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Are You Coming? Philly Beergasm!
April 3, 2013 POST UPDATE To see photos and a brief recap of the event visit Tinsel & Tine’s facebook page I just bought my ticket! Normally, I wait to see if I can get a press pass for an event like this, especially since I’m a member of Collaborate Philly, a co-sponsor of Philly Beergasm. But it’s for a good cause, proceeds benefit local charity Philabundance (hunger relief organization, providing emergency food and access to services to approximately 900,000 people at risk of hunger and malnutrition throughout the Delaware Valley and beyond.) What is Philly Beergasm? Philly Beergasm will be a true love letter to local beer culture.…
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Spotlight: New Filmmaker Koran Dunbar – Greencastle
He's done everything by faith, luck, talent, perseverance and perhaps a little stupidity. Much of which he wrote and directed into Greencastle, in which he plays the lead, Poitier, a black man living in Greencastle PA, who's a single father and just kinda out of sync with life. He earns his living working at a pet store, while attending a 2 year online program to earn a certificate in animal care.
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Serving Up: Jack the Giant Slayer
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor One of life’s beautiful mysteries is the ageless, universality of myths and fairytales. Why are these stories still so familiar to us century after century? It occurred to me, Joseph Campbell, the father of mythology, would be a good one to turn to on this subject, so I did a quick Google search to find out how he defines the difference between a myth and a fairytale – Campbell describes fairy tales, used interchangeably with “folk tale,”as pastime and as the myths whose meaning has been lost over time. I found a blog from a doctorate student in Mythology. She expresses myth as metaphors and…
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AFFRM Launches New Distribution Label ARRAY
Ava DuVernay’s AFFRM BECOMES ARRAY “AFFRM’s new label ARRAY is built to serve the tremendous burst of black cinematic talent across the globe, filmmakers who are embracing new technologies to tell their stories by any means necessary,” DuVernay said in a statement. “The goal is to expand the brand cultivated over our first four theatrical releases by reaching new audiences via both digital and traditional platforms,” “Selma” director Ava DuVernay has given an extreme makeover to her 5-year-old distribution company. Previously known as AFFRM (African American Film Festival Releasing Movement), the filmmaker has relaunched and expanded the company as Array. “I’ve always felt as if there were so many films…
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Tinsel & Tine: Annual Oscars Round Up 2013
Winners, highlights, red carpet picnic, here 85th Academy Awards, Oscars Recap...
