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Joey Tucci is a comedic force of nature and a star on the rise.
With the title role in a one-man show and the promise of a major network sitcom on the horizon, success has hit an an early age for the young entertainer.
On the other hand, multiple episodes of tempestuous and unpredictable behavior are slowly checkering the funnyman's glowing reputation.
At the behest of his long-suffering sister and manager, Peg, Joe agrees to begin weekly therapy in an attempt to salvage the havoc left in his wake. Professional turmoil aside, Joe manages to find
solace in the form of a brusque cafe girl, Elizabeth, who quickly becomes his voice of reason and trusted friend - a relationship that further develops tension when Joe's feelings go far beyond platonic.
Meanwhile, the therapy sessions unravel years of personal demons, unsettled emotional trauma...andan even more surprising diagnosis that will forever change the once bombastic comic.
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Part of the Natural World exhibit in the Goggleworks Theatre
Saturday and Sunday May 17th and 18th
12:00 Noon - ALL SEATS $5.00 (includes both films)
The Naturalist In The Rainforest
This is an inspirational
portrait of Alexander Skutch, one of the great naturalists of
our time. It was in 1928 that Skutch first plunged into the Central
American rainforest with the same enthusiasm and sense of wonder
as the pioneer naturalists of the 19th century. In 1941 he settled
in a secluded valley in Costa Rica. Here on his farm and nature
reserve he has been able to achieve a rare intimacy with the rainforest's
shy inhabitants.
He has written over two hundred articles and a dozen books. His
voluminous life histories of the birds of Central America are
considered by ornithologists to be an accomplishment comparable
only to Audubon's in North America.
In this beautifully photographed film, Alexander Skutch guides
us through the rainforest, explaining the biology that is unique
to this environment, and showing the importance of preserving
this dazzling reservoir of genetic diversity. (54 minutes)
The Crab, The Birds, The Bay
Every spring nearly one
million migrant shorebirds (sandpipers and plovers) stop to feed
on horseshoe crab eggs along the beaches of Delaware Bay. The
birds have just completed an incredible nonstop flight from their
wintering grounds in South America. For a species like the Red
Knot, this may have been seven thousand miles. The birds stop
to refuel for their next marathon leap. Their destination: nesting
grounds on the high Arctic tundra yet another three thousand miles
nonstop. The phenomenon is the second largest gathering of shorebirds
in North America but is by far the most spectacular because of
its concentration.
The catalyst for this incredible migratory stop is another amazing
yet completely different creature, the horseshoe crab. The Delaware
Bay hosts the largest population on earth. Every spring these
'living fossils' emerge onto the beaches to lay their eggs. Horseshoe
crabs have been around longer than most other forms of life. In
the 360 million years that they have roamed the oceans, almost
no changes have occurred. Horseshoe crabs have been on earth so
long that they predate the first dinosaurs by 100 million years.
The film provides an intimate yet bold look at this annual phenomenon.
Viewers will see and learn about the life-cycle of the horseshoe
crab, from nesting adults to peering into the pin-sized embryo
within the eggs. A unique relationship exists between the migrant
birds and the nesting horseshoe crabs. Though vastly different,
together the crabs and the birds teach a universal lesson about
the interrelationship of all species. (19 minutes)
Part of the Natural World exhibit in the Goggleworks Theatre
Saturday and Sunday May 24th and 25th
12:00 Noon - ALL SEATS $5.00 (includes both films)
Wolves In Paradise
Set in the soaring mountains and majestic valleys of southwest
Montana, Wolves in Paradise is a tale of survival as ranchers
face the challenge of living with wolves in the decade after the
top predator was reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park.
The documentary follows the growing wolf packs as they leave the
sanctuary of the park and make their first incursions into Paradise
Valley. "How can we have the rancher and the wolf together?
That's the part we need to get figured out, all right. That's
the tough one," says Paradise Valley rancher Martin Davis.
Davis copes with the frustration of running livestock in wolf
country, while fending off another threat to his way of life:
encroaching development. His traditional, family outfit is contrasted
with the vast Sun Ranch in nearby Madison Valley, operated as
a conservation experiment that tries to accommodate both wolves
and cattle with unexpected, dramatic results.
Meanwhile, as the action plays out in the remote reaches of Greater
Yellowstone, a surprising alliance grows between traditional enemies
-- livestock growers and conservationists -- who find common ground
in the need to protect open space from developers in this last,
wild corner of the West. (57 minutes)
On Nature's Terms
The first film of its kind advocating the protection of predators
and ecosystems, On Nature's Terms uses dramatic footage and inspirational
stories to show how ordinary citizens in both rural and urban
America are doing their part to coexist in harmony with predators.
Produced by award-winning filmmaker John de Graaf (AFFLUENZA),
this ground-breaking film makes the important connection between
the ecological, economic, and social factors essential for carnivore
species conservation and the necessity of protecting the large
connected expanses of land necessary for their survival.
On Nature's Terms chronicles how age old myths and misperceived
notions about these animals devastated predator populations and
brought many near to extinction, when settlers made their way
west - and how many of these myths still persist today.
The overwhelming message of this film is about hope and possibility;
how ordinary citizens - biologists, conservationists, agency personnel,
ranchers, and home owners - through their work and through their
lives, are protecting, maintaining and restoring these magnificent
species and their habitats.
An uplifting and optimistic approach to a serious environmental
crisis, this program tells stories, from Wyoming to California,
of the U.S. Forest Service ripping up roads, ranchers using non-lethal
methods of predator control, biologists studying urban wildlife,
a coalition of diverse individuals and agencies protecting critical
wildlife corridors and more. The film deftly illustrates how these
beautiful and majestic species, and the places they inhabit, are
finding a place in America's landscapes and in the heart and mind
of the American public. (25 minutes)
Part of the Natural World exhibit in the Goggleworks Theatre
Saturday and Sunday June 7th and 8th
12:00 Noon - ALL SEATS $5.00 (includes both films)
America's Lost Landscape
AMERICA'S LOST LANDSCAPE: THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE tells the rich
and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of
nature in human history.
Prior to Euro-American settlement in the 1820s, one of the major
landscape features of North America was 240 million acres of tallgrass
prairie. But between 1830 and 1900 -- in the span of a single
lifetime -- the prairie was steadily transformed to farmland.
This drastic change in the landscape brought about an enormous
social change for Native Americans. In an equally short time their
cultural imprint was reduced in essence to a handful of place-names
appearing on maps.
The extraordinary cinematography of prairie remnants, original
score and archival images are all delicately interwoven to create
a powerful and moving viewing experience about the natural and
cultural history of America.
Amongst those interviewed are writer Dayton Duncan, Wes Jackson
of The Land Institute, biologist Laura Jackson, linguist Jerome
Kills Small, historian Anton Treuer, landscape historian Lance
Foster, writer Richard Manning, and Nina Leopold Bailey and Carol
Leopold -- two of Aldo Leopold's children. (60 minutes)
El Caballo
When early Spanish settlers accidentally released wild horses
(Equus cabalus) to the continent in the early 1500s, they returned
an American original.
Although the remnants of the escaped Spanish horse are protected
by the 1971 Free-Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act, each year thousands
are removed from public lands across the American West to reduce
competition between horses and domestic livestock.
El Caballo documents one of the most complex wildlife management
issues today. Where do modern wild horses fit in our view of the
natural world? (30 minutes)
Part of the Natural World exhibit in the Goggleworks Theatre
Saturday and Sunday June 14th and 15th
12:00 Noon - ALL SEATS $5.00 (includes both films)
A Life Among Whales
Weaving together natural history and biography, A LIFE AMONG WHALES
is a fascinating exploration into the life and work of whale biologist
and activist Roger Payne. Payne's electrifying discovery in the
early 1970s that whales sing "songs" helped ignite the
modern day environmental movement.
A charismatic and passionate individual, Payne's pioneering spirit
has consistently advanced the boundaries of science and activism
over the last four decades.
A LIFE AMONG WHALES traces Payne's scientific research beginning
with his early work in Patagonia, where for two years, he, his
wife and four young children lived in tents on a remote bay so
that they could have unhindered access for the study of Southern
Right Whales.
It explores Payne's tireless and passionate fight to ban whaling
-- a ban which today, 20 years after an international moratorium
was imposed is threatened -- and follows him to his present day
study of ocean pollution and his work with The Ocean Alliance,
a non-profit organization and global leader in whale research
and conservation which he founded.
With beautiful and haunting images, Payne challenges us to become
the greatest generation of all. Saving earth's largest creatures
would open the door to humanity's recognition of our true role
in the biosphere. (57 minutes)
Note: This film contains some powerful images which may disturb
some people.
Ancient Sea Turtles Stranded
in a Modern World
The endangered sea turtle emerges from its nest and dashes to
the sea. So begins an odyssey that will take the hatchling on
a several thousand mile and decades-long migration, ending in
its return as a giant adult to the very beach where it began life
- completing a cycle that has endured for 100 million years.
The modern world poses many threats to ancient sea turtles: poaching,
entanglement in fishing gear, destruction of nesting sites, and
pollution of the oceans. The greatest threat comes from the capture
of sea turtles in shrimp nets. As the public's taste for shrimp
increases, so does the danger to sea turtles. Turtle excluder
devices (TEDs), installed in shrimp nets, offer the simple solution.
If the public demands "turtle-safe" shrimp the way they
do "dolphin-safe" tuna, then the industry will be forced
to use TEDs consistently. (28 minutes)
Part of the Natural World exhibit in the Goggleworks Theatre
Saturday and Sunday June 21st and 22nd
12:00 Noon - ALL SEATS $5.00 (includes both films)
In The Company of Wild
Butterflies
Witness the lives of several species of butterflies as you've
never seen them before! Spectacular close up photography reveals
details such as the butterflies hatching from their eggs, smelling
with their feet, and pushing their heads from their skulls in
preparation for molting.
You'll see butterflies growing new spines, flying while mated,
and eating their skin. You'll discover the dozen ways butterflies
use silk to survive in a hostile environment from building houses
to spinning silk girdles, pads, and buttons.
And you'll learn how to make your garden butterfly friendly to
increase our dwindling number of wild butterflies.
This film is the perfect visual accompaniment to every butterfly
class from kindergarten to college. Students will observe events
in butterflies' lives that even experts have never seen! (43 minutes)
Sap Sucking Hoppers
They are the astronauts of the garden: small bugs called hoppers
able to blast off with so much power that they have to withstand
400 G-forces a jump! Most people would be surprised to learn they
exist, let alone that thousands of them call their backyard home
since most gardeners have never even seen one.
But that is all part of the hopper plan - they are masters of
disguise and even when you are looking right at them they are
sometimes hard to see. Some are dead ringers for thorns while
others look like buds or leaves but all of them have a secret
story full of mystery and mayhem. Hitch a ride on the back of
a leafhopper or hide out with a spittlebug in this episode of
The Secret World of Gardens. (22 minutes)
Part of the Natural World exhibit in the Goggleworks Theatre
Saturday and Sunday June 28 and 29th
12:00 Noon - ALL SEATS $5.00 (includes both films)
The Disenchanted Forest
Deep in the Bornean rainforest Dr. Anne Russon, primate psychologist,
is broaching new territory in the quest to understand orangutan
intelligence and psychology. Orangutans, like humans, have "culture."
They do not rely solely on animal instinct for survival. Instead
a rich and complex society of elders and peers provides the young
with critical knowledge that is necessary for their survival in
the rainforest. The destruction of orangutan habitat and the illegal
pet-trade threaten the lives of orangutans. When they are taken
out of their habitat or when it is destroyed, their culture is
disabled.
Dr. Willie Smits, who directs the Wanariset Orangutan Reintroduction
Project, and his team rescue hundreds of orangutans. Dr. Smits
is committed to preserving orangutan habitat and returning captives
back into rainforest homes.
At Wanariset the orphans learn the vital skills they need to survive.
When they are old and skilled enough, orangutan ex-captives are
released into protected rainforest. Without mothers and more knowledgeable
elders, strange 'Lord of the Flies' communities evolve in the
forest. Eventually the orangutans learn to sustain themselves
independently of human aid.
With the impending extinction of these great apes, opportunities
to observe and interact with free-roaming orangutans are displaced
every day as the rainforest diminishes and the pet-trade flourishes.
The rare dedication of a few scientists, however, brings hope
to large numbers of captive orangutans who live between two worlds.
(52 minutes)
Way Of The Bear In Alaska
Emmy Award-winning wildlife filmmaker Daniel Zatz (BEARS!), and
bear biologist Derek Stonorov, spent six years filming this extraordinary
documentary examination of the life of Alaska's brown bears -
better known as grizzlies.
Amazing footage of grizzlies hunting, fishing, playing, and fighting
allows us an intimate view of the family life of one of America's
most awe-inspiring and endangered wildlife species.
Brown bears have lived in Alaska for over 10,000 years. Despite
their terrifying reputation, grizzlies are seen to be sensitive,
intelligent animals that form rich and intricate social systems.
WAY OF THE BEAR presents the most up-to-date scholarly information
about brown bear behavior in a way that will intrigue everyone
from the expert zoologist to the junior high student, and from
the professional guide to the recreational hiker. Shot amidst
Alaska's breathtaking scenery, this video's underlying message
is a plea to preserve what's left of the grizzlies' habitat. (33
minutes)