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The Boy in the Woods will be screened at North Bay Film Festival on November 19 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada.
Get your tickets here.
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God I love seeing North America through regional film festivals. Meeting REAL cinephiles all over the place instead of being fixated on the shiny money shit that Hollywood dominates.
Getting to know, collaborating with, and supporting INDEPENDENT ARTISTS and celebrating people honing their craft for the craft’s sake and the joy of creating!
South Carolina. Fort Worth. Upstate NY. The Bay Area. Albuquerque. Calgary. Las Vegas. Niagara Falls. Michigan. The Texas hill country.
All places I’ve loved visiting and I would have never otherwise seen if it wasn’t for my partner’s career, other independent cinephiles, and the incredible NONPROFIT WORKERS and VOLUNTEERS who support the arts in their communities on the real real and work so hard to bring us in and to get audiences who come experience it all with us.
I know I say it a lot, but I’m gonna keep saying it over and over, find out who in your city/state/province/region that is putting on a legit regional film festival of independent art. I promise, you’ll find something really special at it.
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Happy Birthday Scottish actor Gary Lewis, born 30th November 1957.
Born and raised in Easterhouse, Glasgow Lewis seems an unlikely actor, he has had jobs as a roadsweeper and librarian, his brother, a teacher encouraged him to do more and he became in his own words a “voracious” reader, this pushed him into wanting to become an actor at the age of 32.
It was a chance meeting with fellow Scot, Peter Mullan that gave him his break, he joined the regular “in house” actors in Ken Loach films, starring with Mullan in My Name is Joe and Robert Carlyle in Carla’s song he was in good company to learn.He had a cracking role in Peter Mullan’s film Orphans, with one of my favourite lines, “She’s not heavy, she’s my mother”
Lewis won the best actor award for the part at the Gijón International Film Festival in 1998.I think most of you will remember Gary Lewis playing coal miner Jackie Elliot, father to the films title role Billy Elliot. I sometimes feel like I m repeating myself when noting the CV’s of these actors, Taggart, Rab C Nesbitt, Rebus were early shows for Lewis, while Stonemouth and In Plain Sight are more recent.
Then there is of course Outlander. Gary Lewis appeared in the first two seasons of the hit show, based on the novels by Diana Gabaldon playing, Colum MacKenzie, laird of the MacKenzie family and Uncle to Jamie Fraser. Colum died in the season finale 2 finale Hail Mary. Of Outlander he says,
“The fan base is extremely passionate. It is strange because I live in Scotland and Outlander isn’t massive here to the extent it is in Australia, America and Canada. There are fans all over the world.”
The past few years have been busy for Gary, he managed to snap up an appearance in the final series of Still Game, as well the movie, The Vanishing, teaming up again with Peter Mullan and last weeks birthday boy Gerard Butler. He has also been in His Dark Materials, Rig 45, It’s a Sin, Vigil and series 3 of The Bay.
IMDB has Gary, along with Billy Boyd and Sharleen Spiteri to star in a film, set in Glasgow called I Feel Fine, however I think the project has stalled as it has been at the “announced” stage for several years now. Gary is also to play Roald Amundsen in the film North Pole: 90° North.
Gary ia also in a new Scottish feature film, Stella, about a German Jewish refugee who finds herself working in a stately Home in Dumfries and Galloway belonging to aristocratic supporters of fascist leader Oswald Mosely. The film, from what I can gather is not on general release yet, but has already won international Best Drama award at the Melech Tel-Aviv International Film Festival where it had its world premiere this month.
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Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 German states. Its capital is Kiel; other larger cities include Lübeck and Flensburg. Historically, the name can also refer to a larger region, containing both present-day Schleswig-Holstein and the former South Jutland County in Denmark. Lübeck was the center of the Hanse, and its city center is a World Heritage Site today. Thomas Mann was born here. The Duchy of Schleswig/Southern Jutland was originally an integral part of Denmark, but was in medieval times established as a fief under the Kingdom of Denmark, with the same relation to the Danish Crown as, for example, Brandenburg or Bavaria vis-à-vis the Holy Roman Empire.
In the western parts, there are lowlands with virtually no hills. The North Frisian Islands, as well as most of the North Sea coast, form the Nationalpark Wattenmeer (Wadden Sea Nationa Park), which is the largest national park in Central Europe. Germany’s only high-sea island, Helgoland, is situated in the North Sea. The Baltic Sea coast to the east is marked by bays, fjords, and cliffs, with rolling hills and lakes. Islands are Fehmarn, Rügen, Usedom, Poel, Ummanz und Hiddensee.
The longest river is the Elbe; the most important waterway is the Kiel Canal which connects the North and Baltic Seas. The region has been strongly Protestant since the time of Reformation. Nowadays, members of the Lutheran / Evangelical Church make up 53% of the population, Catholics only 6%, and 41% of the population is non-religious or other.
Schleswig-Holstein combines German and Danish aspects of culture. The castles and manors in the countryside are the best example for this tradition; some dishes like Rote Grütze (Danish: Rødgrød) are also shared, as well as surnames such as Hansen, DIederichsen, etc. The most important festivals are the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, an annual classic music festival, and the Lübeck Nordic Film Days for movies from Scandinavian countries. The annual Wacken Open Air festival is considered to be the largest heavy metal festival in the world.
Kiel Week is an annual sailing regatta that has been held in Kiel since the end of the 19th century. It is considered one of the largest sailing events in the world. In recent decades, it has also developed into a folk festival in large parts of downtown Kiel, although the core of the event has always remained the sailing competitions. Thus, in addition to the sporting aspects, Kiel Week offers an extensive cultural program with over 2,000 individual events. These include performances by both international and local artists, who offer live music in around 500 concerts on some 20 stages. Every year, around 3 to 4 million guests visit Kiel Week, including numerous naval units from over 14 nations, more than 4,000 sailors from 47 nations and over a dozen city delegations.
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Premieres
Almost Human (TV Series; 2013)
American Graffiti (Film; 1973)
Atypical (TV Series; 2017)
Dangerous Minds (Film; 1995)
Doug (Animated TV Series; 1991)
Down to Earth, by Jimmy Buffett (Album; 1970)
A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles US Film; 1964)
Hey Soul Sister, by Train (Song; 2009)
Le Freak, by Chic (Song; 1978)
I Left My Heart in San Francisco, sung by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)
The Life of Emile Zola (Film; 1938)
The Magicians, by Lev Grossman (Novel; 2009)
Party in the U.S.A., by Miley Cyrus (Song; 2009)
Pete’s Dragon (Film; 2016)
The Ren & Stimpy Show (Animated TV Series; 1991)
The Replacements (Film; 2000)
Rugrats (Animated TV Series; 1991)
Step Up (Film; 2006)
The View (TV Talk Show; 1997)
What IF…? (Animated TV Series; 2021)
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Zuzana (Czech Republic)
Herman (Denmark)
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Susanna (Sweden)
Susanna (Ukraine)
Laila, Layla, Leila, Leilani, Lela, Lelia, Nayeli (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 223 of 2022; 142 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 32 of 2022
Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 7 (Lányuè), Day 14 (Bing-Shen)
Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)
Hebrew: 14 Av 5782
Islamic: 13 Muharram 1444
J Cal: 13 Hasa; Fiveday [13 of 30]
Julian: 29 July 2022
Moon: 100% Full Moon
Positivist: 27 Dante (8th Month) [Byron]
Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 1 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 52 of 90)
Zodiac: Leo (Day 20 of 31)
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If you like this, visit http://koramusic.net to see Alhaji Bai Konte's grandsons continuing the family tradition - the Great Gambian Griots kora duet videos - from the grandsons of Alhaji Bai Konteh! 16mm film by Oliver Franklin and Marc Pevar. "Alhaji Bai Konte," depicts a day-in-the-life of the now-deceased Gambian Mandinka kora virtuoso, Alhaji Bai Konte, shot on location in Brikama, Gambia (plus one scene in Dakar, Senegal), West Africa, and narrated by world-famous bluesman Taj Mahal. The film was co-produced by Oliver Franklin and Marc Pevar, and filmed by Harold Yates and Lenore French and edited by Rob Wallace. Alhaji Bai Konte's son, Dembo Konte, accompanies in the performance, and various family members and friends make cameo appearances. His wife, Nafi Kouyate, appears in the final scene, praying. Kora is a 21-stringed harp unique to the Mandinka, played by Griots who are oral historians as well as musicians. This group of Mandinka preserve and propagate genealogical and historical information through song and story, and are a source of immense pride and identity to the Mandinka people. Alhaji Bai Konte was the first griot to introduce the kora widely throughout North America, where he toured major folk, jazz and blues festivals, gave private concerts and mingled with many professional musicians. His tours continued for seven years in the 1970's, often accompanied by Dembo Konte and Malamini Jobarteh, whose excellent musical skills were also a delight to their audiences. Alhaji Bai Konte appeared on TV and radio many times, most famously on the PBS TV series Jump Street, narrated by Oscar Brown Jr., and also on a historic NPR radio show recorded in Vermont, where he shared the stage with Elizabeth Cotton and Taj Mahal. That radio show aired for many years, with these iconic musicians representing the roots from Africa, the adaptation of kora picking styles to guitar, and the synthesis of the two fused into the modern era. Both Elizabeth Cotton and Taj Mahal acknowledged that their music and instrumental techniques arose from the Kora, which Pete Seeger also credited as the source of blues and Jazz. Alhaji Bai Konte performed with many musicians including: Taj Mahal, Elizabeth Cotton, The Paul Winter Consort, Tony Bird, Pete Seeger, David Amram and many other musicians. Alhaji Bai Konte's performances and media appearances opened the door to the American music market for the kora musicians who followed in his footsteps, and opened the minds of many Americans and musicians world-wide to the classical beauty of the kora, Gambian musicianship, the Griot culture, and the sophistication if this musical tradition that extends in time back 800 years to the era of the Mali Empire. - Marc Pevar
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Sonoma, CA (No. 1)
Sonoma is a city in Sonoma County, California, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Sonoma is one of the principal cities of California's Wine Country and the center of the Sonoma Valley AVA. Sonoma's population was 10,739 as of the 2020 census, while the Sonoma urban area had a population of 32,678. Sonoma is a popular tourist destination, owing to its Californian wineries, noted events like the Sonoma International Film Festival, and its historic center.
Sonoma's origins date to 1823, when José Altimira established Mission San Francisco Solano, under the direction of Governor Luis Antonio Argüello. Following the Mexican secularization of the missions, famed Californio statesman Mariano G. Vallejo founded Sonoma on the former mission's lands in 1835. Sonoma served as the base of General Vallejo's operations until the Bear Flag Revolt in 1846, when American filibusters overthrew the local Mexican government and declared the California Republic, ushering in the American Conquest of California.
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The Glasgow Film Festival's Industry Focus has revealed its complete program. This five-day event gathers professionals from the Film and TV sectors, both locally and globally, for a comprehensive schedule of panel talks, workshops, screenings, and networking opportunities. The program emphasizes the involvement of female-identifying talent in all areas of the industry.
GFF Industry Focus highlights a range of topics geared towards all levels and sectors of the industry – from individuals seeking pathways into the industry to established professionals – with a program that provides a platform for professional development and a meeting place to help connect creatives with business delegates. The industry program will conclude on 7 March when the festival team and Industry Advisory Board will launch their 10-Year Vision for Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus. They will lay out their ambitious plans for talent development and the future of the industry program.
Young adults aged 15-25 interested in film careers can explore the BFI Film Academy: Behind the Scenes. This program, co-curated by GFF Young Ambassadors, offers industry events tailored for youth.
Key highlights of the Industry Focus include:
The Animatic Live Pitch: Participants present their projects to animation executives like Netflix's Lauren Castro and Julio Bonet and Aardman's Helen Argo for a chance to win £5000 in development funding.
Filmmaking with Kevin Macdonald: Glasgow's own Kevin Macdonald discusses his career and latest works.
NextGen: A discussion with emerging British filmmakers Lucy Cohen, Adura Onashile, and Charlotte Regan, along with industry professionals like Mia Bays and Eva Yates.
Book to Screen live pitching event: Scottish publishing houses pitch their books to producers and production houses in collaboration with Publishing Scotland.
Script Spotlight: Actors perform script extracts from BAFTA Connect members, with feedback for both actors and writers.
Working in Hostile Environments: A panel discusses capturing images in high-risk areas with filmmaker Robbie Fraser, journalist David Pratt, and Mac McGearey from North Star Safety Group.
Comedy Showcase with BBC Scotland: Executives discuss pathways for comedy talent in Scotland, followed by performances and clips.
121 sessions: Industry delegates can seek advice from established members including Ben Sharrock, Paul Sng, Paul Laverty, San San F Young, Julia Short, Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, and representatives from MUBI, British Film Council, Scottish Documentary Institute, and UK Global Screen Fund.
Fireside Chat series: Discussions on the changing role of the Sales Agent, international sales and distribution, funding pathways for producers, and building a sustainable production career.
Working Differently Panel & Networking: Panel on inclusivity and neurodivergence in the film industry followed by a networking event.
Current Climate: The Distribution & Exhibition Landscape: Speakers share insights on the exhibition and distribution landscape in the UK.
Coffee Morning networking events: Hosted by BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund, BETCU Vision, and Czech Film Fund.
Allison Gardner, CEO of Glasgow Film and Director of GFF, mentioned: “The Industry Focus at Glasgow Film Festival is crucial for Scotland's screen sector, offering valuable opportunities for film professionals from Scotland, the UK, and beyond to connect, network, and exchange ideas. The expanded program will serve as a central hub for industry-related activities during the festival. This year, we're excited to unveil our ambitious Industry Focus 10-Year Vision, developed in collaboration with our Industry Advisory Board, to the screen industry.”
Isabel Davis, Executive Director of Screen Scotland, added: “Glasgow Film Festival’s industry program is a pivotal moment for Scotland's screen sector to gather, share ideas, establish new connections, and stay updated on industry trends. The program's growth introduces a range of fresh and innovative events for Scotland's thriving talent pool.
We look forward to witnessing the emergence of new creative partnerships and projects as a result.”
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Woody Allen Reëmerges with a Movie About Getting Away with Murder
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Actors Valérie Lemercier and Melvil Poupaud in “Coup de Chance.”
The director’s films have often specialized in denunciation and retribution, and the comedic thriller “Coup de Chance,” set in Paris, fits this pattern all too plainly.
Woody Allen’s French-Language Thriller ‘Coup de Chance’ Gets U.S. Release From MPI
Controversial director Woody Allen’s 50th film “Coup de Chance” is coming to U.S. theaters. MPI Media Group will release the movie on April 5 for North American markets, with a digital/VOD release on April 12.
The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September, drew both protests and an enthusiastic two-and-a-half minute standing ovation.
U.S. theatrical distributors have generally avoided Allen since the #MeToo movement resurfaced Dylan Farrow’s allegations of child molestation against him, and actors like Rebecca Hall, Timothée Chalamet and Greta Gerwig have expressed regret over working with him.
“Coup de Chance,” which translates to “stroke of luck,” stars Valerie Lemercier, Niels Schneider, Lou de Laage, Elsa Zylberstein and Melvil Poupaud in a tale of murder and intrigue that follows a beautiful couple living in Paris whose lives change when a former flame re-enters their orbit.
Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman hailed the film as Allen’s best since 2013’s “Blue Jasmine,” writing in his review, “If you’re looking for an inviolable law of cinema, one that you can more or less can take to the bank, the Venice Film Festival just confirmed an ironically delightful one. It is this: Murder agrees with Woody Allen.”
In an exclusive interview with Variety ahead of the film’s premiere, Allen revealed that “Coup de Chance” may be his last feature.
“I have so many ideas for films that I would be tempted to do it, if it was easy to finance,” he said. “But beyond that, I don’t know if I have the same verve to go out and spend a lot of time raising money.”
To a point, infidelity is the only “crime” committed in Coup de Chance, which may be opening locally this Fri/5 (Bay Area venues were unconfirmed as of this writing), and will be released to VOD/Digital platforms a week later.
This is reportedly Woody Allen’s 50th directorial effort, and his first in French—not just set in France (like Midnight in Paris), but with exclusively French characters and dialogue.
However you feel about him in the wake of various scandals, rumors, and accusations from 30-odd years ago, this latest is easily his best in a decade or more.
It would be a good one to go out on—after all, he’s 88, and most of his recent work has been, well, tired.
Not that the new film (whose title translates as Stroke of Luck) is any masterpiece.
Coming from another talent, it would seem solid enough if unremarkable.
For Allen, though, it’s a near-peak in the realm of relatively serious melodramatic intrigue that he’s already approached several times, sometimes well (Crimes and Misdemeanors, Match Point), sometimes badly (Cassandra’s Dream, Wonder Wheel).
It shares with the latter misfires some stilted dialogue that might’ve come out of a 1930s stage play—but even that stuff sounds better spoken in French with English subtitles, by actors very good at striking a naturalistic tone.
Fanny (Lou de Laage) has rebounded from a disastrous first marriage to a very secure, comfortable second one with wealthy financier Jean (Melvil Poupaud).
She’s quite aware of being viewed as a pretty younger “trophy wife,” though there is no doubt he truly loves her.
Yet some gap in Fanny’s life begins to ache when, walking to her job at a Parisian auction house one day, she’s accosted by Alain (Niels Schneider)—an old schoolmate who was too shy to admit his crush on her then, but as a successful writer has few such qualms now.
As they begin meeting regularly for lunch, she finds him attractive, charming, fun, persuasive, and sincere.
Fanny resists temptation… until she doesn’t.
But her guilty secret does not escape the awareness of possessive Jean, who’s hyper-sensitive to his adored wife’s moods.
And Jean is not a man who can take such things lightly.
More, he is—like Jay Gatsby, name-checked in the script—a man whose fortune is reputed to have roots in underworld connections, with one business partner having died an all-too-convenient “mysterious death.”
He does, in fact, “know people”—the kinds of people you would not want on your tail.
As before, Allen evinces no real instinct for suspense, or ingenious plot twists; it’s a measure of Coup’s overall strength that one particularly improbable turn at the end doesn’t sink it.
But his primary emphasis is psychological, on the workings of desire and guilt, morality and amorality among figures both bound to and conflicted with one another. (Eventually they include Valerie Lemercier as Fanny’s mother, who assumes an amateur detective role in the later going.)
While this isn’t a particularly profound film, it has an engrossing surety of plot and pacing this writer-director hasn’t managed for a while.
Though there are no bravura performances as in some Allen joints, the Gallic cast is expert, their breeziness downplaying occasional elements of creaky contrivance.
Vittorio Storaro’s cinematography is luminous as ever, albeit not so picture-postcard as to detract from what’s at heart a deadly noir potboiler.
And the soundtrack is happily full of vintage jazz tracks from Nat Adderley, Modern Jazz Quartet, and others.
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Woody Allen Reëmerges with a Movie About Getting Away with Murder
The most recent movie directed by Woody Allen, “Coup de Chance,” which opens in theatres this Friday, April 5th, is the most prominent theatrical release that any of Allen’s films have had since “Wonder Wheel,” six and a half years ago.
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But it’s not for lack of trying.
In the meantime, Allen has been busy.
In August, 2017, he signed a four-picture deal with Amazon.
He started shooting “A Rainy Day in New York” a month later, with a cast that included such prominent actors as Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez, Rebecca Hall, and Liev Schreiber.
But, that October, allegations of sexual abuse and harassment emerged against Harvey Weinstein—many of which were reported by Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, in The New Yorker—and against other powerful Hollywood men, energizing the #MeToo movement.
That December, days after the release of “Wonder Wheel,” Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow, who had accused Allen of molesting her when she was a child, published a piece in the Los Angeles Times in which she went into detail regarding those accusations and asked why, at a time when other movie men accused of sexual misdeeds were being removed from positions of power, Allen appeared to continue his career with impunity.
(Allen has always denied the allegations.)
After Dylan’s L.A. Times piece appeared, Amazon sought to terminate its deal with Allen.
A small distributor, MPI Media Group, which specializes in horror films and stock footage and hadn’t had a significant theatrical release in more than a decade, acquired “A Rainy Day in New York” and released it in just a handful of theaters in the U.S. before bringing it to streaming services (including Amazon).
Several of the film’s actors, notably Chalamet, Gomez, and Hall, expressed regret for having worked with Allen (as did others, including Greta Gerwig, Elliot Page, and Colin Firth).
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Allen’s next movie, “Rifkin’s Festival,” starring Wallace Shawn, was filmed in Spain, in 2019 and was again released by MPI, mainly via streaming.
That company is also distributing “Coup de Chance”—its title means “stroke of luck”—but, this time around, it’s arranging a more vigorous theatrical release.
Made in France with well-known French actors, “Coup de Chance” is a comedic thriller on a prominent theme throughout Allen’s œuvre: getting away with murder.
On a Paris street, a young French woman named Fanny (Lou de Laâge) bumps into Alain (Niels Schneider), a friend from high school.
They rekindle their friendship and then start an affair; Fanny’s husband, Jean (Melvil Poupaud), suspects her of infidelity, hires a private eye, learns the details, and hires hit men to get rid of Alain in such a way that his body is never found.
Fanny, heartbroken, thinks that her lover has simply abandoned her without warning, but her mother, Camille (Valérie Lemercier), suspecting foul play, conducts her own investigation, and plans to inform the police.
When Jean gets wind of his mother-in-law’s intentions, he arranges to have her killed, too.
Allen’s movies have often displayed an obsession with the nature of evil, a fascination with those who are able to do evil and go on living normally—whose powers of compartmentalization, rationalization, or simple self-righteousness are stronger than their scruples. “Coup de Chance” is only one of the more brazen films in this vein.
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In “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” from 1989, a philandering husband conspires in the murder of his mistress; that he gets off scot-free is cited (by a character played by Allen) as evidence of the injustice and unfairness of the universe.
Allen addressed the theme again in “Match Point,” from 2005, a movie in which he doesn’t appear, and this time—from the other side of the divide in his life, post-accusations—he approaches the subject with a triumphalist sense of grace.
It’s the story of a down-and-out antihero who gets away with murder and thereby ends up a rich and successful socialite—a man on the make, eluding his fate by way of a concatenation of accidents that line up like a perverse theodicy.
In that film, Allen no longer frets about the dark injustice of the world; he sees it as, in effect, God’s will to enable a man with big dreams and desires to realize them unimpeded by the petty mechanisms of human justice.
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The quandary that Allen’s own troubled situation poses for his work—for his moralistic art—is dramatized in the 2002 comedy “Hollywood Ending,” in which Allen plays a director whose career is threatened when, the night before shooting a film that’s supposed to be his much-needed comeback, he’s suddenly struck blind (psychosomatically, as it turns out).
What he does is pretend to direct while blind—an impairment that’s both the spark for some of Allen’s greatest physical comedy and a keen tragicomic metaphor for the desire not to see, not to bear witness, and for the artistic pretense that results.
That febrile, antic movie mines another of Allen’s longtime motifs: the plot point of hiding evidence.
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In “Scoop,” from 2006, one of his liveliest latter-day comedies, only the supernatural intervention of a dead investigative journalist brings crucial evidence to light.
There, a man has murdered a woman who, he says, was blackmailing him; when Allen’s character, a magician, joins the investigation, he, too, gets killed.
In short, the movie’s subject is the danger of opening one’s mouth and not keeping omertà.
The big reveal of “Blue Jasmine,” from 2013, is that a middle-aged woman—whose husband was about to leave her for a nineteen-year-old—denounced him to the F.B.I. for financial chicanery.
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In “Irrational Man,” from 2015, the protagonist murders a judge who ruled, he thinks, unjustly in a family-court case, and nearly gets away with it—not hesitating to bump off someone he suspects of planning to turn him in.
One of Allen’s strongest films, the ink-black tragedy “Cassandra’s Dream,” from 2008, centers on a rich businessman’s attempt to kill a business partner who is preparing to testify against him.
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In “Wonder Wheel,” from 2017, a woman who informs against her mobster husband spends the rest of her life in fear and on the run.
The crux of “Coup de Chance” is what Camille plans to do with the information that she gleans.
But what tips her off in the first place to the possibility of Jean’s foul play isn’t physical evidence but a bit of gossip.
Jean, a decade or two older than Fanny, is rich, powerful, and well connected—he’s a financier of a murky sort who tells Fanny only, “I help the rich get richer.”
But his mysteries go deeper.
Years ago, Jean’s business partner vanished without a trace; Jean profited greatly as a result.
At the time, Jean came under suspicion but he was never officially implicated; now he dismisses those accusations as “a few weeks of gossip,” and calls his accusers “paranoid.”
Yet in his social circles there are whispers that Jean indeed had a hand in the disappearance.
One woman says, “Thank God for gossip. Without it we’d be stuck with real facts.”
But, belatedly getting wind of the rumors, Camille notes their foreshadowing of Alain’s disappearance, and her D.I.Y. snooping generates both suspense and comedy.
The film’s skitlike-ness is emphasized in its form, with its many single-take scenes and long takes, which in effect treat the settings like stages and the actors like theatre actors.
Allen clearly loves Paris—at least the cosseted parts, and he seems unable to see any other kind.
Even Alain’s relative bohemia of a furnished sublet is absurdly comfortable; if Jean’s circle of bankers and politicians reeks of money, Alain’s artistic one is perfumed by it.
The characters are stereotypes living their lives stereotypically; there’s no verve to the filmmaking.
Moreover, Allen doesn’t speak French, and it shows in the actors’ performances, which, for the most part, come off as undirected—skilled, of course, but flailing in a void.
Yet the movie, aesthetically as lumpy as a latke, nonetheless has a weird and lurid vigor that comes from an altogether different source: Allen’s pleasure in his own imagination—his delight in inventing the plot.
Though the movie’s actual protagonist is Fanny, it’s Jean who gets the bulk of Allen’s attention—and Camille who gets its finest role.
To put perhaps too fine a point on it, the mother-in-law in “Coup de Chance” is a stand-in for Mia Farrow, Allen’s current mother-in-law and his former partner, whose accusations, more than thirty years ago, had led to investigations of Allen.
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Yet, as indicated in the title of the revelatory four-part documentary “Allen v. Farrow,” from 2021—which refers to the custody suit that Allen brought against Mia Farrow after Dylan’s accusations were disclosed—the focal point of Allen’s defense, and of his public hostility, has always been his ex-partner.
The vigor of Allen’s characterization of Camille, and of Lemercier’s performance, comes from the fact that “Coup de Chance” is essentially another of Allen’s Mia Farrow movies.
The character has the impulsive energy displayed by Farrow in “Broadway Danny Rose,” “Hannah and Her Sisters,” and the erstwhile couple’s other films together.
Allen’s films have always been sketchlike, but when he was younger they nonetheless seemed ampler.
They were filled with first-person and nearly present-tense experience and a nuanced view of his own milieu, which was both at the center of the New York cultural-social set and a myth being made in real time.
He was the nebbish hero, a man about town who floated above it, in tune with his carefully curated setting, and yet, with his noli-me-tangere chill, he also seemed somehow unreal.
Much of the tension in his better films comes from a certain air of theatricality; it’s also why his more sombre-toned movies were rarely satisfying—he couldn’t keep his face quite straight enough.
But his films’ sketchlike quality allows his voice to come through, directly, on the soundtrack, in action, even in direct address to the camera.
The fiction was a flimsy dramatic framework for his voice, which, in his recent movies, has become strained, vain, confined as if to an official self-promotional, self-justifying role.
“A Rainy Day in New York” is Allen at his most perfunctory—yet also at his most enraged.
Chalamet plays a trust-fund Bartleby, a chirpily discontented college student with the unlikely name of Gatsby Welles, whose girlfriend (Fanning) is sent by the school paper to interview a big-time middle-aged director (Schreiber).
In short order, the director hits on her, a screenwriter (Jude Law) hits on her, and a heartthrob star (Diego Luna) hits on her.
Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
(Along the way, Allen also jabs at journalists as unprincipled gossipmongers.)
Above all, “A Rainy Day in New York” is a story about every middle-aged Hollywood man who pursues a twenty-one-year-old woman, which is to say, it’s Allen’s own version, or inversion, or perversion, of the phrase “me too” as a form of whataboutism: yes, he has had relationships with much younger women (including Soon-Yi Previn, whom he married), and, yes, his films are rife with May-December relationships, as in “Manhattan” and “Husbands and Wives,” but whoever would criticize him should also cast stones at the whole movie business.
And the world did, in effect, with the #MeToo movement.
“Rifkin’s Festival,” shot in 2019, is the story of an old man—a former film professor, played by Wallace Shawn, who sought the will-o’-the-wisp of art and culture and ended up a dried-out and lonely husk.
The drama is sodden and mechanical, but what gives the movie a glimmer of life is Rifkin’s fantasy world: he imagines himself into comical parodies of scenes from classic movies that he loves, including “Jules and Jim,” “Breathless,” “Persona,” “The Exterminating Angel,” and “Citizen Kane.”
In the light of Rifkin’s diffident anguish, the heartfelt whimsy of these scenes plays like Allen’s own nostalgic reminiscence of his early, funny stuff—and of the way that his life used to be.
In “Coup de Chance,” Allen borrows from another classic, John Ford’s Western “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” the story of a miscreant who has long evaded the law but eventually gets his extrajudicial, extramoral comeuppance.
The ending of “Coup de Chance” offers a tragicomic surprise that echoes the key plot point—the shootout—of Ford’s film.
Allen has suggested that “Coup de Chance,” his fiftieth feature, may be his last; if so, he goes out with a self-excoriating bang.
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Anchor Bay Entertainment acquires "Crust" at Berlin International Film Festival
At the heels of the launch of the revitalized Anchor Bay Entertainment, its founders Thomas Zambeck and Brian Katz are proud to announce that they have acquired the North American rights to the horror/comedy CRUST, which will have its release later this year.
“As someone who grew up watching Sean on screen, I am thrilled to be in business with him,” says Zambeck. “The fact that it’s on a witty…
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Holidays 2.1
Holidays
Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)
Air Force Day (Nicaragua)
Aroma Day (Japan)
Bay Laurel Day (French Republic)
Be An Encourager Day
Bigfoot Day
Canadian Mounties Day
Car Insurance Day
CBD Day
Change Your Password Day
Coast Guard Day (India)
Commemoration of the Abolition of Slavery (Mauritius)
Conservatorship and Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day
Constitution Day (Mexico)
Cross-Quarter Day
Day of Remembrance & Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime (Bulgaria)
Dignity Action Day (UK)
FCC Censorship Day
Federal Territory Day (Malaysia)
45 RPM Record Day
Freedom from Slavery Day
G.I. Joe Day
Golden Ticket Day
Heroes Day (Rwanda)
Highlight Your Hair Day
Holiday Hugs Day - Celebrating Dedicated Platelet Donors
Hourly Comic Day
Hula In the Coola Day
Igbi (Avar people; Russia)
Inspire Your Employees to Excellence Day
International Brownie Camera Day
International Day of Black Women in the Arts
International Face & Body Art Day
Medicare Day (Australia)
Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)
National Appreciation Day for Catholic Schools
National Breathing Space Day (UK)
National Cameron Day
National Day of the Mexican Axolotl (Mexico)
National Energy Assistance Day
National Freedom Day
National Get Up Day
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Heroes’ Day (Rwanda)
National Lonely Hearts Day
National People Named Dave Day
National Sean Day
National Serpent Day
National Texas Day
National Unclaimed Property Day
No Hijab Day
No Politics Day
O.E.D. Day
Robinson Crusoe Day
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Day (Manitoba)
Sandy B. Hooks Day (Lousiana)
Sherman’s March Day
Spunky Old Broads' Day
Triohonsi begins (Wolves' holiday, ends 3rd; Bulgaria)
Tupperware Sculpting Day
Visite du Pape (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Wardrobe Malfunction Day
White Rabbit Day
World Aspergillosis Awareness Day
World Galgo Day
World Hijab Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Baked Alaska Day
Dark Chocolate Day
Decorating with Candy Day
International Furmint Day
International Gruit Day
National Cake Pops Day
National Canned Food Day
Skippy Peanut Butter Day
1st Thursday in February
Kid Lit Art Postcard Day [1st Thursday]
National Sweater Day (Canada) [1st Thursday]
Optimist Day [1st Thursday]
Scout Jumuah [begins sundown 1st Thursday]
Time to Talk Day (UK) [1st Thursday]
Independence & Related Days
The Consulate of Jovak Helm (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]
federal Territory Day (Malaysia)
Thulia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
United Arab Republic (Created by merger of Egypt & Syria; 1958)
Festivals Beginning February 1, 2024
Carnival (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) [thru 2.27]
Fair International Film Festival (Tehran, Iran) [thru 2.11]
GrassWorks Grazing Festival (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) [thru 2.3]
Jaipur Literature Festival (Jaipur, India) [thru 2.5]
MegaCon (Orlando, Florida) [thru 2.4]
Reykjavik Winter Lights Festival (Reykjavik, Iceland) [thru 2.4]
Taos Winter Wine Festival (Taos, New Mexico) [thru 2.3]
Triangle Wine & Food Experience (Raleigh, North Carolina) [thru 2.3]
Winter Culinary Weekend (Beaver Creek, Colorado) [thru 2.4
Feast Days
Astina (Syrian Church; Saint)
Brigid, patron saint of Ireland (Saint Brigid's Day) [brewers]
Brigid’s Day (Pagan)
Brigit’s Day (Celtic Earth Mother & Godess of Fire, Wisdom, Poetry, and Sacred Wells; Everyday Wicca)
Candelaria of San José (Christian; Blessed)
Candlemas (Pagan)
Candlemas Eve
Chronos Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Day Sacred to Juno Sospita, Jupiter, Hercules, and Diana (Ancient Rome)
Emaculation (The Season of Intoxication begins, a.k.a. ‘Frop Harvest; Church of the SubGenius)
Festival of Dionysus begins (Ancient Greece) [thru 2.14]
First of Fettuccine February (Pastafarian)
Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (Christian; Saint & Martyr)
Imbolc (a.k.a. Oimelc; Celtic, Pagan) [1 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
John of the Grating (Christian; Saint)
Kalends of February (Ancient Rome)
Kinnia, Virgin of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Là Fhèill Brìghde (Day when the Cailleach Beara gathers firewood; Celtic)
Landsegen (Germanic Neopaganism)
Langston Hughes (Writerism)
Lenaia (Festival of Drama to Dionysus, Greek God of Intoxication)
Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries, Day 1 of 3 (Ancient Greece festival honoring Ceres, Demeter, Persephone, and Proserpine)
The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol; Ancient Rome) [also 7.19 & 7.21]
Mac the Dog (Muppetism)
Mauni Amavasya (Day of Silence; Hinduism)
Muriel Spark (Writerism)
Pindar (Positivist; Saint)
Pionuis (Christian; Saint)
Sigebert II, King of Austrasia (Christian; Saint)
Spring Mother Celebration (Norse)
Ștefan Luchian (Artology)
Takashi Murakami (Artology)
Tapati Festival (a.k.a. Rapa Nui; Easter Island)
Terry Jones (Writerism)
Thomas Cole (Artology)
Tuppence Day (Shamanism)
Verdiana (Christian; Saint)
Zao Wou-Ki (Artology)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [8 of 30]
Premieres
Ain’t Nature Grand (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
Alice Gets Stung (Disney Cartoon; 1925)
American Gigolo (Film; 1980)
Argybargy, by Squeeze (Album; 1980)
Bartender, Turn Those Lights Off a A Shot in the Dark (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 342; 1965)
Battling Bosko (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)
Big Game Fishing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)
Blind Date (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)
The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1980)
Cagey Business (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)
Cakes and Ale, by W. Somerset Maugham (Novel; 1930)
Call Me, by Blondie (Song; 1980)
Call Mr. Fortune, by H.C. Bailey (Novel; 1920)
Call Northside 777 (Film; 1948)
Camptown Races, by Stephen Foster (Song; 1850)
Cockatoos for Two (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)
Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (Novel; 1948)
Dingbat Land (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
Dookie, by Green Day (Album; 1994)
Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain (Novel; 1936)
Dr. Ha-Ha (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)
Drum Up a Tenant (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)
Duck Fever (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)
The First Flying Fish (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)
The Fox Hunt (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)
Gag Buster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
The General’s Little Helper (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)
Giant Steps, by John Coltrane (Album; 1960)
Gold Diggin’ Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)
Good and Guilty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)
Good Snooze Tonight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
Hair Cut-Ups (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)
Hardcase (Hanna-Barbera TV Movie; 1972)
A Hare-Breadth Finish (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
Hare-Less Wolf (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)
Harvest, by Neil Young (Album; 1972)
The Hillbilly (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)
Hound Dog, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1953)
House of Cards (TV Series; 2013)
How to Relax (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace (Novel; 1996)
It’s a Living (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)
Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)
Jessie’s Girl, by Rick Springfield (Song; 1981)
Johnny Angel, by Shelley Fabares (Song; 1962)
The Kid from Mars (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)
Kung Fu: The Movie (TV Movie; 1986)
La Boheme, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1896)
Land Grab, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)
The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper (Novel; 1826)
Late Night with David Letterman (Talk Show; 1982)
The Lion’s Busy (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Manon Lescaut, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1893)
The Man Who Fell To Earth, by Walter Tevis (Novel; 1963)
MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker (Novel; 1968)
Mechanical Bird (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)
Miami Maniacs (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1956)
Michel’s Mixed-Up Musical Bird (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1978)
The Misunderstood Giant (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)
Mr. Winlucky (Terrytoons Cartoon; 196)
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1837)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey (Novel; 1962)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Film; 1951)
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, recorded by James Brown (Song; 1965)
The Phantom Ship (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Pink Breakfast (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1979)
Popcorn and Politics (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)
A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novel; 1912)
Racket Buster (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
The Red Tractor (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)
Road Runner a Go-Go (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)
Romantic Warrior, by Return to Forever (Album; 1976)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, adapted by Barbara Shook Hazen (Children’s Book; 1939)
Russian Doll (TV Series; 2019)
Sacré Bleu Cross (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
Same Time, Next Year (Film; 1979)
Seaside Adventures (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)
The Sky’s the Limit (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)
Slackers (Film; 2002)
A Southern-Style Breakfast or How Many Grits Can You Eat? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 341; 1965)
Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 1999)
Space Kid (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1966)
Stage Struck (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
The Story of George Washington (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)
Supermarket Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1980)
Surrealistic Pillow, by Jefferson Airplane (Album; 1967)
The Tale of a Dog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)
Three Is A Crowd (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
To Be Or Not to Be (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Train Terrain, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller (Novel; 1937)
Tumblr (Social Media App; 2007)
Under the Pink, by Tori Amos (Album; 1994)
Von Heute auf Morgen, by Arnold & Gertrude Schoenberg (Opera; 1930)
Warm Bodies (Film; 2013)
Where There’s Smoke, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
Whiz Quiz Kid (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)
Wise Quacks (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)
Today’s Name Days
Brigitta, Katharina, Reginald, Severus (Austria)
Trifon (Bulgaria)
Brigita, Miroslav, Sever (Croatia)
Hynek (Czech Republic)
Brigida (Denmark)
Birgit, Birgitta, Gita, Piret, Pireta, Pirja, Pirje (Estonia)
Riitta (Finland)
Ella, Siméon (France)
Maria, Neujahr (Germany)
Tryfonas, Vasiliki, Vasilis (Greece)
Fruzsina, Ignác (Hungary)
Brigitta, Geminiano, Verdiana (Italy)
Andra, Brigita, Brita, Gita, Indra (Latvia)
Brigyta, Eidvilė, Gytautas, Ignotas (Lithuania)
Birte, Bjarte (Norway)
Bryda, Brygida, Dobrocha, Dobrochna, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Paweł, Siemirad, Żegota (Poland)
Trifon (Romania)
Ksenia (Russia)
Tatiana (Slovakia)
Brígida, Cecilio (Spain)
Max, Maximilian (Sweden)
Basil, Bohdan, David, Vasylyna (Ukrainę)
Birgit, Birgitta, Bret, Brett, Bridget, Bridgette , Brigitte, Brita, Britney, Britt, Brittani, Brittany, Brittney, Clark, Clarke, Langdon, Langston (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 32 of 2024; 334 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 5 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 22 (Yi-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 22 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 21 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 2 Grey; Twosday [1 of 30]
Julian: 19 January 2024
Moon: 62%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 4 Homer (2nd Month) [Pindar)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 43 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 11 of 28)
Calendar Changes
February (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 2 of 12]
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MY TOP TEN TAMPA BAY MOMENTS IN 2023
So many people helped me make so many great memories in 2023. I hate to trim it down to ten, but you can only post ten links to a single tumblr post.
1. Doing a first-day hike at Honeymoon Island State Park
2. Freezing my ass off at the Dunedin International Film Festival
3. Watching Mayor Jane Castor cut multiple ribbons at the historic Kress building – one for the Fringe Theatre and the other for FMoPA’s grand reopening
4. Celebrating Coachman Park’s grand re-opening
5. Seeing 4th of July fireworks from a Tampa Water Taxi on the Hillsborough River
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6. Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay party
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7. Biking around downtown Tampa with Tony Krol looking at murals
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8. Boating around the bay with Tampa Bay Watch
9. Cramming as many Pinellas County art activities into my November calendar as humanly possible
10. Seeing people dance and paint in the streets during the Tampa Arts Alliance year-end pop-up
For the full summary of my 2023 in stories, check out this photo album on Facebook where I link to more than 40 stories published in Creative Loafing Tampa, Creative Pinellas' Arts Coast Magazine, and Watermark.
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Discover a Tropical Christmas Wonderland – Thailand
Tired of the same old holiday routine? Escape the winter chill and embark on an extraordinary Christmas adventure with Yashvi Tours and Travels. With Thailand now offering Visa-free entry for Indian travelers from November 10, 2023, to May 10, 2024, the Land of Smiles beckons with a myriad of experiences tailored to every wanderer’s dream. Join us in discovering why a Thai Christmas is the ultimate gift you deserve. After reading this blog, we’re sure you’ll be quick to secure your Thailand Tour Packages.
A Tropical Yuletide Wonderland
Swap snow for sand, and frost for flip-flops! Thailand, with its year-round tropical climate, guarantees a Christmas free from shivers. Revel in the festive spirit as vibrant decorations light up streets, markets, and malls. Step into the world of wonder at Bangkok’s Central World shopping complex, where a towering Christmas tree and a mesmerizing light show will leave you spellbound. Experience the magic of local traditions like Loy Krathong and New Year’s Eve, where lanterns and fireworks paint the night sky in vivid hues of hope and celebration.
Unearth Centuries of Heritage
Thailand’s cultural tapestry is woven with threads of ancient empires, diverse ethnicities, and enduring religious traditions. Yashvi Tours and Travels invites you to explore the gems of Thai heritage. Begin your journey at the awe-inspiring Grand Palace in Bangkok, a testament to the opulence of Thailand’s history. Admire the Emerald Buddha, a sacred icon revered by millions. Journey north to Chiang Mai’s Doi Inthanon National Park, where pagodas pay homage to the beloved King and Queen, and hill tribe villages open their arms to curious visitors. Immerse yourself in the vibrant customs of the Karen and Hmong communities, gaining insight into a world rarely seen by outsiders.
Nature’s Extravaganza: Thailand’s Natural Wonders
From misty mountains to pristine beaches, Thailand boasts a landscape of unparalleled beauty. With Yashvi Tours and Travels, you can uncover the secrets of Khao Yai National Park in Nakhon Ratchasima. Traverse dense forests and catch glimpses of elephants, gibbons, hornbills, and a kaleidoscope of orchids. Dive into the cerulean depths of the Similan Islands in Phang Nga, where a vibrant underwater world awaits, adorned with turtles, sharks, rays, and playful clownfish. Or let time stand still on the ivory sands of Krabi’s Phi Phi Islands, including the iconic Maya Bay, immortalized by the film “The Beach.”
Adventure Awaits: From Heart-Pounding Thrills to Serene Escapes
Whether you’re an adrenaline junkie or seeking solace in nature, Thailand has an adventure tailored just for you. Hua Hin beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan is your playground for heart-pounding water sports. Rent equipment or receive expert guidance for kayaking, surfing, or jet skiing. In Chiang Mai, Yashvi Tours and Travels invites you to the Elephant Nature Park, a sanctuary dedicated to the rescue and conservation of these majestic creatures. Embark on a soul-enriching journey as you interact with elephants in their natural habitat. And when it comes to retail therapy, Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend Market is a treasure trove of delights, where you can uncover everything from chic clothing to vintage curiosities.
Culinary Delights: From Street Eats to Gourmet Feasts
A journey through Thailand is incomplete without savoring its world-renowned cuisine. Yashvi Tours and Travels guides you to Bangkok’s bustling Chinatown, a culinary haven where tantalizing aromas and flavors await. Dive into a world of street food delights, from succulent dim sum to aromatic noodles and succulent seafood. If you’re seeking a taste of home, Thailand’s cosmopolitan cities offer an array of international fare to satisfy every palate.
Nightlife Extravaganza: Dance the Night Away
As the sun sets, Thailand’s cities come alive with an electrifying nightlife. In Bangkok, Khao San Road beckons with its vibrant energy. Join fellow travelers and locals alike as live music reverberates through the night air, and the streets pulse with an infectious rhythm. Indulge in festive libations and make memories that will last a lifetime.
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With Yashvi Tours and Travels, your Christmas in Thailand promises to be an adventure of a lifetime. Plus, here’s an exciting piece of news: Don’t miss out on this opportunity to create unforgettable memories. Contact us today to book your tickets and make this holiday season one for the books!
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Art House Productions Announces 2023-2024 INKubator Playwrights
originally published: 10/04/2023
(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of its INKubator Program. INKubator is a year-long generative process for a select group of 6 playwrights in residence at Art House Productions. This year's playwrights are Upasna Barath, Amanda Sage Comerford, Leo Layla Díaz, Neil Levi, Dave Osmundsen, and Marcus Scott.
Playwrights will meet monthly alongside program director Alex Tobey to share new work, receive feedback, and develop a first draft of a new play. In the spring, each writer will team up with a director and actors to present a public reading as a part of Art House Productions' INKubator New Play Festival scheduled for May 2024. Audiences who attend the festival will have the opportunity to participate in conversations with the writers, directors, and actors following each performance.
INKubator playwrights will be the first cohort to meet full-time in Art House Productions’ new theater inside the Hendrix, at 345 Marin Boulevard between Bay Street and Morgan Street. In addition to official INKubator programming, playwrights will also have the ability to utilize the space for meetings, rehearsals, and readings.
Submissions were evaluated through a process coordinated by INKubator Program Director, Alex Tobey, in partnership with INKubator alum playwrights Iraisa Ann Reilly and Micharne Cloughley, and Art House Productions’ Associate Executive Director, Anna Gundersen.
The following finalists were also honored in this year’s submission process: Phillip Gregory Burke, Lauren D'Errico, Kevin T. Durfee, Joseph Gallo, Lizz Mangan, Kyle Mazer, Frank Murdocco, and M. D. Schaffer.
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Anna Gundersen, Associate Executive Director of Art House Productions, says, “This year’s INKubator cohort is an exciting group of talented playwrights who pitched unique and thoughtful plays to develop. INKubator is a program that began at Art House in 2018, and under the leadership of Alex Tobey, it continues to grow. We look forward to supporting these artists during their play development residency and in the future.”
Art House Productions is currently in rehearsal for the New Jersey premiere of Tracy Jones by INKubator alum Stephen Kaplan, which received early development during INKubator and was first presented at the 2019 INKubator New Play Festival. Tracy Jones is the first full production to be presented in Art House Productions’ new state-of-the-art theater and the first play developed in INKubator to receive a full production at Art House. Tracy Jones is a touching comedy that runs at Art House Productions from October 19 - November 5, 2023. Alex Tobey directs. Tickets are currently on sale at arthouseproductions.org.
2023-2024 INKubator Writers
Upasna Barath(she/they) is a queer South Asian writer, actress, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York, but originally from Naperville, Illinois. She began her writing career as an essayist, publishing work for Rookie Mag. In college, Upasna wrote her first play, "The Choice is Yours," which was runner-up for the 2019 Judith Barlow Prize. Her acting credits include Natalie in Lucy Kirkwood’s "Mosquitoes" (Steep Theatre) and Sarita in Sharyn Rothstein’s "Right to Be Forgotten" (West Virginia Public Theatre). She was awarded the 2020/21 Steppenwolf Theatre Literary Apprenticeship and Fellowship. Recently, she co-wrote, co-produced, and was a lead actress in her comedic coming-of-age short film "Little Sl*t," which is currently in post-production. She received a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Theatre from North Central College. She also has an MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises from Northwestern University.
Amanda Sage Comerford (she/her) is a New Jersey playwright who wrote her first play about an elderly woman’s rabid dog when she was seven. Since then, her plays have had productions and readings at Premiere Stages, Luna Stage, Chester Theatre Group, Chatham Players, The Actors Studio of Newburyport, The Red Room, and Under St. Mark’s Theatre. She has also participated in CODE Red: An Evening of Monologues with TSquared Production Co. and Voting Writes with Luna Stage. Amanda received her BFA in Dramatic Writing from Purchase College.
Leo Layla Díaz (they/them) is a Jersey playwright, dramaturg, and teaching artist, a recent graduate of The New School’s BFA Drama program, and completing their MA in arts management. Their recent plays include Orbiting Something at The 24 Hour Plays: Nationals 2023 (off-Broadway, NYC), Trophy Boys at The New School and The Tank (NYC), and Roleplay in 2023 at The Chain Theatre (NYC). Díaz’s writing has also been performed at Rebel Verses (Vineyard Theater, NYC), The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues (NYC), Brave New Voices (Houston & Las Vegas), Louder Than a Bomb (NJ), Performance Anxiety Inc (WI), and Berg Originals (PA). They’ve been a Dramatists Guild member since 2022. Díaz’s work focuses on identity, myth, and legend, being mediocre at Spanish, queer people who never left their emo phase, and glitter.
Neil Levi’sfirst play, Kin, won the 2015 Patrick White Playwright’s Award in Australia and was presented in a staged reading at the Sydney Theater Company. He has since written plays on such topics as ultra-leftist political violence in the 1970s, doping in competitive swimming, the Jewish community in apartheid South Africa, and inherited family trauma. He received a BA in English and Philosophy from the University of Western Australia, an MA, MPhil, and PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. For many years he was a Professor of English at Drew University in Madison, NJ. Playwriting courses at ESPA Primary Stages and Pataphysics at the Flea. A long-time resident of Jersey City, he is thrilled and honored to be part of this year’s INKubator cohort.
Dave Osmundsen (He/Him/His) is an Autistic playwright and dramaturg whose work has been seen and developed at KCACTF Region 8, the Kennedy Center/NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop, the Great Plains Theatre Conference, Purple Crayon Players, B Street Theatre, the William Inge Theatre Festival, the Midwest Dramatists Conference, Phoenix Theatre Company, Clamour Theatre Company, Premiere Stages, the Valdez Theatre Conference, and more. A two-time O’Neill semifinalist, he was a recipient of the Blank Theatre and Ucross Foundation’s inaugural Future of Playwriting Prize. His play Light Switch was the 2021 Distinguished Achievement recipient of the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, an Honorable Mention finalist for BAPF 2021, longlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, and a finalist for the 2020 Carlo Annoni Playwriting Prize. Light Switch received its world premiere at Spectrum Theatre Ensemble in 2022. His play More of a Heart will receive its world premiere at BLUEBARN Theatre in March 2024. His plays have been published by The Dionysian, Canyon Voices, Exposition Review, Fresh Words: Contemporary One Act Plays Volume 5, and Broadway Play Publishing. MFA: Arizona State University.
Marcus Scott is a playwright, musical theatre writer & journalist. Full-length works: Tumbleweed (finalist: 2017 BAPF & the 2017 Festival of New American Plays at Austin Playhouse; semifinalist: 2022 O’Neill NPC, 2022 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & 2017 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship), Sibling Rivalries (finalist: Normal Ave���s NAPseries, 2021 Seven Devils Playwrights Conference & 2021 ATHE-KCACTF Judith Royer Excellence In Playwriting Award; semifinalist: 2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, 2021 Blue Ink Playwriting Award & 2021 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship; long-listed: 2020 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award), There Goes The Neighborhood (finalist: 2023 New Dramatists Princess Grace Award in Playwriting Fellowship, 2023 Blue Ink Playwriting Award, the 2019 Bushwick Starr Reading Series; semifinalist: 2023 BAPF) & Cherry Bomb (recipient: 2017 Drama League First Stage Artist-In-Residence, 2017 New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series; 2017 finalist for the Yale Institute for Music Theatre). Heartbeat Opera commissioned Scott to adapt Beethoven’s “Fidelio” (Co-writer; Met Live Arts at the MET Museum, Mondavi Center at UC Davis, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, The Broad Stage, Rutgers Presbyterian Church, Baruch Performing Arts Center; NYTimes Critics’ Pick! ★★★★). Scott is the recipient of the WTP Rosalind Ayres-Williams Memorial Scholarship (2022-2024). His one-act Sundown Town is published in Obsidian: Literature and Arts of the African Diaspora: Issue: 48.1.
His work has developed or presented at Concord Theatricals/Sam French OOB Short Play Festival, Queens Theatre (New American Voices series), The Fire This Time Festival, Zoetic Stage (Finstrom Festival Of New Work), Dixon Place, Feinstein's/54 Below, Abingdon Theatre Company, Downtown Urban Arts Festival, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Across A Crowded Room at Lincoln Center Performing Arts Library (NYPL), Musical Theater Factory's 4x15 Series, Space on Ryder Farm, Theatre West, New Circle Theatre Company, MicroTheater Miami, Columbia College Chicago, among others. Scott is a 2021 NYSAF Founders’ Award finalist, a 2021 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award semifinalist, a four-time National Black Theatre I AM SOUL Playwrights Residency finalist, and a four-time top finalist for The Civilians R&D Group. His articles appeared in Architectural Digest, Time Out New York, American Theatre Magazine, Playbill, Elle, Out, Essence, and The Brooklyn Rail, among others. BFA: State University College at Buffalo, MFA: NYU Tisch.
Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to the development and presentation of the performing and visual arts in Jersey City, NJ. Art House Productions presents theater, performing and visual arts festivals, arts events, visual art exhibitions, and adult and youth art classes.
Art House Productions is generously supported by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, SILVERMAN, The Princeton Foundation, The New Jersey Theatre Alliance, The Hudson County Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Alliance of Resident Theatres / New York.
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Triohonsi begins (Wolves' holiday, ends 3rd; Bulgaria)
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1st Thursday in February
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Optimist Day [1st Thursday]
Scout Jumuah [begins sundown 1st Thursday]
Time to Talk Day (UK) [1st Thursday]
Independence & Related Days
The Consulate of Jovak Helm (Declared; 2009) [unrecognized]
federal Territory Day (Malaysia)
Thulia (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
United Arab Republic (Created by merger of Egypt & Syria; 1958)
Festivals Beginning February 1, 2024
Carnival (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) [thru 2.27]
Fair International Film Festival (Tehran, Iran) [thru 2.11]
GrassWorks Grazing Festival (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) [thru 2.3]
Jaipur Literature Festival (Jaipur, India) [thru 2.5]
MegaCon (Orlando, Florida) [thru 2.4]
Reykjavik Winter Lights Festival (Reykjavik, Iceland) [thru 2.4]
Taos Winter Wine Festival (Taos, New Mexico) [thru 2.3]
Triangle Wine & Food Experience (Raleigh, North Carolina) [thru 2.3]
Winter Culinary Weekend (Beaver Creek, Colorado) [thru 2.4
Feast Days
Astina (Syrian Church; Saint)
Brigid, patron saint of Ireland (Saint Brigid's Day) [brewers]
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Festival of Dionysus begins (Ancient Greece) [thru 2.14]
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Imbolc (a.k.a. Oimelc; Celtic, Pagan) [1 of 8 Festivals of the Natural Year]
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Landsegen (Germanic Neopaganism)
Langston Hughes (Writerism)
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Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries, Day 1 of 3 (Ancient Greece festival honoring Ceres, Demeter, Persephone, and Proserpine)
The Lucaria (Festival of the Grove to Sucellus, Gaulish God of Alcohol; Ancient Rome) [also 7.19 & 7.21]
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Lucky & Unlucky Days
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [8 of 30]
Premieres
Ain’t Nature Grand (WB LT Cartoon; 1931)
Alice Gets Stung (Disney Cartoon; 1925)
American Gigolo (Film; 1980)
Argybargy, by Squeeze (Album; 1980)
Bartender, Turn Those Lights Off a A Shot in the Dark (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 342; 1965)
Battling Bosko (WB LT Cartoon; 1932)
Big Game Fishing (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1968)
Blind Date (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1954)
The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1980)
Cagey Business (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1965)
Cakes and Ale, by W. Somerset Maugham (Novel; 1930)
Call Me, by Blondie (Song; 1980)
Call Mr. Fortune, by H.C. Bailey (Novel; 1920)
Call Northside 777 (Film; 1948)
Camptown Races, by Stephen Foster (Song; 1850)
Cockatoos for Two (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1947)
Cry, the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton (Novel; 1948)
Dingbat Land (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1949)
Dookie, by Green Day (Album; 1994)
Double Indemnity, by James M. Cain (Novel; 1936)
Dr. Ha-Ha (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1966)
Drum Up a Tenant (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1963)
Duck Fever (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)
The First Flying Fish (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1955)
The Fox Hunt (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1950)
Gag Buster (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
The General’s Little Helper (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1969)
Giant Steps, by John Coltrane (Album; 1960)
Gold Diggin’ Woodpecker (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1972)
Good and Guilty (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1962)
Good Snooze Tonight (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1963)
Hair Cut-Ups (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1953)
Hardcase (Hanna-Barbera TV Movie; 1972)
A Hare-Breadth Finish (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1957)
Hare-Less Wolf (WB MM Cartoon; 1958)
Harvest, by Neil Young (Album; 1972)
The Hillbilly (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1935)
Hound Dog, by Elvis Presley (Song; 1953)
House of Cards (TV Series; 2013)
How to Relax (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1954)
Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace (Novel; 1996)
It’s a Living (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1958)
Jaws, by Peter Benchley (Novel; 1974)
Jessie’s Girl, by Rick Springfield (Song; 1981)
Johnny Angel, by Shelley Fabares (Song; 1962)
The Kid from Mars (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1961)
Kung Fu: The Movie (TV Movie; 1986)
La Boheme, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1896)
Land Grab, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1970)
The Last of the Mohicans, by James Fenimore Cooper (Novel; 1826)
Late Night with David Letterman (Talk Show; 1982)
The Lion’s Busy (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1961)
Manon Lescaut, by Giacomo Puccini (Opera; 1893)
The Man Who Fell To Earth, by Walter Tevis (Novel; 1963)
MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors, by Richard Hooker (Novel; 1968)
Mechanical Bird (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)
Miami Maniacs (Terrytoons Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon; 1956)
Michel’s Mixed-Up Musical Bird (DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special; 1978)
The Misunderstood Giant (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1960)
Mr. Winlucky (Terrytoons Cartoon; 196)
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (Novel; 1837)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey (Novel; 1962)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (Film; 1951)
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, recorded by James Brown (Song; 1965)
The Phantom Ship (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)
Pink Breakfast (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1979)
Popcorn and Politics (Modern Madcaps Cartoon; 1962)
A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (Novel; 1912)
Racket Buster (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1949)
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
The Red Tractor (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1964)
Road Runner a Go-Go (WB LT Cartoon; 1965)
Romantic Warrior, by Return to Forever (Album; 1976)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, adapted by Barbara Shook Hazen (Children’s Book; 1939)
Russian Doll (TV Series; 2019)
Sacré Bleu Cross (The Inspector Cartoon; 1966)
Same Time, Next Year (Film; 1979)
Seaside Adventures (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1952)
The Sky’s the Limit (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1965)
Slackers (Film; 2002)
A Southern-Style Breakfast or How Many Grits Can You Eat? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S6, Ep. 341; 1965)
Stardust, by Neil Gaiman (Novel; 1999)
Space Kid (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1966)
Stage Struck (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
The Story of George Washington (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1965)
Supermarket Pink (Pink Panther Cartoon; 1980)
Surrealistic Pillow, by Jefferson Airplane (Album; 1967)
The Tale of a Dog (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1959)
Three Is A Crowd (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1951)
To Be Or Not to Be (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1963)
Train Terrain, featuring Hector Heathcote (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1971)
Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller (Novel; 1937)
Tumblr (Social Media App; 2007)
Under the Pink, by Tori Amos (Album; 1994)
Von Heute auf Morgen, by Arnold & Gertrude Schoenberg (Opera; 1930)
Warm Bodies (Film; 2013)
Where There’s Smoke, featuring Deputy Dawg (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1962)
Whiz Quiz Kid (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1964)
Wise Quacks (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1953)
Today’s Name Days
Brigitta, Katharina, Reginald, Severus (Austria)
Trifon (Bulgaria)
Brigita, Miroslav, Sever (Croatia)
Hynek (Czech Republic)
Brigida (Denmark)
Birgit, Birgitta, Gita, Piret, Pireta, Pirja, Pirje (Estonia)
Riitta (Finland)
Ella, Siméon (France)
Maria, Neujahr (Germany)
Tryfonas, Vasiliki, Vasilis (Greece)
Fruzsina, Ignác (Hungary)
Brigitta, Geminiano, Verdiana (Italy)
Andra, Brigita, Brita, Gita, Indra (Latvia)
Brigyta, Eidvilė, Gytautas, Ignotas (Lithuania)
Birte, Bjarte (Norway)
Bryda, Brygida, Dobrocha, Dobrochna, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Paweł, Siemirad, Żegota (Poland)
Trifon (Romania)
Ksenia (Russia)
Tatiana (Slovakia)
Brígida, Cecilio (Spain)
Max, Maximilian (Sweden)
Basil, Bohdan, David, Vasylyna (Ukrainę)
Birgit, Birgitta, Bret, Brett, Bridget, Bridgette , Brigitte, Brita, Britney, Britt, Brittani, Brittany, Brittney, Clark, Clarke, Langdon, Langston (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 32 of 2024; 334 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 4 of week 5 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 12 of 28]
Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 22 (Yi-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 22 Shevat 5784
Islamic: 21 Rajab 1445
J Cal: 2 Grey; Twosday [1 of 30]
Julian: 19 January 2024
Moon: 62%: Waning Gibbous
Positivist: 4 Homer (2nd Month) [Pindar)
Runic Half Month: Elhaz (Elk) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Winter (Day 43 of 89)
Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 11 of 28)
Calendar Changes
February (Gregorian Calendar) [Month 2 of 12]
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