Shifty Ideas

I am holding a special screening fundraiser for the Friday Night Supper Program (a food program where I volunteer,) at the Somerville Theater on March 2011.  It is currently sold out, which is a great feeling…but there is still a lot of work to be done. 

The afternoon will start with a live acoustic set by a friend of mine and an amazing musician, Kate Vargas.  We will then show the film I most recently produced, Mike Doto’s, “The Legacy.”  I will also be screening my friend Jack German’s debut film.  And we will end the evening with a fantastic documentary called “Art From The Streets,” which will also screen at the 2011 Filmshift Festival.

Just to make sure everything was set, I went over the details with Kate a few days ago.  I also texted/emailed her and CC’d our sound guy today to make sure they had the times, directions, set list, etc.  I emailed my two volunteers, one who will take tickets, and another who will run the projector.  Again, just to make sure their schedules are set.  Lastly, I confirmed with the manager of the theater and reminded him of the details.

I haven’t heard from some sponsors yet, so I re-emailed 7 of them to see if they wanted to sponsor us again this year…fingers crossed.

I’m spending tomorrow putting together a proposal for a locally-minded organization here in the Boston area who have expressed interest in becoming another media sponsor of ours…Pretty easy to put together, just time consuming. 

I have yet to come close to posting our Call For Entries on all the websites on my checklist, but I am slowly chipping away.

Kind of a boring post, but in my future posts, I am planning to go a bit more in-depth on the why and how of what I’m doing, and the mistakes I made last year that I am trying to avoid this year.