{"id":6269,"date":"2013-05-30T13:30:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T19:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=6269"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:48:32","slug":"events-we-riyl-diy-filmmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=6269","title":{"rendered":"Events we RIYL DIY filmmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

Work weeks shortened by holidays often compromise what we\u2019re able to cook up for your timely C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> reading pleasure, so we were not able to pull together a preview of the Champaign-Urbana Film Society<\/strong>\u2019s Pens to Lens Awards Gala<\/strong> that took place at the Art Theater Co-op<\/strong> last night, Wednesday, May 29<\/strong>. Its wide appeal \u2013 starting with the involvement of K-12 aged school children living in Champaign County<\/strong> \u2013 guaranteed coverage in other local media such as The News-Gazette<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and Smile Politely<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, so please hit those links to learn about the screening and its nine film shorts made by Champaign-Urbana<\/strong> filmmakers from student-written scripts. Lucky for you, cinema endeavors have clustered together once again on the C-U calendar, so let\u2019s look to our immediate future for things to come!<\/p>\n

Joel Gillespie<\/strong> of SP<\/span> reports<\/a> that later tonight, Thursday, May 30<\/strong>, Portland<\/strong> alternative culture warriors will stop by the University YMCA<\/a>, 1001 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL<\/strong>, to present \u201cDinner and Bikes<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d Starting at 6:30 p.m.<\/strong>, chef Joshua Ploeg<\/strong> will serve up a full-course vegan meal with ingredients purchased locally, after which Everyday Bicycling<\/span><\/strong> author Elly Blue<\/strong> will discuss how to integrate two-wheelers into one\u2019s daily transit while Microcosm Publishing<\/strong><\/a> and Cantankerous Titles<\/strong> guru Joe Biel<\/strong> shows footage from his new documentary on Portland bike activism, AFTERMASS<\/strong>. Chicago<\/strong> indie journalist Aaron Cynic<\/strong> also joins the D&B tour as scheduler and roadie. Cost for the evening will be $15 and attendees are encouraged to give them an advance shout<\/a> so Ploeg can purchase the proper amount of food for his feast!<\/p>\n

Interested in engaging the rock instead of the roll this evening? Lofty Champaign venue, The Velvet Elvis<\/strong><\/a>, will be hosting a C-U alt-rock all-star gig featuring<\/a> Grandkids, Santah<\/strong>, and Elsinore<\/strong>, with the purpose of raising Web hosting and digital storage funds for Urbana Basement Sessions<\/strong>, founded by Jake Metz<\/strong> to archive the faces and sounds of our current music scene. You can sample early examples of their work here<\/a>, recorded in the Basement proper, and heretofore unseen footage will be projected in between sets at the Elvis, also to be recorded for posterity and to show off Metz and videographer Jack Maples<\/strong>\u2019 skills. Doors open at 7 p.m.<\/strong> and bands go on at 8 p.m.<\/strong>, while refreshments will be offered by local chef and part-time werewolf Mark \u201cShades\u201d Harstein<\/strong>. It would be smart to land tickets ($7 advance\/$10 door) through the Facebook<\/strong> links above, particularly if you want to find out where this secretive Elvis lies. BYOB, FYI.<\/p>\n

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As for P2L, we spent a little time over at the Art yesterday prior to its standing-room-only 7 p.m.<\/strong> show, complete with awards and swag bags and Matt Metcalf<\/strong> introductions and Zoo Improv<\/strong> interludes and Pekara<\/strong>-baked Oscar<\/strong> cookies (oh my!), eventually returning for the film-only 9:30 p.m.<\/strong> encore. Many participating filmmakers populated the late show, including tuxedo-clad CUFS founders Brett Hays<\/strong> and Luke Boyce<\/strong>, and a palpable buzz drifted throughout the auditorium and into the streets. Our favorite entries included THE DEVIL USES PURELL<\/strong>, directed by Joe Taylor<\/strong> and Bill Kephart<\/strong> and written by Ella G.<\/strong> of Stratton Elementary School<\/strong>, Champaign; FLUFFYSTEIN<\/strong>, directed by Thomas Nicol<\/strong> and written by Maya K., Madelyn C.<\/strong>, and Taqia H<\/strong>. of Next Generation School<\/strong>, Champaign; and SUPER DUPER LOW<\/strong> directed by Mike Trippiedi<\/strong> and written by Quinn F.<\/strong> of South Side Elementary School<\/strong>, Champaign.<\/p>\n

Honorable mention goes to SUSAN AND DAISY\u2019S ADVENTURE: EPISODE I<\/strong>, directed by Tim Meyers<\/strong> and written by Beatrice, Catherine, David, Dennis, Jonathan, Reuben<\/strong>, and Saewoong<\/strong> of the UIUC College of Education<\/strong>\u2019s University Primary School<\/strong><\/a>, a fun fit of “surrealism lite” that is, of all things, a remake! Imagine our surprise this past weekend when, sitting down in the \u201cmovie theater\u201d room of the UPS Art Show<\/strong> at the Krannert Art Museum<\/strong>, a video loop treated your humble editor\u2019s family to a shaky camcorder rendition of SUSAN AND DAISY\u2019S ADVENTURE<\/strong> starring the entire pint-sized screenwriting team! We\u2019re still debating which iteration features the better eel \u2013 the carcass (!) animated by Nicol for P2L or the cardboard-and-soda-bottle mask with cape attachment worn by one of the UPS kids.<\/p>\n

Seeing the disembodied head of Mr. Eel sitting there in the art gallery only made us yearn for the return of Industrial Tape & Cardboard<\/strong><\/a>. Remember those good ol\u2019 days, Shades?<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once again, we feel behind the times in our own reporting niche but that will not stop us from encouraging you last-minute to support Urbana Basement Sessions, engage in “Dinner and Bikes,” and revel in the success of Pens to Lens!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,68,766,53,15,29,13,18],"tags":[1708,1085,240,1086,1055,1087,1003],"class_list":["post-6269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-area-festivals","category-champaign-movie-makers","category-cu-film-society","category-educationclasses","category-media-coverage","category-music-video","category-public-events","category-student-film","tag-cu-film-society","tag-dinner-and-bikes","tag-elsinore","tag-joe-biel","tag-pens-to-lens-screenwriting-competition","tag-susan-and-daisys-adventure-episode-1","tag-urbana-basement-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}