"Rebirth" premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2011.

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The Tulipanes Latino Art and Film Festival will host its 11th Anniversary Festival on Saturday September 17 and Sunday September 18, 2011.

Centennial Park in the center of Holland (Michigan) will serve as the principal venue for several events such as the Children's Art Workshop "Hands that Heal," Piñata Breaking, The Musical showcase which future music and dances groups representing Mexico and Latin America. Award-winning films will be shown at the historical Knickerbocker Theatere. Films include shorts, animation, documentaries, and feature-length, all of which explore a variety of themes in which Latino imagination and creativity approach humor, politics, culture, fiction and art. (Most films are screened in Spanish with English subtitles). Salsa Night is a ticketed event; it offers a unique opportunity to hear, dance and enjoy the dazzling sounds of Salsa.

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Alicia Stegink Eppinga, is the Acting Principal Cellist of the Grand Rapids Symphony.

Eppinga has appeared several times with the Castalia Chamber Ensemble, but this marks her first recital as soloist. Along with pianist Joan Conway, series founder/director, she will play music by Pablo Casals, Frank Bridge, a set of Variations by Beethoven, Schumann's Fantasy Pieces, and the Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano.  

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'Cast a Giant Shadow' is a true story about the former American Army officer who becomes Israel's first general in its armed struggle to become a nation.The big-budget all-star cast includes Kirk Douglas, Angie Dickinson, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Senta Berger and John Wayne.  

Colonel David Marcus (Douglas) is recruited by the Israelis to help form an army. Marcus is conflicted because of his sudden appreciation for his Jewish heritage. Realizing that each of Israel's Arab nations has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country once the partition has been made, Marcus agrees to become commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.    

Wayne, whose Batjac production company funded the film, appears briefly as an American general.  The film, directed and written by Melville Shavelson, is based on the book by Ted Berkman. The film was beautifully shot in Israel and Rome by Aldo Tonti.  The action scenes buttress the impressions of Isreael's immense struggle.  

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 A. R. Gurney's modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog.   

Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park-or that has found him-bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag.

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