Congrats to Fractured Fairy Tales Рthe Walking Fish Fringe production featuring the one and only Mike Smith Рfor getting the Daily Candy kiss today. If perhaps you only know Mike from say, Lunch Money, or hosting Cash Dance, or being at a party you went to, you should check out his participation in this family friendly affair. The last performances are this  Saturday the 19th, at noon and again at 2PM. Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave. (215-427-9255). Tickets online at www.livearts-fringe.org.
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Apparently the Criterion Collection is releasing a movie that honestly I’ve never heard of in my short life, – Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – although all the reviews of it reference all the other food movies I’ve seen. The gist of the film seems to be that it features long still shots in real time of the main character cooking ordinary food. Point ‘o the matter: to promote said release Criterion is looking for people to create video reenactments of cooking one of three ordinary dishes: cutlets, meatloaf, or potatoes.¬† Although there have already been submissions, apparently they’re all pretty literal and Criteron was hoping to get some more, shall we say, artistic, avant garde interpretations. Like, artists might make. You still have time to film your own and upload it to YouTube; the deadline is September 28, 2009. There will be two winners: one Audience Award, winner, voted on by the YouTube trolls, will receive a $100 gift certificate to the Criterion Collection website. Then a Grand Prize winner selected by the staff of the Criterion Collection will receive a new PlayStation 3. Pretty awesome for setting up a camera to watch you massage some ground beef. This came from Gourmet, or rather Ruth Reichl’s Twitter, which I follow, because I am a nerd. (more…)