61: A Talent show, Festival & Workshop (Jun '12)

Hey DC PALs,

This is the beginning of the 6^th year of the group and these bulletins. Looking forward to seeing what we’re all up to over the next 5 years, and what’s happening now is an awesome start!

*Source Festival Talent Show

*Intersections Festival Applications

*Sojurn Theatre Summer Workshop

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

*Future Happening

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*Source Festival 3^rd Annual Talent Show

“Please fill this form out to be considered for the 3rd Annual Source Festival Talent Show! Remember - first prize is $100.00! Please also post any clips, recordings, or videos that showcase your talent. If these links are not available on the internet please e-mail them to SourceFestivalTalentShow@gmail.com. All performance applications must be submitted by June 13th @ Midnight. Performers chosen to participate will be contacted by email.”

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dFlFT3phczZrYmJaMzVKaHppV0ZST0E6MQ

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*Intersections Festival Applications

“The Atlas Performing Arts Center announces INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival, February 22 - March 9, 2013, its fourth annual all-arts festival celebrating the artistic and cultural connections of our community and world.   Through innovative intersections of theater, dance, music, film & video, opera, visual art and spoken word, INTERSECTIONS brings together diverse artists and audiences from DC and beyond to break boundaries, deepen dialogue and create connections in the Atlas' intimate performance spaces, festive lobby and café.”

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fintersectionsdc.org%2FINTERSECTIONS2013Proposal.pdf

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*Sojurn Theatre Summer Workshop

“This two-and-a-half-day workshop/training offers participants an opportunity to explore the techniques and strategies Sojourn Theatre Artistic Director Michael Rohd uses in collaborative work with groups in a variety of settings.”

http://forum-theatre.org/sojourn-theatre-summer-workshop

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Potential Happenings:

Volunteers (Capital Fringe)

http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=92800cff966af5182179bcc2d&id=ea1bdbc5ed

Theatre Tent (Prince George's Arts Council @ C Street Arts Festival) - Jun 9

email deb@venustheatre.org

Auditions (Capitol Movement) - Jun 10

Call for submissions (Pinky Swear Productions) - Jun 11

https://www.facebook.com/events/151253298333328/

Kickstarter for A is for Artist (AWoL Productions @ Capital Fringe) - Jun 14

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/282071744/a-is-for-artist-an-original-play-this-year-capital/

Applications (Intersections Festival @ Atlas) - Jun 15

https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fintersectionsdc.org%2FINTERSECTIONS2013Proposal.pdf

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

Fundraiser (DancEthos) - Jun 20

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/801926875/part-and-parcel-dancethos-performs-at-dance-place

Auditions for actors of color (Young Playwrights' Theater) - Jun 21 & 22

http://www.youngplaywrightstheater.org/About/Jobs/

The Illusion (Forum Theatre) - May 24 to Jun 16 / DC PAL: Mandy Yu

https://www.facebook.com/events/103320426470415/

Summer Institute (Dance Exchange) - Jul 6 to 15 / Culminates in performance during the Capital Fringe Festival

http://danceexchange.org/dance-with-dx/institutes/

On-Camera Acting Technique (@ Shakespeare Theatre Company) - Jul 14 to 21

http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/info/education/expand-your-knowledge/classes/adult-classes

Auditions (DCypher Dance & Joy of Motion) - Jul 15

https://www.facebook.com/events/395417693834979/

Smart Mouth A Cappella Camp (Snowday) - Jul 20 to 21

http://www.iwantasnowday.com/#!smart-mouth

Sojurn Theatre Summer Workshop (Forum Theatre @ Round House SS) - Aug 4 to 6

http://forum-theatre.org/sojourn-theatre-summer-workshop

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Present Happenings:

Well (Strand Theater Company) - Jun 1 to 16 / DC PAL: Alexandra Linn Desaulniers

https://www.facebook.com/events/420940687923595/

Flora the Red Menace (1st Stage) - May 18 to Jun 17 / DC PAL: Jane Margulies Kalbfeld

The Bacchae (WSC Avant Bard @ Artisphere) - May 10 to Jul 1 / DC PALs: Anna Brungardt, Heather Haney, James Finley, Jeremy Pace, Jon Jon Johnson, JR Russ, Kari Ginsburg

https://www.facebook.com/events/262756640487075/

Home of the Soldier (Synetic Theater) - May 31 to Jul 1 / DC PALs: Paata Tsikurishvilli, Pasquale Grubs Guiducci

https://www.facebook.com/events/442758702407611/

Servant of Two Masters (Shakespeare Theatre Company) - May 15 to Jul 8 / DC PAL: Tyler Herman

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Ephemeral Happenings:

An Evening of Roses (18th St Singers) - Jun 9 / DC PAL: Mike Rowan

https://www.facebook.com/events/206227882829880/

Standing on the Edge (Black Theater Festival @ Joe's Movement Emporium) - Jun 23 / DC PAL: Ayesis Clay

Part & Parcel (DanceEhtos & Word Dance Theater @ Dance Place) - Jun 23 & 24 / DC PAL: Carolyn Kamrath

Colored Lives (Diversity Theatre Co. @ Black Theater Festival @ Joe's Movement Emporium) - Jun 24 & 27 / DC PAL: Egunkola Focused Oga

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That’s it, hope everyone’s having an awesome weekend. And to any other LGBT DC PALs and allies, happy Pride!! If you’re at the street festival tomorrow, stop by the Arena Stage table and say hey. I’ll be there helping promote The Normal Heart

Either way, keep letting me and other DC PALs know what’s happening with you and your work,

JR

60.5 Grant writing, social media, & marketing

Hey everyone,

So wrapping up year 5 with a bang. Check out the three highlights and everything that's happening with DC PALs for the rest of the month!!

*DCCAH Grant Writing Assistance

*Social Media Club DC

*Nonprofit Marketing Bank

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

*Future Happening

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*DCCAH Grant Writing Assistance

"DCCAH staff conduct general workshops where you learn everything you need to know about DCCAH and the steps to take to submit a grant application. At these workshops, staff and applicants discuss each opportunity that DCCAH offers to assist DC artists and arts organizations in sharing their creativity. To assist grant recipients, workshops will also include detailed instruction on how to properly complete final reports due at the end of each fiscal year."

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*Social Media Club DC

"Social Media Club's primary mission is to expand digital media literacy, promote standard technologies, encourage ethical behavior and share best practices. We bring together journalists, publishers, communications professionals, artists, amateur media creators, citizen journalists, teachers, students, tool makers, and other interested collaborators.

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*Nonprofit Marketing Bank

"A Marketing Bank is a a single location where you store all of the stuff that you need, and that you are often asked to provide to others. Building your marketing bank will save you tons of time, because you’ll always know where to look for that logo, program description, color palette, etc. And you can also send staff and volunteers right to it, so you aren’t constantly forwarding files to others, saving even more time. You can store your bank on a shared drive, ideally where others can access it remotely."

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Potential Happenings:

Music Man Master Class w/ Parker Esse (@ Joy of Motion) - May 20

Auditions for The Comedy Pigs (Maryland Ensemble Theatre) - May 23

Student Auditions (Adventure Theatre MTC Ensembles) - Jun 2

http://www.adventuretheatre-mtc.org/academy/studentauditions.html

Theatre Tent (Prince George's Arts Council @ C Street Arts Festival) - Jun 9

email deb@venustheatre.org

Call for submissions (Pinky Swear Productions) - Jun 11

https://www.facebook.com/events/151253298333328/

Kickstarter for A is for Artist (AWoL Productions @ Capital Fringe) - Jun 14

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/282071744/a-is-for-artist-an-original-play-this-year-capital/

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

Summer Institute (Dance Exchange) - Jul 6 to 15 / Culminates in performance during the Capital Fringe Festival

http://danceexchange.org/dance-with-dx/institutes/

On-Camera Acting Technique (@ Shakespeare Theatre Company) - Jul 14 to 21

http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/info/education/expand-your-knowledge/classes/adult-classes

Smart Mouth A Cappella Camp (Snowday) - Jul 20 to 21

http://www.iwantasnowday.com/#!smart-mouth

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Present Happenings:

Hamlecchino, Clown Prince of Denmark (Faction of Fools @ Gallaudet University) - Apr 26 to May 19 / DC PAL: Matthew R. Wilson

Six Degrees of Separation (Vpstart Crow Productions) - May 11 to 20 / DC PAL: Geoffrey Baskir

Metamorphoses (Constellation Theatre Company @ Source) - May 2 to Jun 3 / DC PAL: Gwen Grastorf

The Bacchae (WSC Avant Bard @ Artisphere) - May 10 to Jul 1 / DC PALs: Anna Brungardt, Heather Haney, James Finley, Jeremy Pace, Jon Jon Johnson, JR Russ, Kari Ginsburg

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Ephemeral Happenings:

PWYC Previews for The Illusion (Forum Theatre) - May 24 & 25 / DC PAL: Brynn Tucker, Mandy Yu, Mark Halpern

Galactica Special-Agent Happy Hour *Free* (@ Black Fox Lounge) - May 25 / DC PAL: Jeffrey Johnson

The Greatest Songs You've Never Heard (Doug Bowles & the SingCo. Orchestra @ the Arts Club of DC) - May 25 / DC PAL: Doug Bowles

An Evening of Roses (18th St Singers) - Jun 9 / DC PAL: Mike Rowan

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Future Happenings:

The Illusion (Forum Theatre) - May 24 to Jun 16 / DC PAL: Mandy Yu

Home of the Soldier (Synetic Theater) - May 31 to Jul 1 / DC PAL: Pasquale Grubs Guiducci

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And that's it for year 5. Thank you for an awesome half-decade (yikes!!) of spreading the word on what's happening with all you DC PALs.

Keep it up, and I look forward to another awesome 5 years :-)

JR

59.5 Helen Hayes Awards, Grantseeking, and FB Insights

Hey everyone,

Here's the mid-month bulletin, short and sweet, as April wraps up. Hope everyone's been having a great weekend, so far!!

*Helen Hayes Awards/Theatre Prom

*Grantseeking for Individual Artists

*FB Real-time insights

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

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*Helen Hayes Awards/Theatre Prom

It's that time of year!!

"One of the country’s most prestigious cultural honors, The Helen Hayes Awards recognize and celebrate artistic achievement, and bring significant local, national, and international recognition to the remarkable artistry on Washington area stages"

And if you're on twitter, the official hashtag is #HHAwards. I'm personally a fan of #theatrepromDC :-)

http://theatrewashington.org/content/helen-hayes-awards-events

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*Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts

I'll be going to this as well!!

"If you are an individual involved in the creative arts and looking for funding to complete a project, mount an exhibition, put on a performance, or anything else arts-related, Grantseeking Basics for Individuals in the Arts will show you how"

http://grantspace.org/Classroom/Training-Calendar/Washington-DC/Grantseeking-Basics-for-Individuals-in-the-Arts-2012-04-27-Washington-DC

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*FB Real-time Insights

So you may or may not have noticed it, but real-time insights just got a whole lot more "real" this past week. Check out the link below, and if you manage a FB page, if you don't already, I recommend picking one day each week to export your page's insights (both page & post). You may already know what to do with the data in terms of evaluating your social media strategies and goals, but even if you don't, either you or someone else will, soon :-)

http://argylesocial.com/blog/2012/04/18/facebook-releases-real-time-insights-for-real.html

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Potential Happenings:

Auditions for Auditions for George Tabori's Mein Kampf (Scena Theatre) - Apr 25 & 26

When requesting an appointment, please put Your Name: Role(s) that you would like to read for in the subject line. Contact scenacasting@yahoo.com

Auditions for Mercy Seat (The Capital City Players of DC @ CHAW) - Apr 28 & May 4

https://www.facebook.com/events/291105487631473/

Summer Dinner Theatre Student Auditions and Tech Interviews (Montgomery College) - May 4 to 6

http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/department2.aspx?id=5103

Auditions for 13: The Musical *youth* (Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre) - May 6 to 8

https://www.facebook.com/events/392390957459592/

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

Summer Institute (Dance Exchange) - Jul 6-15 / Culminates in performance during the Capital Fringe Festival

http://danceexchange.org/dance-with-dx/institutes/

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Present Happenings:

Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher (Pointless Theatre Company @ Flashpoint's Mead Theatre Lab) - Apr 13 to 29 / DC PAL: Scott Whalen

https://www.facebook.com/events/294218657311286/

Spidermusical (Landless Theatre Company @ DCAC) - Apr 5 to 29 / DC PAL: Ally Jenkins

Home (Studio 3) - Apr 14 to May 5 / DC PAL: Caren Hearne

Killing Women (Pinky Swear @ Spooky Action Theatre) - Apr 18 to May 12 / DC PAL: Chris Holland

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Ephemeral Happenings:

Electro Shutdown and the Pea (Dance Place) - Apr 21 & 22 / DC PAL: Rick Westerkamp

The Goat, or who is Sylvia (@ - Apr 21 & 22 / DC PAL: Ricardo Frederick Evans

https://www.facebook.com/events/269300689819602/

Puppetry Slam (Puppet Playhouse in Glen Echo) - Apr 28 / DC PAL: Eric Brooks

The Nautical Yards (force/collision) - Apr 26 to 29 / DC PAL: Lew Feem

Galactica Happy Hour w/ special Guest: Olney Theatre *Free* (@ Black Fox Lounge) - Apr 27 / Jeffrey Johnson

https://www.facebook.com/events/371598699527103/

Tonya Tomkins: Bach Cello Suites *Free* (@ the Library of Congress) - Apr 28 / DC PAL: Solomon HaileSelassie

Katzen Jammers: A Cabaret (AU's Katzen Arts Center) - Apr 30 / DC PAL: Catherine Starek

https://www.facebook.com/events/261408803938616/

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That's it for April. Keep sharing what's happening, and looking forward to wrapping up year 5 of DC PAL with May's bulletins!!

I can't believe it's coming up on 5 years…

JR

59: April showers bring Jazz Appreciation Month

Hey everyone,

So it's April, woohoo!! Happy Jazz Appreciation month!! Still in transition myself, between wrapping up a performance with a dance company last week, and jumping into rehearsals with a theatre company this one.

That being said, here's the top-of-the-month bulletin, without any further ado. :-)

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Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts

If you don't know about this organization yet, I recommend you check 'em out.

"Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts began in 1983 as a unique collaboration of lawyers and artists to fulfill a mission to serve artists in need of legal knowledge and assistance. Since then, WALA has supported artistic expression and creative innovation serving the legal needs of the arts and cultural communities in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia."

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Dance in the Circle

Will hopefully be checking this out, after I get out of rehearsal that afternoon!!

"A major new six-hour dance festival in Dupont Circle that will be FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC"

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Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium

I'll be going :-)

"EALS is an annual meeting for young professionals who work in the arts—organized, executed, and run by AU Arts Management students. It is an opportunity to discuss the issues, unique or universal, that affect all arts organizations. Past keynote speakers have included Rachel Goslins, Ben Cameron, and Bob Lynch."

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Potential Happenings:

Fundraiser for The Gift: A Re-Imagining of The Giving Tree (Contradiction Dance) - until Apr 14

Audition (alight dance theater) - Apr 14

Auditions for Jesus Le Momo - Apr 15

Summer Dinner Theatre Student Auditions and Tech Interviews (Montgomery College) - May 4 to 6

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

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Present Happenings:

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Constellation Theatre) - Apr 2 to 4 / DC PAL: Tom Teasely

An Adaptation of Julius Caeser (Molotov Theatre Company) - Mar 15 to Apr 7 / DC PAL: Kevin Finkelstein

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, Not Good, Very Bad Day, (Adventure Theatre) - to Apr 9 / DC PALs: Lew Feem, Michael Bobbitt

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Ephemeral Happenings:

Words in Motion (DTCO. & Swing Phi Swing Inc. at Morgan State Univ) - Apr 6 / DC PAL: Egunkola Focused Oga

Gotta Have Faith (Forum's (Re)Acts @ Round House Silver Spring) - Apr 8 / DC PAL: Chelsey Christensen

Friday the 13th! Free Happy Hour show hosted by Galactica! (@ Black Fox Lounge) - Apr 13 / DC PAL: Jeffrey Johnson

Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium (@ American University) - Apr 15 / DC PAL: Venessa Yung

Arts Advocacy Day - Apr 16 & 17 / DC PAL: Karen Kohn Bradley

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Future Happenings:

Spidermusical (Landless Theatre Company @ DCAC) - Apr 5 to 29 / DC PAL: Ally Jenkins

Cab Calloway's Minnie the Moocher (Pointless Theatre Company @ Flashpoint's Mead Theatre Lab) - Apr 13 to 29 / DC PAL: Scott Whalen

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That's it for the first bit of the month. Mid-month bulletin going out around the 16th/17th.

Keep letting me and each other know what's happening, and hopefully see some of y'all out and about,

JR :-)

58.5: Springing forward :-)

Hey everyone,

What a difference a year makes. And I'm not just saying that because it's my birthday!! Looking at last year's bulletin, the Brookland Artspace Lofts were still under construction and the Cultural Development Corporation was having info sessions at Dance Place and the Source Theatre, a DC PAL was organizing a benefit fundraiser for victim's in Japan of last year's tsunami.

And then there's everything we do day-by-day, week-by-week, from the absurd to the profound. Forgive me for waxing poetic, but I appreciate the constant reality check you all give me in terms of what it is that we as a community of artists do, here in DC. It's a great intersection of local, regional, national and international work, and anyone who attended and/or participated in Intersections can probably speak to that. And it helps give me perspective when it's so easy to get lost in the day-to-day stuff, going from finishing one performance just in time to get ready for the next.

So thank you, thank you, thank you. And with that, here's the mid-month bulletin:

*Petition to restore DC Arts funding

*Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art

*Facebook tips

*Potential Happenings

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

*Future Happening

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*Petition to restore DC arts funding

As a city of 600,000 residents with 15-20 million tourist visitors per year, the arts industry is a vital partner in each ward and the city’s overall economic development. Yet without sufficient arts funding, we simply will no longer be able to continue to provide these services.

http://www.change.org/petitions/washington-area-artists-arts-organizations-and-audiences-ask-mayor-gray-to-restore-funding-for-dc-arts-humanities

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*Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art

"We make art because we believe it makes better human beings. We make art because we believe it makes being human better. So why do we spend so much energy quantifying the economics of what we do, and so little time quantifying the impact?"

I had to share this one again, as the Dissemination Tour comes through the area, Mar 22 at Arena Stage, presented in association with theatreWashington. I'll be there.

RSVP at dtaylor@theatrewashington.org

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*Facebook tips

Last week I shared some Foundation Center classes on social media and digital communications. This week, I wanted to share some links to check out for managing FB pages:

Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations

http://www.diosacommunications.com/facebookbestpractices.htm

Coming March 30: Facebook Timeline

http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/b/tsblog/archive/2012/03/09/coming-march-31-facebook-timeline.aspx

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Potential Happenings:

Principles of Acting - Mar 19

http://www.studio-boh.com/

Auditions for Occuplay (Nu Sass) - Mar 20

http://nusass.org/occuplay-auditions/

Internships (Montgomery College's Summer Dinner Theatre) - Mar 23

https://www.facebook.com/notes/montgomery-college-summer-dinner-theatre/hey-college-kids-our-2012-intern-applications-are-now-online/400669983280602

Auditions for The Confines of Flattery (Triptych Productions @ the Actors' Center) - Mar 28 & 31

https://www.facebook.com/events/149321655190217/

Flash mob rehearsals - Mar 31 to Apr 3

Please submit headshot or recent photo and relevant experience to: gaylordcenterflashmob@gmail.com

Audition (alight dance theater) - Apr 14

https://www.facebook.com/events/322482254475426/

Audition (Revision @ Dance Place) - Jun 15

http://www.danceplace.org/news/audition-revision-dance-collaborative/

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Present Happenings:

I Get No Kick from Campaign! (Hexagon @ MC's Cultural Arts Center) Mar 9 to 24 / DC PAL: Steven Wolf

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Theatre Alliance @ H Street Playhouse) - Mar 12 to Apr 1 / DC PAL: Colin Hovde

https://www.facebook.com/events/349635208392659/

An Adaptation of Julius Caeser (Molotov Theatre Company) - Mar 15 to Apr 7

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Ephemeral Happenings:

Zombie Prom: The Musical (Metropolitan Performing Arts Theatre) - Mar 16 to 18 / DC PAL: Katy Chmura

https://www.facebook.com/events/123446857776807/

Dances that Move Us (@ Yola) - Mar 19 / DC PAL: Ilana Silverstein

https://www.facebook.com/events/159715094149237/

Oasis - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (NY2Dance @ Dance Place) - Mar 24 & 25 / DC PAL: Nejla Yatkin

https://www.facebook.com/events/388466861183401/

JDT Goes to Hollywood (Jazzlan Dance Theatre) - Mar 28 & 29 / DC PAL: JR Russ, Laurie Newton

https://www.facebook.com/events/218140004932515/

The Jamestown ES 4th Annual A cappellafest to benefit LLS (Cartoon Johnny, Vox Pop, and Euphonism) - Mar 30 / DC PAL: Guye Turner

https://www.facebook.com/events/220763074688653/

DC Swan Day - Mar 31 / DC PAL: Catherine Aselford

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Future Happenings:

Galactica's Free Happy Hour Show (@ Black Fox) - Mar 23 to :-)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Galacticas-Free-Happy-Hour-Show-at-Black-Fox/294026423996220

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And that's it for March!! Hope everyone's enjoying the weekend and please keep me hitting me up as well as sharing on the wall what's happening,

JR

57.5 Leaping into what's happening

Hey everyone,

Here's the midmonth bulletin for February. Hope everyone's having a great weekend, so far!! And, I know...the title was an awful and desperate one this month, but it IS leap year, so there :-)

And as mid-month bulletin's tend to be, this is a li'l quick and dirty.

*Spring Colloquium

*Headshot Special

*DC PAL Twitter lists

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

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Spring Colloquium

Yesterday's conversation was led by "National Endowment for the Arts chief of staff Jamie Bennett and a panel of experts including Anna Soellner, vice president of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Vijay Mathew, director of the New American Play Institute at Arena Stage."

If you missed it and are on Twitter, check out #ArtsFutureAU to catch up on the discussion.

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Headshot special

Headshot discounts available: Mention DCPAL to fellow DC PAL Kristi Sherk and receive $50.00 off for the week of February 26th to March 4th. Thanks for offering this, Kristi!!

http://www.kristinasherk.com/

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DC PAL Twitter Lists

I posted this on the wall earlier this month, but just wanted to share again. If you're on Twitter, please check out the lists curated by DC PAL, and make sure that you're on the appropriate ones. I've lists by location, by field, and by discipline. Just tweet and mention @DC_PAL to correct any.

https://twitter.com/#!/DC_PAL/lists

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Present Happenings:

Miss Electricity (Studio 3 Theatre for Young Audiences @ Workhouse Arts Center) - Jan 14 to Feb 25 / DC PAL: Caren Hearne

Devil Boys from Beyond (Landless Theatre Company @ DCAC) - Feb 3 to 26 / DC PAL: Heather Bagnall Scheeler

Death by Disco (Mystery Dinner Playhouse) - Dec 2 to Mar 2 / DC PAL: Luke Tudball

Peter Pan: The Boy Who Hated Mothers (No Rules Theatre Co. @ H Street Playhouse) - Feb 8 to Mar 3 / DC PAL: Anne Kohn

Blood Wedding (Constellation Theatre) - Feb 2 to Mar 4 / DC PAL: Victoria Reinsel

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Ephemeral Happenings:

Ubu Rex (Ubu Roi) (American University Arts) - Feb 16 to 18 / DC PAL: Pasquale Scimmia Guiducci

Truth Be Told (Alight Dance Theatre @ Greenbelt Arts Center) - Feb 17 & 18 / DC PAL: Angella Foster

The Kids Are All Right (GMCW @ Lisner Auditorium) - Feb 18 / DC PAL: JR Russ

AU Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto & Aria Competition (@ the Katzen Center) -Feb 18 & 19 / DC PAL: Ethan R. Clark

The Greatest Songs You've Never Heard (@ the Library of Congress) - Feb 23 / DC PAL: Doug Bowles

Benefit Reception for Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium (@ Studio Gallery) - Feb 25 / DC PAL: Ethan R. Clark

6th Annual Rip the Floor (DyNaMiC @ UMD) - Mar 3 / DC PAL: Katie Ingram

Cinema (Dissonance Dance Theatre @ Intersections) - Mar 3 & 4 / DC PAL: Shawn Short

siGHt (Deviated Theatre @ Dance Place) - Mar 3 & 4 / DC PAL: Kimmie Dobbs Chan

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Thanks for everyone who continues to share what's happening, and special thanks to those who highlight how they're involved in what's posted!!

Until next time,

JR

56: A New World

Hey there,

 It's 2012, and the world hasn't ended yet. Needless to say, it's certainly going to be an interesting time. I feel compelled to share with you, something I've shared on my FB timeline, so apologies if you've already seen this. If not, it's Google's Zeitgeist video of 2011, and it was certainly a reminder of just how much happened last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAIEamakLoY

Here's what's going on this month:

*Remembering Peter Fox

*Nancy Hanks Lecture

*DC PALs Social Profiles

*Present Happenings

*Ephemeral Happenings

*Future Happenings

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*Remembering Peter Fox

Yesterday, I woke up to news about the passing of Peter Fox, a member of this group…I'll just share what I posted yesterday.

"Remembering Peter Fox and reflecting on what might've been lost in body, but not in spirit. His love, inspiration, and music will continue to change the world as he lives on in the hearts of everyone he's touched. I'm blessed and thankful for being a part of the GMCW family and getting to know such a truly beautiful person/artist."

Here's a clip of him participating in Signature Theatre's Signature Idol in 2010:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWHdF9n5kH0

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*Nancy Hanks Lecture

"Acclaimed actor and arts advocate Alec Baldwin will deliver the 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy. Receive two free tickets to the lecture with your Arts Advocacy Day registration or reserve your tickets online today."

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*DC PALs Social Profiles

So a website is part of the long-term strategy for DC PAL, but in the meantime, I want to offer another benefit to provide a database of sorts for anyone who wants to share.  What I need, if you're interested, is your name as you would like it (since it will generate your address as well), the code for any social media badges and profiles you would like, and what labels you would like for your page.  Go to the link below to see an example, and message me if you have any questions as well as any suggestions or thoughts. Hopefully this will be yet another anchor for your social media presence online, as well as a resource for people to find each other.

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Potential Happenings:

Applications Due (Capital Fringe Festival) - Jan 6

Back to the Present (Contradiction Dance Fundraiser) - Jan 6

The Tempest (Lean & Hungry Theater) - Jan 8

To request an audition time, email headshot and resume to leanandhungrytheater@gmail.com. Previous professional Shakespeare experience is required.

Repertory & Performance (Deviated Theatre @ Dance Place) - Jan 9 to Feb 27

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Present Happenings:

Death by Disco (Mystery Dinner Playhouse) - Dec 2 to Mar 2 / DC PAL: Luke Tudball

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Ephemeral Happenings:

Forum (Re)Acts: Sex on the Brain (Forum Theatre @ Round House Silver Spring) - Jan 9 / DC PAL: Julia Harman Cain

Into the Woods: In Concert! (w/ Nu Sass Productions) - Jan 13 & 14 / DC PAL: Aubri O'Connor

The Fourth Annual Capital Jam (@ Dance Exchange) - Jan 16 / DC PAL: Ilana Silverstein

In These Our Darkest Hours (18th Street Singers) - Jan 20 & 21 / DC PAL: Mike Rowan

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Future Happenings:

Miss Electricity (Studio 3 Theatre for Young Audiences @ Workhouse Arts Center) - Jan 14 to Feb 25 / DC PAL: Caren Hearne

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I don't know about you, but I'm certainly excited for this year, with everything that's happening.  So let me know what's happening with you, next bulletin is going out the 16th.

Until next time,

JR