This French farce concerns a competent yet drab accountant, Francois Pignon (Daniel Autueil) who works in a condom factory–a man so dull that his former wife and child screen their calls to avoid talking to him. Although doggedly efficient at work, his soporific personality has caused his boss to want to fire him. As he’s […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
The Arc of Orange County: The Arc is seeking volunteers for its Community Connections Program. The program matches adults with developmental disabilities with volunteers for recreational activities. Volunteers spend six to eight hours a month doing things like taking walks, going out to eat or going bowling. An informational meeting will be held Tuesday, July […]
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Bride of the Wind
Once described as “the most beautiful woman in Vienna,” Alma Schindler was both a brilliant young musician and muse to many great artists in turn-of-the-century Vienna. Bride of the Wind, the newest film from director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Double Jeopardy), chronicles Schindler’s early years, including her tumultuous marriages to Gustav Mahler and architect […]
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In tightrope walking
Zurich-born international tightrope walking sensation David Dimitri (pictured) will make his 2001 American debut at the North Carolina Museum of Art this weekend. Dimitri’s circus career began at age 7 when he performed with the Swiss National Circus, Knie, as an animal trainer. At 10, he “graduated” to circus clown and later went off to […]
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Superfly
Duke’s WXDU 88.7 FM station is sponsoring a special showing of the 1972 blaxploitation classic Superfly, which, besides featuring examples of high-style ’70s threads, boasts score by Curtis Mayfield’s unforgettably kool score. The film, set in the mean streets of Harlem, tells the tale of a pusher set on cutting one last deal. Pre-film contests […]
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Volunteer Spotlight
Welcome Baby: Volunteers are needed for this organization that provides parenting education and support to new parents. Weekly or bi-weekly hospital visit volunteers meet families at the hospital and answer questions and talk about Welcome Baby’s services. Parent support volunteers call new parents to answer questions about infant care, parenting and community resources. Training is […]
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Equality I
According to the online bulletin “Ouch!”, the average after-tax income of the poorest 20 percent of all American households in 1979 was $10,900. In 1997, the average for that same group was $10,800–a net increase of $100.
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Equality II
According to Public Campaign, 81 percent of large ($200 and up) individual donations to congressional campaigns come from people with incomes of more than $100,000 a year. But only five percent of large individual donations come from those who make $49,999 or less.
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
Poor Ed Wood Jr. Not only did he not look particularly fetching in angora (his fetish) but his fame rests primarily on the sheer awfulness and unintentional humor of his Z-grade flicks. Topping most critics’ lists as the worst film of all time, Plan 9 boasts a motley cast assembled from offbeat L.A. personalities of […]
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Books for People with Short Attention Spans
It’s difficult to think of the term “summer reading” as a occurring in a sequence: spring reading, summer reading, fall reading, winter reading. What, exactly, would the quintessential spring reading book look like? (A collection of Rod McKuen’s “poetry”?) Or winter reading, for that matter? (Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot?) It’s hard to know. And yet, most […]
