Bay Area Backroads, KRON-TV again! Sunday edition. Coming soon. Watch this site for the date. Don't miss a wonderful little piece on Pleasant, featuring Susheel and her chautauqua.
MEP Chautauqua, Town Hall Theatre (Moraga Rd at School St. off Mt. Diablo Blvd), Lafayette, CA., Oct. 8, 7pm, FREE. -Will be taped for a future TV documentary. You are invited. Email us by October 6. Reservations suggested. But come, any way. Be a part of history!!
BRING A FRIEND.
The musical chautauqua, O Freedom!, November 10 at 2 p.m. at the League of Volunteers, City of Newark, Newark, CA (near Oakland and Fremont). Email us for details. Come to this special music performance -- live ensemble, period music, Susheel as Pleasant in song and drama.
Book the chautauqua now for 2003!! You�ll be glad you did.
WHAT'S NOTEWORTHY?!!!
A digital archive and documentary on Pleasant is "in the works":
The National Parks Service's (NPS) Network to Freedom Program! has generously awarded a grant to Susheel for a digital archive on Pleasant for use by scholars and others. This money and matching monies from AAMLO (The African American Museum and Library at Oakland) and The California Council for the Humanities will help complete script development and the DVD that will house archive of Bibbs research. Watch for the archive in 2003 -- to be housed at AAMLO and sold later through this site to the general public.
The MEP programs (musical and dramatic chautauquas and the touring exhibit) were among the first nineteen programs chosen for the NPS Network-to-Freedom nationwide and were one set of only two programs in California to be selected in the first NPS round. Bibbs' proposal for the archive scored in the top three for the country. --Congrats!! Thanks Network to Freedom Program!!!
- To book or get information about the chautauqua programs or exhibit, just email us at [email protected]
WHAT's Up?!!!
o We got the grant!!! � Susheel just
received a major grant from the California Council for the Humanities to script a TV documentary on Mary Pleasant. We�ll need your help! Know potential funders? Please let us know. Look below to donate online (tax deductible)
o We are now non-profit thanks to Film
Arts Foundation's sponsorship. Why not donate towards the TV project by credit card or cash. �No donation too small!
By mail: Checks to Film Arts Foundation, c/o A. Rosas-Walsh, 346 9th St., San Francisco, CA 94103. Note that it is for "Meet Mary Pleasant"
Online -- Link below. "Meet Mary Pleasant" is NOW listed under "M" within their "sponsored projects."
The video documentary will solve many of the mysteries that have surrounded Pleasant for over 100 years
Donations are needed -- Want to donate through the Filmarts Foundation (tax deductible)?? Film Arts Donation Page
Just select "Sponsored Projects" and, under "M," go to "Meet Mary Pleasant." IT's UP!!!!
p>Look for the film on TV (with an accompanying digital archive) by 2003!
Want to GIVE WITHOUT GIVING $$$?!!! Here's how --
-Join igive.com-- a unique funding site.
Steps:
Join iGive.com for FREE; then, select "Mary Ellen Pleasant Productions/DKC" for donations
Shop online at your favorite sites (any of the 240+ stores in their Mall) as you would normally. You�ll see all your favorites there, including Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Radio Shack, Toys R Us, Dell, CDNow, and JCPenney!
After you shop, our Documentary fund receives a percentage of the purchase! -no strings! (DKC is Daya Kay Communications, the M.E.P. parent company.)
You'll give without paying anything extra. Please help. It�s free, it�s easy, and every purchase you make helps us produce a story that should inspire millions.
Interested in the MEP touring exhibit?? Contact: SF Art Commission Gallery, Rupert Jenkins, director 415-252-2568 or [email protected] It has been beautifully reframed for art-museum presentation!
Interested in having a grant for the musical "O Freedom!"? Contact M.E.P. Productions directly at [email protected] to secure a date and for further information. Theater or theatrical setup needed.
More to come! Book now for 2003!
Contact MEP Productions and Publications/DKC for more information by email or by fax at 415-337-8532 at [email protected]
