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Summer Studios:

PEI Council of the Arts residency program at The Guild

The former Printmakers Council studio in the basement of The Guild building will come to life this summer as a series of Island artists moves in and opens the doors to the public. The Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts has selected seven artists who will work for approximately 10 days each on artistic projects during the Council?s new Summer Studio Residency Pilot Program.

The program began June 21 and runs to August 31. Hours that the artists are available to the public will be advertised in local media and outside The Guild.

August 1?10: Author Carol Little plans to brainstorm, solidify a direction and create a strong outline for her fourth novel entitled For a Girl, in which she wants to capture a multi-faceted and raw female experience. Little plans to open dialogue with others about writing and provide an occasion for aspiring writers and the public to connect with an author and share discussion about the unique, creative process involved with writing an lengthy work of fiction.

Rated: 14 Accompaniment
Runs: 110 minutes
Director: Randall Miller
Country: US
Released: 2008
Starring: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor

“Jim Barrett (Pullman) gambled everything on his dream of establishing a California vineyard capable of producing wines as good as those from France, and he's succeeded on every level but one: No-one ­ at least no-one whose opinion counts ­ knows how good his Chateau Montelena vintages are, and he's dangerously close to bankruptcy. But salvation is brewing in a small Paris wine shop grandly named the ‘Academy of Wine’ and run by British transplant Steven Spurrier (Rickman), who's scorned by the French wine establishment because he's, well, not French. Spurrier has heard fantastic rumors about California wines, and while he can't believe they're as good as people are saying, the publicity he could get from a blind taste testing of California and French wines, in France, with French judges, well, that could get drum up the kind of press his faltering business needs... Spurrier sets up the competition and then goes looking for American wines... Most of the main characters and events are real... Best of all, you don't have to know chardonnay from Chablis to appreciate the rollicking good story.” - Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide

Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language, Nudity)
Runs: 92 minutes
Director: Andrew Fleming
Country: US
Released: 2008
Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette

“A genuinely whacked-out comedy that yanks the pants off Stand and Deliver, Dead Poets Society and other inspirational dramas, Hamlet 2 stars Steve Coogan as Dana Marschz, a failed actor now reduced to teaching high-school drama in Tuscon, Ariz. Abused by his gangster students, regularly panned by the ninth-grade theater critic and harangued by his drunkard girlfriend, Marschz is a teetering Jenga tower of insecurity. But he hits a creative breakthrough by penning a weirdly personal sequel to Shakespeare's famous tragedy - never mind that everyone died in the first Hamlet. When news spreads that the play's central musical number is titled Rock Me, Sexy Jesus, the community tries to shut down the production. But, with encouragement from Amy Poehler as a foul-mouthed ACLU attorney, Marschz rallies his students and forges ahead. The movie is almost as bizarre as Shakespeare's play, veering between satire, conventional comedy and all-out insanity. Most of all, Hamlet 2 is a tour-de-force from Coogan, who's never been more wonderfully, wildly unhinged.” - Rafer Guzmán, Newsday.com

Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language, Nudity)
Runs: 92 minutes
Director: Andrew Fleming
Country: US
Released: 2008
Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette

“A genuinely whacked-out comedy that yanks the pants off Stand and Deliver, Dead Poets Society and other inspirational dramas, Hamlet 2 stars Steve Coogan as Dana Marschz, a failed actor now reduced to teaching high-school drama in Tuscon, Ariz. Abused by his gangster students, regularly panned by the ninth-grade theater critic and harangued by his drunkard girlfriend, Marschz is a teetering Jenga tower of insecurity. But he hits a creative breakthrough by penning a weirdly personal sequel to Shakespeare's famous tragedy - never mind that everyone died in the first Hamlet. When news spreads that the play's central musical number is titled Rock Me, Sexy Jesus, the community tries to shut down the production. But, with encouragement from Amy Poehler as a foul-mouthed ACLU attorney, Marschz rallies his students and forges ahead. The movie is almost as bizarre as Shakespeare's play, veering between satire, conventional comedy and all-out insanity. Most of all, Hamlet 2 is a tour-de-force from Coogan, who's never been more wonderfully, wildly unhinged.” - Rafer Guzmán, Newsday.com

Rated: 14 Accompaniment
Runs: 110 minutes
Director: Randall Miller
Country: US
Released: 2008
Starring: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor

“Jim Barrett (Pullman) gambled everything on his dream of establishing a California vineyard capable of producing wines as good as those from France, and he's succeeded on every level but one: No-one ­ at least no-one whose opinion counts ­ knows how good his Chateau Montelena vintages are, and he's dangerously close to bankruptcy. But salvation is brewing in a small Paris wine shop grandly named the ‘Academy of Wine’ and run by British transplant Steven Spurrier (Rickman), who's scorned by the French wine establishment because he's, well, not French. Spurrier has heard fantastic rumors about California wines, and while he can't believe they're as good as people are saying, the publicity he could get from a blind taste testing of California and French wines, in France, with French judges, well, that could get drum up the kind of press his faltering business needs... Spurrier sets up the competition and then goes looking for American wines... Most of the main characters and events are real... Best of all, you don't have to know chardonnay from Chablis to appreciate the rollicking good story.” - Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide

Rated: 14 Accompaniment (Sexual Content, Coarse Language, Nudity)
Runs: 92 minutes
Director: Andrew Fleming
Country: US
Released: 2008
Starring: Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette

“A genuinely whacked-out comedy that yanks the pants off Stand and Deliver, Dead Poets Society and other inspirational dramas, Hamlet 2 stars Steve Coogan as Dana Marschz, a failed actor now reduced to teaching high-school drama in Tuscon, Ariz. Abused by his gangster students, regularly panned by the ninth-grade theater critic and harangued by his drunkard girlfriend, Marschz is a teetering Jenga tower of insecurity. But he hits a creative breakthrough by penning a weirdly personal sequel to Shakespeare's famous tragedy - never mind that everyone died in the first Hamlet. When news spreads that the play's central musical number is titled Rock Me, Sexy Jesus, the community tries to shut down the production. But, with encouragement from Amy Poehler as a foul-mouthed ACLU attorney, Marschz rallies his students and forges ahead. The movie is almost as bizarre as Shakespeare's play, veering between satire, conventional comedy and all-out insanity. Most of all, Hamlet 2 is a tour-de-force from Coogan, who's never been more wonderfully, wildly unhinged.” - Rafer Guzmán, Newsday.com