The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 482, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Page: 8 of 40
forty p. : ill.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Page 8
November 10-16, 2009
Merchandise
Communications
HOME PHOHE SERVICE
$0 DOWN
First Month rngg
Servite*
Plans from $13.49
LIFELINE-AUTO PAY*
817-483-6746,
1-888-451 -5354
Long Distance now available-
Mexico, I tiler national & Domestic
Man, ■ Fri, 9 am -5 pm
^^Internel From *4” per momhM
VWWWVWV^
1 Home Phone 5
Service
I
$0 Down <;
First Month Free**K,
Plans S
starting at s
$1.99* month ^
Caller ID & Call Waiting Available ^
>| Hablamos tu Idioma K
^ 8am-8pm 7
^ 1.888.860.3949 s
? E ■ "*Sffi8S 1
l ‘Plus taxes and fees (Lifeline Rate with ante pay)
i "Activation Payment is hilled te account.
Iaaaaaaa
broadband and wireless
were made for each other.
r211 A600 MODEM
Retail: Retail:'**!*.
Now $49.99 Now
web-ready
°cP
get unlimited
• high-speed internet for your
desktop or laptop
• talk 24/7 for your phone
5> VJ J/mo
bundle and save
respe t
for your wallet
come into a store today
GALVESTON HOUSTON PEARLAND
2629 Broadway St 9959 Fuqua St 3419 E Broadway
409-762-8522 713-944-0565 832-736-9922
» * think
grlin Recycle your old ceil phone at your focal Cricket store.
>d* plan
ding * regulatory CKovery and adminiilTJlivp l« up io $1.40 for phone service and
up IP SO-SO fur broadband s*rvi££|- TVt« regulatory i« tmuy and kdiiiirinlMtivfi re« Art nul A UXM gQrtfi'WTitrlE-rtQuirfcd clitarge. Devitei: Limited lime Otfor; iubj«l IP Chlrtgfc
O 2009 tifcfcei Cmtinraretalioni. like
* rnronth, Llrmt*d tin** pffcw, ^ubj«:t to dung? form* condirujnj, 4 ®th*r Wtrldtoflf
uim Si 5 activation few, RMUfii will vary by pluxi* & rad* plan. Broadband
stive fee
Entertainment
NOVEMBER II - 15, 2009
CINEMA ARTS
FESTIVAL HOUSTON
CINEMA ARTS FESTIVAL HOUSTON ANNOUNCES
STELLAR LINEUP OF FILMS AND GUEST ARTISTS
Houston Cinema Arts Society produces nearly forty programs including
feature films, documentaries, live music, outdoor projections,
video installations & celebrity guest appearances.
Houston Cinema Arts Festival organizers
announced today a stellar lineup of actors, directors,
and other artists participating in the jam-packed
event scheduled from November 11-15, 2009.
Guests presenting new and classic films include
actress Tilda Swinton, Texas filmmaker and director
Richard Linklater and Mexican screenwriter
Guillermo Arriaga. The arts-oriented festival will
also host photographer Susan Meiselas, rock band
Dengue Fever, and members of The Yes Men and
Ant Farm media collective, among many other
notable presenters.
The only U.S. festival devoted to fdms by and
about artists of all stripes, the 2009 Cinema Arts
Festival Houston runs November 11-15 at various
cultural locales throughout Houston’s Downtown
and Museum District areas. It is more than just a
fdm festival; it is a vibrant multimedia arts event
breaking out of the confines of the movie theater
through live music and fdm performances, outdoor
projections, interactive video installations and more.
The Festival program involves collaboration
among many of Houston’s extraordinary film and
arts institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston; The Menil Collection; the Houston Ballet;
FotoFest; Aurora Picture Show; and many others.
Many of their representatives serve on the board and
task force of the Houston Cinema Arts Society, the
nonprofit organization responsible for devising the
Festival’s unique identity.
“How appropriate for a city with so many first-
class arts institutions to host a festival devoted to
films by and about visual, performing and literary
artists,” said Houston Mayor Bill White. “I am
especially pleased to see that actress Tilda Swinton
and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga will be here to
explore the elements that combined to produce a
masterwork from our own state, The Three Burials
of Melquiades Estrada. Emerging filmmakers will, I
expect, be inspired and future Texas-filmed classics
may grow out of this inspiration.”
In November 2008, Houston Cinema Arts Society
presented a preview festival with just five programs
honoring artists Lynn Hershman Leeson and Alex
Rivera. This year’s Festival has expanded to include
nearly forty programs including special series,
performances, installations and discussion panels
that focus on various multi-faceted topics
surrounding cinema and the arts.
OPENING NIGHT FESTIVITIES
The Festival’s Opening Night will kick off on
Wednesday, November 11 with two highly
anticipated films and a very special guest.
Richard Linklater, who was bom in Houston and
is the maker of such seminal films as Slacker, Dazed
and Confused, A Scanner Darkly, School of Rock
and Before Sunset, will be at the screening of his
latest theatrical release, Me and Orson Welles at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston at 8 pm. Meanwhile,
the acclaimed Precious: Based on the Novel “Push”
by Sapphire will be playing downtown at the
Angelika Film Center, beginning at 7 pm.
Me and Orson Welles is Linklater’s tribute to the
ultimate maverick director, Welles, as filtered
through Robert Kaplow’s novel of the same name.
Zac Efron graduates from teen heartthrob to serious
actor and displays impressive range as Richard
Samuels, a young actor drawn into Welles’s theater
troupe and orbit. There he is enraptured by Welles’s
Girl Friday, Sonja (Claire Danes). Sonja, however,
is enthralled with the great director, played by
Christian McKay, whose impersonation and
interpretation of Welles is nothing short of uncanny.
Me and Orson Welles will be shown and Linklater
will speak at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in
the Brown Auditorium Theater on Wednesday,
November 11 at 8 pm.
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire,
passionately directed by Lee Daniels, written with
elegant economy by Geoffrey Fletcher and
brilliantly performed by a fearless ensemble cast, is
the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones (Gabourey
Sidibe), a sixteen-year-old African-American girl
born into a life no one would want. Since its world
premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, where
it won three awards (including the Grand Jury Prize
and Audience Award), Precious has been moving
people of all backgrounds with its dramatic, vividly
realized story of a Harlem teenager who discovers
her own worth, beauty and potential. Precious will
be shown at the Angelika Film Center in Downtown
Houston on Wednesday, November 11 at 7 pm.
FESTIVAL HEADQUARTERS,
FILM / EVENT VENUES
While screenings and events take place at
multiple venues such as Miller Outdoor Theatre,
Angelika Film Center, Discovery Green, Warehouse
Live, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Rice
Media Center, the official Festival headquarters are
located at the historic Alabama Theatre. There,
visitors will be able to visit the Main Box Office,
attend panels and workshops in the “Meet the
Makers” series and visit the H BOX screening
room.
Instantly one of Houston’s premier movie theaters
when it opened in 1939, the Alabama Theatre closed
in 1983 and in 1989 became home to The Bookstop,
a bookstore eventually acquired by Barnes & Noble,
though its famous art-deco exterior and classic
interior were carefully preserved. When the
Bookstop vacated the space in September 2009, the
Houston Cinema Arts Society jumped at the chance
to making the site the headquarters for the 2009
Festival, reconnecting the Alabama Theatre both to
its cinematic roots and to its continually evolving
story in Houston.
ADMISSION
Although several Festival programs and
components are free, including H BOX at the
Alabama Theatre, Kid Pan Alley at Miller Outdoor
Theatre, The Red Shoes at Discovery Green and
many of the educational panels and sessions, buying
Festival Passes, Badges and/or tickets is the most
cost-effective way to explore all that the Festival has
to offer.
Several different types of ticketing options are
available:
* $50 Festival Wristbands grant access to all regular
Festival screenings
* $250 Festival Badges provide access for all
screenings, educational panels and performances
* $500 Patron Passes / All Access Badges provide
access for the screenings, education panels,
performances, and opening/closing receptions
* Individual tickets for regular public screenings
and educational panels are available at $6 for
Matinees and $10 for evenings; premium
screenings are $15
* A student/senior price of $6 is available for all
regular public screenings (excluding opening
night)
* Special event tickets range from $15 - $25
Tickets are now on sale on the Festival Web site,
www.cinemartsociety.org. Tickets and Festival
merchandise also can be purchased at the Festival’s
official headquarters, located at the historic
Alabama Theatre, 2922 South Shepherd, Houston,
TX 77098, beginning October 21.
About Houston Cinema Arts Society and Cinema
Arts Festival Houston
Houston Cinema Arts Society (HCAS) is a non-
profit organization created in 2008 under the
direction of a dedicated task force with the support
of Houston Mayor Bill White and the leadership of
Franci Crane to organize and host Cinema Arts
Festival Houston, a ground-breaking and innovative
film and multimedia arts festival featuring art by
and about artists and celebrating the vitality and
diversity of the arts in Houston and enriching the
city’s film and arts community. HCAS is funded in
part by grants from the Crane Foundation, City of
Houston through Houston Arts Alliance and the City
of Houston Convention and Entertainment Facilities
Department. Cinema Arts Festival Houston debuts
in Houston November 11 - 15, 2009. Festival
headquarters are located at the historic Alabama
Theatre, 2922 South Shepherd, Houston, TX 77098.
Online tickets sales began October 14 at
www.cinemartsociety.org. In person tickets sales
begin at Festival headquarters on October 21.
Suburban Southeast Houston Greensheet
Visit us at thegreensheet.com
Business 713-371-3500 Personal 713-371-3600
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 482, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 10, 2009, newspaper, November 10, 2009; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth516723/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .