Väsen world tour visits Cämden, May 11-12

Väsen is the world's top (only?) Swedish Acoustic Power Trio +1.

And they will rock you.

Väsen's 2007 World Tour includes Ransäterstämman, Hallstahammar, Vallonsmedjan, and of course, Cämden, NJ.

>> www.vasen.se

It's all part of the new StringNation festival at the Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden .. taking place over two days, Friday May 11 and Saturday May 12.

>> www.stringnation.com

StringNation is billed as the "first festival dedicated to progressive acoustic music". What that basically amounts to is a 48-hour jam session / workshop / gathering from literally the four corners of the globe .. from the Nordic countries to South America.

2-day ticket packages start at just $40. bring your ax, hammer dulcimer, or 20-string bandolim..

For more information, visit www.stringnation.com or call (856) 225-2700.

1915's "Birth of a Nation" was the film that simultaneously launched the modern movie industry and gave the Ku Klux Klan a foothold in the 20th Century.

Friday night is the Philly premiere of a film project that DJ Spooky calls "a digital exorcism" .. taking the original 1915 footage and doing a live 3-screen video/audio remix that turns the tables on the original..

It all goes down this Friday night 4/13 at the Gordon Theater, Rutgers-Camden..

DJ Spooky will be there at 6pm for a FREE roundtable discussion with the RU-C departments of film and African-American studies..

More info ... www.gordontheater.com (856) 225-2700

Who killed the electric car? If it wasn't GM, Dick Cheney, Halliburton or the Shriners, it may well have been the sheer weight of film festival screenings these days and the dinosaur juice required to try and see them all.

Don't let that deter you, however, from checking out this FREE screening of the acclaimed documentary by filmmaker/director Chris Paine. It's a sordid story of the life and mysterious death of the GM EV1, among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The lucky few who drove it never wanted to give it up. So why did General Motors crush its fleet of EV1 electric vehicles in the Arizona desert?

Chris Paine will present a keynote address at 1:00pm, followed by this free screening and followed by an informal Q&A. (Or hang out for the free post-screening nosh to rub elbows..)

It's all part of Rutgers-Camden's second annual New Century Cinema Film Festival, a showcase for college and independent filmmakers from across the nation. For a complete schedule of screenings and events, check out www.gordontheater.com.

Where: The Gordon Theater, 3rd and Pearl Streets @ the Ben Franklin Bridge
Rutgers-Camden campus, Camden NJ
(856) 225-2700 or www.gordontheater.com

When: 1:00pm

Admission and Parking is FREE!