Standing Room Only Theatre Company Presents Hair!

Posted on February 10, 2015 by blackchickmedia

February 10, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Kenisha Sanders

216-647-8374

kenisha_sanders@yahoo.com

Executive/Artistic Director

Nancy S. Nocks

614-258-9495

sro.nocks@yahoo.com

Standing Room Only Theatre Company Presents Hair!

Standing Room Only Theatre Company is staged March 6-15, 2015 in the Van Fleet Theatre at the Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Avenue, Columbus, OH 43215.

Hair opens on March 6, running through March 15, 2015. Hair features music by Gail MacDermot, lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni. This rock musical has garnered Tony Awards for “Best Score from and Original Cast Show Album” and “Best Revival of the Musical” in 2009. Hair features hit songs including Aquarius, Let the Sun Shine In and Good Morning Starshine. Hair tells the story of Vietnam-era youths who are disenchanted with the status quo. This musical is intended for mature audiences.

Hair is directed by Theatre Roundtable award winner Frank Barnhart. The cast includes Ricky Locci (Berger), Nick Evans (Woof), Ryan Patrick Jones (Hud), Sean Felder (Claude), Michelle Weiser (Jeannie), Sharon Kibe (Dionne), Kelly Hogan (Crissy), Kim Mollett (Shelia), and Perry L. Meyer (Margaret Mead). Ensemble also includes Denise Anderson, Alex Lanier, Josh Stepp, Tim Lockett, Devon Porter, Samuel Price, Kyle Salmons, Cassie Gress, Maria Sagan, Tiarra Marshall, Sylvia Gonzalez and Danielle Webster.

Hair show times and dates are 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 7; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 8; 8:00 p.m. Friday, March 13; 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14; 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 15. Tickets for all shows are $21 for adults, $18 for senior citizens (55+), $16 for SRO members, $12 for students. Tickets can be purchased by going to the website at http://www.srotheatre.org. Discounted group tickets (10+ people) are available.

SRO’s mission is to produce invigorating theater that breaks generational boundaries.

For more information, please visit www.srotheatre.org.

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OSCAR® WINNERS BLANCHETT, LETO, MCCONAUGHEY AND NYONG’O TO RETURN AS PRESENTERS AT 87TH OSCARS®

Posted on February 4, 2015 by blackchickmedia

February 4, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OSCAR® WINNERS BLANCHETT, LETO, MCCONAUGHEY AND NYONG’O
TO RETURN AS PRESENTERS AT 87TH OSCARS®

LOS ANGELES, CA — Cate Blanchett, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and Lupita Nyong’o, last year’s Oscar winners in the leading actress, supporting actor and supporting actress categories, will return to present at this year’s Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

“The great tradition of having the previous year’s Oscar-winning best actors and actresses in all 4 categories happily continues this year with the amazing quartet of Cate, Jared, Matthew and Lupita. We’re thrilled to have them back,” says Zadan and Meron.

Blanchett has been nominated for six Oscars and has won two, including last year’s award for “Blue Jasmine.” Her previous win was for Actress in a Supporting Role for the 2004 film “The Aviator.” Blanchett also received leading actress nominations for “Elizabeth” (1998) and “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (2007), and supporting actress nominations for “Notes on a Scandal” (2006) and “I’m Not There” (2007).

Last year, Leto won the Oscar for Actor in a Supporting Role and McConaughey for Actor in a Leading Role, both for “Dallas Buyer’s Club.” Nyong’o took home the Oscar for Actress in a Supporting Role for “12 Years a Slave.”

The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Call for Entries: The 14th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival

Posted on January 16, 2015 by blackchickmedia

Call for Entries: The 14th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival

The 14th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival brought to you by The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links, now opens its call for entries. If you would like to see an example of the lineup from WADFF 2014, click here. Please contact wadffbklyn@gmail.com with questions regarding the festival.

MISSION & OBJECTIVE To showcase films which are centered around the theme of Linkages: Women, Their Families, Neighborhoods, and the Global Community, and to support the artistic development of Women filmmakers of African Descent by providing a supportive exhibition platform, offering stipends to participants, and seeking industry opportunities that will help to expose the filmmakers’ works and further their careers.

Still from 2014 WADFF “Hill and Gully” directed by Patrice Johnson Chevannes

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL The Women of African Descent Film Festival (WADFF) is celebrating its 14^th Anniversary in 2015. The media constantly bombards us with negative images of people of African descent. Our positive accomplishments, uplifting experiences, and gifts to humanity get little attention. The Brooklyn Chapter believes it is vitally important that our legacy be maintained, nurtured and preserved and it is our responsibility to shape the public’s perception of who we are as a people. Through the medium of film, filmmakers of African descent document and relay the stories of our past, present, and future. They have become the new historians –“preservers of our legacy.” The Brooklyn Chapter realizes that many societal misconceptions start with how we are portrayed in the media. To counteract the adverse portrayal of African Americans in the movies and media, the Brooklyn Chapter in 2002 initiated Linkages: Women of African Descent Film Festival. By choosing and screening films that depict the positive linkages women of African descent have to their families, neighborhoods and communities, the film festival is able to effectively influence peoples’ perceptions through the medium of film.

Photo credit: Bennie Harris. (L - R) Rich Pierre-Louis and Edythe Davis in "Reflection Day"

Photo credit Bennie Harris: Still from 2014 WADFF “Reflection Day”

GENERAL RULES & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES All films must be produced, written or directed by a female filmmaker of African descent, and must have been completed on or after June 1, 2010. Original submission deadline is Friday, March 13th. Extended deadline is Friday, March 20th. Jurors Choice Awards and stipends will be presented to the participating filmmakers.

Filmmakers are encouraged to submit both a DVD screener as well as a digital screener*. Please note: there is no submission fee, and films will not be returned to you unless you include a self-addressed padded envelope. With your playable DVD submission, please include a synopsis, crew list, press kit and any stills you would like to appear in the program and/or advertisements.

Please send all films to:
The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links Inc.
P.O. Box 50013
Brooklyn, NY 11205-0013
Attn: WADFF

*If you have an online version of your film on a site such as Vimeo or YouTube, please submit that link to wadffbklyn@gmail.com.

THE EVENT The festival will take place Saturday, May 2, 2015 at LIU Brooklyn (corner of Flatbush and Dekalb Avenues), Media Arts Department Spike Lee Screening Room 10am-6pm.

THE LINKS Formed in 1952, The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links is dedicated to the support of educational, civic and cultural activities in Brooklyn. It is a chapter of The Links, Inc. an international, not-for-profit corporation, whose membership consists of 12,000 professional women of color in 276 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The Brooklyn Chapter works under the guidelines of its national organization in providing services to its Brooklyn Community in five mission areas: The Arts, Services to Youth, National Trends and Services, International Trends, and Health and Wellness. A focus of the Chapter’s arts programming is to empower women and youth by lending support and encouragement to emerging artists – with a particular focus on filmmakers for the past 13 years.

The foundation for all of the chapter’s programs and services is rooted in the African American tradition of giving and volunteerism. Members share a deep sense of communal responsibility, and for the past 62 years, have been committed to actively initiating and supporting educational, cultural, and civic programs, that positively impact the lives of people of African descent residing in Brooklyn.

You can ‘Like’ and follow the festival Facebook page here.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Press Release: The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 14th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival

Posted on January 13, 2015 by blackchickmedia

For Immediate Release

The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links CALL FOR ENTRIES for the 14th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival

Brooklyn, NY January 13, 2015: The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links announces its Call for Film Entries for the 14^th Annual Women of African Descent Film Festival (WADFF). The WADFF will showcase films focused on Women, their families, neighborhoods, and the global community. Featuring an international roster of films, the festival will take place on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at LIU Brooklyn, Media Arts Department, Spike Lee Screening Room, 10 am – 6 pm.

Continuing its legacy of showcasing the talent and accomplishments of artists of African descent, The Women of African Descent Film Festival is celebrating its 14^th Anniversary in 2015.

Films must be produced, written, or directed by a female filmmaker of African descent and must have been completed on or after June 1, 2010. All work must be submitted by March 13, 2015. Jurors Choice Awards and stipends will be presented to participating filmmakers.

Formed in 1952, The Brooklyn Chapter of The Links is dedicated to the support of educational, civic, and cultural activities in Brooklyn. It is a chapter of The Links, Inc. an international, not-for-profit corporation, whose membership consists of 12,000 professional women of color in 276 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The Brooklyn Chapter works under the guidelines of its national organization in providing services to its Brooklyn Community in five facet areas: The Arts, Services to Youth, National Trends and Services, International Trends, and Health and Wellness. A focus of the Chapter’s arts programming is to empower women and youth by lending support and encouragement to emerging artists – with a particular focus on filmmakers for the past 14 years.

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