The Chatham Film Club has an executive director for the first time in its 14-year history. The film club’s board of directors recently hired Annie Brody, an administrator and consultant with experience in nonprofit and small- business program management, marketing, and community service. She lives in Canaan, N,Y. ” The board is very pleased that Annie will be joining us,” says Sandi Knakal, president of the film club. “We were fortunate to have many strong candidates in the community, and she was chosen after an extensive search. We look forward to working with her as we continue to improve and renovate the Crandell Theatre.” Brody brings with her a diverse background. She was vice president of national programs for Earth Force, a nonprofit youth environmental organization, for five years in the 1990s and has most recently served as a consultant…
One year later, Crandell holding its own
By Tom Keyser, Times Union On Saturday, the day before screening “Project Nim,” the Crandell Theatre will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its reopening. It will mark the occasion by showing Buster Keaton’s 1926 classic silent film “The General” and a short silent film from 1927 called “Dog Shy.” Bernie Anderson will provide live piano accompaniment to both films. The movies start at 7 p.m., and admission is pay-what-you can. The money will go toward the ongoing restoration of the theater, operated for a year now by the Chatham Film Club. The club bought the Crandell after its longtime owner-operator Anthony Quirino died suddenly in January 2010, prompting fears that the theater, a beacon on Chatham’s Main Street, would close forever. It closed for half a year, reopening last July 9 under the new ownership. Peter Biskind, the author and…