EYE OPENERS
Abbey short film presented at FLIC series
The Featuring Local Independent Filmmakers (FLIC) series presents “Monkey Park,” a film produced by Joshua Abbey and starring Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Winchester Cultural Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.
“Monkey Park” was Abbey’s graduate thesis project at the American Film Institute, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in producing. The film was adapted from a short story of the same name by Madison Smart Bell and directed by Anthony Haney Jardine.
The 30-minute short was made in 1993, and the plot centers on a deviant brother, played by Roth, who comes to visit his sister and brother-in-law played by Plummer and Ray Wise. The story unfolds when they party together at an abandoned zoo called Monkey Park.
Abbey is the executive director of the Las Vegas-based Desert Space Foundation, a nonprofit organization that produces cultural programs including the Las Vegas Jewish Film Festival.
Tickets are $3. For more information, call 455-7340.
Kendo demonstration set at Winchester Center
A kendo demonstration and lecture will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.
“Kendo,” or “the way of the sword,” is the art of Japanese samurai swordsmanship and one of the traditional Japanese martial arts. Slightly resembling kenjutsu, kendo can be traced to the end of the 12th century and the way of the Japanese warriors who banded together when the central government declined.
The demonstration will include a short lecture about kendo. Demonstrations include those by students and masters young and old.
Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and children 12 and younger.
For more information, call 425-8361 or 455-7340.
