STAGE & SCREEN
Sandpoint Filmmakers Network launches movie night
Auditions open for Ensemble Orchestra
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff
Film lovers rejoice: Starting this month, you can watch some of the world’s best movies at the Panida Little Theater with a like-minded audience. The Sandpoint Filmmakers Network, a local coalition of movie makers and movie lovers, is launching a monthly movie night with a discussion to follow. The night kicks off 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 27, at the Little Theater with director David Lynch’s surrealist masterpiece “Mulholland Drive,” recently voted the greatest movie of the 21st century in a worldwide survey of film critics. According to Panida Theater director Patricia Walker, the theater is constrained by licensing agreements as to which films it can screen. On the other hand, a private group unencumbered by the need to drive revenue can legally screen a movie through its home media release. That’s where the Sandpoint Filmmakers Network comes into the picture. The group plans to rent the Panida Little Theater once a month, with each night devoted to a movie of cultural or artistic importance. According to Aric Spence of Sandpoint Filmmakers Network, the hope is to expand the regional community of movie lovers while promoting film discussion. “There is a severe lack of cinematic culture being pro-
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Laura Harring and Naomi Watts star in “Mulholland Drive,” the first film to screen at SFN Movie Night.
vided and nourished within our community,” said Josh Vitalie, a local film lover. “With only one theater providing few options beyond commercially successful franchises spit out by the Hollywood machine, local cinephiles and casual moviegoers looking for something fresh are often left hungry and wanting.” The SFN Movie Night is an effort to provide a venue for some of those acclaimed movies. It got its start through discussions between Spence, Vitalie, local filmmaker Robert Lindner and yours truly, but the idea is to expand it into a full community where each member has an opportunity to contribute their thoughts and ideas. In order to meet the legal requirements of a private screening, the movie night is hosted by the Sandpoint Filmmakers Network. There is no charge to become a member—simply visit www.sandpointfilmmakers.net/join-sandpoint-filmmakers-network to register. The movie night itself is also free, although organizers
recommend a $5 donation to cover the cost of the theater rental. And since the Panida is providing the Little Theater at a substantially discounted rate, organizers encourage attendees to support the theater through its in-house beer and wine sales. All in all, it promises to be a night where movie lovers will truly feel at home. “Perhaps there will be that one person who stops in one night just to kill some time and discovers that movie which forever changes their life, sparking a new passion within them to go out and make their own films,” Vitalie said. Contact the Sandpoint Filmmakers Network at www.sandpointfilmmakers.net/ contact-sandpoint-filmmakers-network/ or 208-263-3278.
The Music Conservatory of Sandpoint (MCS) is inviting area music students to audition for the Ensemble Orchestra. Auditions are held at MCS at 110 Main St. in Sandpoint on Friday, June 30 at 9:30 a.m. Students need to have played their instrument for more than two years to be considered. The Ensemble Orchestra is part of the annual Young Artist Exchange Program where MCS hosts students coming from Mexico to perform with the local orchestra summer camp students. Dr. Phil Baldwin will be the guest conductor. No auditions are required for the open orchestra. MCS encourages all students to participate in this exciting week-long summer camp with exchange students from Mexico.
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This week’s RLW by Lyndsie Kiebert
READ
I received a subscription to The Sun magazine as a graduation gift last month, and polished off the June issue on a flight to Portland. The magazine is really something unique — no ads, raw voices and a mixture of stories, both fiction and nonfiction. I especially love the “Readers Write” portion of the publication, where anyone can submit a short story — just a few paragraphs — based on a prompt. The June issue’s prompt was “losing,” and the contributors’ creativity baffled me. I’m definitely looking forward to the July issue.
LISTEN
‘Tis the birth month of an album that I will request be cremated along with me when I die — that is, “Hot Fuss” by the Killers. If you think I’m being melodramatic in my undying love for this work of art, you’ve clearly never heard it. While hits like “Mr. Brightside” and “Somebody Told Me” propelled the band onto the radio, “Hot Fuss” is really highlighted by agonizingly beautiful tracks like “All These Things That I’ve Done” and “Everything Will Be Alright.” So thanks Brandon Flowers — who turned 36 Wednesday — and the rest of the gang for an absolute classic.
WATCH
I saw “The Age of Adaline” not long after it came out two years ago, and it’s still on my mind. The premise is ridiculous — a woman, struck by lightning in 1935, never ages again. But how can one find love when they cannot grow old with their partner? Somehow, this far-fetched conflict creates a heart-wrenching, deep film. Blake Lively is incredible, and the storyline convincingly traverses decades, staying true through the costumes, props and scripting.
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