To.a Strutt while strumming Arts at One presents the interchanging four piece, Gultar+ By Bee Bepliibec. Arts Editor rust an hour after high noon last Thursday, a low-key performance occurred at the Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre — Guitar+ . The guitar part of the event’s title is played by Michael Strutt. Strutt is a former faculty member of McGill University, Conceidié University, the University of Ottawa, and the UBC School of Music—and is the current Head of the String Division of Douglas College’s music program. The event’s + includes Douglas’ Community Music Programmer Bob Caldwell (percussion), former member of the unfortunately now-defunct CBC Radio Orchestra Gene Ramsbottom (clarinet), and UBC Professor of Bassoon and Symphony Orchestra conductor Jesse Read (bassoon). Save for the opening song, each of the performers had interesting and insightful information about the artists and the songs they were covering, providing the audience with some background to help us understand where these instrumental pieces were coming from. Throughout the performance, various changes were made to the lineup, depending on the song. Strutt remained on stage for the entire show, as the additional instruments would accompany his guitar. Ramsbottom played for the first two songs, Gentil Montafia’s “Porro” (from Suite Columbiana) and Astor Piazzolla’s “Nightclub 1960” (from Histoire du Tango). After Ramsbottom left the stage, Caldwell joined in for Giinter Braun’s “Serie (1964),” a three-part series of individual pieces (“Ipasibilidad,” “Inego,” and “Extasis”). With momentary breaks between each piece, Caldwell made full use of his surrounding assortment of percussion instruments; watching his careful timing in moving between instruments to Strutt’s playing was exciting. Sooh after Caldwell exited, Read came out to accompany Strutt for Matheiu Lussier’s aptly named “Bassango” and Stephane Wrembel’s “Bistro Fada,” from this summer’s Woody Allen-directed Midnight in Paris; Read described “Bistro Fada” as an “earworm” for Strutt and himself after seeing the film. Finally, Ramsbottom returned as the trio performed two more sets to wrap up the show: Ignacio Cervantes’ “Cuban Dances,” in four parts, and Maximo Diego Pujol’s “Fin de Siglo,” in three parts. As always, the performance provided for an enjoyable afternoon of music, this time with a side of lecture. Be sure to attend this week’s Arts at One performance, Technology Concert, which is anticipated to be one of the more unique shows of this semester’s series. What: Arts at One presents Technology Concert Where: Laura C. Muir Performing Arts Theatre (Douglas College, New West) When: Thursday, October 27 at 1 p.m. Cost: Free! Out with the old ’ Four film remakes hitting the screens this fall and winter By Allie Davison, Staff Writer ately it seems as though Hollywood can’t come up with any new ideas. The last few years have been riddled with remakes—and most of them have been unnecessary. The next few months won’t be much different, as there will be no shortage of renewed movies hitting the screens. Hopefully, audiences won’t be disappointed. Footloose (October 14) Footloose is a remake of the 1984 classic, which danced up a storm on the big screens. The remake premiered two weeks ago to mixed reviews. The story was the same: big city dancing boy moves to a small town where dancing is banned. Of course though, the movie has been updated for our generation. For example, the main character Ren (played by Kenny Wormald) has had his classic walkman replaced by an iPod. Although this is one . of the more faithful remakes, I kind of missed Kevin Bacon dancing around 80s style. The Three Musketeers (October 21) The Three Musketeers is one of the most well-known stories in the world, and because of that, it is also one of the most frequently adapted stories: there have been over 20 adaptations of the popular story in film alone. Reviews for this year’s edition are in from some of the European counties (where the movie was released earlier this month), and things are looking pretty grim. At the very least, this version should be more entertaining than the 1993 remake (which starred Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland)—as with most Paul W.S. Anderson films, this time we get to see explosions in 3-D. 6 The Adventures of Tintin (December 21) Okay, this one’s more of an adaptation than a remake, but just roll with it. When — the film featuring two of my favourite childhood characters (Tintin and his lovable dog Snowy) was announced, I got pretty excited. As I grew up reading the comics and watching the cartoon shows and movies, I had only fond memories of the mystery-solving adventurer and his band of handy constables. However, as the release of the new movie draws near, I can’t help but be slightly apprehensive. Although the trailers do pique my interest, I’m not sure I can stand the strange array of accents that seem to be bouncing around the screen. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (December 21) I’m a really big fan of the bestselling book series by Stieg Larsson, and I thought the Swedish films did an excellent job of sticking to the story. So, obviously, I’m curious to see what kind of changes will take place in the American version, considering their track record on book-to- movie conversion isn’t the best. There are some pretty graphic scenes in the original book and Swedish film that may or may not appear in the remake. 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