Short Stories By O Henry

Film/Video Workshop to Teach Basics

Youth ages 11 to 15 can register for five-day program

(Hamilton, NY – July 2011 ) Three leading area film talents will present a Youth Film/Video Workshop this summer, July 11 to 15 from noon to 4:30 p.m. each day.  This informal summer program for ages 11 to 15 introduces the techniques, language and process of film/video making, and gives youngsters who love movies a behind the scenes experience in film/video making.  The workshop will be hosted by the Hamilton Theater.

Henry O’Connell, Kenny MacBain and Dennis Kiely have a combined wealth of experience in all aspects of film and video making.  All products of the highly-regarded film and broadcast programs at Oswego State University, the three will present a fun and informal workshop that teaches the basics from A(ngles) to Z(oom) including conceptualizing, writing, recording, editing and finalizing short film videos.

Geared for beginners, youth will work in groups and receive a hands-on experience in creating stories, camera work, lighting, angles, pre- and post-production process and working in front of and behind the camera. Groups will use everyday video cameras and basic PC editing software and equipment. Each group will produce a short video to be premiered at the Hamilton Theater in a final session for family, friends and guests. Participants will receive a DVD copy of their work.

The cost of the workshop is $15.  To register or for information, call the Hamilton Theater at 824-8210.

The Reading Life: Stories by Anton Chekhov, O. Henry, and Raymond ...

Almost everyday I check out East of the Web:Short Stories to see what has been selected as the short story of the day.   Normally they have one story from a high status author and one story that may not be real well known.   They often have new stories as well.   It was here I first discovered Katherine Mansfield.   If you have some time to read and cannot think what to read, you might check out this web page.     One of their stories of the day yesterday was "A Municipal Report" by O. Henry (1862-1910-USA-There is some background information on him in my prior posts on O. Henry .)   I saw it was 19 pages and I at first thought that I did not want to read a 19 page story just to find out what the surprise ending might be.   Then I recalled Jhumpa Lahiri had said he was one of the geniuses of the short story.   I did some quick research and saw this story is often considered O. Henry's masterpiece.   I hate to gush too much but this story is a quantum leap better than his other work.    It is a work of genius that belongs among the world's best short stories.   If all of O Henry's stories were this powerful nobody would think it was odd or patronizing to include him with Chekhov and Carver as a master of the short story.   This story is about a traveling representative for a publishing house on his way to Nashville to renegotiate a contract with one of their authors.    The characters in this story are whole people, not the semi-cartoon like characters in the other stories by O. Henry I have read.   The characters are beautifully realized.   There are some surprises in this story-maybe four of them-I loved them all.    I know a lot of people are not going to be willing to read a 19 page O. Henry story, I almost did not.    In my after read research I read that people say that if O. Henry was not a bit lazy and did not have to please magazine editors, then this is the kind of story he really was meant to write.   "Nobody Said Anything" by Raymond Carver (USA, 1938-1988-his very last short story was about the death of Anton Chekhov-it is flat out brilliant) is included in a collection of his short stories (32 in all) Where I'm Calling From" which contains many of his best stories.

Short stories by O. Henry

Short stories of O. Henry

Best Short Stories

Short stories

The best short stories of O. Henry