Lou’s film, Red Shirley, is going to be shown at this year’s Sundance Festival in Park City, Utah. The screening will take place on Monday January 24th at 8:45pm at Holiday Village, Cinema III – 1776 Park Avenue in Park City. For more info go to: http://www.sundance.org/festival/ and to purchase tickets go to: http://sundance.slated.com/2011/films/redshirley_sundance2011#screenings
Director, Luc Besson’s, film ‘Arthur and the Great Adventure’ will be released tomorrow, December 24th in the UK. The film is a follow up to his 2006 film ‘Arthur and the Invisibles’ and features Lou as the voice of the evil Emperor Maltazard. Other characters in the film are voiced by Stacy Ferguson, Mia Farrow, Will.I.Am, and Jimmy Fallon. The film hits U.S. theaters in the spring of 2011. For more info, go HERE
Montreal Documentary Film Festival (RIDM) was recently treated to Red Shirley. On November 15th, Lou’s short film, Red Shirley, a documentary about Lou’s cousin, Shirley, was screened at RIDM. The film was followed by a Q & A session with Lou and cinematographer, Ralph Gibson. Check out some photos from the screening in the PICTURES section of the site.
This February Lou and Laurie Anderson will be curating the month’s events at the Stone in the East Village in New York. The Stone is a not-for-profit performance space dedicated to the experimental and avant-garde, located on the corner of Avenue C and 2nd Street in Manhattan. The artistic director of the Stone is Lou’s good friend and fellow musician, John Zorn.
John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Hal Wilner, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Eyvind Kang, Sean Lennon, Rob Burger, Marc Ribot, Rob Wasserman, Colin Stetson and many others are scheduled to perform in February. On Tuesday February 15th, Lou and Laurie will perform together with an opening set by Buke & Gass.
For more information go HERE
Earlier this week Lou was invited to be featured in the centennial celebration for the New York Public Library. Lou was photographed looking at artifacts of one of his favorite authors, Edgar Allen Poe, which are housed at the NYPL.
While there, Lou was treated to a tour of the stacks. Check out some of his photos from the tour in the PICTURES section of the site.
(posted by Brie)
Susan Boyle’s 2nd album, The Gift, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week. The first single from this album is Susan’s cover of Lou’s song, “Perfect Day” for which Lou collaborated with Susan to make the stunning music video. The Gift sold 318,000 copies in the first week in the U.S.
Check out the video.
This Tuesday, November 16th, the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame will proudly induct Lou at their Third Induction Gala at Oheka Castle in Huntington, NY. This honor will be bestowed upon Lou based on his influential career that has spanned over 4 decades.
In addition to being an inductee, Lou will induct his good friend, saxophonist, John Zorn.
Other 2010 inductees include folk singer Oscar Brand, jazz vibraphonist Teddy Charles, heavy metal band Dream Theater, hip-hop performers Erik B. and Rakim, music photographer Bob Gruen, rock keyboardist Al Kooper, jazz drummer Roy Haynes, gospel singer Donnie McClurkin, and oldies girl-group The Shangri Las.
More about the 2010 inductees at http://www.limusichalloffame.org/2010-gala/2010-inductees2.html
Event: Long Island Music Hall of Fame Third Induction Award Ceremony and Fundraising Gala
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 (6:30PM Red Carpet, 7PM Doors)
Location: Oheka Castle (135 West Gate Drive, Huntington, NY).
Tickets: $100 General Admission, $250 VIP tickets available at www.limusichalloffame.org, 631-331-0808 or at Cinema Arts Centre.
Congratulatations to Master Ren GuangYi on being named Inside Kung Fu Magazine’s 2011 Hall of Fame “Instructor of the Year”. The Hall of Fame article will appear in the February, 2011 issue of the magazine, which hits newsstands Dec. 9th. For more information go to www.insidekung-fu.com www.insidekung-fu.com