While shooting their TV pilot in downtown Sarasota, Castille Landon and Harrison Sanborn gave us this exclusive interview about the story behind Worker’s Comp. These 19 year old co-creators have enlisted the likes of Morgan Fairchild and Robert Carridine to star in the project. Castille also stars in the show which Harrison is directing. This independent television pilot is a produced of VADAR Corp. and Sanborn Studios – both local companies.
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Siesta Fiesta 2011 in Siesta Key Village Sarasota
Siesta Fiesta is a 2 day event with lots of things to do and see – art, crafts, food, drinks and music. Saturday and Sunday, the main village street is shut down and filled with brightly colored paintings, sculpture, hand made clothing and jewelry. It’s a shoppers dream. Or you can just sit back with a cold drink and your choice of fiesta food and watch the people go by. This festival draws mainlanders and vacationers to the key in big numbers, so you’ll see island residents walking or riding their bikes to avoid the traffic. Held each year in April or May, check the date and come on out and enjoy Siesta Fiesta!
Godspeed by The Human Condition at Noise Ordinance 2
Human Condition played at Noise Ordinance 2 and claimed the stage with their own clean sounding acoustic rock. Chosen for the movie Beautiful Noise, Godspeed is a haunting song that you’ll want to hear again and again. This video is a tribute to the song.
Lead singer, song writer Dean Johanesen can be seen at many local venues. Keep up with his schedule here.
Florida Mountain Boys play at Noise Ordinance 2 in Sarasota
The Florida Mountain boys play bluegrass – lots of pickin’ and strummin’ with great harmony thrown in. The Noise Ordinance festival showcases all kinds of local bands from rock to folk. They played a variety of music straight from a bluegrass festival. Find more about them on their website.
Elysian Sex Drive at Noise Ordinance 2 in Sarasota
They describe their music as “acoustic funkalicious soul rock” on facebook. I may not know how to classify it, but I know I loved their show at Noise Ordinance. Now renamed We Are Waking Giants. You can keep up with this unique band on their website.
Sarasota bands play at Noise Ordinance
Noise Ordinance 2 was held at the Cock and Bull pub on April 23. Sarasota does support the arts, but usually it is established groups and organizations that get the most attention. This all day/night event promoted the amazing indie musical talent here in Sarasota. 39 bands played a range of styles to a crowd of young and old. One popular alternative band was Igor. As you can see from the video below, they rocked the stage.
Beautiful Noise Gives Back to Sarasota
In this short interview, Danielle White, star of Beautiful Noise thanks her teachers and peers in the VPA program at Booker High School. And now The Beautiful Noise Movie gives back to Sarasota with a special screening on April 29.
The Beautiful Noise movie will have a special One Night Only screening on Friday, April 29th @ 7:00 pm at the 1,000 seat Riverview H.S. Performing Arts Center!
100% of the ticket proceeds benefit Riverview H.S. programs.
Put this on your calendar:
Time – Friday, April 29 · 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Location – Riverview High School Performing Arts Center 1 Ram Way Sarasota, FL
Tickets will be available in advance at the Open Pub and Restaurant or at the show for $10.
Sarasota Film Festival – The Observer and the Observed
Brad Bryan was at the Sarasota Film Festival to discuss his documentary The Observer and the Observed. Brad documented a unique collaborative project between the Arts Center Sarasota and the Sarasota Partnership for Children’s Mental Health. His film follows the dynamic inside of families with children facing mental challenges. Local artists were charged with creation of artistic expressions of the family life and during the process were clearly inspired by the families. Brad’s work provides an intimate portrait to the interaction.
See the official trailer:
Sarasota Film Festival Interview with Tamar Kummel
Tamar Kummel has written and starred in a film just accepted at Cannes Film Festival. But this week she was excited to be at the Sarasota Film Festival to talk about her role in How To Ride A Train – a very short comedy written by Katie and Patricia Dillon.
Beautiful Lady Productions has posted the 6 minute film here:
Sarasota Film Festival – One Smart Indian
Take a minuscule budget and 24 hours spread over three days in NYC…and you get Craig Butta’s One Smart Indian. This story of an aging writer trying for a last ditch comeback plays at Sarasota Film Festival as part of the Midnight Shorts program. If you missed the earlier screening, you can see it again on Wednesday, April 13th at 10:15 PM.
Craig talks about making the film in this interview.
See the One Smart Indian trailer.