As you’ve no doubt heard, a gunman entered an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut yesterday morning, taking the lives of 20 children (all 6 and 7 years old) and 6 adults. It’s a heartbreaking story, and I don’t know that there’s anything that I can say that hasn’t already been said better by our obviously […]
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The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary… agendas at play, profits to be made
Posted in Civil Liberties, Media, Observations, Other, Politics, Pop Culture, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Lanza, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, Basketball Diaries, Charlie Booker, Chicago Sun Times, Columbine, Connecticut, David Huckabee, Diane Feinstein, Elephant, first-person shooter, God in school, gun control, gun laws, gun violence, gunman, guns, horrifically sad stories, Jay Carney, Macy's Thanksgiving parade, mass murder, mental illness, Michigan Open Carry, Mike Huckabee, More Guns Less Crime, murder, murdertainment, network news, news media, nightly news, NRA, Obama, prayer in school, Rick Snyder, Rob Harris, Roger Ebert, Ryan Lanza, Sandy Hook, school shooting, Senate Bill 59, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, the state of the world, Tom Brokaw, tragedy, violent video games | 46 Comments
The Ann Arbor Film Festival to celebrate 50 years with ambitious agenda
In a few short weeks, the Ann Arbor Film Festival will begin celebrating its 50th anniversary. It’s a huge milestone that, to my knowledge, no other North American independent film festival has reached, and, as you might expect, organizers are pulling out all the stops. As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Shadow Art Fair, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1963, 2 Live Crew, 3D, 826Michigan, A2Geeks, American Falls, animation, Ann Arbor District Library, Ann Arbor Film Festival, art films, Arthur Lipsett, Barbara Hammer, Ben Rivers, Bentley Historical Library, bike-powered zoetrope, Bruce Baillie, burlesque, corporate rats, costumes, Craig Baldwin, culture jamming, Devo, Don Hertzfeldt, Donald Harrison, Encore Records, experimental film, Exquisite Motion Corpse, family-friendly shorts, feral films, Festifools, Film, film archives, film festival, founders syndrome, Gallery Project, George Manupelli, Hauling Toto Big, Irina Leimbacher, Japanese avant-garde film, Jodie Mack, Krampus, La Jetée, Leighton Pierce, LGBTQ, Luther Campbell, Mark Toscano, Mark's Carts, Martin Thoburn, Matthew De Gennaro, Michael Robinson, Michigan Theater, MOCAD, Neutral Zone, Nickels Arcade, Pat Oleszko, Paul Clipson, Peter Rose, Phil Solomon, Robert Nelson, Scott MacDonald, Silvio's, Slusser Gallery, Spatial Shift, Star Wars, Summer Festival, Tate Modern, UMS, Voluptuous Sleep, Work Gallery | 8 Comments