News Release

EVENT NEWS RELEASE/March 17, 2008

April Fettuccine Forum Looks at Idaho Film Industry

Independent filmmaker Kathleen Haase will speak on “We Ought to be in Pictures: Hollywood in Idaho” at the April Fettuccine Forum. The free event is April 3 in the Rose Room on the historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the presentation begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by questions. Free appetizers will be served and fettuccine will be available for $5.

Haase is a film industry specialist for the Idaho Film Office. In that role, she supervises and facilitates media production activity for the state, developing programs to stimulate production and enhance Idaho’s crew base. Haase also produced “IBID,” an independent feature film shot in Idaho that will be in competition at the 2008 South by Southwest Film Festival. In 2002, she founded Cherry Road Films, an independent film production company.

The forum also features a companion workshop titled “Art and Culture,” taught by Karen Bubb of the Boise City Arts Commission and Boise State’s Nancy Tacke. Participants can register for the workshop, offered for graduate and undergraduate credit, through BroncoWeb at http://broncoweb.boisestate.edu. Teachers seeking professional education credit options may contact Tacke at 426-4629 for more information.

The forum is co-sponsored by Boise State University’s Center for Idaho History and Politics and the Boise City Department of Arts and History. The Fettuccine Forum is an educational forum about the history and cultural life of Boise and the Treasure Valley. The final speaker for this season is historian Barbara Perry Bauer, who will speak May 1 on “Once Upon the Trolly: Boise’s Electric Road.” The accompanying workshop will be “Boise’s Historic Streetscape,” taught by Bauer.

Additional sponsors include Boise Trolley Company, erstad Architects, the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State and Grape Escape.

-30-

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

Boise State University’s new Finish in Four program guarantees that eligible students who follow a planned course of study can complete their degree in four years. If not, Boise State will pay for the additional required courses. More information about Boise State’s graduation guarantee can be found at www.boisestate.edu/finish4.
 

The Office of Communications and Marketing - Boise State University
1910 University Drive - Boise Idaho 83725-1030
Located in Capitol Village, 2225 W. University Drive
email communications@boisestate.edu

Last reviewed on Tuesday, March 18, 2008