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Our Picks for the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival
30 Apr, 2017 in Blog tagged Hollywood Fringe Fest / horror / Immersive Theatre / magic / musical by My Haunt Life
This is an exciting season. The Hollywood Fringe Festival of 2017 is close at hand! Last year, My Haunt Life offered our picks of "things we are excited to see" for the Festival and many friends thanked us for the recommendations. We wanted to do the same this year and….WOW….it's insane! This year, Hollywood Fringe has over 350 shows. When we made our list last year, we showcased approximately 20 shows. This year, over 50!! We are not going to get to see all of these, but we hope that some of you do and let us know what you think. The strength of Hollywood Fringe Festival is diversity…there truly is something for all tastes.
We have tried to categorize our recommendations as best as possible. Some shows can fit into more than one category. For shows like that, we included it in the category that would make us most want to see it. For example, "Slashed! The Musical" we have under horror for obvious reasons, but it would also belong under "Musicals", but we would see it for the horror elements, not the musical elements. Make sense?
Please remember, this list is NOT the entire Fringe show list. There are about 300 more shows listed on their website. Since tickets go on sale tomorrow, we wanted you to see what we're interested in and intrigued in and hopefully cherry pick some shows for you right off the bat.
Go! Explore! Take a chance on something that sounds intriguing to you!
HORROR/MONSTERS
Slashed! The Musical – Welcome to Camp Doom! Er, we mean Camp Freedom… SLASHED! THE MUSICAL is a musical comedy love-letter to the classic 80's Summer Camp Slasher Genre. Featuring a cast of characters that you know and love — but with a twist — and original songs inspired by 1980s Top 40 radio. SLASHED! will have audiences laughing and screaming from beginning until the very bloody end.
Why We Become Witches – This occult comedy of manners follows Laura Willowes, a spinster, as she does everything possible to get her family to leave her alone – including making a deal with Satan. Adapted from the 1926 novel Lolly Willowes; or The Loving Huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner, this bone dry comedy is a rallying cry for women who've done more than their fair share of emotional labor and a celebration of the joys of solitude.
The Rise and Fall of Dracula – The Rise and Fall of Dracula: a bold and immersive retelling of Bram Stoker's tale takes shape in this piece inspired by mythology, legends, and a variety of vampire lore. Artists Melissa Ortiz, David Kayser and Cassandra Ambe have crafted a compelling story that infuses contemporary dance, original music compositions, and familiar and not-so-familiar characters from the well-known story. The piece takes the audience back to the ancient roots of Dracula, slowly weaving the legend of the formidable, enigmatic spirit we have become so intrigued by. The story's themes of Power, Belief, and Companionship are so intertwined with dark imagery and music that it feels as if the characters could reach out and grab us.
Monster Beautiful: The Musical Interactive Horror Show – Monster Beautiful: A Horror Musical is the dark and ominous tale of Professor Sven, a down and out College Professor with a horrible secret. To his peers, his wife and his students, he is a forgettable, introverted, workaholic nitwit. But little do they know, Sven is on the brink of a scientific innovation that he must keep hidden from the world, the secret to life itself! Through the cover of the night, Sven collects the freshest and shapeliest of body parts to create his masterpiece. But his creation is missing its most vital piece: the perfect mind. Fortunately for Sven, he has found that final piece to his macabre patchwork of death attached to the subject of his hidden infatuation, his protégé and student, Ruthie. With his greatest achievement nearly complete, Sven must chose between his life's work and his love for his young and passionate pupil. More info HERE.
Doctor Faustus – The hell-bent Dr. Faustus embraces Lucifer to gain knowledge, power, and a personal demon at the price of his soul. While the angels entreat him to re-think his pact, the childish doctor doesn't seem to value order, prosperity, or even himself as much as he does his vanity and whimsy. Marlowe's work with a punk tint examines the subversive nature of man against his own salvation.
So You Want To Be A Vampire – Brenda Frank is so desperate to be turned into a vampire that she actually finds one, but some vampires desire more than blood. "So You Want to be a Vampire" is a very dark comedy about a woman who will stop at nothing to escape the brutal mundanity of her mortal life and be turned into a creature of the night. Join us at Studio/Stages, which will be hosting the Creatures of the Night Convention XXIII every Saturday Night in June at 11:30pm, with a special Vampires-only, Bleed-What-You-Can Night on Friday, June 23rd. Pick up your convention badge and lanyard, have one of our special "Blood Shots" (21 and over for those, VampKids!) and dance to your favorite Goth tracks. Word on the web is that we may have a "special" guest or two this year.
WARNING The first two rows of seating have been designated as a SPLATTER ZONE. Those seated in the SPLATTER ZONE will get bloody.
Nothing Bad: A Werewolf Rock Musical – Deep inside each human a Beast waits to be born—in claws, teeth and violence. Society represses it, terrified of any who succumb. Rebels embrace the edge of it, calling forth its power while avoiding its burn. In an instant of survival, one woman will be transformed by it, split into two pieces—and the battle for control of her body, mind and soul will begin. Vengeance, violence and victimization will all become fuel for a battle of epic proportions. No one is safe from the slaughter to come.
"Nothing Bad" is the World-Premiere musical Written/Directed by Erik Blair with Music/Lyrics by Daniel Sugimoto (creator of the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Producers' Encores Award Winning Broadway Noir). It's a modern musical take on the classic werewolf story that blends the musical rock styles of the classic 1950's and the glam 1980's in a fast-paced, highly energized tale of the difference between who we appear to be on the surface and the darkness that dwells in the depths of our souls. Expect to be surprised at every turn, as this is not The Wolf Man. There is no Twilight to be found here. This is a werewolf story that will bite hard and shake you back and forth in its teeth for a long time to come.
Buffy Kills Edward: A Musical Romp – In an alternate universe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is introduced to the characters of Twilight and chaos ensues. Upon slaying Bella's beloved Edward, a war of the two worlds commences in which few will make it out alive. With original songs such as "I Slay" and "Everyone Loves a Bad Boy," this musical explores the themes of vampire worlds and the characters within.
Learn More at BuffykillsEdward
Monsters – Monsters is a one-act, horror-comedy that explores the dark turns of two fragile minds in a city that is now their asylum. Two actresses living in Los Angeles are being filmed on a reality show. Grace, who was recently cast in a major production at the Pantages Theatre, is becoming increasingly paranoid as her nerves seem to be getting the best of her. Starting to see things that may or may not be there, she begins to think that her "friend" Kate may be behind it all. In the wake of betrayal and broken trust, both girls are left with only one question. Are the demons living inside or out?
Zombie Clown Trump: An Apocalyptic Musical – FNN (Fake News Network) – BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! Syria, Iran, North Korea, South Korea, and Sweden nuked! On a positive note, America is faring slightly better! Slightly! Dr. Ben Arson has unleashed a powerful virus on the country, in the name of a "cure-all" vaccination, and now millions of people, including our Clown President, have turned into zombies. Trumpcare 45. GREAT! Will our Zombie Clown-In-Chief be reelected in 2020 and bring the hammer down on the world for good? Or will a group of heroes rise up and help deport Zombie Clown Trump to Twitterland forever? Featuring parody music set to artists like The Beatles, Madonna, and Cee Lo Green, and five actors playing multiple roles, including everyone's favorite puppet, White Press Secretary Sean Sphincter, ZCT promises to treat one of the most dire moments in world history (FACT!) with guile, ingenuity and flat-out fun.
Nosferatu, A Symphony in Terror – From the fervent mind of Bram Stoker's Dracula…filtered through the lens of Friedrich Murnau…comes an experience so unique that you will remember it for the rest of your life. Nosferatu takes the audience on an unforgettable voyage from the world we know to the exotic and mysterious ends of our own imaginations. Crown City Theatre presents Nosferatu through the magic of music, dance and drama. This is a unique and unforgettable evening of theatre
Normal – "NORMAL is a dark, unblinking plunge into the nether regions of human depravity. It is not for the faint of heart." – BroadwayWorld NORMAL is a poetic account of real-life German serial killer Peter Kurten who, in Germany in 1931 was convicted of murdering eight people, including several children. This fantastical account of Kurten, his wife and lawyer is an entertaining, terrifying and funny journey – exploring the mind of a serial killer and the people who love him.
Jack the Rippers Mistress – The twisted love story between Jack the Ripper and the woman who fell in love with him. The worlds unsolved murders…. What if they were at the hands of one man…. An immortal man. A man driven by his own madness. Or was it the woman who loved him? The innocence he could not escape. She tells her story… Her life of being, Jack the Rippers mistress.
Murder for Seniors, A Thriller –EDIT. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WILL NOT BE READY FOR THIS YEAR'S FRINGE. The most popular service offered at the Silver Fountain Senior Residence in New York City is Murder For Seniors. In the program residents plot the demise of anyone whom they wish to see dead. The actual killings have long been carried out by a staff member named Mr. Cassidy. Alas, Mr. Cassidy has died. Claudia, the owner of Silver Fountain Residence comes to Central Park to interview a possible replacement killer.
Grimm Tales – Two brothers, ages 8 and 12, live with their parents in a small house just at the edge of their city. Next to them is a forest, out of place, but regarded with normalcy. When there is tension in their house, the boys often hide in their room, spinning wild stories together. One evening after a family confrontation, the boys escape to the forest and begin telling stories to each other there. As they go back and forth, the stories they tell (based on various Grimm's Fairy Tales) begin to come to life. As the stories progress, they take darker and darker turns, away from the brothers' control.
Dark Arts – From the creator of the HFF16's award-winning PORN ROCK: HOUSE OF CARDS meets VEEP in this dark comedy about America's hidden power structure, and the professional spin doctors locked in eternal war with it. Entrepreneur Marcia Bradford is in crisis: someone is smearing her in the media. The crisis PR firm of Lyndsey Klein & Andrew St. Jude must find out who the perpetrator is before Bradford is destroyed…or they destroy themselves. DARK ARTS is the first-ever theatrical experience to contain both immersive and traditional elements. It is presented in three stand-alone pieces. There is the traditional proscenium show at Fringe. There is an immersive prelude and finale that you can experience outside of Fringe (tickets and info available at www.darkartsplay.com)
Fire & Light – If you missed the critically acclaimed immersive production "Firelight" you now have a chance to get a taste of "Fire" & "Light." Come find us, we will be waiting … A tale of love and loss, touching on our past, present and future. Join us on this adventure into the unknown.
A(partment 8) – Remount of the smash hit from Fringe 2016. Take a walk in someone else's skin in this fully immersive theatrical experience. One audience member per performance. Morbid & disturbing with a twinge of black humor. Location provided 1hr before show.
Sweet Dreams: The Prologue – "Hush a bye, don't you cry…" Sweet Dreams: The Prologue is the first chapter in a series of immersive productions about a missing girl who dreamed of prince charming and true love's kiss. But venture too far into dreams and you might end up missing. Once upon a time there lived a young woman who dreamed of prince charming and true love's kiss. But venture too far into dreams and you might end up missing. Sweet Dreams: The Prologue is the first chapter in a series of immersive productions about a missing girl and the haze beyond reality. Will you end up too far in dreamworld yourself?
PLEASE NOTE: Location for each performance will be announced by 6:30pm on the day of each show at www.shineoncollective.com. TICKET HOLDERS MUST CHECK THE WEBSITE TO KNOW WHERE THEY WILL MEET. Show will start promptly at your designated show time – latecomers will not be guaranteed admittance
This show is designed for only one audience member at a time. The production is fully-immersive and interactive. It contains content that some participants may find disturbing.
The Kansas Collection: Chapter One and Two – Kansas, you have a choice. The Mid-West is in the midst of the dust bowl. You are in need of food, money, and shelter. Opportunity is scarce, hope is nowhere to be seen, and the future looks bleak. You happen upon a curious group of strangers who have set up a colorful tent on the edge of town –All they ask is a moment of your time.. THE KANSAS COLLECTION is The Speakeasy Society's immersive, episodic investigation of L Frank Baum's OZ Series where the choices you make determine the path of your journey.
After Dorothy left, the Scarecrow took charge of the wonderful land of Oz, but now things have gone awry. Oz and it's citizens are in distress. There is civil unrest, there is violence in the streets, and you are being recruited to serve in the Scarecrow's Armed Militia- but there is deception around every corner and things aren't quite what they seem.
Red Flags – You met Emma online. Her profile says she likes rescue dogs, Tetris and therapy. Today is your first date. Too bad it will be terrible…
RED FLAGS is a highly interactive, immersive theater experience for an audience of one, exploring the misunderstandings and unexpected connections on a bad first date. Red Flags is open to audience members of all gender identities, sexualities, relationship statuses, levels of mobility, and with any amount of personal dating baggage. Audience members must have a cell phone and be over 21 years of age to participate. The exact starting location of your date will be texted to you before the show. It will be within one block of the intersection of Santa Monica & Vine. Show length varies, but will be no more than 50 minutes.
PLEASE NOTE: Red Flags is an intense, one-on-one experience: one actor, one audience member. It contains adult content and may be disturbing to some. As on all the bad dates that loom large in your memory, there is nowhere to hide, and as much as it pains you, you must participate. Make sure to respond to Emma's email after you buy your ticket so that you get all the details for your date
John Stamos is my Baby Daddy/Rainbow Brite Power Nap – See two shows for the price of one! Join us for an immersive comedy experience where you become part of the show. Move through three rooms with three different themes, interact with the actors, complete tasks and laugh your way through the show that takes place in a real-life Hollywood co-working office.
"Rainbow Bright Power Naps" is a madcap comedy, where everything that can go wrong during a board meeting does.
"John Stamos is My Baby Daddy" is the announcement Audrey plans to make when she throws a 4th of July party for her family and friends. But absolutely nothing about this party goes according to plan. This comedic play delves into the feminist ideal that women can have it all. PLUS: free parking, easy access to Hollywood/Vine Metro, and tons of food and drinks nearby!
Jon Armstrong: Comic Amazement – Winner of numerous awards, including Close-Up Magician of the Year, Jon Armstrong is best known for his world-class magical talent and for being funny. Not just magician funny—actually funny.
Incantesimo – Music and magic have a deep and ancient connection in cultures all over the world. Incantesimo reveals this connection finding clues hidden in plain sight. Like the word "enchantment" — today we think of as something delightful but it used to mean to cast a magical spell to control someone, originally, a spell created with music: enchantment comes from the French, chante and the Latin cantare: to sing. Mixing music, magic and story-telling, spanning the centuries from the birth of civilization to contemporary neuroscience, Incantesimo doesn't merely tell these stories — it recreates many of them, from the miracles of Orpheus to the medieval Dancing Plague. Incantesimo is a theatrical experience unlike anything you've ever seen.
Name This Magic Show – http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4583
The interactive magic showdown, where YOU decide the winner! Four magicians enter. One leaves… The others leave, too, but less happy. Watch as four award-winning magicians battle it out onstage for your love, your votes, and your cash. Each performer presents their own unique style of illusion. At the end of the show, audience members vote for their favorite magician and favorite show title! The winning magician takes home all the glory and a big cash prize!
Illusion of Choice: A Magical Experience with Kardenni – Illusion of Choice is a concept show for a live magic performance. A fun engaging experience meant to provoke the viewers subconscious and consider the weight a simple choice like buying vegetables or a gallon of ice cream. Why are you making this choice and are you really making it. All this blended into an interactive magic experience.
Rhapsody! – 50 minutes of Musical Magic! 12 magical vignettes each filled with comedy, sleight of hand, and novel out-of-the-box magic never before seen. Experience the fast-paced comedy and sleight of hand of Jonathan Sky, the up-and-coming musical magician. Classic melodies underscore each illusion as audiences are immersed in the whimsical show. Enjoy a stimulating night of magical jazz, musical comedy, and art coming to life!
The New Bad Boys of Magic – Daniel Donohue and Eric Siegel used to be the hottest double act in Chicago. That is until their rockstar lifestyle forced Eric into early retirement. After several years apart, the two will try to reignite…the magic.
Illusionists…they will conjure cards, coins, condoms, and malt liquor.
Escape artists…they will bravely elude death—and the LAPD.
Mind readers…they will expose the adulterers and alcoholics. (It's them.)
"IT'S A BASIC CABLE MAGIC SHOW WITH A PREMIUM CABLE EDGE!"
As comedians, Daniel and Eric have performed at Second City, iO, the Annoyance, and Upright Citizens Brigade. As magicians, they have played birthday parties, charity dinners, weddings, variety shows, the International Brotherhood of Magicians, and the Harry Houdini Estate. You may have even seen them at the world-famous Magic Castle (not performing—waiting in line to get in).
Charlatan: Secrets of the Victorian Psychics – A bold evening of mesmerism, clairvoyance, and thought-reading straight from the Victorian parlour! British scientist and sceptic Dr. Mark Gasson demonstrates how the most prevalent myths of the Victorian psychics still define what we believe is possible and even challenge our very sense of reality.
EDIT: Dr. Mark Gasson was kind enough to offer our readers a 25% discount off of tickets! Please use promo code HAUNT
London Calling – On the 40th anniversary since the release of the first Clash album in 1977, "London Calling" a musical with music by The Clash and book by Peggy Lewis will premiere at The Hudson Theatre during the Hollywood Fringe festival in June. London Calling is a gritty musical inspired by music of The Clash based on the events of our lives and others, and a youth spent playing in bands, living in squats and pursuing dreams, in Holland and Canada. The lyrics of the songs are the dialog, that propel the story forward. A story of aspirations, disappointment and redemption.
The Brick: A One Man Musical – It's been said that there are three deaths: First when your body ceases to function. Second when your body is put in its grave. And third, that moment, sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time. This may be the last time. Written by Bill Berry. Directed by Kelly De Sarla.
The Little Mermaid: A Movement Piece – A dark retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid" done with movement and dance set to the music of Evanescence
If You Seek Amy – Cooper Howell is good at many things – Love isn't one of them. Join him as he puts himself on blast through music and spoken word, chronicling his misadventures with men as filtered through his devotion and connection to the music of his favorite artist, Amy Winehouse. From high school rebel to devout Mormon missionary, from sex crazed megalomaniac to broken hearted shut-in, IF YOU SEEK AMY is a dark musical coming-of-age story of how one boy ultimately discovered the power of self worth and all the Amy Winehouse music that inspired him along the way. EDIT – This show was unfortunately cancelled.
A Harmony Boys Christmas – Nobody spreads Christmas Cheer all over your face quite like legendary singing sensations and amateur turtleneck models The Harmony Boys in this raunchy 1960's ode to holiday specials of yore. It's Christmas Eve 1963 and renowned singing sensations The Harmony Boys are presenting their annual yuletide fundraising concert to benefit their charity "Force Feed the World" (in which they shove food and their personal cultural and religious beliefs down the throats of the less fortunate during the holiday season). It's a singing, dancing, musical sketch comedy extravaganza brimming with heartfelt but provocative satire.
Upstairs – A Musical Tragedy – "Upstairs – a Musical Tragedy" tells true stories from the Up Stairs Lounge fire, a 1973 gay bar arson that took 32 lives in New Orleans. We see the fire through the eyes of three survivors, Buddy the bartender, nerdy Reginald, and the haunted Agneau, as each relives that tragic night, evoking memories and ghosts in an attempt to cope with unspeakable loss. But, as the night draws to its inevitable conclusion, Buddy and Agneau discover secrets about one another that challenge their capacity for forgiveness and their hope of ever finding peace. Created for the 40th Anniversary of the fire, this was the first theatrical work to address this shamefully unexamined tragedy. Learn More at upstairsmusical.com
Metalhead – METALHEAD: a folk rock musical about robots and the human people who hate them. When Bot terrorists attack the compound where she lives and goes to school, Jaz discovers that she's been imbued with a mysterious special power to kill a Bot with little more than a touch. The Bot Killer skyrockets to fame, right in the middle of the United States Presidential Campaign of 2116.
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING
The Video Games – THE VIDEO GAMES, is a parody of the popular book/movie series The Hunger Games. The tributes participating in the Battle to the Death have been substituted for video game characters from all the popular video game franchises. Princess Zelda, Queen of The Console, is celebrating the 64th Annual Video Games and needs the audience's assistance (through social media) to ensure that this year's Games are bigger, badder, and bloodier than the year before! By voting for their favorite characters, the audience will to alter the course of events throughout the performance. It's a different show every night as iconic pixelated heroes and villains, such as Donkey Kong, Lara Croft, the Master Chief, and more, compete to win the coveted title of Player One.
Ronnie Brixton – Best of British Boxing – Top British Boxing Presenter and Commentator Ronnie Brixton presents "Best of British Boxing," an evening with the popular media personality. Four-time winner of the coveted British Sports Broadcasters Association (BSBA) Golden Microphone, Brixton promises an overview and breakdown of the great heavyweight matches of the late 20th and early 21st century, an insider's view of the Sport of Gentlemen, and his personal history growing up as the son of the late, much revered trainer George "King George" Brixton. Ronnie will take your questions, and if time allows, address the recent viral video regarding "the woman."
Airplane Live! – The crème de la crème of parody movies, Airplane!, comes to you LIVE on stage in a show that both satirizes and lovingly embraces the comedy classic you already know by heart. Follow the tormented former fighter pilot, Ted Striker, as he tries to win back the affections of stewardess Elaine Dickenson on the doomed flight 209. Full of the moments you love, and some new takes you might not expect, this ain't no passive theater event. Shout out lines, dance, sing and more when you join us aboard the Trans-American Flight traveling from LAX to Chicago O'Hare. Just don't eat the fish!
The Spidey Project – In 2011 a group of writers, actors, and musicians set out to stage a musical parody of the Spider-Man origin story through clear, simple story telling, comedy, and character driven theater. They wanted to do justice to the hero we all know and love, without being bogged down with lavish sets or dangerous stunts. The show went up for only one night in New York, immediately becoming the stuff of legend. A year later, in 2012, Spidey swung into Los Angeles for a sold-out twenty-two performance run at Theatre Unleashed. But after that… nothing. It's been five long years since Spidey took his last bow in the City of Angels. Flash forward to today; we need a hero now more than ever. The time has come for Spidey to return to studio/stage! Featuring additional material and brand new songs, The Spidey Project is the amazing Spider-Man musical parody you've been waiting for!
Domino is Down – DOMINO IS DOWN explores one man's disaffection with the current state of himself. Through a series of casually escalating violent encounters in a quiet museum bar, he's pushed to the brink of his ability to cope. The mood In the bar is frivolous at first but darkens as other patrons are added to the mix. At the end of the night Domino's fuse is fully lit, scorching himself and the people around him
Devadasi: A Story of Sex, Power, and Devotion – Devadasi: A Story of Sex, Power and Devotion tells Reena's story of joining a Russian Tantric Cult and falling in love with a "spiritual master" who she makes her God. By helping Reena awaken to an ancient remembrance of herself as a Devadasi, an Indian Temple Priestess, what is at first an empowering relationship soon turns into one of psychological and spiritual manipulation. Direct interventions by the Goddess Kali, wake Reena up to face the pain of her reality and her own self-hate, a centuries old patriarchal force, which led her into the cult. It is through Reena's devotion to Kali, in and through her body, that she learns to dance with her own darkness and reclaim the power and sacredness of her body and sexuality. Through different characters, movement and dance, Reena takes you on an intimate, humorous and mystical journey into the underworld.
Bloody Awful: Two Twisted Comedies by Leland Frankel – Are you ready to laugh until you die? "Bloody Awful" combines two award-winning plays by Leland Frankel into one unforgettable evening. There will be laughs, screams, and even a little bit of raw, emotional honesty…but not too much. For the first time in history, see "The Callback" and "Slaughterhouse" performed together on the same in this uniquely nightmarish production. "The Callback" is a classic tale of Hollywood dreams gone sour. Showbiz can be brutal, and aspiring actress Molly is willing to do ANYTHING to get the part…even kidnap the show's director. Will art snob Ashford be able to withstand her brutal bouts of physical, mental, and emotional torture? Will Molly finally win the life of stardom that she is convinced she deserves? There are no easy answers in this tense, side-splitting battle of the sexes. "Slaughterhouse" introduces us to Kurt, a self-conscious young man eager to stop his wonderful girlfriend from finding out what a loser he is. A bit more problematically, he is also the only law-abiding citizen living in an apartment populated by notorious serial killers. If they find out that Kurt is NOT the Subway Slayer, then that's three sets of knives to deal with. And if his girlfriend Caroline finds out about his living situation…well, how much would YOU put up with for the ones you love?
Chateau Rene – The Mob has no Retirement Plan.Wiseguy Johnny Vaughn and his Bodyguard Phil DeJulio are facing eviction when their once desirable Apartment Building is being converted to Condos A One Act Play by Sam Ingraffia
The Sunday Night Mystery Show – Produced by a secret society called The Mystery Society, the Sunday Night Mystery Show is a semi-monthly performance of a parody whodunnit the actors have never read. You might think this would hurt their performance. You'd be right. So, when they flub a line, the audience shouts, "Drink!" and they have to take a drink. For the Hollywood Fringe Festival, a three-episode arc is being written by the Mystery Society Writers' Room. Each episode will function both as a stand-alone mystery and as a part of a larger story about the fight between artists and the Industry. You can enjoy one episode on its own or see all three for the full experience. In addition, we are always looking for new members to join the Society. If you would like to join, visit our website. In addition, we will be hosting auditions and free improv classes during the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Check those out, as well!
Emergency Operation – Based on a 10-min play developed through Playground-LA and winner of People's Choice, Emergency Operation is a love story about a break-up. When Adam discovers his girlfriend Kelsey has cheated, he decides to fix his broken heart with surgery. While Adam has the opportunity to start fresh, Kelsey can't let go of a relationship she thought meant everything to her. In a dramedy full of humor, emotion, and surprises—characters learn that actions have consequences and there is no such thing as a quick fix in matters of the heart. Driven by an all female production team, Emergency Operation tackles heartbreak with humor, wit, and love.
Kinsherf's Coat – Every theatre-goer contributes to it. It doesn't exist without them. We arrive at the venue. We take our seats and leaf through the playbill. We reflect upon the architecture of the room, or study the stage set, anticipating the play that lay ahead. We chat with our companion and scan the crowd for familiar faces, taking note of the house music from time to time. And then the lights go down and the moment changes. You won't get that moment back again. Intermission is a different beast, a different head space, motivated by the competing forces of bladder and thirst. The curtain call has been choreographed. It's the most artificial part of any play, when both sides of the footlights are at their least organic. Only the pre-show is pure. And since the Greeks, it has been a steady part of our tradition. That final breath before something happens. Kinsherf's Coat is an experiment that explores that experience. "Triple eX," if you will. An experiencement. We hope you'll join us. It's the only part of any play that can't happen without you there
Robot Monster the Musical – Hailed as one of the greatest bad movies in the annals of film history, the 1953 cult sci-fi classic, "Robot Monster" is a beloved fan favorite for its complete absurdity, hammy acting, charming naiveté and – most of all – for its famously tortured space gorilla. But more than just an infamously "bad movie," the film has a charming and unpretentious sincerity that's so appealing in our frenetic age. With 16 original songs, the musical includes everything current and new fans demand from a show about a space gorilla sent to earth to destroy the human race. Will he succeed? Find out this June at the Sacred Fools Mainstage!
Blamed: An Established Fiction – Blamed: An Established Fiction is a new play that combines text with live music and dance to examine the girls and women throughout mythology, history, and literature who have been blamed for the ills of the world. Each culture seems to have one thing in common: A well-known tale in which a girl does something horrible, or is the victim of something horrible, and she ruins everything and everyone around her. From Eve and Pandora to Lilith and La Llorona, Blamed brings the women to life in an intoxicating mix of live music, dance, and story
Ritual – We are a species that is drawn to and controlled by a devised sense of ritual that drives the most fundamental and crucial aspects of life. RITUAL,a devised movement piece, strives to bring the guttural and raw reality of humanity back to the words of Shakespeare through following the various ritualistic portrayals throughout his works. RITUAL takes a number of concepts that occur in all societies and displays them in a highly stylized movement based manner to illuminate the humanity that exists behind the work. The show seeks to display all aspects of humanity, whole,complete and good as well as those distorted by ever present human vices. Using movement, music and Shakespeare, RITUAL, explores the nature of murder, adultery, obsession, assasination,love,fear, and joy in a minimalistic fashion.
An Evening With John Wilkes Booth – The assassination of Abraham Lincoln was a pivotal point of this nation's history, but it is a story that is always told from Lincoln's point of view. John Wilkes Booth was a great actor, but his father and brother were even greater. And his jealousy and his love for the South and slavery lead him to commit the heinous crime for which he is known. "An Evening with John Wilkes Booth" is a one man play that lets us know who John Wilkes was and why he did what he did. Along the way, there is Shakespeare, sex, drama, and the entire acting out of the assassination itself. Sic Semper Tyrannus
Comic-Con the Musical – Comic-Con is an international phenomenon built around fandom. It hosts fans and creators, collectibles and cosplay, all in one ever more increasingly crowded location. Its vibrant canvas and patrons are the perfect backdrop and cast of characters for a musical. Anna hopes to impress her idol DB Coates, creator of Vempire — the fourth best CW vampire show — and inspiration for her fanfic. Jason brings his original comic book Super Christian Psychic Alcoholic Alien Detective in the hope of securing a publisher. Drew searches for an origin story to go along with his original cosplay. The trio team up creatively when Allen Gray, legendary film producer, announces he is holding a pitch contest and the winning pitch will be made into a film. To achieve their goals, they must overcome: an egotistical idea thief, their own insecurities, and oh yeah, actual aliens. With a little luck, a little guidance from the Dungeon Master, and a healthy dash of friendship and imagination, our intrepid trio just might save their idol, Comic-Con, and the world! (And, in doing so, make Comic-Con once again safe from alien invaders and douchebags!) If you come in costume, you can participate in the Costume Contest! There will be a winner each show!
The Physicists – "The Physicists" is an absurd comedy about dark political matters. It takes place in an insane asylum where two patients strongly believe that they are the physicists Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein while a third patient believes that he is speaking to King Solomon. The play begins as a murder investigation unfolds after Einstein murders the nurse who used to care for him. "The Physicists," written in 1961 by Friedrich Durrenmat (The Visit) is thought provoking, disturbing, and hilarious all at the same time and now brought to American audiences during a political climate that cannot be more fitting.
Too Many Hitlers or: The Decoy Decameron – In a bunker in Berlin in the final days of WWII, a dictator takes shelter, and so do his decoys. As the bombs fall they sing, fight, and try to decide which of them is actually the Führer. How many Hitlers are too many? For some, one is plenty. Others can't get enough.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) – 3 men (in tights) will somehow perform every play by William Shakespeare, in just 90 minutes! Laugh along at this irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard's plays as they weave their wicked way through all of Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Tragedies in one wild ride that will leave you breathless and helpless with laughter.
The Second Coming of Klaus Kinski – Klaus Kinski (1926-1991) is one of the most celebrated and controversial actors in the history of world cinema. His collaborations with director Werner Herzog were as transcendent as they were tempestuous, and Kinski's indelible performances and wild persona continue to captivate. 15 years ago, actor/writer Andrew Perez discovered Kinski through Herzog's documentary "My Best Fiend" and was inspired to dig deeper into Kinski's life as he conducted a series of interviews with Kinski's closest friends and neighbors in Lagunitas, CA – where Kinski spent the last ten years of his life. This resulted in a one man show at Northwestern University called "I Am Kinski," which was comprised entirely of Kinski's own words. After a decade of living with Kinski, Andrew now goes a step further and re-imagines "The Second Coming of Klaus Kinski." People will tell you he is dead. Don't believe them!
Pledge – A new play by Paul Shoulberg ("Synthesis", "Walter") about what happens when a member of a fraternity kills himself. The ripple effect sends the remaining members into a tailspin that leaves them questioning loyalties and the social structure to which they've blindly subscribed. Directed by Stan Zimmerman ("Meet and Greet", "Yes, Virginia").
Fair – Fair is the story of the notorious murderess, Laura D. Fair, who shot and killed her lover, Alexander P. Crittenden in broad daylight off the coast of San Francisco in 1871. Laura's trial was filled with scandal when the prosecution positioned themselves against any woman with power. Fair, is an ensemble developed play that uses actual court testimony from this once famous case and old letters between two lovers on the brink of despair. Through both comedy and tragedy, Wishbone aims to take you on a journey through the life and heart of Laura D. Fair.
The It Girl – IT GIRL splays open our obsession with the Next Big Thing when it comes to women in the entertainment industry. Looking through the lens of the original "It Girl" Clara Bow and her tumultuous raise and fall in the Silent Film Industry, this original piece becomes the actress' nightmare for contemporary women. A fantasia of silent film, clown, tap, ballroom, boxing, vintage gags, and innovative storytelling, IT GIRL pits an actress in a dance to the death against ShowBiz to find out if anyone can really have It all?
Fallen Stars at the Charity Sale – "Fallen Stars at the Charity Sale" peeks into the inanimate lives of old items languishing at a charity sale. These objects reminisce about their glory days yet desperately hope to gain a new life with new owners—the audience. This is a staged adaptation of a live action role playing (larp) event written by and translated from the original Norwegian by Martin Nielsen and Magnar Grønvik Müller. Audience members are invited to the stage to "purchase," with fake money we provide, objects at a charity sale, affecting our talented, improv ensemble. Each performance differs, as object-characters purchased will not return—YOU get to keep the object you bought. We welcome your donation of an object to be a character in the next show! If you bring an object**, you can take $5 off the ticket price using discount code ITEM, and we will attempt to turn the item you donated into a character in a subsequent show (based on number of objects we receive).
Bonnie and Clyde – They were famous and notorious first in life and now in death. They found fame and celebrity through brutality and execution, and were themselves executed and thus immortalized as icons of reprehensible glory. The legend of Bonnie and Clyde remains undiminished today. Icons and progenitors of 'Reality Stardom' and 'Fake News', we present the demon pair here in Adam Peck's poetically sparse meditation on a bruised, bloodied , twistedly domestic and romantic final few hours alive together, in a bubble, in a barn. First produced to acclaim in Bristol UK in 2010, this play has resonated down to a 'reality' 7 years later where the power of fame for it's own sake, 'unreliable' reporting and a bloodbath of social media 'live streamed' atrocity seeks to fill us all with doubt, desperation and moral incapacity.
Quantum Entanglement – Quantum Entanglement : The most romantic theory in physics. "From this moment on, our entangled light, our lives, cannot be explained without the other." From the Fringe veterans who brought you the award winning Murder Blood Bear Story and How to be a Virgin (in 12 Morally Ambiguous Steps) comes a love story on the smallest scale imaginable. A miraculous journey of self discovery through cosmic light to illuminate the beauty of the dark, both in space and mind. A portrait of a nuclear family awakened by a fractured past. An astrophysicist looking to the moon to find his missing wife. A mother swallowed up by the dark. A daughter desperate to heal them both. And an experiment to connect them all. (Also there's a cat.)
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Grace College Announces March Chapel Speakers
Grace College will welcome noteworthy speakers to campus this month, including Dr. Freddy Cardoza, Lonnie Anderson, and Ray Chang. Each will speak in chapel, which takes place every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10:30 – 11:20 a.m. in the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center, 610 Wooster Rd., Winona Lake, Ind.
Dr. Freddy Cardoza, the new dean of Grace Theological Seminary and the School of Ministry Studies, will speak in chapel on Thursday, March 21. Dr. Cardoza comes to Grace with more than 20 years of local church ministry and higher education experience. Most recently, Cardoza ministered at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., while serving as chair of the Christian Education programs at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. Dr. Cardoza's message for campus on March 21 is entitled "Fear(less): Going from Fearful to Fearless."
Lonnie Anderson, senior pastor of the Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Kokomo, Ind., will return to Grace to speak on Friday, March 22. Anderson has pastored at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church since 2002. He published "Partnering with Pastors and Church Leaders: Closing the Back Door" in 2016, a guide to help pastors retain new members in the local church. Pastor Anderson will preach from Genesis 22 on "Origins" – the campus theme this year.
Ray Chang, ministry associate for discipleship at Wheaton College, will speak in chapel on Thursday and Friday, March 28 and 29. Chang leads several small group ministries with more than 1,000 students on Wheaton's campus, and serves on the diversity and evangelism committees. Chang is a world traveler, speaker and writer. He will present on Christian living and community from John 17 and Luke 10.
"The public is invited to join the Grace community as we listen to these and other speakers who will challenge and inspire us," said Brent Mencarelli, dean of chapel and community life at Grace. He added, "Chapel is a time to come together for worship, reflection, and critical thinking together."

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In middle June, the Washington Post posted on its website a copy of a Department of Justice memo dated August 1, 2002. Addressed to the White House, the memo asserts that torture may be justified when applied to "terrorists" outside the U.S. It defends the view that, in times of war, the president cannot be held liable for ordering torture. Thus the memo also provides a potential defense for any government employee accused of torturing people, on the basis that "he would be doing so in order to prevent further attacks on the United States by the Al Qaeda terrorist network."
The document describes various methods which, while causing pain and suffering, would not be considered torture because they are not "severe enough." Aware of the fact that this contradicts international laws against torture, or, for that matter, existing U.S. laws and written Army rules, the authors of the memo reassure potential torturers that such laws and rules "may be unconstitutional if applied to interrogations."
President Bush and his National Security Adviser, Condoleezza Rice, claim that they have never seen the memo.
Someone in the Department of Defense must have seen it though. In March 2003, parts of that memo, almost verbatim, reappeared in a Pentagon report concerning interrogation techniques that could be used against detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had already addressed the issue in December, 2002, when officers at Guantanamo asked him how far they could go with their interrogation methods. Rumsfeld approved several torture techniques, including holding prisoners in isolation for 30 days and "inducing stress by use of detainee's fears," such as being attacked by dogs. When authorizing the practice of forcing prisoners to stand for four hours at a time, Rumsfeld wrote under his signature: "However, I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to 4 hours?"
Six weeks later, on January 15, 2003, Rumsfeld rescinded his initial instructions. Without giving a reason, he said that requests to step up techniques against individual detainees should be forwarded to him. A change of heart? Not likely – in April, 2003, Rumsfeld personally approved 24 of 35 interrogation techniques presented to him by Guantanamo officials.
The Pentagon has refused to make public these 24 methods. The parts of all these memos that so far have seen the light of day, however, are enough proof. They show beyond any doubt that soldiers torturing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo or anywhere else were not acting alone. They were just doing the dirty work within the framework of a policy. A conscious policy of torture, that is, thought out and discussed at the highest level of the Bush administration.
Upon the release of the August, 2002 Department of Justice memo, a Human Rights Watch spokesperson commented: "It appears that what they were contemplating was the commission of war crimes and looking for ways to avoid legal accountability."
Yes, these are war crimes, plain and simple. But when are the big shots who order the arrest, torture and killing of individuals, not to mention the carpet-bombing of entire cities, held accountable for their crimes?
Only when they lose a war, of course. That's why Saddam Hussein today sits in prison while George Bush lives in luxury.


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Sixty years, 600 games
SJU football coach John Gagliardi marks another milestone
By Mike Killeen
September 15th marks John Gagliardi's 600th game as head coach at SJU.
On Sept. 12, 1953, Jacqueline Bouvier married then-Sen. John F. Kennedy in Newport, R.I.
Another "marriage" occurred that day, although one of a totally different nature and with a little less fanfare. Sixty years and 600 games later, it's still going strong.
John Gagliardi began his coaching career at Saint John's University on Sept. 12, 1953, suffering a 7-0 loss to St. Cloud State University (then known as St. Cloud State Teachers College) in Collegeville.
That game began Gagliardi's 60-year career with the Johnnies - one which will continue against the University of St. Thomas at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Clemens Stadium. The contest marks Gaglairdi's 600th game as coach of Saint John's.
Gagliardi came to SJU after coaching Carroll College in Helena, Mont., to three conference titles in his first four seasons (1949-52) as a college coach.
His success caught the attention of SJU, which needed a coach to succeed the legendary Johnny "Blood" McNally, a charter member of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. Upon leaving SJU, McNally offered this gloomy prediction: "Nobody could ever win at Saint John's."
But Gagliardi proved McNally wrong, rebounding from the non-conference loss to St. Cloud State to winning the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title with a 5-1 record - the first of 27 league titles he has claimed at SJU. Gagliardi has also led the Johnnies to four national titles.
The winningest coach all-time in college football, Gagliardi currently has a 486-133-11 (.779) collegiate career record and a 462-127-10 (.779) record at SJU.
Gagliardi's 64 years of collegiate coaching is the most in college football, surpassing the old record of 57 years held by former University of Chicago and University of the Pacific coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (1890-1946).


I'm a bit late posting this (2 weeks to be exact).
He has grown so much since we brought him home. I can definitely see his personality shining through. He is a very headstrong little dude.
We've got to experience his first smile, which brought one of the most wonderfully heartwarming feelings. He also discovered his own hand, and was very fascinated with it.
His very first friend is a boat wheel hanging on the wall above his changing table. He loves it and chats with it every single time it's diaper changing time. Therefore, we named the wheel, Frederick William the Wheel, since every good friend needs a good name. Of course this wheel is F-Dub for short.
He is now learning to squirm when he cries and has almost successfully turned himself over. He arches his back and stretches his body out with such strength. I call that the wash board.
I am eager to see what the months to come have in store for us.


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Та́міка червоноголова (Cisticola ruficeps) — вид горобцеподібних птахів родини тамікових (Cisticolidae). Мешкає на сході Сахелю.

Підвиди
Виділяють три підвиди:
 C. r. ruficeps (Cretzschmar, 1830) — від Чаду до західного Судану;
 C. r. scotopterus (Sundevall, 1850) — від центрального Судану до Еритреї;
 C. r. mongalla Lynes, 1930 — Південний Судан і північна Уганда.

Поширення і екологія
Червоноголові таміки поширені в Камеруні, Нігерії, Чаді, ЦАР, Судані, Південному Судані, Ефіопії, Еритреї, Уганді і Кенії. Вони живуть в сухих саванах і на болотах.

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Тамікові
Птахи, описані 1827
Птахи Камеруну
Птахи Нігерії
Птахи Чаду
Птахи Центральноафриканської Республіки
Птахи Судану
Птахи Південного Судану
Птахи Ефіопії
Птахи Еритреї
Птахи Уганди
Птахи Кенії

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Fired Up: Building a Better Cook Stove
The metal cauldron cook stoves that people in developing countries use are simple in design. You fill them with a form of coal, the way you would a barbeque. When a person in a place like Ethiopia or the Congo needs to prepare a meal for her family (and women do much of the cooking in the countries that use cook stoves) there's no gas or electric hotplate to fire up. She has to light the coals.
It's not the most efficient way to cook. But we went to Vashon Island just west of Seattle to understand how cook stoves are actually getting better—and improving a whole host of other issues as they do. "Cook stoves are really a nexus for every environmental problem you can imagine," Peter Scott told us. A more efficient stove means that young girls don't have to go collect wood or coal as often, leaving them more time to get an education and advocate for change in their communities. A more efficient stove also alleviates poor indoor air quality, a problem that kills about two million people a year, according to the National Institutes of Health. Finding a way to make coal burn cleaner not only limits deforestation, it also helps cut down on greenhouse gases that are warming the planet.
Burn Labs founder Peter Scott wants to create the world's most efficient cook stove. Photo by Spencer Millsap / NGM Staff
A few years ago, Scott started a company called the Burn Design Lab. He had spent some time living in several parts of Africa and wanted to create the best cook stove possible.That meant making the heat last a long time with minimal fuel. It's a constant process of innovation. One of Burn's stoves, known as the Jiko Poa, is about 45 percent more efficient than cooking over an open fire.
What makes a good cook stove? The design of the stove has an impact on how much heat is retained. The hotter it stays, the less fuel needed at the onset. Natural gas may be an abundant and efficient way to keep a fire going, but many countries in the developing world don't have adequate fuel distribution lines. While that problem gets worked out, people still need to cook every day.
To meet the needs of everyone who needs a better stove, there is still a way to go. For the roughly 2.5 billion people around the world who still cook over open fires, Burn Labs is aiming to distribute 3.5 million stoves. The stoves are designed to be made for $15 and sold for $40.
The day we visited Burn, one of its top employees was getting ready to board a plane to Kenya. One of the newest prototypes had an eager audience waiting near Nairobi. The power of the stoves isn't in the stoves themselves, Scott told us. Their real potential is what else people can accomplish when they don't need to worry about stoves at all.


With Easter just over we have been busy this week but I love the photo's we got on Easter Monday and there are a particular two which I love. I have had a hard time the last few days deciding which one I really wanted to use this week and honestly I couldn't. They are both completely different. I choose to show you both.
The above photo was easier to name and not really Easter themed so I choose to put it first. I am sure by now you have noticed I love taking pictures of the sky and living in a climate where rain is more than likely at any time of year or day I tend to notice the sky and clouds any time the rain isn't hitting my face. During Easter Monday we attended a family Easter party and we where due to have a good deal of rain as storm Katie was rolling over Northern Ireland. We stayed inside because of the weather we where due however it was sunny the whole time we where there. The minute we left it was a different story and we got caught in a down pour which lasted a good part of 15 minutes. You could see the rain bouncing off the ground from the start. The photo above was taken minutes after the rain stopped. The difference is astounding. Dark dreary skies to the shade spectrum in the clouds was beautiful to watch and experience. Have you ever watched a storm roll past you? It is something to behold. I love this whole picture, the barren lands contrasting the filled sky, the sun, the glimpses of blue sky and the clouds in various shades. This picture for me symbolises something my Gran used to say to me " Belfast is the only place where you can experience every season in one day". The variations in the clouds just remind me of all this saying, they show so many types of weather from sunny to rainstorm. I love it.
The other photo I loved from this week was also taken on Monday at the party. This one is of D. I don't know what it is that I really love about this one but I do. Obviously I love the photo because it is of D but I love everything about it, the lighting, the clearness of the image and the cuteness of his face paint. I just love it all and I think it has fast became one of my favourite photo's of him so I just had to share it with you all.
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I love the patterns in the clouds. The face painted is just too cute.
Thank you Darren. I do love the clouds although I didn't see a pattern until you mentioned it.
Thank you. I love him as a bunny too. That was the first time he allowed anyone to paint is face properly. Usually he just let's you paint it all one colour really quickly.


Now, I say move on. Get certified and then move on. I don't mean to belittle the usefulness of Salesforce Certifications. They are the college degree of the Salesforce world. A degree is a gatekeeper and so are Salesforce Certifications. If you aren't certified, you have to go the extra mile to prove your abilities. So, get your certifications and move on.
Study, Study, Study – There are so many guides out there now that there's really no need to link a bunch here. Google it and you will be good to go.
Focus your learning – Each exam gives a percentage breakdown of what category the questions will be on. Focus your learning on the groups with the largest percentages.
Finally, know that your certification gives you confidence in your abilities. Take that confidence into the role you want.
Mentors are amazing, Salesforce mentors doubly so. Mentors can have immense benefits on your career progression and sometimes open doors that otherwise would be closed to you. There is no replacement for a personal relationship with someone.
Now… to the good stuff.
You local user group leader is connected. They likely know everyone within your local user group and a simple conversation requesting an introduction to a potential mentor is all it takes. At the next meeting, pull them aside and share with them your goals and aspirations and that you are looking for a mentor relationship to help.
The Salesforce Community is full of groups for every role, position, feature, etc. There are individuals that are active within those groups that I would consider Community Leaders. These individuals are your best bet to reach out to and ask to mentor you. Now, its important to not be presumptuous in your request. Not everyone has time to commit to a mentor/mentee relationship. However, if you remain flexible and ask for any references to others that might be willing to mentor you then you are more likely to get a good connection.
If you are like me you've spent years adding people into your network on LinkedIn. Like Facebook, not everyone you are connected with is really a friend but more of an acquaintance. However, you likely are connected with a few people that you do have a stronger relationship with. Reaching out to these people and explaining what you are looking for might lead them to introduce you to the right mentor. I don't recommend sending out mass emails or form letters to everyone in your network. Actions like that are disingenuous as are easily recognizable.
Whenever I interview candidates I always test soft skills. That is to say, I always try and discover how a candidate communicates with a team member, a customer, and in a superior/subordinate situation. Especially for customer facing roles, its important to test how candidates communicate in customer situations. Soft Skills are those skills you can't really quantify but rather mature over time. Knowing how to delivery and communicate information in a given situation so as to elicit a positive response is key to any role, regardless if its customer facing or not. Technical skills are a must but in today's open workplace you can't hide. Given two equally qualified candidates I go with the one that presented their Soft Skills better than the other.
Here are a few tips to build your soft skills and highlight them in an interview situation.
Have you ever thought to yourself… "There should be a Salesforce org to track that?" for something in your life? Don't lie, you know you have. I use my Free Developer orgs for all sorts of things in my life. Its sort of my outlet for creativity and I love talking to people about it. For example, when I was in the Army I used a Free Developer org to track and maintain the location and count of inventory items in my company, roughly $40,000,000 in assets. This was previously tracked through a complex process involving lots of printed packets of paper and an Excel Spreadsheet so large we couldn't email it. Using a Free Salesforce org eliminated several errors, countless hours of searching for inventory items, and a simple scheduled dashboard eliminated a painful hour-long weekly call with my commanding officer.
Be resilient! – Where do you get your Resiliency from?
You may not think of resiliency as a soft skill but you need to. Resiliency is your ability to stand tall in the storm, relying on your skills and experience to get your through any situation. Where do you draw your resiliency from? Tell me! Whenever someone inevitably asks you "What are your three greatest strengths"… tell them you are resilient and follow up with a situation where you were. Resiliency is a reinforcing feedback loop. The more resilient you are the more tough situations you can handle. You should be prepared with a situation to share in your past experience where you were resilient. If its Salesforce related, all the better.
You've failed. You know you have. I know you have. So does the person interviewing you. What I want to know is how you failed, why, and how you handled it. Did not follow best practices and put a change directly into production that caused some serious errors? Maybe you missed a deployment timeline? Did you not test some code thoroughly before pushing it to production? How did you handle that situation? What were the outcomes? Its important to be prepared to show that you have indeed failed in the past and that you learned from that situation. More importantly is to show how you handled that situation. Did you communicate the situation well to the stake holders? What methods did you use to ensure the lowest possible impact to your customer? Showing how you handle situations when you fail is more important that showing how you resolve the situation. Technical issues nearly always get resolved. In my experience, its not how your failure was resolved that gets remembered but rather how the situation was handled.


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Кистенево — село в составе Черновского сельсовета Большеболдинского района Нижегородской области. На 2020 год в Юрино 2 улицы: Дубровского и Школьная, высота центра селения над уровнем моря — 145 м.

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В 1830 г., когда А. С. Пушкин заключил брак с Н. Н. Гончаровой, его отец С. Л. Пушкин владел Кистеневым, однако значительная часть его была заложена в Опекунский совет. Позднее название Кистенева было обыграно в названии деревни Кистеневка в романе «Дубровский», а фамилия главного героя взята у исторических владельцев соседнего села Апраксино.

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The mornings are early and only one of the four of us enjoys them. We shower, get dressed, eat breakfast. Make sure backpacks are loaded with homework, gym clothes, snacks. Violet leaves earliest of all of us. Her first class starts at 7:30, but she's out the door most days by 7:00 (don't get me started) because she likes to be there early. Jesse and I drink coffee while Abram plays. We run down the day's schedule events – practices, religious education, random checklists of household things and what's for dinner. When he heads out for the day, Abram and I settle in to read a chapter or two. We're almost finished reading "Hoot". I know I've mentioned before I hate reading chapter books aloud. It's slow and clunky and usually that makes me restless and irritable, but my nine year old doesn't like reading chapter books at all (for the same reasons I don't like reading them aloud) but he does like having someone read to him, so…here we are. We have two chapters remaining. I don't know what we'll read next. I drop him off at school. Run errands. Do a little "work".
I recently finished "A Place for Us". It was recommended by Sarah Jessica Parker on instagram. Her recommendation was backed up by the recommendation of a friend who I trust with those kind of recommendations. It may have been the best book I've read all year and I've read some good ones this year. It was a slow start. I fell asleep while reading the first few chapters but I kept at it and it was very worth it. I also finished "One of Us is Lying" which is a YA book that Violet picked up at the library and then decided was too grown up for her after the first chapter (it was). It was a good book. Predictable, but I stayed up until 1:30AM to prove that it was predictable and didn't regret it.
I haven't been knitting or watching much. Occasionally, I sit down to an episode or two of Parks and Recreation. Sometimes, The West Wing. I never watched either of them when they were on, but I enjoy them. I've knit two socks almost to completion only to rip them out and now I'm just not feeling the knitting. I hope I'll come back to it. I'm worried I've burnt out on it. I've worked a little on the Washington D.C. embroidery, but only here and there. Early mornings have lead to early bedtimes and early bedtimes haven't been conducive to getting much crafting done. I always imagine I'll do things during the day while the kids are school and I do…I do dishes, laundry, visit with friends, but I don't seem to making time for the fun stuff.
I know I haven't written since August. It's been a pleasant blur of after school activities, friends, and family. I'm…happy. I'm angry and indignant and sad and scared too. My heart and head are big enough to hold all those things at once and learning that has lead to peace. And I've needed peace. I think we all could use peace.
So that's me. How about you? What have you been reading, watching, doing, thinking about lately?
It's hard to feel the knitting-love when you're frogging everything. I recently frogged the infinity scarf I made last fall. (The Stockholm scarf.) I LOVED it…just not on me! Now I'm reusing the yarn to make a scarf that actually *will* be more my style, and although there's a part of me that is kicking myself for "wasting" all that time on the original scarf, I'm finding the work on this one very meditative.
I'm so relieved it's fall! (Even though that means finally facing the veggie garden (which I pretty much ignored all summer) and working to process the kale.) I'm glad for the cooler weather and the structure of my youngest back to school. I wish I had your peace, though.
Thank you for the recommendation of The Hobbit. I may not take it (I had to read it in middle school and I hated it) but it's bubbling on the back burner. As for Harry Potter – Violet got impatient and read it on her own. I've read it. Abram wasn't interested. So we stopped with the reading of that one aloud (much to my husband's dismay – he enjoyed that one).
I'm looking forward to seeing the new scarf and I'm glad you're enjoying working this pattern. I think that maybe part of my knitting frustration. I need a stretch but not TOO much of a stretch.
Good luck with the kale and veggie garden!! So good to hear from you!!!
As always, I love these posts from you. They are always so newsy and cosy. I am so glad that you are happy. Happy in the midst of all those other emotions. I often am too, these days. It is surprising, and welcome. Wish I knew what has made that happen (so I could replicate it the next time sadness comes for an extended stay), but I am trying to appreciate the gift. And accept it. Sometimes it feels as if happy is wrong right now. It helps to get the reminder that happy and all the other things (outrage, sorrow, grief) can exist simultaneously. Maybe keeping that truth at the forefront is the trick?
As you know, I am with you on the start times. Wouldn't it be nice if adults could actually put kids' needs at the center? But we don't. I think many problems would be resolved if we could.
I hope you continue to enjoy this season (of the year, of your life). Looking forward to checking out the book you recommended. (Wanting and enjoying fiction again.) Just finished "The Punishment She Deserves" a very long, very British (though written by an American, I think) detective story. It's quite germane to the current debacle unfolding, which is a coincidence but a happy one (even though about horrific things–more of that mix). If you tell me what kind of books Abram likes, I can probably make some read aloud suggestions.
Abram is tough so I'll gladly take you up on some read aloud suggestions. Hoot is the first chapter read aloud that he's actually enjoyed enough to keep doing it. (We've tried Rats of NIMH, Harry Potter, Boxcar Children, and Dinosaurs before Dark). The Phantom Tollbooth has been discussed (in part because Violet and Abram are getting to see a performance of it) as has Chomp (because he liked Hoot) and my sister recommended Roald Dahl because while I wasn't a fan he was her FAVORITE and she thinks he'll like him. We have had success reading poetry – New Kid on the Block, Shel Silverstein – and he still loves having picture books read to him (and I still do that because picture books are good and if that's what he likes, I will) but he has a teacher who really wants them to start reading "at level" so I'm trying REALLY trying to help engage him. He'll read Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy kid and that ilk, but he picks them up and puts them down and doesn't really feel the need to ENGAGE in reading them from cover to cover. Honestly, Hoot was the first chapter book he's committed to in any significant way. So…thank you for your offer of help, I will gladly take you up on it!!
ALSO, I am really glad to hear that I'm not alone in being happy despite all the other emotions. It makes me happy to know you are happy. I think you are right that part of the trick is just realizing we get to feel all these things simultaneously. I've also been practicing delight. Which sounds kind of silly and twee when I write it out but is actually WORK for me. I just think it's important for my kids to see that I delight in the people they are becoming, in the things they find interesting, and in my own things too and it's hard to be unhappy when actively practicing delight. So it's good work? Anyway, glad you're experiencing happiness too despite all the reasons not to!!
Let me think on this. My son didn't like fiction much. Have you tried non-fiction? Will didn't care much for the Magic Treehouse stories, but he loved the non-fiction companions. I will get back to you on this.
Thanks, Rita! We've definitely done some "who was" non-fiction and he likes those. I didn't even think about it but think trying that may be a good idea.
As for the happy, I think I'm going to need a few days. Yesterday was hard.
While the calendar says it is fall, our weather is still hot and humid and summer-like. I've come to peace with it, so I won't whine about it here. Only mention it. I've been reading Agatha Raisin mysteries lately. They are light and predictable, but I find the main character annoying &/or charming so I keep reading them. Also they're cheap at Half Price Books, so that's a bonus, too. Your early mornings sound well-organized, but oh. so. early. My goodness gracious.
We've been so gray and rainy and cold for so many days in a row that I think I would love a day or two of hot/humid/summer-like. But only a day or two. I don't see that happening and that's okay. I love our seasons – even if winters tend to be BRUTAL here.
I love that the mornings sound organized. They aren't. It's much more a hodgepodge if everyone getting underfoot of everyone else and scrambling to find where we left the library book, but they do have their own rhythm and I love that. I haven't heard of Agatha Raisin. I might have to look that up!


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AdColony wins Gold at The AMASA Awards!
AdColony South Africa, one of Nfinity Media's investments and co-entrant Dentsu Redstar have won the Gold Award at the prestigious AMASA Awards in the category Best Use of Technology for its Heineken UEFA Champions League campaign.
AdColony and Dentsu Redstar collaborated with Heineken to create a high reach, innovative, impactful and engaging mobile experience for Heineken's UCL campaign. The brand was the first to sign up with AdColony in the region and utilise its trademark Aurora technology – offering interactive video engagement.
The video was watched to completion 902 965 times with 58% of those being unique users.
The Aurora interactive experience generated an engagement rate of 88,28%, and 8 620 users who completed the video, also engaged with the end card for an average of 4.2 seconds, resulting in 603 minutes of earned media.
Over and above this, Heineken, sold 67 329 H/L (Hectolitres) of beer, a year on year value growth of 424% and year on year volume growth of 610%. Heineken also saw a 2% increase in brand awareness and became the number one purchased alcohol for the full campaign period.
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Libratone Zipp review | What Hi-Fi?
Libratone is a relatively new company, and this is the third speaker that we've seen from it. While both the Beat and the Live were qualified successes, they couldn't quite justify their premium price tags with their sound quality. The Zipp aims to change that.
As with its predecessors, it's an upright design and claims to deliver a 360-degree sound as a result. It has a fairly premium feel, though the plastic top is a bit, well, plasticky. The most obvious style point is the zip-up sleeve, hence the name.
You get a choice of coloured felt covers, too. The 'classic collection' has black, blue and red zip covers, while the 'funky collection' are altogether brighter purple and yellow offerings, as well as black.
An AirPlay speaker, the Zipp also has Wi-Fi Direct functionality, which means you don't need a wireless network to stream music from your portable: your device and the speaker can form their own network. Libratone calls its take on the feature 'PlayDirect'.
Whatever the name, it's a handy feature for when you're out of range of your internet connection – out in the garden, say. The rechargeable battery comes in handy here, too, though it's good for only around four hours' streaming.
It's the sound quality, however, that really steals the show. Open and clear in the treble, the Libratone Zipp instantly makes us sit up and take notice. There's no harshness to treble notes, there's no boominess to bass – it's easy to listen to with all sorts of tunes.
The sound character is fast, tight and punchy rather than particularly weighty, so don't expect lashings of bass, but the trade-off is a subtlety and level of detail that stands out in this crowd.
Libratone has finally nailed it with the Zipp. It's not too expensive, it boasts plenty of features and a nice little USP – but it's the super sound quality that seals the deal.