Star City Blog / Theatre & Film

'Blood into Wine' @ The Ross

A documentary on Tool/Puscifer front man Maynard James Keenan and his vineyard partner Eric Glomski's mission to bring notoriety and respect to Northern Arizona’s burgeoning wine industry, opening at The Ross on Friday, August 6, BLOOD INTO WINE takes viewers into the struggles and triumphs of making wine with a unique blend of comedy and master storytelling.
 
“This well-made film chronicles the sweat, tears, false starts and massive expenditures involved in getting such an operation up and running,” according to Robert W. Butler, film critic for the Kansas City Star.

The Angels Theatre Company Presents Deadbeat Dads Cabaret and Wine Raffle at the Lincoln Community Playhouse

“Wake up, Dad!”  This is the underlying theme of Deadbeat Dads Cabaret and Wine Raffle, a collection of songs, monologues, performance art and more, created and performed by local entertainers, most of who have been affected in some way by a deadbeat parent or spouse. 

Join the Angels Theatre Company and friends on Saturday, April 24th at the Lincoln Community Playhouse located at 2500 S. 56th St, Lincoln, NE, 68506 as they exorcise the demons of deadbeats past and present and raffle a great selection of wines, with proceeds benefiting the Angels Theatre Company.  The event begins at 9:00 pm.

Review of 'Food, Inc.': Revealing the Beast

By Hanna Day-Woodruff

In a mere 94 minutes, Food, Inc. reveals the stunning cornucopia of problems in the American food system. These seemingly stem from one source, the corporate consolidation of food suppliers into megalithic entities. The essential thesis of Food, Inc. is this: America’s food system has consolidated to such an extent that these companies control the vast majority of the country’s food supply, wresting power from farmers one buyout and one lawsuit at a time. 

That control has resulted in the decline of the quality of agricultural workers, animals, food safety, nutrition and affordability. It has lowered consumer protections, worker safety standards and has shattered the agricultural economy of our southern neighbor, Mexico, sending millions of former Mexican farmers across the border to their new lives as illegal slaughterhouse workers and farm hands.  For those unaware of the intended and unintended consequences of the current food system, this movie will shock. It may even shock those in the know.

'Food, Inc.' @ The Ross with Movie Talk Following the Film

An eye-opening expose of the modern food industry, opening at The Ross on Friday, August 21, Food, Inc. is both fascinating and terrifying, as well as essential viewing for any health-conscious citizen.

“This absorbing film looks terrific and does a superb job of making its case that our current food ways are drastically out of whack,” according to Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday.

Salon.com film critic Andrew O’Hehir opines, “An engaging and often wrenching film, Food, Inc. covers a wide range of material, including the horrific, the humorous and the exemplary.”