Thursday, January 28, 1999
A&E Briefs
THEATER:
‘Flammable Skirt’ author speaks
Aimee Bender, the author of "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt,"
will read and sign her acclaimed book of short stories at 4 p.m.
today in Ackerman Union’s BookZone.
Bender received her master’s of fine arts degree in creative
writing from the University of California, Irvine, and since then,
her stories have appeared in a number of publications, including
Granta, GQ, Story, and Antioch Review. She currently teaches in the
UCLA Extension Writer’s Program and is working on her first
novel.
This signing is part of the BookZone’s "A Month of Fiction,"
featuring recently published books by Southern California writers.
Next month’s featured writers include John Wooden, signing "Wooden:
A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court" on
Feb. 4, and former screenwriter Tara Ison, signing "A Child Out of
Alcatraz" on Feb. 3.
Free documentary series presented
A film series challenging "the staid connotations of
documentary" screens Saturday at the Midnight Special Bookstore on
Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.
Free and open to the public, the documentary series, called
Documental, provides a local forum for independent filmmakers to
show their work.
Programmed by Gerry Fialka, a media ecologist and founder of the
PXL THIS Video Festival, the series intends to stimulate an
examination of culture and politics through an open dialogue with
filmmakers. Most filmmakers featured will be present at Saturday’s
screenings.
Lynne Sach’s 1997 documentary "Which Way East" opens the program
at 7 p.m., along with Matthew Scott’s "Adrenaline" and Kent
Hayward’s "Homestead Artifact," presented in different rooms.
At 9 p.m., Documental screens "Hands on Hollywood," a film
looking at the man who has made it his mission to clean the stars
on Hollywood Boulevard. Concurrently, "Sweep," a film about a
father and daughter walking through Brooklyn, "Walk This Way,"
about a plane crash survivor, and "O Night Without Objects," a film
detailing three stories about conversion experiences, will also
screen at the bookstore.
Midnight Special Bookstore is located at 1318 Third Street
Promenade in Santa Monica.
To be considered for upcoming Documental showings, call (310)
306-7330. For more information about Midnight Special and
Saturday’s Documental presentation, call (310) 393-2923.
Doubleday
Aimee Bender will sign copies of "The Girl with the Flammable
Skirt" today in BookZone at 4 p.m.
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