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“While other fellows were swapping wives, I traded mine for 100 shares of I.B.M.”

Michelle Urry, 66, the Editor of Cartoons for Playboy, Dies
By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Michelle Urry, who brought a wicked sense of humor, an uncanny ability to nurture eccentric artists and what she called an “inordinately dirty mind” to her position as cartoons editor of Playboy magazine, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan. She was 66.

The cause was an ocular melanoma, a cancer of the eye, said her daughter-in-law, Justine Rosenthal.

For a generation — from the early 1970’s until her death — Ms. Urry sorted through more than 1,000 cartoons a week to come up with the couple of dozen or so to appear in the monthly magazine, then sent them on to Hugh Hefner for the final selection. Her taste — seasoned by a girlhood of reading comic books, the careful study of the history of cartoons and experience as a fashion designer — helped shape the famous look of Playboy’s cartoons. More

Food Wednesday in the NY Times

For American Chèvre, an Era Ends
By KIM SEVERSON

SONOMA, Calif.

BETWEEN tastings of local foie gras and debates over the merits of biodynamic wine, talk at the recent Russian River Food and Winefest centered on the kind of gossip only the food faithful would engage in.

Would E. coli-tainted spinach shake people’s faith in organics? Just how upset was Alice Waters over her portrayal in David Kamp’s book, “The United States of Arugula”? And what’s the deal with Laura Chenel?

Ms. Chenel, a gentle animal lover who almost singlehandedly turned America on to goat cheese in the early 1980’s, has sold her company to a French corporation.

Zut alors! More


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Fwd: IFP MINNESOTA FILM & PHOTO FLASH - OCTOBER 18, 2006

BOO. SPOOKY GOOD OCTOBER CINEMA LOUNGE TONITE!!
Wednesday, October 18 @ Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm - FREE
If Friday the 13th got you down, turn your spirits around and hit up
another edition of IFP's CINEMA LOUNGE, the monthly showcase at
Bryant-Lake Bowl that features the best short films in the Twin
Cities. You're bound to walk away feeling lucky with a line-up this
good. We're in creep-mode this month as Halloween approaches, and
we've got a batch of creepy/scary/funny(?) films that are some Trick,
and all Treat. The evening's ghoulish list of filmmakers includes:


M'wasi Berkley (Co-Dir.) "Zombie Dodgeball"

Doug Cram "Mouse Trap"

Darren Mueske "Blood All Night"

Julia Vickerman "Dealing With Women"

James Snapko (Dir.) "Delivered"
& Sam Landman (Actor)

Jon Springer "Space Monster"


So come down to the BLB theater tonight and quench your thirst... for
some kick-ass short films. Cinema Lounge happens the third Wednesday
of each month at the Bryant Lake Bowl theater. The show starts at
7pm, and lasts about 90 mins. Admission is FREE, and seating is
first come, first served. We're always taking submissions, so if
you'd like to be the next filmmaker to screen with us, call Paul at
(651) 644-1912, or send your work (30 min. or less) on DVD or VHS to:

IFP MN's Cinema Lounge
Attn: Paul Clark
Suite 100
2446 University Ave. West
St. Paul, MN 55114





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