[ThisWeek] Eric Anderson in concert/ Rendezvous Music Showcase/ Hard Goodbyes: My Father/ at the Kenworthy

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This week at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre-

Friday- Eric Anderson in concert
Saturday- Rendezvous Music Showcase
Sunday- Hard Goodbyes: My Father (KFS film)
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Hard Goodbyes: My Father (NR)
Sunday, May 22
4:30 / 7:00 PM
$5 adults, $2 children 12 and under
KFS passes accepted
(See Review below)
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Eric Anderson
and Travis Hasko-Young
in concert
Friday, May 20
8:00 PM
Tickets $5 at Bookpeople

Long-time Moscow resident Eric Anderson will return to the area in May for a
concert to promote his new CD, ³Cataldo.²

Doors open for the concert at 7:30 p.m. with music beginning at 8 p.m., May
20 at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre. Tickets are $5 and are available
at BookPeople in Moscow or at the door.  Anderson, who is musically known as
Cataldo, will be performing songs from his album of the same name. The
opening act will be another Moscow native, Travis Hasko-Young.

Anderson, 18, recorded ³Cataldo,² which took one year to complete, with
Martin McGreevy ³in the basements and backrooms of Idaho.²  McGreevy, a
University of Idaho freshman, graduated with Anderson from Moscow High
School in 2004.  ³In addition to fantastic taste and work ethic, he brought
the software skills and technical expertise required for a successful
recording project,² Anderson said of McGreevy.

Anderson will continue his tour after Moscow.  ³I have shows in June across
the northwest including the Old Fire House in Seattle and the Bossanova
Ballroom in Portland,² he said. Cataldo refers to the Cataldo Mission in
Idaho, ³my beloved home,² Anderson said.

Anderson is a freshman at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Eric¹s
Web site is <http://www.cataldomusic.com/> .
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First-Ever Rendezvous ŒPeople¹s Choice¹
Rendezvous Music Showcase
Saturday, May 21
7:00 PM
$5 admission

Six local bands will be participating in the first-annual ³Rendezvous
People¹s Showcase ­ a Showcase of Local Talent² on May 21, at 7 p.m. at
the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow. The fundraising event
will showcase talented local bands, which will be competing for the
opportunity to be warm-up acts at this year¹s Rendezvous in the Park
concert series.

The six bands selected to play at the event are the Alexander-Stephens
Band, Bare Wires, Brian Gill, Erik Smith, Little Red and the Criminals,
and Off the Leash.  During this fundraising event, each audience member
will have the opportunity to cast one ballot that will be tallied to
pick a band as the ³popular vote² winner.  In a second "vote," each
audience member will have the opportunity to vote for his/her favorite
band with cash.  The band receiving the most "voted" cash wins this
fundraising component and will also be chosen to perform at Rendezvous.
A third band will be determined by the Rendezvous Board of Directors.

Rendezvous in the Park is an annual music festival held in Moscow¹s East
City Park each July. The organization also supports a two-day children's
arts festival. For many years, Rendezvous has been able to showcase some
of the country's best musicians, many of whom have gone on to win honors
such as the Grammy Award, the Country Music Award and the Handy Award.
The exciting line-up for this year's series on July 21-24, 2005 will be
Belinda Bowler, Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, Jude Bowerman, CoCo
Montoya, Jim West, Jesse Cook, and the Rendezvous Chamber Orchestra.
Funds raised at this First-Annual Rendezvous Music Showcase will be used
to underwrite much of the costs of bringing these groups in, thus making
ticket prices affordable to local residents.

Tickets to the Showcase are $5 and are available at the door. Tickets for
Rendezvous in the Park are available on line at <www.moscowmusic.com>
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Next week at the Kenworthy-

Million Dollar Baby (PG13)
Friday, May 27
7:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday, May 28 & 29
4:00 and 7:00 PM
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June at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre . . .

Schultze Gets the Blues (PG)
June 3, 7:00 PM
June 4 & 5, 4:15 & 7:00 PM

The Upside of Anger (R)
June 10, 7:00 PM
June 11 & 12, 4:15 & 7:00 PM

Summer Matinee Series
Shrek (PG)
June 15, 1:00 PM


Regular Movie prices:  $5 adults, $2 children 12 and younger.
KFS passes accepted for Sunday movies

Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
508 S. Main Street, Moscow, Idaho
For more information, call 208-882-4127 or visit http://www.kenworthy.org
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This week¹s review-

Hard Goodbyes: My Father

Written and directed by Penny Panayotopoulou
In Greek with English subtitles
Not rated. Advisory: This film contains a brief sex scene
Running Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes


As reviewed by John Anderson writing for Newsday

As the astronauts head for the moon, an unusual boy takes his own small
steps toward reconciling the universe. Poignant, convincing and directed
with confidence and an enchanted eye.

It's slightly paradoxical, but to make a film about children that really
rings true, a filmmaker has to possess a most sophisticated mind - one that
is resigned to the mournful facts that you really can't go back, that a
child's perception is all ether and mystery, and that once a person achieves
adult perspective, childhood is a form of madness.

In order for a filmmaker to rightly capture the mind of a 9-year-old,
therefore, she has to approach it as if she's making science-fiction.

This has seldom been made more delicately clear than in Penny
Panayotopoulou's "Hard Goodbyes: My Father" whose hero, Elias (the gifted,
9-year- old Giorgos Karayannis) would be committed immediately, were he
older than 21. 

Charmingly obstinate, fascinated with the coming Apollo moon landing and
worshipful of his often absent father, Elias lives in a world of his own
devising that is close to impenetrable, even to the most grievous loss. He
isn't impaired, just distracted by himself.

That Elias' adjustment to the hard facts of his life is made analogous to
his loss of innocence gives "Hard Goodbyes" an undercoat of longing and
hurt. But Panayotopoulou's eye for the magic angle and her characters'
eccentric perceptions provide a sparkle that puts the film aloft.

"Somewhere in Athens" in 1969, Elias lives with his rather grim brother,
Aris , who actively resents the tension caused by his salesman father's
frequent trips, and with their mother, who seems to be in premature
mourning. When Dad visits his fierce witch of a mother and his brother,
Theodosius, it's clear that Grandma's favorite pastime is running her son's
wife down, even urging him to leave her. Mom knows this, and the
interfamilial tension, exacerbated by Dad's traveling, infects the boys'
home with a distinct sense of incipient disaster. All of which Elias more or
less surfs.

The loss that's coming is not what one expects - Panayotopoulou sets things
up just right for us, if not Elias, to be sucker-punched by fate. But it
does provide a shift in the family's small but very believable existence -
equivalent to the way the greater universe changed, once man set foot on the
moon.


As reviewed by Angelike Contis writing for the Athens (Greece) News

A ten-year-old refuses to accept his father's death. Set on planet Earth,
specifically, Athens, in the moon-walk year, 1969, this film reaches out to
a global audience 

There's no child-actor fakeness in Yiorgos Karagiannis, who was rewarded
with the Best Actor prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Christos Stergioglou
won an award at the Thessalonikii Festival for his uncle role in this film.

Though writer/director Penny Panagiotopoulou may have taken the Newcomer
Award at November's State Film Awards, she is anything but.

"I don't consider it a first film" she says. A student of both the Stavrakos
Film School and the Polytechnic of Central London, Panagiotopoulou has
worked for television on many documentaries and produced four shorts and a
medium-length film. All this, plus creative drive and a strict eye for
technical detail show in her first full-length chance.

She was comfortable working with the actors on the set, while using 35mm
film for the first time was the most daunting part of the experience. "With
video," she explains, "you shoot and shoot and then direct," making
decisions in the editing room. "With film, you shoot and direct at the same
time." 

The result is steady - a story full of heart with inspired lighting, tight
performances and colorful era décor, both very Greek and very 1969. This
isn't a film that tries to do too much or say too many things. It does one
thing though: talk about saying goodbye, something grownups, not children,
usually have to do. That's it. That's enough. At one of it's Thessaloniki
fest screenings, men wiped away tears for the last half-hour. The room was
hushed after the lights came on.

The film rests on young Karagiannis' shoulders, or more specifically, on his
eyes. He keeps them off to the side or downcast, under a furrowed brow, when
avoiding grownups' all-too realistic statements; he pins them straight ahead
when he is indignantly trying to convince the rest of them that his Dad will
return in time to watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon.

Though these eyes will be tearful, comedy makes it all endurable. While
Elias fabricates long letters to his grandmother from his father, it is sad;
but the child gets laughs from the audience, for making humorous references,
flattering to himself. He explains away his black, mourning armband by
telling his classmates it's a ruse, "If you wear this, the teacher doesn't
call on you". 

"He's a very smart kid," Panagiotopoulos says of Karagianni. Initially, as
in the film, he was shy; "like a little bird" observes the director, but it
was obvious he had a rich interior life. He was the perfect vessel for a
story about "time passing, things changing and what you lose".


As reviewed by Mark Sells writing for the Oregon Herald

Jules de Gaultier once said, "Imagination is the one weapon in the war
against reality." And it's an appropriate quote taken to heart by a 10 year
old boy in "Hard Goodbyes: My Father," where the young boy must cope with
the unexpected death of his father. But rather than deal with reality, he
copes by using his imagination, keeping his father's image alive until a
final promise can be fulfilled. Simple, tender, and truthful, the film deals
with its subject matter with delicacy and attention to detail.

Representing the first feature film of Penny Panayotopoulou, "Hard Goodbyes"
is a quiet eulogy, a reflection on life and death, dreams and imagination,
from the perspective of a young boy. Born in Athens, Penny began working as
a freelance documentarian for Hellenic Television and putting together
short, cultural films such as "Eldorado" and "Like Rain Like Hail." "Hard
Goodbyes" is an extension of those experiences, mixing socioeconomic and
psychological content into a story about bereavement and personal loss.

But what makes this story so fascinating is that it is told from a young
child's perspective - the naiveté, the stubbornness, the imagination, and
the hope. It's a highly personal film, about the resiliency of the human
spirit and the importance memories have in honoring those we love.

Additionally, this is a film that pays a lot of attention to artistic
composition and mood. Sets are simple and colorful, not overly complicated
or stuffy. And in much the same way as an artist would paint a still life,
artistic director Lily Kendaka exposes absolute brilliancy, while
complementing and directing attention toward the actors and actresses on
screen. 

"Hard Goodbyes: My Father" is a solemn coming-of-age story about loss from a
child's perspective. With soft heartedness and beautiful imagery, the film
aptly captures the feeling of disbelief and aversion that hits children in a
time of loss. And it's wonderfully compassionate in the way it captures
childhood optimism too. Although there are times when it feels like it's
plodding along, it does so with methodical purpose. Hypnotically soothing,
the film represents a consolation to those who have lost a loved one. Said
Robert Frost: "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about
life: It goes on." 


Film reviews researched and edited by Peter A. Haggart

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Job announcement at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre seeks a part time
projectionist/cashier.
Experience operating a 35mm movie projector preferred.  Technical experience
with PA sound systems a plus.
Must be able to lift and carry 60 lbs.  Must be 19 years old and a high
school graduate. 
Must be willing to work nights and weekends.  Starting pay range is $6.25 -
$6.50 per hour, depending on experience.

Submit resume, cover letter, and 3 references by May 20 to Julie Ketchum,
KPAC, P.O. Box 8126, Moscow, ID 83843.
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Kenworthy Film Society Passes on sale

Kenworthy Film Society pass prices will increase on July 1 to $30 for a
10-punch card and $75 for a $30-punch card.
That's still only $3.00 and $2.50 per movie, respectively -- the best deal
on movies in Moscow.

Why are prices increasing?  Specifically, because the cost of film shipping
has increased. 
Generally, because the cost of doing business has increased.

Passes can be purchased at the current prices through June 30, 2005, so get
yours now.
Passes are available at BookPeople and at the Kenworthy box office during
regular showtimes.

Thanks for your continued support of independent and foreign films on the
Palouse!
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PAMELA PALMER, Volunteer
Mailto:ppalmer at moscow.com
Film and Events Committee
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre

http://www.kenworthy.org

To speak with a KPAC staff member,
call (208) 882-4127
Mailto:kpac at moscow.com
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