Media contact: Priscilla L. Hunter, 312.344.7805, phunter@colum.edu or Micki Leventhal, 312.344.7383, mleventhal@colum.edu
Chicago, June 2003 -- The last weekend of Columbia College Chicago's month-long Michiana Festival of the Art concludes with the Film Roadshow, a two-day film showcase. The showcase begins on Friday, August 8th at 7 p.m., CST at the Vickers Theatre, 6 N. Elm Street, Three Oaks, Michigan. The cost is $25 and includes a post-show reception immediately following the screening at 8:30 p.m. in the Vickers Theatre Lobby. For tickets call 269.756.3522.
Friday's program will feature award-winning narrative, experimental and documentary work by women filmmakers, including recent graduates Samantha Sanders and Sue-Yeon Jung and faculty members Paula Froehle and Wen Hwa Ts'ao.
On Saturday, August 9th at 1 p.m., CST at the Vickers Theatre, the film showcase continues with a Film & Video Roadshow and Conversation featuring films by men. Andrew Hodges, an invitee to the Emerging Filmmakers section of this year's Cannes Film Festival, will present his animated short Hue. Columbia alum Keith Ransfer will show his narrative, The Brother We Keep and faculty member Dan Dinello will also be featured. There will be a special screening of Paula, a student film by George Tillman Jr., and Bob Teitel, the creative team responsible for hits films such as Soul Food, Men of Honor and Barbershop.
The screening will conclude with a 45-minute question and answer session hosted by Bruce Sheridan, Chair of Columbia's Film & Video Department.
The Michiana Festival of the Arts is a celebration of performance and communication arts presented by Columbia College, in collaboration with the Acorn Theater, Dunes Summer Theatre and Vickers Theatre. Sited on the southeastern shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, in the heart of the Michigan and Indiana lakeshore community, the Festival showcases work by emerging artists, as well as appearances by established writers, literary figures, film critics and filmmakers.
In addition to the Film Showcase, the Festival will present theatrical performances at the Dunes and the Acorn. Ten local residences will open their doors for an Art of Home Tour on August 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To volunteer as a home tour guide for the Art of Home Tour and receive two free tickets for the Tour, call the volunteer tour hotline at 312.344.7002.
The college's Adult Education Division, Columbia 2, is back with "Summer Workshops at the Shore," a series of workshops in the arts and communications at the Tall Oaks Inn in New Buffalo, Michigan. Classes begin in early July. To register or for more information call 312.344.8190 or print out a copy of the registration form at www.columbia2.colum.edu and fax it to 312.344.8086.
On Saturday, August 9 at 4 p.m., activities will wind-down with a hoe-down, "Festival Finale at the Farm: Columbia College Goes Country," hosted by Columbia Trustee, Allen Turner at his Stanley Tigerman designed country home. Tickets to this dinner and barn dance, complete with a caller and western band, are $150 per person and can be purchased by calling, 312.663.1124 Ext. 2
For a complete Festival schedule, updates and further information visit http://michiana.colum.edu.
Proceeds from events and activities of the Festival will support local arts programming such as the Dunes Arts Foundation, as well as scholarship funds at Columbia College.
Columbia College is the nation's largest visual, performing and media arts college. Located in the heart of Chicago's South Loop, Columbia blends the best of theory and practice in a dynamic and diverse urban environment.