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EVENT NEWS RELEASE/January 18, 2008

Family Event Offers Afternoon of Silent Comedies on the Big Screen at Boise State

The Boise State University Dead Eight Student Productions Club presents an afternoon of silent comedies shown on the big screen with live musical accompaniment. The event begins at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at the Boise State Special Events Center, located in the Student Union Building. Admission is $11 for adults and 11 cents for children under 12. Parking is free in the Liberal Arts parking lot just west of the Special Events Center.

The comedy program is a fundraiser for Treasure Valley Community Television’s Channel 11 (TVTV). Classic short films by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy will delight and amuse old and young alike. Films will be shown in 35 mm prints on a big screen, with live piano accompaniment by composer and pianist Johann Vargas.

Films are filled with pratfalls, slapstick and physical stunts by comic geniuses of the silver screen. The program includes “The Tramp” (Chaplin), “The Balloonatic” and “Cops” (Keaton), “Big Business” and “The Music Box” (Laurel and Hardy).

For more information, contact Terry Christenot at 343-1100 or Peter Lutze at 426-3086.

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support students, faculty, strategic initiatives, research and infrastructure. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.
 

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Last reviewed on Friday, January 18, 2008