Happy Halloween LEGENDmag readers! Tonight’s the night! You’ll eat more candy tonight that all the days of the year put together; you’ll make choices that you might not have if you hadn’t been wearing that wig or that mask; you’ll take too many pictures; or maybe you’ll have a nice quiet evening at home, passing out candy to cute kids and obnoxious teenagers. If you’re heading out and dressing up like a wicked witch, slutty nurse, drag queen/king, superhero or Barak Obama and Sarah Palin, be careful out there! Things are not always what they seem! I share with you the following cautionary tale! (Thanks to my girl Maria Romero for the heads up!)
A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into the cab, and notices that the VERY handsome cab driver won’t stop staring at her.
She asks him why he is staring. He replies: ‘I have a question to ask, but I don’t want to offend you.’
She answers, ‘ My son, you cannot offend me. When you’re as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I’m sure that there’s nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.’
‘Well, I’ve always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.’
She responds, ‘Well, let’s see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.’
The cab driver is very excited and says, ‘Yes, I’m single and Catholic!’
‘OK’ the nun says. ‘Pull into the next alley.’
The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.
But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.
‘My dear child,’ said the nun, ‘Why are you crying?’
‘Forgive me but I’ve sinned. I lied and I must confess; I’m married and I’m Jewish.’
The nun says, ‘That’s OK. My name is Kevin and I’m going to a Halloween party.’
It happens every time they’ve got a good one on their hands! As with Napoleon Dynamite and Little Miss Sunshine before it, Fox Searchlight is giving away all tickets to opening night screenings of Slumdog Millionaire! As I eluded to previously, this will be one of the year’s best films! You must RSVP to attend.
Attention: If you don’t RSVP you will not get in. When you do try to RSVP, if it says SOLD OUT, do not go to the theater in hopes of grabbing a seat, because you won’t. An RSVP does not guarantee a seat, as they always take more RSVP’s, than seats allow. They want the house packed, no matter what! I would recommend getting there at least an hour early to be ensured a seat.
Screening cities and dates:
New York, NY - Monday, Nov 03 7:00 PM
Los Angeles, CA - Monday, Nov 03 7:30 PM
Seattle, WA - Wednesday, Nov 05 7:00 PM
Boston, MA - Wednesday, Nov 05 7:00 PM
Edina - Wednesday, Nov 05 7:30 PM
Dallas, TX - Wednesday, Nov 05 7:30 PM
Santa Monica, CA - Thursday, Nov 06 7:30 PM
Georgetown, Washington - Thursday, Nov 06 7:30 PM
New York, NY - Thursday, Nov 06 8:00 PM
New York, NY - Monday, Nov 10 7:00 PM
San Francisco, CA - Monday, Nov 10 7:00 PM
Bethesda - Tuesday, Nov 11 7:30 PM
Seattle, WA - Wednesday, Nov 12 7:00 PM
Brookline, MA - Wednesday, Nov 12 7:00 PM
Dallas, TX - Wednesday, Nov 12 7:30 PM
Greenwood - Wednesday, Nov 12 7:30 PM
Tempe - Thursday, Nov 13 8:00 PM
Denver, CO - Monday, Nov 17 7:30 PM
Dallas, TX - Monday, Nov 17 8:00 PM
Houston, TX - Tuesday, Nov 18 7:30 PM
Scottsdale - Wednesday, Nov 19 7:00 PM
Philadelphia, PA - Wednesday, Nov 19 7:30 PM
Aventura - Wednesday, Nov 19 7:30 PM
Boston, MA - Thursday, Nov 20 7:00 PM
Philadelphia, PA - Thursday, Nov 20 7:30 PM
Houston, TX - Tuesday, Dec 02 7:30 PM
Austin, TX - Tuesday, Dec 02 7:30 PM
Orlando, FL - Wednesday, Dec 03 7:30 PM
Ft. Lauderdale - Wednesday, Dec 03 7:30 PM
Tampa, FL - Wednesday, Dec 03 7:30 PM
Austin - Tuesday, Dec 09 7:30 PM
Henderson - Wednesday, Dec 10 7:00 PM
South Beach , Miami - Wednesday, Dec 10 7:30 PM
Houston, TX - Wednesday, Dec 10 7:30 PM
Altamonte Springs - Wednesday, Dec 10 7:30 PM
Houston, TX - Monday, Dec 15 7:30 PM
Orlando, FL - Monday, Dec 15 7:30 PM
Miami, FL - Monday, Dec 15 7:30 PM
Tampa, FL - Monday, Dec 15 7:30 PM
Hartford, CT - Wednesday, Dec 17 7:00 PM
Warwick, RI - Wednesday, Dec 17 7:00 PM
Winter Park - Wednesday, Dec 17 7:30 PM
Boca Raton - Wednesday, Dec 17 7:30 PM
Aventura - Wednesday, Dec 17 7:30 PM
Providence, RI - Monday, Dec 22 7:00 PM
There are a plethora of social media tools available, to maintain an open dialogue with us, your potential customers. As such, there’ s no reason that any of you (who want to stay in business) should be talking AT us anymore! We consumers demand a two-way interaction with potential vendors. And no, that doesn’t mean that we’ll be fooled just because you have a MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube account. We demand non-objective engagement! It’s about relationships and community… How long will it take for you to figure this one out? Here, maybe this will help:
If you still don’t get it, that’s ok… there’s someone, who does, that will gladly take your place!
The nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards™ which will take place on Tuesday, December 2nd at New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street, have been announced. It also announced the new name for the awards, making the subtle shift from the Gotham Awards to the Gotham Independent Film Awards™.
Presented by IFP, the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ is one of the leading awards for independent film and the first major honors of the film awards season. Many look at it to be the start of the Oscar race.
Frozen River
Courtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman, director; Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Visitor
Tom McCarthy, director; Mary Jane Skalski, Michael London, producers (Overture Films)
(no trailer available yet) The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky, director; Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Best Documentary
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Guido Santi & Tina Mascara, directors; Julia Scott, Tina Mascara, Guido Santi, James White, producers (Zeitgeist Films)
Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog, director; Henry Kaiser, producer (THINKFilm / Image Entertainment)
Man on Wire
James Marsh, director; Simon Chinn, producer (Magnolia Pictures)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Marina Zenovich, director; Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Lila Yacoub, Marina Zenovich, producers (THINKFilm in association with HBO Documentaries)
Trouble the Water
Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, producers/directors (Zeitgeist Films)
Best Ensemble Performance
Ballast
Micheal J. Smith, Sr., Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail (Alluvial Film Company)
Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel, Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George, Debra Winger (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synecdoche, New York
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis, Tom Noonan (Sony Pictures Classics)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz (The Weinstein Company)
The Visitor
Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbas, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira (Overture Films)
Something about screaming “VOTE!” and telling me to spam my friends is not my idea of motivation… but maybe I am just not in touch with the youth of this country anymore. Are they acting? And what is up with the Spielberg-ian attempts at jittery cameras and dialogue. And who is that one guy with the beard anyhow? (…you think I should dress up like him for Halloween?!!)
In what will be the perfectly timed weekend holiday, Halloween is here again for us to enjoy!! You can almost feel the excitement in San Francisco as the weather turns colder and SF’s patron saint “the costume” makes its official debut! Local dress-up started last weekend, but costumery officially kicks off on Friday. And it should prove to be quite a fun weekend (if the quantity of local parties and clubs scheduled are any indicator)!!!
I have never personally been a big fan of the holiday. As the Creative Director of LEGENDmag and freelance graphic designer for Exkclamation, I spend my days excreting creative juices for client projects. So, often when it comes time to be creative for fun, this mental keg is tapped for ideas. Fortunately, I have a creative-support network that keeps me in the spirit, and for that I am very grateful.
Some such friends invited me to a truly remarkable event last year, that I plan on attending again: SF’s Day of the Dead parade! It’s a community event that has been happening for the last 30 years in San Francisco’s Mission District and brings together the creativity of events like Mardi Gras; while infusing it with a somber Halloween-style, respect-for-the-dead vibe. Basically it boils down to many thousands of people respectfully parading around the Mission with processional bands and “floats”; which ultimately end up in Garfeild Park to pay respect to the dead at large, temporary, community altars.
Dia de los Muertos is meant as a celebration of your deceased loved ones, however this parade is not all the downer that it may sound to the uninitiated. Music, celebration, costumes, and skulls abound in the streets; party goers freely join or spectate the parade at all points; and traffic is at an all-time high. So if you plan on going, follow these small instructions:
1. Don’t expect to trick OR treat
2. Take public transportation or walk (it’s near impossible to drive in the Mission)
3. Bring flowers, candles, and respect
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Sunday, November 2, 2008 @ 7:00PM
24th & Bryant, in the Mission District of San Francisco http://www.dayofthedeadsf.org
PS. There is also an illegal soapbox derby starting at 1:00PM the same day at the Bernal Speedway if dangerous speeding vehicles are more your thing! (Shhhh…!)
How is it that there’s always something going on that you didn’t know about in the city? When I read about this event I stopped caring about why I didn’t know and just wanted to eat. There are times when you have to sacrifice for the man kind. And I’ll willing to throw myself in front of the bullet on this one. For all those people who can’t eat tomatoes because they are too acidic, for everyone who is straight edge and won’t imbibe wine, and for all those on diets that just don’t allow for you to stuff yourself anymore…it is for you I attend this event!
Did I mention that you’re ticket includes all the pasta, beer, wine you can eat!
In celebration of Italian culture and cuisine, FIERI is hosting the world’s largest tomato sauce competition in San Francisco. Bay Area restaurants will compete for the coveted distinction of being named The Boss of the Sauce!
The event has attracted the attention of television producers for spotlight coverage to be evaluated by the Food Network. Proceeds from the event benefit Saints Peter and Paul Church, and FIERI, in preservation of the Italian Culture and language.
I’ve been looking for a good resource for soulful house for a long time. Ok so I wasn’t looking hard but I put a good foot forward today. For all those people who are looking for more house with soul in their life check out Soulfullhouse.com and to listen to mixes go here.
We’ve been preaching the gospel about this great design company Jellio for some time now ( Jellio feature LEGENDmag 17). We love how they incorporate all of those wonderful ideas from childhood (and for some adult hood) into really great pieces for your home. Well they’re at it again and we have a first look for you.
Here are some descriptions of their new products:
The Boogie Man Rug is our tribute to night time ghouls everywhere. Place it under your child’s bed and they’re sure to have the coolest room on the block.
Gummi Glasses, with stems made of the same rubber material as our GummiLights, are meant to look like little ice cream cones, and are perfect for ice cream sundaes or really fun cocktails.
And the Stingray Vase is sure to bring back memories of every wheelie you ever popped. Hand-sculpted to resemble a handlebar grip from those classic bikes, this 14″ tall beauty looks great on any shelf, and comes with its own removable streamers!
We accidentally happened upon Pandora’s Trunk over the weekend and need to share! For those of your who haven’t heard, Pandora’s Trunk is a travelling indie-arts show hosted and featuring independent designers here in San Francisco. This month’s show was hosted at the lovely B.U.S. Stop and featured live music, unique takes on clothing, delicious refreshments, and free admission!
Out of the 15 or so exhibiting vendors, one particular booth caught my attention (and wallet)… Recover Your Thoughts is a book bindery’s “side project”, combining discarded public library books, excess print-house paper stock, and twenty thousand dollars worth of high-end book bindery equipment. The creations merge remnants of the previous books with good-quality paper stock to produce one-of-a-kind blank journals infused with some humor and a lot of creativity!
Future dates for Pandora’s Trunk are as follows (check the website for additional dates):
Saturday, November 22, 2008 (1:00 - 5:00pm)
– hosted by Climate Theatre
– 285 9th Street @ Folsom, San Francisco
– featuring live cabaret fashion performance, live music, refreshments
Thursday, December 4th, 2008 (6:00 - 11:00pm)
– hosted by Brava Theatre
– 2781 24th Street @ York (near Bryant)
– featuring live fashion runway show, live music, activities, refreshments
