Philly Spotlight
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MUSICAL THRONES: A Parody of Ice and Fire: Interview with Creators JON & AL KAPLAN
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Tinsel & Tine’s Spotlight on PTC’s Next Show A Treat for Game of Thrones Fans … MUSICAL THRONES: A PARODY OF ICE AND FIRE Interview with writer/composers THE KAPLAN BROTHERS Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) heats up winter with dragon fire, dramatic power-struggles and bloodthirsty violence as Musical Thrones: A Parody of Ice and Fire makes a stop in Philadelphia(February 9-10, 2018) on its 30 city national tour. Loyal fans waiting for season 8 of GOT can laugh and journey together through the last seven, during 90 minutes of outrageous fun! Audiences will imagine themselves transported to Game of Thrones’s magical locations where bloodthirsty musical theater…
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Philly Spotlight Post: MARTHA’S KITCHEN & EVENTS
I feel honored. I was blessed into this business from a vision board I did at my church, (Greater Vision Church, 221 E. Logan Street). I was asked to create a vision board as homework from my pastor Billy Thompson, Jr., I didn’t want to do it because it was “homework”, I didn’t want to do homework with the load of work that I already did each day supervising a home with two mentally challenged individuals, who require so much of my attention. So I put it off, this challenge by my pastor could wait, maybe I'd get to it eventually, or not.
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Interview with PHILADELPHIA ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Director ROB BUSCHER
Tinsel & Tine’s Look at : the 10th Annual PHILADELPHIA ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL PAAFF Conference By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor POST UPDATE 11/12/17 ORIGINAL POST 11/4/17 Philadelphia Asian American Film & Filmmakers is a volunteer run nonprofit organization founded in 2008 to educate and expose the Philadelphia region to films by and about Asian Americans through year round events, primarily the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF17) November 9-19, 2017. This year’s Festival highlights the long but largely unheralded history of Asian Americans in the film industry; beginning with the opening night film, a screening of the rarely seen and recently restored silent film The Dragon Painter (1919), starring…
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Tech & Art Blog Post: SUNDANCE INSTITUTE’S NEW FRONTIER DAY LAB
By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor The Sundance Institute is the arm of the Sundance Film Festival which invests and nurtures collaborations between artists, filmmakers, gamers, programmers, scientists, technologists and innovators to explore new forms of storytelling using new media and tech. For this one day Lab in Philadelphia, Sundance Institute invited several panelists to come and explain their work to us and what they’re trying to accomplish, most of the programs are societal in nature… For instance, Ashley Baccus-Clark (molecular biologist with Hyphen-Labs) was there to introduce the world of NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism, an art installation and virtual reality experience meant to address modern-day problems for women of color. The VR…
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHT: for Short Film SPINE By Rachel Mueller
If you are a Philly or Tri-State area filmmaker about to embark on a Crowdfunding Campaign and would like some additional FREE promotion via Tinsel & Tine and our social media platforms… email me: tinseltine@gmail.com Below post featured 6/1/17 – 7/1/17 CROWNFUNDING FEATURE: SPINE: A Short Film Philly Filmmakers – Temple Students SPINE offers a unique story that portrays the healing process of mental health. It is untraditional in a variety of ways, and portrays a well-rounded female protagonist. This representation is crucial in our society where at one point any medical problem a woman faced was “in her head.” Now when mental illness is gaining traction in media, it…