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February 10, 2010
Athens, Ga. – Three Academy Award winners and several film industry veterans will be special guests at Robert Osborne’s Classic Film Festival, Thursday through Sunday, March 25-28, at The Classic Center in Athens. The festival is an annual nonprofit event of the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Actors Marshall Bell, Corey Feldman, Cloris Leachman and Caren Marsh-Doll will join authors John Bengtson and Eddie Muller, producers Gray Frederickson, Fred Roos and Leon Vitali, and Turner Classic Movies’ vice president Tom Brown as special guests.
Marshall Bell has acted in both television and film for more than 25 years, including a role as an emotionally distant father in Stand by Me, which will be shown on Friday, March 26, at 4 p.m. Joining him will be Corey Feldman whose film career includes Gremlins, The Goonies, and his breakout role in Stand by Me.
Cloris Leachman’s career includes a long history of roles in television and film including the Mary Tyler Moore Show and an Oscar-winning performance in The Last Picture Show. In addition to her Oscar, she has eight primetime Emmys and one daytime Emmy to her credit. She played the role of Agnes in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid which will be shown on Friday, March 26, at 8 p.m.
A professional dancer and actress, Caren Marsh-Doll, served as the Judy Garland’s stand-in for Sunday’s 2 p.m. matinee, The Wizard of Oz. She also worked with Garland on the Hollywood musicals Babes in Arms and Girl Crazy. She is the author of Hollywood’s Babe—Dancing Through Oz.
John Bengtson is the author of the critically acclaimed series of books, Silent Traces: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin, and its Buster Keaton counterpart, Silent Echoes. He will be the featured guest for the film festival’s first silent film screening, Steamboat Bill, Jr. on Saturday, March 27 at 4 p.m. The screening will also feature a special live music accompaniment by local band, Kenosha Kid.
Eddie Muller is founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation and has been instrumental in rescuing America’s noir heritage by restoring and preserving (with the UCLA Film & Television Archive) nearly lost classics. He will share his knowledge of film noir at the Friday, 1 p.m. screening of Double Indemnity.
Gray Frederickson and Fred Roos have long associations with Francis Ford Coppola, having worked with him on The Godfather, Apocalypse Now and this year’s festival selection, The Godfather II, for which they won an Academy Award. The pair will discuss the film on Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m.
Hollywood veteran Leon Vitali worked with legendary producer/director Stanley Kubrick in a variety of roles on four of his films including The Shining, the festival’s midnight film on Friday, March 26.
Alfred Hitchcock’s classic To Catch a Thief will open the festival on Thursday, March 25. Turner Classic Movies’ Tom Brown will host the evening and discuss the film. Brown oversees all original programming at TCM which includes the Emmy nominated, Cary Grant: A Class Apart.
Guests will appear on stage after screenings for a candid discussion with hosts Osborne and members of the audience. Guests present on Saturday morning March 27, will form a panel and discuss “Social Change: How Film Reflects and Inspires a Shift in the Collective Cultural Climate – Propaganda or Art?” with Osborne. The panel discussion is free, open to all and will take place at 10 a.m. at The Classic Center Theater.
The movie lineup for the festival includes To Catch a Thief, Double Indemnity, Stand by Me, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Shining, All About Eve, Steamboat Bill, Jr., The Godfather II and The Wizard of Oz.
For the four-day festival, the 2,000-seat Classic Center theater will be transformed into a world-class movie palace with the installation of a motion picture screen and state-of-the-art 35mm projection and sound systems.
“It’s an exciting adventure to see these films the way they were meant to be seen,” said Osborne. “The big screen gives a different dimension and vitality to these extraordinary films.”
Festival tickets can be purchased separately or as a package at The Classic Center box office, online at http://www.classiccenter.com, or by calling 800/918-6393. A variety of pass options are available. Ticket prices are $10 per individual film. Students and UGA Alumni Association members can purchase individual film tickets for $8 with valid identification. Special $5 tickets for children 12 and under will be available at the box office the day of the show for Sunday’s showing of The Wizard of Oz.
Tickets for the festival’s opening reception at Hotel Indigo are available at www.therialtoroom.com. For more information on the festival, see www.robertosbornefilmfestival.com. Note that the guest list is always subject to change.
Established in 1915, the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication offers undergraduate majors in advertising, broadcast news, magazines, newspapers, public relations, publication management and telecommunication arts. The college offers two graduate degrees, and is home to WNEG-TV, the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism and the Peabody Awards, internationally recognized as one of the most prestigious prizes for excellence in electronic media. For more information, see www.grady.uga.edu.
February 9, 2010
A message from UGA Beyond Coal:
There is a coal plant on campus and we want to break our dependence so we’re reaching out to alumni to sign our petition.
Using coal contributes to air and water pollution, along with high asthma and autism rates. Our power plant emits toxic air pollutants such as lead and arsenic. Soot can trigger heart attacks and strokes, cause irregular heartbeat, and lead to premature death.
We’re working with the whole UGA community to encourage our administration to venture away from coal. Alumni are an integral part of our community and we want to reach out to give you a chance to voice your opinions.
Click here for our online petition.
November 5, 2009
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The State Board of Education picked a Georgia educator Friday to become chancellor of Alabama’s two-year college system and help lead it back from a financial scandal that brought down a former chancellor.
Freida Hill, deputy commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia, was unanimously chosen by the nine-member board. Women have served as interim chancellors in the past but Hill is the first female to hold the position on a permanent basis.
The board’s chairman, Gov. Bob Riley, said he talked to Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue before deciding to support Hill.
“I’m not too sure I’ve ever heard someone as highly recommended,” Riley said.
The other finalists for the job were John Osborn, the director of academic programs and policy for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Rose Johnson, the president of Haywood Community College in Clyde, N.C.
Hill, who holds a doctorate in adult education from the University of Georgia, has spent most of her career in education, beginning as a high school English teacher in Maryville, Tenn., in 1973.
She became deputy commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia in February 2008. Prior to that, she served as assistant commissioner and as president of Southwest Georgia Technical College in Thomasville.
Pending negotiation of a contract and passing a background check, Hill will replace Bradley Byrne, who resigned in May to run as a Republican candidate for governor.
Byrne took over in 2007 after state and federal investigators launched a widespread probe of corruption and nepotism under ousted Chancellor Roy Johnson. The former chancellor pleaded guilty last year to 15 federal charges, including money laundry and bribery involving contractors.
Johnson had the power to hire employees and sign contracts without the board’s approval.
In an interview with the board Friday, Hill said, “I would not like to see the chancellor enter into contracts without board approval.”
Two board members asked Hill why she would want to come to Alabama considering what the system’s gone through in recent years.
She said she had prepared herself throughout her career to become a chancellor.
“To be in education, it would be the pinnacle of a career,” she said.
Plus, she said, “I’m a Southern girl. I don’t want to go to Michigan and I don’t want to go to Arizona.”
Riley said work force development, including preparing technical workers for new Alabama industries, is a critical part of Alabama’s two-year college system, and Hill has a record of success in that field in Georgia.
“There will be no learning curve,” the governor said.
August 14, 2009
Jeff’s bulldog Dooley is in the Cutest Dog Competition. Vote for him at http://www.cutestdogcompetition.com/vote.cfm?h=6D5E6BC2708530D670C7942BF4A9B4B3.
August 11, 2009
The UGA Alumni Association has finalized the schedule for the 2010 travel season! Please come to either preview, Atlanta or Athens, to see what adventures we will be offering beginning in January. All of our travel partners will be there to make presentations on their trips and answer any questions you might have. Hope to see you there. Bring another travel enthusiast with you! Click here for full details!
August 8, 2009
Savannah, GA- - The Rotary Club of Savannah South is please to announce that James Drake has been named Savannah Rotarian of the Year. The award was presented on August 4, 2009 by Jeff Heeder, President of the Savannah East Rotary Club.
Fellow Rotarian and Past District 6920 Governor, Kenan Kern, also of the Rotary Club of Savannah South said, “I have worked with Jim for many years and can personally attest to his unwavering commitment to Rotary and to the international Students who come to Georgia to study and learn about American values. It is great to see Jim recognized with this honor.“
The Savannah Rotarian of the Year Award is presented annually to a Savannah Rotarian who best exemplifies Rotary International’s motto of Service above Self. Cited for his work as Chairman of the Georgia Rotary Student Exchange Program (GRSP) and for the various offices that he has held in Rotary District 6920, Rotarian Drake was selected from a pool of candidates who all have demonstrated selfless service to others through Rotary.
Video of the presentation is available:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK1EoFHlGXs
August 8, 2009
Next Wednesday, August 12th, the Women In Business Council is hosting the 10th annual Lynne Smith Luncheon at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. This annual event is held each August in memory of Lynne Smith, an active business leader of our community who was tragically killed in an automobile accident.
This year the speaker is a special treat. Sgt. Courtney Gale of the Athens Clarke County Police Department will be joining us this year telling her story of strength and survival. You will remember, it was Courtney that was savagely attacked while working as off duty security for a local business 2 years ago. Her survival and recovery are indeed a miracle.
Ticket sales have been slow this year, and thus this email appeal. Please consider joining us yourself, or purchasing 2 tickets for a friend, or someone you work with and help the Women In Business have a great 10th Anniversary of the Lynne Smith Luncheon. The luncheon starts at 11:30 on Wednesday.
Reservations can be made on line on www.athensga.com. Tickets are $30 and can be paid online or at the door.
August 8, 2009
UGA grad, Laura Loving, appeared on Fox Business News recently. To view her interview, please click here. Congrats, Laura!
June 29, 2009
Ascension Insurance, Inc., a leading insurance agency offering high-quality property and casualty, risk management, and employee benefits products and services to middle-market companies, announces the appointment of Robert C. Smith as Executive Vice President of Operations.
Ascension has, since January of 2008, acquired eight significant insurance agencies across the United States. Ascension has over 400 employees in 20 locations nationwide and is one of the 35 largest insurance agencies in the country.
In his new position, Smith will be responsible for enhancing operating performance across Ascension’s footprint and providing support to each of Ascension’s agency divisions throughout the United States. He will work to maximize efficiency and growth, including facilitating Ascension’s cross-selling activities throughout the organization, as well as supporting future acquisitions.
Prior to joining Ascension, Smith was Managing Director of Beecher Carlson Holdings in Atlanta, Ga., where he helped to expand the firm dramatically over the past six years. Prior to that, he spent nearly 15 years at Reagan Consulting, most recently as a Senior Vice President and Principal. Smith also held the positions of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Hamilton Dorsey Alston Company, Atlanta, Ga. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgia in 1982 and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University.
In announcing the appointment, Leonard P. Kline, Jr., CEO of Ascension, comments, “We are very pleased to welcome Robbie to Ascension’s executive team. His demonstrated ability to achieve industry-leading growth and his extensive operational experience will be central to our goal of expanding Ascension’s national footprint and establishing a premier network of high-quality, middle-market insurance agencies and employee benefits firms.”
June 29, 2009
The Georgia Theatre is currently closed due to a fire that happened on Friday June 19. The owner of The Laughing Skull Lounge (Marshall Chiles) is very close to the owner of The Georgia Theatre (Wilmot Greene).
When Robert Schimmel had to cancel this weekend at The Laughing Skull Lounge, Marshall decided to turn this coming weekend into a fundraiser for his buddy. Granted, Wil needs a lot more than what we will raise, but this is a way for people to give back to a legendary music venue and a great guy.
These comedy shows are hosted by Marshall Chiles and feature 10+ comedians doing 5-6 minutes each. So get your tickets now to see a great show and help support the rebuilding of The Georgia Theatre. To get your tickets, go to: www.vortexcomedy.com
– Mia Jackson ‘00
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