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July 21, 2006

Bele Chere

Just a note: July 28 - 30 is the yearly Bele Chere festival in downtown Asheville. The Fine Arts Theatre will be closed during the festival.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but we've learned that when a couple hundred thousand people cram into downtown Asheville for the festival...not many of them want to come see any movies.

Enjoy the festival!

Peaceful Warrior

There seems to be some confusion concerning our opening of the upcoming film Peaceful Warrior. According to the Lions Gate website, they have us down as opening the film on July 21. THIS IS INCORRECT.

We are not certain yet as to what date we will be opening the film but it is currently looking like we will be getting it on August 4. This date is only TENATIVE and could possibly change. So keep checking back here for more info.

We apologize for any confusion that may have been caused by Lions Gate's website. We have tried time and time again to get them to change the incorrect information on their site, but our pleas continually fall on deaf ears.

Thanks for your patience.

July 07, 2006

Local Panel on Global Warming Issues at Fine Arts Theatre

n partnership with the upcoming Design Science Lab, the Fine Arts Theatre will host a local panel discussion to address the global climate change issues raised in Al Gore's documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, now showing at the Fine Arts Theatre. Four local environmental professionals will participate in the panel and audience discussion group Real World Solutions to Inconvenient Truths: What You Can Do About Climate Change at the Fine Arts Theatre from 10 am to noon on Saturday, July 8.

The goal of the discussion group is to facilitate discussion about what steps individuals and organizations in western North Carolina can do immediately to address the climate change issues discussed in An Inconvenient Truth.

Dee Eggers, Ph.D., assistant professor from UNC Asheville's Environmental Studies Department will present Taking Personal Responsibility Now: Vital Steps for Individuals and Communities to go 'Carbon Neutral'. Andrew Jones, southeast representative for the Sustainability Institute, will discuss Good News Tipping Points for Sustainable Energy Solutions. Jonah Butcher, development consultant for UNC Asheville's alternative energy Craft Campus, will speak on Cutting Edge Sustainable Energy Technologies at the Frontier of Science.

The panel will be moderated by David McConville, board member of the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center and organizer of the upcoming 2006 Design Science Lab workshop at UNC Asheville.

The Fine Arts Theatre discussion panel is free and open to the public.