Featuring... & Representing ....CELEBRITIES IN THE BASEMENT .Host DARNELL RICHARDSON... Comedian CHASE LAMAR SMITH and Recording artist JU-TAUN.....PhillyCAM, Philadelphia’s Public Access TV Station, Celebrates 5 Years of People Powered Media For Immediate Release: PhillyCAM, the citys public access tv station, celebrates five years of presenting local media produced by and for Philadelphians on Comcast 66/966 and Verizon 29/30 this Thursday, October 23, 2014 with special live programming event. In primetime, festivities go live from PhillyCAM’s Center City studios with a 2nd tele/webcast entitled the Live Culture Cabaret from 7:00 – 8:30 pm. The Cabaret, recorded entirely in PhillyCAM’s main television studio and hosted by Julia Lopez of the Philadelphia Jazz Project, will feature local talent curated by some of PhillyCAM’s talented members. Performances feature DP Arts Consortium presenting The Dumpsta Players, Philadelphia Dance Project’s Terry Fox present Robert Burden Jr. of Tap Team Two, The Light Switch’s LA Virgil present Philly rapper DOTCOMM and musician Jaz Browyn, CELEBRITIES IN THE BASEMENT with guest host for KAREN WALLER-MARTIN, DARNELL RICHARDSON presents comedian CHASE LAMAR SMITH and musical group JU-TAUN, poetry by Julia Lopez and 1:21, Griotworks’ Jos Duncan and youth rappers, The Buzz Klub’s Bintu Kaaba presents Nadjah Nicole and backing musicians, Moonstone Arts Center with Elijah Pringle presents Adriann The Pen Bautista and vocalist Bethlehem, inSightOut TV with Oscar Payne presents a duet of Pablo Batista (percussionist for Alicia Keys) and Daryl Burgee of Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra. All are welcome with a limited studio audience seating available for the Live Culture Cabaret by RSVP. This program can be viewed on PhillyCAM’s cable channels in the City of Philadelphia on Comcast 66/699 and on Verizon 29/30. Viewers the world over can watch the livestream at https://phillycam.org/content/web-channel. Throughout the day participants and viewers are encouraged to share the love via social media using the hashtags #phillycam5 and #peoplepoweredmedia. More About PhillyCAM PhillyCAM’s mission is to be a community media center that brings together the people of Philadelphia to make and share media that promotes creative expression, democratic values and civic participation. As the non-profit membership organization designated by the City of Philadelphia to operate its public access television station, PhillyCAM assists individuals and organizations to communicate with each other through the creation and distribution of non-commercial media by providing access to media-making tools, training and opportunities for interaction between diverse communities. PhillyCAM offers video production training, community meeting space, access to High Definition TV studios and equipment, media production project support for non-profits, youth programs, producer networking events and cable television timeslots. The programs provide opportunities for everyone, regardless of age, background or experience, to use media to amplify issues that matter to them most. PhillyCAM functions much like a public library - a community resource that ensures that all people have equal access to vital tools of creation and communication. In only five years since going on the air, PhillyCAM’s on air schedule has grown to feature over 60 weekly programs. On average 20 hours of new content is aired on the station weekly. PhillyCAM members create content on local issues from the point of view of poor and working people, students’ responses to the education crisis, and unique perspectives on arts and culture and social issues by independent filmmakers. PhillyCAM also airs independently produced videos by local filmmakers on dance, music, theater, fashion, environmental and women’s issues, visual and literary arts. PhillyCAM Executive Director, Gretjen Clausing commented, “The phenomenal growth of our creative community and program offerings is testament to what the activists who fought those many years to bring public access to the city knew. Philadelphians are hungry for communication vehicles that enable them to share their voices. PhillyCAM in our short time on the scene has created a new space for cultural expression on local television” For more information about PhillyCAM visit phillycam.org. Gretjen Clausing, Executive Director PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 t: 267 639 5481 f: 267 639 5482 [email protected] phillycam.org People Powered Media on Comcast Cable 66/966 or Verizon Fios 29/30
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:38:21 +0000
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