Motion Picture Academy to celebrate 50th year
Hollywood veteran Vernon Scott reports on the 50th anniversary of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He notes the academy’s prestige versus the television academy and quotes Walter Mirisch on the Oscar’s global recognition and the broader purpose beyond awards. The origins trace to a May 11 1927 gathering at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles with 36 leaders inviting 276 participants.
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Vernon Scott Hollywood
UPI
Motion Picture Academy
Television Academy
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Walter Mirisch
Film Academy
Academy
Los Angeles
Biltmore Hotel
Henry King
Raoul Walsh
Jack L. Warner
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Darryl F. Zanuck
Academy Board of Governors
Mirisch
West Side Story
Scandinavian vocal recital at Williams College May 5
A program of all Scandinavian vocal music performed at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts features mezzo soprano Hanne B Booth and accompanist Betty Pierce. The free public recital on May 5 at 8 pm will include works by Heise Norgaard Sibelius Holmboe and Grieg sung in original languages with translations. Booth and Pierce have notable Nordic and American training and performances.
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United States
Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Weston Language Center
Hanne B. Booth
Betty Pierce
Peter Heise
Ib Norgaard
Jean Sibelius
Vagn Holmboe
Potsdam
Saratoga Choral Institute
Booth
United Methodist Church
St. John’s Episcopal Church
North Adams
Canada
Adams to chair Globolinks benefit in Bennington
Local attorney Jane Adams, resident of East Pownal, has been named chairwoman of the Park-McCullough House Association summer fundraiser tied to a Vermont Opera Theater production of Menotti’s Help Help the Globolinks. The June 17 to 19 events involve education, sponsorship efforts, and volunteer coordination for housing, feeding the visiting cast, ticketing, and committee work. The Mt Anthony High School Auditorium performance is set for June 19 at 8 p.m., with tickets via local merchants.
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Jane Adams
Park-McCullough House Association
Vermont Opera Theater
Boston University
Ms. Adams
Bennington
East Pownal
Big House
Vermont Council On the Arts
Vermont Council On the Humanities
Mt. Anthony Union High School
Park- McCullough House
Steve White Wins 1977 Williams Poetry Award
Senior Steve White of Glencoe Illinois won the 1977 Academy of American Poets Contest at Williams College. Honorable mentions went to David Clement Catherine McCune Carol Croland and Laurie Giemza. A reading by the winner and honorees is set for May 2 at 4 p.m. in Driscoll Lounge.
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Williamstown
Mass
Williams College
Driscoll
Steve White
Glencoe
Ill
David Clement
Westwood
Catherine McCune
Fredonia
N.Y
Carol Croland
Clifton
N.J
Laurie Giemza
Durham, Conn
Williams
Gregory Orr
Festival of Nations celebrates Schenectady cultures May 14
The Festival of Nations at Schenectady Museum grounds on May 14 from 10 am to 6 pm gathers twenty ethnic groups. Food, artifacts, and performances include Dutch, Greek, Irish, Polish, French, German, Italian, Israeli, African, Latin American, British, and U.S. offerings. Admission is $1.50 for adults and 25 cents for children under 12 with advance tickets from May 1.
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Schenectady
N.Y
Schenectady Museum
North Terrace Heights
Bunratty Castle
Donnybrook Salt
Culhane
Poland
Warsaw
Israel
Pisa
I’compangnoli
U.S.A
Carl Company
Boston
Ticketron
Mohawk Mall
Ama Reka staged reading at Oldcastle Theatre
The Oldcastle Theatre Company presents a staged reading of Ama Reka by Robert Sugarman on May 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. in the Old Chapel at Southern Vermont College. The cast includes Shelli DuBoff, Richard Howe, Eric Peterson, Colette Chagnon, and SVC students. Tickets at the door are $1 for adults and 50 cents for students. free for SVC students and faculty.
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Oldcastle Theatre Company
America
Shelli DuBoff
Oldcastle
Candida
Ama Reka
Ms. DuBoff
New York
Richard Howe
Marchbanks
Colette Chagnon
Southern Vermont College
Sugarman
Michael Honan
Seth Scruggs
al Margarum
Ruth Levin
Reinhard Mayer
Chet Ringheiser
Deborah Emin
SVC
Traveling Opera Hits Shopping Malls for Subscribers
The New England Opera Company uses pop up shows in malls and schools to recruit subscribers and ticket buyers in eight towns. The 90 member troupe performs two adult and two children’s operas per area, boards with local families, and keeps tickets affordable while expanding audiences despite recurring deficits.
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Boston
UPI
Christine Bullin
New England Opera Company
Sarah Caldwell
Boston Opera Company
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Saturday Review
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Melina Mercour
Geraldine Page
Anne Jackson
Annemeara
Susan Penhaligon
Edith Evans
Jerry Stiller
Eli Wallach
Monsanno
Fresh Wind
Manchester Depot
Vermont
Frice
Kaywell Bros
Hunt ST
Sprung
N.E. Company
Michael Maxwell
Walt Disney Productions Presents
Tues
SUN. i
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Charles Grodin
Paramount
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Jill Clayburgh
Charlie Chaplin
Paulette Goddard
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