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Surviving the Peace Premiere in New York

Watch a Movie and Save a Life with the Mines Advisory Group (MAG). Join MAG America for the New York Premiere of Surviving the Peace, produced in collaboration with MediaStorm. This short film is about devastation and hope. By removing unexploded ordinance, MAG transforms lives. Decide to learn more, help save a life and build a better future. NYC Premiere of Surviving the Peace October 23, 2012, 6:30pm to 9:00pm Hosted by NASDAQ, 4 Times Square, New York Screening followed by a cocktail reception, raffle, and silent auction General admission $75 | Individual Peace Advocate $500 Purchase tickets here If you or your company are interested in contributing to the silent auction or sponsoring the event please contact Caitlin.Hinton@maginternational.org. A portion of all fees is tax deductible. Learn more about MAG's work at www.magamerica.org.

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Sixth Annual ‘Friends of Philly’ Golf Outing

Friends of Philly is holding its Annual Golf Outing on Saturday, September 8 in Rockaway, New York. Come to golf, or if you're not a golfer, attend the luncheon or sponsor a hole. Friends of Philly Fund is a charitable organization committed to lifting some of the financial and emotional burdens on families who care for children suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a genetic motor neuron disease that affects about one in 6,000 babies. Your care and support gives strength to these special children and their families. Join Philly Mayer in his fight against Spinal Muscular Atrophy. See details about the event below. MediaStorm produced a story about Philly and his family, A Thousand More, in the MediaStorm Storytelling Workshop. A family is determined to give their disabled son a whole and vital life. In the midst of a great burden, one small child – with a seemingly endless supply of…

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MediaStorm Presentation at Opening of Photoville This Weekend

Make this a Photoville weekend. Photoville opens tonight at 4pm! Photoville is a new Brooklyn-based photo destination - a veritable village of freight containers transformed into temporary exhibition spaces, taking place this summer from June 22 to July 1, 2012. Photoville features a feisty mix of exhibitions, lectures, hands-on workshops, nighttime projections, a photo dog run, a camera greenhouse, and a summer beer-garden with food trucks that will create a photography destination like no other. Occupying more than 60,000 sq. feet in the heart of Brooklyn Bridge Park, Photoville is located on the uplands of Pier 3, along the Brooklyn Waterfront between DUMBO and Atlantic Avenue. Nighttime Projection: Storytelling @ MediaStorm Saturday June 23, 8:30pm No Registration required, seating is first come first served MediaStorm founder and executive producer Brian Storm will present on digital storytelling and the cinematic narrative. Storm will discuss how the digital age gives filmmakers, documentary photographers and…

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Recap: MediaStorm World Premiere of A Shadow Remains and Rite of Passage

From left: Brian Storm, Maggie Steber, Phillip Toledano and Tim McLaughlin at the premiere. Photo by David Keenan. Last night MediaStorm hosted the world premiere of A Shadow Remains by Phillip Toledano and Rite of Passage by Maggie Steber at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, NY. MediaStorm founder and executive producer, Brian Storm, started the evening by welcoming the audience to the event and then quickly turning to the films, first screening Rite of Passage by Maggie Steber, then Phillip Toledano’s A Shadow Remains. After watching the films, Brian invited Phillip, Maggie, and one of the films' producers, Tim McLaughlin, (producers Jennifer Redfearn and Rob Finch were not able to attend the event) to the stage for a Q&A with the audience. Before opening the floor to questions, Brian explained how the projects came to be. He initially approached both Maggie and Phillip about working together on their pieces over four years…

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Register Now for Kansas City Digital Storytelling Forum

Are you a story writer? A videographer? A software designer? A web designer? Are you an entrepreneur? If so, the Digital Storytelling Forum is your opportunity to learn about the future of this industry, how to do it and why. You'll learn from local entrepreneurs doing really cool work in Kansas City and beyond. Meet other creatives looking to make their passion for digital storytelling into a business or solid career opportunity. We're bringing in Frank Rose, contributing editor for Wired, to talk about the future of Digital Storytelling. He'll be showing you examples of where this industry is going. We also hope to inspire participants to develop their own capabilities in digital storytelling as they learn more about this promising area for career and business development. June 21 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. American Heartland Theatre Agenda 8:00 a.m. Registration/Continental Breakfast 9:00 a.m. The Future of Digital Storytelling 10:00 a.m. The…

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