Have you heard of Arianna Huffington bloggers?
They're out there and one of them is Penn graduate alum Scott Shrake (GSAS'96)
From the Arianna Huffington site, "He [Scott] has been a marketing copyeditor for Borders and Discovery, and a writer for the Wharton School at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, as well as for the University of Michigan. In those jobs and as an editor at UsedWigs.com and a writer at the Philadelphia City Paper, he has interviewed many famous people, but their fame hasn't rubbed off on him... yet."
So what does he blog about?
Per Scott, "My angle at the HuffPo Politics blog is that even though I moved to D.C. a matter of months ago and I don't work in politics and I'm kind of long in the tooth to be making a new start, I am trying to become the "ultimate Washington insider." I am carving out a niche for myself among Arianna Huffington's bloggers as the guy on the ground in D.C., the one going to parties and court cases and whatnot."
Check out the article he just published on hecklers and learn why he "in a way" may consider himself one.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
What do you get when you mix a sex addicts, a tourist, an immigrant and a psychic?
You get a new Penn alum film.
Film Producer and founder of Ibid Filmworks, Jody Girgenti (C'98) has made the festival rounds with her newly produced award winning film called Approaching Union Square.
The film is a collage of eleven tales capturing thirty-something New Yorkers struggling to find love and connection in the big city. Among the elegantly drawn characters whose lives briefly intersect on a New York City bus are a sex addict, a tourist, an Italian immigrant, and a woman newly awakened to her own psychic powers who senses imminent tragedy.
Some great quotes about the film:
Variety says, “thought-provoking” and “touches with skilled insight.”
A “startlingly accomplished debut … smart, confessional, rueful, funny and sad,” writes the Montreal Gazette.
Stay tuned for this film's TV premiere on the Sundance Channel in 2008!
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Come all ye loyal classman now from hall and campus through...
Attention Freshmen, if you haven't heard yet, Penn's Mask and Wig Club, the nation's oldest (119 years+!) all-male musical comedy troupe is performing for you guys twice (and for FREE!) this upcoming weekend.
As an alum of Mask and Wig, it is my duty to let the freshmen reading this blog out there know that you're in for a treat.
PERFORMING ARTS NIGHT - Saturday, September 8 (7 pm at Zellerbach Theater)
Mask and Wig will be performing their famous musical number, Tuition! Be prepared to see Penn in a whole new light. : )
FRESHMAN FREE SHOW - Sunday, September 9th (9 pm at Zellerbach Theater)
Mask and Wig's Free Show attracts audiences of over 1,000 freshman each year. As your only chance to see Mask and Wig for Free, it's a show you won't want to miss!
Young men interested in joining the Club can attend the Schmoozer in Mask and Wig's Clubroom in Lower Quad immediately following the Free Show. For those guys interested in trying out for the group, auditions will be held on Monday, September 10th, at 5:00pm in The Arch.
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Monday, September 3, 2007
Attention music lovers and Penn alumni Film and TV producers who need uplifting, catchy music for their shows...
Meet singer songwriter Gabriel Mann (C'95, Off the Beat).
Gabe releases his 4th full-length studio album Tall Buildings on Tuesday and per Gabe it's his "most fully realized material to date". I've been listening to it for about a month now and it is not only great, but it is infectious!
Per Gabe, "It's been in the works since I returned from my tour opening for Alanis Morrisette in Europe in the spring of 2005, and the songs cover some particular events from that period of my life, the lives of those near and dear to me, and places that are important to me.
Enjoy his music below!
Listen to Shadows of Tall Buildings
“I’ve always felt comfortable in New York,” says Mann. “And the title track reflects feelings I’ve often had there. Shadows of Tall Buildings represent our greatest expectations. Sometimes we fulfill them, sometimes not – sometimes we are relegated to the shadows, sometimes we are able to rise above.”
Listen to Eight Feet Tall
"Eight Feet Tall is about pressure, stress, and the difficulty of standing up to those who would bring you down, as well as the insecurity that comes with these pressures."
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Sunday, September 2, 2007
Did you hear that Brittney Exline, a 15 year old (!) is attending Penn this year as a freshman?
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