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MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: SATURDAY, MARCH 9 , 2019

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MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: SATURDAY, MARCH 9 , 2019

WHO: 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival 

WHAT: Day Three Features Screenings in San Francisco and San Rafael

WHEN / WHERE Saturday, March 9: ##

10am, 1pm, 4pm, 7pm Cowell Theater (Fort Mason, SF)

1:30pm Roxie Theatre (3117 16th Street, SF)

7pm: Smith Rafael Film Center (1118 4th St, San Rafael)

WEB: www.intloceanfilmfest.org 

WHY: Since its launch in 2004, the San Francisco-based International Ocean Film Festival has attracted thousands of spectators of all ages from around the world, including film enthusiasts, sea athletes, educators, and environmental supporters. Since then, the Festival has presented on average over 50 films annually from 15 different countries and featured post-film Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers, special panel discussions with content experts, and the Annual Free Student Education Program. It was the first event of its kind in North America, inspired by the well-established ocean festival in Toulon, France, Festival International du Film Maritime, which has continued to draw large audiences for more than 40 years. The International Ocean Film Festival is a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit.Sponsors for the 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival include National Marine Sanctuaries, the Canadian Consulate of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, BigBus of San Francisco, SSA, RBC Wealth Management, Port of San Francisco, Alcatraz Cruises, San Francisco Magazine, and Hyatt Hotels, the Premiere Hotel Sponsor for the Festival. 

Detailed Schedule Follows:

Saturday, March 9 at 10am – Program #6
Presented by BigBus San Francisco

  • The Ocean’s Message, Cynthia Abbott* & Andrea Leland (USA) 5 min
  • The Salty Generations, Shaun Wolfe*, Shelby Oliver (USA) 8 min
  • Whitehall,Wendy Schuss* (USA) 9 min 
  • The Swimmer, Thomas Beug (Ireland) 12 min
  • Water Warrior, Monica Medellin* (USA) 4 min
  • Beach Watch, Mary Jane Schramm* (USA) 5 min – World Premiere
  • Surviving in the Lagoon, Gil Kebaili, Manuel Lefevre (France) 53 min – U.S. Premiere 

Saturday, March 9 at 1 pm – Program #7 SHARK PROGRAM
Presented by Alcatraz Cruises

  • Near Miss, Josh Berry* (USA) 12 min – Bay Area Premiere 
  • Farallon Patrol: Feeding the Devil’s Teeth, Paul McManus*, Kylie West, Chris Winn (USA) 10 min
  • The Angel’s Secrets, Elodie Turpin (Canada) 27 min – West Coast Premiere
  • 700 Sharks, Luc Marescot (France) 93 min – West Coast Premiere 

Saturday, March 9 at 1:30pm Roxie Theatre (3117 16th Street, San Francisco)

Program #1 

  • Bahía, Santiago Ramirez (Colombia) 8 min
  • Deep Time, Kirsten and Joachim Jakobsen (Portugal) 10 min
  • New Caledonia, Mother of the Coral Sea, Shawn Heinrichs (New Caledonia) 14 min
  • Scars – Politics in the Big Blue, Karin Hartman (Netherlands) 65 min

Saturday, March 9 at 4pm – Program #8

  • Diving Surge Narrows, Grant Callegari, Tavish Campbell (Canada) 4 min
  • Defending The Deep, Will Parrinello* (USA) 6 min
  • Colors of Change, Jenny Nichols (USA) 22 min
  • Deep Look – Whack! Jab! Crack! It’s a Blackback Land Crab Smackdown, Elliott Kennerson (USA) 5 min
  • Call of the Baby Beluga,Suzanne Chisholm, Michael Parfit (Canada) 52 min

Saturday, March 9 at 7pm – Program #9
Presented by SSA

  • Wake Up, Haydn Fischer* (USA) 2 min
  • Deep Look – This Adorable Sea Slug is a Sneaky Little Thief, Joshua Cassidy* (USA) 5 min
  • A Feather to Kill, Hardy Jones**, Uli Ploefner (USA) 48 min – World Premiere 

Saturday, March 9 at 7pm – (Smith Rafael Film Center 1118 4th St, San Rafael, CA 94901) Program #2

  • Every Nine Minutes, DJ O’Neil, Oliver Hamilton*, (USA) 4 min – World Premiere
  • Chasing The Thunder, Mark Benjamin*, Marc Levin (USA) 96 min

Dezart Performs Wraps Up 11th Season with Maytag Virgin by Audrey Cefaly

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Dezart Performs Wraps Up 11th Season with Maytag Virgin by Audrey Cefaly

“Southern Love Story” directed by Deborah Harmon runs April 5 – 14
www.dezartperforms.org

8 March 2019 – Palm Springs, CA:  He’s a handsome Catholic widower, and she’s got “good legs for a Baptist”, also recently bereaved. Together, this down-home odd-couple of next door neighbors generate sparks, laughs and more than a bit of Faulknerian introspection in Audrey Cefaly’s Maytag Virgin, the season closer for Dezart Performs. Directed by Deborah Harmon, this “Southern love story” is the ultimate offering of the critically acclaimed and almost completely-sold-out 11th Season from the award winning Palm Springs ensemble. The play runs April 5 – 14 at the Pearl McManus Theater (at the historic Palm Springs Woman’s Club / 314 S Cahuilla Road, Downtown Palm Springs).


“This is such a wonderfully evocative and nuanced script,” said Shaw, founding artistic director for Dezart Performs. “It grows on you like a deep South twilight, with flashes of humor and melancholy, like fireflies on the page. These two characters reveal ultimate truths about the human condition in such a touch manner. It brings to mind the works of Truman Capote and Eudora Welty. Southern charm has come to the desert in this play.”

Alabama high-school teacher Lizzy Nash is on a leave of absence after the sudden death of her husband when a mysterious new neighbor moves in next door. Jack and Lizzy, both hiding a world of secrets and pain, excite and confound each other. Maytag Virgin explores the ideas of moving forward and self-enlightenment, and the bridge between the two. “Unflinchingly honest. Cefaly’s writing is richly-layered, creating compelling characters that must balance love and heartache, the safe with the unfamiliar.” (DC Metro Theatre Arts)  “It’s the emotional journey of Maytag Virgin that gives it such a wallop. Cefaly writes with sympathy and a finely-sharpened wit.” (BroadwayWorld.com)

“Directing a two-character play is an incredibly intimate experience,” said Harmon, well known to area audiences for her work on stage, most recently inthe Dezart Performs production of Perfect Arrangement. “There’s nothing between the actors and the audience except truth and emotion. Like Audrey Cefaly says in her author’s note, ‘when we love fully, we lose a piece of ourselves.’ This play delivers on that promise.”


The cast for Maytag Virgin is  Joel Bryant as Jack Key and Kay Capasso as Elizabeth “Lizzy” Nash.

Dezart Performs, one of the Coachella Valley’s preeminent theatre companies, recognizes that the performing arts enrich the life and culture of a community, promote greater understanding and provoke insightful discussion. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theatre company, its mission is to provide an artistic home for bold and cutting–edge plays, creating an atmosphere of artistic growth for actors, writers, and directors who uniquely contribute to the diverse theatrical environment in the Coachella Valley.

Sponsors of Dezart Performs’ 2018/19 Season include The Riviera Palm Springs, Desert Care Network, Eight4Nine Restaurant & Lounge, Acqua at the River, TRIO Restaurant, Hotel Zoso and the Desert Sun.

Showtimes for Maytag Virgin: Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30pm, Saturdays and Sundays @ 2pm.  Ticket prices are $45 Opening Night with Post Show Reception; $35 Evening; $30 Matinee. Performances take place at the Pearl McManus Theater (at the historic Palm Springs Woman’s Club) 314 S Cahuilla Road, Downtown Palm Springs. Tickets may be purchased by calling (760) 322-0179 or online at www.dezartperforms.org 

MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: FRIDAY, MARCH 8

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Media contact: David Perry & Associates, Inc. (415) 676-7007 / news@davidperry.com 

MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: FRIDAY, MARCH 8 

WHO: 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival 

WHAT: Day Two Features Screenings in San Francisco and San Rafael

WHEN: Friday, March 8: 1pm, 4pm, 7pm (SF) / 4pm (San Rafael)

WHERE: Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)

Smith Rafael Film Center (1118 4th Street, San Rafael) 

WEB: www.intloceanfilmfest.org 

WHY: Since its launch in 2004, the San Francisco-based International Ocean Film Festival has attracted thousands of spectators of all ages from around the world, including film enthusiasts, sea athletes, educators, and environmental supporters. Since then, the Festival has presented on average over 50 films annually from 15 different countries and featured post-film Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers, special panel discussions with content experts, and the Annual Free Student Education Program. It was the first event of its kind in North America, inspired by the well-established ocean festival in Toulon, France, Festival International du Film Maritime, which has continued to draw large audiences for more than 40 years. The International Ocean Film Festival is a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit.Sponsors for the 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival include National Marine Sanctuaries, the Canadian Consulate of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, BigBus of San Francisco, SSA, RBC Wealth Management, Port of San Francisco, Alcatraz Cruises, San Francisco Magazine, and Hyatt Hotels, the Premiere Hotel Sponsor for the Festival. 

Detailed Schedule Follows:

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Friday, March 8 at 1pm – Program #3 Presented by the Port of San Francisco 

Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)

  • Wake Up, Haydn Fischer* (USA) 2 min
  • The Adventures of Zack and Molly, Jim Toomey (USA) 11 min – Bay Area Premiere 
  • Blue Carbon: A Story from the Snohomish Estuary, Benjamin Drummond, Sara Joy Steele (USA) 6 min
  • Master of the Turbulence, Steven Albert*, Mary Albert (USA) 8 min
  • Dispatches from the Gulf 2: Research, Innovation, Discovery, Hal Weiner (USA) 57 min – Bay Area Premiere 

Friday, March 8 at 4 pm – Program #4 – Sponsored by the SF / Kiel, Germany Sister City Program

Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)

  • Hybrids, Florian Brauch (Germany) 5 min
  • Plankton, Gustaf Lindstrom (United Kingdom) 6 min – U.S. Premiere 
  • Sailor’s Delight Louise Aubertin (Germany) 8 min
  • Fragile – Why turtle hatchlings need the sea, Hendrik and Claudia Schmitt* (Germany) 8 min – Bay Area Premiere 
  • Dolphin Man, Lefteris Charitos (Greece) 82 min

Friday, March 8 at 4 pm, (Smith Rafael Film Center(1118 4th Street, San Rafael)

Program #1

  • The Blues Crab, Ari Rubenstein* (USA) 14 min – Bay Area Premiere 
  • Manry at Sea: In the Wake of a Dream, Steve Wystrach** (USA) 94 min – Bay Area Premiere 
  • Deep Look – Watch these Cunning Snails Stab and Swallow Fish Whole, Elliott Kennerson (USA) 5 min

Friday, March 8 at 7 pm – Program #5 – SURFING PROGRAM

Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marin Blvd., San Francisco)

  • City Surf Project, Oscar Guerra (USA) 11 min
  • Paige, Bjarne Salen (USA) 22 min
  • Beyond the Noise, Andrew Kaineder (Australia) 38 min – West Coast Premiere 
  • Under an Arctic Sky, Chris Burkard (USA) 40 min

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Angus J. Whyte: April 8, 1937 – March 6, 2019

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Angus J. Whyte: April 8, 1937 – March 6, 2019

A Tribute by thom grexa phillips

Following a brief illness, Angus J Whyte passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his husman thomas grexa phillips on March 6, 2019 in Palm Springs, California to where he had moved in 2018. He was highly regarded for his raconteur wit, generosity of spirit, mischievous sense of humor, and his discerning tastes in music, art and cuisine.  He was 81 years old.

Angus offered many contributions of administrative and financial acumen in his service to many communities, most recently for the last 25 years in the SF Bay Area. From his administrative stewardship of the fledgling SF LGBT Community Center, to his reviving and operating Art for Healing, a charity designed to accept original works of art by donation and place them in hospitals and healing centers, Angus’ ethics, devotion and commitment never wavered.

Angus Whyte was born April 8, 1937 in Carmichael, CA to Angus Joseph Whyte Sr.  and to Rachel Valerie Davidson.  He graduated early from McClatchy High School in Sacramento, CA, and continued his studies and earned degrees from the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Washington. He also completed the Executive Training program in Administration from Harvard University.

Angus had an eternal love of French language and cuisine.  He earned a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English at a secondary school in Mentón, France in 1959. In 1989, he fell in love with an abandoned tower in a village in SW Central France in the Dordogne region and realized a splendid renovation of the three-story property in Belvès, France.

His love of music earned a fellowship at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in harpsichord studies with renowned harpsichordist Gustav Leonhart in The Netherlands in 1963.  He continued his studies with an internship at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria in 1964.  Angus enjoyed donning the gay apparel of the 18th century as he played his beloved music written by Haydn, and Bach.  At one time he insisted he did not want to play any music written after 1769.

Angus published a series of memoirs and short stories entitled “After-Dinner Tales” in 2013, currently available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites.  He was commissioned to write a biography of a company celebrating its centennial in San Diego, CA in 1994.  He was completing a second volume of tales entitled “The Lavender Blade” when he fell ill and died.

Angus is survived by his spouse, and his sister, Bonnie Whyte, of Pt. Townsend, WA, as well as numerous cousins currently living in various parts of California and Michigan.

Contributions may be made in Angus’ memory to the Huntington Disease Society of America, the Arthritis Foundation, and the Point Foundation.

(for media queries, please contact David Perry (415) 676-7007 / news@davidperry.com )


Angus Whyte at the Piano


Angus Whyte, Palm Springs 2018

MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: THURSDAY, MARCH 7

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Media contact: David Perry & Associates, Inc. (415) 676-7007 / news@davidperry.com 

MEDIA ADVISORY / REQUEST FOR ONSITE COVERAGE: THURSDAY, MARCH 7 

WHO: 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival 

WHAT: Opening Day / Opening Night & Reception

WHEN: Thursday, March 7: 4pm Program 1 / 6pm Opening Night Reception ##

WHERE: Cowell Theater Fort Mason (2 Marina Blvd., San Francisco)

WEB: www.intloceanfilmfest.org 

WHY: Since its launch in 2004, the San Francisco-based International Ocean Film Festival has attracted thousands of spectators of all ages from around the world, including film enthusiasts, sea athletes, educators, and environmental supporters. Since then, the Festival has presented on average over 50 films annually from 15 different countries and featured post-film Q&A sessions with visiting filmmakers, special panel discussions with content experts, and the Annual Free Student Education Program. It was the first event of its kind in North America, inspired by the well-established ocean festival in Toulon, France, Festival International du Film Maritime, which has continued to draw large audiences for more than 40 years. The International Ocean Film Festival is a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit.Sponsors for the 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival include National Marine Sanctuaries, the Canadian Consulate of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, BigBus of San Francisco, SSA, RBC Wealth Management, Port of San Francisco, Alcatraz Cruises, San Francisco Magazine, and Hyatt Hotels, the Premiere Hotel Sponsor for the Festival. 

## Opening Day for the 16th Annual International Ocean Film Festival:

Thursday, March 7: 4pm – Program #1 Presented by NOAA

  • Living with the Oceans, Nicky Milne* (United Kingdom) 17 min 
  • Protecting Schedule for the 16th Blue Whales and Blue Skies, Michael Hanrahan (USA) 8 min 
  • China: Caging the Ocean’s Wild, Steve Chao (Malaysia) 26 min
  • Coral: Glimmer of Hope, Gaelin Rosenwaks* (USA) 9 min – World Premiere 
  • For the Love of the Reef, Alan E Franks (USA) 7 min – West Coast Premiere 
  • The Final Breach, Jess Webster (United Kingdom) 17 min – U.S. Premiere 

6pm –Opening Night Party Presented by the Consulate General of Canada
Mingle with filmmakers, special guests, sponsors, VIPs, and volunteers as we kick-off the four-day ocean celebration to raise awareness about our oceans Lite vegan appetizer reception presented by CowHollow Catering. Wine graciously donated by Foot of the Bed Cellars


7pm – Program #2 –  Presented by the Consulate General of Canada 

  • Near Miss, Josh Berry* (USA) 12 min – Bay Area Premiere 
  • Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewart (Canada) 87 min – Bay Area Premiere