New Greensboro film festival calls for submissions, volunteers

GREENSBORO, NC -- There is a new film festival coming to Greensboro this summer. It's the Barefoot Bijou Summer Film Festival and they are calling for submissions.

From the press release:

The inaugural Barefoot Bijou Summer Film Festival invites North Carolina filmmakers to submit their short films. The fest is seeking short films produced in the last ten years, either: 1) films made by a North Carolina resident, or 2) films made within the state. There is no submission fee. Selected films will be screened at the 2015 festival, running June 3-28, 2015. To submit your film, email a link to your screener to submit@barefootbijou.com.

There is also a planning meeting next week for people interested in chipping in and helping out:

Barefoot Bijou Planning Meeting
Thursday April 30
6-7pm
The Forge, 115 West Lewis Street

For more information, contact April Harris: aharris@newcityventures.net

Down the tubes

GREENSBORO, NC -- I know a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do and, sometimes, circumstances make it hard to stick to one's principles; but the fall of John Hammer, former publisher of the Rhino Times and now-editor under new ownership, is remarkable to behold and a sad loss for Greensboro.

Always a staunch conservative, Hammer used to have going for him a tenacious allegiance to transparency and authenticity. It used to be that Hammer was a bulwark against public malfeasance and shenanigans that tried to deceive the people—often standing alone against powerful and entrenched interests in doing so. Whatever one thought of his politics, one could always admire him for that.

No longer.

Update: Doug Clark has more.