSymphony.com.
> 
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 
> This is what's Gonnahappen This Week..
> 6/7/2005 - Kathleen Edwards - GARAGE
> 
> 6/7/2005 - Hindsight & The Palmore Bros.
> 
> 6/7/2005 - Audio Boxx - THE GARAGE
> 
> 6/9/2005 - Smokey Joe's Cafe - Eldorado
> 
> 6/9/2005 - Women's Council Luncheon!
> 
> 6/9/2005 - Sparks Hometowne Farmer's Market
> 
> 6/10/2005 - John Eddie Performing At Harrahs Tahoe
> 
> 6/10/2005 - The Mark Castro Band
> 
> 6/10/2005 - Mental Focusing for Students
> 
> 6/10/2005 - 7th Annual EuroFest 2005
> 
> 6/10/2005 - Charo!
> 
> 6/10/2005 - Boogie Monsters - Garage Performance
> 
> 6/10/2005 - Come to the Mountains and Meet the Kings
> 
> 6/10/2005 - Butterflies Are Free
> 
> 6/11/2005 - FREE Kid's Art Fest
> 
> 6/11/2005 - Squaw Valley Fine Arts Festival
> 
> 6/11/2005 - 4th Annual Kids Free Fishing Day
> 
> 6/11/2005 - The Kronos Quartet
> 
> 6/11/2005 - Carson City Rendezvous
> 
> 6/11/2005 - Give Hope Northern Nevada Golf Classic
> 
> 6/12/2005 - Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues Show
> 
> 6/12/2005 - Colin Quinn, SNL Alum Comes to Atlantis
> 
> 6/12/2005 - 6th Annual Best of Tahoe Chefs
> 
> 6/12/2005 - Maroon 5 - Reno Hilton
> 
> 6/12/2005 - Colin Quinn
> 
> See www.Gonnahappen.com for details
> 
> ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
> 
> Media Release
> June 6, 2005
> Contact: Cameron Crain cameron at nevada-shakespeare.org
> Details: 775/324.4198
> 
> 
> The Author Takes the Stage
> 
> in A Single Woman
> 
> 
> Jeanmarie Simpson as Jeannette Rankin in 2004
> photo by Paul Stockton
> 
> New York, NY –  Playwright Jeanmarie Simpson will step into the role she
> created and which she has performed more than a hundred times. Beginning
> tomorrow night, June 7, through the show's closing performance on June 19,
> Simpson will play Jeannette Rankin, first US Congresswoman and lifelong
> pacifist in a portrait that covers 9 decades.
> 
> "A Single Woman consists of brilliantly-selected brief excerpts from her
> speeches in Congress, responses to newsmen, and correspondence. In
> Sacramento the playwright, Jeanmarie Simpson, who is also artistic director
> of the Nevada Shakespeare Theater in Reno, herself played Rankin. I can only
> say that she ranks with the best I've seen in 70 years of theater-going in
> my native NYC, the San Francisco region since 1957, repeated trips to London
> for its stage, and to Moscow..." -- Bill Mandel, Pacifica Radio commentator
> and author of Saying No To Power.
> 
> Unrequited love of Fiorello LaGuardia, nemesis of FDR, celebrated by JFK and
> Coretta Scott King, champion of the underdog, hero for peace.
> 
> A Single Woman. You should know her, but you don't.
> 
> Don't miss Jeanmarie Simpson's award winning play running through June 19 at
> The Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street.
> 
> Complimentary tickets available for peace activists, feminists, veterans and
> social workers. Call 775/324.4198 or email cameron at nevada-shakespeare.org
> for reservations. Please give 72 hours notice.
> 
> A Single Woman will play for two more weeks at the Culture Project's 45
> Below theatre, 45 Bleecker Street, May 24 through June 19, Tuesdays through
> Saturday evenings at 8pm and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 4pm. The play
> is not suitable for children. Call 775/324.4198 for free reservations and
> information. Other ticket orders: www.theatermania.com and tdf.org.
>