I'm not sure these are exactly Dog Days, but it's Dawg Gawn HOT! Blue Herrons sighted at the slough -- two were flying over, and one lingered in the shallows for awhile.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Ida's Places in Paris -- from my first jet-lagged day by the Seine.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
Spitfires of the Spaceways
UPDATED! Wilma Deering & Dale Arden to the rescue; Bodacious Princess Aura I; Hapless Aura II; The fiery Emperor Ming; and BOTH incarnations of Jean Rogers!

Charity Alert: Make a resolution this Summer to click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: I'm starting my ninth year at the Hockaday Museum of Art -- Check out the new updates on the website. I'll be up at the community college for a short time this afternoon, setting up a teleconferenced meeting between our campus and Libby, Montana.

Media Watch: HERE is a lady who knows how to make a good time happen -- my collegiate co-worker Shelly Jo put on her own Drive-in theater production last week:

Played the first Drive-in movie on the back of K-mart the other night.. it was a hit (but still would have been much better with audio transmitted...will continue to keep an eye open for a transmitter.)

Playlist

1950's Drive in theatre Welcome, we hope you have a beautiful viewing experience, and please respect other movie-goers, YADA YADA short.

Old US gov PE school film on Good Eating Habits (that kid Ricky sure is bound for a life of bad health, bad teeth, and lethargy!)

1950s commercials for dill pickles and Folgers coffee.

Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligary - feature film.

1950s Drive-in theatre Thanks for coming, please exit in an orderly fashion YADA YADA short.

Pickles and popcorn for snacks. About 10 cars. It was fun.


The great actor Conrad Veidt in 1920's Impressionistic classic Dr. Calagari, playing Caesare the murderous zombie, and as Jaffar, the formidable wizard in 1940's deluxe version of Thief of Baghdad, produced and directed by William Cameron Menzies, Alex Korda, Michael Powell, and other fine filmmakers.