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Entertainment briefs: Troika festival lineup set
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Aug 31, 2006 :
12:21 pm ET
DURHAM -- Durham Music Festival Inc. has announced the headliners for October's Troika Music Festival. Headliners include college radio favorites The Mountain Goats, pop sensation The Rosebuds and Asobi Seksu, along with Two Ton Boa, Okkervil River, Portastatic and Elvis Perkins.
More than 65 bands will perform in Durham during the four-day event to be held Oct. 18-21.
Venues include 305 South, Duke Coffee House, Broad Street Café, Chaz's Bull City Records, Francesca's dessert café, Cosmic Cantina, Joe & Jo's Downtown Bar & Grill and Tyler's at American Tobacco.
Tickets may be purchased at Schoolkids Records in Raleigh and Chapel Hill and Offbeat Music in Durham. Shows range in price, while some are free of charge. A $20 festival pass provides unlimited access to shows for all four days. For a complete list of bands and festival schedule, visit www.troikamusicfestival.org.
Films for Francophiles
Duke University's Center for French and Francophone Studies will present the French and Francophone Film Series this fall. All films in this series will be screened at the Griffith Theater in the Bryan Center, at 8 p.m. unless otherwise specified (English subtitles). For more details and updates, visit www.duke.edu/web/cffs/.
Films in this series include:
-- Monday: "L'enfant" (J.-P. and L. Dardenne, 2005)
-- Sept. 11: "Après vous" (P. Salvadori, 2003)
-- Sept 14-15: "Caché" (M. Haneke, 2005) 7 and 9:30 p.m.
-- Sept. 25: "De battre mon c?ur s'est arrêté" (J. Audiard, 2005)
-- Oct. 2: "Mondovino" (J. Nossiter, 2004)
-- Oct. 16: "L'esquive" (A. Kechiche, 2003)
The center also plans "L'Afrique se filme" series. All films in this series will be screened at Richard White Auditorium (East Campus), at 8 p.m. (English subtitles):
-- Oct. 23: "Abouna" (M.-S. Haroun, 2002)
-- Oct. 30: "Madame Brouette" (M.S. Absa, 2002)
-- Nov. 13: "Nha Fala" (F. Gomes, 2002)
-- Nov. 20: "Traces, empreintes de femmes" (K. L. Ndiaye, 2003)
Flicker taking submissions
The next Flicker film screening will be Sept. 11 at Cat's Cradle, 300 E. Main St. in Carrboro. Submissions are currently being accepted for the show. All entries must be a short (15 minutes or under) and must have been originally shot on film.
Submissions in VHS, DVD or prints may be sent to Flicker Film Festival, 916 Sedgefield St., Durham, NC 27705.
There is no entry fee. For more information about Flicker and film submissions visit www.flickerfestival.com
Metal sculpture at ChathamArts
ChathamArts Gallery will feature the works of painter El Tremblay, illustrator Emma Skurnick and metal sculptor Kevin Eichner through Sept. 23.
Tremblay uses watercolor with pen, ink and pencil to create realistic paintings. His favorite subjects are landscapes, flowers, houses, pets and horses.
Skurnick is a freelance nature illustrator whose work can be seen at the North Carolina Aquarium, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and in American Scientist Magazine. She will exhibit her watercolor paintings of native flora and fauna.
Eichner specializes in forging, casting and fabricating, using bronze, steel and cast iron for sculptures and architectural elements.
The public can meet the artists and see their work at the opening show at ChathamArts Gallery Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., when Pittsboro shops, galleries and eateries will be open for First Sunday, with arts and crafts for sale along the main street. ChathamArts Gallery is also open every week from Wednesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 115 Hillsboro St. in Pittsboro. For information, call (919) 542-0394, or visit www.chathamarts.org.
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