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Media Contact: Armand@PattyLeeRecords.com, Patty 504 866 4480
FREE TO THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC
5TH ANNUAL KATRINA ARTISTICALLY REVISITED
COMMEMORATIVE SPECIAL EVENT IN NEW ORLEANS
on the 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA
produced yearly by Patty Lee St. Martin and Armand St. Martin
August 28, 2010 - - from 10:30 PM to
August 29, 2010 - - at 12:30 AM (just past midnight)
at
THE THEATRES AT CANAL PLACE
333 Canal Blvd. - 3rd Floor - Parking at Canal Place
KATRINA LOBBY EXHIBITS: 10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
KATRINA PROGRAM IN THEATRE: 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM (just past midnight)
Please arrive early to enjoy the Lobby Exhibits
and to share your Katrina experiences with others
Gusto restaurant-cafe will have food and drinks available for purchase
This 2010 unique special 5th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited event
on the eve of the 5th Anniversary of Katrina is sponsored by:
THEATRES AT CANAL PLACE, GEORGE SOLOMON, OWNER
THEATRES AT CANAL PLACE, DOUG WHITFORD, V.P. FILM
NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS FOUNDATION
PATTY LEE RECORDS
PONDEROSA STOMP FOUNDATION
GARDEN DISTRICT BOOK SHOP, AND AMY LOEWY, MANAGER
with a special thank you to:
THEATRES AT CANAL PLACE, BRIAN JONES, G.M. AND STAFF
MARK SINDLER, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, THE LOUISIANA STATE MUSEUM
JAY CHEVALIER
GISELA CHEVALIER
BETH FISHER, NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS GIG FUND
DENNIS COUVILLION, FILMMAKER
NEW ORLEANS KIDS CAMERA PROJECT, JOANNA ROSENTHAL/ARIYA MARTIN
STAFF OF LANDMARK CANAL PLACE CINEMA--PAST FOUR KARTINA EVENTS
MARK D'ARENSBERG, FED-X
GUSTO RESTAURANT, CHEF ADOLFO GARCIA AND STAFF
MUSICIANS/PARTICIPANTS--PREVIOUS KATRINA ARTISTICALLY REVISITED EVENTS
PARTICIPANTS IN THE 5TH ANNUAL KATRINA ARTISTICALLY REVISITED
August 2010 Press Release #1:
THE
5th ANNUAL KATRINA ARTISTICALLY REVISITED
(on the 5th Anniversary Eve of Katrina)
August 28, 2010 (near midnight)
Times: Theatre Lobby Exhibits open: 10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Times:
Theatre Screenings and Performances 11:30 pm - 12:45 am (midnight)
Location: Theatres at Canal Place, 3rd Floor, 333 Canal St., New Orleans
Phone:
Patty Lee, 504 469 5431 (media only); 504 525 1254 (theatre)
Admission: free (ages over 18 admitted only)
The Katrina Artistically Revisited special commemorative multimedia events - - annually produced by Patty Lee and Armand St. Martin - - have been held every Anniversary Eve of Katrina, since Katrina, at the Theatres at Canal Place, "to remember all those we lost and to honor those who survived."
On this 5th anniversary eve of Katrina, this is also the 5th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited event.
The 5th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited special event will provide Katrina-oriented music, short films, documentary shorts, oral stories, books, and photographs. All participants in the event are local and are survivors of Katrina's wrath.
Each year this special event is personally dedicated, by the producers, in memory of "Mom" Nona Lee, 88 1/2, and William "Uncle Bill" Ulmer, 99 - - sadly neither survived the first year of Katrina's aftermath.
As always, entrance is Free to the public (over the age of 18 admitted only)
This program of unique events, for the community and guests to New Orleans, is designed to provide a soft-focus artistic approach to Katrina's tragedy, which in turn lends attendees the opportunity to mingle and share their own stories with each other while feeling a sense of camaraderie in the Lobby before the program begins. The program in the Main Theatre offers folks the further opportunity to be entertained through the arts, while quietly reflecting on their own lives since Katrina, and feeling a sense of compassion for others and healing for oneself. It also offers a time for individuals to remember the limitless acts of kindness from family and strangers alike, who helped those who could not survive Post Katrina alone.
The meaningful date and time for Katrina Artistically Revisited was purposefully created to begin every August 28th before midnight "when our lives were normal" and to end after midnight on August 29th, "when our lives were changed forever." - P.Lee, The 5th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited on the 5th Anniversary Eve
In the Theatre Lobby, 10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
A Katrina photo display, to also meet the artist, by award-winning staff
photographer at the Louisiana State Museum, Mark Sindler; a book display
of published Katrina books, offered for sale by the manager of Garden
District Books, Amy Loewy; oral story sharing; food and drinks available
for purchase at the lobby cafe, Gusto Restaurant, by Chef Adolfo Garcia.
In the Theatre, 11:30 pm - 12:45 pm
Brief introduction by Armand St. Martin; music and original Katrina songs
performed solo, by award-winning zydeco and blues recording artist, Bruce
"Sunpie" Barnes; by legendary rockabilly Hall of Fame recipient
and Louisiana troubadour with his official Katrina Recovery song, Jay
Chevalier; by jazz orchestra leader, Orange Kellin; and by recording artist,
New Orleans roots rock 'n roll pianoman and entertainer, Armand St. Martin;
oral stories from Gisela Chevalier and several first responders and audience;
a bxw short film by New Orleans photographer Dennis Couvillion, titled,
Stillness. . . the Aftermath of Katrina; commercial short trailer for
the documentary, "Katrina's Children" produced by Richard Colton
and Babs Johnson; photo-slides by the New Orleans Kids Camera Project,
produced by Joanna Rosenthal and Ariya Martin, with live music; backdrop
photos on screen by New Orleans photographers Donn Young (Port of New
Orleans photographer), Mark Sindler (Louisiana State Museum photographer),
and Patty Lee (creator/producer of Katrina Artistically Revisited).
This year's 5th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited multimedia event is sponsored in New Orleans by: the Theatres at Canal Place, George Solomon, owner, Doug Whitford, V.P. of Film, Brian Jones, GM; Beth Fisher, the Musicians Foundation and Gig Fund; Patty and Armand St. Martin of Patty Lee Records, Amy Loewy, manager, Garden District Book Shop, and Ponderosa Stomp.
* We also wish to thank all the participants, theatre staff, and audience in advance. Many have participated and attended since the very 1st Katrina Artistically Revisited, on the first anniversary eve of Katrina, 2006. When Hurricane Gustav caused a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans for the 3rd Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited, the participants took a vote that day that "the show must go on". While the city of New Orleans was otherwise eerily emptied by midnight, August 28, 2007, the 3rd Anniversary event went on as scheduled (and. . . with an audience. . .that the management of theatre said was "more people than all the other movies combined for that day!") - the producers
Media contact: Patty Lee, 504 866 4480 or pattyandarmand@mindspring.com
Archives:
Below is information from last year's 4th Annual Katrina Artistically Revisited;
4TH ANNUAL KATRINA ARTISTICALLY REVISITED - KATRINA ANNIVERSARY EVENT
August 28, 2009 Friday 11:30 PM - August 29, 2009 Saturday 12:30 AM
ONE HOUR ONLY. . . ONE NIGHT ONLY
KATRINA ARTISTICALLY REVISITED is our 4th annual, one-hour midnight special
event, August 28th starting at 11:30 PM to August 29th at 12:30 AM in
New Orleans to commemorate the anniversary of Katrina "in memory
of those we lost and to honor those who survived".
At the Landmark Canal Place Cinema Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana,
producers Patty Lee and Armand St. Martin offer a unique, solemn artistic
multi-media midnight experience.
The hour-long program includes original Katrina songs by Bruce "Sunpie"
Barnes who is a zydeco-music recording artist and will perform his "Didn't
It Rise"; Jay Chevalier who is in the National Rockabilly Hall of
Fame and is also the Official Louisiana Troubadour with the Official Hurricane
Recovery Song titled, "Come Back to Louisiana"; and Armand St.
Martin, a New Orleans entertainer and recording artist on Patty Lee Records
who will perform his "Orleans Lullaby (Help Us Sleep)". These
recording artists will also perform other Katrina-appropriate songs as
well.
St. Martin, a 10th-generation New Orleanian, will also have his new CD, "Katrina Anthem" featuring his Katrina original, "Orleans Lullaby" at "Katrina Artistically Revisited". The CD includes 7 original St. Martin songs. St. Martin performed this same song live for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's Make It Right Foundation's "Pink Project" kick-off press ceremonies in the Lower Ninth Ward. The song is also featured on the "30 Years of Giving Back" video DVD, "Chris Madden's Project Katrina".
"Katrina Artistically Revisited" will also feature "Stillness.
. . the Aftermath of Katrina", a short bxw film produced by award-winning
New Orleans photographer Dennis Couvillion with the soundtrack by Dean
Dupuy and Ramsey Mcclean, and with the music recorded and produced by
Armand St. Martin at Bayou Bohemia Studios of Patty Lee Records in New
Orleans.
Photographs by Donn Young, Mark Sindler, and Patty Lee will provide screen
backdrops for the music and oral Katrina stories.
A Trailer for the documentary "Katrina's Children", courtesy of Executive Producer of this project, Mr. Richard Colton, will be shown.
A photo film-essay wll also be on the big screen by the New Orleans Kid Camera Project, courtesy of Joanna Rosenthal and Ariya Martin, with live music by Armand St. Martin.
Several Katrina survivors will also tell their stories, including a first
responder Gisela Chevalier.
This is a local FREE event, open to the public for everybody, provided
by local talent and funded in full for 2008 by Armand St. Martin and Patty
Lee.
Free to the public. Prg. $2/validation; we validate.
Thank you to the dedicated Staff at Landmark Canal Place Cinema Theatre.
LOCATION INFORMATION:
ONE HOUR. . . ONE NIGHT ONLY
Friday August 28th, 11:30 PM - Saturday August 29th, 12:30 AM - - FREE
The Landmark Canal Place Cinema Theatre
333 Canal Street, 3rd Floor
New Orleans, LA
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Patty Lee, Media Contact
email: pattyandarmand@mindspring.com
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