Durham
On Thursday I was fortunately able to attend a screening of Bending Space: Georges Rousse and the Durham Project, a documentary following the French artist as he spends a month creating installations in several vacant but soon-to-be transformed buildings in downtown Durham. The film, by Kenny Dalsheimer and Penelope Maunsell, is currently making a circuit of film festivals and has already been seen in fests from Missoula to Memphis. It will be available on DVD later this year, and I'm recommending it not because I have any affiliation with the artist or the filmmakers, but because it has captured the community spirit and reuse/recycling of space that make Durham an endlessly interesting place to live (and on a related note, Frank Konhaus and Ellen Cassilly, themselves two fabulous Durhamites, are responsible for inviting Rousse to Durham in the first place). Read on ...
My favorite message board of the moment: Chowhound, in all its foodie glory.
Updated on October 24th
