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Volume 2, Issue 3
Holiday Greetings, Pickford Film Center Capital Campaign committee members, donors and supporters...
In the spirit of the season I’d like to take a moment to reflect upon the tremendous progress Pickford Film Center (PFC) has made in the past year. In 2007, our board and staff have grown and strengthened; we welcomed Kirsten Barron and Debi Loober to the board, and Lindsay Hamsik to our staff as the fundraising coordinator. Construction at PFC began in earnest, with extensive demolition, excavation, interior masonry and seismic retrofitting. PFC is now bigger and better with an additional 6,000 sq. ft. of usable basement space, improved access and a ready-when-we-are elevator shaft.
In campaign news, The Filmmaker’s Circle Major Donor Group has been a huge success, and is nearing completion. On the community fundraising front, seat sales continue while grassroots efforts from organizations as diverse as Charitable Feast and General Mills/Small Planet Foods are galvanizing support for PFC's important work and leadership in the Bellingham arts community. In addition, two favorite local businesses have come together with the Pickford to create a 'night on the town', proceeds going directly to the capital campaign. See below for details.
We truly have much to celebrate this holiday season, and above all I want to acknowledge the importance of each one of you in helping us achieve our mission. As PFC supporters your generosity is what enables us to grow and continue to bring the finest in independent film and educational programming to the entire community now and for many years to come.
Thanks for your continued enthusiasm and support!
- Alice Clark, WFA Executive Director
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Pickford Film Center Open House
When: Dec 7, 5 to 9 pm
Where: 1318 Bay St.
Pickford Film Center invites you to join us as we open our doors for informal tours of the film center construction site! |
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This Open House will provide the entire community with the opportunity to take a first hand look at ongoing construction, and get the scoop on the progressive Green (LEED Silver certified) design and layout planned for our new home.
Drop in and say ‘hello’ on Dec. 7 from 5 to 9 p.m. during Downtown Art Walk. Meet our dedicated staff, volunteers and board members and share in the excitement. Events include a tour of the new facility, a slideshow of construction progress, and a chance to chat, warm up and share a cup of hot cider or a bag of popcorn.
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Pickford Projectionist Named Youth Activist of the Year
Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington honored Alex Hudson, a Pickford Cinema projectionist and Western Washington University alumna, with the 2007 youth activist of the year award.
In Seattle, on Nov. 3 the ACLU of Washington recognized Hudson for her contributions to youth empowerment. “The tribute is awarded once a year to a person who is actively working to forward youth rights.” Hudson said.
Hudson, the co-founder of Western’s ACLU student club, was president of the club from 2005 to 2007. In her work as president, Hudson organized events addressing such diverse topics as; the PATRIOT Act, net neutrality, Hurricane Katrina, domestic spying and reproductive rights. Hudson also traveled with the ACLU to Olympia and Washington D.C. to lobby for issues such as felony voter disenfranchisement and same-sex marriage equality.
Hudson’s work as a projectionist at the Pickford Cinema helps inform her ongoing involvement with the ACLU. “Film is such a powerful medium for sending messages,” Hudson said. “Every time I watch a film, especially a political documentary, I am reminded that the work of the ACLU is important and worthwhile.”
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Instant gratification. Bellingham style.
Local businesses support Pickford Film Center—they know it will be the place to go for a night on the town—and now they are inviting you to help us build it. For a limited time, a $100 donation to Pickford Film Center will include these premiums:
- A $25 gift card to La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza or Fiamma Burger
- Two Movie Passes to the Pickford Cinema + Popcorn
- Two free single cones at Mallard Ice Cream
A $49 value and a perfect Christmas or New Year’s gift, available until Jan. 31, 2008, at The Pickford Cinema, La Fiamma Wood Fire Pizza or Fiamma Burger, and Mallard Ice Cream.
*$51 of this donation is tax deductible.
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In 2006, Sundance Institute celebrated its 25th anniversary and initiated the Art House Project to pay tribute to a select group of independent theatres around the country. Now in it’s second year, the Pickford is proud to be part of this ongoing collaboration and will present a special program of Sundance Film Festival Short Films January 5 & 6 to kick off the New Year. Visit our website www.whatcomfilm.org for full details.
In other Sundance News, Pickford staff will be returning to Sundance Film Festival, January 17 - 27, but before we travel up the mountain to Park City we will spend two days in Salt Lake at the First Annual Art House Convergence, a day long conference of art house theatres spearheaded by our own Michael Falter and Susan Tive from the Pickford Cinema along with their friends and compatriots from around the country:
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The Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor, Jacob Burns Film Center, Pleasantville, NY, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, Mass. and Salt Lake Film Society Cinemas, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
The conference will feature workshops, panel discussions, guest speakers and networking opportunities for participating Sundance Art House Project theatres, many other independent art house theatres from around the nation are also invited to attend.
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Be a Part of History- Buy a Seat
Seat naming opportunities remain available! At $500 per seat, you can have your name forever inscribed in this state of the art film center. Naming a seat will support WFA’s Capital Campaign for PFC renovations. Get your name on a seat and make sure everyone knows you helped make it happen.
- Naming opportunities are available as gifts and can be shared
- WFA invites the community to buy a seat and join in the excitement
- Businesses purchases are available
- Seats are brand new and made by a leading American company (www.irwinseating.com)
Click here to download your BUY A SEAT! form. Simply fill it out and return to: Whatcom Film Association, P.O. Box 2521, Bellingham, WA 9822
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