INDIE GRITS FILM FESTIVAL

This week filmmakers from around the southeast will converge on Columbia for the first Indie Grits Film Festival.


My film "Boloba" will screen WED. MAY, 30th around 4ish at the Nickelodeon Theatre. Come on out and support your local film community!


CHECK OUT a clip of "Boloba" under LA Kornegay videos in the right hand column.

Heading into Summer

Spring has been busy especially in the art world. How fortunate we are to have so many opportunities to experience artistic and creative endeavors in our community.

The Columbia Festival of the Arts presented a plethora of events.
Janet Orselli's installation "Musical Soles" at the historic Robert Mills house was a rich pleasure for the eyes.


John Sherrer and myself bear our soles


Another highlight of the festival for me was the open studios.
Suzy Scarborough and Marcelo Novo were just a couple of the many artists that opened their studios.




My 701 Whaley documentary is moving along and interest is high.

The Columbia Design League & The Columbia Museum of Art hosted a showing of my rough cut 701 Whaley.
The auditorium was filled with folks interested in the Olympia Mill village and the 701 Whaley building.
Check out this article in The State and the rough cut excerpt they streamed.

This month's SKIRT Magazine also has a blurb on me and the 701 project. Photo by Molly Harrell at 701.
(Although Harriett Green tells me I haven't really made it unless I'm in the 24/7 feature. oh well...)



SPOLETO
Dashed down to Spoleto to catch the Rene Marie concert. Her voice is spectacular! We got to meet her at a reception along with her drummer Quentin Baxter.

Hanging out with the SC Arts Commission folks gets you into the hot ticket parties!






Harriett Green and I caught the Feed and Seed Band.

Things I Loathe and Things I Love

Not necessarily in order...

Loathe:
Violence
violent movies and video games
horror/terror/gore movies and their marketing at Blockbuster that 3 year olds can view
no spell check on blogspot
the Confederate flag flying in front of our statehouse
teens when they are smart asses
WAR
dishonesty
procrastination
jealousy
suffering
forgetting peoples names
my computer not working properly
depression
loneliness
really loud noises
lyrics on popular music that degrade women or are violent or bigoted
torture
Bush's politics
lack of gun control & smoking bans
the mix of religion and politics
gangs
lack of discipline at home and schools


Love:
my family
The Dove commercials where they use more average and older looking women.
Celtic music
great drum solos that aren't too long
a lovely harmonic blend of voices
sun
a pristine beach
the sound of waves
my daughters laugh
a beautiful smile
the look of middle eastern people
my mother's pimento cheese
the memory of my dad
a great hamburger
luscious wine
dancing
Sunday family dinners
sitting on the front porch
Will & Grace
Sex in the City
intimacy
great conversation
great coffee
steak and baked potato
unagi
Joe's Salmon
Anything Karen cooks
Emile's pork chops
physical activity
some yoga poses
singing
editing music and pictures
watching the teens make up dances
chocolate
traveling
other cultures
playing vollyball