M. Cassidy News

Idle Muse Theatre Company’s Jeff-Recommended Jane: Abortion and the Underground, written by Paula Kamen and directed by Morgan Manasa, now playing through October 15, at The Edge Off-Broadway Theater, 1133 W. Catalpa Ave., hosts a post-show discussion Sunday, Oct. 1 immediately following the 3 p.m. matinee performance. Learn more about how to attend here!

Curt Gowdy Media Award-winning commentator Mike Breen will provide commentary with ESPN NBA analysts Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and reporter Rachel Nichols. The team will be on site in Brooklyn.

The 49th Annual NASHVILLE Film Festival continues its rollout of film announcements with the short films in competition. This year the festival received nearly 5,000 shorts submissions and 215 shorts were selected. Selected shorts this year include films made by Dev Patel, Justine Bateman, and Neill Blomkamp and starring Natalia Dyer, Armie Hammer, Alfred Molina, Sigourney Weaver, and Kerri Kenney.

Museum of the Moving Image is pleased to announce the lineup for the First Look Festival, its annual showcase for groundbreaking new moving-image art.

Museum of the Moving Image is pleased to announce the lineup for the First Look Festival, its annual showcase for groundbreaking new moving-image art.

Among winners at the Awards ceremony, hosted by Mike Birbiglia were Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom for Best Picture Award, 'How To Survive A Plague' for Best Documentary Award and 'Your Sister's Sister' for Best Ensemble Performance Award.

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers announced today the nominees for the Gotham Independent Film Awards™.

Taciturn ex-con Francine (Melissa Leo) has difficulty adjusting to life in a small lakeside town when she begins working with animals, and finds herself growing increasingly isolated from the community. Unable to form the human connections that will help her to re-assimilate into society, Francine falls into a tragic cycle of anti-social behavior.

Barrel of Monkey's eighth annual Fancy Schmancy benefit will be held on Friday, October 16, 2009, 7-11 p.m., at the Chicago Cultural Center, G.A.R. Hall and Rotunda, 78 E. Washington St., in Chicago.