Contributed photo Arturo Canales, now a human services worker in Sullivan County, is featured as one of the homeless living underground in Manhattan’s Penn Station in the film “Coming Out of Dark Days.” Someone who has since transformed his life, he will lead a discussion after a showing of the award-winning film at Sullivan County Community College at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18.

Award-winning documentary on homeless to be shown at SCCC

Sullivan human services advocate Canales, featured in film, to head discussion

LOCH SHELDRAKE, NY—“Coming out of Dark Days,” Marc Singer’s multiple award winning documentary following the lives of several homeless people living in the bowels of Penn Station in New York City, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18 in the Seelig Theatre of Sullivan County Community College (SCCC). The film won the Indie Spirit Best Documentary Award 2000, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association’s Best Documentary Award 2000 and the Sundance 2000 Film Festival Audience Award, Freedom of Expression Award and Cinematography Award.

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‘3:10 to Yuma’ an inauspicious return of the Western genre

As a matter of full disclosure I feel it necessary to tell you that, as a filmgoer, I have an extraordinary bias for Westerns. I have yet to experience a feeling comparable to that little twinge of excitement I get when seeing someone take familiar aspects from a well-worn genre of larger-than-life posturing and come up with something original and exciting. Westerns, to me, are the genre that best represents that possibility.

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‘La Vie en Rose’ at CineArt

CALLICOON, NY—The Delaware Valley Arts Alliance and the Callicoon Theater will present “La Vie En Rose” from Friday, September 14 through Monday, September 17 at the Callicoon Theater. The movie is the story of Édith Piaf, who was plucked from the streets of Paris to become the most beloved French singer of her time, and has been praised for the extraordinary performance of Marion Cotillard as Piaf.

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Other stories in this issue:

• Port Jervis artist Roseanne Backstedt in group show in Soho
• Harvest Festival features local craftsmanship for the home
• Day for kids sponsored by Communities that Care
• Evan Mack featured in Lumberland cultural series
• Meditation programs offered at Buddhist retreat
• Monday Night Cinema entertains and educates
• Keeping the traditions alive
• Presby Players cabaret to raise funds
• Walking tour of historic cemetery continues centennial celebration
• Wild Mushroom and Herb Walk at Lake Scranton