The Newcomers is a 2000 American family drama film directed by James Allen Bradley and starring Christopher McCoy, Kate Bosworth, Paul Dano, Jeff Fahey and Chris Evans in his feature film debut. Christopher McCoy plays Sam Docherty, a boy who moves to Vermont with his family, hoping to make a fresh start away from the city. It was filmed in Vermont, and released by Artist View Entertainment and MTI Home Video.
Synopsis
A Boston family decides to move to the country and begin a new life after their young son, Sam, is threatened by bullies. When the Docherty family reaches their new home, things aren't much better. The father, Gary, learns the job he has been promised has been given to a local, and there is a general dislike by the townspeople of the new city folk. Sam adopts a dog and the daughter Courtney finds a new boyfriend, Judd. Things improve for the family, but it is not until Sam commits a daring act of bravery that the Docherty family is finally accepted in their new community.
Cast
* Kate Bosworth - Courtney Docherty
* Chris Evans - Judd
* Paul Dano - Joel
* Matt McCoy - Gary Docherty
* Jeff Fahey - Mack Weatherton
* Christopher McCoy - Sam Docherty
* Elizabeth Duff - Marilyn Docherty
* Billy Kay - Gil Weatherton
* Josh Peck - Slim
* Cesar Evora as Richard
* Jamie Benti - Rocco
* Mike Chiarello - Penn
Synopsis
A Boston family decides to move to the country and begin a new life after their young son, Sam, is threatened by bullies. When the Docherty family reaches their new home, things aren't much better. The father, Gary, learns the job he has been promised has been given to a local, and there is a general dislike by the townspeople of the new city folk. Sam adopts a dog and the daughter Courtney finds a new boyfriend, Judd. Things improve for the family, but it is not until Sam commits a daring act of bravery that the Docherty family is finally accepted in their new community.
Cast
* Kate Bosworth - Courtney Docherty
* Chris Evans - Judd
* Paul Dano - Joel
* Matt McCoy - Gary Docherty
* Jeff Fahey - Mack Weatherton
* Christopher McCoy - Sam Docherty
* Elizabeth Duff - Marilyn Docherty
* Billy Kay - Gil Weatherton
* Josh Peck - Slim
* Cesar Evora as Richard
* Jamie Benti - Rocco
* Mike Chiarello - Penn
The Irish American Arts Awards was a not for profit organization headquartered in New York City to recognize, encourage and celebrate contemporary visual art by those of Irish ancestry across the world, in particular by the annual award of a cash prize.
Founded in 2005 it was launched at a reception on January 27, 2006 in the Irish Consulate General in New York, co-hosted by representatives of the governments of both sides of the Irish border.
The Irish American Arts Awards was led by its chairman, Simon Pereira Shorey, and its executive board, Attracta Lyndon, Antonia Reilly, Ciaran Grant and Anita Daly.
The launch was attended by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, a noted enthusiast for both things Irish and the power of art.
Entries were submitted from St. Patrick's Day (March 17) 2006 until June 15, 2006 by artists from around the world.
The 2006 Panel of Judges is: Professor Declan McGonagle (Chair), Professor of Art and Design, The University of Ulster, Belfast, NI; Professor Colm Ó Briain, Director of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland; Cheryl Donegan, artist, New York, USA; Vincent Ferguson, businessman and art collector, Sligo, Ireland; Emily-Jane Kirwan, Associate Director at the Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA; Alice Maher, artist, Dublin, Ireland; Dr. Yvonne Scott, Director of TRIARC, the Trinity College Irish Art Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland
The Panel of Judges announced their short list on June 27, 2006.
The 2006 Short List was:-
Under 35 Years Old
Over 35 Years Old
The category winners and the overall winner (who received a cheque for $25,000) were announced on September 12, 2006 at the awards ceremony at Jumeirah Essex House, New York City.
Six artists shortlisted for the 2007 Award withdrew their submissions after a long delay on announcing the winners.
Founded in 2005 it was launched at a reception on January 27, 2006 in the Irish Consulate General in New York, co-hosted by representatives of the governments of both sides of the Irish border.
The Irish American Arts Awards was led by its chairman, Simon Pereira Shorey, and its executive board, Attracta Lyndon, Antonia Reilly, Ciaran Grant and Anita Daly.
The launch was attended by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, a noted enthusiast for both things Irish and the power of art.
Entries were submitted from St. Patrick's Day (March 17) 2006 until June 15, 2006 by artists from around the world.
The 2006 Panel of Judges is: Professor Declan McGonagle (Chair), Professor of Art and Design, The University of Ulster, Belfast, NI; Professor Colm Ó Briain, Director of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland; Cheryl Donegan, artist, New York, USA; Vincent Ferguson, businessman and art collector, Sligo, Ireland; Emily-Jane Kirwan, Associate Director at the Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA; Alice Maher, artist, Dublin, Ireland; Dr. Yvonne Scott, Director of TRIARC, the Trinity College Irish Art Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland
The Panel of Judges announced their short list on June 27, 2006.
The 2006 Short List was:-
Under 35 Years Old
Over 35 Years Old
The category winners and the overall winner (who received a cheque for $25,000) were announced on September 12, 2006 at the awards ceremony at Jumeirah Essex House, New York City.
Six artists shortlisted for the 2007 Award withdrew their submissions after a long delay on announcing the winners.
Robert Bourne (born 16 May 1951) is a British property developer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who was born in London. Bourne has amassed a property and leisure empire in London and France and has acted as a patron of the dramatic arts with his wife, theatre impresario, Sally Greene OBE.
Businesses
Bourne established an International Division which includes two hotels in France, in Courchevel and St Tropez. However, in 2009, in a move widely condemned locally, Bourne purchased and gave notice of closing within a month the little zoo of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, with animals to be dispersed elsewhere and replaced by a luxury spa. He later agreed to sell the land and zoo at the price he paid, around 20 million Euros, to any public body interested in buying.
In 2001 Bourne led a consortium of investors in a bid to buy the Millennium Dome from the British government. The Legacy Consortium bid £125 million for the Dome, planning to turn it into a high-tech “Knowledge City”.
Philanthropic activity
In 1998 The Old Vic was in decline and faced threats of becoming a lap dancing club. After public outcry and a plea from the Culture Secretary, Chris Smith, for a patron to step forward and purchase the theatre, Bourne and Sally Greene set up The Old Vic Theatre Trust, which acquired the theatre. In 2003 Bourne and his wife persuaded American actor Kevin Spacey to act as the theatre's artistic director.
RADA
Bourne is an Associate Member of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art).
Businesses
Bourne established an International Division which includes two hotels in France, in Courchevel and St Tropez. However, in 2009, in a move widely condemned locally, Bourne purchased and gave notice of closing within a month the little zoo of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, with animals to be dispersed elsewhere and replaced by a luxury spa. He later agreed to sell the land and zoo at the price he paid, around 20 million Euros, to any public body interested in buying.
In 2001 Bourne led a consortium of investors in a bid to buy the Millennium Dome from the British government. The Legacy Consortium bid £125 million for the Dome, planning to turn it into a high-tech “Knowledge City”.
Philanthropic activity
In 1998 The Old Vic was in decline and faced threats of becoming a lap dancing club. After public outcry and a plea from the Culture Secretary, Chris Smith, for a patron to step forward and purchase the theatre, Bourne and Sally Greene set up The Old Vic Theatre Trust, which acquired the theatre. In 2003 Bourne and his wife persuaded American actor Kevin Spacey to act as the theatre's artistic director.
RADA
Bourne is an Associate Member of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art).
ACE Foundation (The Association for Cultural Exchange) is a non-profit, educational charity based in Cambridge, England, which supports cultural and international understanding. The ACE Foundation provides courses, seminars, study tours, summer schools and lectures. ACE operates both in the UK and overseas and, in addition to its own courses, provides grants and scholarships. The ACE Foundation was founded in 1958 by Philip Brooke Barnes. Fields of study supported include history, architecture, archaeology, theory of education, theatre and literature, music, general history and natural history. ACE has been a pioneer in adult education, through its summer schools in Cambridge and Oxford, which began in 1958, and in lifelong learning.
The ACE Foundation organised archaeological exchange programmes with Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War period. More recently the Foundation has supported aerial archaeological research in Eastern Europe, using airspace which was previously inaccessible due to political and security reasons.
A subsidiary business of the ACE Foundation is ACE Cultural Tours, which emerged as a result of Philip Barnes’s recognition of the importance of context to education and understanding. ACE cultural tours visit various projects the ACE Foundation supports, including the Yachana Foundation in Ecuador, dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
An ACE visit to Ethiopia in 2002 resulted in the formation of Book Link - a charity dedicated to providing useful text books to schools in Ethiopia. The foundation has supported various Fauna and Flora International projects, such as Flower Valley in South Africa, and conservation capacity building in Cambodia and Romania.
Other projects which the Foundation has supported include the Cambridge Holiday Orchestra Association - Cambridge - England, Mathieson Music Trust - Calcutta - India, Feedback Madagascar - Madagascar and the Postwar Redevelopment Unit - York University - England.
Scholarship programmes offered by the ACE Foundation include those at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the annual Attingham Trust summer school and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
The ACE Foundation began summer schools in archaeology in 1964. The 2010 British Archaeology Summer School was held in partnership with Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and directed by Sir Paul Mellars, Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and ACE Foundation trustee.
Governance
The ACE Foundation is governed by a board of trustees: Ann Barrett, Paul Mellars, Roland Randall, Denis Moriarty, Colin Moses, Nicholas Wright, Paul Brooke Barnes.
The ACE Foundation organised archaeological exchange programmes with Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War period. More recently the Foundation has supported aerial archaeological research in Eastern Europe, using airspace which was previously inaccessible due to political and security reasons.
A subsidiary business of the ACE Foundation is ACE Cultural Tours, which emerged as a result of Philip Barnes’s recognition of the importance of context to education and understanding. ACE cultural tours visit various projects the ACE Foundation supports, including the Yachana Foundation in Ecuador, dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
An ACE visit to Ethiopia in 2002 resulted in the formation of Book Link - a charity dedicated to providing useful text books to schools in Ethiopia. The foundation has supported various Fauna and Flora International projects, such as Flower Valley in South Africa, and conservation capacity building in Cambodia and Romania.
Other projects which the Foundation has supported include the Cambridge Holiday Orchestra Association - Cambridge - England, Mathieson Music Trust - Calcutta - India, Feedback Madagascar - Madagascar and the Postwar Redevelopment Unit - York University - England.
Scholarship programmes offered by the ACE Foundation include those at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, the annual Attingham Trust summer school and the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
The ACE Foundation began summer schools in archaeology in 1964. The 2010 British Archaeology Summer School was held in partnership with Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and directed by Sir Paul Mellars, Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and ACE Foundation trustee.
Governance
The ACE Foundation is governed by a board of trustees: Ann Barrett, Paul Mellars, Roland Randall, Denis Moriarty, Colin Moses, Nicholas Wright, Paul Brooke Barnes.