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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><B>This week at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre-<BR>
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Friday</B>- Eric Anderson in concert<BR>
<B>Saturday</B>- Rendezvous Music Showcase<BR>
<B>Sunday</B>- Hard Goodbyes: My Father (KFS film)<BR>
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</B><FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>Hard Goodbyes: My Father (NR)<BR>
</H2></FONT><B>Sunday, May 22<BR>
4:30 / 7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5 adults, $2 children 12 and under<BR>
KFS passes accepted<BR>
<B>(See Review below)<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>Eric Anderson<BR>
</H2><B>and Travis Hasko-Young<BR>
</B></FONT><H2>in concert<BR>
</H2><B>Friday, May 20<BR>
8:00 PM<BR>
</B>Tickets $5 at Bookpeople<BR>
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Long-time Moscow resident Eric Anderson will return to the area in May for a concert to promote his new CD, “Cataldo.”<BR>
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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.<BR>
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Anderson, 18, recorded “Cataldo,” which took one year to complete, with Martin McGreevy “in the basements and backrooms of Idaho.” McGreevy, a University of Idaho freshman, graduated with Anderson from Moscow High School in 2004. “In addition to fantastic taste and work ethic, he brought the software skills and technical expertise required for a successful recording project,” Anderson said of McGreevy. <BR>
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Anderson will continue his tour after Moscow. “I have shows in June across the northwest including the Old Fire House in Seattle and the Bossanova Ballroom in Portland,” he said. Cataldo refers to the Cataldo Mission in Idaho, “my beloved home,” Anderson said.<BR>
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Anderson is a freshman at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Eric’s Web site is <http://www.cataldomusic.com/> .<BR>
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<U>First-Ever Rendezvous ‘People’s Choice’<BR>
</U><FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>Rendezvous Music Showcase<BR>
</H2></FONT><B>Saturday, May 21<BR>
7:00 PM<BR>
</B>$5 admission<BR>
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Six local bands will be participating in the first-annual “Rendezvous<BR>
People’s Showcase – a Showcase of Local Talent” on May 21, at 7 p.m. at<BR>
the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow. The fundraising event<BR>
will showcase talented local bands, which will be competing for the<BR>
opportunity to be warm-up acts at this year’s Rendezvous in the Park<BR>
concert series.<BR>
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The six bands selected to play at the event are the Alexander-Stephens<BR>
Band, Bare Wires, Brian Gill, Erik Smith, Little Red and the Criminals,<BR>
and Off the Leash. During this fundraising event, each audience member<BR>
will have the opportunity to cast one ballot that will be tallied to<BR>
pick a band as the “popular vote” winner. In a second "vote," each<BR>
audience member will have the opportunity to vote for his/her favorite<BR>
band with cash. The band receiving the most "voted" cash wins this<BR>
fundraising component and will also be chosen to perform at Rendezvous.<BR>
A third band will be determined by the Rendezvous Board of Directors.<BR>
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Rendezvous in the Park is an annual music festival held in Moscow’s East<BR>
City Park each July. The organization also supports a two-day children's<BR>
arts festival. For many years, Rendezvous has been able to showcase some<BR>
of the country's best musicians, many of whom have gone on to win honors<BR>
such as the Grammy Award, the Country Music Award and the Handy Award.<BR>
The exciting line-up for this year's series on July 21-24, 2005 will be<BR>
Belinda Bowler, Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys, Jude Bowerman, CoCo<BR>
Montoya, Jim West, Jesse Cook, and the Rendezvous Chamber Orchestra.<BR>
Funds raised at this First-Annual Rendezvous Music Showcase will be used<BR>
to underwrite much of the costs of bringing these groups in, thus making<BR>
ticket prices affordable to local residents.<BR>
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Tickets to the Showcase are $5 and are available at the door. Tickets for<BR>
Rendezvous in the Park are available on line at <www.moscowmusic.com><BR>
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<B>Next week at the Kenworthy-<BR>
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<B>Million Dollar Baby (PG13)<BR>
</B>Friday, May 27<BR>
7:00 PM<BR>
Saturday & Sunday, May 28 & 29<BR>
4:00 and 7:00 PM<BR>
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<B>June at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre . . .<BR>
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<B>Schultze Gets the Blues (PG)<BR>
</B>June 3, 7:00 PM<BR>
June 4 & 5, 4:15 & 7:00 PM<BR>
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<B>The Upside of Anger (R)<BR>
</B>June 10, 7:00 PM<BR>
June 11 & 12, 4:15 & 7:00 PM<BR>
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<B>Summer Matinee Series<BR>
</B>Shrek (PG)<BR>
June 15, 1:00 PM<BR>
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<B>Regular Movie prices</B>: $5 adults, $2 children 12 and younger. <BR>
KFS passes accepted for Sunday movies<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Courier"><TT><BR>
</TT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana">Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre<BR>
508 S. Main Street, Moscow, Idaho<BR>
For more information, call 208-882-4127 or visit http://www.kenworthy.org<BR>
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<B>This week’s review-<BR>
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</B><FONT COLOR="#800000"><H2>Hard Goodbyes: My Father<BR>
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Written and directed by Penny Panayotopoulou<BR>
In Greek with English subtitles<BR>
Not rated. Advisory: This film contains a brief sex scene<BR>
Running Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes <BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by John Anderson writing for Newsday<BR>
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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. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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"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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Angelike Contis writing for the Athens (Greece) News<BR>
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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 <BR>
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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.<BR>
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Though writer/director Penny Panagiotopoulou may have taken the Newcomer Award at November's State Film Awards, she is anything but. <BR>
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"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. <BR>
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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." <BR>
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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. <BR>
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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. <BR>
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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". <BR>
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"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". <BR>
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<B><I><U>As reviewed by Mark Sells writing for the Oregon Herald<BR>
</U></I></B><BR>
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.<BR>
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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. <BR>
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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. <BR>
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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. <BR>
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"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." <BR>
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<I>Film reviews researched and edited by Peter A. Haggart<BR>
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</B><FONT COLOR="#008000"><FONT SIZE="5"><U>Job announcement at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre<BR>
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The Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre seeks a <B>part time projectionist/cashier</B>. <BR>
Experience operating a 35mm movie projector preferred. Technical experience with PA sound systems a plus. <BR>
Must be able to lift and carry 60 lbs. Must be 19 years old and a high school graduate. <BR>
Must be willing to work nights and weekends. Starting pay range is $6.25 - $6.50 per hour, depending on experience. <BR>
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Submit resume, cover letter, and 3 references by May 20 to Julie Ketchum, KPAC, P.O. Box 8126, Moscow, ID 83843.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT SIZE="5"><U>Kenworthy Film Society Passes on sale<BR>
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<B>Kenworthy Film Society pass prices will increase on July 1</B> to $30 for a 10-punch card and $75 for a $30-punch card. <BR>
That's still only $3.00 and $2.50 per movie, respectively -- the best deal on movies in Moscow.<BR>
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Why are prices increasing? Specifically, because the cost of film shipping has increased. <BR>
Generally, because the cost of doing business has increased.<BR>
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<B>Passes can be purchased at the current prices through June 30, 2005, so get yours now.<BR>
</B>Passes are available at BookPeople and at the Kenworthy box office during regular showtimes.<BR>
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Thanks for your continued support of independent and foreign films on the Palouse!<BR>
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PAMELA PALMER, <B>Volunteer<BR>
</B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>Mailto:ppalmer@moscow.com<BR>
</U></FONT>Film and Events Committee <BR>
Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>http://www.kenworthy.org<BR>
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</U></FONT>To speak with a KPAC staff member, <BR>
call (208) 882-4127<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>Mailto:kpac@moscow.com<BR>
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