RATTAPALLAX FILM/READING

Rattapallax magazine is showcasing its new selection
of poetry and literary films featuring works by Billy
Collins, John John Giorno, Sylvia Plath, William
Blake, William Burroughs, Yehuda Amichai, and many
others.

With special guest Robert Minhinnick and Idra Novey.
November 29, 2007, 6pm at Jonathan Shorr Gallery, 109
Crosby Street, off Prince, NYC. Free. More information
at http://www.rattapallax.com

The films are closed captioned and copies of poems
will be handed out. Closed captioning is supported
through a grant from the Theater Development Fund
(TDF).

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Lit Walks Lecture and Poetry Series at the Bowery
Poetry Club 

Robert Minhinnick on Dylan Thomas. 
December 2, 2007, 3:00 PM at the Bowery Poetry Club,
308 Bowery, New York City. Free. "Poetry Wales"
magazine editor Robert Minhinnick will focus on Welsh
poet Dylan Thomas and his mythical death in New York
City after a drinking binge at the White Horse Tavern.


Sponsored by Rattapallax. October is National
Humanities Month! This program is educational and fun
for students, educators, and poetry lovers.

Free and open to the public as part of the Lit Walks
Lecture and Poetry Series. This lecture series
features prominent poets and writers discussing
historical literary figures and their relationship
with key New York City landmarks. More info at
www.litwalks.com

These program are supported, in part, by public funds
from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Litwalks is funded by the New York Council for the
Humanities, a state affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities and public funds from the
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Any
views, findings, conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this program do not necessarily represent
those of the New York Council for the Humanities or
the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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NOELTAN FILM STUDIO and POTENZA INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL 

AUDIO-VISIVA
Workshop about Tools and Techniques of Sound Design in
Audiovisuals with Vadeco
Potenza, Italy December 10-15/2007

Participants: 10
Duration: 36 hours over a period of 6 days (6 hours
per day)
Location: Noeltan Film Studio, Via Carlo Bo 19,
Potenza (PZ), Italy

Objectives of the workshop: The workshop is addressed
to young filmmakers, sound designers, sound
tehnicians, musicians, sound poets and artists aged
between 18 and 35 years. The workshop will be
intensive and both theoretical and practical, in order
to give participants a clear comprehension of all the
aspects concerning “working with sound in
audio-visuals” (in all its languages) and also a deep
knowledge about the “concept of sound”. The training
course will examine closely the software Digidesign
Pro Tools and other main recording softwares.
Digidesign Pro Tools is universally recognized in the
music world and recording studios as the most used
software of Hard Disk Recording. In addition to sound
theoretical aspects, the workshop aims at giving basic
knowledge about Pro Tools to participants in order to
develop a sound project, starting from the approach
till the final mixing. More information at
 http://www.potenzafilmfestival.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=181&Itemid=104

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