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You are Invited to Around the World with Daisy supporting Music Education

Austin Tang — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:29:51 +0000

Join us for an evening of music from “Around the World”

and support Music Education

This year we are thrilled to honor Marie Green and Thom Johnson two amazing individuals who have given so much to our Foundation!

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By supporting our foundation you are investing in the future of our youth — empowering them to explore their creativity and unleash their potential through the transformative power of music.

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We are so grateful for your support!

DaisyJoplingFoundation.org

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COVID POV By Abbey LeVine Swirl Studios

Austin Tang — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 19:58:37 +0000

Listen to “COVID POV By Abbey LeVine Swirl Studios” on Spreaker.

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COVID POV
By Abbey LeVine
Swirl Studios
Please Take 5 minutes to watch the Proof-Of-Concept Video for the film:
COVID POV Film Proof of Concept
Author: Swirl Studios
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf2WKnuMeB4
Meet some of our stories:
Jabari Morgan:
Jabari has been laid off from his job and is waiting for unemployment. He has low to zero income and is
experiencing food insecurity. He rations cans of tuna for his meals because he can’t afford anything else. He has
lost weight from starving in between meals (he is trying to stretch food supply) and is suffering from extreme
depression and isolation. His story is raw, authentic, and beautiful. Jabari’s story exhibits the true insecurity,
struggle, and isolation of what a percentage of our world is going through during this pandemic.
Chris Reece
Chris is a nurse in West Virginia and when this pandemic hit, he instantly volunteered to risk his own life on the
front lines in NYC as a traveling nurse. He packed his bags, left his wife behind, and arrived in NYC right before
the peak happened in March. He worked a total of 40, twelve-hour days with just three days off. He describes
the current state of this pandemic like a war zone, nothing he has ever seen before. He recently returned back to
his family in West Virginia and is adjusting to a “normal” life again.
The Vinci Family
Dorian and Paul Vinci have 2 kids and live in Staten Island, NY. Paul is an MTA bus driver in NYC and is considered
an essential worker during this pandemic. Dorian has become a teacher to her two kids due to the stay-at-home
policy all while she balances working from home, being a wife, mom, and cook. Dorian is mentally, physically, and
emotionally struggling on every level and is extremely scared about Paul catching the virus.
Susan Soltes
Susan and her husband own and operate Bow Hill Blueberries, a farm in idyllic rural Washington that has been
deemed an essential business in the food/ag category. The blueberry farm storefront is closed, but they have a
walkup window and continue making deliveries and sales throughout the statewide shutdown. This pandemic has
totally altered her daily life; her business is struggling and she is fighting emotionally and mentally through this
pandemic as well.
Keesha Clark
37 weeks pregnant at the beginning of this pandemic, Keesha, a first-time mom, was faced with a whole new
look at what it means to be pregnant during a pandemic. Her life changed overnight. She had to spend her last
few weeks going to doctor’s appointments by herself without her partner, her mom couldn’t fly to share this
intimate time with her as and she had to adjust her birth plan just in case she had to deliver by herself. Fast
forward to her birthday, she ended up having an emergency c-section and is traumatized for life by the way
she was treated due to COVID-19.
Shivkumar Bhadola
Shiv Bhadola is a first-year resident physician based in Boston, MA. After years of medical school, he didn’t
expect one of his first assignments to be working on the COVID unit team. Excited to be part of a historical
moment, Shiv jumped at the opportunity. After serving on 3 different COVID response teams, he contracted
COVID-19 himself and went into isolation for 12 days. Completely traumatized, this entire experience as a
doctor working on the front lines and as a COVID positive patient has given him nightmares, potentially PTSD,
and made him question whether he still wants to be a doctor.
Yvette Paz
Yvette, a single mom and army vet who lives in Southern California was the FIRST to test positive for COVID – 19
in March in Long Beach. She was hospitalized, given the trial medication, Hydroxychloroquine, and was
extremely sick. Her story went viral across social media and since has received a ton of attention, good and bad.
She is still mentally, physically, emotionally recovering.
Gary Jourdain, Jr.
Gary Jourdain, Jr. is part of the Red Lake band of the Chippewa and his family have lived on the Red Lake Indian
Reservation for generations. The reservation is on lockdown and Gary is protective of the land he grew up on,
his family, and the 6,000 residents in his community. The tribe depends on casino revenue to stay afloat, but
after seeing other tribes struggle to fight the virus, the recent loss of a close friend to COVID-19, and the very
first case of COVID-19 arriving on the reservation recently, Gary is scared that reopening too soon will cost more
lives.
Laura Sebastian
Laura lives in Madrid with her husband and two daughters. She has been unemployed for the last year and a
half, and she was looking forward to starting a new job in April. But the pandemic put everything on hold. She
is trying to make the best of the quarantine with her daughters… but is struggling on all fronts.
The Premise:
Around March 13th….
The world paused and an unprecedented global reset started. Since then, humanity has come together to survive an
historic pandemic, which some are calling “the great equalizer.” Isolation ruptured communities and severed connections.
Our points of view became myopic.
COVID POV explores the day-to-day experiences of families and individuals struggling and succeeding through the
pressures of the COVID – 19 pandemic. Told through raw, self-shot experiences over 60 days, contributors from all over
the world offer their insights, emotions, and opinions through these altered times. We face what happens when people
are forced to be stripped down to the most basic needs, like food and safety, and how race, gender, and class impact our
allegedly shared experience.
When the dust settles, have we gained a new sense of connection, or has isolation actually made us more divided than ever?
The Purpose:
COVID POV is shot on individual’s phones and told with their voice. We are digging deep into thousands of minutes of raw, unique footage sent to us by our worldwide contributors over 60 days in quarantine. We have chosen 20 main stories that tell the REAL STRUGGLES and the HOPE of this pandemic.
COVID POV captures what it’s like to live this historical pandemic through the eyes of all races, genders, the rich, the poor, business owners, farmers, moms, dads, front line workers. Each POINT OF VIEW has an emotionally raw, authentic, sense that really makes you value the human race and how unpredictable life can be. It is our responsibility to leave stories of the pandemic behind for all future generations. We started filming on March 15, 2020.
It is possible that this film could have sequels from post-quarantine and if we should get re-quarantined.
The Stats:
24 Female Filmmakers participated in this riveting film. 12 of them are mothers, 4 are solo mommas and 6 are immune-compromised.
71 film contributors REPRESENTING:
• 9 US States
• 10 Countries
Outreach and donations:
The project is being produced entirely virtually with no physical meetings of teams taking place during this time and all film contributors submit a daily video diary via their smartphones.
The project has very lofty production goals! The crew has set up a GoFundMe page @ https://www.gofundme.com/f/covidpov-film to meet these goals!
Connect with the film on Instagram / Facebook:

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The Apollo Theater Presents Southbank Centre’s Women of the World Festival

admin — Wed, 03 May 2017 19:19:57 +0000

Festival Highlights Include:

A Tribute to Legendary Songstress and Activist Abbey Lincoln
Starring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves, and Esperanza Spalding
Under the Musical Direction of Terri Lyne Carrington

WOW Teen Summit
Featuring a talk by Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe –
Presented in partnership with the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature

A Day of Free Panel Discussions, Interactive Workshops, and Performances Celebrating Empowerment & Activism Featuring
Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas
Women’s March Co-Chairs Carmen Perez & Tamika Mallory

Friday May 4th – Sunday May 7th

WHAT: Women of the World (WOW) Festival

The Apollo Theater will gather artists, activists, and leaders from around the globe for the return of the WOW – Women of the World Festival, a four-day festival presented in collaboration with the Southbank Centre London on May 4-7, 2017. Founded in 2010 by Southbank’s Artistic Director Jude Kelly and originating at Southbank Centre, London, the international festival celebrates women and girls and promotes gender equity. The Festival made its New York premiere at the Apollo in 2015.

Highlights of the WOW Festival include conversations with Lupita Nyong’o, Gabby Douglas and Gabourey Sidibe as well as performances by Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dianne Reeves and Esperanza Spalding.

Thursday, May 4, 2017
Live Wire: Performance and the Politics of Style
6:30PM – Apollo Theater Soundstage
A discussion led by scholar and author Salamishah Tillet, that will explore artists who assert their own narratives of artistic and political freedom in ways at times appealing and controversial.

Apollo Comedy Club Featuring Tacarra Williams, Vernita Bostick and Kate Wolff
Hosted by Mugga
10:00PM – Apollo Theater Soundstage
WOW takes over the Apollo Comedy Club with a special all-female line-up. Curated by Bob Sumner (producer of Def Comedy Jam, creator of LaffMobb on Aspire), the Apollo Comedy Club features the best up and coming talent in comedy today.

Friday, May 5, 2017
Jumping at the Sun: The Moth at the Women of the World Festival
7:30PM – Apollo Mainstage
Join The Moth and the Apollo for stories of conviction, humility, and voices that carry. Hosted by Detroit native Dame Wilburn, this performance features five storytellers telling true personal stories from Harlem to Africa — and beyond.

Apollo Music Café: Lindsey Webster with Opening Act Koku Gonza
10:00PM – Apollo Theater Soundstage
Lindsey Webster is an American contemporary jazz singer-songwriter whose song Fool Me Once reached number one on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz Songs chart in February and March 2016.

Saturday, May 6, 2017
WOW Teen Summit
Grrls, Pearls, Unfurl: Identity and Self Love in the Millennial Age
11:00AM – 12:30PM – Apollo Mainstage

The program will feature Gabourey Sidibe (presented in partnership with Pen World Voices) who will share her journey from Harlem to Hollywood with highlights from her irreverent and hilarious new memoir, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare.

Abbey Lincoln Tribute Concert

8:00PM – Apollo Mainstage
Featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater, Diane Reeves, Esperanza Spalding; and Terri Lyne Carrington, Musical Director

Under the musical direction of GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, composer, and producer Terri Lyne Carrington, an all-star line-up of vocalists including Dianne Reeves, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Esperanza Spalding will celebrate the life, music and legacy of Abbey Lincoln, presented on tour by the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.

Apollo Music Café Featuring Carmen Rodgers and Zo!
10:00PM – Apollo Theater Soundstage
Carmen Rodgers, joined by Zo!, will present tunes from all of their projects including their newest releases Stargazer and Skybreak, and more!

Sunday, May 7, 2017
Big Ideas* Intimate Conversations
2:00PM – 7:00PM

A day of free panel discussions, interactive workshops and performances featuring Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, who will perform a dramatic reading of selections from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah; three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, who will take part in an intimate conversation on cyber bullying; a panel with National Co-Chairs of the Women’s March on Washington Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez as they discuss what it takes to create an inclusive movement that also stands against racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia and classism, and the issues shaping the feminist agenda in the 21st Century.

WHERE: The Apollo Theater
253 West 125th Street
New York, NY

WHEN: Thursday May 4th – Sunday May 7th

TICKETS: Visit wowapollo.com for more information. Tickets will be available at the Apollo Theater Box Office: (212) 531-5305, 253 West 125th Street, and Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, www.ticketmaster.com

PHOTO OP: All Media MUST RSVP prior to event. ALL requests for coverage must be submitted on company letterhead to Nina Flowers via email to nina.flowers@apollotheater.org or fax 212.749-2743.

ABOUT US: The legendary Apollo Theater—the soul of American culture—plays a vital role in cultivating emerging talents and launching legends. Since its founding, the Apollo has served as a center of innovation and a creative catalyst for Harlem, the city of New York, and the world.

With music at its core, the Apollo’s programming extends to dance, theater, performance art, spoken-word initiatives, and more. Recent highlights include James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, which began an international tour in 2015, the Africa Now! Festival and Apollo Club Harlem. The Apollo is a presenting organization that also produces festivals, large-scale dance and music works organized around a set of core initiatives: Apollo Music; Signature Programs—Amateur Night, Salon Series and the Apollo Music Café; Legacy Series, work that celebrates and extends the Apollo’s legacy through a contemporary lens; Global Festivals, international and U.S.-based artist presentations focused on a specific theme; and Special Projects, multidisciplinary work with partner organizations.

Since introducing the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, the Apollo Theater has served as a testing ground for new artists working across a variety of art forms, and has ushered in the emergence of many new musical genres—including jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. Among the countless legendary performers who launched their careers at the Apollo are D’Angelo, Lauryn Hill, Machine Gun Kelly, Miri Ben Ari, D’Angelo, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Gladys Knight, Luther Vandross, and Stevie Wonder; and the Apollo’s forward-looking artistic vision continues to build on this legacy.

The Apollo Theater is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to extend the institution’s role in fostering artistic innovation and in building appreciation of American culture around the world. For more information, visit www.apollotheater.org

Apollo Theater Information

Box Office Hours:

Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri – 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday – 10:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Saturday – 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

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