Con artists, femme fatales, Russians and Western gunslingers – mixing together better than peanut butter and jelly. Right? Well, find out for yourself!  In the coming weeks, two of the season’s most significant film books will be celebrated by Museum of the Moving Image with two author events featuring film screenings, discussions, and book signings.

On Sunday, February 19, film scholar Dan Callahan, author of Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman, will explore the life and art of the great Hollywood star with a double-feature screening of two of Stanwyck’s most acclaimed movies. In The Lady Eve, Stanwyck is a con-artist who seduces a naïve snake collector on a ship. According to Callahan, this is “Stanwyck’s funniest, most confident, and most unabashedly romantic performance.”  Forty Guns, director Samuel Fuller’s cracked Arizona gunslinger epic, pits a new pacifist marshal (Barry Sullivan) and his brothers against the oppressive rancher Jessica Drummond (Stanwyck) and her posse of 40 hired guns for control of the county. Naturally, the marshall and Jessica fall head over heels in love, much to the chagrin and confusion of the good and bad guys. Easily one of the wildest and most grandly weird westerns in cinema history. Screenings will be followed by discussions and book signings by Callahan.

On Sunday, March 11, celebrated novelist and New York Times columnist Geoff Dyerwill participate in a conversation about his obsession with the Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, a subject at the core of his discursive and fascinating new book Zona. This dialogue with Dyer, moderated by the Museum’s Chief Curator David Schwartz, will be followed by a book signing and a screening of The Mirror, Tarkovsky’s stream-of-consciousness autobiographical film set in World War II-ravaged Russia, cited as the inspiration for Terrence Malick’s Academy Award-nominated film, The Tree of Life. A book signing will follow the screening.

All screenings and discussions are free with Museum admission. Book signings will take place in the Museum store.

For more information, visit movingimage.us or call 718 777 6888.
Barbara Stanwyck Double Feature with introductions by Dan Callahan 
February 19, 2012

Geoff Dyer on Tarkovsky, Cinema, and Life, with screening of The Mirror
March 11, 2012

Museum of the Moving Image
36 35^th Ave
Astoria, NY

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MUSEUM INFORMATION
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Friday, 10:30 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 
Holiday hours: Museum open on Monday, February 20, 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 
Film Screenings: Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays, and as scheduled.
Museum Admission: $12.00 for adults; $9.00 for persons over 65 and for students with ID; $6.00 for children ages 3-18. Children under 3 and Museum members are admitted free. Admission to the galleries is free on Fridays, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets for special screenings and events may be purchased in advance by phone at 718 777 6800 or online.

For the first time, Wanee Music Festival will host one of the foremost music workshops in the country, Jorma Kaukonen’s Fur Peace Ranch. Named “the real school of rock” by Paste magazine, the Fur Peace Ranch-- lead by Jorma Kaukonen, founder of the mega-popular band Jefferson Airplane-- has gained international acclaim for its unparalleled instruction in the performance of American Folk and Blues music styles.

Taking place April 19 – 21^st at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL, Fur Peace will feature both intimate workshops and general session Q&A’s featuring Kaukonen as well as musical legends Jack Casady, Mickey Hart, Oteil Burbridge, Warren Haynes and more.

Some of the events to be hosted include: 

Double Dose of Jarma Kaukonen and Jack Casady
A special Fur Peace Ranch workshop for guitar and bass students. Jorma and Jack will combine their teaching efforts and give this rare guitar/bass class together in a unique due workshop. If you want to learn the secrets of this dynamic duo’s 50 year career this is your chance.

Warren Haynes and Jorma Kaukonen Tales
Warren Haynes, one of the best and most respected guitarists in the world today, sits down for an intimate chat with Jorma to discuss his 30+ year career, including his time playing for The Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, and The Dead. A discussion on making it in the music industry from the best of the best.

Planet Earth Drum with Mickey Hart
A discussion on rhythm and percussion in history and across cultures lead by Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead. Mickey, whose album, Planet Drum, remained in the top spot on the Billboard World Music chart and received a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album, will lead attendees on a world tour of the history of the drum and percussion rhythms.

Wake Up with Oteil Burbridge
A bass improvisation clinic lead by Oteil Burbridge, a Grammy Award-nominated bassist from The Allman Brothers Band hailed for his innovative combination of scat-singing and use of bass chords in improvisational solos. 

Workshops are $75 each, while Q&A’s are $50. Due to the limited time available for these workshops and to preserve their quality and intimacy for attendees, space is limited to 25 students per session unless otherwise noted. Workshops and clinics are open to musicians of all levels. Applications will be reviewed on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The Fur Peace Ranch is a center of musical activity and one which every musician can learn and benefit from.

For more information, visit FurPeaceRanch.org/wanee12.html.

Fur Peace Ranch at Wanee Music Festival
April 19-21, 2012

The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
3076 95^th Drive
Live Oak, FL 32060