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Hey this looks like it will be good:

Start As You Will Go On, PT II
Curated by Jeremy Drummond and David Poolman
Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
Thursday, October 18, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
Admission:  $5.00

Program

Lot 63, Grave C.   2006.  10:00 Minutes
Directed by Sam Green

The name of Meredith Hunter, the man killed in front of the stage at Altamont, has been almost totally forgotten. Filmmaker Sam Green (The Weather Underground) seeks out what may be the final reminder of Hunter’s existence, an unmarked grave.

In Order Not to Be Here.  2002.  33:00 Minutes
Directed by Deborah Stratman

An uncompromising look at the ways privacy, safety, convenience and surveillance determine our environment. Shot entirely at night, the film confronts the hermetic nature of white-collar communities, dissecting the fear behind contemporary suburban design. An isolation-based fear (protect us from people not like us). A fear of irregularity (eat at McDonalds, you know what to expect). A fear of thought (turn on the television). A fear of self (don't stop moving). By examining evacuated suburban and corporate landscapes, the film reveals peculiarly 21st century hollownessÉ an emptiness born of our collective faith in safety and technology. This is a new genre of horror movie, attempting suburban locations as states of mind.

Original electronic music by Kevin Drumm.

RE:  THE_OPERATION.    2002.  27:30 Minutes
Directed by Paul Chan

Based on a set of drawings that depict George W. Bush's administration as wounded soldiers in the war against terrorism, RE:THE_OPERATION explores the sexual and philosophical dynamics of war through the lives of the members as they physically engage each other and the "enemy". 

INTERKOSMOS.  2003.  71:00 Minutes
Directed by Jim Finn

Jim Finn has made a name for himself in recent years as a short film maker, thanks to his feeling for irony and his capacity to shape something new from propaganda, news and other historic images. Not to forget his very dry sense of humour. Two years ago, he was given a grant for a short musical film about a secret space project in the early 1970s involving an attempt by East German cosmonauts and their allies to establish socialist colonies on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. As Finn got on with building his models and the shooting days approached, his project started to grow. He couldn’t complete it alone, however, so he received help from various different quarters. The result is his first full-length film, filled with plot theories, guinea pigs and beautiful miniature sets, unique visual and above all sound material: hip choreographed musical numbers in which you can see that the makers have wrestled their way through the entire oeuvre of Busby Berkeley, with retro 1970s music that makes it difficult to stop tapping your feet. There are also moments of tranquility in the almost abstract scenes about the infinity and banality of German-language space travel." - International Film Festival Rotterdam

I am pleased to announce that the workshop schedule for Imagine is now up on the Imagine website. It can be accessed here.

Imagine is an artist run gallery boutique in London. It is located on King St. opposite Waldos. We are offering workshops on everything from stained glass to encaustic painting and everything in between.

I am running the encaustic workshop and this class is right in time to allow participants to create an excellent gift for the holidays. London has needed an atelier school of art for some time. This is a great start!  read more »

Has anybody heard anyone saying that tonight Mars will appear as big as the moon to the naked eye?  The past couple weeks I've been encountering people everywhere who think this!   Where did this idea come from?  I think I might have offended some people by my response to them telling me this...  I'm not trying to be rude, I just can't believe how this little piece of misinterpreted information has spread around to everyone.  I thought it was common knowledge that this was impossible!  Someone somewhere has misunderstood something in an astronomy magazine and it's spread like wildfire!  read more »

Hey Everybody,

Well S.T.O.P (Sensible Transit Only Please) now has a website....feel free to check it out http://www.freewebs.com/trevorharris01/

That is our website...has polls, guestbook, mission, goals,etc....fee free to check it out'

Trevor

A couple things,

First, Do you have any meals coming up? We have some produce at the Unity Project that may not be able to use before it starts to go bad (quite a bit of eggplant, snow-peas and green onions).

 Second is something I was thinking about today at work... Whenever a stat holiday rolls around, there's usually a complete lack of community meals in the city. Today for example, Ark-aid which serves dinners monday-saturday seemed to be closed and there were no other meals in the city. This seems to be the situation on any given holiday. Maybe meals on stat holidays could be a good niche for FNB? It may be more of a demand then FNB could fill, but you could certainly put a dent in it!  read more »

I am looking to buy a gently used really good twin mattress and bed. Also possibly a double/full bed frame not too big, a coffee machine and a blender.

So, I just received an email from my Mom (Thank-you) about the levels of lead in our water. There was a front page spread(pdf) in the LFPress this morning on the topic.

Has anyone had their water tested recently? If we were to have our water tested and it turns out it has high levels of lead content , is our landlord obligated to change the piping? In addition, if he refuses or he takes his time changing the piping do we have the right to demand he purchase bottled water (Culligan or something like that) for us?

***What should Tenants do about their situation?***   read more »