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June 06, 2007
Triangle Jewish Film Festival
Entering the sophomore year of its phoenix-like rise from the ashes of the erstwhile North Carolina Jewish Film Festival, the Triangle Jewish Film Festival has high cause for optimism.
Despite a year-long hiatus between the end of the festival's six-year stint at Durham's Carolina Theatre and its move to the Galaxy Cinema in Cary, a change in organizational support, and scaling back from its former three-day schedule, last year's one-day event sold more than 800 tickets and surpassed expectations in the process.
According to Barry Schwartz of the Raleigh-Cary Jewish Federation, the move to Cary has gone exceptionally well. "The Galaxy was already an independently run multiplex specializing in more culturally diverse cinema with a customer base to match. This, along with its accessibility to Interstate 40 and plentiful parking, makes it an ideal home." Read More in the Independent Weekly
February 23, 2007
Jewish film fest presents preview
The North Carolina Museum of Art and the Triangle Jewish Film Festival will present a sneak preview of the new documentary film "Toots," celebrating the life of legendary New York 1950s restaurateur Toots Shor, Sunday at the N.C. Museum of Art in Raleigh. This event begins at 2 p.m. A reception and viewing of the museum's newly renovated Judaic Art Gallery will follow the documentary screening.
Kristi Jacobson, the granddaughter of Toots Shor, is the director-producer of "Toots." The film won an award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the top prize at the inaugural film festival at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Advance tickets for the screening and tour are available at the museum box office, (919) 715-5923. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ncartmuseum.org. Tickets are $18 ($15 for museum members and students) for the 2-3:30 p.m. film screening in the museum auditorium, private reception in the education lobby and a viewing of the Judaic Art Gallery. The museum is at 2110 Blue Ridge Road in Raleigh.
The Triangle Jewish Film Festival will return for its second year to the Galaxy Cinema in Cary June 10. For ticket and sponsorship information, film descriptions and screening times visit www.trianglejewishfilmfestival.org or www.mygalaxycinema.com. (The Herald Sun)
February 23, 2007
Best bets — A Shor thing
The 2007 Triangle Jewish Film Festival won't happen until June. But on Sunday, moviegoers can get a taste of what to expect when the N.C. Museum of Art, along with the Raleigh-Cary and Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish federations, screen "Toots." The documentary chronicles the life of New York York saloonkeeper/scalawag Bernard "Toots" Shor, right, and features interviews with Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Frank Gifford and Yogi Berra, among others. Tickets to the 2 p.m. showing are $18 ($15 for students and museum members). 715-5923; www.ncartmuseum.org. Read More in The News & Observer
February 15, 2007
Toots at N.C. MUSEUM OF ART
If you had the good fortune to live in New York City in the mid-20th century, you knew Toots Shor. Or you wished you did. Shor was pal to jocks, jazzmen, starlets and gangsters, all of whom could be found at his famed nightspot. His granddaughter Kristi Jacobson became a documentary filmmaker--like a lot of celebrity offspring!--and her film Toots is showing this afternoon as an appetizer for this June's Triangle Jewish Film Festival. Tickets ($15/$18) are available at the museum box office (715-5923) or online at www.ncartmuseum.org
May 23, 2006
Jewish Film Festival
I finished the weekend Sunday at the Triangle Jewish Film Festival at the Galaxy Theater in Cary. This was the seventh year of the festival, but the first time it was held in Cary. The day was filled with Jewish films, cultural activities and a Kosher deli. (originally published in the Herald Sun)
May 19, 2006
Film festival to feature ‘Cantor’
The Triangle Jewish Film Festival will take place for the first time at the Galaxy Cinema in Cary on Sunday. This year’s festival, sponsored by the Raleigh-Cary and Durham-Chapel Hill Jewish Federations, will present multiple screenings of five films celebrating Jewish life. (originally published in the Herald Sun)