7, 2012 PDF - Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine
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7, 2012 PDF - Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine
Joanne Quinn-Smith http://pplmag.com Joanne Quinn-Smith is the CEO of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a full service marketing company specializing in Web 2.0 Gorilla Branding™. Known as the Techno Granny she offers her clients unique, creative and energetic marketing and management plans. Marketing and consulting clients include individuals and entrepreneurs, non profit agencies and organizations, restaurants, small businesses with locations across the US and international organizations. Lauded for her energetic and enthusiastic style of marketing, Ms. Quinn-Smith is frequently in demand as a speaker. She spoke in 2007, 2008 and 2009 at the NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Annual Convention in Atlanta Georgia, and Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois and is a regular speaker on Social and New Media at the Pennsylvania Business Technology Conference. Joanne has won national acclaim and international fans for her four internet radio shows, four supplemental blogs and an on line, multi media Community magazine. In the professional sector, she has served on several committees and boards including: Girls Going Places, NAWBO National Committees, and Women’s Economic Development Outreach, WEDO. She has been an active board member of NAWBO for many years and was the 2007-2008 President of the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter. She was also the chair of the Second Annual NAWBO Day at the Greater Pittsburgh Chapter. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 2 http://pplmag.com Always on the cutting edge of social media, Joanne is the host of a weekly talkcast called Techno Granny Show™which airs each Monday at 7am on Talkshoe. The talkcast helps entrepreneurs learn how to negotiate and make the most of today’s technology. She is also the host of three other pod casts including Positively Pittsburgh Live™, The Monday Morning Marketeer™, and Professionals with Impact™. All Talkcasts are recorded live and can be found at: www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com. Her current niche is Web 2.0 Gorilla Branding Training™ and PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com a multi media resource for and about Pittsburgh. Website: www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com which is also a syndicated Pittsburgh Internet Radio and TV network. Joanne Quinn-Smith has been designated nationally, 2009 Small Business Journalist of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration for her advocacy and reporting on smallbusiness using social and New Media. Joanne is much in demand as a speaker instructing businesses and organizations in internet branding and visibility. Joanne’s internet radio shows have accumulated listeners internationally of over 200,000. http://www.PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com 412.628.5048 Joanne Quinn-Smith, 2009 U.S. Small Business Administration Small Business Journalist of the Year Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 3 http://pplmag.com Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine October 1 - 7, 2012 Table of Contents Positively Pittsburgh Live! TechoGranny visits Military Writer’s Conference ......................................... 6 Positively Pittsburgh Live! For Sale Opportunity, Franchising Event Preview ....................................... 8 Techno Granny, What Happens When You Google or Reverse Look Up Your Phone? ................................. 9 EMPRESS OF BIZ! Sue Malone & author Alia Reese .. 10 The Latest from Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine (September 10 - 30, 2012) ............................ 12 Resources from the Techno Granny .................... 14 We’ve Got The Edge On Our Competitors! ............... 21 Audience Says, "Ouch" as STREB Performs Very Physical Dance ......................... 23 ................................................. 25 Collaborative Workshops for Business Owners & Their Teams ............................................ 30 Positively Pittsburgh Live News 10-1-12 ................ 31 Positively Pittsburgh Live! TechoGranny visits Military Writer’s Conference 10-1-12 ................................. 46 MWSA 2012 Award Winners .......................... 57 Positively Pittsburgh Live! For Sale Opportunity, Franchising Event Preview 10-4-12 ............................... 62 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 4 http://pplmag.com Salute to Dignity & Respect Champions Breakfast .... Fiddlesticks Hosts A Season of Celebrations Family PSO Concerts .......................................... Costumes for A Cause 5K and Kiddy Run ................ Woodville Plantation Hosts House Concert .............. STOMP Returns to Heinz Hall ......................... Brownsville Announces Details for Annual Taste of Italy Festival ........................................... 2012 VIA Music & New Media Festival .............. Celebrate Day of the Girl ............................. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 5 69 71 74 77 80 85 87 96 http://pplmag.com Positively Pittsburgh Live! Positively Pittsburgh Live! TechoGranny visits Military Writer’s Conference This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Oct 1, 2012 06:04PM Click here to view or listen to the audio/video. Where in the world was TechnoGranny last week-end? Along with NannoGranny, JoAnn Forrester she was in Dayton, Ohio for the Annual Military Writer’s Society of America Annual National Conference. We got to hobnob with some of America’s finest. The past two years this conference was in Pittsburgh and we met so many fine military personnel or retired personnel and also authors who wrote about military topics we just could not stay away. In addition to speaking on three different topics to the conference we got to hobnob with bronze, silver and gold medalists and Founder’s Award Winners. We even shared a panel with Best Selling Author, Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 6 http://pplmag.com Dwight Zimmerman who will be a guest this evening…………DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author, radio host, producer, president of the Military Writers Society of America and a member of the Western Writers of America. ………. Zimmerman is the bestselling co-author of the Number 1 New York Times bestselling young adult book, Lincoln’s Last Days, an adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s New York Times #1 bestselling history “Killing Lincoln”………….. Since the Founder’s Award winners could not attend the conference we decided to treat Pittsburgh to hearing their touching story…………Stacey Holley co-authored the book Medals, Flags and Memories with her husband John. Over the weekend the Holleys were the recipients of the 2012 Founders Award given out by the Military Writers Society of America. ……….. On November 15, 2005, John and Stacey Holley unwillingly became Gold Star Parents. Their son and only child, U.S. Army Specialist Matthew Holley, was killed along with three other Soldiers when an IED exploded under their Humvee while on patrol in Iraq. The book tells their storyof the battle to get better recognition in the way war heros come home………NannoGranny, JoAnn Forrester and TechnoGranny will also let you in on some of the hi-lights of the conference from a Pittsburghers point of view including the fact that some other Pittsburghers travelled to Dayton for this conference both as presenters, award nominees and attendees. Positively Pittsburgh Live! Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 7 http://pplmag.com Positively Pittsburgh Live! For Sale Opportunity, Franchising Event Preview This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Oct 4, 2012 06:03PM Click here to view or listen to the audio/video. For Sale:Opportunity franchising event, featuring 30+ national and regional exhibitors, including Giant Eagle, Sport Clips, Liberty Tax, Handy Pro and Veterans Taxi, top SBA and franchise lenders, including FranNet and Benetrends, and representatives from Pittsburgh’s top commercial real estate firms. To be held October 9 at Fairmont Hotel. ……….Tonight’s Guests: Adam J. Mohney, Director of Communications and Fund Development for Building Bridges for Business…………….Larry Carnell CFE, CBI BeneTrends Inc.| Vice President of Business Development…………Benetrends is the premier provider of services that enable an individual to use their retirement funds tax deferred, penalty free without loan or interest payments. ………….. And “The Money Lady,” Strategies for Small Business founder Sue Malone………..Sue’s Company is the largest SBA lender in the country. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 8 http://pplmag.com Techno Granny, updates 21st Century Tech Techno Granny, What Happens When You Google or Reverse Look Up Your Phone? This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Oct 1, 2012 09:02AM Click here to view or listen to the audio/video. There is a little known feature on Google that allows you to look up your phone number. You might be surprised what you find. …………..Also for you internet daters or those who get chummy in person with Facebook contacts, there is a way to track that email address and find out where they are really fun. That is in the event Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 9 http://pplmag.com you decide to leave the masked safety of the social media site. ……After all, all of that masking isn’t just to keep email addresses the property of the provider of the site like Twitter or Facebook but it also provides you with a layer of protection………..So what happens when you Google Your Phone Number????? EMPRESS OF BIZ! Reinvent in Rugged Times EMPRESS OF BIZ! Sue Malone & author Alia Reese This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Oct 4, 2012 08:06AM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 10 http://pplmag.com Click here to view or listen to the audio/video. It’s first of the month so we have Sue Malone the Money Lady back..talking about MONEY..BORROWING IT, MANAGING IT AND USING IT TO ACHIEVE YOUR BUSINESS DREAM. Additional GUEST AWARD WINNING AUTHOR ALIA REESE of My Daddy is a Marine will be talking about how she used a loan from the Money Lady to achieve her dream of wirting and publishing books. Adam Mohney of Building Bridges for Business will discuss the upcoming Franchising event on October 9. which Sue will be a special guest. Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine PDF & Turning Page Formats The Latest from Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine (September 10 - 30, 2012) Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 11 http://pplmag.com Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine Oct 6, 2012 07:16PM If you’ve missed some of the audios, videos or articles on Positively Pittsburgh Live Magazine over the past week, you don’t have to worry. Every week, we are creating a PDF version (a magazine that can be opened like an ebook on your computer or even your smartphone), and an online version that lets you actually turn the pages (and hear the page turning sound!). Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 12 http://pplmag.com In both versions, when you click the link for the multimedia, you can download and listen to the audio shows, or watch the videos. To view (and save) the PDF/Ebook version of Positively Pittsburgh’s anthology of content from last week, just click http://positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com/PPLM-2012-09-10_30/P PLM-2012-09-10_30.pdf. To view the online, turning page version of Positively Pittsburgh’s content for last week, just click http://www.PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com/PPLM-2012-09-1 0_30/. If you’d like to have an article, audio show or video shared with the rest of Pittsburgh, click here to contact me. Have a positive and successful week! Joanne Quinn-Smith, Publisher http://www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com/ Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 13 http://pplmag.com Techno Granny Talks Resources from the Techno Granny Oct 6, 2012 04:14PM Resources from the Techno Granny 2009 U.S. Small Business Administration National Journalist of the Year Joanne Quinn-Smith, CEO Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 14 http://pplmag.com Dreamweaver Marketing Associates, Publisher: PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com P.O. Box 1155 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230 412-444-5197 E-Mail: infoattechnogrannyshowdotcom Joanne Quinn-Smith, owner and CEO, Creative Energy Officer, of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates, a successful Pittsburgh-based marketing company, mother and grandmother, s an unlikely trendsetter for online journalism. But better known as Techno Granny to her thousands of online listeners worldwide, Joanne has created a revolutionary online social media platform in Internet broadcasting, blogging and other social media participation that represents the new second generation of World Wide Web development and design, known in technology circles as Web 2.0. A seasoned small business owner and active member of the National Association of Women Business Owners, Joanne has used her PositivelyPittsburghLive™ Talk Radio broadcasts to focus largely on small business topics. She also hosts the Techno Granny Show™, where her expert guests advise baby boomers on navigating the new world of Web 2.0. Between the two shows she has interviewed over 1800 guests, mostly small business owners. Not satisfied with just interviewing she has turned her talents to offering 15 minute marketing tips every Monday on Monday Morning Marketeer™. These are tips to jump start your business with just your time or for under $100.00. Joanne also teaches her social media platform building to small businesses in a client personalized training, Web2.0 Gorilla Branding Training™. Below is just one of many things you can learn in the training. Joanne is also the editor and publisher of PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagaqzine.com, Pittsburgh’s Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 15 http://pplmag.com First Internet Radio and TV Network which last year enjoyed 2.25 million hits and 662,000 unique page views. 10 EASY STEPS TO START A TALK CAST ON TALK SHOE 1. Purchase microphone and head phones 2. Create Account at www.talkshoe.com 3. Create editorial calendar 4. Do a Test Call to check out how your sound will be and get familiar 5. Schedule Your First Episode 6. Invite and promote ( People join via phone, pc or listen on computer later) 7. Be prepared for commitment 8. Start a blog of the same name for your show notes and any additional blogs 9. Always plan your show 10. When you schedule a show, be sure to observe your start time and BE THERE! Helpful Hints: Check out my show blog for ideas: www.technogrannyshow.blogspot.com You can also change this to a domain name that does not use BlogSpot in it. Mine is http://technogrannyshow.com Make sure that you add a widget from Talk Shoe for people who discover your blog and want to listen to your show. Instructions on the site. You can also use: BlogtalkRadio which is also free. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 16 http://pplmag.com After you have some following, probably about twenty shows, start your own social network for your loyal listeners. This will give them an opportunity to comment on your show. List on as many pod cast hosting sites as possible: Here’s a list of popular Pod cast Directories: iTunes, Podcast Pickle, Podcast Alley, Digg, Podcasting News, Pod-Planet, Zencast, Zimbio Many Helpful Hints In “Host Lounge” on Talk Shoe, also you will receive periodic Check out current Internet Radio and TV channels for JQS Talkcasts at: www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com or www.talkshoe.com Techno Granny’s Shows (Sorry the first two are in progress on this search list—always starting new things) Watch for these shows by JQS: TechnoGrannyShow™, MondayMorningMarketeer™, ProfessionalswithImpact™, PositivelyPittsburghLive™, Author, Author Shine Out Loud™ You can also use Blogtalk Radio. Both Blogtalk and TalkShoe are free. Eight Social Media Tips from the Techno Granny 1. Traditiional Media is not the be all end all it used to be. Millions of gen x and gen y and gen now turn to the interntet for their news. So do court New Media people like bloggers and podcasters and on line networkers if they are in your niche. If you have anything to do Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 17 http://pplmag.com with technology or if you have a profession business or organization in Pittsburgh, you should be my best buddy and Tracy Certo Because I am a New Media Representative for technology and for Pittsburgh. 2. If you are blogging, it can be absolutely wonderful but if no one reads it, it’s no good to your prospective reader or you. You have got to promote your blog. Add it to your other social media by all means but you should be on Digg, Technorati, Type of Viral Advertising: Some are bookmarking sites, some are news aggregators, some are on line magazines, some are blog exchanges. Blogging: Where to promote Your Blog, http://technorati.com http://blogcatalog.com http://mybloglog.com http://blogengage.com http://digitalpoint.com http://bloggeries.com/forum http://bloglines.com http://zimbio.com http://blogclicker.com http://blogexplosion.com http://bloglinker.com http://facebook.com/notes.php http://merchantcircle.com 3. Article Marketing Article marketing is a great way to promote a product, service, website or blog. The name says it all: article marketing means marketing yourself. http://www.isnare.com/ ) submitting to multiple article directories at ONCE! For only $2, iSnare exposes your content to over 270 sites and thousands of readers and opt-in publishers—what a bargain! Think about your return on investment. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 18 http://pplmag.com 4. Online Radio and TV You Tube LiveStream Radio—Free, http://BlogtalkRadio.com http://TalkShoe.com Live Stream 5. Online Networks Ning, Create your own network http://positivepittsburghers.com http://ning.com to set up your own network of fans 6. Free Tools to Check Your Social Media Activity, http://SocialOomph.com http://trackle.com (STILL IN BETA, NOT SURE OF THE STATUS OF THIS BUT REALLY COOL—hope it works out, much better even than Google Alerts) Google Alerts-need Gmail account and is hidden in the bottom but this is where you track all of your stuff for your name, company, book, etc. Set up as many as you need, it’s free 7. Landing Pages to Capture Social Media Activity—Capture emails so you can market to them “Landing Page Bible” Cisco Adler [email protected] E-mail for a free copy first three chapters of book, tell him Techno Granny sent you. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 19 http://pplmag.com 8. Free Press Release Sites (as we speak some of these may have gone to pay, last one I know is still free as I use it. 24-7PressRelease.com - Free release distribution with ad-support 1888PressRelease.com - Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving. ClickPress.com - Distributes to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis. EcommWire.com - Focuses on ecommerce and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links. Express-Press-Release.com - Free Distribution Company with offices in 12 states. Free-Press-Release.com - Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts. Links to Techno Granny sites and blogs: PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com http://pplmag.com— All Techno Granny Radio Shows All Techno Granny Shows TechnoGrannyShow Blog MondayMorningMarketeer blog articles MondayMorningMarketeer Free Marketing seminars: For additional info and Web 2.0 Gorilla Branding Training™ Contact: Joanne Quinn-Smith Additional info on Joanne Quinn-Smith on LinkedIn Profile at: http://joannequinnsmith.com 412-444-5197 © Joanne Quinn-Smith, 2009-2012 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 20 http://pplmag.com Body Beautiful Laser Medi-Spa We’ve Got The Edge On Our Competitors! Oct 1, 2012 12:25PM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 21 http://pplmag.com RovingPittsburgher Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 22 http://pplmag.com Audience Says, "Ouch" as STREB Performs Very Physical Dance Oct 2, 2012 03:38PM Audience Says, “Ouch” as STREB Performs Very Physical Dance Giant steel beam seesaw by Helene Vidovich and Martin Thomas We go to the theater to be transported from our seats into the imagination of the artists. Dance in the age of digital media is different than that of Martha Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 23 http://pplmag.com Graham or the NYC Ballet. The use of video feeds and files, computers and projectors changes the focus. I didn’t know whether to look at what the projector was displaying, what the dancers were doing or at their silhouettes on the back screen. Elizabeth Mitchell Streb Choreographer Streb, aka known as the Evil Knieval of dance, is a bang-up exhibition of acrobatic tumbles, jumps and flat-out face-down, or face-up, slams onto a mat. Streb with her cast from the tough streets of Brooklyn, tries to exploit “extreme action.” They called their pieces “action events.” I kept saying, “ow, that had to hurt!” Some examples: Doing the “Limbo” with a spinning I beam suspended from a chain — jumping from 10 feet, 20 feet, even 30 feet face down onto the mats — hanging bound, while upside down, from a rope panicking — “flying” by use of a giant steel-beam see-saw on a turntable — writhing in an open ended box suspended from the ceiling. The sets: raw metal, chains, brick, mats and the workout wardrobe, were matched with industrial sounds of a loud bass rumble. There was also a turntable within a turntable made up of mats on the floor, that were used with camera feeds projected with great effect. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 24 http://pplmag.com Another event had a large diagonal mat where the cast log-rolled with, and over each other. These action events, brought to mind childhood times and playground fun. Some of their pieces were more traditional modern dance-like and very gratifying. One had a backdrop of a spinning planet while the dancers appeared to fly over it suspended in harnesses. Another, my favorite, “Anti-gravity,” had the dancers flat on the floor with an overhead camera feed projecting their images onto the backdrop, making them appear weightless on a distant planet. This “action event” had the audience in awe, like children watching fire works. All in all, Streb did transport us from our seats into their imaginations. But, ouch! some of those falls had to hurt. Helene Vidovich, Freelance Cultural Reporter Martin Thomas, Videographer ~ Troubadour RovingPittsburgher Oct 2, 2012 03:39PM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 25 http://pplmag.com Matthew Morrison Sings at Marvin Hamlisch’s Wake Tamar Cerafici Pittsburgh Pops! Heinz Hall September 30, 2012 It might seem the height of folly to review a concert at its last performance. But the Pittsburgh Pops concert series shows so much promise that it’s inevitable I should urge everyone to leave this site and become a subscriber. Go. NOW. This was a remarkable opening to a fun season that includes a 50th anniversary tribute to the Beatles and the ever-popular Holiday Pops. Marvin Hamlisch was supposed to conduct this concert. He had planned the entire season before he died in August. In his stead, Lucas Richman proved an admirable and capable substitute. The concert began with memories of Mr. Hamlisch and his relationship with the Pittsburgh Pops program. I wasn’t aware of the great impact that Marvin Hamlisch had on the cultural lives of Pittsburghers. (Remember I’m new to this venue.) Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 26 http://pplmag.com But when Lucas Richman sat down at the piano, lovingly placed in the “Marvin position” to conduct a soaring “The Way We Were,” I knew I was in for a special evening of tribute. This concert is the beginning of a long goodbye to Marvin Hamlisch. The PSO is going forward with the pops concert as Marvin planned with the stars he wanted, the arrangements he needed, and the orchestra members and audience that he loved so much. Marvin Hamlisch conducting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Hamlisch I was surrounded by concertgoers who did have fond memories of Mr. Hamlisch at the podium. They described an engaging and utterly unpretentious entertainer and friend. When I told them I was writing a review for this magazine, all around me started to regale me with tales of Mr. Hamlisch and his contributions to the concerts. One recounted Marvin’s habit of updating Steelers games from the conductor’s podium during Sunday afternoon programs. Another told me about the original Hanukkah material Marvin created especially for the annual Holiday Pops programs. Marvin would see a regular concertgoer in her traditional seat and Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 27 http://pplmag.com stop the concert to say hello; he would make sure that the folks in the gallery were having as much fun as the patrons in the dress circle. Their Marvin was not some Broadway Big shot who’d won an Emmy, a Tony, an Oscar, a Grammy and a Pulitzer Prize (the only one besides Richard Rogers). Their Marvin was someone who loves music, loves the theater, loves telling stories, and above all loves leaving people happier when they left the concert hall than when they came in. (I have to add here that this is the coolest thing about living in Pittsburgh that is different from the four other places I’ve lived since 2009. People will talk to you. They will share themselves with you. They want you to know their story. I totally love that.) But enough about Marvin and Pittsburghers; I was there to hear one of the orchestras that provided the soundtrack to my youth in the Intermountain West. Matthew Morrison Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 28 http://pplmag.com The first half of the concert was a tribute to Marvin’s life and love of music. The overture to Funny Girl was on the program because Marvin would procure chocolate donuts for Barbra Streisand during rehearsals. Lucas Richman’s own composition, Romancing the Cinema, highlighted love songs from the great movies that Marvin loved. (A note to Richman: rather too many references to Titanic thank you very much, but I loved your arrangement of As Time Goes By.) And, since we are celebrating one of the great lights of modern American theater, why not throw in a little West Side Story? The PSO’s animated “Mambo” could have been a trite throwaway, but they performed it with passion and verve. Oh wait! The guy from Glee! Mr. Shuester! That’s why we’re all here! That explains the bevy of teenagers and college students and the school buses lined up along Sixth Street. Yes, Matthew Morrison was supposed to be the main attraction this afternoon. And he delivered. His program was part autobiography, part song and dance, and part motivational speech. Between standbys like “It Don’t Mean A Thing If You Ain’t Got That Swing,” “Luck Be a Lady,” and “The Lady Is A Tramp,” we learned about Morrison’s introduction to musical theater. He described his own Glee Club experiences at the Orange County High School for the Arts with pretty decent riffs on some Duke Ellington pieces. He highlighted his rise to fame on Broadway with medleys from “South Pacific” “West Side Story” and “A Little Night Music” (of course it was “Send in the Clowns”). His choice to join the cast of Glee was difficult because really all he wanted to do was be a song and dance man like Sammy Davis Jr. Then he went on to prove that he would’ve been a very good song and dance man instead of a washed-up Spanish teacher in Lima, OH. Very few of us will forget his Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 29 http://pplmag.com moonwalk during “Ease On Down The Road.” The great strength of his program, though, was his willingness to attribute his success to choices that other people made. While I liked Morrison’s lyrical tenor voice immensely, it was fun to watch him throw a little bit of Mr. Shuester into the mix. He told of a teacher who said “you have three Life Days where you realize that you have a chance to do the one thing that changes your life forever.” He reminded all of us that the world is full of choices, but when you do what you love and live your passion you realize that there never really was a choice to make. Tamar Cerafici is an environmental lawyer whose national practice includes nuclear power and sustainable development consulting. She is the author of “Dominate: How Lawyers Crush Their Competition (with these 4 Powerhouse Marketing Techniques),” and the founder of The-Barefoot-Barrister.com as well as LegalShoe, and The Lawyer’s New Clothes, new media channels on PositivelyPittsburghlivemagazine.com that teach lawyers how to build enterprises and find balance in their practices without selling their souls. Building Bridges for Business Collaborative Workshops for Business Owners & Their Teams Oct 4, 2012 06:14AM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 30 http://pplmag.com The Internet is brimming with hundreds of online learning sites, webinars etc. But something important is missing: there’s rarely an opportunity to interact, learn from each other or meet the people participating in your course – people who have the same concerns or goals that you have. Often, we can learn as much from them, […] Positively Pittsburgh Live Positively Pittsburgh Live News 10-1-12 Oct 2, 2012 05:40PM Positively Pittsburgh Live News 10-1-12 Listen to the show here. 2012 VIA Music & New Media Festival The third annual VIA Music & New Media Festival continues its tradition of unique performances featuring emerging musicians and new media artists. Spanning an entire week, over 50 local, national and international artists representing four countries converge in Pittsburgh for a/v performances, workshops, and interactive events that blend the best of nightlife and arts culture. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 31 http://pplmag.com Re-framing city spaces, the 6-day festival shows off a thoughtful cross-section of venues that are uniquely Pittsburgh: from riverways to museums, clubs, and transformed pop-up spaces. A number of free, all-ages events support ticketed programs. Emphasizing VIA’s literal meaning of “by way of, or passing through” the festival encourages Pittsburgh as a nexus for young artists on the borders of music, art, and technology. Read the entire release here. *** Rigoletto Opens Opera Season Pittsburgh Opera brings a handsome production of Verdi’s Rigoletto to the Benedum stage to begin the 2012-13 opera season of classics. The tragic tale of the court jester bent on revenge features Pittsburgh favorite Mark Delavan (Falstaff, 2009; Tosca, 2012) in the title role, with Lyubov Petrova (Ariadne auf Naxos, 2006) as Gilda and Michael Wade Lee in his Pittsburgh Opera debut as the Duke of Mantua. Rigoletto’s dramatic twists and turns and its well-known tunes such as “La donna è mobile,” “Si, vendetta” and “Questa o quella” make this opera a perpetual favorite. It’s said that immediately after Rigoletto’s premiere in 1851, “La donna è mobile” was sung and whistled in the streets, making it an instant classic. Read the entire release here. *** Second Saturday Art Workshop, October 13, 10:00 am – 4:00 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 32 http://pplmag.com pm Pittsburgh Sketch Crawl Instructor: Rick Antolic Starting location: 805/807 Liberty Avenue FREE (A RADical Day event) All ages (children 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult) A 6-hour drawing marathon! Draw what you see on a journey through some of Downtown’s scenic plazas. Rick Antolic, accomplished artist and illustrator, will be on-hand at each scheduled location to assist with sketches as needed. To register go online at TrustArts.org or Call 412-471-6079. *** Woodville Plantation Hosts House Concert On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Woodville Plantation will host a special event featuring the musical talents of Mark Tamsula, Richard Withers and Ellen Gozion. Beginning at 7 pm, these artists will perform a concert of old time Appalachian music from the Southwestern Pennsylvania region. MarkTamsula and Richard Withers will play fiddle and banjo instrumentals, in addition to songs on the flute and accordion. Joining them will be Ellen Gozion, who will sing a selection of traditional ballads, also from this region. Mark and Richard have recently released a CD of their music titled Up in the Batten House. You can read more about the CD at their website Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 33 http://pplmag.com www.upinthebattenhouse.com. A wine and cheese reception will follow the concert. Read the entire release here. *** Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership—love it when an organization toots their own horn, didn’t know these things about Pittsburgh partnership, did you? I know you are used to seeing all the cool, hip events going on Downtown in your mailbox every Monday morning. But I suspect there is a lot more about the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership that you may not know. Like last year, we removed 1.1 million pounds of trash and 4,677 graffiti tags. And we installed 150 cigarette urns. We’ve worked to attract and retain new businesses, encouraged innovative, exciting start-ups through the award-winning Project Pop Up: Downtown initiatives and promoted the burgeoning residential real estate market in Downtown. We’ve continued to advocate for solutions on the region’s complex transportation issues through keeppghmoving.com. We’ve also Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 34 http://pplmag.com encouraged biking and walking throughout the city. And we’ve brought you a series of fantastic events culminating in Light Up Night®, Pittsburgh’s Premier Holiday event, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people annually. http://downtownpittsburgh.com. *** Salute To Dignity & Respect Champions Breakfast The 2012 Pittsburgh, Pa., Dignity & Respect Champions and their families as well as elected officials, city leaders and Dignity & Respect council members will gather for the breakfast. Tuesday, October 2 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the CLO Cabaret Theatre, 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The Dignity & Respect Council of Greater Pittsburgh will gather in front of the city’s policy leaders to recognize Pittsburgh’s 11 Dignity & Respect Champions of 2012. The Champions were chosen monthly throughout the year based on a formal nomination process. Read the entire release here. *** African American Heritage Free Job and Opportunity Fair 2012 Company Registration Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 35 http://pplmag.com Organization Name: Organization Address: Contact Name: Job Title: Department: Date: JOB FAIR REGISTRATION Registration includes exhibitor space including one table, two chairs, and lunch for two participants. Registration Costs: For and Non-Profit Companies……….$0 Organization Type: Profit Non-Profit Other (Please explain) ______________________ TRACK REGISTRATION Track-1 (Employer/ Companies & Organizations) Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 36 http://pplmag.com Track -2 (Entrepreneurship Opportunities) Track -3 (Education & Professional Development Organizations) Track-4 (Search Firms and Employment Agencies) Track-5 (Civic and Social Service Agencies) Participant Names: 1.) _________________________________________________________ 2.) _________________________________________________________ Please return this form to: The City of Pittsburgh, Department of Personnel & CSC 431 City-County Building, 414 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 -OrFax to: (412) 255-4736 - Or- Email to: [email protected] For more details on the event click here. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 37 http://pplmag.com *** Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 38 http://pplmag.com *** Donate to the Immaculate Reception Monument Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 39 http://pplmag.com This season marks the 40th anniversary of the greatest play in football history - The Immaculate Reception. Be part of the action by donating to a special monument recognizing the play that changed Pittsburgh Steelers history. The Senator John Heinz History Center and the Pittsburgh Steelers will dedicate the Immaculate Reception monument at the exact site of the catch, adjacent to Heinz Field, on Sat., Dec. 22. All tax-deductible donations to the Heinz History Center will receive a personalized Immaculate Reception donation certificate that is suitable for framing, along with the following Limited Edition items (view online here). Donate now. *** Power of Pink Challenge October 1st - October 31st, Panera Bread Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 40 http://pplmag.com Ribbon bagels, photo courtesty of Forest Hills-Regent Square Patch A portion of the proceeds from each Pink Ribbon Bagel sold will be donated to the Young Women’s Breast Cancer Awareness Foundation Benefiting Magee-Womens Research Institute & Foundation. *** Pittsburgh Airport Turned Twenty Today! *** The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is pleased to announce a rare opportunity to experience the finest Cabaret artists at the intimate Cabaret at Theater Square! We would like to thank The Benter Foundation and Richard E. Rauh for making this series possible. 2012-2013 SEASON:Betty Buckley, Monday, October 15; Christine Andreas, Monday, November 5; Elaine Paige, Tuesday, March 12; Christine Ebersole, Monday,April 8; Karen Akers, Monday,May 6 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 41 http://pplmag.com All shows take place at 7:30pm at the Cabaret at Theater Square. Food and drink service available for all shows. *** PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh presents STOMP STOMP The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh announce STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Tuesday, October 30 through Sunday, November 4, 2012. The return of the percussive hit also brings some new surprises, with some sections of the show now updated and restructured and the addition of two new full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint cans. Performances for STOMP at Heinz Hall are Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October 31, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, November 1, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 2, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 3, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, November 4, 1:00 and 6:30 p.m. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 42 http://pplmag.com Read the entire release here. *** STAAR Financial Advisors is proud to support the local organizations that do good things in our community. Join us in supporting Habitat for Humanity Pittsburgh and Circle C in the Pittsburgh Foundation’s “Day of Giving.” On this Wednesday, October 3rd your donation(s) will be matched. You can choose from a list of many organizations that will qualify for the matching grants. Just go to the following link: http://www.pittsburghgives.org/ Andre Weisbrod, STAAR Financial Advisors, Inc., 604 McKnight Park Dr., Pittsburgh, PA 15237, 412-367-9076, Founder of STAAR Financial Advisors, Inc. and the STAAR Investment Trust, Recognized among five-star Pittsburgh Wealth Managers in Pittsburgh Magazine *** Positively Pittsburgh’s Hug-A-Thon Charities are: Cancer Caring Center, Operation Troop Appreciation, Passion for Life, Sickle Cell Society Southwestern Pa. Please support the charities of your choice. *** Roving Pittsburgher Report Streb Review Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 43 http://pplmag.com Helene Vidovich, Freelance Cultural Reporter Martin Thomas, Videographer ~ Troubadour We go to the theater to be transported from our seats into the imagination of the artists. Dance in the age of digital media is different than that of Martha Graham or the NYC Ballet. The use of video feeds and files, computers and projectors changes the focus. I didn’t know whether to look at what the projector was displaying, what the dancers were doing or at their silhouettes on the back screen. Streb, aka known as the Evil Knieval of dance, is a bang-up exhibition of acrobatic tumbles, jumps and flat-out face-down, or face-up, slams onto a mat. Streb with her cast from the tough streets of Brooklyn, tries to exploit “extreme action.” They called their pieces “action events.” I kept saying, “ow, that had to hurt!” Some examples: Doing the “Limbo” with a spinning I beam suspended from a chain — jumping from 10 feet, 20 feet, even 30 feet face down onto the mats — hanging bound, while upside down, from a rope panicking — “flying” by use of a giant steel-beam see-saw on a turntable — writhing in an open ended box suspended from the ceiling. The sets: raw metal, chains, brick, mats and the workout wardrobe, were matched with industrial sounds of a loud bass rumble. There was also a turntable within a turntable made up of mats on the floor, that were used with camera feeds projected with great effect. Another event had a large diagonal mat where the cast log-rolled with, and over each other. These action events, brought to mind childhood times and playground fun. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 44 http://pplmag.com Some of their pieces were more traditional modern dance-like and very gratifying. One had a backdrop of a spinning planet while the dancers appeared to fly over it suspended in harnesses. Another, my favorite, “Anti-gravity,” had the dancers flat on the floor with an overhead camera feed projecting their images onto the backdrop, making them appear weightless on a distant planet. This “action event” had the audience in awe, like children watching fire works. All in all, Streb did transport us from our seats into their imaginations. But, ouch! some of those falls had to hurt. Read the entire review here. *** Matthew Morrison Sings at Marvin Hamlisch’s Wake Or So It Seemed By Tamar Cerafici Pittsburgh Pops! Heinz Hall September 30, 2012 It might seem the height of folly to review a concert at its last performance. But the Pittsburgh Pops concert series shows so much promise that it’s inevitable I should urge everyone to leave this site and become a subscriber. Go. NOW. This was a remarkable opening to a fun season that includes a 50th anniversary tribute to the Beatles and the ever-popular Holiday Pops. Read the entire review here. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 45 http://pplmag.com *** This was reported as a reproduction of PositvelyPittsburghLive news done by Joanne Quinn-Smith. (c) Joanne Quinn-Smith and PositivelyPittsburghLive(TM) 2012 All rights reserved. Listen to the show here. Tara Darazio is a Positively Pittsburgh Live reporter, an independent copywriter, blogger, article writer, and social media strategist. If you are in need of writing assistance, or need help with your social media efforts connect with Tara on LinkedIn here. Positively Pittsburgh Live Positively Pittsburgh Live! TechoGranny visits Military Writer’s Conference 10-1-12 Oct 3, 2012 12:56AM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 46 http://pplmag.com Positively Pittsburgh Live! TechoGranny visits Military Writer’s Conference 10-1-12 Listen to the show here. Where in the world was TechnoGranny last weekend? Along with NannoGranny, JoAnn Forrester, she was in Dayton, Ohio for the Annual Military Writer’s Society of America’s Annual National Conference. Tonight, we will also let you in on some of the highlights of the conference from a Pittsburghers point of view, including the fact that some other Pittsburghers traveled to Dayton for this conference both as presenters, award nominees and attendees. We even shared a panel with Best Selling Author, Dwight Zimmerman who will be a guest this evening, along with Stacey and John Holley, recipients of the 2012 Founders Award given out by the Military Writers Society of America. Guests: Stacey Holley, author Dwight Jon Zimmerman, author *** Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 47 http://pplmag.com Stacey and John Holley Stacey Holley co-authored the book Medals, Flags and Memories with her husband John. Over the weekend the Holley’s were the recipients of the 2012 Founders Award given out by the Military Writers Society of America. On November 15, 2005, John and Stacey Holley unwillingly became Gold Star Parents. Their son and only child, U.S. Army Specialist Matthew Holley, was killed along with three other soldiers when an IED exploded under their Humvee while on patrol in Iraq. Racked with grief over their son’s death, John and Stacey’s sorrow turned to outrage when they learned that Matthew’s casket would return to San Diego’s Lindbergh Field as common freight. There would be no honor guard to welcome this fallen hero back to the nation of his birth. Instead, Matthew Holley’s remains would be transferred by forklifts and baggage handlers, like a crate of auto parts. Determined to welcome their son home with honors befitting his sacrifice, the Holley’s embarked on a quest to challenge the law, and to begin a journey of healing that would touch the lives of Gold Star Families across our nation. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 48 http://pplmag.com Medals, Flags and Memories is a three part story of John and Stacey’s journey of healing. They share about the choice their son Matthew made “To serve a cause greater than himself” - John’s journey to Iraq, stepping foot in the worn torn country nearly one year to the day after being notified of Matthew’s death and the faith to carry on their son’s legacy as a husband and wife and to continue touching the lives of others. Gold Star family represents family members who died or were killed while serving in the United States Armed Forces. This is signified on a service flag with a small gold star placed on top of a blue star. The Holley Provision, known to some as Angel Flights, was passed into law as part of the 2007 Defense Appropriations Bill. President George W. Bush signed legislation into law in October 2007 and the Pentagon enacted the Provision in January 2007. It ensures consistency across all branches of service by providing an honorable, dignified and respectful transfer of our Fallen Heroes from Dover Air Force base to their home of record. Since it’s enactment the Holley Provision has touched over five thousand families across America. Find more information by visiting Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 49 http://pplmag.com www.medalsflagsandmemories.comor www.facebook.com/Medals.Flags.Memories. *** DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author, radio host, producer, president of the Military Writers Society of America and a member of the Western Writers of America. Dwight Jon Zimmerman Zimmerman is the bestselling co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling young adult book, Lincoln’s Last Days, an adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s New York Times #1 bestselling history Killing Lincoln. Zimmerman is the host of “At Ease,” an hour-long program about authors and their projects, part of Veterans Radio Network. Information about the program is available at www.veteransradio.net. Zimmerman is also the author of a series of World War II 70th anniversary articles for the Defense Media Network website that chronologically recount that conflict. They are available at Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 50 http://pplmag.com www.defensemedianetwork.com. He recently completed research for The New York Times Complete History of World War II. Zimmerman is the author of the critically acclaimed graphic biography of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, The Hammer and the Anvil, with art by Wayne Vansant. Zimmerman has also written Saga of the Sioux (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, October 2011) the critically acclaimed, authorized adaptation of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown. Saga of the Sioux won the 2012 Gold Medal in the Young Adult Non-Fiction category from the Military Writers Society of America. Zimmerman is the co-author, with John D. Gresham of Uncommon Valor: The Medal of Honor and the Six Warriors Who Earned It in Afghanistan and Iraq, which received the Military Writers Society of America’s most prestigious honor, the MWSA Founder’s Award for 2010. His first book, First Command: Paths to Leadership, which has a foreword by James M. McPherson, presents the pivotal challenges and events that occurred in the early careers of generals from George Washington to Colin Powell and how they overcame them. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 51 http://pplmag.com Zimmerman was the co-executive producer of the cable television miniseries based on his book. The miniseries debuted on the Military Channel in 2005 and has been regularly aired on the channel ever since. It won the 2005 Aurora Platinum Best of Show Award for Historical Programming. In 2009, the book received the Branson Stars and Flags Gold Medal Award in the Reference/Technical category. First Command is on the U.S. Army Chief of Infantry Recommended Reading List: Junior NCOs. Zimmerman has written two acclaimed popular surveys of wars and weapons through the ages. The Book of War is about pivotal battles, leaders, and strategies from ancient to modern times, received the 2009 Gold Medal Award for Reference by the Military Writers Society of America. This was followed by The Book of Weapons, a critically acclaimed sequel about important weapons, weapon designers, and arms manufacturers and merchants throughout history. Zimmerman wrote The Vietnam War: A Graphic History, illustrated by Wayne Vansant, a groundbreaking book that for the first time recounted the entire Vietnam War in the graphic novel format. The Vietnam War: A Graphic History received the 2010 Gold Medal Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 52 http://pplmag.com Award: Artistic/Graphic from the Military Writers Society of America and the 2010 Branson Stars and Flags Gold Medal Award in the photography/graphics category. Military Review, the official journal of the U.S. Army, placed it on its recommended reading list. Zimmerman’s young adult biography, Tecumseh: Shooting Star of the Shawnee, received the 2010 Bronze Medal Award: Young Adult from the Military Writers Society of America and was a finalist in the young adult category in the 2011 Western Writers of America. Zimmerman also wrote The Day the World Exploded the critically acclaimed young adult adaptation of Simon Winchester’s bestselling Krakatoa. Zimmerman is the co-author, with John D. Gresham, of the critically acclaimed history of seven pivotal special operations from the Vietnam War to present day, Beyond Hell and Back (St. Martin’s Press, 2007). Zimmerman has written numerous articles on military subjects for Faircount Media for its military-themed print publications and Defense Media Network website, and other publishers. His article, “Maritime Mobility,” for The Shield of Freedom, an annual publication about the Coast Guard, was selected by the Naval War College for use in its curriculum. And his article about a special operations mission during the Korean War led by the theater’s surgeon general that had high-stakes diplomatic consequences, originally published in The Year in Special Operations 2009 was selected for re-publication by the Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 53 http://pplmag.com Zimmerman has lectured at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Naval War College, and has appeared on the FOX programs DEFCON-3 hosted by K.T. McFarland, and AMERICA NEWS HQ discussing military subjects. He was a producer for the independent film, Trooper, which received the Bronze Remi Award at the 2010 Houston International Film Festival. Zimmerman was the researcher for the critically acclaimed The New York Times Complete History of the Civil War, edited by Craig L. Symonds and Harold Holzer. Zimmerman has collaborated on a series of award winning young adult histories with Pulitzer Prize winners and bestselling authors including James M. McPherson’s Fields of Fury (Civil War) and Into the West(Reconstruction and settling of the frontier), Philip Caputo’s 10,000 Days of Thunder (Vietnam War), Stephen Ambrose’s The Good Fight (World War II), and Benson Bobrick’s Fight for Freedom (the American Revolution). Zimmerman began his career in publishing at Marvel Comics, where he held a variety of editorial positions. Among his Marvel comic book writing credits are stories for Spider-Man, The X-Men, and The Hulk, and other superheroes. In addition to his comic book stories, he has written a wide variety of children’s book adventures based on licensed product toy lines, most notably the Transformers. In 1992, Zimmerman became executive editor of Topps Comics and was responsible for the editorial and art direction of its lines of media tie-in comics including series based on The X-Files, Mars Attacks, Jurassic Park, Zorro, Xena: Warrior Princessand other titles. In Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 54 http://pplmag.com addition, Zimmerman wrote a number of the stories as well, including an X-Files comic book story set in his hometown of Devils Lake, North Dakota, and was the writer, editor, and art director of Princess Diana the graphic novel biography of Diana, Princess of Wales published by Topps. Zimmerman is the president of the Military Writers Society of America and a member of the Western Writers of America. A native of Devils Lake, North Dakota, he presently lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, Joëlle. They have two adult children, Eric and Léa. *** Jo Ann Forrester Jo Ann Forrester, EmpressofBiz Talkcast host, gives her impressions of the conference as speaker and interviewer for PositivelyPittsburgh TV. Many of the nominees and award winners will be guests on the Empress of Biz. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 55 http://pplmag.com Joanne Quinn-Smith Both JoAnn Forrester and Joanne Quinn-Smith spoke on two panels, “How to Get a Good Radio Interview”-Dwight Zimmerman as host of “At Ease” was also on this panel. Both JoAnn’s were also on the panel: “Marketing Your Book.” Joanne Quinn-Smith, TechnoGranny ran her own workshop on “Social Media, Building an Online Platform.” *** This was reported as a reproduction of PositvelyPittsburghLive news done by Joanne Quinn-Smith. (c) Joanne Quinn-Smith and PositivelyPittsburghLive(TM) 2012 All rights reserved. Listen to the show here. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 56 http://pplmag.com Tara Darazio is a Positively Pittsburgh Live reporter, an independent copywriter, blogger, article writer, and social media strategist. If you are in need of writing assistance, or need help with your social media efforts connect with Tara on LinkedIn here. Positively Pittsburgh Live MWSA 2012 Award Winners Oct 5, 2012 08:31AM MWSA 2012 Award Winners Founders Award Medals, Flags and Memories by Stacey & John Holley Presidents Award Terry Gould Chris Wyatt Jim Greenwald Author of the Year Michael Angley Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 57 http://pplmag.com Historical Fiction Project Seven Alpha by Leland C. Shanlee Jr. Gold Medal A Passel of Hate by Joe Epley Silver Medal The Power and the Glory by William C. Hammond Silver Medal No Paved Roads to Freedom by Sharon Rushton Bronze Medal Pass in Review-Duty by Brian Utermahlen Bronze Medal A Wound in the Mind by Francis J. Partel Honorable Mention Aldric & Anneliese by Harry E. Gilleland Jr. First Runner-Up Thriller/Mystery Child Finder: Revelation by Michael Angley Gold Medal Silent Enemy by Thomas W. Young Gold Medal Solomon’s Men by Glenn Starkey Silver Medal Another Colorado Kill by Bob Doerr Silver Medal Mining Sacred Ground by David E. Knop Bronze Medal Rogue Crusader by John R. Monteith Honorable Mention Black Wings by Kathleen Jabs First Runner-Up Wraith by James R. Hannibal Second Runner-Up Science Fiction The Warrior Among Us by Dick Hrebik Bronze Medal The Centauri Intervention by David Michaelson Honorable Mention Bittersweet Colony by David Michaelson First Runner-Up Literary Fiction True Surrender by Tracey Cramer-Kelly Gold Medal Small as a Mustard Seed by Shelli Johnson Silver Medal Seven Lives to Repay Our Country by Edward H. Carpenter Bronze Medal Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 58 http://pplmag.com Lost in the Blue Room by Richard Barone Honorable Mention A Golden Weekend by Larry Carello First Runner-Up Short Story Collection Tales Mark Twain Would Have Loved to Steal by Glenn Wasson Gold Medal Military Super Romance Your Gift to Me by Bonnie Latino & Bob Vale Gold Medal History That Time, That Place, That War by Margaret Brown Gold Medal The Insurgency in Chechnya by Robert W. Schaeffer Gold Medal The Boys of Diamond Hill by J. Keith Jones Gold Medal CALLSIGN: SPECTRE by Jeff Noecker Honorable Mention Memoir In the Gray Area by Seth Folsom Gold Medal In Our Duffel Bags by Richard C. Geschke & Robert A. Toto Silver Medal G-Day, Rendezvous with Eagles by Stephen D. Wiehe Bronze Medal Follow Me by Elizabeth Carroll Foster Honorable Mention Surviving Serendipity by Lawrence Enders Honorable Mention Letters From Long Binh by Randy Mixter Honorable Mention Crossing the Line by William “Bill” Cain First Runner-Up Hollywood Through My Eyes by Monica Lewis Lang Second Runner-Up South of Heaven by Daniel Flores Second Runner-Up Biography Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 59 http://pplmag.com Fahim Speaks by Fahim Fazli w/ Michael Moffett Gold Medal Front Toward Enemy by Barbara Allen Silver Medal W.I.A. (Wounded in Action by Thomas C. Robison Silver Medal Shadow Commander by Mike Guardia Bronze Medal Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan by Melissa Bowersock Honorable Mention My Friends & Heroes by Allen F. Hooker Honorable Mention Reference Henry Ford’s Moving Picture Show by Phillip W. Stewart Gold Medal How-to/Business Separated by Duty by Shellie Vandevoorde Gold Medal The Frugal Book Promoter by Carolyn Howard-Johnson Silver Medal The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese by Carolyn Schriber Silver Medal Many Genres One Craft: Lessons in Writing by Lynn Salsi Bronze Medal DOD Security Clearances & Contract Guidebook by Jeffrey W. Bennett Honorable Mention You Can’t Outsource Weight Loss by Ed Boullianne First Runner-Up Creative Non-Fiction Military Fly Moms by Linda Maloney Gold Medal The Hidden Legacy of World War ll by Carol Schultz Vento Silver Medal Humor Staff Monkeys by Peter Clark Honorable Mention Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 60 http://pplmag.com Spiritual/Religious Miracles of the American Revolution by Larkin Spivey Gold Medal Faith Deployed…Again by Jocelyn Green Silver Medal God in the Trenches by Larkin Spivey Bronze Medal Missing Max by Julie Burget Schrock Honorable Mention In the Shadow of a Badge by Lillie Leonardi First Runner-Up Walking the Tiger’s Path by Paul Kendel Second Runner-Up Poetry Depictions by Chuck Habermehl Gold Medal Emotional mélange by jim greenwald Gold Medal Deeper Into the Pond by Carolyn Howard-Johnson & M. Ball Bronze Medal Children Age 12 & Below Jack & the Dragon by Lyn Salsi Gold Medal My Daddy is a Marine by Alia Reese Gold Medal When Grandma’s False Teeth Fly by Mary Lee Silver Medal Young Adult Believing in Horses by Valerie Ormond Gold Medal Saga of the Sioux by Dwight Jon Zimmerman Gold Medal Positively Pittsburgh Live Positively Pittsburgh Live! For Sale Opportunity, Franchising Event Preview 10-4-12 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 61 http://pplmag.com Oct 6, 2012 12:55PM Positively Pittsburgh Live! For Sale Opportunity, Franchising Event Preview 10-4-12 Listen to the show here. For Sale:Opportunity franchising event, featuring 30+ national and regional exhibitors, including Giant Eagle, Sport Clips, Liberty Tax, Handy Pro and Veterans Taxi; top SBA and franchise lenders, including FranNet and Benetrends; and representatives from Pittsburgh’s top commercial real estate firms to be held October 9 at Fairmont Hotel. Light tapas and parking vouchers for PNC garage provided. Registration is $20 on www.buildingbridgesforbusiness.com. Guests: Adam J. Mohney, Director of Communications and Fund Development for Building Bridges for Business Larry Carnell, CFE, CBI BeneTrends Inc./Vice President of Business Development Sue Malone, “The Money Lady,” Strategies for Small Business Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 62 http://pplmag.com founder Sponsored by: PositivelyPittsburghLiveMagazine.com - Media Sponsor *** “Franchises have long been an important component in the structure of American business,” said Linda Handley, founder, Building Bridges for Business. “According to the International Franchise Association (IFA), over the first five years, four out of five franchises succeed, whereas only one out of five independent small businesses succeeds.” Franchises in the United States provide over 9.8 million jobs with a payroll of over $229 billion, according to the IFA. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald will deliver a welcome message discussing the current state of locally owned small businesses. “Rich’s passion for small business development and sustainability in Allegheny Countyhas been unprecedented,” said Amanda Wodzenski, president, Building Bridges for Business. “We are excited to hear him speak and know he will provide attendees with insights, information and resources from a governmental perspective.” Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 63 http://pplmag.com Partners for For Sale: Opportunity include, the Allegheny County Executive’s Office, the City of Pittsburgh, the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham Universityand the Small Business Development Center at Duquesne University. Major sponsors are Positively Pittsburgh Live, Brunnhuber and Associates, Comcast Business Class, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Staples, Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh Business Times and Pittsburgh Venture Capital Association. *** Adam J. Mohney Adam J. Mohney is a public relations, writing and social media specialist based in Western Pennsylvania. His experience includes helping boost social media outreach for a broad variety of organizations, web design and development, and formerly working for Pittsburgh’s highest-revenue-grossing public relations firm. From campfires to the World Wide Web, he enjoys practicing the art of storytelling. Adam earned his M.S. and B.S. in Mass Media Arts and Journalism from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 2011 and 2009, respectively. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 64 http://pplmag.com Currently, he supports Building Bridges for Business in their mission to educate and empower small business owners in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County through access to information, partnerships and resources. His roles include writing press releases, assisting with social media, copy editing and writing grant and donation letters. Adam discusses the definition of public relations, effective PR with visibility and transparency, writing and messaging strategy and continuity, and how to develop your brand with words. He also talks about social media and small business. This event will provide you with funding on the spot through a new loan program and access to 401k funding experts, and allow you to find space for the franchise. It is apparent that Pittsburgh is experiencing significant economic growth, and this event will serve as a wonderful opportunity for national franchises to partner with local business leaders. Building Bridges for Business anticipates another sold-out crowd. *** Larry Carnell Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 65 http://pplmag.com Larry Carnell is a recipient of: The National Association of Entrepreneurship’s NAE 250 award given to the top 250 entrepreneurs in the country; Franchising “Industry Leadership Award”; Franchising “STAR” Award for Performance Excellence; The “President Club” award as a national award winning management consultant. Larry has been asked to lecture to and train thousands of business professionals with organizations such as the International Franchise Association, SCORE, International Business Brokers Associations, universities and other organizations. He has also spoken at seminars with business notables such as Donald Trump, Suze Orman and others. Benetrends is the premier provider of services that enable an individual to use their retirement funds tax deferred, penalty free without loan or interest payments. They also provide a wide variety of other funding solutions and resources including SBA, Leasing, Asset Backed Loans and other funding solutions. For more information contact Larry Carnell at 770-652-5393, or [email protected]. *** Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 66 http://pplmag.com Center, Sue Malone, Left Anna Harvey, SBA Office of Women Business Ownership Sue Malone is the founder of Strategies For Small Business. Her sole mission for the last ten years has been to help people obtain access to capital to start or expand their businesses. In doing so, one of her specialties has been small business start-up loans. And she has done so exceptionally well. She is the undisputed, number one SBA loan provider for the Community Express Loan Program in the nation. As of April 2008, she is responsible for closing over 41,000 of these much needed loans. She is a grassroots provider of these loans, serving all communities across the United States. As one of the busiest women in America, she is on the road constantly, dispensing a plethora of capital through innumerable loan workshops to: organizations, groups, churches, associations, chambers of commerce, non-profits, colleges, franchises, and entrepreneurial organizations. She is proud, along with other banks, to work directly with the SBA, as well as SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), Women’s Business Centers, and SBA Small Business Development Centers (SBDC’s). An inspirational speaker, she has been highlighted in countless Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 67 http://pplmag.com speaking engagements, as well as in newspaper articles, magazines, television, radio, conventions, and CNN. Together with her numerous awards and with the assistance of the lenders she has partnered with, she has been responsible for their achieving the #1 SBA lender status in West Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Hawaii, North Carolina, and in the top five lenders category in other districts. Sue Malone has a degree in accounting and an MBA in finance. As such, she brings not only the requisite education and expertise, but the proven commitment to care deeply for the success of this Nation’s small businesses. She sits on the White House Small Business Council. Sue discusses access to capital, business needs and the way to approach, how to position yourself, the veterans program, and can you really position yourself in a six month period of time? Many people dig the well before they need the water. *** This was reported as a reproduction of PositvelyPittsburghLive news done by Joanne Quinn-Smith. (c) Joanne Quinn-Smith and PositivelyPittsburghLive(TM) 2012 All rights reserved. Listen to the show here. Tara Darazio is a Positively Pittsburgh Live reporter, an independent Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 68 http://pplmag.com copywriter, blogger, article writer, and social media strategist. If you are in need of writing assistance, or need help with your social media efforts connect with Tara on LinkedIn here. Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views Salute to Dignity & Respect Champions Breakfast Oct 1, 2012 12:02PM FOR MORE INFORMATION: Samantha Scribner Judith Kelly + Associates 412.281-0995 – office 814-279-0616 – cell [email protected] WHAT Salute To Dignity & Respect Champions Breakfast WHO The 2012 Pittsburgh, Pa., Dignity & Respect Champions and their families as well as elected officials, city leaders and Dignity & Respect council members will gather for the breakfast. WHEN Tuesday, October 2 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 69 http://pplmag.com WHERE CLO Cabaret Theatre 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 WHY The Dignity & Respect Council of Greater Pittsburgh will gather in front of the city’s policy leaders to recognize Pittsburgh’s 11 Dignity & Respect Champions of 2012. The Champions were chosen monthly throughout the year based on a formal nomination process. Champions were selected based on their support of the values of dignity and respect and their application of those values in the workplace and in their communities. Champions will receive honors for their commitment to accepting and including others. The annual breakfast will kick-off Dignity & Respect Month, which is celebrated in counties across the Commonwealth and in many states nationwide. The Dignity & Respect Campaign of Greater Pittsburgh began as an initiative by the Center for Inclusion at UPMC in 2008. Trying to encourage inclusion through organizational and behavioral change, the employees took a pledge and suggested actions that promote dignity and respect in the workplace. From this, the “30 Tips of Dignity and Respect” were created to inspire change through everyday behaviors. Within four years, the campaign expanded nationally. # # # Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 70 http://pplmag.com Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views Fiddlesticks Hosts A Season of Celebrations Family PSO Concerts Oct 1, 2012 12:30PM For immediate release Sept. 27, 2012 PSO MUSICAL AMBASSADOR FIDDLESTICKS HOSTS ‘A SEASON Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 71 http://pplmag.com OF CELEBRATIONS‘ FAMILY CONCERTS IN 2012-2013 Lawrence Loh conducts with guest artists including Katy Williams, CLO Academy Tap Dancers, Joe Negri, Stephanie Maloney, Clare Bradford PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s popular feline musical ambassador, Fiddlesticks, returns for ’A Season of Celebrations‘ to introduce children to music at three Saturday morning concerts at Heinz Hall. From infancy on, children are exposed to the music of lullabies, sing-a-longs, folk tunes, and pop music, and the Fiddlesticks Family Concerts continue to explore various genres of music. Each of the performances is preceded by a pre-concert event called Discovery Time Adventures. These educational activities begin at 10 a.m. and allow young audiences and their parents to meet the PSO musicians, learn songs, and take part in various musical activities. The 45-minute concert begins at 11:15 a.m. and is filled with engaging Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 72 http://pplmag.com music and interaction with everyone’s favorite friendly feline! Fiddlesticks kicks off the 2012-2013 “Season of Celebrations” as he travels in Celebrations around the World! at 11:15 a.m., Oct. 6. Fiddlesticks joins Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) for the music of America the Beautiful and Strauss’ Pleasure Train Polka. Soprano Katy Williams and CLO Academy Tap Dancers Celebrate Pittsburgh at 11:15 a.m., Feb. 2. Pittsburgh pride will be in the spotlight for this special community concert, which also will commemorate of one of Pittsburgh’s most iconic entertainment figures, Gene Kelly. Joe Negri, and one of Pittsburgh’s most famous jazz musicians and frequent guest of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, performs in celebration of the “City of Steel.” The season concludes with a concert at 11:15 a.m., April 6, when the PSO family wishes Happy Birthday, Fiddlesticks! Fiddlesticks invites his friends to celebrate his special birthday. The guests include Clare Bradford, winner of the Duquesne Concert Competition, returns to the stage to play Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1. Stephanie Maloney also returns for the fun with a special “Cat Duet” with Katy Williams. Ticket subscriptions, ranging from$28 to $54, or individual tickets from $12 to $20, can be purchased by calling the Heinz Hall box office at 412.392.4900, or by visiting www.pittsburghsymphony.org. The Fiddlesticks Family Concert Series is proudly sponsored by Macy’s Foundation, and Bobby Rahal Volvo. This series is endowed by Gerald and Audrey McGinnis, honoring the Center for Young Musicians. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 73 http://pplmag.com -30Contact: James Barthen. Vice President of Public Affairs Phone: 412.392.4835 | email: [email protected] Contact: Ramesh Santanam, Director of Media Relations Phone: 412.392.4827 | email: [email protected] Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views Costumes for A Cause 5K and Kiddy Run Oct 1, 2012 12:46PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 74 http://pplmag.com Contact: Ronda Beaken Tel. (724) 537-6970 Email: [email protected] FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL and 4th Annual COSTUMES FOR A CAUSE BENEFITS MISSING CHILDREN LATROBE, PA, September 26, 2012 – American Association For Lost Children, Inc. (AAFLC) is hosting their 4th Annual Costumes For A Cause – 5K Race and Kiddy Run at Keystone State Park in Derry, PA on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 12:00 noon. The annual Family Fun Festival will have free food, live entertainment, pumpkin painting, face painting and much more. There will be many door prizes, treats to taste, and loads of fun! A costume contest will be held for kids and adults alike. Prizes will be awarded to top 3 costumes, age groups 16 & under and 17 & older. Runners and walkers will race in a 5K Run, 5K Walk and Kiddy Mile proceeds go towards finding and rescuing missing children. Medals are awarded to the top 3 male and top 3 female finishers overall for each race, and the top 3 finishers in each age category. Costume attire, for the racers, is optional. The Family Fun Festival and Costumes For A Cause race bring together friends, families, businesses, schools, faith-based groups … people from all walks of life – all aimed at furthering American Association For Lost Children’s efforts to find and rescue more Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 75 http://pplmag.com missing children throughout the United States and abroad. The event is being held at Keystone State Park near Pavilion #1. The Park is located in Derry Township, Westmoreland County, three miles south of the intersection of PA 981 and US 22. Race event registration forms are available online at www.aaflc.org under Events. You may also request registration forms by email to [email protected] or by calling charity at (724) 537-6970. Racers may also register at the event. “American Association For Lost Children combines a relentless passion with a quarter of a century of experience at finding and rescuing missing children through physical searches and hands-on investigations,” said Patricia Moore, Executive Director of AALFC. “Funds raised through this event enable the charity to continue to rescue more missing children.” “We need many volunteers to make this event a success.” Said Ms. Moore. Volunteers are needed for this event. AAFLC is a non-profit charity founded in 1987 to find missing and abducted children. To date, AAFLC has rescued more than 135 children from all over the US and in countries such as Mexico, Korea, Germany and Lebanon. The charity has been featured on Good Morning America, 48 Hours, Inside Edition and Life magazine, Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 76 http://pplmag.com to name a few. AAFLC is a local charity, but has a worldwide reach. Children are rescued free of charge to the family. The charity operates entirely on donations and fundraising efforts. Thank you for your support! www.aaflc.org Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views Woodville Plantation Hosts House Concert Oct 1, 2012 12:55PM September 24, 2012 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 77 http://pplmag.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Windhorst 412-221-0348 [email protected] QUICK FACTS: Event: House Concert at Woodville Plantation Date: Saturday, October 20, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Woodville Plantation, 1375 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA 15017 Cost: $20.00 Per Person WOODVILLE PLANTATION HOSTS HOUSE CONCERT BRIDGEVILLE, PA (September 24, 2012) - On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Woodville Plantation will host a special event featuring the musical talents of Mark Tamsula, Richard Withers and Ellen Gozion. Beginning at 7 pm, these artists will perform a concert of old time Appalachian music from the Southwestern Pennsylvania region. MarkTamsula and Richard Withers will play fiddle and banjo instrumentals, in addition to songs on the flute and accordion. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 78 http://pplmag.com Joining them will be Ellen Gozion,who will sing a selection of traditional ballads, also from this region. Mark and Richard have recently released a cd of their music titled Up in the Batten House. You can read more about the cd at their website www.upinthebattenhouse.com. A wine and cheese reception will follow theconcert. Admission to the concert is $20.00 per person. Tickets must be reserved prior to the day of the show. Seating is limited. To reserve tickets, please call Mike Athey at 412-388-1817. Tickets will be held at will call for payment prior to the start of the show. Woodville Plantation, the home of John and Presley Neville, is Western Pennsylvania’s link to the late 18th century. Built in 1775, this living history museum interprets life during the period of 1780 1820, the Era of the New Republic. Guided tours of the house are available every Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm. Just 7 miles and 15 minutes south of Pittsburgh, Woodville is conveniently located 1/4 mile north of Interstate 1-79 Exit 55 (Kirwin Heights Exit) on Route 50, near the intersection of Thoms Run Road. For further directions or for more information, please visit Woodville’s website at http://www.woodvilleplantation.org or call 412-221-0348. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 79 http://pplmag.com -END- Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views STOMP Returns to Heinz Hall Oct 1, 2012 03:47PM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today’s date: October 1, 2012 Contact: Diana Roth, (412) 471-8717, [email protected] Electronic artwork is available: www.Trustarts.org Press Room. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 80 http://pplmag.com PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh presents STOMP October 30 - November 4, 2012, Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh, PA: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh announce STOMP, the international sensation, is making its triumphant return to Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue, Tuesday, October 30 through Sunday, November 4, 2012. The return of the percussive hit also brings some new surprises, with some sections of the show now updated and restructured and the addition of two new full-scale routines, utilizing props like tractor tire inner tubes and paint cans. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 81 http://pplmag.com Performances for STOMP at Heinz Hall are Tuesday, October 30, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October 31, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, November 1, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 2, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, November 3, 2:00 and 8:00 p.m.; and Sunday, November 4, 1:00 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets ($19.25 - $50.25) are now on sale for all performances by calling (412) 392-4900, visiting the Box Office at Theater Square (655 Penn Avenue) or online at www.TrustArts.org. For more information about the PNC Broadway Across America-Pittsburgh subscription series, please call (412) 456-1390. Groups of 10 or more may call (412) 471-6930. PNC Broadway Across America Pittsburgh series is a presentation of The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Symphony and Broadway Across America. “After creating new routines for STOMP OUT LOUD in Vegas, [co-creator] Luke Cresswell and I decided it was time to rework elements of our main production, STOMP,” said co-creator Steve Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 82 http://pplmag.com McNicholas. “STOMP has evolved a great deal ever since its first incarnation at the Edinburgh Festival. Every reworking has involved losing some pieces and gaining new ones, but has always stayed true to the original premise of the show: to create rhythmic music with instantly recognizable objects, and do it with an eccentric sense of character and humor.” The changes that can now be seen in the tour of STOMP are the biggest since the late 1990’s. A new piece “Paint Cans” evolved out of the “Boxes” routine in the Las Vegas show and “Donuts” is a piece that implements huge tractor tire inner tubes, worn around the waist on a bungee cord. For many years, the creators had looked for a STOMP equivalent of the Latin percussion instrument the guiro, a gourd-shaped open-ended instrument with ridges along the side that are rubbed by a wooden stick to create its sound. The climactic trashcan sequence “Bins” has been restructured to include a guiro-like new found instrument: strip-lighting recycling containers. From its beginnings as a street performance in the UK, STOMP has grown into an international sensation over the past fourteen years, having performed in over 350 cities in 36 countries worldwide. STOMP continues its phenomenal run with the ongoing sell-out Off-Broadway production at New York’s Orpheum Theatre, a North American tour, and two productions overseas - a London company and a European tour. STOMP, an overwhelming success marked by rave reviews, numerous awards and sell-out engagements, is the winner of an Olivier Award for Best Choreography (London’s Tony Award), a New YorkObie Award, a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatre Experience, and a Special Citation from Best Plays. The young Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 83 http://pplmag.com performers “make a rhythm out of anything we can get our hands on that makes a sound,” says co-creator/director Luke Cresswell. Stiff-bristle brooms become a sweeping orchestra; Zippo lighters flip open and closed to create a fiery fugue; wooden poles thump and clack in a rhythmic explosion. STOMP uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – trashcans, tea chests, plastic bags, plungers, boots, and hubcaps – to fill the stage with compelling and infectious rhythms. Critics and audiences have raved: “STOMP is as crisp and exuberant as if it had opened yesterday,” says The New York Times. The San Francisco Chronicle declares “STOMP has a beat that just won’t quit!” The Los Angeles Times exclaims: “Electrifying! Triumphs in the infinite variety of the human experience.” “A phenomenal show! Bashing, crashing, smashing, swishing, banging and kicking – a joyous invention!” says the Chicago Tribune. STOMP is directed and created by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas. www.stomponline.com. # # # Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 84 http://pplmag.com bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views Brownsville Announces Details for Annual Taste of Italy Festival Oct 1, 2012 03:58PM PRESS RELEASE Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation P.O. Box 97 69 Market Street Brownsville, PA 15417 724-785-9331 What: TASTE OF ITALY WINE & FOOD TASTING When: OCTOBER 20, 2012 Where: FRANK RICCO SONS OF ITALY LODGE #731 16 RACE STREET Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 85 http://pplmag.com BROWNSVILLE, PA Contact: Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation (BARC) 724-785-9331 [email protected] The sights and sounds of Italy set the scene for a very enjoyable evening at the 11th Annual Taste of Italy Wine & Food Tasting Event which takes place on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 6:00 PM at the Frank Ricco Sons of Italy Lodge #731 in Brownsville, PA. Come and receive a commemorative wineglass to enjoy the traditional homemade wines made by area winemakers while you sample the area’s culinary expertise with a large selection of tasty Italian appetizers made by volunteers. There will be a raffle, a Chinese auction, and a basket of homemade wines auctioned before announcing the winners of the wine judging. All proceeds from the event benefit the Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation (BARC). The mission of the Brownsville Area Revitalization Corporation is to achieve economic development through historic preservation, heritage tourism, outdoor recreation, community stewardship, education, youth advancement and the arts. Dress is casual. Tickets are $35.00 and available at the BARC office, Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 86 http://pplmag.com tickets at the door are $40.00. Tickets are also available for purchase through BARC Board Members. To purchase your tickets in advance please call the BARC office at 724-785-9331. Sincerely, BARC Board and Staff Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views 2012 VIA Music & New Media Festival Oct 1, 2012 04:17PM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 87 http://pplmag.com September 10, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lauren Goshinski, Co-Director, VIA Pittsburgh [email protected] / 412.889.7619 Contact: Tara George, Media/PR Coordinator [email protected] www.via-pgh.com | twitter.com/VIA_PGH | facebook.com/VIA.Pittsburgh | www.viapgh.showclix.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2012 VIA Music & New Media Festival brings progressive audio/visual performances to Pittsburgh Monday, October 1 Saturday, October 6 Top 10 October Festival, #1 USA - Resident Advisor 2012 Festival Guide A festival-as-laboratory that highlights what’s next in music and emerging new media artists. VIA 2012 is presented by vitaminwater Audio / :::: MOODYMANN :::: NADASTROM :::: TIGER & WOODS :::: GIRL UNIT :::: LE1F :::: JULIA HOLTER :::: SSION :::: DEMDIKE STARE :::: ANDY STOTT :::: GATEKEEPER :::: LAUREL HALO :::: ITAL :::: MAGIC TOUCH :::: DAUGHN GIBSON :::: ZUZUKA PODEROSA :::: THREE LEGGED RACE :::: SANTIAGO SALAZAR :::: NATE YOUNG :::: POIRIER ::: SLOWPITCH :::: THE GARMENT DISTRICT :::: M. GEDDES GENGRAS :::: LAFIDKI :::: DRAINOLITH :::: Visual / :::: BABYCASTLES :::: JEREMY BAILEY :::: JACOB CIOCCI / RYDER RIPPS :::: INCITE! JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA :::: KATIE TORN :::: 3D BURNS :::: MICHAEL MALLIS :::: DI-AY Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 88 http://pplmag.com BATTAD :::: THUNDER HORSE VIDEO :::: ASSEMBLE :::: THE DRIFT :::: SCOTT ANDREW :::: MATT WELLINS :::: MIKEY MCPARLANE :::: ERICA GRESSMAN :::: BEN TABAS ::: KEVIN RAMSER :::: TIMOTHY SHERMAN :::: AUDRA WIST :::: CASEY HALLAS :::: BEN HERNSTROM :::: LA VAMPIRE NUE :::: PITTSBURGH, PA. - The third annual VIA Music & New Media Festival continues its tradition of unique performances featuring emerging musicians and new media artists. Spanning an entire week, over 50 local, national and international artists representing 4 countries converge in Pittsburgh for a/v performances, workshops, and interactive events that blend the best of nightlife and arts culture. Re-framing city spaces, the 6-day festival shows off a thoughtful cross-section of venues that are uniquely Pittsburgh: from riverways to museums, clubs, and transformed pop-up spaces. A number of free, all-ages events support ticketed programs. Emphasizing VIA’s literal meaning of “by way of, or passing through” the festival encourages Pittsburgh as a nexus for young artists on the borders of music, art, and technology. 2012 VIA FESTIVAL DAILY SCHEDULE VIEW ALL EVENTS AND RSVP AT www.facebook.com/VIA.Pittsburgh/events Tickets http://viapgh.showclix.com, Details www.via-pgh.com Multiple locations All ticketed events are 18+, except the Brillobox (21+). Workshops, lectures are all-ages and free and open to the public. MONDAY OCT 1 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 89 http://pplmag.com FE Gallery 6pm, Free all-ages Festival week kicks off in Lawrenceville with “3D Burns”, an exhibition of experimental animation at FE Gallery curated for VIA by NYC artists Michael Mallis and Katie Torn. Featuring work from internationally recognized artists who use the latest technology in 3D computer graphics software: featuring Brenna Murphy, Claudia Hart, Dusan Lazic, Hooliganship (Peter Burr), James Duesing, Jeremy Couillard, Jonathan Monaghan, Zeitguised, plus Torn and Mallis’ own work. 40th St Bridge 8pm, Free all-ages Tours of Azimuth, a recently discovered crash site along the shores of the Allegheny river, set sail at 8pm under the 40th Street Bridge. RSVP instructions and will be announced the week proceeding. Tours provided by the creators behind The Drift, a project by Carnegie Mellon University MFA students and recipient of a prestigious Sprout Seed Award. TUESDAY OCT 2 Carnegie Museum of Art CI13 Apartments, 6pm FREE all-ages A casual evening of talks and experiments in paracinema with film theorist Jonathan Walley and CMU Professor of Art Melissa Ragona. RSVP required. Warhol Museum, 8pm Ticketed all-ages Presented in partnership with the Warhol Sound Series, Los Angeles-based composer / multi- instrumentalist Julia Holter (RVNG Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 90 http://pplmag.com Intl), blurs boundaries between indie folk, modern composition, and electronic music. Pittsburgh’s The Garment District, aka former Ladybug Transistor front-woman Jennifer Baron, opens the shoq backed by a collaborative video reel by Baron and Pittsburgh artists Keith Tassick, Albert Birney, and Ryan Emmett. WEDNESDAY OCT 3 Pittsburgh Filmmakers, 7pm, Ticketed 18+ Halloween comes early with Manchester’s Demdike Stare (Modern Love) live re-scoring one of the most visually stunning erotic horror films of all time, Jean Rollin’s surrealist La Vampire Nue (1970). Demdike’s live shows soundtrack a journey through the visual and aural archive of the last 50 years, where genre obfuscation becomes the norm. Brillobox, 10pm, Ticketed 21+ Demdike’s show is complemented by an afterparty with Modern Love labelmate Andy Stott. Stott’s sludgy, dramatic productions have been described by Pitchfork as sounding “like hellish vultures picking over the carcass of dance music.” Joining the bill is Three Legged Race, alias Robert Beatty, longtime member of Lexington KY noise champions Hair Police and Nate Young of Wolf Eyes, Paris/Nancy-based LAFIDKI, and Drainolith (Spectrum Spools, Montreal). Pittsburgh filmmaker Ben Hernstrom (Ambulantic Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 91 http://pplmag.com Videoworks) creates October-appropriate visuals to bring Wednesday’s dark vibe full circle. THURSDAY OCT 4 6119 Penn Ave, Ticketed 18+ VIA’s newly opened space, 6119, presents a selection of artists exploring the borders of bass music and hip-hop with Toronto’s experimental turntablist SlowPitch, Night Slugs’ breakout London DJ/ producer Girl Unit, Brooklyn’s groundbreaking queer rapper Le1f, and Montreal dancehall producer Poirier, all meshed with live VJing from budding Pittsburgh video artists Di-ay Battad, Kevin Ramser, and Audra Wist. FRIDAY OCT 5 Carnegie Mellon University 2pm, Shadow Lounge 4pm, Deep Local 5pm, FREE all-ages A wide range of non-tradiitonal workshops kickoff today’s programming. Gender-bending pioneers of glitter-punk downtrod-disco SSION join local drag celebrity Alaska Thvnderfvk for a live taping of Trans-Q TV at CMU. The Shadow Lounge hosts a teen-centric Q&A and demos with Chicago juke / footwork pioneers DJS Spinn, Rashad and Manny. The interaction design firm Deep Local (founded by an artist who was better known for leading a punk-metal band called Creation is Crucifixion and subversive media arts group, Carbon Defense League) hosts Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 92 http://pplmag.com Brooklyn gaming collective Babycastles for the first of a 2-day build your own arcade marathon. East Liberty at 6119 6pm, FREE 18+ Evening a/v performances begin with a free IRL seminar and Pittsburgh premiere of New Ages 3: Incite! Journal of Experimental Media at 6119. New Ages 3 explores a revived interest in spiritualism, fan culture, and self-help through the lens of Web 2.0 culture. Featuring performances and videos by new media artists Jacob Ciocci, Ryder Ripps, Jeremy Bailey, Shana Moulton, Jesse MacLean among others. The night also includes videos such “Galaxies” (1974) by pioneering computer-artist Lillian Schwartz. 6000 Penn (former PNC Bank) & 6119 11pm, Ticketed 18+ Probably the most diverse lineup of the festival, SSION join Spinn & Rashad, the enigmatic disco- house duo of Tiger & Woods, and Zuzuka Poderosa’s post-modern brand of baile funk for a high energy night at VIA’s pop-up location. Visuals and interactive installations are rendered by new media artists Jeremy Bailey, Katie Torn, Timothy Sherman, Scott Andrew and Michael Mallis. Local techno outfit, Humanaut curates the official after-party featuring LA-based producer and former Detroit Underground Resistance member Santiago Salazar. FRIDAY OCT 5 Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 93 http://pplmag.com Deep Local 3pm, FREE all-ages The afternoon opens with art + technology workshops presented by ASSEMBLE, featuring a creative cast of teachers from a 13 year old girl who can school you in Scratch to a continuation of free programming: Babycastles’ indie arcade will be open for exploring and playing. 6119 6pm, FREE 18+ An interactive theater showcase features recent MFA students from Chicago and Pittsburgh exploring the human body relationship to technology: Robotcowboy, Mikey McParlane and Erica Gressman. 6000 (former PNC Bank) 9pm & 6119 11pm, Ticketed 18+ The last night of VIA gives legends and newcomers equal billing; beginning with PA-based Daughn Gibson, who sings lonely trucker’s tales with 21st century production savvy. LIke Burial meeting up with Lee Hazelwood, Gibson starts the night with his miniature, narrative epics. Brooklyn’s Gatekeeper ups the tempo with their smoky EBM, who create an immersive, multimedia experience with their latest EP Exo - presented alongside a custom virtual gaming environment. Moombahton duo Nadastrom steadily increase heart rates until the Detroit legend, Kenny Dixon Junior aka Moodymann, takes the stage. The producer has successfully transported his world of 8-mile roller rinks to the world stage. Making dusty soul samples into undeniable house loops, KDJ doesn’t make tracks, he makes classics. Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 94 http://pplmag.com Visual artists Andrew Benson, Thunder Horse Video, and Pittsburgh’s Chris Smalley craft unique visual for each set, ranging from analog experiments in 16mm film to hi-def, audience interactive environments that playfully exploit technology like iPhones and the Kinect. An afterparty at 6119 is curated by LA-based label 100% Silk, features Magic Touch, ITAL, Laurel Halo, and M. Geddes Gengris, house music producers with unlikely roots in punk and noise, with visuals by emerging Pittsburgh video artist Ben Tabas. VIA’s first two years also merited international acclaim from sources such as Resident Advisor (Top 10 Festival 2010, 2011, 2012), Interview, Dazed & Confused, Dummy Magazine, and National Geographic Traveler; as well as being celebrated locally by the Pittsburgh City Council (VIA Week), the Sprout Fund (2010 Sprout Seed Award), CityPaper, and other outlets. The VIA Music & New Media Festival was founded and is run by a group of young Pittsburgh- based artists and promoters known collectively as VIA, a 100% volunteer-run effort. VIA 2012 is presented by vitaminwater and made possible through the generous support of East Liberty Development Inc, Carnegie Mellon University Activities Board, Heineken, ZipCar, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Round Corner Cantina, Nakturnal, Humanaut, WRCT 88.3FM, WPTS 92.1FM, WYEP 91.3FM, Resident Advisor, Showclix, and our incredible volunteers. More information about the organization, upcoming events and the 2012 VIA Music & New Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 95 http://pplmag.com Media Festival can be found at www.via-pgh.com. Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Dreamweaver Marketing Associates News and Views Celebrate Day of the Girl Oct 1, 2012 04:22PM Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 96 http://pplmag.com Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 97 http://pplmag.com Posted on behalf of Dreamweaver Marketing Associates. Joyce Kane is the owner of Cybertary Pittsburgh, a Virtual Administrative support company, providing virtual office support, personal and executive assistance, creative design services and light bookkeeping. Cybertary works with businesses and busy individuals to help them work ‘on’ their business rather than ‘in’ their business. www.Cybertary.com/Pittsburgh Positively Pittsburgh Live Page 98 http://pplmag.com