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Once again the pollen is high, the temperatures are rising, and once again the bleary eyed skeptics shall emerge from the dark pub and venture out into the light.
I recently asked Maria to post a poll on the Meetup group asking which area of the metro area people would be most interested in for a Skeptics in the Park event. The two top choices by a wide margin were inside the perimeter and north of the perimeter, which is pretty much the only areas we’ve had SitPark thus far, so I’ll just continue the trend.
Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to scout out new in-town parks, but I also want to have our first event before it gets too hot. So, on May 7th, we will be going back to our old standby, Grant Park.
We’ll start around Noon. Food and drinks will be provided (typical grilling fare), but feel free to bring your own food if you like.
For those who have joined us before, we’ll (hopefully) be at the same pavilion we usually use. If you have never been to a SitPark in Grant Park, directions follow after the break.
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What do a documentary about autism, a drama about two latchkey kids making do without their mother and an animated short about a cocktail party have in common? They all touch on issues of interest to skeptics and they all have appeared at film festivals in the last year. 
With the Atlanta Film Festival coming up at the end of this month, and having just attended a film festival last weekend, I thought it might be interesting to talk about the intersection of film festivals and skepticism.
I’ve always been a fan of TV and movies, but I had never gone to a film festival until last year when my girlfriend took me to the Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison, Wisconsin. She’s attended it for several years with a long-time friend who lives there. We had a great time last year, and returned for the 2011 event just this past weekend.
Each year at Wisconsin Film Fest I find there are one or two films (of the over 200 screened) that touch on skeptical topics. So far, I haven’t seen any appear that pushed a non-evidence-based viewpoint (e.g. “Loose Change” or “What The Bleep Do We Know“). I don’t know if we owe that mainly to the Wisconsin festival’s selection process, or the lack of promotional acumen of the producers of those films, or both.
In any case, here are a few films that I’ve seen and enjoyed at film festivals that skeptics might find interesting, and several more that are coming up soon. Several are available on DVD, and two of them you can watch online for free. I’ll provide the links. Read on…
