steve de jarnatt
steve de jarnatt is an american film and television director, screenwriter, and short story author .
steve de jarnatt' s short story
rubiaux rising
appears in the best american short stories 2009 .
shock’s david bertrand does the distance with writer / director steve de jarnatt about his apocalyptic cult film miracle mile .
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q & a with anthony edwards & steve de jarnatt conducted by rumsey taylor. co - presented by not coming to a theater near you .
de jarnatt is also a television director and has worked on such programs as lizzie mcguire, flight 29 down, er and alfred hitchcock presents .
de jarnatt is also a television director and has worked on such programs as lizzie mcguire, flight 29 down, er and alfred hitchcock presents .
for more in - depth information on steve de jarnatts fascinating life and career, check out robert cass interview at popdose or the miracle mile episode of mike whites projection booth podcast. both were useful resources for this interview. if youre in the toronto area, do yourself one better and come to the royal cinema on saturday, november 12th for the neon dreams presentation of miracle mile in 35mm with steve de jarnatt in person, co - presented by shock till you drop .
( 1987) directed by: steve de jarnatt. cast: david andrews, jennifer balgobin, marshall bell, harry carey jr. , larry fishburne, pamela gidley, melanie griffith, michael c. gwynne, brion james, ben johnson .
​from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. steve de jarnatt is an american film and television director, screenwriter, and short story author. he is best known for writing and directing the 1988 nuclear apocalypse thriller miracle mile and the film cherry 2000. de jarnatt is also a television director and has worked on such programs as lizzie mcguire, flight 29 down, er and alfred hitchcock presents. his short story, rubiaux rising, appeared in the 2009 edition of the best american short stories, as selected by author alice sebold. description above from the wikipedia article steve de jarnatt, licensed under cc - by - sa, full list of contributors on wikipedia .
steve de jarnatt is an american film and television director, screenwriter, and short story author. de jarnatt is perhaps best known for writing and directing the 1988 nuclear apocalypse thriller miracle mile and the film cherry 2000. in 1983, miracle mile had been chosen by american film magazine as one of the ten best unmade screenplays. de jarnatt is also a television director and has worked on such programs as lizzie mcguire, flight 29 down, er and alfred hitchcock presents. his short story, rubiaux rising, appeared in the 2009 edition of the best american short stories, as selected by author alice sebold .
welcome to “behind the byline, ” the column in which we share conversations with our current ner writers in all genres. ner fiction editor janice obuchowski speaks with steve de jarnatt, author of “ wraiths in swelter, ” which appears in ner 36. 2 .
bickford' s edgy genius has inspired other artists, including northwest cartoonists matt groening (b. 1954) and jim woodring (b. 1952); renowned animators, including the bolex brothers; and fellow filmmakers, including steve de jarnatt and brett ingram (who included bickford in his 1995 documentary the clay spirit) .
steve de jarnatt, los angeles, calif. , completed the creative writing m. f. a. program at antioch university, los angeles. he wrote and directed the 1989 movie, miracle mile, among other film and television credits. his first published story, “rubiaux rising, ” appears in the best american short stories 2009 .
steve de jarnatt grew up in the small logging town of longview, washington where he briefly held the state high school record in the quarter mile. after a long career in film and television in los angeles he is trying his hand at academia this year at ou and also transitioning into fiction (with work in a recent “the best american short stories” )
we did quite a few movies in those five years, and some are remembered and some are forgotten. history picks the cherries and the rest fall into dust. that movie was a great project because it got us together with [ director steve de jarnatt ], and we’re still good friends. it’s a good memory and it turned out well as a film. the movie became a cult favorite, and tons of money was made from the dvd release, but the way it was structured, [ de jarnatt ] made no money on the dvd. that’s just how hollywood works sometimes .
with a blu - ray release of miracle mile now available from kino lorber who have also put out de jarnatts other feature directorial effort, cherry 2000 (1987)  a bizarre sci - fi desert actioner starring melanie griffith as a gun - for - hire helping david andrews retrieve his fave living sex doll from deserted las vegas  the time has never been better to enjoy steve de jarnatts films the way they should be seen. graciously going above and beyond to make himself available, de jarnatt is flying up to toronto this coming november 12th for a rare 35mm print screening of miracle mile at the fabulous royal cinema as part of the ongoing neon dreams film series (recently knocking it out of the park with screenings of streets of fire and phantom of the paradise). the 35mm print is courtesy of rui pereira of the kingsway theatre .
( columbia, 1966) directed by: richard brooks. cast: burt lancaster, lee marvin, robert ryan, woody strode, jack palance, claudia cardinale, ralph bellamy, joe de santis, rafael bertrand, jorge martinez de hoyos .
steve de jarnatt began making experimental shorts and documentaries in his home state of washington. his screenplay for miracle mile made the very first “ten best unproduced scripts in hollywood” list. he struggled eight years to finally get it made (as director) and after playing in competition at sundance—it continues to screen around the world in retrospective. (a blu ray special edition is being released july 2015 by kino lorber classics )
save for directing cherry 2000 and miracle mile, and writing the adventures of bob & doug mckenzie: strange brew, de jarnatt has made a career in television. he is known for directing episodes of alfred hitchcock presents, er, lizzie mcguire, and flight 29 down .
originally intended to be the plot of twilight zone: the movie, the film was a labor of love for writer / director steve de jarnatt, taking nearly a decade to produce independently. miracle mile stands as the definitive time - capsule of reagan - era apocalyptic dread, richly populated by the nocturnal riffraff of l. a. , with its gallery of lonely waitresses, homeless lunatics and neonspandexed bodybuilders scrambling desperately to escape the impending black rain .
de jarnatt was born in colorado but grew up in the small town of longview, washington (where the father of brian thompson, who plays the helicopter pilot in miracle mile, was steves oceanography teacher), before moving to los angeles where he made his home for some 40 years. miracle mile ended up being de jarnatts second and last feature film as director, though he wrote, directed or produced 70 - 80 episodes of television starting in the 1990s. currently, steve is a visiting assistant professor of film in the mfa film program at ohio university in athens, largely retired from the film & television business to write award - winning fiction and has been happily making the rounds doing interviews and hosting screenings of miracle mile since its blu - ray release. pick it up, enjoy the restored image supervised by cinematographer theo van de sande, and check out the cast reunion of character actors (o - lan jones, earl boen, kurt fuller, denise crosby, brian thompson, danny de la paz, jenette goldstein and more) at the iconic johnies coffee shop where anthony edwards harry receives a phone call heralding the end of the world as we know it .
tant professor at ohio university' s mfa film program. in the second part of a three - part interview, i spoke to steve about the making of his ma
life itself ,
based on roger ebert' s memoir and directed by steve james, will open in theaters and be available on demand on july 4, 2014 .
jo: steve, it’s quite fun to read a contemporary take on the gothic short story. did you have any writers in mind as you were writing “wraiths in swelter” ?
after ten years in gestation, miracle mile finally nuked theatres in 1989. the ultimate apocalyptic romance, as anthony edwards races in desperation to find his new beau in and around los angeles miracle mile with nuclear war looming, this project consumed writer / director steve de jarnatts life for the entire 1980s decade. with the vibrant colour scheme and tangerine dream score and haircuts marking the era, miracle mile embodies the fatalism of the meaty 1970s. its a perfect mixture of urgent hope and shocking tragedy and one of the best films of the decade .
steve de jarnatt splits his time between port townsend, washington, and venice, california. his writing has appeared in santa monica review, meridian, joyland, cincinnati review, missouri review, new stories from the midwest 2013, and best american short stories 2009, among others. he was a fiction scholar at the sewanee and bread loaf writers’ conferences in 2012 and 2013, respectively. he is also the director of two cult feature films, miracle mile and cherry 2000, just released on blu - ray. his story “her great blue” appeared in ner 34. 1 .
its also a bit of a homecoming, as miracle mile premiered at the toronto international film festival back in 1988. de jarnatt also got his major industry break in the great white north as the screenwriter  and for a time, attached as director!  of strange brew (1983), starring sctvs consummate canadian hosers bob & doug mckenzie (rick moranis and dave thomas) .
steve gilbert, issaquah, was appointed executive director of discover burien, which works with local groups and businesses on issues concerning the city’s economy. his main job is at the consulting firm nw business intelligence group .
( 1998) directed by: lance mungia. cast: jeffrey falcon, justin mcguire, kim de angelo, stephane gauger, clifford hugo, oleg bernov, zhenya kolykhanov, avi sills, monti ellison .
joshua petker, los angeles, calif. , is pursuing a career as a fine artist after studying at lorenzo de’ medici in florence. his paintings have been exhibited internationally and are included in numerous private collections .
steve house, terrebonne, ore. , had his first book, beyond the mountain, published by patagonia books in september. it won the 2009 boardman tasker prize and the 2009 banff mountain book festival’s best book award for mountain literature .
( 1996) directed by: gary dean orona. cast: tane mcclure, steve tietsort, monique parent, robert arron, bill trillo, james e. martin, gary dean orona, christina ruiz, laurel a. johnson, kelli hoffman .
( mgm, 1958) directed by: john sturges. cast: robert taylor, richard widmark, patricia owens, robert middleton, henry silva, de forest kelley, burt douglas, eddie firestone, richard h. cutting .
de souza is mostly known for writing such action hits as 48 hrs, die hardand die hard 2, beverly hills cop ii, and lara croft tomb raider: the cradle of life as well as many episodes of the television series' the six million dollar men, the bionic woman, and the hardy boys / nancy drew mysteries. additionally, de souza directed the showtime movie, possessed with timothy dalton and christopher plummer, and an episode of the popular hbo series tales from the crypt .
steve booth, delta, b. c. , is a wildlife biologist, wilderness guide and science educator. he spent the last 20 years exploring the planet while organizing and leading expeditions. his travels have taken him to africa, southeast asia, china, australia and the americas .
monger has directed eight feature films and has written over thirty screenplays. he is known for the englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain and chico de rio, which won the hollywood film festival. he also wrote the popular television film seeing red, for which he received a christopher award .
yes, eddie with the sawed off shotgun. he knew how to use one. he was a wonderful guy. he came in and read. i still have his audition tape, and many others, and i will be putting them up on a miracle mile website later this year. theo van de sande' s wife, michele o' hayon, was developing one of his books
de palma gained critical acclaim for directing the film adaptation of stephen king' s carrie, which starred sissy spacek and piper laurie in their academy award nominated roles. he is also known for helming mission: impossible, dressed to kill, redacted, blow out, femme fatale, and the untouchables, which earned sean connery an academy award for best actor in a supporting role, and the al pacino headliners scarface andcarlito' s way .
the actors were all you could ask for. the dp, theo van de sande, was fantastic. i had wanted him on cherry 2000. i had seen his reel, and it was very eclectic. he didn' t just work in one style. i have used him on a tv pilot and many other things since. he' s the guy to have with you in the trenches. you need someone fighting as much as you to get everything onscreen .
leach was a theatre & film director, set designer, and screenwriter known for work as the artistic director of new york city' s la mama experimental theatre company and for having directed 21 productions for the public theater and the new york shakespeare festival. he helmed the stage version of pirates of penzance with kevin kline, linda ronstadt, rex smith and patricia routledge in 1980 as well as the television and broadway productions; the latter earned leach his first tony for best direction of a musical. he received his second tony in 1984 for the mystery of edwin drood, which originated at the public then transferred to broadway. in film, leach wrote and directed the wedding party on which leach collaborated with two of his sarah lawrence college students brian de palma and cynthia munroe (the film starred newcomers robert de niro and jill clayburgh), coriolanus with denzel washington and morgan freeman, and the tv movie all' s well that ends well with frances conroy .
recently released on blu - ray by kino lorber, 1988’s “miracle mile” was writer / director steve de jarnatt’s vision of the end of days in a candy colored pop luxe los angeles. it’s a hysterical, lyrically beautiful film. turning the tourist trap of the la brea tar pits and its museum into a widescreen paradise where our adam and eve, anthony edwards as harry and mare winningham as julie, meet and instantly connect. they spend a lovely day together, and the film takes in the various mid - century kitsch of hamburger palaces and coffee shops that were quickly becoming extinct. the film subtly comments that ‘80s los angeles, and everywhere else, had no patience for its history. harry and julie make plans to meet later that night. harry oversleeps and rushes to the diner meeting spot several hours too late. he finds a motley collection of character actors acting out the reagan era version of hopper’s nighthawks. he places a call to julie on the payphone outside the restaurant and starts to walk back in. the phone starts ringing, ecstatic it might be her returning his call he’s in no way prepared for the voice on the other end of the line. a panicked young man thinking he’s calling his father from his missile silo warns that there’s only an hour to get out before the missiles land and wwiii begins. a hail of gunfire ends the voice on the other end of the line. harry walks back in dazed, trying to deny what he’s heard but quickly spreading his panic to the other people in the diner. he can’t take the chance the call was a prank, and he can’t leave for safety without julie and so the race is on .
dj: no, no, it had been johnies for a long time. i think you can hear earl boen (the terminator and sequels), and danny de la paz, who plays the transvestite, talking about that it was originally called romeos times square. but it had been johnnies coffee shop for many years. and thats still whats there. the big sign was actually a prop: we rebuilt an existing sign because the wind destroyed it. i own that, and i have it in a rockabilly hat store in culver city. but i have to move it soon. i think theyre going out of business or something .
devito is best known for directing and performing in such films as the war of the roses, matilda, death to smoochy, throw momma from the train, and duplex, as well as acting in television comedies it' s always sunny in philadelphia and taxi, which earned him a golden globe and emmy for his portrayal as disgruntled dispatcher louie de palma. he also directs and produces graphic short horror films for his internet venture the blood factory. with his company jersey films, devito has produced such acclaimed motion pictures as pulp fiction, get shorty, erin brokovich (for which he received an academy award nomination for best picture), gattaca and garden state .
pressman’s specialty is discovering new talent and bringing new experiences to motion picture audiences. he is known for fostering the careers of young and inspired filmmakers. director brian de palma showed off his early mastery of suspense in the pressman productions sisters and phantom of the paradise, and terrence malick’s visual genius was first brought to the screen in pressman’s badlands. pressman gave jason reitman his directorial debut with thank you for smoking, and oliver stone his major directorial debut with the hand then produced stone’s academy award - winning wall street and talk radio. with stone, pressman produced kathryn bigelow’s early film, the thriller, blue steel starring jamie lee curtis. pressman is responsible for giving alex proyas his directorial debut with the crow, sylvester stallone his with paradise alley, and david byrne’s his with true stories. in john milius’ conan the barbarian, pressman gave arnold schwarzenegger his first starring role. pressman showcased david gordon green’s talents in one of his early films, undertow, as he did with sam raimi in his early film crimewave written by the coen brothers. he produced documentarian james marsh’s first narrative feature the king starring gael garcia bernal and william hurt .
daniel boxberger, bellingham, chair of western washington university’s anthropology department, received the paul j. olscamp research award for his achievements in ethnohistory and his contributions as an international expert on indigenous peoples’ treaty rights. the author of three books, he has worked with american, canadian and mexican indigenous people and is sought as a consultant by such agencies as the bureau of indian affairs, the u. s. forest service and the supreme court of british columbia .
linda kimura (smith), woodland, calif. , earned a master’s in human development from pacific oaks college. in 2009, her early childhood consulting business, babies can’t wait, launched the infant toddler specialist group. she provides consulting, grant - writing support, training and technical assistance to adults working with infants and toddlers .
john fernald, index, lives off the grid on 40 acres, relying on solar and hydropower. a registered nurse for seattle’s northwest kidney centers, he is studying spanish in preparation for surfing in sunny mexico .
jeff jacoby, san francisco, calif. , serves on the faculty of san francisco state university’s broadcast and electronic communication arts department. an emmy award - winning sound artist, he has produced radio, audio, and video programs since 1975 .
joan stamm, eastsound, earned her m. f. a. in literature and writing from bennington college. she studied and practiced zen and tibetan buddhism, and underwent years of ikebana instruction. she has written about her experiences in a new book, heaven and earth are flowers: reflections on ikebana and buddhism (wisdom publications, 2010) .
michael d. barron, holly springs, n. c. , is director of business development at eurofins avtech, where he is responsible for building relationships with clients and implementing revenue - growth strategies. he earned his m. b. a. from the university of north carolina at wilmington .
sandra brugh, spokane, was recently recognized by cambridge who’s who for “demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in social services. ” she is a social worker for the washington state department of social and health services, where she directs family counseling .
patricia kyritsi howell, mountain city, ga. , is a clinical herbalist, teacher and author of medicinal plants of the southern appalachians. she directs the botanologos school for herbal studies, and is co - owner of wild crete, which offers traveling seminars on herbs and traditional cuisine in crete .
david mazor, amherst, mass. , founder and president of the nonprofit literacy organization, reader to reader, donated 150, 000 new children’s books to schools in new orleans. the donation, in partnership with barnes & noble, brings reader to reader’s total new orleans donations to 1. 4 million books .
stuart stott' s fourth book, we shall overcome: a song that changed the world .
stuart stotts, deforest, wis. , is an author, storyteller and songwriter. his fourth book, we shall overcome: a song that changed the world (houghton mifflin, harcourt, january 2010), explores the song’s roots and role in america’s civil rights, labor, and anti - war movements, while tracing its transformation into an international anthem .
daniel tolfree, graham, n. c. , has lived on his two - acre millarckee farm for more than 25 years, selling his produce to restaurants and at the carrboro farmers’ market. his farm is an annual stop on the carolina farm stewardship association’s farm tour .
erin kathleen kenny, vashon, a registered counselor, owns and operates camp terra, which offers nature - based therapy sessions to autistic children, an approach she is pioneering .
jim logan, cambridge, mass. , runs customer service / tech support for helium. com. a jazz guitarist and 1986 graduate of berklee college of music, he has lived in mexico and uganda, where he performed with a ugandan band to promote health service delivery and education to residents. his three children range in age from 13 to 29 .
bob majors, lake forest park, was the internet audio / video communications director for the orchestral score recording of the jackie chan movie, the spy next door .
susan m. johnson, seattle, became a partner at stoel rives llp, a national business law firm, in october. her practice focuses on the food, beverage and hospitality industries. previously, she managed graham & dunn’s food and beverage practice. she received her j. d. from the university of oregon school of law .
lawrence john faulk (mpa), steilacoom, was appointed to the board of directors of icp solar technologies inc. , a solar power company. a former washington state senator, he worked as a boeing marketing executive and headed a number of nonprofit and government agencies. he is a graduate of the senior executives in state and local government program at harvard’s kennedy school of government, and most recently served as director of epod solar inc .
akagi masaaki, tokyo, japan, is a senior counselor for the council of local authorities for international relations (clair), which promotes and provides support for internationalization in japan .
susan obermeyer strauss, carbondale, colo. , had a solo show in new york city’s a. jain marunouchi gallery in february. she studied at the san francisco art institute and has a studio near carbondale. her work is collected internationally .
cynthia gaub, everett, was named 2009 middle school art educator of the year by the washington state art education association. she teaches art and technology at north middle school in the everett school district .
robin echtle, tacoma, is tacoma community college foundation’s associate vice president for development and foundation executive director .
linnea tobias, arcata, calif. , was a featured artist at the arcata artisans gallery in february. she studied painting, art history and printmaking at humboldt state university and the aegean center for the fine arts in paros, greece .
tom zahn, prague, czech republic, is self - employed and continues storytelling, along with his wife, marie, and three children. in honor of the olympia storytellers guild, they now host story swap in prague, where greeners are always welcome .
todd babcock, sedro - woolley, has a son and works for janicki industries in sedro - woolley. he has 15 years of experience in training and teaching english as a foreign language, including in france and thailand .
shelby edwards, seattle, is a business continuity manager for pemco in seattle .
wendy albert, las vegas, nev. , is senior director of marketing at miracle mile shops at planet hollywood resort & casino, where she handles advertising, public relations, consumer outreach and promotions. she has worked in the marketing divisions of nine west coast shopping centers. she made her initial foray into the shopping center industry as a student intern nearly 20 years ago .
thomas krueger, gorizia, italy, is a happy father to daughter, chiara. he lives near the slovenian border and is learning to ski .
clare conry - murray, ambridge, pa. , an assistant professor of psychology at penn state beaver, wrote “adolescent and adult reasoning about gender roles and fairness in benin, west africa, ” which appeared in the journal, cognitive development. she earned her doctorate in human development and education from the university of california, berkeley, and her master’s in secondary education from boston college .
jenna efrein, spring glen, n. y. , earned an m. f. a. in sculpture / dimensional studies with a focus on glass from alfred university. she has worked with glass since 1989 and teaches the art of glassblowing at hudson beach glass in beacon, n. y .
ian hanna, port townsend, was named director of development for the forest stewardship council - us (fsc - us) in january. he formerly served as director of northwest certified forestry and was a board member of fsc - us .
anna matzinger, dayton, ore. , archery summit winery’s winemaker, had her 2006 red hills estate pinot noir named the no. 1 wine in oregon out of more than 650 wines by portland monthly magazine last september .
sunny mulholland, seattle, will add five members to her family this year. she gained three stepchildren, alyssa, john and chessa, when she married bret mulholland in january, and they are expecting their first grandchild in may. she has two sons, 10 - year - old eli and 8 - year - old max, and works for a local magazine distributor .
scot mcqueen, olympia, is applied technology manager for geoengineers of tacoma, where he leads the business unit to help clients achieve their goals through the use of technology such as gis, mobile devices and websites .
kristyl (mathews) smith, san antonio, texas, manages the city of san antonio’s edwards aquifer protection program. a graduate of the university of colorado law school, she has overseen the purchase of development rights on more than 61, 000 acres of sensitive land. she and her husband have two sons, ages 2 and 4 .
hilary adams, new york, n. y. , is assistant - directing the broadway play collected stories, by pulitzer prize - winner donald margulies. the play, which opened april 28 at the samuel j. friedman theatre, stars tony award - winning actress linda lavin and is directed by lynne meadow .
theresa koppang (mes), portland, ore. , was invited to speak at conferences in italy and mexico about her work for the king county green building program she managed until 2006. she currently manages washington county’s solid waste and recycling program .
julia metzker, jonesboro, ga. , is an associate professor of chemistry at georgia college and state university. a 2008 - 09 fulbright scholar, she earned a ph. d. in inorganic chemistry from the university of arizona in 2001 .
cara lynn kleid, pittsburgh, pa. , is an artist, graphic designer and instructor. she studied at the school for visual arts, cooper union and the art students league of new york, and has exhibited her work in seattle, new york city and pittsburgh .
grady williamson, austin, texas, became an associate at davis & wilkerson, an austin law firm. she has worked for more than 10 years in the legal field, initially as a paralegal and more recently as an attorney at the attorney general’s office and travis county civil courts. she received her j. d. from st. mary’s school of law in san antonio in 2005 .
adam fenster, bothell, head coach of bellevue college’s men’s soccer team, was named coach of the year by the northwest athletic association of community colleges (nwaacc). a varsity soccer player at evergreen, he has played with the virginia a - league pro team and men’s league teams in washington state and washington, d. c .
don roff, seattle, released his eighth book, zombies: a record of the year of infection (chronicle books), in october. he has written, directed and produced in the horror genre, including the 2005 film in the weird world of mushroom madness and the book true scary stories. in 2006, he received the zola award for screenwriting from the pacific northwest writers association .
adam gallardo, salem, ore. , began writing comic books in 2003 and has published star wars infinities: return of the jedi (dark horse comics, 2004); the series 100 girls (arcana studio); gear school (dark horse comics, 2007); and a collection of the entire 100 girls series (simon & schuster’s teen imprint, simon pulse, 2008) .
marisa meltzer, brooklyn, n. y. , published girl power: the nineties revolution in music (faber and faber, february 2010), which she frames around the riot grrrl movement. a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the wall street journal and other publications, marisa co - authored how sassy changed my life: a love letter to the greatest teen magazine of all time .
stephen collins, moscow, russia, has been a research editor with unicredit securities for the past five years .
kate (michaelis) mejaski, indianapolis, ind. , is owner and photographer of this little light photography, a 2010 winner in the knot “best of weddings” photography category. her work has been showcased in several publications. she has three sons and is extremely active in her community .
elizabeth switaj, belfast, northern ireland, an editorial assistant at irish pages, is an editorial board member of gender across borders, a global feminist blog. she is working on a dissertation on james joyce, whose works she recently presented on at the third james joyce postgraduate conference and at the louisville conference on literature and culture since 1900 .
anthony airhart, hoquiam, is executive director of coastal harvest, which distributes food to 40 food banks, five feeding programs, four senior centers and five tribal centers .
carter hick, olympia, is an attorney with connolly, tacon & merserve. a graduate of willamette university college of law, he returned to olympia as an attorney with the washington state attorney general’s office representing the department of labor & industries. a member of the morningside board of trustees, he continues to race bicycles, surf and snowboard .
amy lathrop (preuett), seattle, is a publicist and social media director with litfuse publicity group .
keaton simons, studio city, calif. , had his debut album, can you hear me, released on cbs records in 2008. keaton was musical director for the l. a. rap group pharcyde and has worked with other notable hip - hop acts, including the black eyed peas, medusa and snoop dogg, with whom he performed on the tonight show .
kakuta ole maimai hamisi, bellevue, founded the maasai association to preserve and celebrate his native maasai cultural heritage. he earned his master’s in sustainable development at the school for international training in vermont. he returned to merrueshi in south kenya’s maasai region, where he has worked to create schools and a health center and do other community development work .
callie shanafelt, oakland, calif. , is enrolled in the berkeley graduate school of journalism following eight years of producing a seattle - area radio show called “voices of diversity. ”
amy j. enser, seattle, a freelance film editor, owns higher ames productions, specializing in documentary filmmaking. her film, ars magna, about a seattle man’s talent for anagrams, was nominated for an emmy last year. she recently edited and co - directed walk right in, a documentary about an experimental summer high school in 1968 .
krystal kyer, bellevue, conservation coordinator of the tahoma audubon society, was appointed commissioner to the five - member metro parks tacoma board. she served on the titlow park steering committee and a city of tacoma open space agency management team. she has two daughters, ages five and ten .
saoirse mccaig (valparaiso), washington, d. c. , is a development officer at the nonprofit college success foundation, which provides college scholarships and mentoring to low - income, high - potential students .
katherine mahoney, olympia, is the newest member of the olympian newspaper’s editorial board. since graduating from evergreen, she started a family, owned and operated clubside café, and served as chair of the parking and business improvement area advisory board to the olympia city council .
alissa nielsen, portland, is a short - fiction writer and editor. her work has appeared in the raven chronicles, ellipsis and slightly west. she studied literature and writing at charles university in prague and earned an m. f. a. from pacific university. she is working on a collection of short stories .
kevin mitchell, evanston, ill. , completed his master’s in the science of education at northwestern university and teaches fifth grade at chicago’s erie elementary charter school .
daysha eaton, los angeles, calif. , traveled to vietnam in january with the seattle - based nonprofit peacetrees vietnam to report about the legacy of war and land mines. in february, her story, “war still a way of life, ” was published in thanh nien, an influential vietnamese newspaper. daysha earned her master’s in specialized journalism from the university of southern california annenberg school of journalism .
lynne jordan, seattle, is development and outreach associate for the pcc farmland trust, which secures, preserves and stewards threatened farmland in the northwest. she recently served as campaign director at earthshare washington, a workplace giving coalition of conservation organizations .
eliot logan - hines, austin, texas, is enrolled in the yale school of forestry and environmental studies .
kelly boston, shelton, is vocational rehabilitation product manager for alliance enterprises, a provider of case management software for vocational rehabilitation agencies. previously, she was the planning and program evaluation administrator for washington state department of social & health services’ division of vocational rehabilitation .
james carnahan, haines, alaska, is the new tribal administrator for the chilkoot indian association in haines. jim and his wife have six children, seven grandchildren and one great - grandchild. he is a licensed pilot, certified scuba diver and snow skier .
robert cleveland, north bend, is a substance and chemical abuse counselor at echo glen children’s center, a youth correctional facility in snoqualmie .
amanda petersen, portland, ore. , is a project specialist for the nonprofit oregon technical assistance corporation, which promotes full participation in community life for individuals with disabilities, seniors and their families through training and technical assistance. she is developing a website to help cancer survivors use person - centered planning tools during and after treatment .
tom sleigh, brooklyn, n. y. , is the program director and senior poet of hunter college’s mfa creative writing program. he earned an m. a. from johns hopkins university. his published work includes space walk (houghton mifflin, 2007), winner of the' 08 kingsley tufts poetry award .
kyle contris, olympia, runs concreations, which creates artistic, eco - friendly concrete counters using recycled materials such as glass, metal and shells .
jaimie terada, seattle, earned her master’s in visual art and teaches mosaics, ceramics, sculpture, drawing and painting to k - 12 students. she has had several solo art shows .
julia anderson (mit), mount vernon, taught at independence high school for the past two years. she is now co - director of beacademy, a private k - 12 alternative satellite school of the alger learning center .
hannah elizabeth steinweg (mpa), olympia, is development manager of olympia’s hands on children’s museum .
emma stock, olympia, interns for u. s. senator tim johnson of south dakota. she is interested in policymaking in the areas of health, environment, energy and labor .
casey caronna, olympia, is working on an m. a. at goddard college, focusing on social studies licensure. his wife is a nurse in the providence system .
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the wife of former legislator arlie dejarnatt cared deeply about social injustice and helping her community .
“you can’t fix the whole world, but you can improve your corner” was a favorite saying of donna’s, according her daughter judy fardig, 59, of portland .
in addition to social causes, art was a life - long love of dejarnatt’s. she was a founding member of the broadway gallery in longview and eventually blossomed into a full - time artist .
donna dejarnatt died july 27 of alzheimer’s disease. she was 83 years old .
a memorial service is scheduled for aug. 30 at 1: 30 p. m. at lower columbia college’s rose center .
daughter lise dejarnatt husted, 50, of shoreline, wash. , said her mother will be missed for her optimism. her trademark friendliness is what caught her husband’s eye when they both attended oberlin college in the 1940s .
“she always smiled and said ‘hi’ to everyone on campus — that’s how she met my dad, ” who was quite shy, husted said .
donna dejarnatt graduated with a fine arts degree in 1946 and taught art at cornell college in iowa during the early years of her marriage .
donna and arlie moved to longview in 1953. her husband taught social studies at monticello middle school and then civics at r. a. long high school .
in the 1960s, he made his first run for the legislature. donna organized his political campaign at a time when it was uncommon for women to be politically active, fardig said .
dejarnatt also worked as a educator. she taught fifth grade at st. helens elementary school and art classes at monticello middle school in longview for a 10 years in the 1960s and 70s .
former students, now in their 40s and 50s, were known to stop by the broadway gallery in later years just to see dejarnatt, fellow artist susy halverson said .
“ (they) would come in and ask about her and want to talk to her, ” halverson said. “they all just felt special because of her. ”
dejarnatt made the gallery into a relaxed meeting place for artists, she said .
“if things get tense at home you can come in here, kick back and it’s ok, ” halverson said. “for a lot of us it’s more than a place more than a club, it’s a gathering of like - minded people and we’re always accepting here. ”
donna dejarnatt was born 1924 in denver to a portrait photographer father and mother who colored the portraits .
“sand paintings, ” in which an artist incorporates sand into patterns on a canvas, collages and watercolors were dejarnatt’s favorite to create .
“it gave her some freedom and allowed her to be an artist instead of just a mom and politician’s wife, ” husted said .
dejarnatt was an avid reader and highly valued education, serving on the lower columbia college board of trustees from 1994 to 2002 .
when her children were growing up, dejarnatt would encourage them to explore the outdoors. fardig remembers one time her mother even helped her children build cages for little snakes her children caught .
“i never knew of anyone who would let children bring snakes in the house, let alone build a cage, ” fardig said .
but when it came to learning, her mother was “never satisfied to just give the simplest answer. she really wanted us to learn, ” she said .
politics were a common topic at the dejarnatt’s dinner table, fardig said. both her parents were ardent democrats, fardig said, and her mother remained active in the local party chapter through most of her adult life .
despite her strong beliefs, donna wasn’t one to take center stage. even at her husband’s funeral in 1990, dejarnatt devoted her attention to those around her .
“she never felt sorry for herself, never needed to be center of attention, ” husted said. “she was there to help people. ”
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anthony edwards (hot from top gun) plays harry washello, a visiting trombonist performing in los angeles at a charity rally for the pan - pacific auditorium (in what was to be the iconic buildings final film appearance, as it burned down soon after the shoot). while killing time at the nearby la brea tar pits & museum, he meets julie (mare winningham) and falls madly in love over the course of one carefree afternoon. planning to meet her after her nightshift at johnies coffee shop, a power outage zaps harrys alarm clock and he shows up four hours too late. dejected, the phone booth outside johnies rings and harry decides to pick it up, the only person privy to a conversation he should never have heard: nuclear war is imminent. america is launching nukes on the soviet union and the counterstrike  which will hit in approximately one hour and ten minutes  will flatten los angeles. from here on the film plays out in nearly real time, as harry attempts to rally the diner patrons, find julie, and escape los angeles before the coming armageddon .
shock: miracle mile is special, in no small part because its one persons singular vision  you made a studio picture the way you wanted, without anybody stamping over your vision. how did you know that the concept for miracle mile was the one to hold so tightly to your chest for so long ?
sdj: i think probably because of the subject matter. when i started doing it, the cold war was still on, and i just wanted to shake the world up. by the time it was actually in a theater it was maybe almost ten years from the time i pitched it to the time it was done. and now its 25 years later. im glad i stuck to my guns, or you wouldnt be talking to me. miracle mile was in the first 10 best unproduced scripts in hollywood list. so, it was a script that a lot of people wanted to do .
sdj: yup, the very first time, with total recall and jacobs ladder, and some other stuff that got made. and i dont know if i want to make another movie, but i made the second list with hair of the dog, a really dark sort of ace in the hole, midnight cowboy western set in nashville in 1965. hair of the dog made the second list. i dont know if i want to direct it or get somebody else to direct it, but the town that im in is really old and it could maybe pass for nashville in 1965. well see. i dont know if im personally into it anymore. i dont listen to any new country music, only way in the past. but its got good roles.
steve de jarnatt is an american film and television director , screenwriter , and short-story author . de jarnatt is perhaps best known for writing and directing the nuclear-apocalypse thriller miracle mile ( 1988 ) and directing the sci-fi film cherry 2000 ( 1987 ) . in 1983 miracle mile was chosen by american film magazine as one of the ten best unproduced screenplays circulating in hollywood . that same year de jarnatt received his first screen credit as one of the writers of strange brew , a comedy starring rick moranis and dave thomas as their respective sctv characters bob & doug mckenzie . de jarnatt has also directed episodic television , including such programs as lizzie mcguire , flight 29 down , er , and alfred hitchcock presents . his short story " rubiaux rising " appeared in the 2009 edition of the best american short stories , as selected by author alice sebold . 
steve de jarnatt is an american film and television director, screenwriter, and short-story author. de jarnatt is perhaps best known for writing and directing the nuclear-apocalypse thriller miracle mile (1988) and directing the sci-fi film cherry 2000 (1987). in 1983 miracle mile was chosen by american film magazine as one of the ten best unproduced screenplays circulating in hollywood. that same year de jarnatt received his first screen credit as one of the writers of strange brew, a comedy starring rick moranis and dave thomas as their respective sctv characters bob & doug mckenzie. de jarnatt has also directed episodic television, including such programs as lizzie mcguire, flight 29 down, er, and alfred hitchcock presents. his short story " rubiaux rising " appeared in the 2009 edition of the best american short stories, as selected by author alice sebold.
steve de jarnatt is an american film and television director, screenwriter, and short-story author. de jarnatt is perhaps best known for writing and directing the nuclear-apocalypse thriller miracle mile (1988) and directing the sci-fi film cherry 2000 (1987). in 1983 miracle mile was chosen by american film magazine as one of the ten best unproduced screenplays circulating in hollywood. that same year de jarnatt received his first screen credit as one of the writers of strange brew, a comedy starring rick moranis and dave thomas as their respective sctv characters bob & doug mckenzie. de jarnatt has also directed episodic television, including such programs as lizzie mcguire, flight 29 down, er, and alfred hitchcock presents. his short story " rubiaux rising " appeared in the 2009 edition of the best american short stories, as selected by author alice sebold.