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June/July 2018 updates

BROADWAY IN THE BOROS RETURNS FOR A THIRD YEAR

Broadway in the Boros is ready to bring more free musical performances to neighborhoods across the city! MOME was most recently in Queens where more than a thousand people came out to watch current Broadway casts from "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" and "Once On This Island," the 2018 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival.

MOME's First Deputy Commissioner Kai Falkenberg and Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer pumped up the crowd, and Julie James, host of SiriusXM's "On Broadway", emceed.

The series heads to Staten Island next on Friday, July 13 from 12pm-1pm at Lighthouse Point Plaza where casts from TONY Award-winning musical "Wicked" and the 2018 Tony Award winner for Best Musical "The Band's Visit" will perform.

Our last show of the summer will take place at Soundview Park in the Bronx on July 27. All details can be found here.

"ONE BOOK, ONE NEW YORK" PICK, MANHATTAN BEACH. SPAWNS BOOK CLUBS AND EVENTS

In May, New Yorkers selected Manhattan Beach by Brooklyn resident Jennifer Egan as the 2018 "One Book, One York," and this summer book clubs are springing up across the five boroughs to discuss this literary page turner. Book lovers also had the opportunity to meet the author herself at One Book events including at Strand Bookstore, Vulture Festival, and Books are Magic in Brooklyn.

Manhattan Beach tells the haunting World War II-era story of Anna Kerrigan, who becomes the Brooklyn Navy Yard's first female diver, and her search for her missing father. Scribner, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, has generously donated 1,500 copies of Manhattan Beach to all 219 library branches all over New York City.

Join your community and check out the upcoming One Book, One New York events here.

MOME'S $5 MILLION WOMEN'S FUND

MOME's Women's Fund, a $5 million program to support film and theater projects by, for, or about women, is coming to fruition with the selection of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) to administer it. Designed to combat gender inequity in the entertainment industry, the fund encourages and supports the creation of film, television, digital, theatrical, and other forms of media and entertainment in New York City by awarding cash grants of up to $50,000 for as many as 100 projects. To be eligible, media content must be "Made in NY" with at least 75% of production activity taking place in the five boroughs. The content must be suitable and appropriate to air on a NYC Media outlet.

The project must be produced by, for, or about women, include a meaningful female production or writing credit, or include a female protagonist. Content should inform, educate, and entertain New Yorkers about the City's diverse people and neighborhoods, government, services, attractions, and activities. Finally, the project must be a work in progress; finished or previously-produced projects will not be eligible. Applications will be open later this summer.

Read more about the Women’s Fund here.

NEW YORK MUSIC MONTH CONFERENCE

June marked the return of New York Music Month (NYMM), the official celebration of the most diverse music scene in the world, featuring three workshops attended by hundreds of musicians, 13 walking tours attended by dozens of New Yorkers, and a website listing free and ticketed musical events at nymusicmonth.nyc. Some 300 artists signed up for free rehearsal space provided through Spaceworks. This year's NYMM conference, presented in partnership with New Work is Music and NYU Steinhardt Music Business Program, presented speed talks, impromptu performances and informative panels all around the theme of Innovation at the Intersection of Music + Nightlife.

Shira Gans, Senior Executive Director of Policy and Programs at MOME, gave a sneak peek of the upcoming first-ever NYC Nightlife Economic Impact Study, which found that nightlife represents $29.1 billion in economic impact, and supports 250,000 jobs and $10.9 billion in wages. Guest speakers like Just Blaze, Curtis Blow, and Michael Dorf talked about their careers, venues, and challenges they have faced. Ariel Palitz, Senior Executive Director of the Office of Nightlife at MOME, moderated a panel about innovative ways in which neighborhood residents, nightlife operators, and city officials can work together to foster a healthy nighttime economy.

Read more about it here.

DIVAS BEHIND THE MUSIC FORUM

In celebration of New York Music Month, MOME partnered with VH1 Save the Music Foundation to give students from public high schools and the Lower Eastside Girls Club an opportunity to get insight from women working in the music industry.

First Deputy Commissioner Kai Falkenberg moderated the discussion which included the following speakers: Stacie George (SVP of Talent, Live Nation), Cathleen Murphy (Executive Producer, Pepsi Creators League Studio), Jen Pearce (CEO, low profile), Marsha Vlasic (President, Artists Group International), Lauren (‘Lolo’) Pritchard (Grammy Award-nominated Singer, Songwriter, Broadway Actress, Composer and Lyricist), Dionnee Harper (SVP Marketing, Atlantic Records), Lallie Jones (Marketing Director, 300 Entertainment), Shira Knishkowy (Director of Publicity, Matador Records), Rebecca Shapiro (SVP Publicity, Shore Fire Media), and SURRENITY (Recording Artist). They spoke about their experiences and provided career advice for young women looking to break into the industry.

ORIGINAL SERIES "A DAY'S WORK" CONCLUDES FIRST SEASON

Check out NYC Media's newest original series A Day's Work which features industrious, real-life New Yorkers as they go about their jobs. The show's first season focused on careers in the arts and entertainment industries from a makeup artist for Broadway's The Lion King to a line producer for ABC's The View, the half-hour show takes viewers behind the scenes to show what it is really like to work in theatre, dance, publishing, virtual reality, music, and television.

Viewers can access all episodes here, or tune in to NYC Life, the City's flagship broadcast network on Channel 25. Season 2 will debut next spring.

GRADUATION FOR POST PRODUCTION TRAINING PROGRAM

Fourteen graduates from the Cycle 3 class of the NY Post Production Training Program have completed their journey with us and are currently interviewing for job opportunities in New York’s growing post production industry. Cycle 1 and 2 graduates have found jobs including on Disney's "Mary Poppins Returns," VICE, Tribeca Film Festival, Stargate Studios, Sim Group, Picture Farm, The Molecule, and SyFy's "Happy." The program aims to equip unemployed and underemployed New Yorkers with the tools and opportunities to find jobs in New York City’s growing film and television post production industry. It follows the successful Made in NY Production Assistant Training Program that launched in 2006 to train individuals as production assistants for work related to shooting.

For more information about this program, visit here.

GRADUATION FOR THEATRICAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Sixteen graduates from Cycle 2 of the Theatrical Workforce Development Program have finished the first year of the training and job placement program and are currently interviewing for job opportunities in New York's rich theater community. The Roundabout Theatre Company has partnered with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.), which represents many of the behind-the-scenes workers in theatre and film, to deliver this three-year training program supported by our office and the Department of Small Business Services. Graduates from the Cycle 1 training were placed with companies such as The Public Theater, Abrons Arts Center, S.O.B. Live Music Venue, Daedalus Design NYC, Parsons-Meares, Dixon Place, and the West Side Theatre.

For more information about this program, visit here.

YEAR END FOR ANIMATION PROJECT

One year ago, MOME partnered with the NYC Neighborhood Opportunity Network (NeONSM) Community Centers, and The Animation Project (TAP) to launch the Made in NY Animation Project. This program provides free 3D animation courses to over 1,800 middle and high school students, and young adults across the five boroughs. The course participants showcased their work during a year-end screening at the SVA Theater on May 21. The Made in NY Animation Project interns celebrated the year-end with a screening at the Animation Project offices on June 15.

For more information about this program, visit here.

25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ANNUAL BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL

Students in the BCC Media and Digital Film Club along with The Media and Digital Film Production Program of the Communications Arts and Science Department presented their original short films at the Directors Guild of American (DGA) Theatre in NYC after working on them all semester.

Production executives from the Eastman Kodak Company, ARRI Rental, Panasonic Corporation of North America, Canon USA, Avid Technology, DuArt Media Services, HBO, The Independent Film Channel, International Cinematographers Guild, Local 600, IATSE, Panavision, VITEC Group, and many other companies were on hand to screen the movies and present awards. MOME is proud to support the work presented at the BCC Film and Video Festival, and we are grateful that it encourages and inspires current and future NYC filmmakers.

New "Made in NY" TV productions releasing soon:

Power, Season 5 (July 1, Starz)

Orange Is the New Black, Season 6 (July 27, Netflix)

The Sinner, Season 2 (August 1, USA)

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