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SHADOWGRAM NEWS UPDATE # 334
November 13, 2014
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Update Number 334
November 13, 2014
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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following key breaking news in this Official DS News Online Update "bulletin."
**** JAMES STORM’S “WANDERLUST” TRAVELS – A SPECIAL MESSAGE
**** LISA RICHARDS STARS IN INTENSE 2-CHARACTER PLAY
**** JOE GORDON-LEVITT – EMMY-WINNING TV SERIES NOW AVAILABLE
**** JIM STORM: “THANK YOU!!!” FOR HELPING HIS “WANDERLUST” ADVENTURE
Recent SG Updates have shared Jim’s (Gerard Stiles) exciting “Wanderlust” journey from Los Angeles to Billings, Montana via Greyhound bus. His purpose: To interact with the people and places he encountered, sharing lives, stories, and locations through his camera and conversations. He left LA 10-9 and returned 11-5.
Jim turned to < GoFundMe > to help him accomplish all he could and SG shared his messages. Over $5000 was raised by 50 contributions – donations large and small - with thanks to all!
Jim asks SG to please share his message with everyone:
“To all that believed, to all that gave, I want to just say ‘thank you’ from my heart for making this adventure, WANDERLUST, one of the most extraordinary experiences of my life.
“I want to especially thank Marcy Robin and Kathleen Resch for their commitment and undying belief in what this journey was about. They helped in every imaginable way to make it become a reality. Thank you, Marcy and Kathleen!
“Now begins the discovery of the images and the stories attached to all I saw and did, then the pleasure of sending you my work to enjoy.
“WANDERLUST was a completely collaborative journey and you were so much a part of this venture. I thank you again and you will soon receive the bounty of this trip.
“With all the love in the world, I thank you for your kindness and support.”
--- James Storm
Today Jim also announces his new photography website for his “Wanderlust Adventure”:
http://www.jamesstormphotography.com/ (For more information about Jim’s WANDERLUST project, please see ShadowGram Online Updates #328 (8-21), # 330 (9-11), #331 (9-21), and #332 (10-5).
IndieGoGO link:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wanderlust--11/x/8467873 **** LISA RICHARDS IN POWERFUL PLAY IN LOS ANGELES
Lisa (Sabrina Stuart) tells SG she’s “Thelma Cates” in a revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2-character ‘NIGHT, MOTHER from now to 12-14. It explores the heart-wrenching impact of suicidal depression on a mother and her adult daughter, but also brings humor and insight.
Publicity: The “gripping” play “is an intense, edge-of-your-seat drama that will keep audiences guessing the outcome until the very end…. Over the course of 90 minutes, in real time, Thelma desperately works to convince her daughter that life is worth living. Eloquent and darkly humorous, (it) has been hailed as an American classic and one of the most powerful contemporary dramas ever written.”
The Lost Studio Theatre is part of an acting school offering “serious study-acting for the working actor” with a range of classes, workshops, and productions. It’s located at130 S. La Brea Ave., L.A. There are Sat. night and Sun. matinee performances. Tickets: $20-$27.50. Info: 818-826-3609 or
www.plays411.com/nightmother *** JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT: COLLABORATIVE TV SERIES NOW AVAILABLE
Joe (1991 DS David, Daniel) is an actor, writer, director, and musician who believes strongly in the power of people working together in positive ways.
SG print issues and SG Online Updates have shared his news about hitRECord, the collaborative production company that blends “text, image, video and audio” creativity by and from countless artists worldwide. hREC has supported a wide range of published, video, internet, visual arts, animated, and similar projects for almost a decade.
“hitRECord On TV” launched a series of 8 episodes on the new Pivot channel Jan. 2014.
Each segment included a vast range of imaginative, thought-provoking, insightful, evocative, and just plan fun collaborations. (See SG #122-#123)
SG Update #328 on 8-22 reported Joe’s news: “We won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media in the category of Social TV Experience.”
Joe announced 11-10-2014: hitRECord has “created a wonderful box set for the holidays of Season 1, because so many folks who wanted to watch it can't get Pivot. It contains the digital download for all 8 episodes of Season 1, plus 8 themed booklets for each episode and a special ‘Making HITRECORD ON TV’ booklet. Also included are 6 special ‘Making Of’ bonus videos not shown on TV and a download card for all 17 songs featured in Season 1. Their HD quality is the same as a BluRay DVD. There also is a soundtrack album with / all 17 original songs from the episodes, plus 8 companion “non-art” books, 1 per episode. A 9th booklet is “The Making Of—“, sharing all about” hitR.
Like all hitR projects, proceeds are equally shared, half to the company and half split equally between all the artists involved.
The box set is due in early Dec. via the hitRECord Store on the website, amazon, and other retailers.
To pre-order the box set:
http://store.hitrecord.org/The upcoming SG #124 published newsletter will have more news about Joe.
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