Boston-area readers, mark your calendars.
The Coolidge Corner Theatre, an award-winning original Art Deco movie house and cultural landmark in Brookline, Massachusetts, will launch a newly established annual award honoring a selected film artist whose work advances the spirit of original and challenging filmmaking. The first Coolidge Award will be given to Zhang Yimou, the internationally acclaimed Chinese director. Zhang is scheduled to accept the award and participate in a ceremony and festivities at the Coolidge on May 26-27, 2004. The Coolidge Award presented to Zhang includes a specially commissioned inscribed memento and an unrestricted cash award of $10,000. Preceding the ceremony will be month-long programming at the theatre of related classes and panel discussions, and a selected retrospective of Zhang's work.The complete line-up of events, screenings and ticket information for the Coolidge Award Ceremony will be announced in coming months. The Coolidge Corner Theatre is located at 290 Harvard Street in the heart of Coolidge Corner, Brookline, Massachusetts. For information on programming, call 617-734-2500, or visit www.coolidge.org.