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20 Things That Helped Me Finish the (Current Draft of the) MANCHILD Screenplay
A few months ago I finished the screenplay for my feature MANCHILD (for now, at least). I'll have more updates on the project soon, but suffice to say there's been a long rewriting process since I ran my Kickstarter campaign over a year ago. And while this wasn't the first screenplay I've written, it's certainly the best, and the one on which I've worked the longest and hardest. Over the past two years, here are the things that have helped my screenwriting process.
1. Freehanding the first draft
Despite a preponderance of available writing software, I wrote the first draft of MANCHILD by hand in an old-fashioned lined notebook. Why? Because using pen and paper is a great way to force yourself forward. Screenwriting can be a battle of constantly revising the pages you wrote on previous days, rather than pushing onto the next scene; knowing the first draft is going to be imperfect, I just want to get to the end. Turning a page after it's full of ink is a great way to get through the first draft with momentum intact. You feel a sense of accomplishment, you can look at your story as a whole, and then typing it up is a great way to start your "second first draft."
2. Pinboard
Pinboard is a great research tool for screenwriters (and well, just about anyone else). It's a bookmarking solution similar to Delicious, allowing you to save, tag, categorize, and search web pages of interest. Pinboard has a few important differences, however: you can set your bookmarks to private by default (I use bookmarks for my own reference, not to socialize or share), and if you pay $25/year, Pinboard will crawl every webpage you send it and archive it permanently in case the article is later moved or removed. This way you'll never lose an article. Pinboard has a one-time sign-up fee of $10, but it also allows you to import all of your Delicious bookmarks at once; I did so and have never looked back.
3. Earplugs/headphones
I've found sound to be far more distracting for me personally than anything visual. I can sit in a coffee shop window with people walking by constantly and focus completely on the laptop screen when I need to. But if someone's having a conversation next to me and I can hear every word, there's just no way. If I'm in a house and the refrigerator is making some irregular kind of buzzing noise, the same applies. So most of the time when I'm writing I'm either listening to a playlist (per the next point), or I've got earplugs in. Finding your writing environment too distracting? Maybe it's not the visuals, it's the sound.
4. Consistent music playlists
One of the biggest challenges with screenwriting is you really have to live in the world of your screenplay, and very often that world is not the same as your writing environment. So when putting together a project I'm always thinking about music appropriate for the film, either for a soundtrack or music that the characters would listen to themselves. Once I have a solid playlist together, I'll listen to it often enough that the songs bring me back to the world. I've been doing this in iTunes for years, although I'm not entirely convinced iTunes 11 is moving in the right direction; obviously, just about any music program can suffice.
5. Amazon Kindle highlighting
eBooks are wonderful research tools because you can search, highlight, and notate them in ways you never could on paper. I don't know how iBooks, Nook, and other platforms work, but with the Kindle you're given your own web site where you can later access all of your highlights and notes, and I find it to be an indispensable research aid. I'm still referencing the highlights I took a year or two ago, and they're always at your fingertips thanks to living in the cloud.
6. Topical RSS subscriptions
Stay current on your topic. Find the little RSS icons on relevant news feeds/sites and use something like Google Reader to stay up-to-date on the world in which your story takes place (less possible if it's an imaginary world, ancient history, etc). For example, here's our NFS RSS feed. Browsing these subscriptions (hint: put them all in a folder and then browse the folder's feed) can be a good way to start the day in that it can reorient you to the world of your story.
7. Ease into it
I wrote this note when I found myself struggling to engage at the beginning of every screenwriting session. I would be fine after 30-60 minutes of focusing, but during that initial period I would be distracted, irritable, and generally unsatisfied with my thought process and level of focus. So I wrote myself a note:
Realize that it's going to take you time to get into it, every time. Don't expect it to come to you right away. Ease into it. Here's a good way: take a step back and just sketch out the scene/sequence/script. Hand-write an outline or a diagram. It's not something for posterity, it's not something you're going to refer to next week or next month, it's just an exercise to get you oriented.
8. Split view(s)
Somehow I got through high school and college and never really understood split views in word processing (and now screenwriting). I can view two different sections of the document at once? And then I can turn one view into a scene view (or index card view) and persistently display my outline? Wow, that makes way too much sense. (This section is only here for the 0.1% of people who also somehow missed out on this common function in the "Window" or "View" menu).
9. "But" or "therefore" but not "and then"
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone might not be the first guys you would turn to for pithy screenwriting tips, but you'd be hard pressed to find a handier two-minute video on screenwriting:
There's a slightly longer version here (not to mention they mention the same approach in the much more thorough documentary The Making of South Park: 6 Days to Air), but this video contains the meat and potatoes. "But" or "therefore" gives you causation between each beat, and that's a story. Not "and then." Over the course of dozens or hundreds of drafts it's easy to forget what you know. A simple rule of thumb like this can go a long way.
10. Beat sheet with multiple indent levels / color-coding
The screenplay is a very sparse format. The page is predominantly empty, but that doesn't mean that you don't have a lot of thoughts on what's going on — for yourself, for future drafts, for others, etc. Final Draft's "ScriptNote" feature is ostensibly the way to make such notes within the screenplay doc itself, but in my humble opinion, ScriptNotes suck. They feel like something from the 1990s: there are a bunch of little icons scattered all over your document and if you want to print them out, they all show up in a separate printout detached from the actual script. If Celtx has a better way of making annotations on the script, feel free to share that in the comments.
Instead, I found myself creating and maintaing a separate beat sheet. A beat sheet is a form of outline, and making it color-coded helped me to track different plotlines. I tried a few different text editors, including Evernote, but found that I needed an editor with the bulleted-list features of, say, Microsoft Word, so I could do several different indentation levels: one each for act, sequence, scene, beat. I used Google
Docs Drive for persistent online backup and cloud storage, but if you're an offline writer, Word may be a better choice. Here's an example of what my beat sheet would look like:
In Google Docs, you can speed the color/formatting process by using Command-Option-C to copy and Command-Option-V to paste formatting only (that's on a Mac; on a PC, it's Control-Alt-C to copy and Control-Alt-V to paste just the formatting).
I also found that in the progression of moving from draft to draft, it helped me to highlight changes that I needed to get into the current draft with one color, and potential changes for a future draft with another color. This helped me iterate and actually finish drafts I was comfortable sending to producers, while still keeping track of changes I might want to make at a later date with more time and more readthroughs.
While this approach definitely helped me keep track of my structure and plot lines, the drawback is whenever you make changes in the screenplay itself, the outline becomes out of date… and vice versa. In an ideal world this kind of structuring ability would be tied to the screenplay doc itself, and while I used Scene Cards in Final Draft for a rough approximation of this, going forward I'll be looking for a way to integrate this kind of outline. I've mentioned Movie Draft previously but it doesn't seem to be updated as often as I'd like.
11. Elevate the conflict within the scene
Two characters each want something different. Does the script escalate these opposing desires over the course of the scene? If the scene seems to be lacking something, this basic configuration can help give the beats a definite structure.
12. Paper printouts
After writing the first draft on paper and doing the next several drafts in the digital domain, I found a few tricky sections that I just couldn't wrap my head around inside of a screenwriting program. To the printout!
If there's one thing computers and tablets are still missing, it's the freedom to quickly draw diagrams and arrows, add notes at odd angles, and cross things out. The iPad is not ideal for styli and most of us don't have touch screen computers. Even if we did, we wouldn't be able to look at a dozens pages side by side.
Multiple pen co…lors, that is. I still don't really understand instagram (but you should follow me here anyway?).
13. Different writing locations for different drafts
I don't know how many drafts I've written of MANCHILD simply because, who's to say what constitutes a "draft?" Every time you make a pass from start to finish? Not every pass covers the entire script. Every time you save a new version? There's no science to that, some people save a new version several times a day. Every time you send it out for someone to read? You might do dozens of drafts in between those times. However, regardless of your definition of a "draft," there's no doubt that there are major milestones in a long writing process. If you don't have the ability to take some time off between drafts, at least you can set yourself up in a new location (even within your house) so you feel like you're, quite literally, coming at it from a new angle. It's a gimmick, but it helped me.
14. Big changes first
This might seem obvious, but as I'm also writing this post for my own benefit — the next time I sit down to write a feature may be a year or more, given making this one's going to keep me occupied for a bit — I want to remind my future self of this: "the biggest changes are going to have the most significant ripple effects and the highest likelihood of changing/destroying what you've already written, so make the big changes first and then worry about the smaller ones… they may already have been nullified or otherwise changed by the time you get to them."
15. iPad
The perfect screenplay reading device thanks to its paper-sized form factor, the iPad (and theoretically other tablets, though no one has the software/app support yet to really compete) also makes for a surprisingly enjoyable screenplay writing device. The iPad's form factor makes it, in my opinion, the perfect revision tool. You're not going to write very quickly on it, and therefore I wouldn't pen something from scratch on a tablet, but once you've got a draft in hand and you want to review it, it's just much, much nicer to be able to sit in a nice chair or lie on a couch/bed and peruse the script as if it's a published piece of work… as opposed to scrolling down a laptop screen while sitting a desk. Revising on the iPad (I use Final Draft Writer though there are several alternatives, including Celtx Mobile) feels like a hybrid of reading and writing, and while it wasn't an option for most of the MANCHILD writing process (the iPad writer app only came out about a month before my last draft was finished), it's definitely something I'll be using consistently going forward.
16. Freedom
I wrote about the Mac app Freedom three years ago, and I've been using it ever since whenever I need to shut out the outside world and get work done. Basically the app shuts off your internet, and while you might find it ridiculous to pay $10 for such a simple function, plenty of writers swear by it — and if it helps you get work done, the ends more than justify the means. Since then the same developer has launched an app called Anti-Social, which works in a similar manner but keeps your internet connection alive while blocking social networking time wasters like Facebook and Twitter (and any other site you add to the list).
17. Windows management software
The ability to arrange multiple windows simultaneously with a single keystroke (or click of the mouse) is built into the latest versions of Windows (or so I'm told). I'm on a Mac, and the ability to tile/split/arrange multiple applications isn't built-in, but there are a lot of applications that enable this kind of customization. Oftentimes I'll want my outline (or research materials) on one half and the script on the other. A good free option to do this on the Mac is Spectacle. I'm not opposed to paying for software by any means, but… this one's free and it works great. The main reason I could see buying an alternative is if you're more of a visual drag-and-drop kind of person as opposed to learning a few new keystrokes.
18. David Mamet's Memo to his writers on 'The Unit'
There were a few scenes in my script that were bothering me every time I read through them, and I wasn't sure why. I had a sense — they felt too expository — but no one was giving me any notes on them. Still, something about them was bothering me. I reread this David Mamet memo, and realized it was exactly this: "ANY TIME TWO CHARACTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD, THE SCENE IS A CROCK OF SHIT."
Pretty much any movie or TV show is going to have two characters talking about a third in some way, in passing at least. But I took Mamet's point to mean "if the entire scene is only about these two people talking about another thing [person, event, issue], it needs to change."
19. Character-specific passes
Do entire drafts wherein you only pay attention to one character — their motivations, their complexities, their arc. Create a beat sheet just for them. Turn off ScriptNotes, ignore the rest of the scenes, and pretend the rest of the script doesn't exist. Don't worry if you're messing up things holistically — you're going to do plenty more passes start-to-finish. This pass is strictly about making one character — and not just your lead — as nuanced, complex, and three-dimensional as possible. Everyone is the protagonist of their world, and their motivations and decisions all need to make sense to them.
20. Use your Good Hours
It's the beginning of your day. Your to-do list has dozens of items on it, several of which you want to get to today. Plus you have bills to pay and a lot other bullshit to deal with. Which of these things do you tackle first?
I used to try to get the small things done first. Many people think this way — "I'll just get this out of the way" — but time and time again I found myself tired by the time I got around to what should have been the most important item — in this case, the screenplay. My energy was already depleted. So it wasn't a stroke of genius to say, "I'll use my good hours — when I have the most energy and am the freshest — to work on the most important thing first, and then when I'm tired I'll handle the bullshit." This seems like a no-brainer, but it took me a while to come around to this approach. It didn't help that, from years of doing school work late at night, I believed my most creative hours were naturally at night — not (always) true.
No matter how hard-working we are, no matter how motivated, all of us only have a certain number of Good Hours in a day. Use them to work on what matters most!
And now that this post is finished, damn — there went my good hours for today! For more screenwriting "things," see Chris's recent post on 6 more — or add your own in the comments. And more on MANCHILD very soon.
We're all here for the same reason: to better ourselves as writers, directors, cinematographers, producers, photographers... whatever our creative pursuit. Criticism is valuable as long as it is constructive, but personal attacks are grounds for deletion; you don't have to agree with us to learn something. We're all here to help each other, so thank you for adding to the conversation!
Great update; I was dying for a Manchild Update. Metabones update + Manchild update= A Good monday
Daniel on 01.14.13 @ 11:05AM
What an inspiring read. I really enjoy reading these rare updates on Manchild.
Thanks! They'll be less rare going forward — writing updates on the screenwriting process has been hard (what's there to say other than "new draft!"), but I'll be posting about it more frequently going forward.
israel Perez on 01.14.13 @ 11:25AM
Very nice and informative post. It is very helpful to see what worked and what didn't work for you so that we don't commit the same errors. Again thanks for sharing Ryan.
DIYFilmSchool.net on 01.14.13 @ 11:25AM
This is all good stuff, but the most relevant points to myself as a creative person (and especially when writing) are points 3, 9 and 19.
maghoxfre on 01.14.13 @ 11:53AM
Thanks for this post Koo, these are the posts I enjoy the most. I'm not into gear THAT much and I'm here mainly for the learning aspect of filmmaking. This post was awesome and I loved the Stone&Parker video. Mamet's quote was great.
Christopher Boone on 01.14.13 @ 11:54AM
Great post, Koo. So many great tips and tools for screenwriters. One of my biggest takeaways from this post is the overarching point that screenplays take a hell of lot of work to get them right, yet, to many, look deceptively simple to write. Looking forward to future updates on MANCHILD.
Agreed, sometimes I think, "it took HOW many drafts to get to this point?" But whether it's a dozen or a hundred, the end product is worth it!
Jerome on 01.14.13 @ 12:41PM
Congrats Koo. You got the rock — take it to the hole!!
Thanks Jerome!
I'm tryling to get a screenplay for a short together in the next months. This will help a lot. Thanks so much, Koo. Good luck going forward with MANCHILD!
john jeffreys on 01.14.13 @ 2:51PM
There are free alternatives to #16, including self control, and like 1000 browser plugins just google something like "firefox blacklist" or "firefox facebook blocker" etc
Thank you Ryan. That was very insightful and practically helpful. Now I just have to figure out how to get my good hours away from the damn day job. All the best with it.
David on 01.14.13 @ 3:14PM
Thank you kind sir!
I'm, at the moment, just planning out my feature film which has taken me months to get to this stage, I guess it's a matter of what you said about "good hours" but I'm also scared to write it, but you've really given me a kick in the face with motivation (in a good way!) so thank you.
I hope to hear more about manchild soon!
Thank you again for a sincerely fantastic article.
Xiong on 01.14.13 @ 3:14PM
Thanks for the article Ryan, will be bookmarking this for future references.
sammy on 01.14.13 @ 4:42PM
So much stuff…books/internet on screenwriting out there..
but this manages to compile some good stuff.
Writing in longhand and use of cards does seem to help.
Anything to get the script from the theoretical into an
actual physical object of existence helps the process.
VinceGortho on 01.14.13 @ 4:51PM
These seem to help a lot. Robert Mckee's Ten Commandments of story writing.
1. Thou shalt not take the crisis/climax out of the protagonist's hands. The anti-deus ex machina commandment.
2. Thou shalt not make life easy for the protagonist. Nothing progresses in a story except through conflict.
3. Thou shalt not give exposition for exposition's sake. Dramatize it. Convert exposition to ammunition.
4. Thou shalt not use false mystery or cheap surprise.
5. Thou shalt respect your audience. The anti-hack commandment.
6. Thou shalt know your world as God knows this one. The pro-research commandment.
7. Thou shalt not complicate when complexity is better. Don't multiply the complications on one level. Use all three: Intra-personal, Inter-personal, Extra-personal.
8. Thou shalt seek the end of the line, taking characters to the farthest reaches and depth of conflict imaginable within the story's own realm of probability.
9. Thou shalt not write on the nose. Put a subtext under every text.
10. Thou shalt rewrite
NFS is now officially the most interesting place on the internet! Thanks a lot guys… hell of a job!
Thanks Ryan! Inspiring
NFS is my primary Safari-hangout now days. Great work
Hey Ryan, such an inspiring and generous post. Seems like you have already learned so much from the Man Child project. Thanks for taking the time and best of luck going forward.
Thanks for a great post Ryan. Took a short break (ahem) from writing and reading the hefty notes on my latest pass… draft… number… ermmm??? So your timing is terrific.
BUMMED I can't watch the PArker and STone link though. Searched for 45 minutes trying to find it elsewhere without success. Anyone with a link that will play outside US, be much appreciated.
Damn, didn't realize it was georestricted. Everywhere else I can find the video is using the same source (the MTVU player), sorry!
Yeah me too. Thanks for trying :)) Damn but I love those guys.
Another solid and helpful post. Thanks, Ryan!
Always love the screenwriting posts as everyone has their own techniques and there is no one way to "find your muse"
Very interesting to see all the different tips writers give and how they compare, many of which you have here definitely go hand in hand with my style and others. Love #1, I do this too and recommend it to everyone as when you go to transfer the draft to digital it forces a solid rewrite out of you.
4, 9, 12, 13, & 19 are also on point.
Thanks for continuing to share personal writing posts from your experiences and others, you don't find that too often out there. Lots of strict "do's and don'ts"
Don't you think Manchild is taking too long?
Yes, I do think it's taking longer than I'd like, but I'd rather spend more time to make it better than rush it out.
This project was part of the Sundance labs in 2005:
Things take time. They also very often fall apart and get delayed. I'll have more on why, how, what for, etc. soon.
Peter Gell on 01.17.13 @ 5:40PM
Used a chunk of today's 'good hours' reading this post, but feeling no guilt whatsoever. Great post. :)
Great post! Regarding your troubles keeping your outline and screenplay in synch next time you should give Scrivener a try. It's the best software I know for that and it exports smoothly to Final Draft when you need it.
I actually used Scrivener for a bit but really thought it an ideal tool for writing novels and manuscripts, not screenplays (it does have some basic screenplay formatting functionality and the newer versions may be even better, so maybe I'll give it another shot.
Bryan Krauss on 01.18.13 @ 2:38AM
Great tips. I sometimes have a tiger eye focus on writing, but not of late. These listed elements where inspiring. A way back to my focus Thank you.
Darren Wolff on 01.23.13 @ 7:37AM
Thanks for the tips Ryan. All very interesting and valid. I shall take onboard and no doubt go back to review this post many times.
Thank you so much for this post! It provided me with very useful information!
I use my iPad to go over my script and use the good notes app (Free) to take notes on it. I bought a stylus ($5 at the pharmacy) so I can write on it, and you also have the option to type notes. The coolest thing for me is that I can change the colors of the pen you write with. I use one color for my notes, another for my mentor's, and red to mark scenes that I know are not there yet or could eventually be cut. Then I prop the script up like a stand and apply the edits from my notes into my screenplay via my computer. I love it.
I also take notes during this read through that are more general. Things that are bothering me about the script. A scene I should add. What's missing. I do this in the notes app so I can easily email it to myself or other readers to show them my concerns.
The best part about this vs. printing the script out, is that you can do these edits on the train on your way to work or outside. Having the luxury of reading and taking notes on my script during times when I'd otherwise just be doing nothing is such a huge plus for the iPad.
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successful eventful game days doesn't mean that I have to stop prattling on about various topics. You, of course, are free to listen or ignore as you see fit. In this case, the topic is "luck."
I've referenced the concept of "luck" before (see more of an explanation on what it means and how I calculate it at my primer here), but in short: "luck" is the difference between actual winning percentage and "expected" winning percentage. I've also referenced that – claims of "clutch-iness", "choke-ability", "just-knows-how-to-win-ittude" aside – I believe that "luck" is essentially random.
I don't make that claim out of the blue, by the way. Plenty of other smart people in various sports-math disciplines have done the work and drawn that same conclusion. However, given that they (probably) haven't used my nebulous metrics, whether that holds true with regard to the Hoegher Rankings hasn't been proven. That's what this Fan Post is designed to address, as well as (hopefully) educate people on what exactly "luck" tells us about a team or coach.
First, let's start simple. How did teams stack up in 2012 (with regards to their "luck")? We know that OSU (Ohio State) was one of the most "lucky" teams, coming in at +24% (1st), and we know that OSU (Oklahoma State) was one for the most "unlucky" teams, coming in at -20% (123rd). For all the teams in between those extremes, this is what that distribution looks like:
Ah… that sweet Gaussian distribution, how lovely it is. Breathe it in, appreciate its timeless wonder. Do you have it? Good. Now toss those thoughts aside and realize this plot tells us nothing. It tells us that "luck" follows a normal distribution (more or less). It does not tell us how that distribution occurs. It could be distributed in the same way that finish times at the local 5k are distributed (that is, due to differences in speed and endurance). It could be distributed in the same way Plinko is distributed (that is, due to the cruel whims of the gods).
So how can we tell the difference? It's pretty simple, actually. If we take a measurement that we assume is due to inherent skill, then that measurement should be repeatable. If I participated in a race against Usain Bolt, I would win. And I would expect to win any subsequent time that we held such an event, barring unforeseen blue shells (I should mention that this race occurs on a Mario Kart 64 circuit). Plinko does not offer me that same benefit.
Applying this to the concept of "luck" in college football, teams that finish with a high "luck" rating in one year should expect to finish with a high "luck" rating the next year as well (assuming "luck" is a skill). Apply the same reasoning for those poor "luck" yielding teams. Using the 2011 and 2012 seasons (and removing those teams that only joined in 2012), this is what we have:
Now, for me, this is pretty cut and dry. Not only is the R^2 (EDIT: guess what HTML tag doesn't work here? Yep, superscript) value essentially perfect for un-correlated data, but that trendline has a near-zero slope. Hell, while I wasn't expecting anything indicating a strong correlation, that R^2 value still surprised me with how low it was. But maybe you're stubborn (*cough* PROVELT *cough*). Maybe you want "luck" data trending over a period of more than two years. Well, lucky for you (HA!) I put in that work as well:
First thing to note is we're dealing with a smaller sample size here, due to teams joining the FBS during this time. Not a huge difference (N = 120 for 2011-12, N = 117 for 2003-12), but just so y'all are aware.
Second: hey, we actually registered a noticeable R^2 value! I mean, that's still so low as to be meaningless, but whatever makes you sleep at night. Also, there's a definite positive slope in the trendline. While this gives the briefest bit of credence to those who cling to "luck" as characteristic trait, I've got other theories which I'll expand on later.
MORE TIME RANGE, you say? That doesn't quite make sense, but I'll acquiesce your request nonetheless:
Well, now things get a bit interesting. That R^2 value isn't negligible anymore (though I'd still argue that a R^2 value of 0.134 isn't anything to get too excited over). More importantly, the correlation displayed here is actually significant in a statistical sense (p = 0.0002). I didn't note this for the above two plots, but safe to say: those were not significant. Before I get to defending my "LUCK IS MEANINGLESS" theory, let's spend some time talking about the teams I've highlighted above.
Auburn – there are two teams that have three undefeated seasons since 1993. One is Nebraska (duh). The other is Auburn (1993, 2004, 2010). Unlike Nebraska, which went undefeated with legitimately great teams, Auburn somehow managed to accomplish the same task with fairly underwhelming teams (by undefeated standards). 1993 Auburn ranked 23rd in Adj Def, 2004 Auburn ranked 14th in Adj Off, 2010 Auburn ranked 39th in Adj Def. Undefeated teams are always going to rate out as "lucky," no matter how hard Nick Saban tries, but this effect is magnified when you do it with less-than-stellar teams.
Oregon – their luck is almost completely due to the period 2000-05, as well as the early-mid 1990's when they first discovered themselves. Interestingly enough, Oregon actually had a down period from 2002-04, but their performances on the ends of that half-decade are enough to push them up towards the top. Chip Kelly's teams actually hardly rate out as lucky at all, though it certainly helps never managing to go undefeated despite a stellar offense.
Air Force – Exhibit A why I think a good offense is worth more than a good defense: Air Force had a legitimately great defense in 2009 (11th) and just an average offense (56th). They went 8-5, which sounds decent until you realize they had a -19% "luck" rating, which is worth about two more wins. 1993 offers the other side of this, with an average defense (47th) and a bad offense (81st). They had a -21% "luck" rating that year.
Memphis – Memphis has always sucked. It does not surprise me to see them here.
Northwestern – Okay, this is pretty much the one team that I think might have something "special" with regards to "luck," at least since football started in 1995. I don't know if it's because Northwestern is forced to adopt the underdog/upset role in a major conference to survive (as a counterpoint, Duke has atrocious "luck," but since when does Duke care about football?). Since 1995, hell since 1990, Northwestern has had exactly two seasons with below average "luck." 1998 (still getting their footing) and 2011 (that's what happens when you lose to Army). If you want to go ahead and plug them in for a game more than whatever I project, that's okay. I'm still not adjusting my formula, but I understand.
As to that statistically significant correlation in my twenty-year comparison...
See the thing is that "luck" isn't completely independent of other variables. Obviously, un-defeated teams are "lucky" by definition and all-defeated teams are "unlucky" by definition. This extends beyond those boundaries, though. As you might expect, teams with winning records tend to be "luckier" than teams with losing records:
Winning percentage is a pretty poor metric to correlate from year-to-year (just based on strength of schedule), but it is something that is more-or-less repeatable. So it's my opinion that the significance of "luck" across a twenty-year time period is more due to residual effects of winning percentage, rather than an inherent skill of "luck" for a specified team. But you are free to disagree :)
Just for fun, a comparison of luck across coaches (rather than teams) for 2011-12:
It's been my opinion that "luck" would be a characteristic of a coach, rather than a team (if anything other than random). That R^2 value is still essentially meaningless, but it's nice that my hypothesis seems to have support here (I also have 10 years summaries, but only a few coaches qualify, which is why I'm not posting them).


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With a stay at East Grand Inn in East Grand Forks, you'll be close to East Grand Forks Heritage Village and University of North Dakota. This hotel is within close proximity of Northland Community College and Red River State Recreation Area. Make yourself at home in one of the 60 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you con...
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Mediocre 3.0
the beds seemed clean & the shower was great.
it was dirty & did not smell fresh, however it did not stink either. there were things stored in the hallway & it just seemed odd.This was a strange hotel. The staff was friendly but it was like staying with a country cousin. There was laundry being folded in the lobby when we arrived in the evening, there were bikes in the hallway, there was a chair and little grill outside in the parking lot. The carpet was dirty in our room and the tv didn't work. The bathroom was clean and the shower was great, but that is the best thing to say about this hotel. I can also say the wireless connection was good.
|Excellent - 176 reviews
The Hilton Garden Inn Grand Forks-UND hotel in North Dakota is connected to The University of North Dakota via skywalk to the UND Aerospace School and located less than two miles from the Alerus Center, Ralph Engelstad Arena, Columbia Mall, Ray Richards Golf Course, 3 miles from Cabela's, and 6 miles from the Grand Forks International Airport. The Hilton Gar...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 176 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Convenient to UND
It's pricey - but most decent hotels in Grand Forks are.
Good 8.0
Room was large and clean. Staff was very helpful
No breakfast available except for the $11.00 breakfast at the restaurant. Just looking for a continental breakfast but not available.
|Good - 504 reviews
--SLEEPY BEAR HONOR ROLL PROPERTY-- The Travelodge is Grand Forks best value in lodging. We offer a free deluxe continental breakfast and in-room coffee. Our facilities include a large indoor pool, spa, as well as an exercise room and guest laundry. We feature specialty rooms such as Sleepy Bear Dens and Jacuzzi suites. Formerly the North Star Inn, the T...
Overall Rating - Good - 504 reviews
Poor 1.0
the hotel was just a mess came in just as a large spider came down from the ceiling the staff freaked so i kill it are room was so bad that i up graded that cost an extra 8o dollars and the room was just as bad
Okay 6.0
Public spaces could be cleanerSeemed a bit shabby
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Be happy at this Howard Johnson Grand Forks ND conveniently located off Interstate 29 near hockey at Ralph Engelstad Arena, and Grand Forks International Airport with complimentary shuttle service. Take the family to explore the great outdoors at The Greenway along the Red River. The North Dakota Museum of Art is just one mile from this lodging with complime...
Overall Rating - Mediocre - 11 reviews
Good 6.3
Very friendly, helpful staff. The building is located right off the highway, so it's easy to find. Very inexpensive, and has a nice little indoor "water park" that kids will love.
It was a bit run down/old. The bathroom had mold and peeling paint, The carpet also looked dirty. I would not lay my suitcase down on it. I was unable to draw the curtains fully closed for privacy and light blockage.
Good 8.0
location, value, good beds, and great breakfast
Apparently built in 1968, so its 'old', and needs a few updates, but thats to be expected.Good value and I liked the double access doors: One to the outside like a motel and one to the inside hall like a hotel.
|Excellent - 499 reviews
The Country Inn & Suites Grand Forks ND is scheduled to open July 2008. The hotel is located within 1- 3 blocks of shopping, dining, entertainment, sporting facilities and golf courses
Overall Rating - Excellent - 499 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Great toddler swimming area. Great suite room for price
A little bit of a distance from the shopping area but nothing too bad
Excellent 10.0
Awesome kids pool and it was warm. Great breakfast. Clean roooms.Going back....
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With a stay at Select Inn Grand Forks in Grand Forks, you'll be near the airport and convenient to Ralph Engelstad Arena and University of North Dakota. This hotel is within close proximity of North Dakota Museum of Art and North Dakota Mill and Elevator. Make yourself at home in one of the 32 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. You...
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Mediocre 3.0
The beds were comfortable and the bathroom was clean
Our room smelled of smoke when we arrived. The clerk at the desk was helpful, but when she called the owner to approve a new room, he required us to pay a--- fee. He also owns the econolodge in grand forks. Not customer focused.Could use a cleaning as we heard in other reviews.
Mediocre 3.0
The price
The room was run down with rips in the chairs and stains on the carpet. Loud train next to the room. Bathroom was clean at least but the rest of the room was very run down
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Located at Interstate 29 and U.S. Highway 2 in Grand Forks, N.D., the Super 8 is just five miles from Grand Forks International Airport and 16 miles from the Grand Forks A.F.B. Newly remodeled, all of our rooms now include free high-speed wireless internet and a refrigerator and microwave. Additionally, budget-minded travellers can enjoy one of our guestroo...
Overall Rating - Good - 249 reviews
Good 8.0
Fairly quiet.Convenient. Good price. Good A/C
No elevator. Old blankets and comforter.
Good 8.0
The room was clean and the staff was friendly and very helpful!
It smelled like smoke when walking into the building to get to the Front Desk.
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Welcome to the Knights Inn and Suites Grand Forks, just 8 minutes from Grand Forks International Airport. This lodging offers access to Grand Forks business headquarters as well as time honored recreation opportunities like cross country skiing, biking, hiking and inline skating. Walk to Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, and access fast food and upscale restauran...
Overall Rating - Okay - 55 reviews
Excellent 9.0
Clean, friendly and close to everything we needed
Our room was connected by a very thin door to the next room where a party of 5 young girls were very loud till 3:30 in the morning. Next time we will make sure we do not have a room that is connected to another room.
Excellent 9.0
Staff was kind a helpful
Could use some paint or grout without mold
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Welcome to the Hampton Inn and Suites of Grand Forks, ND. Set on the rapidly developing, 42nd St. corridor in Grand Forks, this modern hotel is less than a mile from the Alerus Center, Super Target Shopping Complex, the Columbia Mall and many businesses and restaurants. The University of North Dakota and the iconic Ralph Englestad Arena are two miles from th...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 9 reviews
Excellent 9.0
This hotel is just over the 1 year anniversary and it shows. Great design and layout plus everything is shiny new and clean. Great place.
Excellent 10.0
It is clean and quiet with a great selection at breakfast
Chlorine was a little strong in the pool/spaWe have stayed there twice now and have found it consistently clean and quiet.
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With a stay at Expressway Suites of Grand Forks in Grand Forks, you'll be minutes from Alerus Center and close to University of North Dakota. This hotel is within close proximity of North Dakota Museum of Art and Ralph Engelstad Arena. Make yourself at home in one of the 71 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Intern...
Overall Rating - Excellent - 7 reviews
Excellent 9.0
The hotel was well maintained, and the staff very friendly and accommodating. The location was very close to the Alerus Centre, so it would be perfect for taking in an event there. Will definitely return.
Excellent 10.0
It was very nice and new. Really enjoyed the spacious bathroom and large counter.
|Good - 355 reviews
100 Percent Non Smoking Hotel. Days Inn Columbia Mall, a Modern Facility, offers you the comforts you seek. Relax by our Pool, or enjoy Shopping next door at Columbia Mall, Grand Forks largest Shopping Center. At the Days Inn Columbia Mall, we pride ourselves in being the Hospitality leaders of the Midwest, by providing special attention to the needs of...
Overall Rating - Good - 355 reviews
Good 7.0
The price was agreeable, the continental breakfast was satisfactory, the location was ideal. Yes, we got what we wanted.
Yes, the carpets on the hallway and the staircase could use a major steam cleaning. There were chunks of mud on the carpet for the two night duration of our stay, indicating no daily cleaning has taken place.The beds' mattresses were too soft for our liking, but it is probably just us.
Okay 6.0
noisy plumbing. when a neighbor above showered (twice during the night) it set off a whistle somewhere near our roomMy confirmation was for---- and my exiting bill was for----
|Excellent - 470 reviews
Overall Rating - Excellent - 470 reviews
Excellent 10.0
Close to shopping. let us check in early, but staff was rude about it. I wasn't expecting to be allowed to check in early and if I was told no I would have been fine with it, however the gal at the front snapped at me. Gentleman at night was GREAT though!
Parking was limited and squishy.The seating at breakfast was quite crowded and busy. Took my food back up to the room.
Excellent 10.0
Breakfast was excellentRoom very comfortable and spotless
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GuestHouse International Town House is located in central Grand Forks, close to Red River State Recreation Area, University of North Dakota, and Ralph Engelstad Arena. Nearby points of interest also include Alerus Center and VFW Arena. GuestHouse International Town House's restaurant serves breakfast and weekend brunch. A bar/lounge is open for drinks. Room...
Overall Rating - Good - 163 reviews
Good 7.0
The staff were helpful and friendly.
The heat/AC control and unit were not working. 55 degrees when we walked in and then after trying to adjust the thermostat it switched between heat and AC. The staff moved us to another room and then everything was good. Hotel is a old but clean.Old and a little outdate. Rooms were very clean and the bed was comfortable.
Excellent 10.0
it was very nice inside really good for the kids
i found the pool was very dirty and the sauna did not work i tryed a coupple of times other then that it was very goodi really evjoyed our stay my son really liked the mini golf while i really enjoyed my coffee witch was provided with falvored creams lol
|Good - 303 reviews
Refresh at this Ramada Grand Forks hotel located at the intersection of Highway 2 and Interstate 29 near Grand Forks International Airport, events at the Alerus Center, the University of North Dakota, Columbia Mall, Empire Arts Center, and the Kings Walk Golf Course. Relax at this smoke-free lodging with complimentary wireless Internet access, heated indoor...
Overall Rating - Good - 303 reviews
Poor 1.0
The cleanliness was subpar. The hallways were very dirty, and the carpet felt greasy. The upstairs entrances did not have cardlock requirements for the entryway, you had to enter and then go up the stairs before a key card was required.
Okay 5.0
Desperately needs a facelift which is incoming in the future- didn't affect my sleep though. Also would like to see the free coffee in lobby early in morning on a consistent basis. Se mornings it was there but not always.
|Good - 509 reviews
With a stay at Americas Best Value Inn-Grand Forks in Grand Forks, you'll be convenient to Ralph Engelstad Arena and University of North Dakota. This hotel is within close proximity of North Dakota Museum of Art and Alerus Center. Make yourself at home in one of the 118 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Complimentary wireless Inte...
Overall Rating - Good - 509 reviews
Okay 6.0
I like the staff, location and price.
People were outside drinking. Cigarette butts around the doors.
Good 7.0
Price, not being by the freeway or downtown.
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Sheriff's deputies were clearly on the job at Fairfield Middle School Friday afternoon.
They were there to maintain order a day after a classroom fight that led to overnight stays for two female students at the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia.
One of them is the daughter of Elenna and Ricardo Gladney.
Akeyva Gladney got into a scuffle with one of her classmates Thursday afternoon.
"She was like 'Akeyva sit down somewhere,' and so that's when she was like 'Akeyva, you want to fight, we can fight right now,'" says Akeyva Gladney. "And so that's when I was about to sit down and she came to hit me in my head and that's started to fighting."
The Gladneys say Akeyva was defending herself after being struck by her classmate.
"She's a minor," says Elenna Gladney. "I mean, it seems like they don't inform the parents or nothing at all. And it hurt me real bad to see my daughter go to jail."
While neither of the girls suffered significant injuries, the Gladneys say Akeyva may have been hurt more by what they say was an over-reaction by school officials.
"I mean she didn't use no weapon," says her mother. "She wasn't a threat to the principal or nothing of that. Nothing of that. Nothing of that at all. None of that."
"I was like, 'You're not the judge. You can't determine whether my child goes to DJJ or not,'" says Ricardo Gladney. "He was telling me if I did anything to try and stop it, he was going to use force against me. Really it was a lose-lose situation."
First the school district suspended the students for three days. Then administrators stood by as the Fairfield County Sheriff's Department put the girls in plastic handcuffs and hauled them off to D-J-J.
An incident report says the students had been warned on Wednesday about fighting.
A spokesman says the department's resource officer believed the conflict had been brewing for some time and the girls were aware they could face serious consequences.
Fairfield Deputy Superintendent Dr. Claudia Edwards declined comment on camera and in fact, asked us to leave when we showed up at district headquarters. She said she'd issue a written statement later in the day.
Late Friday afternoon, the district's superintendent told WIS he supports and trusts any decision made by the school resource officer to take the girls into custody.
Akeyva and her classmate are due back in school next Wednesday.
The sheriff's department says if they avoid further trouble their records will be expunged.
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Wall Street Journal Misses Fannie Preferred Point
For example, Fannie's preferred series E (FNMFM) shares, with a par value of $50.00 and a coupon of 5.10%, rose 23% on Tuesday to close at $8.00. The shares were flat in late morning trading on Wednesday.
Freddie Mac's preferred series Z (FMCKJ) shares, with a coupon of 5.375% and a par value of $25, rose 15% on Tuesday to close at $3.88. The shares were up 4% in late morning trading on Wednesday, to $4.02.
The Treasury holds a warrant to purchase up to 79.9% of Fannie's common shares, at an exercise price of just $0.00001 per share. That makes a long-term investment in the common shares a rather dubious proposition.
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6. Ilya Bryzgalov, Phoenix
2009-10: 42-20-8, 2.29, .920
08-09: 26-31-3, 2.98, .906
07-08: 28-25-3, 2.44, .920
The surprising Coyotes gave a nice boost to Bryzgalov's fantasy numbers last season, pushing him into the 40-win plateau. Expect some regression on that front, but Phoenix should win enough games to keep Bryzgalov near the mid-30s. His save percentage is among the best in the league and he's looking at another heavy workload in 2010-11.
7. Tuukka Rask, Boston
2009-10: 22-12-5, 1.97 GAA, .931 save percentage
08-09: 1-0-1, 0.00, 1.00
07-08: 2-1-0, 3.26, .886
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8. Tomas Vokoun, Florida
2009-10: 23-28-7, 2.55 GAA, .925 save percentage
08-09: 26-23-6, 2.49, .926
07-08: 30-29-4, 2.68, .919
The biggest problem for Vokoun (and the same problem he's always had) is the team he plays for. Awful. Still, he's as good as anyone in the league in terms of save percentage, and that will keep his goals against among the top performers as well. Not many wins, which is a problem, but in the last year of his contact and with uber prospect Jacob Markstrom waiting in the wings it wouldn't be a shock to see Vokoun dealt to a contender at some point this year. If that happens, his value will increase dramatically. Even without that, his workload and talent will make him a useful fantasy asset again next season.
9. Miikka Kiprusoff, Calgary
2009-10: 35-28-4, 2.31, .920
08-09: 45-24-4, 2.84, .903
07-08: 39-26-2, 2.69, .906
Which Kipper will we get? The resurgent Miikka from 09-10, or the diminished, seemingly overworked version from the previous two seasons? It's anybodies guess at this point, but the chance of Kiprusoff putting up a monster 35-win, low-2 GAA, .920 save percentage season is worth drafting at this point. He's a pick that could provide immense value or disappoint greatly. Gamblers, get ready to roll those dice.
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07-08: 8-6-2, 2.25, .935
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Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Op. 78 composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). Edited by Hans Otto Hiekel. For Piano, Violin. Henle Music Folios. 40 pages. G. Henle #HN75. Published by G. Henle (HL.51480075).
The Sonata in G Major owes its epithet "Rain Song Sonata" to two melodies from Brahms' "Rain Songs" Op. 59, Nos. 3 and 4 which are quoted at the beginning of the last movement. An ornamental leaf with the first 24 bars of the "Adagio" was recently re-discovered and has been reproduced as a facsimile in this edition. It shows the connection between the work and Clara Schumann and her youngest son. Felix, Brahms' godson and a talented violinist, was seriously ill and died before the work was completed. In a letter of dedication on the reverse of the leaf, Brahms expresses his deepest sympathy and his best wishes. This single edition from the volume containing all of Brahms' violin sonatas (HN 194) contains a preface by Wolfgang Sandberger, illuminating the genesis of the "Felix Sonata.".
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Roughly 3 weeks ago ATI released yet another graphics card onto the market that comes from the successful X1000 series of graphics cards. It's targeted at the high-end segment yet in the lower price range - the product is being positioned against NVIDIA's 299 dollar GeForce 7900 GT.
Today we'll be peeking at the rather lovely Radeon X1900 GT from this company. So here it is my fellow guru's, a review on ATI's latest 12-pipe mid-range product based on the R580 silicon, which quite frankly is a very credible graphics card as you'll learn in this article. The card features 36 Pixel Shaders and eight vertex Shaders yet has been massively castrated to twelve pixel pipelines.
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One Year Ago
The 59th annual Putnam County Science Fair showed off the best area students had to offer on Saturday at Glandorf Elementary School. Seven students received a score of 40 on their projects. They included Madison Heckman and Tyler Ebbeskotte from Glandorf; Kelsey Miller from Continental, Abigail Hilvers and Alexis Thorbahn from Ottoville, Victoria Warnecke from St. Anthony's and Abby Schroeder from Miller City-New Cleveland.
25 Years Ago – 1989
Lee Farris, manager of the new Hardee's Restaurant, 203 W. Fifth St., is prepared for the restaurant's grand opening Saturday. A boys bicycle and a girls bicycle will be raffled at the grand opening. Ferris said 73 people from the area are employed at the restaurant.
Jefferson defeated the Perry Commodores 52-24 Monday in the first round of the Northwest Conference freshman tournament at Spencerville. Doug Haunhorst led Jefferson with 12 points. Todd Reynolds had nine points and Max Wisher, Mike Ahten and Dan Schleeter, eight points each.
Angie McKee, a senior at Jefferson High School, was recently presented with the La Sertoma Youth Service Award from the Lima chapter. It is given to students for their involvement in community, school and church. Angie wrote about her experience with the First Assembly of God Church Youth Group, which went to Cleveland and worked in the inner-city parks.
50 Years Ago – 1964
Alva Ditto was hostess to the members of the Sorosis Study Club Thursday afternoon in her home on South Franklin Street. Roll call responses were given with a patent medicine. Mrs. Nile Brenneman was in charge of the program and reviewed the book "One for a Man – Two for a Horse" by Gerald Carson.
Enlarged operations are being completed by Schumacher Soil Service of Columbus Grove, it was reported this week by Arthur Schumacher, operator of the company. Shumacher will be joined by his brothers Vernon and Nelson in the operation of the company.
Mrs. Hubert Altenburger entertained the Once-A-Month Pinochle Club in her home at Ottoville this week with first award going to Mrs. Carl Greulich, second to Mrs. Harry Thomas and low to Mrs. Robert Fortener. Mrs. Andy Altenburger received the traveling prize. Mrs. Harry Thomas will be hostess to the club for a buffet supper March 2.
75 Years Ago – 1939
A lengthy discussion treating on "Prohibition" took place Monday evening when the members of the CYO held their regular meeting in their clubrooms. Norman Geier and James Hotz served as leaders of the discussion. The CYO will sponsor a skating party to be held at the rink on North Washington Street Thursday evening of this week.
Five candidates were initiated into Delphos Aerie of Eagles at the regular monthly local initiation held Monday night. It was announced that the Family Night party to be held Wednesday will be in the form of a Valentine party. Henry Clinger and J. Carl Stopher were named by Frank Bowers as captains of the membership teams.
The Daughters of Ruth of the Methodist Church held their monthly session at the church Monday evening. Mrs. Lloyd Wilson was in charge of the lesson. A contest was enjoyed during the social session. Honors in the contest were awarded Mrs. F. K. Dye. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Ralph Mericle, Mrs. O. G. Miller, Mrs. Walter Rupert, Mrs. Blaine Metcalfe, and Mrs. Paul Geier.
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BAC Announces Spring 2014 BAC Presents Lineup
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) has announced the dance presentations featured on the Spring 2014 BAC Presents performance series. The three presentations in March, April, and May are U.S. and New York Premieres of new works by international dance artists, reflecting BAC's mission to present and support innovative, contemporary choreographers and dancers from around the world.
First, direct from Spain is Rocío Molina, a leading innovator of contemporary flamenco, presented by BAC in partnership with Flamenco Festival New York. Ms. Molina's Afectos(U.S. Premiere), a collaboration with acclaimed flamenco singer Rosario "La Tremendita," weaves movement and music together in a series of intimate, emotive vignettes. Rocío Molina and Rosario "La Tremendita" will perform on March 20-22 at 8PM in the Jerome Robbins Theater. Having previously hosted a workshop led by Ms. Molina in 2010, and curated her 2013 appearance at the Ringling International Arts Festival in Sarasota, FL, BAC is delighted to now present the flamenco star in conjunction with the celebrated New York festival.
In April, BAC presents another group of international artists who have previously received support from BAC. New York-based Israeli choreographers Lee Sher and Saar Harari, co-artistic directors of LeeSaar The Company, were Spring 2013 BAC Resident Artists, developing a new work rooted in Gaga technique in collaboration with their diverse group of dancers. Princess Crocodile, which began as a creative idea in BAC's studios, will now have its New York Premiere on the stage of BAC's Howard Gilman Performance Space on April 10-11 at 7:30PM. The company will have a second, weeklong technical residency at BAC this month to prepare for the April performances. LeeSaar The Company is among the growing roster of artists who have developed works in residence at BAC, and later performed on BAC's own stages.
For the season's last dance presentation, BAC welcomes to the stage of the Jerome Robbins Theater two acclaimed dancers from Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, regarded worldwide as one of India's foremost dance companies. Nrityagram's Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy will perform the U.S. Premiere of Songs of Love and Longing on May 1-2 at 8PM in the Jerome Robbins Theater. Set to an original score composed by the late Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, with live accompaniment by an ensemble of Indian classical musicians, these expressive dancers create vivid imagery through movements in Odissi, one of India's classical dance forms.
In addition to the spring BAC Presents series-which also features theater and music presentations-this season BAC's Artist Residency Program will provide time and space to nine dance, theater, and multimedia artists for creative investigation. Support for each resident artist includes up to three weeks in one of BAC's studios or theaters, honoraria, technical and administrative services, and work-in-progress showings. Artists who have already completed residencies this spring are Jean Butler (January 13 - 31) and Hana S. Kim (January 20 - 26). Current and upcoming residencies include Kaneza Schaal (January 6 - February 8), LeeSaar The Company (February 15 - 20), Qui Nguyen, Liesl Tommy, and Shane Rettig (March 17 - 21), Daniel Fish (April 7 - 25), Camille A. Brown (April 14 - 25), Emmanuelle Vo-Dinh (April 28 - May 10), and Carmen de Lavallade (June 2 - 13).
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Enter a dark and mysterious world of 'Malefic' in 2014 with this stunning calendar which is packed with art work by Luis Royo. Renowned for his gothic girls and fantasy figures, the artist brings together a collection of post-apocalyptic beauty in this chilling collection. Officially licensed.


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This is a perfect part for me
Jeff Smith 4 p.m., Aug. 28
Escondido police headquarters. Photo Weatherston.
Image posted by Eva Knott
July 8, 2013
Jeff Smith 4 p.m., Aug. 28
Matt Potter 3:30 p.m., Aug. 28
Ian Pike 2 p.m., Aug. 28
Walter Mencken 1:30 p.m., Aug. 28
Scott Marks 1 p.m., Aug. 28
Garrett Harris noon, Aug. 28
Jan Sevilla 11:22 a.m., Aug. 28
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