MUSE and NEWS Fall '09
2010-01-06 08:23:18

IN THE NEWS

Downtown Journal: Company unveils new video-making tool for businesses

Finance & Commerce: Recession survivors tell their stories

MinnPost.com Video for the web: growth opportunity for Twin Cities entrepreneurs?

A BIT OF MUSE

Fall has been sharp,  focused and productive -  with completion of several major projects, the continued launch of PROJECT GREEN SCREEN TM receipt of a business development grant from the Pohlad Family Foundation,  and progress on several new initiatives.

In partnership with the Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce and affiliates we launched our new web clip service designed to help businesses and organizations get high quality video presence on the web. As part of the launch we participated in the Bloomington Business Expo, sponsored the NE Chamber Get Acquainted Breakfast at Alsadu, spoke at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s Grow Minnesota! program, and caught some Biz Buzz in the Downtown Journal.

Continuing our work in education we helped the  Minneapolis Public Schools welcome families in four languages - Spanish, Hmong, Somali and English. We helped the Givens Foundation for Literature and AAAL promote their Fall Conference and support efforts to close the achievement gap with a video web clip featuring T. Mychael Rambo, Katie Sample and Rosilyn Caroll, and an audio podcast with Dr. Alfred Tatum. And we continued production of our monthly studio show - School Matters, hosted by the magnificent storyteller and dessert chef extraordinaire Rose McGee.

AchieveMpls is teaming up to support learning in and through  the arts with a Wallace Foundation Grant. We were selected to produce the story of success building on a foundation of triad of previous work Tableau with Steve Busa , Observational Drawing in Biology and Simple Machines.

In the Health & Wellness realm, we joined the American Academy of Pediatrics in documenting Health Care Homes, their fall conference, producing 10 hours of professional development education, and partnered with Whirl-a-Style to produce 16 on-line training videos to support their products.

Frank Theatre shared "Palace of the End" a riveting and challenging series of three monologues with perspectives on the war in Iraq - we were there to document.

The DFL Education Foundation continued their work bringing national speaker Robert Kuttner to the forum, as well as several other local luminaries to shed light on important politics and policies. Because we were there you can still benefit and share the insights with your networks.

 We continue to upgrade our shooting, editing and delivery systems to provide increasingly higher production values for our clients world-wide. We've added high definition format with the  SONY XDCam HD accepted as the Gold Standard by the Discovery Channel. This upgrade will allow us to scale our clients content from high definition to the new G3 applications for mobile devices. We used the Cine Alta's real time slow motion capability to capture stunning images of the fire-dancers at ValleyScare.

We've also upgraded our website to Flash. By some counts, designed to make our website more user friendly feedback appreciated - but, if you're not seeing the videos and need help downloading the free software - let us know.

And speaking of networks, we're now on Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In, so in whatever manner you like thanks for connecting. We're always interested in hearing about your successes and challenges and looking forward to productive partnerships continued and new.

MUSE and NEWS Summer '09
2009-10-22 11:34:40

June was the season of commencement celebrations. With words of inspiration and reflection from award-winning author Kao Kalia Yang, journalist Robyn Robinson, Senator Patricia Torres Rey and a plethora of outstanding students, teachers, and administrators, Minneapolis graduates were sent off to find their way and do good in the world. Check out the live stream of graduation ceremonies running throughout the summer on MPS 15, see inspiring highlights, and order a copy of your favorite 2009 ceremony.

 June was the month of Juneteenth, a compelling and little known event in American history commemorated in KUMBAYA: The JUNETEENTH STORY  a play written and directed by ROSE McGEEand performed by an amazing and talented ArtsUs cast, ages 6 to 73. Catch our clip and order a full copy of the show.

Great things are happening in the MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS! Programs like TABLEAU: THEATER STRATEGIES in the Classroom, with Artist-in-Residence STEVE BUSA,  are helping students develop memory capacity, articulate concepts and improve reading scores...                                       and  CPEO  (Connecting Parents to Educational Opportunities) in partnership with the University of Minnesota and MCTC is helping parents make sure that they are effective partners in preparing every child to be college ready.

The DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES is doing their part for a healthier Minnesota with READY, SET, SCREEN! highlighting a statewide pilot project to provide comprehensive child screening to identify early stages of child development issues while there's still time to help. 

The DFL Education Foundation continues in their mission to provide intellectual and socially responsible food for thought every month with presentations by local leaders that have included Commissioner Peter McLaughlin, Vice President Walter Mondale, and Speaker of the House, Margaret Anderson-Kelliher. If you missed any of the discussions you can still hear what they had to say and share with your friends. We PODCAST them. 

And finally, if you're out and about in Minneapolis, check out FRANK THEATER'S SUMMER VIDEO SERIES every Monday night thru August. LOCATION IMAGES/iDream.tv is a proud sponsor of the series (and producer of the archival videos and FRANK: 20 Years in 20 Minutes) See the best of Frank’s contribution to the theater community, meet some artists and the inimitable and pugilistic director Wendy Knox, and it’s Free!  

Download Schedule Here