PALM BEACH GARDENS – Mainstreet at Midtown, based at the Borland Center for the Performing Arts, has launched the county’s first festival of “swede” films and is now accepting entries.
A “swede” is an intentionally awful remake of an established film, and since 2008, festivals of the parodistic shorts have taken place in Fresno, Calif., and Tampa Bay. SwedeFest Palm Beach will take place at the Borland Center on July 27.
Anyone is eligible to submit a swede, and the following rules apply: All films must be less than 3 minutes long and PG-13 in content, regardless of the source material. Films must be submitted on a DVD; the deadline is July 13. The festival’s website offers further details as well as examples of swedes (this is the promotional video: http://vimeo.com/41039000)
Would-be filmmakers are asked to email info@swedefestpalmbeach.com to call dibs on the film they want to swede, so that duplications are avoided. Audience members will vote on the films at the festival and awards will be given in under-18 and over-18 categories. The festival’s emcee will be Palm Beach Post entertainment writer Leslie Gray Streeter.
For more information, visit www.swedefestpalmbeach.com, visit swedefestpalmbeach on Facebook, or call Belle at 561-282-4623.
BOCA RATON – The Lynn Philharmonia, having been rained out of Mizner Park this past weekend for a free outdoor concert, will perform instead tonight at the Wold Performing Arts Center on the campus of Lynn University.
The program is called A Symphonic Tribute to Jazz, and will be led by conservatory dean Jon Robertson. The music will include popular symphonic and jazz selections, and include tributes to Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.
The concert is set for 6 p.m. Open seating is available, but reservations are required. Call 237-9000 or visit this link.
TEQUESTA – The Lighthouse ArtCenter has added two new members to its board of directors, the museum and art school said last week.
Joining the board are Jane O’Neill and Roseanne Williams. O’Neill, a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, has been an educator for four decades and volunteers at the ArtCenter, Norton Museum and other organizations. She and her husband, Patrick, will chair the Beaux Arts Ball in 2013.
Williams, who was a human-resources professional for 20 years, is an artist who studied at the Cincinnati Academy of Art and in Florence, Italy, with Alvaro Baragli. An exhibiting member of the ArtCenter’s Artists’ Guild, Williams has exhibited in Italy and the United States, and her paintings have joined corporate and private collections in the U.S. and Europe.
For more information about the Lighthouse ArtCenter, call 561-746-3101 or visit www.lighthousearts.org.