I'm going to see Eric in the COMPLETELY SOLD-OUT San Francisco Opera production of Porgy and Bess next week, and SF-based indie publicist Karen Ames has generously organized a west coast Publicist Summit (i.e. happy hour).So, if you're in the San Francisco vicinity on Monday, June 8 and you ((heart)) PR, come on by:Publicist Bonding5 - 7pmArlequin384 Hayes StreetNo Journalistz A(backwards L)owd. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2009
Higdelina
I arrived via BoltBus in not-even-a-little-bit sunny Baltimore yesterday afternoon to see Hilary play Jennifer Higdon's concerto with the Baltimore Symphony. Before the concert began, Music Director Marin Alsop received a standing ovation when they announced that her contract had been extended, and also audibly exclaimed, "WHOA!!" at Hilary when the concerto ended. Love her without having ever met her. Even though Molly Sheridan - who also happened to be my date to last night's concert - was the only person who thought my Pitch Snitch/Gawker … [Read more...]
It’s hard to do a thing when you might fail
Last week, I spent money on two things I really did not like. The first was the movie The Brothers Bloom, and the second was the new musical Coraline at MCC. The movie was $12.50 (but I bought a ticket for my non-date date as well, so $25) and the musical was $49, (and God knows that ain't cheap.) I know you think I'm in-sane, I know it's not appealing, but my original idea for a blog post was to suggest money back guarantees; why should I have to pay for what I did not enjoy? Why aren't performing arts presenters 100% behind their product? Why … [Read more...]
I’m gonna give you candy
And now for some shameless self-promotion:If you're in Beantown next week, come say "'ello" at the Boston Early Music Festival bright and early (9 am) at the Radisson Hotel on Thursday, June 11. Here is the complete festival (the festival? the festival) schedule. I will be talking about period bows for an hour or so. And by "period bows" I actually mean "PR". … [Read more...]