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Hey, Charlotte! Vote for Sasie! One of Charlotte's own, talented filmmakers, Sasie Sealy, is a semi-finalist for the Netflix Find Your Voice Film Competition. Voting only lasts until July 5. .....find out more and where you can vote, look here!
Congratulations to Actor's Theatre of Charlotte for being accepted for membership in the National New Play Network! .....way to go, more here
Congratulations to Actors Scene Unseen for their CD production of the verse play GILGAMESH, nominated for Best Storytelling Album in the 2009 Just Plain Folks Awards! .....hear an audio trailer, read bios, here
Citizens of the Universe present Fight Club, July 2-4, 9-11 at 8:30 pm in the parking lot behind Central Avenue. Pre show at Snug Harbor, post show meet/greet at the Thirsty Beaver. .....$10, the more squeamish among you need not plan to go, info here
Want to be a Paparazzi? The Light Factory has a new group for 21-40 year olds who will work together to generate interest in film and photography. For more information about joining ... email Linnea Beyer here.
The North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center presents The Phantom of the Opera, June 10-July 5. .....mystery, suspense, magic, more
Carolina Actors Studio Theatre presents Metamorphoses, May 28-July 12. Special July 4 performance starts at 7 pm. See fireworks after. .....EXTENDED BY POPULAR REQUEST, a refreshing dip, more info
Under the heading of "sports is entertainment," take a look at this new sports blog, the Amphibious Sports Duo. .....they're getting picked up by top sports blogs!

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ABOUT FREEDOM
I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.         Voltaire

On stage you're free. You can say and do things that if you said and did any place else, you'd be arrested.         Robin Williams

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.         C.C. Colton

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.         Kris Kristoffersen

PUBLIC ENEMIES Style trumps substance. At almost two and a half hours, Public Enemies, a gangster movie about the infamous John Dillinger (Johnny Depp), is surprisingly lacking in any authentic feel for the 1933-34 time period when it takes place. It looks great. It sounds great. Johnny Depp is cool in any costume. Marion Cotillard, as Dillinger’s girlfriend Billie Frechette, is appealing and sexy. Christian Bale is appropriately grim as FBI man Melvin Purvis. But put it all together and somehow it’s .....more

9 x 9 x 9 This is the 9th anniversary of the 9 x 9 x 9. It started as a forum for playwrights to experiment and try different ideas and new short work. The nine new plays are each approximately 9 minutes long by seven different playwrights. (Once upon a time they started at 9:00pm...hmmmm) It also gives directors and actors a chance to stretch different muscles so to speak. You would be surprised at the variety of styles of plays. This year the playwrights decided to to an all-comedy version. You will enjoy these new shows; .....more

There are so many wonderful and famous museums in New York City, you might overlook The American Folk Art Museum, but you would be missing some intriuging early works of art, not to mention the building itself.

"The architects intended the visitor to experience the Museum as an architectural journey, encouraging often surprising encounters with both new and familiar objects by using multiple and sometimes redundant paths of circulation. Art is integrated in a series of niches throughout the building. Low ceiling spaces alternate with longer balcony areas overlooking the central atrium."

Box Office
Weekend Box Office Estimates - June 28

1.   Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen    $112M
2.   The Proposal    $18.4M
3.   The Hangover    $17.2M
4.   Up    $13M
5.   My Sister's Keeper    $12M
6.   Year One    $5.8M
7.   The Taking of Pelham 123   $5.4M
8.   Star Trek   $3.6M
9.   NIght at the Museum: Battle of the                     Smithsonian    $3.5M 9.   Imagine That   $3.1M
10.   Away We Go   $1.6M

The Transformer audience didn't care what critics said. They wanted to see Optimus Prime, Shia LeBeouf, and Megan Fox. It's already made over $112M. Talk about critic proof. Obviously, nothing else even came close. Let's see if Johnny Depp as a gangster can make a dent in their audience over the July 4th weekend.

New York Times, Top Ten Hardcover Fiction List
June 27, 2009

1   KNOCKOUT, by Catherine Coulter. (Putnam)
2   THE BOURNE DECEPTION, by Eric Van Lustbader. (Grand Central)
3   THE ANGEL'S GAME, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. (Doubleday)
4   RELENTLESS, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam)
5   THE PHYSICK BOOK OF DELIVERANCE DANE, by Katherine Howe. (Voice)
6   THE SCARECROW, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown)
7   MEDUSA, by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos. (Putnam)
8   SHANGHAI GIRLS, by Lisa See. (Random House)
9   THE NEIGHBOR, by Lisa Gardner. (Bantam)
10   GONE TOMORROW, by Lee Child. (Delacorte)