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Recently released film showcases Town Center and local talent Odin Rasco Staff writer
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movie filmed in El Dorado Hills is now available to audiences virtually anywhere. “Not Your Year” is a romantic comedy centering on Ben, a man who got rich quick and lost it all just as quickly and whose life is lifted up by two strong women he meets in a local music scene. Claire, a music lover, and Melissa, an oddball artist, pursue very different goals but their lives intersect with each other and with Ben in surprising and affecting ways. Filmed in 2017, “Not Your Year” waited some time for its own year to come; distribution agreements have finally been secured and the movie can be found now on Amazon, with Google Play, Tubi and Apple availability to come this summer.
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Vendor booths, art displays and beer and wine tasting take over El Dorado Hills Town Center May 13 & 14.
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Miranda Dawn and Chris Hawkes, playing themselves, perform in El Dorado Hills Town Center’s amphitheater in a scene for the feature film “Not Your Year.” “It’s very exciting that this is finally coming out this way,” director and screenwriter James Meyers said. “It’s nice to know more people will be able to finally see the film. We aimed high when we made it and it’s a fun movie. I think
everybody has been through a lot lately and people are in the mood for something light, so it’s actually a really good time for this to come out.” The road to filming was a long one as well; producer Paul Nicknig
first met Meyers in 2008. Meyers and Nicknig both shared an interest in telling positive, feel-good stories as an alternative to what they saw as a more pervasive trend for media to be morose or
Art, Beer & Wine Festival returns News release One of the area’s largest events, El Dorado Hills Art, Beer & Wine Festival, returns to the El Dorado Hills Town Center Mother’s Day weekend. The El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce has produced this regional event since 2003 and is pleased to present the festival again in collaboration with its Premier Partners, event sponsors, artists, breweries,
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