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Film/Video

thurs. 23
'How To Marry A Millionaire'
- Starring Betty Grable, Marilyn
Monroe and Lauren Bacall, presented as
part of the Riviera Theatre's The
Women of Hollywood summer film
series, 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23,
the Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St.,
North Tonawanda; $. 692-2413,
www.r ivieratheatre.org
fri. 24
'Experimental Storm Surge
Flood Models' - Opening on the
second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina,
media artist Ghen Dennis' exhibit takes
its name from a report by Louisiana
University's Center for the Study of
Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes.
Dennis has created an ongoing archive of
post-Katrina scenarios in New Orleans
East using hand-processed film
photographs, video histories of displaced
Ninth Ward residents, found objects and
audio recorded at the industrial
Mississippi levee walls. Dennis, a
Brooklyn-based media artist, lived in a
Winn Dixie parking lot in New Orleans
following Hurricane Katrina. She
currently teaches video at York College.
Opening reception, 7 p.m. Friday, Aug.
24 at Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media
Resources, 712 Main St., Buffalo.
884-7172, www.squeaky.org
'The Incredible Mr. Limpet' -
Family Movies in the Park series features

the 1964 Arthur Lubin classic starring
Don Knotts and Carole Cook, dusk
Friday, Aug. 24, Island Park, 5565 Main
St., Williamsville; free. 632-4120
The 1977 Dario Argento Italian
horror film 'Suspiria' and 'The
Mascot' at 8:30 p.m., The Screening
Room, 3131 Sheridan Drive, Amherst;
$. www.screeningroom.net
sat. 25
The Three Stooges Film
Festival - Hey Curly, hey Larry, hey
Moe, it's time for a one-night only
festival of your movies, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 25, the Riviera Theatre,
67 Webster St., North Tonawanda; $.
692-2113, www.rivieratheatre.org
'New Orleans Parallax' -
Co-curated by Courtney Egan (New
Orleans) and Sullivan Sheehan (Buffalo),
this program of films and videos -

organized with an awareness of the city's
split psyche of before and after -
supports the personal visions of media
makers living with the daily reality of a
city struggling to survive, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 25, Hallwalls
Contemporary Arts Center, 341
Delaware Ave., Buffalo; $. 854-1694,
www.hall walls.org