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Film editor switches from horror to love
Film editor Tom Elkins (“The Haunting in Connecticut”) is working on a new project from his home in Omaha.
Elkins said Blink 182 frontman Tom DeLonge will release an album titled “Love” this year with his other band, Angels & Airwaves. Shortly after the album, a rock-musical movie of the same name, “Love,” will be released. Elkins is editing that movie.
“The movie aspires to be kind of like Pink Floyd ‘The Wall' meets ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,'” Elkins said in an e-mail.
Writers to get tips on creating characters
Aspiring writers of novels are invited to attend a Jan. 30 workshop led by Sally Walker at the Ralston Baright Library meeting room in Ralston.
The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a 30-minute lunch break. Ten separate 40-minute sessions will include topics such as finding an idea, coaching characters into fascination, manipulating literary devices in storytelling, editing and marketing.
The workshop costs $30, and all proceeds benefit the library. Registration deadline is Jan. 27. Call the library to register, 331-7636.
Film tracks route of farm chemicals
The state of Iowa gets top billing in a new documentary that was screened Wednesday night in Des Moines.
“Big River,” a sequel to the highly praised “King Corn” documentary, tracks the trail of fertilizers and chemicals used to produce a single acre of corn. The movie examines how farm runoff travels through waterways to the Gulf of Mexico, causing an aquatic dead zone.
Filmmaker Curt Ellis said the movie isn't trying to point fingers at farmers, who are in a tough spot. Instead, he said, the movie highlights the importance of finding ways to minimize the environmental impact of the chemicals.
A new federal program will spend $300 million to help reduce fertilizer runoff in the Mississippi River Basin. That includes the Boone, Cedar, Maquoketa and Raccoon River watersheds.
Nominate favorite Lincoln artist
The Lincoln Arts Council is accepting nominations for the 2010 Mayor's Arts Awards.
This year's deadline has been moved to Friday. The nomination form is available online at www.artscene.org. For additional information, call 402-434-2787.
Auditions
“Hot 'n' Throbbing,” Blue Barn Theatre, 10 a.m. Saturday at the Downtown Space, 614 S. 11th St. Need one woman in her 40s; one in her 20s to 30; one 18 to 21 who looks like a teen; and two men, one in his 20s to 30 and one 18 to 21 who looks like a teen. Show runs March 11-April 3. Information: 345-1576.
“Jesus Christ Superstar,” Chanticleer Theater, 7 p.m. Jan. 17 and 18 at the theater, 830 Franklin Ave. in Council Bluffs. Show runs March 12-28. Information: 323-9955.
“This Is How It Goes,” SkullDuggery Theatre, 3 p.m. today at the theater, 222 S. 19th St., take elevator to third floor, Suite 320. Show runs March 18 to April 4. Information: 317-7893.
Nebraska Choral Arts Society, auditions by appointment only, Thursday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., for all choirs: Masterworks (adults), Choral Arts Society Teens (grades 8-12) and Nebraska Children's Choruses: Jubilate (grades 2-4), Camerata (grades 5-7), Cantori (grades 5-10) and Bel Canto (grades 5-12). Concert season is September through May. Auditions held at Strauss Performing Arts Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 62nd and Dodge Streets. For information, or to schedule an audition, call 342-6753 or e-mail office@choirmusic.org.
— Compiled by Bob Fischbach and John Pitcher
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