Get a look at acting, writing, and all things Hallmark ... including the Christmas movie! Harvardwood Boston will be joined by writer & actor Peyton McDavitt AB '06 at this salon, limited to 12 attendees. Please RSVP at the bottom of this page; light refreshments will be served.

• $5 for Harvardwood Members & Friends
• $15 for Non-Members

Peyton McDavitt AB '06
(House, Grey's Anatomy, The Young & the Restless)

Born and raised Boston Irish Catholic, Peyton McDavitt didn’t know the difference between a wedding and a funeral until she was about 12. She does, however, know the difference between their, they’re, and there. She graduated from Harvard. Then she told her parents she wanted to be an actor. That went over well. After working on several movies and TV shows and perfecting the art of running in night vision goggles on camera (so hard!) she became a writer (even better). It’s a funny story. Promise.

She gained entry into the New York Television Festival and subsequently won a development deal with LIFETIME A&E. She has written for THE GUYS CHOICE AWARDS for SPIKE/SONY, YOUTUBE Red, FACEBOOK TV, and MEDINAH, the first scripted show to come out of the Arabic world... for which she lived in the Middle East for a few months and even ate baby camel. She felt pretty bad about that. She is currently writing her second feature for THE HALLMARK CHANNEL.

She was awarded runner up out of over 2,000 submissions for the SCREENCRAFT Horror/Thriller competition. She was also a top 20 finalist in the SCREENCRAFT pilot competition out of over 1,700 submissions. That same pilot garnered a nomination for the 2017 WriteHer List. She is a TV consultant and has worked as part of think tank for E! Entertainment, as well as a TV and feature script editor and consultant.

She is an avid athlete, former USA Jr. National Team field hockey player, Division I AllAmerican, and Radcliffe Prize recipient (awarded to the top female athlete at Harvard). She is a terrible cellist. Most notably, she loves scotch and cigars. Thank you notes are a forte.

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Purchase tickets   $5.00 Members & Friends

Grammy®-nominated string orchestra A Far Cry has developed a distinct approach to music-making, with playing and programming that encourage risk-taking and exploration for both player and audience. Known for its high energy, the ensemble “brims with personality or, better, personalities, many and varied” (The New York Times). The self-conducted orchestra is a democracy in which decisions are made collectively which has led to consistently thoughtful, innovative, and unpredictable programming.

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048 
GLASS: Symphony No. 3 
BARTÓK: Divertimento for string orchestra, Sz. 113, BB 118 
Osvaldo GOLIJOV: Tenebrae

Creatives! Trying to complete a project? Looking for an accountability partner? Looking for courage to start your passion project?

Harvardwood is launching a monthly group to meet with the purpose of helping each other to unlock our creative juices and get things done. The workshop will be loosely structured around Julia Cameron's books The Artist Way and The Vein of Gold. The group is open to any current-dues members creating art: writers, singers, actors, directors, producers, sculptors, painters, musicians, etc.

Join us for our preliminary meeting this March, and please RSVP by March 8th, so we can get an accurate headcount. Make sure you are logged in and dues-current to access the RSVP link. Thank you!

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In The World According to Fannie Davis, Bridgett M. Davis shares a singular memoir that tells the story of one unforgettable mother, her devoted daughter, and the life they lead running the numbers in the Detroit of the 1960s and 1970s. 

Davis will be in conversation with Atlanta's own Tayari Jones RAE '12, RF '12, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage.

Bridgett M. Davis is Professor of Journalism and the Writing Professions at Baruch College, CUNY, where she teaches creative, film and narrative writing and is Director of the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence Program. A graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she is the director of the award-winning feature film "Naked Acts," as well as the author of two novels, "Into the Go-Slow" and "Shifting Through Neutral." She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.

Tayari Jones is the author of four novels, including "An American Marriage," "Silver Sparrow," "The Untelling," and "Leaving Atlanta." Jones holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. A winner of numerous literary awards, she is a professor of creative writing at Emory University.

Check out Tayari's Harvardwood profile!

High Culture?  Low Culture?  Are these parts of a continuous spectrum?  Or do they exist in direct opposition--perhaps even in dynamic and creative opposition?

Jed Perl is one of the most brilliant and insightful of today's thinkers and writers about art. John Ashbery called him "an almost solitary, essential voice", and a reviewer in The Atlantic wrote that Perl "may be the finest American critic at work today in any field."  Perl is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books.  Before that he was art critic for The New Republic for two decades and was a contributing editor at Vogue.  Fran Lebowitz wrote of Perl's new biography of Alexander Calder, "All artists are critics, but very few critics are artists.  Jed Perl is one of those few."

Perls other books include Magicians and Charlatans, Antoine's Alphabet, Eyewitness, and New Art City, and he edited Art in America 1945-1970 for the Library of America.  He has written for Harper's, The New Criterion, The Threepenny Review, The Yale Review, Salmagundi, and many others.  He's been given awards by, among others, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, and the Ingram-Merrill Foundation.  He has appeared on Charlie Rose, the McNeil Lehrer New Hour, CNN, and National Public Radio.  He is a visiting professor of Liberal Studies at The New School.

Photo credit: Duane Michals

The doors will open at 6:30 pm (please do not arrive earlier) and the evening will begin with a wine and cheese reception.  The talk will begin promptly at 7 pm.

Cost: $5 for dues-paying Harvardwood members (and their guests); $15 for all others.

Advance registration is REQUIRED.  No tickets will be sold at the door.

Special thanks to Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
and to Andy Goodwin and the Plymouth Hill Foundation

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Purchase tickets   $5.00 Members & Friends

Join Marc and Maria Unger, co-creators of  THESPIAN (now available on Amazon and Amazon Prime), along with THESPIAN cast members including Sasha Carrera EDM ‘00 for this one-day comprehensive workshop. They’ll tell you what you need to know to create your own DIY indie episodic series, feature or short film, and provide practical advice and an overview of the entire process. Learn from their triumphs and mistakes. The workshop will use examples from THESPIAN’s eight-episode first season, and will cover the following:

• Creating a compelling story arc
• Writing unique characters with a specific “voice”
• Pre-production - Storyboards, planning a shot list to get the proper coverage, set design, creating a shooting schedule to maximize efficiency, etc.
• How to find the essential crew needed to realize your vision (and how to keep them happy)
• The audition process and what you should look for when putting together a cast
• Shot composition, camera movement and lighting- what will make your work stand out from all the rest
• Finding interesting locations
• Directing actors
• Tips on directing yourself as an actor (while dealing with issues like lighting, too much traffic noise and lunch)
• How to avoid “on set” chaos
• The importance of good sound and tricks for getting it in unfavorable conditions
• Understanding how operating under a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) New Media contract is beneficial and how to handle the paperwork.
• Post-Production - Understanding the challenges you’ll encounter and how to get your work out of the camera and onto the screen.
• Marketing techniques to maximize the size of your audience (and how to attract funding through crowd-sourced platforms)

SIGN UP BEFORE FEB 1^stand RECEIVE A 15% DISCOUNT. SPACE IS LIMITED

For more information email thespianseries@gmail.com or call Marc at 443-630-4022.

If you’d like to check out THESPIAN, here’s the link to Amazon: http://a.co/d/flrxGWp.(Free for Amazon Prime members. If you don’t have Prime and would like to watch the series just sign up for the workshop and we’ll send you links to view all eight first season episodes.)

The Ivy Plus Society wants 2019 to be the year that you are prosperous. We're taking you down the yellow brick road to Fig & Olive's West Coast flagship location for a night of networking! This luxurious escape from the everyday is worthy of sharing with LA's finest and brightest achievers. Whether you're new to the society or one of our regulars, our Fig & Olive & Networking event will be a night that you flourish.

• Attire: Smart Casual
• Must be 21+ with valid I.D.
• 20% Off Promo Code: 2019ALUMNI

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