NYC Indie Film Festival

How can it be October already?  I mean, it was July, like, yesterday.

Okay, time for an update:

In August, Can't Dance screened at The Feel Good Festival in North Hollywood.  I was amazed at North Hollywood's transformation since my L.A. days.  It's no longer a cultural wasteland of tract houses and strip malls -- far from it!  It's a hip community of ethnic restaurants, loft apartment buildings, and art galleries.  This town has come a long way since the Northridge Earthquake nearly flattened it.

At the festival, I particularly liked the feature film Barmy, the story of a disabled misanthrope who falls in love with his nurse.  I owe a big thanks to my generous friend Susan Cartsonis for offering to let me stay with her at her home in Santa Monica.   What a dream to wake up every morning and walk the beach!  I teach with Susan at the Wilkes University M.F.A. program, and she's the talented producer of films such as What Women Want.

While in L.A. I saw Herington High School buddy Craig Meyers who -- how is this for a small world story? -- happens to randomly know Susan.  We all went to dinner at the L.A. Farmers Market on my last night in town, laughing and eating too much.  I was sad to fly out the next morning.

In September, Can't Dance screened at the D.C. Shorts Film Festival to a packed house, along with
a line up of films from around the world.  It was beyond cool to be screened on Pennsylvania Avenue, just blocks from the White House, and across the street from the J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Headquarters.

While in D.C., Heather, Logan, Jett and I stayed with Stacy Parkinson, former First Lady of Kansas.  She and Governor Parkinson have purchased a new home in Bethesda, Maryland, and we were their first overnight guests at the new digs.  Stacy took us on a nature hike along the Potomac River, and Logan and Jett actually jumped in to cool off!  Man, is D.C. humid in August.

Can't Dance will next screen at the NYC Indie Film Fest on October 20, 11:30 a.m. at the Producer's Club, 358 West 44th Street in New York City.  Please come out.  After NYC Indie, Can't Dance will be distributed by Indie Flix and will be available on-line for all to see.

Finally, My Kansas, the memoir/documentary I'm collaborating with Don Cato on is plugging right along.  More on that experimental film soon...