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The Charlotte Jewish News - March 2015 - Page 10 Extra Extras - More to Come from the 2015 CJFF By the time you read this, the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival will have just wrapped up its 11th season. It was another fantastie three weeks of movies and value- added events that eonfirmed the CJFF’s plaee as one of the pre miere eultural events in the re gion. Flowever, they are not done quite yet as there are three upeom- ing “Extras” sereenings that will be sure to interest you. Larry Horowitz, CLU, ChFC Financial 5950 Fairview Road, Suite 608 Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 556-9982, Fax (704) 369-2918 www.L2financial.com Helping in the CREATION, PRESERVATION & DISTRIBUTION of your Estate Securities and investment Advisory Services offered through H. Beck, inc. Member FiNRA, SiPC. H. Beck, inc. and Financiai are not affiiiated. 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On Thursday, April 2 at 6 PM (UNCC COED 010/the College of Edueation Building), the CJFF will onee again partieipate in UNC Charlotte’s International Film Series with the sereening of A Bottle in the Gaza Sea: A mes sage in a bottle leads to an en grossing e-mail exehange between a 17-year-old Israeli girl and a 20- year-old Palestinian boy. Eventu ally, they ehallenge eaeh other’s views about life, war, and relation ships. Tiekets are free for A Bottle in the Gaza Sea - visit filmfest.unee.edu/ for parking and other details. HADASSAH I * KIEMCE C4UHCIL [ HE LEON LEVIN F. FOUNDATION Jewi.sh Fedoratinn OF GREATER CHARLOTTE FILM MOVEMENT PRESENTS On Sunday, Mareh 29 at 2 PM (Regal Ballantyne Village Sta dium 5), the Charlotte Jewish Film Festival and the Charlotte Film Soeiety are proud to present Nadav Sehirman’s The Green Prince: A tense psyehologieal thriller, this extraordinary doeu- mentary reeounts the true story of the son of a Flamas leader who emerged as one of Israel’s prized informants, and the Shin Bet agent who risked his eareer to proteet him. “Sinee 1982, the Charlotte Film Soeiety has brought foreign, elas- sie and independent films that oth erwise would not sereen in Charlotte,” eommented Co-Diree- tor Benjamin Sehwartz. “Their mission is basieally identieal to the CJFF’s and eollaborating on an event is a natural fit. We hope this is the first of many eo-spon- sored events that our organiza tions do together.” To purehase tiekets ($10) and for additional information on The Green Prince, please visit eharlot- A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA On Sunday, April 12 at 7 PM (Tate Flail, Central Piedmont Community College), the CJFF is proud to present AKA Doc Pomus as part of Sensoria, CPCC’s eele- bration of the arts: Jerome Felder (a.k.a. Doe Pomus) was a self-de- seribed “fat Jewish boy with polio” who beeame one of the most prolifie songwriters in his tory (“Viva Fas Vegas,” “Save the Fast Danee For Me,” and “This Magie Moment” to name just a few). AKA Doc Pomus brings to life Doe’s romantie, heartbreak ing, and extraordinarily eventful journey to roek legend. Tiekets are free for AKA Doc Pomus - visit sensoria.epee.edu to learn more. “We are so exeited about our eontinued partieipation in both UNC Charlotte’s International Film Series and CPCC’s Senso ria” said CJFF Co-Direetor Riek Willenzik. “These eultural events help eonneet the entire Charlotte eommunity, allowing everyone to promote and expose their respee- tive festivals to an audienee that we both might not normally reaeh on our own.” Onee these three events are over, the ineredible CJFF team will dive right in to planning for Fan Appreeiation Day (Summer 2015) and its FallFlieks (Fall 2015) series, along with the start of the sereening proeess for poten tial films for the 2016 lineup. The CJFF is now a year-round endeavor. More exeiting details will be eoming soon. ^ Free Comedy Performance at Elmcroft Senior Living Center Mark Klein has a mission: To bring eontemporary stand-up eomedy to an under-served popu lation. Comedian and eorporate humor speaker Klein and Elm- eroft Senior Fiving Centers are partnering to provide a eomedy event open to the publie at Elm- eroft of Fittle Avenue. “Flere’s To Fife Through Faughter” brings the same show Klein does on eruise ships and eomedy elubs to the senior resi dents at Elmeroft. The 45-minute show is open to the publie, free of eharge, and makes the Senior Fiving eenter a eommunity entertainment and so- eial venue for the evening. Show date is Mareh 3, 5-7 PM, 7745 Fittle Ave. Contaet: Tammy Mullins 704-771-1669. Mark Klein has made laughter his living for 30 years. Fie has been profiled by CBS, GQ Maga zine, and Forbes, and is a frequent guest on radio shows sueh as Bob and Tom. Fie performs on eruise ships, eomedy elubs, and eorpo rate venues from Tampa to Tahiti. A native of Fouisville KY, off stage he is a husband, father, thor oughbred raee horse owner, and the offieial walker of the dumbest dog in the world. Fie ean be reaehed at eorp- jester.eom, eorpjester@hot- mail.eom, 502-500-4233. ^ ELMCROFT I.IVINCi COHMUniTlfK
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