With the aim of fostering collaboration and networking, the event aims to bring together independent music and film/video artists with related businesses in workshops, panels, a trade show, screenings and music showcases.

        Several Cincinnati area professionals are scheduled to take part, including filmmakers Mark Turner and Matt Hader; cinematographer Jeff Barklage; John Johnson, founder of the American Screenwriters Association; Jim Sfarnas of Holographic Records, Chris Lee of Devilsaint Booking and Kevin Blum of Clear Channel, the broadcast and concert conglomerate.

        The conference is accepting music and film/video submissions in the categories of feature, documentary, short film, animation and music video. Visit www.midwestmusicconference.net for details, or e-mail midwestmusic2002@aol.com

        Event participants include the Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA and Apple Computer; dozens of sponsors include Film Music and OnStage magazines, XM Satellite Radio, the Independent Film Channel, American Federation of Musicians, and several record companies, Web sites and software makers.

        Cool films: In Dayton, you can catch classic movies from the late '30s to the late '60s at the historic Victoria Theatre's annual “Hot Times Cool Films” series, running weekends June 14 through Aug. 11.

        The popular summer series includes free organ concerts on the NCR Mighty Wurlitzer, classic Warner Bros. cartoons, plus free popcorn and soda in the lobby. This summer's schedule is:

        June 14-16 — In the Heat of the Night (1967) starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, directed by Norman Jewison.

        June 21-23 — Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau and Louis Armstrong, directed by Gene Kelly.

        July 5-7 — The Harvey Girls (1946) starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Angela Lansbury, directed by George Sidney.

        July 12-14 — To Have and Have Not (1944), starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Directed by Howard Hawks.

        July 19-21 — To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), starring Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall and Brock Peters. Directed by Robert Mulligan.

        July 26-28 — Father of the Bride (1950), starring Spencer Tracy, and Elizabeth Taylor, directed by Vincente Minnelli.

        Aug. 2-4 — Cabaret (1972), starring Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey and Michael York, directed by Bob Fosse.

        Aug. 9-11 — The Quiet Man (1952), starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by John Ford.

        Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. (An added showing of Hello Dolly is set for 7 p.m. June 23.)

        Tickets are $4. Passbooks with 10 tickets usable in any combination are $21.95. The theater is at 138 N. Main St. in downtown Dayton; the box office, (937) 228-3630, is open Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and two hours before show time.

        Traveling fest: The Ann Arbor Film Festival Tour, a sampling of winning short film and video works from the 40th Ann Arbor Film Festival, arrives at the Cincinnati Art Museum Auditorium Wednesday and Thursday. The program will be screened in two parts; half each day. Both shows are at 7 p.m.

        Cincinnati Art Museum is at 953 Eden Park Drive. (Use the DeWitt entrance.) Admission is $6, or $4 for CAM or Cincinnati Film Society members and college students with valid ID. (513) 251-6060; e-mail cincinnatifilmsociety@hotmail.com.

        E-mail mmcgurk@enquirer.com
       

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