While sports might rule school elsewhere in New York City, in the borough of Brooklyn at I.S. 318, chess is the game that all the cool kids play. Home to a program that has put together teams who have won numerous championships and developed some of the best players the country has seen, the upcoming documentary "Brooklyn Castle" goes into the hallways and lives of the students and teachers to get to the core of what makes the program work. And as we see in this exclusive clip from the film, it's sacrifice that pushes everyone forward competitively and academically. As Assistant Principal and Chess Coordinator at the school John Galvin reveals, their work week is often six days, with hours running well past when the school bell rings as they sit down with the students to help them prepare and play at the highest level. And in particular he...
- 10/16/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Brooklyn Castle, Katie Dellamaggiore’s thoughtful first documentary, is an incredible story about an after-school program in New York City called “the Yankees of Chess.” With 20 titles since the ’90s, the moniker suits the scholastic chess team at I.S. 318, a “Title I” junior high school in a district well below the poverty line. Full-time chess instructor Elizabeth Vicary and assistant principal John Galvin chaperone students on cross-country trips while teaching them to “find their best move,” on the board and in life. It’s an inspirational example of empowerment, accompanied by the reality of recessionary budget cuts that target after-school programs.
The faculty and the filmmakers share a “children first” mentality in their approach. The eager young thinkers of I.S. 318 are the focus, and their accomplishments, development, and hopeful futures speak for themselves. We meet and cheer for kids like 13-year-old Rochelle, who is studying diligently to be...
The faculty and the filmmakers share a “children first” mentality in their approach. The eager young thinkers of I.S. 318 are the focus, and their accomplishments, development, and hopeful futures speak for themselves. We meet and cheer for kids like 13-year-old Rochelle, who is studying diligently to be...
- 3/27/2012
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Elva Ramirez United Visual Artist’s Origin for Creators Project
For several nights, cars driving over the Brooklyn Bridge at night have likely noticed a bright red glow emanating from the waterfront.
Origin, a totemic audiovisual installation by London-based United Visual Artists, is a forty foot by forty foot grid comprised of Led-laced stackable cubes, directional speakers and algorithms meant to simulate a machine that has a mind of its own.
On Saturday night, the first of Vice and Intel’s Creators Project weekend,...
For several nights, cars driving over the Brooklyn Bridge at night have likely noticed a bright red glow emanating from the waterfront.
Origin, a totemic audiovisual installation by London-based United Visual Artists, is a forty foot by forty foot grid comprised of Led-laced stackable cubes, directional speakers and algorithms meant to simulate a machine that has a mind of its own.
On Saturday night, the first of Vice and Intel’s Creators Project weekend,...
- 10/17/2011
- by Elva Ramirez
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
United Visual Artists A rendering of the main stage at Coachella 2011, designed by United Visual Artists
With only so much top talent to go around, behemoth music festivals have to put up with some overlap in their lineups. (The Strokes, for instance, are hitting Coachella, the Sweetlife Festival, Jazz Fest, and Bonnaroo in the space of two months, having covered Lollapalooza last summer.) Now, more than ever, festivals are selling themselves on atmosphere. Next in the quest for uniqueness: stage...
With only so much top talent to go around, behemoth music festivals have to put up with some overlap in their lineups. (The Strokes, for instance, are hitting Coachella, the Sweetlife Festival, Jazz Fest, and Bonnaroo in the space of two months, having covered Lollapalooza last summer.) Now, more than ever, festivals are selling themselves on atmosphere. Next in the quest for uniqueness: stage...
- 4/14/2011
- by John Jurgensen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Micro processor manufacturing behemoth and future Skynet overlords, Intel have partnered with software developer Cakewalk to launch the "Superstars" songwriting competition.
Here's the breakdown. An artist, perhaps you, submits a piece of original music into one of six ridged genres: Rock, Pop, Country, Singer-Songwriter, Urban, or Latin by August 22nd. The tracks are then judged by fans of Intel's Facebook page. Goodies include Intel® Core™ computers, Cakewalk Sonar Producer Software, tons of other recording gear/software, and promotion to "millions of OurStage.com and Intel fans," so says Cakewalk.com. There's also a $10,000 cash grand prize.
Intel marketing director John Galvin commented on the competition saying "At Intel we are inspired by the music and art that creative people can make using technology." And throwing down the gauntlet to any other micro chip manufacturers left out there added, "As sponsors of tomorrow, we are eager to support a competition like...
Here's the breakdown. An artist, perhaps you, submits a piece of original music into one of six ridged genres: Rock, Pop, Country, Singer-Songwriter, Urban, or Latin by August 22nd. The tracks are then judged by fans of Intel's Facebook page. Goodies include Intel® Core™ computers, Cakewalk Sonar Producer Software, tons of other recording gear/software, and promotion to "millions of OurStage.com and Intel fans," so says Cakewalk.com. There's also a $10,000 cash grand prize.
Intel marketing director John Galvin commented on the competition saying "At Intel we are inspired by the music and art that creative people can make using technology." And throwing down the gauntlet to any other micro chip manufacturers left out there added, "As sponsors of tomorrow, we are eager to support a competition like...
- 8/4/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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