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The Asheville Art Museum invites you to a screening of "True Stories" on Saturday and Sunday, April 3 and 4, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. each day. This film screening is free with Museum Membership or admission."True Stories" is a cult-classic starring David Byrne with music by the Talking Heads. This film portrays a gallery of eccentric personalities including the “laziest woman in the world” with her array of time-saving gadgets and a man with a “Wife Wanted” sign on his front lawn, all residents of the fictional town of Virgil, Texas. The film’s notable cast includes John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz and Spaulding Gray. Writer and director David Byrne said, “When I see a place for the first time, I notice everything — the color of the paper, the sky, the way people walk, doorknobs, every detail,” he says. This film might alter your own impressions for a time as well. Held in conjunction with the exhibition Limners to Facebook: Portraiture from the 19th to the 21st Century. The Asheville Art Museum is the only nonprofit visual arts museum serving the 24 counties of Western North Carolina. Incorporated by artists in 1948, the Museum collects, preserves and interprets American art of the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on work of significance to the Southeast. The Asheville Art Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums and receives general operating support from businesses, foundations and individuals, as well as from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina, and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Additional support is provided by the City of Asheville and Buncombe County. (Image provided by The Asheville Art Museum.)
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