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| Volume 11, No. 43 |
July 28-3, 2010 |
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 Plaza Classic Film Festival: Get your tix early
Last year 32,000 people attended the Plaza Classic Film Festival. That’s 2,000 more than its first go in 2008. But artistic director Charles Horak doesn’t focus on the numbers when making his picks for the 11-day festival, which starts on Thursday, Aug. 5. “I think when you start trying to guess what people are going to come to, it starts to interfere with the artistic development of the festival,” he says.
It’s a delicate alchemy, organizing the fest. Horak selects the movies, obtains the prints, woos the guests and programs the festival schedule, which includes a gamut of cinephilic delights: pre-screening talks, tentpole evening showings, weekend matinees and showcases of kids’ movies and local films.
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|  The Fest’s Tentpole Films
More than 65 movies will screen at the Plaza Classic Film Festival this year, and a handful will be blockbusters. Here’s a look at just some of the hot tickets you should nab early to avoid a shutout. Much apologies to “The Shining,” “The Godfather,” “Saturday Night Fever” and “Sleeping Beauty.” Check www.plaza-movies.com for those listings.
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|  Armed with pink fros and the dougie, “Drag Race” stars put it down
When little boys are asked what they want to be when they grow up, most of them say something typical like doctors and astronauts. Boring. I wonder what Hedda Lettuce wanted to be back when he was little Steven Polito in fourth grade. Probably a dentist. Ugh.
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|  Peepshow offers peek at things pretty, shocking
It is vintage yet seductive, and daring all the same; a show that brings back fishnets and curvy bodies boasting a whole lot of body art. It’s a sexy, fun show that the Pretty Things Productions burlesque performers are bringing to El Paso.
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| Dancing in the City continues this weekend
Arts Festival Plaza downtown transforms into an open-air salsa-dancing venue again this Saturday for Dancing in the City, an outdoor music and dancing event organized by the city’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department (MCAD).
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|  UTEP’s ‘Move That Bus’ ceremony unveils new dorms
In a “Move That Bus” ceremony on Tuesday, UTEP powerhouses Paydirt Pete and Dr. Diana Natalicio officially opened the doors to the new, state-of-the-art Ocotillo, Mesquite and Cottonwood halls.
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