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MARCH 10, 2016 — Issue 104

MOVING MOVIES Grand Film Festival in New Albany has educational angle

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f you like movies with a conscience, Sunday’s how film works.”

Grand Film Festival is right down your alley.

The Grand’s films from five local filmmakIn the third iteration of the event, this ers range from short films — one clocks in at three minutes — to full-length features. year’s lineup has an educational angle with panel Times have changed when it comes to moviediscussions following each viewing. You can making, according to Schweitzer. It used to be learn about issues ranging from the Holocaust to that such ventures required studio-backing. With using drones in filmmaking. social media and advances in technology, now it All right here in SoIn. JASON THOMAS just takes eyeballs to view the works of art.

The festival, staged by the Arts Council of SoIn Editor Sunday is your chance in Southern Indiana.

Southern Indiana, is an immersive experience “If there’s an audience to support it, local informed by national trends. theaters will show independent films,” Schweitzer told “Film is used in museums and tourism centers more and Esarey. more now,” Julie Schweitzer, director of the arts council, That’s a wrap. told Jenna Esarey for today’s cover story. “There are different avenues for filmmakers. It’s not all about making — Jason Thomas is the editor of SoIn. He can be reached by feature films. With this festival you’re seeing these differphone at 812-206-2127 or email at jason.thomas@newsandtribune.com. Follow him on Twitter: @ScoopThomas. ent contexts. It’s going to give these different aspects of

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Learn about the Wolfe man’s legacy SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: ‘Held in Trust: A Legacy of Protected Land,’ Carnegie Center Lunch & Learn featuring Mark Worms • WHEN: 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 15 • WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany • INFO: carnegiecenter.org

NEW ALBANY — The Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany, will host Mark Wourms, executive director of Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, in the program “Held in Trust: A Legacy of Protected Land,” as part of the Carnegie Center’s Lunch & Learn series, noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, March 15.

Through this visually-rich presentation, Wourms will explore the legacy of Isaac Wolfe Bernheim and his belief in the restorative power of nature, and how Bernheim’s mission of “Connecting People with

Nature” is influenced by that legacy.

Bernheim’s numerous and creative approaches to wildlife conservation, land protection, ecological science and the celebration of the joy of nature, both at Bernheim Forest and throughout the region, makes it one of the regional leaders in ecological stewardship and a popular destination for hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.

The Carnegie Center’s current art exhibit, “Bernheim: A Natural Muse,” is presented in partnership with Bern-

heim Arboretum and Research Forest and celebrates 35 years of Bernheim’s artist in residence program. “Bernheim: A Natural Muse” is on display through April 9. Participants can bring a lunch, drinks are provided.

This program is free, but registration is requested by calling 812-944-7336 or emailing Delesha Thomas at dthomas@carnegiecenter.org.

The monthly Lunch and Learn programs are sponsored by the Carnegie Center, Inc.

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WHERE: Clarksville Little Theatre, 301 E. Montgomery Ave., Clarksville • INFO: Call 812-283-6522 “The Glass Mendacity,” a comedy by Maureen Morley and Tim Willmorth, directed by Ron Johnson, combines the characters from three of Tennessee Williams’ most celebrated dramas: “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,”“A Streetcar Named Desire,”“The Glass Menagerie,” into a story loaded with laughs. The author’s most notable oddballs are thrown together in one house and forced to put up with each other’s strange behavior and ideas.

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PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE • WHAT: ‘Canvas for a ‘Cause • WHEN: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 15 • WHERE: Westminster Village, 2200 Greentree North, Clarksville

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call 502-807-7256 Community members are invited to channel their inner artists at the Hosparus Southern Indiana “Canvas for a Cause” fundraising event.

Guests will enjoy wine and appetizers while they are guided through a painting exercise by an instructor. Proceeds will benefit volunteer programs that serve area hospice patients and families. Tickets are $35, but space is limited to the first 40 people who register.

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“Kora” provides an extraordinary journey — an exodus of the senses and the mind. The film combines images from Chinese and Tibetan culture, along with other sights and landscapes from those environs, with electronic music.

“BBQ, BLUES & BIKES: Elizabethtown Tourism,” explores the use of drones in promotional filmmaking, community and economic development, and the FAA regulations for the commercial use of the technology.

EW ALBANY — Focusing on educational and socially relevant films, the Grand Film Festival makes its third appearance this weekend.

Under the auspices of the Arts Council of Southern Indiana the festival welcomes five local filmmakers with films ranging from short form to feature length.

“This year we really turned it into an invitational and added an educational component to it,” said Julie Schweitzer, director of the Arts Council.

Addressing a wide range of themes, the five films run from three to 75 minutes in length. Each is followed by a brief panel discussion on a related topic.

“It’s a different way of looking at film,” Schweitzer said. “Film is used in museums and tourism centers more and more now. There are different avenues for filmmakers. It’s not all about making feature films.

With this festival you’re seeing these different contexts.

It’s going to give these different aspects of how film works.”

Ivy Tech and Indiana University Sou incorporating video production of all so programs.

“Supporting these programs and high have filmmakers here is important,” Sch “We invited local filmmakers who do nized in there own home area. It used to make a film without a studio behind it. it is now. Now it’s more about distribut audience to support it, local theaters wi dent films.”

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Schweitzer said that interest in locall dent films is growing, but many local fi feel the need to relocate to do the work “It’s just sad when you have to leave at what you do. It’s important for our co support these artists.”

Beau Kaelin is a biology teacher in B Ky. “He taught himself Mandarin and we his own and filmed this beautiful, epic m weitzer said. “He’s going to talk about

“Kora,” by Beau Kaelin, provides an extraordinary journey — an exodus of the senses and mind. A hypnotic, non-narrative film, in the vein of such classics as “Koyaanisqatsi” or Bar “Kora” combines images from Chinese and Tibetan culture, along with other sights and la scapes from those environs, with electronic music. | SUBMITTED PHOTOS

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His film, “Kora” — a Tibetan Buddhist term for a pilgrimage — combines images from Chinese and Tibetan culture with electronic music.

Even closer to home, Tom Whitus frequently works in Los Angeles, but lives in New Albany’s Silver Hills neighborhood and is a longtime freelance sportswriter for The Courier-Journal.

Whitus is self-taught, running Silver Hill Pictures from his home but traveling wherever necessary for filming with a tiny crew of around four or five.

His film, “Greenhorn,” is adapted from the book of the same name by Anna Olswanger and tells the true story of an 11-year-old Holocaust survivor who arrives in Brooklyn in 1946.

“It’s a very important story and I want people to know it,” he said.

The film runs 25 minutes.

“I’m trying to put together a feature-length script based on the book, but that’s an arduous process,” he said. “I’ve been making films for 18 years and it took me a while to figure out how to write a script, I’ll tell you that.”

He shot the bulk of the film in New York City, with a few pieces filmed in Louisville. “Greenhorn” won the Audience Award at the 2015 Memphis International Jewish Film Festival.

“The film is beautiful,” Schweitzer said. “I think people, especially our young people, forget that the Holocaust happened. But the film is broader. It touches on bullying which everyone can relate to.”

A LOCAL ANGLE

“Lewis and Clark at the Falls of the Ohio” is part of an exhibit on the pair at the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center in Clarksville. Created by Bryan Miller, media exhibit producer for Louisville-based museum installation specialists Solid Light, it tells the story of the 1803 journey to search for a land route to the Pacific Ocean.

The shortest film in the bunch, “BBQ, Blues & Bikes: Elizabethtown Tourism” logs in at a tidy three minutes.

Couch Picture Productions Media Specialist Kenny Rambo used drones to film parts of the promotional film.

The panel discussion following his film will focus on the use of drones in promotional filmmaking, community and economic development, and the FAA regulations on the commercial use of drone technology.

A documentary on the realities faced by the homeless, “Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness” chronicles one summer in an Indianapolis tent city with a man named Maurice.

Filmmaker Don Sawyer lobbied the Indianapolis City Council to pass a homeless bill of rights, making Indianapolis the first city in the country to do so. Joining him for the panel discussion will be local homeless advocate Barbara Anderson.

Schweitzer is proud of the films the festival has spotlighted over the years and the filmmakers involved, some of whom are already finding their place in the national spotlight.

“Greenhorn” has aired on KET public TV in Kentucky and is being screened at World Con in Los Angeles March 27, and one of 2014’s filmmakers is in talks with Pixar.

ROLL FILM

WHAT: Arts Council of Southern Indiana Grand Film Festival WHEN: noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 13 WHERE: The Grand, 138 E. Market St., New Albany COST: $6, nonprofit/community groups of 10 or more, $2 each INFO: For more information visit artscouncilsi. com/grand-film-festival or the Arts Council of Southern Indiana Facebook page.

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Each film is followed by a short lecture or panel discussion with the filmmakers and others.

• 12:30 to 2:15 p.m.: “Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness” Panel: Social Activism and Justice in Film • 2:15 to 3:15 p.m.: “Greenhorn” Panel: Film as it Shapes in Social Justice and Memory • 3:15 to 4 p.m.: “The Lewis & Clark Experience: Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center” Panel: Film in the Context of Interactive and Interpretive Exhibits • 4:00 to 5:15 p.m.: “Kora” • 5:15 to 5:20 p.m.: “BBQ, Blues & Bikes: Elizabethtown Tourism” Panel: Cinematography vs. Special Effects – Aesthetics and Technology • 5:30 to 6 p.m.: All-filmmaker panel discussion on aesthetics and technology, including drone cinematography in promotional filmmaking, community and economic development.

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ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES: MARCH 11

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Raise the curtain LOUISVILLE – Actors Theatre of Louisville has announced the lineup for the 40th Humana Festival of New American Plays. A highlight of the cultural calendar for theatergoers, artists and industry professionals across the country, the Humana Festival runs now through April 10.

This year’s Festival program will feature six world premieres, including (in order of opening): • “Residence,” by Laura Jacqmin.

• “For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday,” by Sarah Ruhl.

• “This Random World,” by Steven Dietz.

• “Wellesley Girl,” by Brendan Pelsue.

• “Wondrous Strange,” by Martyna Majok, Meg Miroshnik, Jiehae Park and Jen Silverman.

• “Cardboard Piano,” by Hansol Jung.

In addition, a bill of three ten-minute plays will also premiere as part of the scheduled lineup. This year’s selected ten-minute plays are “Coffee Break,” by Tasha GordonSolmon, “This Quintessence of Dust,” by Cory Hinkle, and “Trudy, Carolyn, Martha, and Regina Travel to Outer Space and Have a Pretty Terrible Time There,” by James Kennedy.

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SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: 40th Humana

Festival of New American Plays • WHEN: Through April 10 • WHERE: Actors Theater of Louisville, 316 W. Main St., Louisville • INFO: For tickets call 502584-1205 or visit actorstheatre.org.

“Actors Theatre is delighted to be producing these exciting new plays and showcasing some of the country’s brightest playwrights,” Les Waters, Actors Theatre’s artistic director, said in a news release. “I believe that the Humana Festival represents the future of theatre, and I think that our writers define the world we live in now. I am proud that Actors Theatre’s passion and commitment to artistic exploration provide a space for these voices to be heard.”

Actors Theatre celebrates the 40th Humana Festival with underwriter the Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Humana, Inc. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.

Taking a walk in the artsy woods SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: ‘A Natural Muse: Chal-

lenging Notions of Art,’ Martha Slaughter talks about Bernheim artists • WHEN: 6 to 7:30 p.m. today, Thursday, March 10 • WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany • INFO: carnegiecenter.org

NEW ALBANY — The Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany, will present an evening talk given by Martha Slaughter, Visual Arts coordinator for Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 10. Slaughter’s talk, titled “A Natural Muse: Challenging Notions of Art,” will explore highlights of the 35 years of Bernheim’s Artist in Residence program, as well as other site specific projects that have taken place at Bernheim.

She will discuss how the program fits in to the “bigger ideas” that are at play at Bernheim as well as some

of the delightful surprises that take place within many of the projects.

Slaughter is speaking in conjunction with Carnegie’s current exhibit, “Bernheim: A Natural Muse,” a collaboration between the Carnegie Center and Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. The exhibit will be on display until April 9, and attendees of Slaughter’s talk are encouraged to arrive early to view “Bernheim: A Natural Muse” prior to the program at 6 p.m.

As the Visual Arts coordinator at Bernheim Arboretum and Research

Forest, Slaughter is responsible for coordinating Bernheim’s wellknown Artist in Residence program.

Bernheim residencies are awarded on an annual basis and open to all emerging and established artists working in any medium. Selected artists may choose residencies that last anywhere from three weeks to two months.

In addition to a $2,500 honorarium, artists are also given a one-room cabin with modern amenities and a lakeside studio, and full access to Bernheim’s grounds.

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LIVE MUSIC

• WHERE: Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards • WHEN/WHO: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 12: Josh and Holly; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 13: Corey & Stacey

LIVE MUSIC AT WICK’S

• WHAT: Live on State • WHERE: Wick’s, 225 State St., New Albany

Friday, March 11: Second Chance; Me & You; Saturday, March 12: Bella Blue Band; Friday, March 18: Dogville; Lacee and Wyndell; Saturday, March 19: St. Patrick’s Week Party featuring the Derby Boys; Friday, March 25: Youngstown Parade Duo; Blaise Streets; Saturday, March 26: The Jordan Bales Band

SHOW APPRECIATION AT MUSEUM

• WHAT: Vintage Fire Museum anniversary • WHEN: 10 a.m. Saturday, March 19 • INFO: For more information, visit its website at vintagefire-

museum.org or call 812-948-8711.

The museum will celebrate its anniversary by holding its second annual “Appreciation Day,” Saturday, March 19. Honored this year will be the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention and Tourism Bureau. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the day of celebration. At 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., a short program will be offered highlighting the contributions the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention and Tourism Bureau has made to Southern Indiana. Guest speaker will be Cindy Nevitt of Derby Dinner Playhouse. All visitors will receive a free gift and there will be door prizes. Food will be offered for sale.

RIVER CITY WINERY EVENTS

• WHERE: River City Winery, 321 Pearl St., New Albany Trivia is held every Sunday night.

NATURAL-BORN ARTWORK

• WHAT: ‘Bernheim: A Natural Muse’ exhibit • WHERE: Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany

• INFO: carnegiecenter.org

The Carnegie Center for Art and History in New Albany has announced the opening of a new exhibit, “Bernheim: A Natural Muse,” celebrating 35 years of the Artist in Residence program at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest. The exhibit features work by 27 artists represented by 28 art works and 27 photographs. Media include painting, photography, sculpture, video, and mixed media, according to a Carnegie news release.

THE GRAND FILM FESTIVAL

• WHEN: March 13 • WHERE: The Grand, 138 E. Market St., New Albany

• INFO: Tickets are $6 per day or $10 for a weekend pass.

Visit the Arts Council of Southern Indiana’s website for more information at artscouncilsi.org.

The Arts Council of Southern Indiana announces the third-annual Grand Film Festival will be held March 13 at The Grand in New Albany. The festival is a two-day gathering of local talent showcasing film trailers, shorts and feature films. The submission deadline for filmmakers is Feb. 25.

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OPEN DOOR HOSTING ART PROGRAM

• WHEN: Saturday, March 28, through April 1 • WHERE: Scribner Middle School cafeteria

Open Door Youth Services will host Art Near the Soul art therapy program, March 28 through April 1, during spring break, in the Scribner Middle School cafeteria. The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., Monday and Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. This is a family friendly event.

WALK INTO THE WOODS

• WHAT: ‘Into the Woods’ to benefit Olmsted Parks Conser-

vancy • WHEN: Fundraiser through March 13; play through April 3 • WHERE: Derby Dinner Playhouse, 525 Marriott Drive, Clarksville • INFO: Call 812-288-8281 or visit derbydinner.com Derby Dinner Playhouse announces a joint fundraising opportunity with Olmsted Parks Conservancy. The mission of Olmsted Parks Conservancy is to restore, enhance and forever protect Louisville’s Olmsted-designed parks and parkways, connecting nature and neighborhood while strengthening the community’s well-being. Louisville has over 18 parks and six parkways designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. These parks play a vital role in enhancing Louisville’s quality of life. Derby Dinner Playhouse will rebate $2 per single ticket purchase for “Into the Woods” through March 13 to the Olmsted Parks Conservancy.

CONSIGNMENT AUCTION BENEFITS 4-H

• WHAT: 14th annual Clark County 4-H Consignment Auction

• WHEN: 10 a.m., Saturday, March 12 • WHERE: Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Ind. 62,

Charlestown The 4-H Corporation Board is accepting farm and industrial equipment to be sold at the auction. All items will be listed on auctionzip.com. For questions, fee schedule or registration form, go to clarkcounty4h.com or contact the Purdue Extension Office 812-256-4591 or Ann Branstetter 502-759-6823.

Items may be brought to the Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds March 9-11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. All proceeds from the auction benefit the Clark County 4-H program. This year, in addition to the Consignment Auction there will also be yard sale booths selling items in the livestock barns. Covered booths are still available for the yard sale for a $10 fee. Yard sale booth may be set up March 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or March 12 from 7 to 9 a.m.

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A whole lotta pho SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: Pho Ba Luu Vietnamese restaurant

• WHERE: 1009-1019 E. Main St., Louisville

• INFO: Open seven days a

week, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; visit phobaluu.com or call 502-6642641

LOUISVILLE — A new fastcasual Vietnamese restaurant is coming to Louisville. Pho Ba Luu will open in the soon-to-berenovated Butcherblock Properties, located at 1009-1019 E. Main St., sometime this summer, according to a news release. The nine-building complex that anchors the crossing where Wenzel, East Main, and East Washington streets all intersect in Butchertown is the perfect space for the 2,200-square-foot modern eatery.

The menu will include Vietnamese staples like chicken or beef pho and several varieties of banh mi, plus imperial rolls, spring rolls, vermicelli bowls with the choice

of a protein, and a few other entree options like chicken curry with coconut milk rice bowls and shaken beef rice bowls. All of the dishes, including entrees, fresh bread, and desserts, will be made in house.

Beer, both draft and bottles, and wine will also be offered.

The concept has been a dream for several of the partners for more than a year now. It has just been within the last six months that Mimi Ha and Jessica Mach have been able to bring their culinary dream to reality as the perfect location became available and the perfect developer was added to the team.

Ha is also managing partner of August Moon and is a partner consultant of Pho Ba Luu. “I’ve been blessed to be part of August Moon for over 25 years,” she said. “It’s so exiting to now collaborate with Jessica on the food of my childhood with our new venture together. We have had so much fun the past several months fully developing the Pho Ba Luu concept.”

Pho Ba Luu is expected to open this summer in Butchertown. | SUBMITTED PHOTO.

Wax Fang goes Gonzo SOIN THE KNOW

• WHAT: GonzoFest • WHEN: 1 p.m. April 16 • WHERE: Waterfront Park • INFO: Cost is $20; visit GonzoFestLou.com

LOUISVILLE – GonzoFest Louisville announces the addition of Wax Fang to its 2016 musical lineup.

The event is April 16 at the Big Four Bridge lawn.

In addition to Wax Fang, Fly

Golden Eagle, Natural Child, Dr. Dundiff with Touch AC and Smoke Shop Kids, Chrome Pony, Quiet Hollers, and Frederick The Younger are also set to perform on the main stage on The Big Four Bridge Lawn. Your News Vehicles, The Bottom Sop, and Frogg Corpse & Mr. Stranger Present The End of The World are set to perform on the Gonzo Today Stage and round out the 2016 musical lineup.

The official GonzoFest Louisville after-party at The New Vintage begins at 11 p.m., featuring The

Sundresses, Discount Guns, and The Wans plus a very special jam session with festival musicians. Present your GonzoFest Louisville 2016 ticket stub for free entry to the after-party.

Additional information, including details about the 2016 literary and art contests, vendor applications, sponsorship and volunteer opportunities can be found by visiting

GonzoFestLou.com. Proceeds from GonzoFest Louisville 2016 will support the creation of a life-size bronze statue of Hunter S. Thompson.

Sculptor, Matthew Weir will be present during the festival. GonzoFest Louisville is sponsored by Falls City Brewing and Four Roses Bourbon.

Gates open at 1 p.m.

GonzoFest Louisville is a literary and music festival honoring Hunter S. Thompson, as well as the lasting mark he has made on literature, art and music. Through poetry, spoken word, art and live music and more, GonzoFest Louisville celebrates the life and times of Hunter S. Thompson in his hometown.