JUST CAUSE THEY’RE SHORT DOESN’T MAKE THEM SMALL

If like me you waited just 1 day too long to buy Arcade Fire tickets for tonight at Bowery , or even unlike me you’re not having dinner with your girlfriend’s mother, you might want to check out tonight’s edition of the "Asbury Shorts of New York" taking place at 7:30 PM in The Tishman Auditorium at The New School (66 W. 12th between 5/6 Aves.).  And please don’t use The O.C. as an excuse not to go. By now you should know I’m the first one to understand the importance of television obsessions, but hey … that’s what DiVo is for.

What? You’ve never heard of the Asbury Shorts? But this is the 25th Anniversary of them, so that simply means that you’ve been missing out on some of the best short films around for the past 25 years. The Asbury Shorts scours film festivals from around the world looking for the best of the best, award winners that may get into a festival here or there but never seen by a broader audience. Consider it your digest of previous award winning shorts along with some great new shorts as well.

Included in tonight’s program are 2003 Student Academy Award winner Perpetual Motion, 1989 Oscar-winner for Best Animated Short, Balance, 2004 Aspen Shortfest winner Consent, and 2004 Nantucket Film Festival short film screenwriting award winner DysEnchanted which Jim Belushi must have squeezed in on his hiatus from According to Jim. I kid, I kid. The film actually has a relatively impressive cast of "working" actors like comedienne Laura Kightlinger, Sarah Wynter from the second season of 24, Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel and Amy Pietz from Caroline in the City and the new ABC sitcom Rodney.

You can reserve tickets by calling (917) 612-2928 and they will also be on sale at the door for $15 (cash or check only).

UPDATE: There’s nothing more embarrassing to me than mixing up they’re and their because I do, in fact, know the difference. My only solace is that until I just happened to notice that in my overtired state this morning I had done so, nobody else seemed to notice or let me know. Of course, the more likely reason is simply that nobody’s actually reading.  Huzzah!