Underground filmmaker Shirley Clarke was one of Harry Smith’s neighbors in Chelsea Hotel. From Dee Dee Halleck’s eulogy to Shirley Clarke: In the early seventies I somehow found my way up to her workshop space in the penthouse of the Chelsea Hotel. Shirley lived and worked there making live and taped video performance, installation and documentation … Continue reading
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Harry Smith: Cross Culturality and Regional Identity in a Salmon Nation Beatnik/Nov. 5, Knight Library, Eugene@ 5:00 PM
OPB’s Dave Blanchard Earns Honorary OCI Membership
Think Out Loud’s Dave Blanchard has compiled a terrific “compare and contrast” list of musicians who claim Harry Smith’s Anthology as a formative influence. Find his extensive and surprising list, which includes videos, on the OPB website. Included is a link to Blanchard’s interview with Eric Isaacson about Mississippi Records’ re-release of Harry Smith’s Anthology of … Continue reading
Dennis Nyback Talks Harry Smith
Film archivist/historian/master projectionist Dennis Nyback reunites with long time collaborator Lori Goldston at SIFF Cinema on March 18. Photo credit: Anne Richardson, aka Mrs. Nyback. . 1. Have you ever screened Heaven And Earth Magic before in Seattle? . No. The first time I screened any Harry Smith film was for the Not For The … Continue reading
Lori Goldston Talks Harry Smith
“Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher based in Seattle.” On March 17, 2014, one time Nirvana cellist Lori Goldston comes to the Hollywood Theatre in Portland to celebrate Mississippi Records re-release of Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music. … Continue reading
Josh Winsor’s poster for Harry Smith’s Heaven And Earth Magic @ SIFF Cinema/ Mar. 18, 7PM/with Lori Goldston, Jessika Kenney, Susie Kozawa, Dennis Nyback
Josh Winsor’s company is www. joshwinsorphotodesign.com. Highly recommended! Continue reading
Harry Comes Home To Seattle w/Lori Goldston: Heaven & Earth Magic @ SIFF Cinema, March 18, 2014
Oregon Cartoon Institute brings Harry Smith home to Seattle in time to welcome the 2014 Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference, which opens Wednesday March 19 and runs through Sunday March 23. Cellist Lori Goldston will provide live accompaniment for OCI’s multiple projector, expanded cinema version of Heaven & Earth Magic. The screening will … Continue reading
The Parental Enigma, Part Two: Mary Louise Hammond Smith
According to Harry, his mother was Anastasia of Russia, and he was the product of her love affair with Aleister Crowley. Harry Smith was gloriously unreliable when it came to facts about his own life. Here’s what we know about Mary Louise Hammond Smith. Chronologically: Born in 1889, in Sioux City, Iowa. Teaches at Sitka … Continue reading
The Parental Enigma, Part One: Robert James Smith
Harry’s Chicago grandfather, Robert A. Smith, married the daughter of a Chicago industrialist-turned-salmon packer. I don’t know if he did this before or after he moved to Bellingham to assist in the administration of the Deming family’s powerful, vertically integrated, salmon canning empire. The record shows their son, Robert James Smith, bailed on this mission, … Continue reading
Handy Guide to Harry Smith’s Bellingham
Thanks to Kaveh Askari and Matthew Holtmeier, Oregon Cartoon Institute got to explore Bellingham, Harry Smith’s childhood home. For people who wish to retrace our steps, here’s the sights we recommend. 1. Harry’s homes. Robert Smith, Mary Smith and two year old Harry Smith arrived in Bellingham in 1925. They moved into 1515 J Street, … Continue reading
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