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I spent the day at the beach with my sister, her BF, Matt, and his boys, Matthew and Jacob.
Matthew spent the day capturing jellyfish.
Jill spent the day getting stung.
Jacob spent the day peeing in a bucket and pouring it on Jill’s stings.
We all spent the day laughing.
It true. So You Think You Can Dance is back for Season 5 and I can’t get enough. Natch.
Need your dance fix this weekend? Check out these 3 dance events this weekend. Natch.
Joy, Dance and Giving Animals a Chance
Benefiting
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
and
Spay-Neuter Assistance Program, Inc.
Come enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, an exclusive silent auction, and an
intimate performance by the DWDT Dancers
Saturday, May 30, 2009
6:00 to 8:00 PM
Joy Yoga Center
4500 Washington Ave., Suite 900, Houston, Texas 77007
$15 suggested donation at the door
Please let us know if you can join us!
RSVP to info@dwdt.org or 713-652-3938
The Big Range Dance Festival
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Program A Friday, May 29, 8:00 pm and Saturday, May 30, 8:00 pm
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Featuring these choreographers and performers:
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Aaron Robson, Alice Chi, Ana Trevino-Godfrey, Andee Scott (Austin, TX), Becky Valls, Bonnie Collins, Brittany Wallis, Christian Holmes, Danny Magner, Jane Weiner, Jeanine Durning, Jennifer Magill, Joani Trevino, JoDee Engle, Joe Modlin, Kristen Frankiewicz, Kriti Farr, Leslie Scates, Lindsey McGill, Mallory Horn, Marlow Fleming, Michelle Garza, Mikey Slovich, Nicole McNeil, Penny Tschirhart, Reyie Delgado, Roberta Cortes, Stephanie Rodriguez, Toni Leago Valle
Tickets for this event: At the door: $18 general, $16 student/senior
24-hour advance: $16
Pick 3 (if you buy tickets to 3 or more distinct Festival events): $14
On May 29 or May 30, come early for FREE pre-show dance-for-camera video screenings and live dance “peep shows” held from 7:25-7:55 pm:
“Looking for Tonto” by Brian H. Buck “N.U.” by Aileen Mapes “Raven Study” by Charlotte Griffin Live Dance Peep Show #1 |
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The Dance Gathering Sunday, May 31, 7:00 pm
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Featuring works 4 minutes and under by these choreographers:
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Allison Chavez, Amy Llanes, Ashley Horn, Elizabeth Lucrezio, Jacqueline Nalett, Jessica Ray Herzogenrath, JoDee Engle, Kristina Koutsoudas, Lalo Vidaurri, Leslie Scates, Mallory Horn, Megan Condon, Michael Baerga, Morgan Gill, Naphtali Beyleveld, Rathna Kumar, Reyie Delgado, Richard d’Alton, Sara Draper
Tickets for this event:
At the door: $14 general, $12 student/senior 24-hour advance: $12
Pick 3 (if you buy tickets to 3 or more distinct Festival events): $10
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Please visit www.bigrange.org for more information or to buy tickets.
Got design skillz? Show us whatcha got.
I’m helping jury the Poster Contest for this year’s A/V Swap, an excellent mixed media (pun totally intended) event that matches filmmakers with musicians to create a mashup of sorts. Read below for all the deets.
This year, organizers are putting the poster design in the hands of the public. Enter your design for a chance to be the face of the A/V Swap, a film/audio collaborative swap during the summer of 2009.
Due Date May 27th, 2009. Yep, that’s Wednesday. Get crackin.
Images should be 11 x 17 and vector based. Don’t hold anything back; we want to see forward thinking graphic design!
Submit your design by Wednesday, May 27th to sean [at] theavswap.com. Please attach a 10 KB image.
Win free tickets to A/V Swap events, entrance for 2 to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and 2 free passes to a film at the River Oaks Theatre.
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About the A/V Swap 2009
Creative filmmakers submit a short movie without a soundtrack and musicians submit a soundtrack without a movie.
We’ll play matchmaker and trade each film and soundtrack.
Each musician will receive a film and every filmmaker a soundtrack.
Then you make a new composition to go with your movie or song. It’s that easy!
Info Session: Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Spacetaker, Winter Street Studios, 2101 Winter St. Houston, TX 77007
Come hear about the A/V Swap, learn about digital filmmaking and recording with Sharad Patel
First deadline: Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Antidote Coffee, 729 Studewood St. Houston, TX 77007
Turn in your original film or soundtrack; you will receive your assignment within four days
Second Deadline: Monday, July 20th, 2009
Final collaborative films due
Format for the first deadline: Films and music should be at least 1 minute in duration and less than 7 minutes.
For video please provide at least 640 X 480 pixel size on a data DVD in Quicktime PNG or Quicktime photo JPEG. Please try to avoid NTSC DVD or MPEGs.
For audio please provide WAV or AIF files, please avoid MP3s to ensure best quality.
Format for the second deadline: Please drop off films formatted to play on any DVD player.
Every film in the A/V Swap will be played on the big screen in August and the Best Of screening will be held in September 2009
new work area, originally uploaded by CosmoPolitician.So I set out this morning to find a new desk for my new iMac that I received yesterday. for the last 2 months I’ve been working on mom and dad’s kitchen bar height table, hovering over my tiny 13 inch macbook. it was time for an upgrade.
my mission:
On recommendations via twitter, I checked out target, IKEA, cost plus, and back to IKEA where i settled on a simple desk top and 2 legs. cheapo. classy. functional. the whole desk cost me $100. FTW! (Visit the photo on flickr for more info on each piece)
I had to take apart my sister’s boys’ racetrack to put the desk up. they are gonna be livid, seeing as though they are already pissed i “took over their room” 
So I’ll be working from mom and dad’s for a few more months, and very excited about the new work area.
“Mom, can you send up a sandwich?”
Ever since 2006’s ACL performance, when thousands of people literally dropped their chicken in a cone and craned their necks to see what was happening on the Austin Ventures stage, I’ve pretty much traveled far and wide to see this band play.
Easily one of the most entertaining and unique acts in music of the last 5 years, Ghostland Observatory’s high energy, intoxicating beats, and wicked light show have been making fanatics out of fans since their second album release Paparazzi Lightning in early 2006.
GLO hits the bayou city this weekend at the Showgrounds at Sam Houston Race Park. Deets below. If you haven’t seen them don’t miss this chance. If you have, don’t miss this chance. Holler!
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