The Halloween Harvest has created thousands of unforgettable memories of family bonding over the past decade since its opening in 2004. From picking out the perfect pumpkin to riding the itchy-but-enjoyable hayride, the times spent here will never be forgotten. Everyone is shocked to hear this October will be the last time he or she can visit the farm. For years this event has been a go-to festival for families and teenagers. Find out more here.With the closing of the Pierce College Farm Center comes the death of the famous Halloween Harvest. Our name? The Corn Daddies.įor those seeking a creative take on the ol' corn maze classic, I highly recommend this one! The Amazing Maize Maze runs through October 29th. Oh, and cute alert: the pieces of paper you need for your maze map are tucked inside of white mailboxes! When you finish the maze, you tell the announcer your team name and she proclaims your victory on a mic for all to hear. You're handed a flag and activity booklet at the start of the maze and then weave (or bumble) your way through the cornfield, completing a crossword puzzle, maze map, and labyrinth in the process. l happily got mud on my boots while learning about O'Keeffe's 2014 auction record for female artists and the fact that she studied at Columbia University's Teacher's College. This year's theme is painter Georgia O'Keeffe! That means all of the clues hidden throughout the maze relate to the artist, her life, and her work. On Indigenous People's Day, my boyfriend and I swung over to the Queens County Farm Museum in Queens, New York to get our puzzle fix. Hey, maybe it's corny, but a corn maze always sounds like a fun Fall adventure to me! Since there's one in New York City that really leans into the corniness and calls itself the Amazing Maize Maze, you know I had to check it out. "Finding Agnes" will show in select theaters beginning December 2nd. You'll leave the film pondering some philosophical and political questions but won't forget the eye candy. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of "Finding Agnes" is its questions of how icons are made and who gets to represent a movement-not just among transgender people but any identity or community throughout history. There's plenty that we can imagine about icons from the past, though we should be cautious about making assumptions. Bonus points for creativity and visual details, especially the editing and trans cast's Period piece wardrobe. Everyone has (and deserves) a private life. That's especially true for a marginalized, pseudonymized person navigating a system set against her. While director Chase Joynt's constant pivot between fiction and non-fiction at times muddles the film's storyline, that's part of the point: there is so much we don't know about any historical figure's narrative. Find out more here.įeathers up! We recommend: "Framing Agnes" is a parafiction, a docudrama, a play between talk show and academic exploration centering Agnes, a transwoman who participated in gender research at UCLA in the 1950s. Perhaps most poignantly, you see and hear Ernaux's observations about how what's not shown on camera says the most about her marriage, its eventual decline, and how this period was crucial to her becoming a published writer. You also catch glimpses of Albania, Egypt, Spain, and the USSR. While you might expect to see French suburban life of a certain era portrayed in the all-Super 8 film, it's not all you see. Chronicling the highs and lows of being a wife, mother, and young author, "The Super 8 Years" tiptoes the boundaries of nostalgia without lingering too long there. (Sorry if you're a 'dubs, not subs' type but yay if you're not?) This 61-minute journey in home movies delves into the author/director's family life from 1972 to 1981. "The Super 8 Years," an autobiographical film and directorial debut of French author Annie Ernaux has subtitles. Parlez-vous français? Don't worry if you don't know French.
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