New Miniseries
Insomnia
Releases Second Episode Today
via YouTube + insomniatheshow.com
Watch Now, HERE
New York, NY - June 12, 2019 - Vishaal Reddy, queer, South Asian, actor, writer, and producer, has released the second episode of his debut miniseries Insomnia today, Wednesday, June 12. The series, consisting of six episodes, will be released weekly on Wednesdays at 12PM EST and available to watch via YouTube and insomniatheshow.com. Watch both episodes 1 (released last Wednesday) and 2, out now, below.
Episode 1 // David: https://bit.ly/2RdRbmr
Episode 2 // Meera: https://bit.ly/2F5tzf0
Insomnia is a darkly comedic, single-camera, limited series about Nikhil Sharma (Vishaal Reddy) - a struggling bi-sexual Indian-American writer who can't seem to get his life together. Nikhil secretly starts moonlighting as a male escort in New York City, and through his darkly absurd, late-night adventures, he finds himself dealing with racism, sexuality, loneliness, and a lack of sleep. Taking cues from shows such as Master of None, Louie, Fleabag, and High Maintenance, this is Nikhil's journey to find love, happiness, and his true identity. This is a story about growing up. And failing. A lot.
After spending years being frustrated by both the lack and misrepresentation of roles for someone of his race and sexuality, Reddy decided to take matters into his own hands and create a role of his own. The concept for the show spawned from real-life experience out in NYC where he was approached by a stranger, who had asked him to consider taking a job as a male escort. The series was directed by award-winning director, Michelle Cutolo, and also stars Nikki Renee Daniels (Hamilton, The Book of Mormon), Aneesh Sheth (High Maintenance, Difficult People, New Amsterdam), Cheech Manahar (Mean Girls The Musical), Alison Barton (Master of None), Kuhoo Verma (The Big Sick), and more.
Reddy was able to get Insomnia off of the ground with the help of a Kickstarter with over 190 backers, and the series has already been heralded by Wussy Mag, The Teal Mango, India West, and more.
Vishaal Reddy is an NYC transplant, originally from Tennessee. He received his undergraduate degree at Boston University, studying Business Administration and Theater. Upon moving to NYC, he was a part of numerous off-Broadway plays and musicals, while also diving into the television//film world (recent credits include The Punisher, Bull, and Big Dogs). Feeling frustrated with the industry's portrayal of Indian characters, he started writing and producing his own screenplays and sketches. Most recently, Reddy completed the Tribeca Film Creators Market, where he was selected as one of the N.O.W. creators, and has been a special guest at Buzzfeed HQ, where he had a chance to chat all things Insomnia during a panel. His ultimate goal is to use Insomnia as a platform to launch a production company, focusing on the stories of Asian Americans and members of the LGBTQ+ community, as Asian characters make up less than 3% of on-screen characters, and only 4.8% of television characters identify as LGBTQ+.
The first and second episodes of Insomnia are available to watch now. For more information, please visit https://www.insomniatheshow.com/.
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https://www.instagram.com/insomniatheshow/
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Farmers Market Ogden Launches 2019 Summer Season
June 22nd – Ogden, Utah. The award-winning Farmers Market Ogden “Best Place for Family Fun” is back for another 13-week summer season! Join Ogden Downtown Alliance on Historic 25th Street Saturdays from 9 am to 2 pm, June 22nd to September 14th. With over 200 vendors spanning three full blocks of Historic 25th Street from Washington Boulevard to Wall Avenue, Farmers Market Ogden offers a day out for shopping local, stocking up on fresh produce and connecting with our community.
Enjoy outdoor community yoga classes with And She’s Dope Too weekly at 9 am in the Municipal Gardens, live music by local artists throughout the market, fresh produce, artisans, pop up art, prepared foods, cultural performances, kids’ activities and more!
As a huge supporter of the arts, Farmers Market Ogden is proud to be able to highlight local talent. Last year Farmers Market Ogden showcased 127 live and local performances including local musicians, bands, poets and pop up performances by groups such as Hana Studios, Nurture the Creative Mind and Esperanza Elementary School! Community activity spaces switch out weekly offering new ways to engage and learn about our community with over 55 nonprofit organizations participating last summer.
Farmers Market Ogden will host its 3rd Annual Beets & Beats Pop Up Artist Studio on June 29th during the market. Formerly, Beets & Beats has been a kickoff event prior to the summer season but has grown to become a favorite amongst the local arts scene, needing space to grow. Stop by the Municipal Gardens at the corner of Historic 25th Street and Grant Avenue from 9 am to 2 pm to watch a selection of local artists painting their rendition of the Farmers Market Ogden beet logo on 4'x4' canvas sheeting. Vote for your favorite painting and enjoy live music (the beats to go with the beets). The winning artist will receive a cash prize from Ogden Downtown Alliance.
As a platform for vendors and businesses to thrive and the community to mingle, Farmers Market Ogden acts as a preview of a much larger community movement to support local. Candice Ortiz with Gaia Henna says she is excited to be celebrating her 10th year vending with Farmers Market Ogden, “I’ve been practicing since 2005, but Farmers Market Ogden has given me the opportunity to turn my passion into a successful business.”
Additionally, Farmers Market Ogden is a great platform to forge friendships and grow networks. “Farmers Market Ogden has helped me connect with local business owners. For example, I now supply wheat grass and alfalfa sprouts to The Good Life Café and pea shoots, arugula, basil, kale and cilantro to Tona Sushi because they found me at the market” says Jon Contos of Arrowhead Urban Farms, “it’s also a great way to educate the community on the benefits of eating organically.”
For event information visit farmersmarketogden.com and follow @FarmersMarketOgden on Facebook and Instagram. Every week market goers will experience something new – follow along on social media to see what is happening each week!
Farmers Market Ogden
June 22nd to September 14th
Saturdays, 9 am to 2 pm
Historic 25th Street
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Farmers Market Ogden is produced and managed by the Ogden Downtown Alliance.
About Ogden Downtown Alliance
Recently awarded 2019 Best of State in Community Development, the Ogden Downtown Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to increasing economic vitality and community vibrancy throughout Ogden’s Central Business District. We support local commerce through placemaking, destination marketing, focused community programming and events. We create and promote a dynamic epicenter for arts, entertainment, and cultural experiences in Ogden’s downtown.
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6-11-2019
"People have always migrated, like the butterflies, animals, natural creatures,"
stated Mayra Cedano, Communidades Unidas, Utah at a recent event sponsored
by SUWA - The Quiet Force film showing. MOSAIC was provided fundraiser
monies from this event for work with refugee and economic immigrant
communities.
Indeed, the natural migration of people, caused by natural disasters or human
conflicts, is about learning to include, enrich and build, strengthened
people, communities and wide-community! What better way than joining in
the celebration of many prayers at MOSAIC Inter-Faith Ministries which
emphasizes the prayers of many faiths and the thoughtful priorities of
Millenials (age 23-39) on World
We encourage the media to highlight this important journey of the
people; and to encourage humankind to embrace humankind as
they migrate in patterns as old as the first humans - or maybe the
first animals. And we encourage the media to highlight the rich and
thoughtful spiritual insights of millenial priorities in this age which
are so important to the life of the person caught in migratory
patterns not of their own choosing caused by conflicts; and in need
of economic opportunity and security.
Bring a potluck dish to share - and know that the Tongan and Turkish
communities are roasting a lamb which was prayed over in the halal
ways (Muslim) for the Day. You, your friends and family are welcome!
For details of this media covered event, please see the attached flyer! All
are very welcome!
Summer Blessings,
Dr. Leslie Whited
Life, Like the Changing of the Seasons, Continues, Always Sacred...
Dr. Leslie Whited, CEO
MOSAIC Inter-Faith Ministries
Utah Ethical Leadership Award Nominee
Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative
U of U David Eccles School of Business
Nia Imani Association Community Leadership Agency Award
Presented at Community Lutheran Church
Senator Maxine Washington, Keynote Speaker, Los Angeles, CA
Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian & Justice Agency Award
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MOSAIC Inter-Faith Ministries
Celebrating 24 Years of Service
4392 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84124
801-588-0139/801-721-2641/801-703-3274
801-588-0140 - Fax
www.LSSU.org (web-site)
www.MosaicInterFaithMinistries@yahoo.com
Long Island's Longest Running, and Largest 4 Day Music Festival Returns
THE GREAT SOUTH BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Celebrating It's 13th Year
JULY 18-21 at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village
2019 Line Up Includes America, Taking Back Sunday, Slightly Stoopid,
Sublime w Rome, WAR, Edgar Winter, Glassjaw, Lotus, Dweezil Zappa,
Spafford, SOJA, Brandon "Taz" Niederauer, The Menzingers
Assembly Of Dust, Pink Talking Fish, Frank Iero & the Future Violents
Englishtown Project, Blue Coupe (Members of Alice Cooper & Blue Oyster Cult), and more...
Over 75 Performers on 5 Stages
Press Applications Now Open // Apply at http://bit.ly/GSB19Application
The Great South Bay Music Festival - Long Islands longest running, and largest 4 day, all ages Music & Arts Festival, returns to the picturesque waterfront at Shorefront Park in Patchogue Village from Thursday, July 18 through Sunday, July 21st.
**Press applications for Great South Bay 2019 are now open. Apply at this link: http://bit.ly/GSB19Application
Celebrating its 13th anniversary, the four-day festival, presented by King O'Rourke Autogroup, will feature over 75 performers on five stages, in classic and contemporary rock, folk, punk, blues, indie, jam-band, reggae, and funk genres. The fest boasts multiple craft beer and wine tents, an artisan and craft market, and food court offering a diverse gourmet menu of funky and healthy fare.
Great South Bay Festival will kick off the four days with Long Islands own, Taking Back Sunday, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary as a band on Thursday, July 18. Their performance at the festival will be one of the first of theirs back in the states following a monster tour in Europe. Iconic post hardcore band, and hometown favorites, Glassjaw, plus The Menzingers, and ex My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero & The Future Violents will also perform this day. Ten artists will perform on two stages.
Friday, July 19th brings a genre busting rock-reggae party to the south shore with over 20 performers on 4 stages. Headlining the Main Stage is Slightly Stoopid, described as: "A Spiritual bath of positive party energy. Reggae rock favorites Sublime with Rome returns, with SOJA, and Common Kings supporting.
Saturday at the festival is always "Jam-Day", and this year Great South Bay brings its most eclectic and diverse lineup to date. Fest favorites Lotus headlines the main stage, with Dweezil Zappa supporting and carrying the eclectic Frank Zappa torch. Also appearing on the main Stage are Spafford, Reid Genauer's Assembly of Dust, Pink Talking Fish, and the Englishtown Project.
On the "Jambalaya Stage" Great South Bay will present a 50th anniversary tribute to the '69 Woodstock Festival. Headlining will be Kiss The Sky, featuring Jimy Bleu and Juma Sultan, Hendrix percussionist at the original Woodstock Festival. Also appearing is Who's Next, considered the premier Who tribute, Joplin's Pearl, The The Band Band, and Halfstep, playing the music of the Grateful Dead. Over 25 bands will perform on this day.
Sunday will highlight all things classic rock, and this year it's all about "Legends, and Future Legends". 2019 will be Grammy winners, and perennial rock favorites America's, 49th. anniversary. Original Founding Members: Gerry Beckley, and Dewey Bunnell met in high school, and 40 plus years later are still making music together, and touring the world.
Supporting America is the multi-platinum-selling WAR. True legends with over 50 million records sold, 12 Billboard Top 40 hits, and countless "samples" by artists including: Dave Matthews, Tupac, Flo-Rida, Kendrick Lamar, Korn and more. Main Stage support also includes The Edgar Winter Band and Blue Coupe, a fusion of Blue Oyster Cult founders Joe and Albert Bouchard, and Dennis Dunnaway of Alice Coopers Band. Brandon "Taz" Niederauer, the phenom guitarist who, at just 15 years old, has shared the stage with Gregg Allman, Gary Clark Jr., Tedeschi Trucks Band, Warren Haynes, Lady Gaga, Stevie Nicks, Dweezil Zappa and so many more, is no doubt on the road to being a "Future Legend".
This year, Great South Bay has added an additional stage in an effort to support and nurture original singer-songwriters, and emerging artists. The Busker Stage will showcase 15 up and coming artists.
Emerging Local Artists:
Supporting and presenting original local, emerging artists has always been a given for the Great South Bay Music Festival. This year, the festival is pleased to present some new artists that we are excited to lay on our music loving attendees., as well as some that are GSB Fest regulars, that our attendees look forward to seeing and hearing new artists performing this year include: Fern Dells, Walk-A-Bout, Andre Fortier & Tricycle, Oogee Wawa, Quarter Horse, Jake Incao, and The End of America.
Philanthropy:
Great South Bay is proud to be a part of the Long Island Community, and is committed to doing all we can to support our less fortunate.
As always, Great South Bay will also donate $1 from every ticket sold to the GSB-Stony Brook Cancer Center Fund. To date, the fest has raised over a quarter of a million dollars for the cancer center.
Since 2017, GSB has installed the "Storyville Tent", where up to six LI based organizations can set up a booth, and spread the word about their cause, and raise funds.
Tickets for Great South Bay 2019 are on sale now.
To Purchase Tickets: http://bit.ly/GSB2019Tickets
Ticket price includes all concerts and entertainment. Food & beverages not included.
Children ten and under are free, except for the Sunday children's concert.
Festival Times:
Thursday, July 18: Doors are at 3:00 pm, till 10pm.
Friday, July 19th: Doors are at 3:00PM, till 11pm,
Saturday the 20th.: Doors are at 1:00pm, till 11PM,
Sunday the 21st: 11:00am doors for Great South Bay's annual Kids Concert
Sunday Regular Fest Ticket holders: 1:30 Doors, till 10:00pm.
Shorefront Park is located just a few miles south of LIE, exit 63S.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EACH ARTIST, PLEASE GO TO:
Artist Press Assets Link: (Additional artist bio information, approved photos, logo's etc)
http://bit.ly/GSB2019ArtistAssets
For additional festival info, please go to www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com
Additional Fest assets available upon request.
For more information
Website: www.greatsouthbaymusicfestival.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GreatSouthBayMusicFestival
Twitter: @GSBMFestival
Instagram: www.instagram.com/greatsouthbaymusicfestival
Past performers at Great South Bay Music Fest have included B.B. King, Taking Back Sunday, Graham Nash, 311, Govt. Mule, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Doobie Brothers, Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart & Bill Kreautzman, Umphrey's McGee, Hot Tuna, Dickey Betts Band, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, The Wailers, Dirty Heads, Ritchie Havens, Anders Osborne, WAR, Billy Squire, Little Feat, G Love & Special Sauce, Railroad Earth, Rusted Root, Blue Oyster Cult, moe., Eddie Money, Dave Mason, Foghat, 38 Special, Jerry Douglas, Tom Paxton, Galactic, Third Eye Blind, Soulive, Jefferson Starship, Martin Sexton, Colbie Caillat, Rachel Platten, The Front Bottoms, Thrice, David Bromberg, New Riders, DSO, blues legends Savoy Brown, Bernard Allison & Sonny Landreth, New Found Glory, Circa Survive, Tom Paxton, the subdudes, and gospel-blues queen Odetta in one of her final performances.
