MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor: William J. Holtzinger

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Acting Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The Hot Club of San Francisco presents “Silent Surrealism”

Frederick, MD ---- The Weinberg Center will be filled with the musical sounds of the 1920’s

when The Hot Club of San Francisco takes the stage on Saturday, January 20, 2007 for one

performance only for an evening of “Silent Surrealism”. The Hot Club of San Francisco is an

ensemble of accomplished and versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt

and Stephane Grappelli’s pioneering Hot Club de France.

Silent Surrealism, is a collection of silent surrealist films accompanied with live gypsy jazz. The

program includes several short silent films by Charlie Bowers such as Now You Tell One and It’s

a Bird, as well as films by James Sibley Watson and Harold Shaw. Silent Surrealism is a brilliant

multi-media trip back to a time when the artistic and literary style emerged as a means of

expressing the imagination…when writers and filmmakers were more interested in the

implications of words and images and providing the audience with the opportunity to vicariously

experience the unknown or unimaginable. Imagine early 1920s Paris – a small, intimate theatre

plays host to new and avant-garde cinema, specifically, the silent surrealist films of the day. The

entire town seems to be present: The bourgeoisie, the big thinkers of the time, the aristocracy, and

the escapists. They’ve all gathered to experience this cutting-edge art and later, will reconvene at

the local cafes to discuss and debate the merits of the film, the actors, and the director.

Often called gypsy jazz, the music of The Hot Club of San Francisco has entranced

audiences around the globe for over 10 years. Critics have hailed the group’s playing as

“intricate, scorching and often brilliant…” Acoustic Guitar. From festivals in Mexico and France

to concert halls across North America, The Hot Club of San Francisco keeps this historic music

fresh and alive.

To purchase tickets, call the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 301-228-2828, 301-

228-2838 TTY or stop by the Box Office Tuesday thru Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm and

Saturday 10:00am to 2:00pm. Tickets are available online at www.weinbergcenter.org.

The Weinberg Center for the Arts, a municipal facility of the City of Frederick, is

located at 20 West Patrick Street in downtown Frederick, Maryland. The historic theatre

opened in 1926 as the Tivoli, and it and was donated to the City of Frederick in 1978.

Today as one of the region’s premier presenting facilities, the 1,100 seat Weinberg

Center offers professional LIVE! Series, including dance, music, theatre, family

performances and films, weekday performances for students, and classic movies.

Performance space and professional services are available to a variety of community arts

groups, civic and business organizations, and other arts promoters. Programming at the

Weinberg Center for the Arts is made possible with support from the City of Frederick,

Frederick County Government, Maryland State Arts Council, Frederick Arts Council,

Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Frederick News-Post, State Farm Insurance, The

Tivoli Society, other corporate and individual donors.. For more information about

upcoming events at the Weinberg Center, please call the Box Office at 301-228-2828 or

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