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• IndieCon @ Universal Hilton (Universal City, CA )
14 Mar 2010 at 4:24pm
Sponsored by the Los Angeles Film School, IndieCon’s second panel discussion will be an engaging affair for aspiring film makers and actors alike.
The topic for the second IndieCon? Creating, producing and acting in Indie content (film, games and animation) for distribution to the web.
The panel will feature the amazing talents;
Illeana Douglas (Easy to Assemble, Goodfellas, Ghost World)
Liz S. Miller (Editor)
Eric Smalls (Web Producer)
Marti Restinghini (VP, Programmin)
Frank Krueger (Writer/Actor)
Taryn Southern (Actress/TV Host)
Marc Hus... ( cont'd )
• Cashing in on Your Ideas and Inventions
13 Mar 2010 at 5:02pm
How to sell, protect and promote your innovative ideas
Have you seen your ideas in the store with someone else’s name on them? Television shows like American Inventor and The Pitchmen have shown people, just like you, how to can cash in on their ideas and inventions for big money!
This class will teach you how to take your ideas off the paper and onto the shelves. If you’re afraid to talk about your idea because someone might steal it, you’ll discover there are a variety of ways to obtain proprietary protection and allow you to profit from your inventions.
Topics... ( cont'd )
• Starving Writer Is Dead (North Hollywood)
11 Mar 2010 at 10:43am
Free Screenwriting program - Yes Really Free!
We are looking for serious writers to join our company and write screenplays, teleplays, and stage plays for our members. We offer all the training, opportunities and a great chance to work with talented individuals serious about succeeding in their career. IndieSOS never charges for anything we offer. As writer you material will be shown in our showcase in front of a live audience every month. As you grow you work on webisodes, short films and finally features produced by ... ( cont'd )
• Break into episodic TV as a writer, director, showrunner!! FREE intro (West LA TBD)
8 Mar 2010 at 2:38pm
RSVP with the date you would like to attend March 11th or March 22nd: atv@strategycoaching.info
How do you land a staff-writing job? Get that coveted episode to direct? How do you create and sell your own show?
And, when you get the job, what is expected of you? How do you negotiate the politics of a multi-million dollar, twenty-two episode series shot on punishing eight-day schedules? With countless executives from the network, studio, and production company looking over your shoulder and watching the clock?
Anatomy of a Television Show™ is the only class c... ( cont'd )
• Learn Stand Up Comedy (North Hollywood)
8 Mar 2010 at 12:48pm
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: (800) 883-3531
Comedy Writing Secrets
The Stand Up Comedy Clinic in Burbank is sponsoring "Comedy Writing Secrets" an eight-week joke writing and performing class for comedians, writers, actors or anyone who just wants to learn comedy.
Taught by Jerry Corley, a 20-year stand up veteran and contributing writer to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the program is designed to teach the building blocks to writing funny.
This powerful class focuses on the comedy writing secrets the pros use to sit down everyday and write jokes from... ( cont'd )
• Writing Workshops - Jonathan Gold as a guest (Pasadena and Ojai, CA)
4 Mar 2010 at 10:06am
THE PASADENA WRITING PROJECT INTRODUCES…
A Memoir Writing Workshop
The craziness, the intensity, the breakdowns, the joys, the tragedy of family
life: Nobody will believe it until your write it.
Learn how to turn memories into stories with The Pasadena Writing Projectʼs
“Memoir Writing Workshops,” led by Jervey Tervalon - USC professor and author
of the National Bestseller Dead Above Ground, which details his own family secrets
told through the voice of his mother.
Jervey Tervalon, along with Carla Sameth (entrepreneur and writer), are launching
... ( cont'd )
• Native Voices Premieres Tales of An Urban Indian (Los Angeles)
3 Mar 2010 at 2:48pm
WEST COAST PREMIERE OF TALES OF AN URBAN INDIAN
PRESENTED BY NATIVE VOICES AT THE AUTRY
DURING 10th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
One-Man Show, Written and Performed by Darrell Dennis (Shuswap*),
Premiered in 2009 at New York's The Public Theater
Saturday, March 13 - Sunday, March 28, 2010
(Previews begin Thursday, March 11)
Native Voices at the Autry, America's leading Native American theater company, continues its 10th Anniversary Season with the West Coast premiere of the critically applauded one-man show Tales of an Urban Indian by noted Canadian playwright/acto... ( cont'd )
• IWOSC Panel "BOOKS TO FILM"
2 Mar 2010 at 8:43pm
The Independent Writers of Southern California presents a Panel Discussion: From Books to Film -- Getting the Hollywood Treatment on Monday, March 22, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Building, 4117 Overland (at Culver Boulevard) Culver City. Panelists include: professor and TV/feature film programmer Dan Watanabe; professor and story analyst Barney Lichtenstein; story analyst and script reader/consultant Barbara Schiffman; author, biographer, and screenwriter Marvin J. Wolf; and moderated by journalist/writer/film critic Telly Davidson. COST: Free for IWOSC m... ( cont'd )
• So You Want To Write A Screenplay? (Hollywood, CA)
2 Mar 2010 at 4:24pm
Screenwriting Workshop at The IO West Theatre - 4 Weeks - Monday 7-10 PM (starts 3/29) - $200
This workshop gives writers the tools you need to write a screenplay and also address some of the common pitfalls, mistakes, and miscalculations that writers make. Many great ideas never make it because the writer didn't have a grasp on the basics of cinematic storytelling and the art of screenwriting. Learn how to tell your story in just four weeks! JOHN HINDMAN, writer/director of 2009 Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee "The Answer Man", starring Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham,... ( cont'd )
• Meet BRUCE VILANCH for Lunch - Hollywood Celebrity / Comedian / Writer (West Hollywood, CA)
2 Mar 2010 at 2:22pm
$2,000 Or Best Offer.
You and three guests will have lunch with Bruce, who was a favorite on Hollywood Squares and has starred as Edna Turnblad on Broadway and in the national touring company of Hairspray. Lunch will take place at hot-spot CHEEBO in West Hollywood.
Bruce Vilanch is Hollywood's go-to man for sketch comedy, having written for the the Oscars, the Tonys as well as Bette Midler and Robin Williams. Date subject to availability.
Note: Cheebo is the restaurant where lunch is included. If you wish to hold the lunch at a different restaurant of your c... ( cont'd )
• "New Voices" Film Series Screens Franco-Lebanese-Iranian Feature (5750 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 100)
1 Mar 2010 at 2:10pm
Levantine Center presents an exclusive director's screening of "Niloofar", the acclaimed directorial debut by Franco-Lebanese director Sabine El Gemayel. Filmed in the Khuzestan Province of Iran, near the Iraqi border, this movie is in Persian with English subtitles (82 minutes). This is third film to screen in the New Voices in Middle Eastern Cinema series, which takes place every third Thursday of the month. A Q & A with writer/director Sabine El Gemayel will follow the screening.
Date/Time:
Mar 18 2010 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Price:
$12 general, $10 Levantine member... ( cont'd )
• SPIKE HEELS by Theresa Rebeck (Two Roads Theatre, Studio City)
7 Feb 2010 at 6:03pm
SPIKE HEELS BY THERESA REBECK
Directed by R. Ian MacLeod
Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 pm
March 5th – 27th, 2009
Two Roads Theatre
4348 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City
General Admission: $18.00
Student/Senior: $15.00
Theatermania.com
or call
818-392-7526
Pygmalion goes awry in this contemporary comedy of manners which explores sexual harassment, misplaced love, and the possibility of a four sided love triangle. The players in this game include a sexy, volatile young woman and three Back Bay types: a writer, a lawyer and a fiancée in sensible shoes. Spik... ( cont'd )
• Creative Journaling Art Class (Pasadena)
11 Mar 2010 at 2:05pm
New art class starting in Pasadena next month!
Creative Journals
April 6th 2010 – April 27th 2010
Tuesdays 7:30 -9:30 pm
The Hub Community Center, at Colorado and Morengo, Pasadena CA
The Creative Journal class is an ongoing course that is focused on fostering the creative process. Using journals as our starting point, we utilize new art and writing techniques and fun, innovative ‘assignments’ to spur and inspire new projects, or find new direction in existing projects that are brought to class.
To register and for more information: http://www.creativejournalclass.com/
• Kids Summer Enrichment Program (Glendale)
10 Mar 2010 at 3:14pm
Kids Summer Enrichment Program
June 28 - July 23, 2009
8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Glendale Community College and the Glendale Unified School District are pairing up to offer the Summer Enrichment Program for elementary school children. Now entering it's 7th year this June, the four week program will run from 8:30 and 11:45 am, July 6 through July 31, 2009.
Classes will be held at Fremont Elementary School for a cost of just $395, with each additional child from the same family household paying $325. The program is offered to students entering kindergarten thr... ( cont'd )
• From Pens to Pumps! Career Makeover (Hollywood Heights Hotel)
9 Mar 2010 at 8:34pm
From Pens to Pumps!
Perfecting your Professional Persona
Your Complete Employment Makeover To Reach Ultimate and Stylish Success
Dianne Gubin - Recruiter, Career Coach, Media Host
(www.DianneGubin.com)
Terri Turco Golden – Style Expert and Motivational Speaker
(www.TerriTurco.com)
Are you a professional woman looking to move up, transition, or just plain hang on to your job or career? Would a “Pens to Pumps” business-image re-invention, complete with wardrobe and resume update do the trick?
Join us for a Saturday morning seminar for your “Complete w... ( cont'd )
• Advanced Short Fiction Workshop taught by Iowa Writers' Workshop Grad (Fairfax District)
9 Mar 2010 at 11:26am
WRITING WORKSHOPS LOS ANGELES PRESENTS...
Advanced Short Story Workshop
Thursdays, April 22, 2010 to June 24, 2010 (10 meetings)
Enrollment limit: 6 students
Fee: $400 Payment plans available!
This 10-week course is designed for advanced students who are interested in deepening their understanding of short story craft and technique.
For the first few weeks we will discuss published short fiction and do in-class writing exercises. There will be optional out-of-class writing assignments, and we will hold short critiques of students’ work-in-progress and revi... ( cont'd )
• SHADOW OF A MAN by Cherrie Moraga (Hollywood)
8 Mar 2010 at 8:40pm
SHADOW OF A MAN
The play is set in 1969 in the Roriguez home, a Mexican family living in Los Angeles. The title suggests the omniscient and weighty presence of men in the lives of the female characters. The inevitable outcome leads to a place where the women find solace in one another.
Director: Kimberly Langley
Playwright: Cherrie Moraga
-Winner of the Fund for New American Plays Award
-Named a 2007 USA Rockefeller Fellow
-Granted $50,000 by United States Artists, an advocacy foundation dedicated to the support and promotion of America's top living artists.
... ( cont'd )
• Learn Stand Up Comedy (North Hollywood)
8 Mar 2010 at 12:48pm
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Phone: (800) 883-3531
Comedy Writing Secrets
The Stand Up Comedy Clinic in Burbank is sponsoring "Comedy Writing Secrets" an eight-week joke writing and performing class for comedians, writers, actors or anyone who just wants to learn comedy.
Taught by Jerry Corley, a 20-year stand up veteran and contributing writer to the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the program is designed to teach the building blocks to writing funny.
This powerful class focuses on the comedy writing secrets the pros use to sit down everyday and write jokes from... ( cont'd )
• Writing the Tween and Teen Novel (Vroman's Bookstore)
8 Mar 2010 at 11:21am
Writing the Tween and Teen Novel
Tuesdays, March 23- April 27, 6:30pm -8:30pm
$350.00 per student (plus tax)
Do you have an idea for a middle grade or young adult novel but don't know how to start? Have you started and stalled? Or do you just wonder if writing for kids might be for you? Through lecture, discussion and in-class writings, this six week workshop will help you
-- Find your novel's voice
-- Get to know your characters
-- Place your story in time and space
-- Multi-task through dialog
-- Structure your plot
-- And get it all moving!
Instructor: ... ( cont'd )
• Writing Class: Curing the Second Act Blues (Vroman's Bookstore)
8 Mar 2010 at 11:12am
Curing the Second Act Blues
Thursdays, March 25 - April 29, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
$350.00 per student (plus tax)
The long second act has been the bane of screenwriters, both amateurs and professionals, since Man began writing on cave walls. The dilemma lies in the story. This class covers the journey from the idea to the story to the screenplay. The two major guidelines are PREPARATION and STRUCTURE. Most writers, even the pros, are anxious to get to PAGE ONE/FADE IN, which is usually the beginning of a journey going nowhere. Through Preparation and Structure, the seco... ( cont'd )
• Grant Writing Training Workshop (Webinar Online Nationwide)
6 Mar 2010 at 1:50pm
We have over 8 years of experience in writing and training on how to find and apply for grants, we are partners with the US Census, a member of the largest grant maker.
Our track record for applying for grants for Profit and Non Profit corporations, small businesses, and more, is 75% funded, we take you step by step by phone and Internet to show you were to find the grants, how to apply for them, and what you need on your computer in order to receive the funding.
Learn how Today! just click on the link below and register, fee for this three hour workshop is $79.99.... ( cont'd )
• Writing Workshops - Jonathan Gold as a guest (Pasadena and Ojai, CA)
4 Mar 2010 at 10:06am
THE PASADENA WRITING PROJECT INTRODUCES…
A Memoir Writing Workshop
The craziness, the intensity, the breakdowns, the joys, the tragedy of family
life: Nobody will believe it until your write it.
Learn how to turn memories into stories with The Pasadena Writing Projectʼs
“Memoir Writing Workshops,” led by Jervey Tervalon - USC professor and author
of the National Bestseller Dead Above Ground, which details his own family secrets
told through the voice of his mother.
Jervey Tervalon, along with Carla Sameth (entrepreneur and writer), are launching
... ( cont'd )
• IWOSC Seminar, "Working Your Manuscript" with Maralys Wills
2 Mar 2010 at 8:42pm
The Independent Writers of Southern California (IWOSC) Presents A Saturday Seminar: WORKING YOUR MANUSCRIPT -- The beginning, the plot, and ten ways to improve everything. Saturday, March 20, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Veterans Memorial Building 4117 Overland, Culver City. As the author of 12 books in a variety of genres, and a creative writing teacher for 22 years, Maralys Wills will provide concrete suggestions and tips in these areas: “Ten Ways to Improve Your Manuscript” -- “The all-important Beginning,” -- “Plotting Made Easy.” COST: IWOSC members $15, $35 for non-... ( cont'd )
• So You Want To Write A Screenplay? (Hollywood, CA)
2 Mar 2010 at 4:24pm
Screenwriting Workshop at The IO West Theatre - 4 Weeks - Monday 7-10 PM (starts 3/29) - $200
This workshop gives writers the tools you need to write a screenplay and also address some of the common pitfalls, mistakes, and miscalculations that writers make. Many great ideas never make it because the writer didn't have a grasp on the basics of cinematic storytelling and the art of screenwriting. Learn how to tell your story in just four weeks! JOHN HINDMAN, writer/director of 2009 Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee "The Answer Man", starring Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham,... ( cont'd )
• ----->> DON'T LET ANOTHER YEAR GO BY WITHOUT WRITING! <<----- (W. Van Nuys/Reseda)
27 Feb 2010 at 10:56pm
KICK-START YOUR CREATIVITY IN A WARM, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT.
THE ORCHARD WRITING WORKSHOPS WILL HELP YOU
GET TO THE STORY YOU REALLY WANT TO TELL,
WHETHER IT'S FICTION, MEMOIR, POETRY, LYRICS, OR ESSAY.
* NEW WORKSHOP BEGINNING MARCH 15TH *
6 WEEKS • MONDAYS, 7-9 PM • $125
YOU'LL BE AMAZED AT WHAT YOU PRODUCE. JOIN US!
CALL (818) 359-1021
• 4th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair (Leimert Park Village)
10 Feb 2010 at 9:20am
Mark your calendar for the 4th Annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 26, 2010, from 10:00 am - 6:00p. Come celebrate the written word with over 100 authors, spoken word performers, poets, and artists, and over 75 literary exhibitors. Participate in writing workshops, panel discussions, and author meet and greets. Children's Village, Publisher's Row, and Cooking Demo Pavilion --- venues will have something for everyone.
New and Established authors welcomed. Volunteers Needed.
Save the date: Saturday, June 26, 2010!!... ( cont'd )
• West Hollywood Book Fair (647 North San Vicente)
17 Jan 2010 at 9:22pm
Controversial author known by her stage name Holly Vegas will be meeting with readers at the West Hollywood Book Fair - Holly's book
Selling Sex in Hollywood is also known as Casting in West Hollywood, Los Angeles because of her inside look into the industries involvement with the sex industry. Former Las Vegas dancer, Holly came to Los Angeles after being cast in a reality series and began writing her stories. She also researched similar adventures dealing with girls in her shoes like Savannah, Marilyn Chambers, and Shauna Grant.
The West Hollywood Book Fair en... ( cont'd )
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