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Having been a steady, believing, and trusting customer of Aspen Auto Clinic since 01/16/2008 I was amazed at what transpired, for me at this shops location of 4401 Mark Dabling, in Colorado Springs, Colorado today. Please continue reading, and understand that I have worked in the customer service field since 1983, and I am posting this information so other potential customers will be aware of my situation at this auto repair facility, and not be overly charged when they seek out auto repair assistance here like I was.
My situation began on Monday, 08/27/12, when I was in Pueblo, Colorado, and my clutch failed in my vehicle. Having used, and trusted, Aspen Auto Clinic in the past I took it upon my self to immediately call the towing service they use; Knob Hill Towing, and let them know I was stuck out of town, and needed my vehicle towed back to Colorado Springs, Colorado. They quoted me a rate of $200.00 dollars, which I accepted at the time (more on this later).
My vehicle was picked up, and delivered to Aspen Auto Clinic located at 4401 Mark Dabling Blvd in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On Tuesday (08/28/12) I called, and spoke to, employee Brian Tore-nicknamed âOld Brianâ per se-advising him of the problem with my vehicle, and he said he would call me back with a quote. This same day I was contacted back by Brian with a quote of $1600.00, for the replacement of a clutch on my vehicle, and the attempted sale of a timing chain replacement also. I asked him if this was the same timing chain that his company had replaced for me years back, and he stuttered and stammered, for a second â apparently realizing his mistake. I was absolutely shocked at the estimate, but having trusted Aspen Auto Clinic in the past I decided I would let them do the work under duress, so I could return to my employment immediately, and make a living, and have my vehicle for daily use.
It was immediately after this that I called the Phil Long Ford dealership for a quote, and was amazed that a dealership would quote me a fee of $1,100.00 dollars. Dealerships have a reputation of being highly overpriced compared to local automotive repair centers. This quote being $500.00 dollars lower than Aspen Autos quote to me twenty minutes earlier. It was at this time twenty minutes later that I called Brian [snip] back, and asked him if my vehicle was being worked on yet. He stated that yes it was being worked on, and I advised him that I had spoken to a dealer and the price I was quoted was an easy $500.00 dollars lower than his quote. After I mentioned this to Brian he said he would âwork with meâ on the price. What this did mean at the time I did not know, nor did Brian ever explain it to me.
I decided to take it upon myself to call four more auto repair facilities in Colorado Springs, and educate my self on their price quotes at this time, for the same repair on my vehicle. I was continuously astonished at the information I was receiving. I received quotes to do the same exact type of work that Aspen Auto was doing, and ranging in difference from $760.00 to $1,027.98 on my vehicle. All quotes, from these businesses with their shop names, the person spoken to, and their phone numbers are listed below at the end of this documentation, for the record.
On 08/29/12 at approximately 3:30 pm I was contacted via telephone by an employee of Aspen Auto that was not Brian Tore, and advised that he was calling me because Brian was in a meeting, and unavailable. Imagine that. This gentleman was advising me that my vehicle was finished being repaired, and now available, for pickup. I advised this gentleman I would need to find a way to the shop, and he offered his facilities shuttle service to me, and I accepted a ride to Aspen Auto Repair, from their shuttle driver. The same shuttle driver that decided to introduce me to his flatulence as we pulled up, and arrived at the Aspen Auto shop. Thatâs just even worse customer service by your employees Greg.
Upon arrival at Aspen Auto Repair I presented the gentleman behind the counter-whose name I never did receive, but I can identify-with a copy of the enclosed vehicle repair quotes, and told him I could not believe their shop was wanting to charge me $1600.00, for a repair that I could easily have had done for half that price at another local automotive repair shop (#3 on the below enclosed list). This gentleman had very little to say at all when I gave him the list, and he also tried to pick up my copy of the list, from the counter top, and I advised him this one was my copy to review with him. He immediately went into the back area of the reception lobby to call somebody. This gentleman later told me that this âsomebodyâ was his contact at a dealership shop that he did comparison pricing with. I was never advised which shop, or whom, he spoke to in reference to that quote. Since I never did see this counter technician on the phone during this call, was he possibly speaking to nobody? It was at this time I continued to express my disgust with Aspen Auto Repairs pricing to fix my vehicle with him. This gentleman then reviewed my bill and said that I was only charged $121.00 dollars, and some pennies for my tow to the shop, not the $200.00 dollars I was originally quoted. He said he would also have to discuss this with employee Brian [snip] since it was quoted incorrectly. This gentleman also advised me that the tow was going to be $161.00, and some change, after my vehicle arrived at the shop. Apparently Aspen Auto adds a percentage-approximately $40.00 this time-for itâs customers that have their vehicles towed to their shop. At this time the man behind the counter said he would set the bill, for all of my auto repair work, at $1,344.50 dollars total, and that Aspen Auto gives a 3/36 warranty with itâs work. All other shops only provide a 12/12 warranty. I never did receive a copy of my paperwork/receipt, for the work done on my vehicle, from this man, and it was never offered either at this time, nor was any warranty information ever explained to me the whole time I was present. The only receipt I ever did receive was for part of my payment made on an American Express card that a relative was nice enough to assist me with, for a partial payment towards the repairs. I myself paid for the balance of the payment in cash in the amount of $1000.00 dollars at the counter. This money was counted out, and given to this gentleman, with two other Aspen Auto employees present. Myself, if necessary can identify these employees.
Having no choice, but to pay for these repairs, and go to work, I did so with great disgust. I also decided that I would not want any other customer that may come to this auto repair facility to be treated like I was with outlandish unrealistic pricing, or the deception I was treated to either, so I am moving forward with this complaint to the Better Business Bureau in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on my own, and their behalf.
Better Business Bureau complaint #37027291 was filed by myself, and responded to, by Aspen Auto employee Nick[snip] (vice president of operations). [snip] did not oblige my complaint at all. In the complaint I specified for the owner of Aspen Auto Clinic, Greg [snip], to contact me, and discuss this matter personally since he does have my telephone number. I desire for the owner to provide me with a detailed explanation of why I was deceived by his customer service staff, why I was never provided with a warranty, or receipt paperwork, at the time my payment was made. I also advised Nick that I expected to have at least one third of my money that was paid for this repair refunded back to me since I have proven beyond any reasonable doubt that I was vastly overcharged a minimum of $400.00 to $600.00 more than other local certified automotive shops would charge. This can be proven clearly by the five included telephone estimates included below. Mr. ((personal info not permitted)) only recourse was an offer to send me my receipts by certified mail, and not have the owner Greg [snip] contact me. I felt it was in my best consumer interest to NOT accept Mr.[snip] response presented to me through the Better Business Bureauâs response format. I refused, and once again advised him I would only speak with the owner. As of this day I still have seen no paperwork in reference to my vehicle repairs, and never been contacted by the owner.
I also advised Mr. [snip] in my response that I will strongly emphasize the expansion of this customer service complaint by forwarding this entire complaint to all people I know, so they can forward it to every person they know, and prevent any other further monetary losses in their automotive repair needs.
Pricing estimates, from Colorado Springs, Colorado, automotive repair shops done 08/28/12, for a 1994 Ford Ranger clutch replacement with all necessary parts, and flywheel machining:
1 $1,100.00 per Chris at Phil Long Ford in Colorado Springs (1-888-548-8432)
2 $1,027.98 per Bowers Transmission & Automotive with Ford OEM parts.
3 $760.00 per Neil at Springs Auto & Truck service center (719 382-0363)
4 $850.00-$900.00 per Jim at Colorado Transmissions (719-623-5106)
$825.00 per Dale at Craig Automotive repair service (719-596-1516)
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Amy on 10/10/2012:
Why did you not ask for your warranty paperwork and receipt if one was offered at the time? I would not have left the shop without a receipt at the very least As far as the pricing, yes the amount they charged was higher than the other prices you got, this is why it pays to get price comparisons before you get work done, not while they are in the midst of it. Most businesses are allowed to charge anything they want for a product or service. People will pay it or walk away to find a cheaper alternative, that is what regulates the businesses, the willingness or not of the customers to pay services or products that may be considerably higher than others that offer the same. If they go too high they lose business and will drop prices accordingly if they want to continue to sell that product or service.
Your waiting until work had started to discuss price comparisons and then expecting the business to drop their price to compare with the others is not the businesses fault. This is something that should have been done beforehand. While it would be nice of them to have done so, they did nothing wrong by not doing so. I do agree however they behaved with poor customer service by not providing the paperwork and receipt promptly as well as in the way this was handled.
DELL Hell on 10/10/2012:
Did you ever sign a work order agreement before the work started? (long complaint, didn't see where you did) Once you authorize a shop to do work for an agreed upon price you're pretty much obligated to pay that agreed upon amount. You're supposed to do your comparison shopping before you agree to the work, not during or after they start work. Yes, they were wrong in over charging you in the first place, but you did agree to the overcharge wither in writing or verbally.
The entire auto sales and repair business is pretty shady, service shops like this one are what gives the entire industry a bad name.
FoDaddy19 on 10/10/2012:
Very well written review, but like Amy pointed out there are two crucial things here. 1. The shop can charge whatever it wants. And 2. Your mistake was to wait until work had commenced before doing your comparison shopping. I don't think going to the BBB will help, since other than not giving you a receipt, they didn't do anything wrong. What other shops charge isn't their concern.
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RALEIGH -- It's a battle of the beauties this week in Raleigh. The outfits, the smiles and the crowd all in the capital to see who will be crowned Miss North Carolina. "Kensley Leonard, she's my roommate. She's doing a great job. She's really nervous. It's very different from any other pageant she's done before," said pageant attendee Jordan Lipscomb.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Symantec (SYMC) comfortably beat Wall Street's estimates in its fourth-quarter results Tuesday even as the computer security software maker's shares slumped on falling profit.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based firm brought in revenue of $1.748 billion, a 4% hike on the prior year's quarter, or 5% adjusted for the effects of currency. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were looking for sales of $1.727 billion.
Excluding items, Symantec earned 44 cents a share, up from 38 cents a share in the year-ago quarter and above analysts' forecast of 38 cents a share.
Symantec, which is in the throes of a major restructuring effort, reported GAAP net income of $188 million, down from $559 billion in the prior year's quarter.The company's shares, which gained 0.6% to reach $25.1 during Tuesday's session, plunged 6.37% to $23.50 in extended trading. For the full fiscal year, Symantec's GAAP net income plunged to $765 million from $1.172 billion in the prior year. In a statement released after market close, the company said that its numbers were as expected, and were driven partly by the sale of its Huawei joint venture. "Our focus on operational change and repositioning the business in fiscal year 2014 will set the foundation to drive better execution long-term," said Steve Bennett, the Symantec CEO, in the statement. "Never have I been more optimistic about the opportunity in front of us to make a difference for our employees, customers and shareholders." During the fourth quarter, revenue from Symantec's Security and Compliance business increased 2% year over year, or 4% adjusted for the effects of currency. Storage and Server Management sales grew 7% year over year on both an actual and a currency-adjusted basis, while Consumer grew 1%, or 3% after adjusting for currency. --Written by James Rogers in New York. Follow @jamesjrogers >To submit a news tip, send an email to: email@example.com.
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Hydroboration of olefins has also been reported under similar conditions: Synlett, 997 (2000).
Acid chlorides are readily reduced to alcohols; controlled reduction at -78o to give the aldehyde has been reported; see, e.g.: Synth. Commun., 12, 839 (1982). See also Bis(triphenylphosphine)copper(I) borohydride, A13730. For an indirect method of reduction, see Triethyl phosphite, L00339.
A vast number of modified borohydride reagents have been reported, with the objective either of increasing the reducing power or improving selectivity. Many examples involve combinations with metal salts:
LiCl: reduction of amino acids via Me esters: Tetrahedron Lett., 39, 917 (1998). CaCl2: selective 1,2-reduction enones: Chem. Lett., 1847 (1991). CeCl3: increased selectivity for 1,2-reduction of enones: J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 601 (1978); reduction of ketones in the presence of aldehydes: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 101, 5848 (1979). CuCl: dehalogenation of aryl iodides and bromides: J. Org. Chem., 54, 5308 (1989); reduction of nitro compounds: Chem. Ind. (London), 75 (1984). CuSO4: reduction of esters, alkenes, nitriles and nitro compounds; amides and acids inert: Synlett, 419 (1990) [but see also Synlett, 79 (1993): Cu(OAc)2 preferred for reduction of nitro-groups]; reduction of azides: Synth. Commun., 24, 549 (1994). NiCl2: generation in situ of nickel boride, as an alternative to Raney nickel for desulfurizations: Synth. Commun., 16, 779 (1986); J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 819 (1990); J. Org. Chem., 57, 1986 (1992); 58, 2407 (1993); phenols and enols have also been deoxygenated: J. Chem. Soc., Perkin 1, 1897 (1992), and aryl nitrile reduced to benzylamines: Synth. Commun, 32, 1265 (2002). For conversion to Zn(BH4)2, see Zinc chloride, A16281. InCl3: radical reducing system - alternative to Bu3SnH: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 124, 906 (2002) .
Reductive alkylation of amines can be effected with NaBH4/formaldehyde; see e.g.: Synthesis, 743 (1980); or TFA: Synthesis, 709 (1987). See also Sodium cyanoborohydride, 87839. Reductive alkylation of aromatic amines with a variety of aldehydes and ketones has been reported, using NaBH4/H2SO4: Synthesis, 121 (1993).
The combination of borohydride and iodine (in situ borane) reduces acids to alcohols: J. Org. Chem., 56, 5964 (1991); amino acids to amino alcohols: J. Org. Chem., 58, 3568 (1993); and effects reduction of esters, amides and nitriles, as well as hydroboration of alkenes: Tetrahedron, 45, 4623 (1992). See also Boron trifluoride diethyl etherate, A15275, and Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, B22060.
For a brief feature on uses of the reagent in synthesis, see: Synlett, 182 (2005).
Monograph: J. Seyden-Penne, Reductions by the Alumino- and Borohydrides In Organic Synthesis, 2nd ed., Wiley, N.Y. (1997).
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Partnership is one of the corporate buzzwords du jour. From grand corporate alliances to short-term consulting contracts, companies doing business together are increasingly claiming to "partner" with each other. Yet, when you peel back the layers, you find everything from truly mutually beneficial relationships to firms simply working together on certain projects and referring business. Nothing wrong with that, mind you, but true partnerships should be more.
Then there are sponsorships. This is where a company plunks down some serious bucks to promote its brand in conjunction with another organization—such as sports teams, the arts, museums and the like—to increase branding and garner some halo effect from of the sponsored organization. The hope is that the promotional aspect turns into sales. As a friend who's a NASCAR fan likes to say, "If a product isn't on the side of a race car, we don't need it."
But sponsorships and partnerships can also be combined to provide real benefits for all involved. We haven't seen too much of this in the printing and document industries, but that's changing with the Xerox presence at the 2011 U.S. Open tennis championship that's underway in New York City. I'd spotted the Xerox logos while watching the Open on TV and remembered it has some involvement beyond mere logo and ad placement, so I made a few calls.
Xerox is hardly a stranger to alliances in the world of sports, having been behind the scenes at various winter and summer Olympics. Its new sponsorship strategy is one that seeks to extend the brand—and business—through tennis, the arts, music, science and more.
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According to Jon Levine, vice president for Global Experiential Marketing & Communications, Xerox has cut a five-year deal with the U.S. Open to be the exclusive office equipment and document technology and services provider for both the U.S. Open and Arthur Ashe Kids' Day. Much of the work is behind the scenes stuff, but combined with the associated document production at the Open, creates a story that Xerox hopes will resonate with a large segment of a key target market—corporations seeking document and print management services and equipment.
The sponsorship integrates Xerox document technology into the Open's tournament and business operations in the media center, and encompasses scanners, printers, fax machines, mobile and multifunction devices. This lets the folks running the U.S. Open focus on delivering great tennis while Xerox software and technicians make sure the document side that supports it works round the clock.
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On the production side, the big volume piece is the Daily Draw Sheets, the fans' daily guide to the entire event. At the end of the final match each evening—which can be 1 a.m. of the following day—all the data is sent via FTP to Xerox' production facility on Morton St. in downtown Manhattan. There it's used to create the Draw Sheets—16-page, full color, 11x17˝ saddle-stitched documents listing every match of the coming day, which court each will be played on, assorted images, and a map of the U.S. Tennis Center.
In all, 127,800 Draw Sheets and more that 2 million pages will be produced over the two weeks of the Open. Each night, five Xerox 8000 AP color presses fire up to produce pages that are bound using Horizon 8000 bookletmakers, then shipped back to the Tennis Center by 8 a.m. It's quite a shift from the previous process in which Draw Sheets were printed in Boston and trucked three and a half hours to New York. Now the truck just crosses the East River.
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The production operation aside, I was actually more interested in the thinking that had Xerox popping up in a widening range of venues and with a disparate selection of partners. After all, in recent years the company has been a sponsor/partner with Sting, the New York Mets, the Buffalo Bills, Operation Blue Planet, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, and more. The U.S. Open and Cirque du Soleil are two of the latest, and others are in the works.
These organizations all have two things in common. All have extensive document production requirements and they all are strong brands with global reach and recognition. Further, their other sponsors and partners are also premium brands with high recognition. Sponsoring the U.S. Open, for example, puts Xerox on a big stage and at the same table as Mercedes Benz, IBM, J.P. Morgan Chase, and American Express, among others, making it as much a business play as it is a brand play.
Levine says there are four parts to these alliances:
• First, the organization or "property" becomes a customer because it needs the kinds of document management technology and services Xerox can provide.
• Second, the details of that relationship turn into a relatively deep case study that provides examples which can be used in advertising and marketing. "This validates the brand story and helps differentiate Xerox from its competitors," Levine explains. "It's different than what we've done in the past, and better shows the kinds of things we're able to offer. Meanwhile, it frees our partner to focus on what they do best, providing a great experience for their fans and customers.
• "Third, we're able to leverage many of the customer's brand attributes and be associated with their brand. This has more value than using generic images of people climbing a mountain or something else that has no connection to what we do as a company."
• Lastly, there's the old-school side of such deals—hospitality. This is still important, because it lets the company bring customers and prospects to events they might not otherwise be able to attend, while showing them how Xerox technology is working behind the scenes. During the Open for example, Xerox is holding presentations and workshops for customers and giving them a look behind the curtain to see how the Open functions—and how Xerox technology plays a part.
"It's important that Xerox be thought of as more than an equipment company," Levine notes, "and these kind of alliances are an excellent way to do that."
So what's else is in the works? Levine isn't saying, but like the U.S. Open, it's sure to provide some interesting stories.
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My next-door neighbors, who just welcomed an infant daughter into their lives, had to make a trip to the ER today because she appeared jaundiced. She'll be fine, the doctors said. She won't need to be readmitted. They were lucky.
I was glad for my neighbors. But as I heard their story, I also flashed back on my Tiger's first days. (This may be why parents sometimes seem overeager for their friends to reproduce: through them, we relive moments in our lives that might otherwise be lost forever.)
The Tiger, too, was slightly jaundiced as a newborn. But while today was a sunny, crisp slice of fall, he turned yellow in the late days of a golden June. The treatment was to take him outdoors, naked but for his diaper, and let him bask in the sun. The sky was cloudless. The air was dry and hot. I basked, too.
Medically, it worked. We, too, were lucky,. I was grateful. But what really sticks with me is the memory, etched into my flesh, of snuggling with him as he relaxed entirely into me, as if he were trying to approximate the warm watery cave he'd just left a few days before. In some ways, I felt closer to him than before his birth – maybe because he was now clearly his own person, and I didn't take our closeness for granted. I no longer assumed a symbiosis. And that made the momentary blurring of boundaries all the sweeter. Also, it surely didn't hurt that I, too, was finally warm enough.
Sometimes I think it's those body memories, intense but often buried under the sediment of visual and verbal memories, that make us who we are. I realize I'm privileged to have had lots of good body memories. I would wish that for everyone, because the habits and memories of the flesh constitute our deepest selves, and yet we are largely at their mercy.


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Marvel releasing some 700 of its No. 1 issues
In comics, the first issue is where the story starts and the legend begins.
For readers, a print copy of issue one can be hard to find and expensive to buy. But those rules don't apply to tablets, laptops and smartphones both for comics fans and those curious about characters they may have seen in film or on television.
Part of that fascination with superheroes and their growing cachet in popular culture is why Marvel Entertainment, home to the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the Avengers, among others, is making more than 700 first issues available to digital readers starting Sunday for free through the Marvel app and the company's website. After Tuesday, they'll be sold for $1.99 to $3.99 per issue.
The titles go from the 1960s Silver Age to contemporary issues with characters including Wasp, Mr. Fantastic, Power Man and Iron Fist, said David Gabriel, senior vice president of sales.
"This is aimed at attracting fans from all walks of life — those who know our characters from the big screen, those who were readers but fell out of the habit and our long-term fans too," he said. "We believe that if we get those fans in the door, they'll stay and help grow this industry, with purchases both in comic stores and via digital comic outlets."
The publisher went through its catalog of more than 13,000 titles that are already available digitally and plucked out the No. 1 issues with historic ones like "Amazing Spider-Man" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko or the "Fantastic Four" by Lee and Jack Kirby as well as modern titles like "Civil War," Joss Whedon's "Astonishing X-Men" and characters and teams like the Uncanny Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, too.
"We never want fans to feel like they need to have read it all. Of course we want them to want to check out those stories, but the beauty of these No. 1 issues is that each is an entry point," he said. "So with a character like Iron Man, you can choose if you want to start with the recent `Iron Man' series from Kieron Gillen or go back a few years to when Matt Fraction launched `Invincible Iron Man' or even before that."
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Much press is given to golf courses–the turf, the landscaping, the architecture of the clubhouse, even the layout of the pro shop. And those are all essential parts of the experience for players.
But, just for this article, let's turn our attention to a part of the public-golf facility most people don't usually think about–the paths that wind their way through the course. Admittedly, this is not a sexy topic. Everyone would rather hear about the water hazards, sand traps, even the putting greens.
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Stephen Spinella and Jonathan Cake grace the cast of Jordi Galcerán Ferrer's "The Grönholm Method," a scathing, delightfully twisted satire of corporate greed, at Falcon Theatre.
Falcon Theatre
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'Billy & Ray' Tells of the Birth of Film Noir
Mike Bencivenga's "Billy & Ray," directed by Garry Marshall for Falcon Theatre, dramatizes the creation of Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler's screenplay for "Double Indemnity."
- Reviews
'I Ought to Be in Pictures' Suffers From Superficial Acting
Though one of Neil Simon's lesser-known works, "I Ought to Be in Pictures" contains many of his signature touches. Unfortunately, Falcon Theatre's production is a lackluster effort.
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'Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS' Lights a Roaring Yuletide Fire
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReinDOORS," Troubadour Theater Company's uproarious mash-up of Jim Morrison and Rankin and Bass, weathers a few ragged patches through sheer subversive élan.
- News
Best of the Week Ahead: May 30–June 5
Kevin Bacon at NYC's Paley Center; Powers Boothe as Jim Jones in the 1980 miniseries "Guyana Tragedy"; "A Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream" at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, Calif.; an Allan Dwan retrospective at MoMA; and the National Theatre's "This House" screening at BAM are what ...