| Kings Park Moonlight Cinema
THE Nissan Moonlight Cinema big screen continues to light up nightly (excluding Mondays) with a different film each night until March 9, 2008. Located in the Synergy Parklands (entry via May Drive) in Kings Park and Botanic Garden, the gates open each night at 7pm for picnickers, with the film commencing at sun-down, approximately 8.30pm. There are still seven weeks to catch a film under the stars in Kings Park, with something for all tastes from new release blockbusters, to classic, arthouse, cult and family movies. For full program details go to www.moonlight.com.au WEDNESDAY 30 JANUARY BIG WEDNESDAY (M), 119 MINS Three blond and buff young men are big wave surfers in Southern California, in the swells of the roaring 60s. Following their lives and friendships through a decade of parties, marriages, conscription and of course, surfing, it is as much about the end of innocence as it is a coming of age, as their surfie ideals weather under the test of time.
Images: Storm Churns Up Massive Waves
The storm system that brought rain and snow across Southern California also churned up the surf south of the border. One of the surfers captured video while surfing 12 miles off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico. The photographer and his friends launched their jet skis at 5 a.m. and said they used GPS to find their way in the dark. Some of the monstrous waves they encountered were reported to be 40 feet tall. The waves were so massive that Mexican officials shut down harbors in the area. .
SoCal Surfer Wins Mavericks
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- An estimated 50,000 people turned out to watch a surfer from Southern California win the Maverick's Surfing Contest in Half Moon Bay Saturday, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
The big wave competition, featuring 24 surfers, drew crowds twice the size of the crowds that came out to view the 2006 event, contest spokeswoman Jennifer Mangiacapre said. 2008 Competition | Viewer Images From Mavericks
Killer Waves 2006 | Awesome Images From 2006 Competition | However, despite the crowd, sheriff's officials reported a cooperative gathering with no alcohol related incidents and no arrests. .
Frigid Water, Gray Skies Don't Stop Surfers in Lake Michigan
More than 2,000 miles from Southern California, the sun doesn't shine through the gray sky. Ice coats the water's edge. Not a single person walks the beach. Sand grass and leafless trees bend south as a bitter wind blows more than 25 mph.
It's a near-perfect day to go surfing.
Burton Hathaway, 31, a transplanted Californian, and two wetsuit-clad friends didn't flinch Thursday as they ran through a snowstorm into Lake Michigan, paddling out 30 yards to wait for the wickedest waves before riding them to shore.
Read the full story at SunTimes.com. .
Chasm widens between rich and poor in U.S.
I agree with Darren from Atlanta wholeheartedly. But then I'm a little biased, I suppose, since I was a college drop out surf bum who found himself washing windows for a buck in my mid-twenties and living in my van. That was a result of stupid choices I made thirty years ago. Eventually I got motivated, tired of going nowhere, and knowing nothing but surfing and washing windows, I got off my as* and got motivated. Before too long and after knocking on at least a thousand doors my window washing business soon had a dozen local college students working evenings, then it turned into a janiotorial service for business offices and banks. Now my company cleans some of the largest buildings in Southern California and I have over 200 employees whom I treat well and fairly, and my family lives "The American Dream" - a high school drop out who started out washing windows and living in his van is now a millionaire.
AC360°: Flirting with disaster
There were supposed to be pictures tonight to give you a view of the control room from the back row. The photos didn't happen because of late word from Chicago that a decomposed body, which could be that of Stacy Peterson, had been found at an industrial site in Chicago. However, If you had gotten those pictures you would have seen: - our satellites coordinator, Brooke Turnbull, with multiple phones plastered to his ears, making sure that the two late guests and two late phoners actually made air at the top of the show - our video coordinator, Ashley Corum, frantically cutting new video of investigators at the site that was being fed in from the field - our line producer, Jenny Blanco, doing rundown aerobics to make sure the hour did not become a 90 minutes showIn the end, Brooke got us the guests, Ashley got us the pics and Jenny got us out on time.
January 2008
He hired me for my first job as a prosecutor here. He also was the deciding vote in my election as an administrative judge." After their brief conversation, Marano said he called the Kootenai County Jail and ordered Michael Haman, an attorney who works on civil cases for the city of Coeur dAlene on a contract basis, released on his own recognizance and to have no contact with the alleged victim. Story from Jan. 18 here
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Visual art calendar
OCTOBER To Oct. 12 -- Jack King. Mixed media sculptures. Portraits of the Golden Age of Jazz. Photographs by William P. Gottlieb. Eissey. To Oct. 14 -- Alterego. Artwork by the most recent crop of Artists-in-Residence: Trisha Brookbank, Monica Hernandez, Eurydice, Barbara Rivera, Jen Stark, Agustina Woodgate and David Zalben. ArtCenter. To Oct. 14 -- Shock Treatment. A site-specific installation by local artist Pepe Mar. Culture. To Oct. 15 -- Eduardo Lacayo. Works by the Nicaraguan artist. Not Pop-ups: The other illustrated books, ephemera and graphic designs of Vojtech Kubasta. Library (Main). To Oct. 27 -- FAU Biennial Art Faculty Exhibition. Schmidt. To Oct. 19 -- Nauticals. Photographs. Schot. To Oct. 20 -- Annual Faculty Exhibition at the Colaciello & Greenfield Galleries. Armory. To Oct.
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