Art: October 2009 Archives

First place: Richard Maxwell, 56, of East Hopewell Township

Second place: Richard Mak, 33, of Hallam

Third place: Jack Hippensteel, 59, of Penn Township

Honorable mentions: Garry Smith, 58, Springettsbury Township and Emily Springer, 11, or Mount Wolf.
Visit our gallery to view all entries.

MovieHatch.com, the online venue that gives people a voice in Hollywood, has opened the voting for its inaugural MovieHatch Makin' Movies Feature Film Competition.

Filmmakers entered video synopses and more than 100 have been selected on the site. Film buff can watch clips and cast votes through Nov. 15. The top 10 film ideas will be pitched to industry professionals. One or several scripts could be chosen for development.

Shane Free of York was selected as a semi-finalists for his thriller "Gabriel's Curse," which he wrote with his father. Watch the video. Free's paranormal documentary "Investigating the Afterlife," which was shot in Gettysburg, was screened in April at the 2009 Bare Bones Film Festival. (Photo: Submitted)

Five links to start the day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.

Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.

Director Spike Jonze is on top of the world with his adaptation of "Where the Wild Things Are." So what the h-e-double hockey sticks was he thinking releasing his Kanye West collaboration "We Were Once a Fairytale" now?

The 11-minute movie seems to be about West wandering through a club, getting wasted and having creepy nightmares. (We think it might confirm our theory that West will land in rehab soon.)

Could this movie have predicted West's untimely outburst at the MTV VMAs? (Check out the movie minus the first two minutes above. Viewer discretion is advised. Obvi.)

Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.

Five must-do ideas to help you make the most of your weekend.
Def Leppard cancelled their upcoming tour dates including a Giant Center gig today. Bummer. But don't worry. There are many rockin' events this weekend.

Read about a "Six Feet Under" exhibit coming to Spring Grove. (Get a preview to the left.)

Head to the Oyster Fest Sunday at the Agricultural & Industrial Museum in York.

Fill up at the fest, then head down the road to see "Food, Inc." at the Capitol Theatre.

Sick of being single? Sign up for a local Dating Detox class.

Where are the wild things? In the YDR, of course. (Photo: HBO and David Meanix)

Five links to start your day off right: Part of a complete, balanced breakfast.

Be still my "Tell-Tale Heart." This time of year brings out everything Edgar Allan Poe-realted. See creepy creations inspired by the gothic writer in "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon" at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive in Baltimore.

Cap Poe's 200th anniversary this weekend. The poet/storyteller actually died in October 1849 at age 40, but Baltimore is holding two funerals for him Sunday at Westminster Hall. The Poe House and Museum will host a viewing Wednesday.

See the annual "Poe Evermore" show at Mount Hope Mansion, Route 72 in Cornwall. Poe works are resurrected for the interactive performances, which start Nov. 3.
(Photo: A replica of Edgar Allan Poe in a casket; AP)