MOVIE + MUSIC: RED HEROINE w/DEVIL MUSIC ENSEMBLE - MON OCT 6th

The DEVIL MUSIC ENSEMBLE will be performing their new original score live to the silent martial arts film RED HEROINE (1929, dir: Wen Yimin). This film is the only surviving extant Chinese silent “Kung Fu” film left from the silent era and is a prime example of the terrifically popular Chinese swordplay genre (wuxia pian), often based on published novels or serials, and an early cinema export, which was banned after the Cultural Revolution. The score that the DME has composed pulls from the traditions of Chinese classical and folk music, as well as soundtracks from classic Kung Fu cinema, and is the only modern score made expressly for this film. This is a very rare performance that showcases the combination of the ancient tradition of martial arts, early 20th century Asian film, and 21st century music.
             The DME is three multi-instrumental musicians from Boston that have been making their name with live original score performances to classic silent film, performing over six U.S. and two European tours. Formed in Boston in 1999, the DME is comprised of Brendon Wood on electric guitar, lap steel, and synthesizer; Jonah Rapino on electric violin, lap steel, vibraphone, erhu (2 string Chinese violin) and synthesizer; and Tim Nylander on drums, and a variety of Chinese percussion instruments.

SHOWTIMES: 7:00p | 9:30p

ADMISSION: $12 GENERAL - $10 STUDENTS / CINE MEMBERS

MUSIC: THE INSTRUMENTS - MON OCT 6th

Heather Macintosh (Elf Power, Gnarls Barkley) performs with her experimental folk project THE INSTRUMENTS in the CinéLab between the evening screenings of RED HEROINE

SHOWTIMES: 8:30p

ADMISSION: $5 or FREE w/ticket to RED HEROINE

SCREENING: WILD COMBINATION - TUESDAY OCT 7th

WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. Now, over fifteen years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends, and closest collaborators—including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg—to tell this poignant and important story.

SHOWTIMES: 5:00p | 7:00p

PREMIERE SCREENING: MAJOR ORGAN & THE ADDING MACHINE
w/ THE ELEPHANT 6 ORCHESTRA - TUESDAY OCT 7th

The long awaited premiere of the MAJOR ORGAN & THE ADDING MACHINE new filmic companion to the mysterious Elephant 6 collective album of the same name, featuring musical and theatrical contributions from Jeff Mangum, Kevin Barnes, William Cullen Hart, Julian Koster, Andrew Reiger, Dixie Blood Moustache.

Followed by a live performance that kicks off the Elephant 6 Orchestra's HOLIDAY SURPRISE TOUR, featuring the musical talent of Julian Koster, Will Hart, Bill Doss, John Fernandes, Nesey Gallons, Laura Carter, Scott Spillane, Robbie Cucchiarro, Theodore Hilton, Andrew Reiger, Eric Harris, Pete Erchick performing the songs of The Music Tapes, The Circulatory System, Scott Spillane, Gerbils, Elf Power, Olivia Tremor Control, Nana Grizol, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't and more.

SHOWTIMES: 9:30p

TICKETS: $15 DAY OF SHOW - $12 ADVANCE

EVENT: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE - TUESDAY OCT 7th @ 8:30p

The UGA Law Democrats host a party open to the public to bring the community together and watch the Presidential debate projected in the BarCafe

ADMISSION: FREE - LIMITED SEATING

MENTAL HEALTH BENEFIT SCREENING: A SUMMER IN THE CAGE - WED OCT 8th

Filmmaker Ben Selkow's feature-length documentary chronicling his friend Sam's battle with manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder. By showing the difficult emotional impact of being bipolar on Sam, his family, and the filmmaker, the film hopes to put a human face on an illness that affects millions of American families. But as this dramatic story unfolds, it also becomes a unique tale about friendship and the ethical responsibilities of a documentary filmmaker. The intent was to make a film about successfully living with, and managing, a mental illness. Throughout the process and when the Hollywood ending proves too elusive, the filmmaker and the subject are forced to ask themselves, "When do you turn off the camera?"

Screening and panel discussion presented by the MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA as part of Mental Illness Awareness Week.

SHOWTIMES: 7:00p

SCREENING: GREENSBORO: CLOSER TO THE TRUTH - THURSDAY OCTOBER 9th @ 7p

On November 3, 1979, members of the Communist Workers Party were holding a Death to the Klan rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. Suddenly a caravan rounded the corner, scattering the protesters. Klansmen and Nazis emerged from the cars, unloaded an arsenal of guns and began firing. Five people were killed in what became known as the Greensboro Massacre. This documentary film reconnects 25 years later with the players in this tragedy—widowed and wounded survivors, along with their attackers—and chronicles how their lives have evolved in the long aftermath of the killings. All converge when the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission ever held in the United States is convened in Greensboro from 2004-2006 to investigate the Massacre. As the Commission struggles to uncover what actually happened and why, the participants confront the truth of their past, and struggle with the possibility of hope and redemption.

Screening and panel discussion presented by the MOORE'S FORD MEMORIAL COMMITTEE

SHOWTIMES: 7:00p

EVENT: ACTION BOOKS READING SERIES - THURSDAY OCTOBER 9th @ 8p

The Action Books Reading Series and the UGA Creative Writing Program present an evening showcasing the work of authors Johannes Göransson, Abe Smith, Brent Hendricks, & Lara Glenum

Together with his wife, Joyelle McSweeney, Johannes Göransson is the editor of Action Books and Action, Yes. He is the author of three books — Dear Ra, Pilot, and A New Quarantine Will Take My Place — and the translator of two: Remainland: Selected Poems of Aase Berg and Ideals Clearance by Henry Parland. He is currently working on a comic book with fellow ex-Athenian John Woods.

Brent Hendricks is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the MFA program at the University of Arizona. Thaumatrope, his first book, was published by Action Books in 2007. His work has appeared in a number of magazines, including Black Warrior Review, Bomb, Conjunctions, Carolina Quarterly, First Intensity, Iowa Review, The New Review of Literature, Ploughshares, Poetry, Prairie Schooner and The Southern Review. He lives in Tuscaloosa with the writer Kate Bernheimer and their daughter, Xia.

Abraham Smith hails from Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Action Books published his Whim Man Mammon during the winter of this year. A few laurel twigs: he was a 2004-2005 Writing Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center; this August, he read in the Academy of American Poets’ NYC Rooftop Reading Series. Presently, he’s attempting to tie dead country singers to live yodeling coyotes in a syrupy elegiac maelstrom. He teaches at the University of Alabama.

Lara Glenum is the author of The Hounds of No (Action Books, 2005) and Maximum Gaga (Action Books, 2008). Her poems have appeared in Conjunctions, New American Writing, Fence, Denver Quarterly, and elsewhere. She has been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, an NEA Translation Fellowship, and a Dissertation Completion Award. She is the co-editor of the anthology Gurlesque with Arielle Greenberg (Saturnalia Books, 2009). With Josef Hora?ek, she is preparing a translation of the Czech Surrealist Vladimir Holan’s poems.

ADMISSION: FREE

SCREENING: THE FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL - FRIDAY OCTOBER 10th

The FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL, the acclaimed touring showcase of odd and hilarious found videos, will make a one-night-only appearance in Athens as part of its 2008 North American tour. Hosts Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, whose credits include The Onion and the Late Show with David Letterman, are excited to present their new lineup of video clips and live comedy at Ciné.

This one-of-a-kind event compiles more than an hour’s worth of footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout the country. Curators Pickett and Prueher host each screening in-person and provide their unique observations and commentary on these found video obscurities. From the curiously-produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie donated to Goodwill, the Found Footage Festival resurrects these forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found.

SHOWTIMES: 8:00p | 10:00p

FRIDAYS @ MIDNITE: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

Cine presents an interactive screening of the 1975 cult movie musical THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW in CineLab - audience participation is encouraged so dress up, bring your props and get ready to do the Time Warp again!

SHOWTIMES: 12:00 MIDNITE EVERY FRIDAY THRU OCTOBER - ADMISSION: $5

FIESTA! LATIN NITE @ CINELAB - SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th @ 11p

LATIN DANCE PARTY w/ DJ E.U. - Atlanta based DJ E.U. spins fresh cuts of salsa, merengue, regueton, bachata and mixes from his new LP, Ke Es La Ke, Vol 1

ADMISSION: MUJERES GRATIS - $7 HOMBRES

EVENT: VOX READING SERIES - TUESDAY OCTOBER 14th @ 8p

The Vox Reading Series and the UGA Creative Writing Program present an evening showcasing the work of authors Camille Guthrie and Andy Frazee

Camille Guthrie is the author of the poetry books In Captivity (2005) and The Master Thief (2000), both from Subpress. A graduate of Vassar College and Brown University, she settled in New York City fifteen years ago. She lives in Brooklyn, where she teaches literature and lives with her husband and three-year-old son. She is currently at work on a screenplay about birds.

Andy Frazee is a PhD student studying Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Georgia. His work is forthcoming in 1913 and has appeared in Eleven Eleven, Bath House, Sycamore Review, Rhino, and Faultline, and was nominated for a 2005 Pushcart Prize. His book reviews have appeared in Verse and Cutbank Reviews, and are forthcoming in Boston Review, Galatea Resurrects, and Jacket.

ADMISSION: FREE

EVENT: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES - WEDNESDAY OCT 15th @ 8:30p

The UGA Law Democrats host a party open to the public to bring the community together and watch the Presidential debates projected in the BarCafe

ADMISSION: FREE - LIMITED SEATING

MUSIC: MARTY WINKLER & FRIENDS - THURSDAY OCTOBER 16th @ 7:30p

An evening of music with MARTY WINKLER and special guests Michael C Steele and M Lee Davis, featuring music from Winkler's original album "Under Your Heart" alongside classic jazz standards

ADMISSION: $5

MCCAIN v. OBAMA BOOK CHALLENGE - SUNDAY OCT 19th @ 7p

The Oconee Democrats are issuing a challenge for people in Athens and beyond to learn more about both Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama by reading and discussing both men’s autobiographies. The public is invited to meet at Ciné to discuss McCain’s Worth the Fighting For
on Sunday, September 28th, and Obama’s The Audacity of Hope on Sunday, October 19th. Both sessions will be moderated by Sasha Baker, an engaging Teacher of Excellence award winner who teaches social studies at Clarke Middle School. Discussions start at 7 PM.

For more information, contact Pat Priest (ppriest@charter.net)

EVENT: ECOFOCUS FILM FESTIVAL - OCTOBER 23-26th

Presented by the UGA Odom School of Ecology, ECOFOCUS is an exciting new film festival featuring world-class environmental films, relevant events and discussions, and a showcase of the EcoFocus Short Film Competition winners. The festival aims to push the usual boundaries of "environmental" by screening diverse films that explore meanings and possibilities for what it is to be alive on our planet today. More info & film schedule @ ecofocusfilmfest.org

EXHIBIT: TERRY ROWLETT

A visual art exhibit featuring a collection of paintings from local artist TERRY ROWLETT on display through October 9th in Cine's entrance gallery.

INTRODUCTORY ART CLASSES @ CINELAB - SUNDAYS THIS FALL

Two interactive art classes led by Bricelyn H. Strauch on Sundays September 7th - October 26th: MultiMedia (1:30-3p) and Introduction to Figure Drawing (3:30-5:30p) Bricelyn is an aspiring painter and freelance illustrator with a BFA in Scientific Illustration from UGA and has worked as an illustrator and intern for a variety of institutions, such as the California Academy of Sciences, the University of Georgia Press, and the University of Georgia Botany Department.

Click HERE for more info or contact [ bhstrauch@yahoo.com ]