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EVENT NEWS RELEASE/October 15, 2007

Peter Lutze Looks at the Good, Bad and Ugly of Television at Fettuccine Forum

Treasure Valley Community Television (TVCTV) founder and Boise State University communication professor Peter Lutze will examine the ins and outs of television when he presents “Boob Tube: News, Sports and Less” at the November Fettuccine Forum. The free event is Nov. 1 in the Rose Room in the historic Union Block, 718 W. Idaho Street. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the hour-long presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. Free appetizers will be served and fettuccine will be available for $5.

Lutze teaches media studies at Boise State, including video production, cinema studies and cultural criticism. He has degrees in filmmaking and law and a Ph.D. in communication arts. Lutze was a founding member and chair of the board of TVTV from 1997-2003 and continues to promote the idea of grassroots, community media in Boise through his teaching, research and production activities.

The forum is co-sponsored by Boise State’s Center for Idaho History and Politics and the Boise City Office of the Mayor. The Fettuccine Forum is an educational forum about the history and cultural life of Boise and the Treasure Valley. Each forum features a companion workshop offered for graduate and undergraduate credit. Students can register for workshops online through BroncoWeb.

Upcoming speakers are:
• Feb. 7 — Miguel Gaddi. “West Side Story: A global perspective on Boise’s next big thing.” Accompanying workshop, “New Urbanism” taught by Boise State history professor Todd Shallat and Nancy Tacke.
• March 6 — Ellen Greenberg. “The Opposite of Traffic: Counterintuitive thoughts about city streets.” Accompanying workshop, “Transportation in Crisis,” taught by Boise City planner Kathleen Lacey.
• April 3 — Michael Hoffman. “We Ought to be in Pictures: Hollywood in Idaho.” Accompanying workshop, “Art and Culture,” taught by Karen Bubb of the Boise City Arts Commission and Tacke.
• May 1 — Barbara Perry Bauer. “Once Upon the Trolly: Boise’s electric road.” Accompanying workshop, “Boise’s Historic Streetscape,” taught by historian Bauer.

Additional sponsors include the Idaho Council for History Education, Boise Tour Train, erstad Architects, the College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs at Boise State and Grape Escape.

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

For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of 2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
 

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Last reviewed on Wednesday, November 07, 2007