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“Catch a Fire,” which I praised as “a harrowing yet ultimately heartening true-life story of a black South African’s struggle against the apartheid regime” when it debuted in theaters back in 2006 is returning to Tacoma for a one-night engagement tomorrow.
It’s being shown as part of the International Food & Film Festival being held at the Blue Mouse Theater, 2611 N. Proctor St., Thursday evenings through April 2. It stars Derek Luke of “Antwone Fisher” fame as a family-man hero who’s radicalized after being erroneously arrested on terrorism charges by South African authorities. Tim Robbins plays the cop who is his principal tormentor.
The festival is put on by the Tacoma-Pierce County Sister Cities program, and “Catch a Fire” was chosen in honor of Tacoma’s sister city, George, South Africa.
The picture will begin at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 5:45 at which time ethnic food will be served. For more information, call 253-752-9500.
What can you see in Olympia on a Wednesday evening?
Well, a yurt made of felt, for starters. Olympia artist Janice Arnold, who works in felt, is displaying an installation she's made as a commission for an exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. The exhibit, "Fashioning Felt," will be up for six months at the Museum before touring the country. Arnold is the only American felt artist in the show.
You can read Molly Gilmore's story on Arnold in The Olympian here.
So where does the yurt bit come in? Arnold, who makes all her own felt (done by wetting wool, pressing it together and winding it tightly), was inspired by Mongolian nomads, who make their own felt by wrapping fibers around a pole and having their horses drag it, producing a tough felt with which they build tent-like houses, or yurts.
Before she packs the yurt to send to the Cooper-Hewitt, Arnold is displaying it for one evening only at the Swantown Marina, 710 N. Marine Drive, Olympia, from 6-8 p.m. today. Entry is free, but there will also be a silent auction for various handmade felt items by Arnold - partly to finance the huge costs of the installation.
The Cooper-Hewitt exhibit opens March 6, www.cooperhewitt.org. For more information on Arnold, visit www.jafelt.com.
