ONE NIGHT ONLY! Bicycle Film Festival Rolls Into Boulder

This summer, The Bicycle Film Festival, presented by 42BELOW, rolls through Boulder for ONE NIGHT to present a cultural phenomenon like no other. Originating in New York City, the festival is a voice for the most powerful and culturally relevant movement of the past decade: the urban bike movement. The BFF brings together many creative communities, including fashion, music and art as well as various bicycling communities – including fixed gear, BMX, and road cycling - over a shared passion for bike riding.

Coming to Boulder for the first time in its nine-year history, The Bicycle Film Festival presents one night – August 13 – of bike films at Old Main Theater on the CU Campus (Pleasant Street & Old Main, see CU Campus Map). They will be showing two programs at 7pm and 9pm featuring various shorts and one feature film.

At 7pm, the feature film is Where Are You Go directed by Benny Zenga and Brian Vernor. Documenting four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town, South Africa en route with the Tour d' Afrique, the world's longest bicycle race and expedition, BFF Alumni the Zenga Bros. and Brian Vernor share a universal love of the bicycle with Africa's roadside mechanics, sporting racers and curious strangers. Traveling more than 70 miles per day, 50 racers and expedition riders experienced the boundless Nubian desert of Sudan, the great majesty of Victoria Falls, and finally the cold rush of the Atlantic Ocean. The 7,000 mile expedition is a constant adventure full of playfulness and mysterious beauty, and is a testament to the endurance of human curiosity.

Later at 9pm, see various Fun Bike Shorts including Made in Queens, directed by Joe Stevens and Nicholas Randall. In Queens, a group of teens from Trinidad attached speakers to their bikes. The music was never quite loud enough and they had to go bigger and bigger with the sound systems.

Also showing is Anima D’Acciaio (Soul of Steel) – a portrait of the legendary Italian Frame Builder Giovanni Pelizzoli aka "Ciocc." Ciocc shares his wisdom and life story while hand building a revolutionary new frame for urban fixed gear cycling. Ciocc demonstrates that the tradition and craft of frame building’s Golden age can be re-born and push the technical frontier of Cycling's future. Also features Ed "Wonka" La Forte and Antonio Colombo with an original soundtrack by Blonde Redhead.

Directly following the second program, movie-goers are invited to the after party to close the Festival. To purchase tickets and see a full list of events in Boulder for the Bicycle Film Festival, please visit Bicycle Film Festival website.

Tweet Your Support!

As a special part of the Bicycle Film Festival, 42BELOW Vodka is putting out a call to action to take part in supporting the Alliance for Biking & Walking by encouraging tweeters to follow the ride on Twitter (twitter.com/WeLikeBike42). If 20,000 people follow the ride on Twitter, 42BELOW will make a $42K donation to the Alliance.


About the Bicycle Film Festival

In 2001, Brendt Barbur, Founder and Director, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. Instead of being deterred by this experience, it inspired him to create a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. Now in its ninth year the festival is held in 39 cities worldwide. 250,000 people are expected to attend this year.

The 9th annual Bicycle Film Festival North American Tour is presented by 42 BELOW Vodka.

9th Annual Bicycle Film Festival
August 13, 7 and 9pm
Old Main Theater, CU Campus
Schedule and tickets: Bicycle Film Festival website

John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to Visit Colorado

First Annual DHM Summer Block Party Features Bus, Plus All-Day Music, Free Lessons

Dog House Music (Lafayette, CO) has partnered with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus to create a day-long event highlighting the importance of music in the community.

Local teen and adult bands will play on an outdoor stage throughout the day, headlined by Lost Point, and featuring a special guest performance by Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon, Great American Taxi) and his son, Silas.

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit mobile recording and multimedia studio, will host free public tours, and attendees can check out the one-of-a-kind Lennon Bus where the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Mos Def and The Pussycat Dolls have laid tracks.

Attendees can also register to win giveaways, including a pair of Mackie MR5 studio monitors and a spot in DHM’s Fall Teen Band Workshop. Dog House Music will provide free guitar, bass and drum lessons, and tours of its studios, including its luxury video-gaming suite.

August 10, 10am-9pm
Dog House Music
525 Courtney Way, Lafayette, CO 80026

About Dog House Music

Dog House Music is a state-of-the-art rehearsal and recording studio located in Lafayette, CO. It caters to national and international touring bands, as well as to local musicians. Its summer Rock & Roll Camp attracts students from all over the country, teaching beginners and advanced students technique and songwriting. Special programs during the year provide band coaching to teens and adults, and launch several new teen bands each year.

About the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus

The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit 501(c)(3) mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility. Since 1998, the Bus has provided free hands-on programs to hundreds of high schools, colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music festivals, concerts, conventions and community organizations. Working together with some of the biggest names in music, including the Black Eyed Peas, Fergie, Wyclef Jean and Natasha Bedingfield, the Lennon Bus encourages students to play music, write songs, engineer recording sessions and produce video projects using the latest audio, video, and live sound equipment. Students write an original composition, record it and create a broadcast quality music video of their song which they take home on a Maxell DVD – all in one day!

The Bus is made possible through the generosity of sponsors including Apple, Maxell Corporation, NAMM, Rock Band 2, Roland, Sibelius, Sonicbids, Godin Guitars, Disc Makers, Edirol by Roland, Mackie, Crate, Ampeg, Boss, Digital Media Academy, The Betsy Hotel, Aphex Systems, Audio-Technica, Glyph Technologies, Neutrik, Music Player Network, Propellerhead, Musician’s Friend, Ableton, Digidesign, Apogee, Sony, Abaltat, Litepanels, McDSP, IK Multimedia, Native Instruments, Gretsch Drums, Bogen Imaging, Noise Industries, The Plutzik Goldwasser Family Foundation and broadjam.com. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is made possible by an agreement with Yoko Ono Lennon.

Move Into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality

On Saturday, August 8, Tanya Mirchandani and Andrew Tarr will give a free presentation of Anat Baniel's life-changing book "Move Into Life: The Nine Essentials for Lifelong Vitality".

Mirchandani and Tarr will be talking about how the lessons in this book can be applied to anyone's life, and will do some simple exercises with the group.

Anat Baniel's approach is based on her close study with Dr. Feldenkrais and in clinical psychology. It presents a method to "experience renewed, intensified vitality–greater flexibility, strength, sensuality, clarity of mind, and enthusiasm–no matter what your age or physical condition."

Tanya Mirchandani, Certified Anat Baniel Method (ABM) Practitioner has trained with Baniel for three years. Andrew Tarr is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner and ABM Practitioner for Children.

"Anat's work is life changing and so is this book." –Jack Canfield, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul and The Success Principles

"This book puts the living back into life." –Larry Dossey, M.D., author of The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things

At Borders Books, 29th Street Shopping District, Boulder. 2-3pm.

“futureLOVER” with French artist, Ben Evans at BMoCA, Friday, August 7

Friday, August 7, 7pm
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street, Boulder
$5 for non-members and free entry to all BMoCA members

“futureLOVER is a performance about the exploration of a modern man: fragile, vulgar, nostalgic. It is a dance of objects and memory, confession and solitude…events in search of masculine codes that are rarely found. Make your own. DIY.”

In describing his work French artist, Ben Evans, states:

“My work situates itself between performance and installation. I call it performance because it is not easily defined as theater nor simply labeled as dance. Collaborative by nature, I seek to work alongside other artists, and am deeply influenced by other mediums, notably architecture, sculpture, and photography. A recurrent theme in my work is a search for the incorporation and co-operation of these mediums. In this way, there often exists a direct rapport with the space in which I perform (oftentimes a non-theatrical venue) and the architecture and objects therein. The process of making work fascinates me, and so the personal experience of being in this process often finds its way into the performance itself. While I don’t always focus on identity as a theme, inevitably the work is often emotional and tends to reflect a certain sense of self, and a quiet experience of the live moment.”

The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is a dynamic venue dedicated to the presentation of significant art of our time. Through an innovative program of regional, national and international exhibition and performance, the museum inspires and educates its community and visitors from around the world to explore the forefront and evolution of contemporary art.

The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 1750 13th Street in downtown Boulder, Colorado. The museum’s summer hours (through October) are Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 11am to 5pm; Wednesday, 11am to 8pm; Saturday, 9am to 4pm; Sunday, noon to 3pm; closed Monday. Regular museum admission is $4 for adults; $3 for students, seniors, and educators. Free admission to the museum is offered to members, children under 12, and during the Boulder County Farmers’ Market—Saturdays from 9am-4:00pm and Wednesdays from 4:00-8:00pm—generously sponsored by CHASE and Xcel Energy.

Kirsten Gerdes Stoltz
Associate Curator
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

English Retreads: Truck Stop Chic

When it comes to purses, you can go Gucci, you can go Prada, or you can go rubber. Actually, that last brand name is English Retreads, a line of purses, clutches and wallets made from recycled inner tubes collected from Boulder-area truck stops.

Designer Heather English says she got the idea for her company in 2001 while floating down Boulder Creek in an inner tube. “I needed a new handbag, but I was a hard-core vegetarian. I wanted something that was fashionable and invincible—but not made from leather,” she says.

Featured in newspapers and magazines, English Retreads bags start at about $45 and are available at many area stores and online at www.englishretreads.com.
—Michael Whiteman-Jones