November, 2011 Digital 9

Local Filmmaker Amy Lamb Dies Local filmmaker Amy Lamb has people and giving them a start --- Lamb worked in various posi- lost her battle with cancer, passing people who have moved on to tions, including as a location co- away on October 26 at the age prominent positions. We lost a ordinator for visiting productions of 56. really great person, and the entire such as “The Next Three Days” in film industry owes her a huge 2009. “New York looks like New “Amy was an integral part of the debt of gratitude.” York and Los Angeles looks like film scene in ,” Dawn She was also a noted photogra- Los Angeles,” she explained to Keezer, director of Pittsburgh pher, having her images displayed the Valley Herald in an article the Film Office told the Pittsburgh at the Silver Eye Center for Pho- suburban paper published that Post-Gazette’s John Allison. Amy tography. year. “But Pittsburgh has so many served on the PFO board. “Her looks. There's old, there's new. loss is going to be felt. She was In 1994, she co-founded Lumiere Each neighborhood has its own like a fairy godmother, adopting Films (www.lumierefilms.net) character.” with John Rice. The company produces commercials, short Amy is survived by her life part- films, industrial videos and re- ner, Ana Kelly, and five siblings. Inside This Issue lated projects. Lamb won various The local chapter of Women In awards during her 23-year career, Film & Media (WIFM) has an- Dance Alloy Page including a Clio and an Emmy nounced that a memorial service merges with the (according to her LinkedIn is being planned for November 19 Kelly-Strayhorn 2 profile). See editorial page 12. Benedum to close Page for three weeks of renovations 4 Clear Channel Cans DJs Talks breakdown Page In a story published on October to implementing more automated between unions 27, MediaPost.com’s Erik Sass or national syndicated program- and record labels 5 reported that Clear Channel “has ming,” writes Sass. dismissed a large (but undis- ToonSeum names Page closed) number of DJs from radio Among those let go is Jim Reith, new gallery after stations . . . across the country.” the long-time talk show host at local animator 9 WSYR-AM in Syracuse. He had been with the station for nearly three decades. His show has been replaced with conservative com- Pittsburgh Clear Channel owns the nation’s mentator Sean Hannity’s syndi- largest broadcast radio group. The cated program. A&E Group company has six radio stations in 643 Liberty Avenue Suite 401 the Pittsburgh market. It was un- The company has insisted that Pittsburgh, PA 15222 known at press time if any of layoffs are not cost-cutting meas- Ph (412) 325-7070 them have been affected. “The ures --- even though Clear Chan- Fx (412) 325-7069 move is widely seen as a prelude nel has about $18 billion in debt.

www.james-richards.com | www.pittsburghaebook.com Pittsburgh Applause 2 November, 2011 Alloy, Kelly Merger Finalized

On October 19, the boards of the of two legendary Pittsburghers: The Kelly-Strayhorn will now Kelly-Strayhorn Theater and actor/choreographer Gene Kelly manage the Dance Alloy’s daily Dance Alloy Theater formally (1912-1996) and composer Billy operations including the school. announced that they have merged Strayhorn (1915-1967). Pitts- The dance company remains on their organizations. burgh Applause reported earlier hiatus but eventually it will use this year that a merger was being the Kelly-Strayhorn stage for per- negotiated. [See http:// formances. www.james-richards.com/ PittsburghApplauseJune2011.pdf page 3 - Ed.]

The merger will especially benefit the Dance Alloy, which has no

endowment. “We have been re- Formed in 1976, the Dance Alloy The considering our strategic plan is a theater company and school over the past few years as we specializing in modern dance. Pittsburgh coped with the effects of the re- Their facility is one of the largest cession,” Cabot Earle, the Alloy’s A&E Book and best equipped dance centers former vice president, told the in the state. The Kelly-Strayhorn www.pittsburghaebook.com Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s is a multi-purpose performance Mark Kanny. The merger seemed space originally built in 1919 as a to the best way to secure the Al- silent movie theater and renovated loy’s future. in the 1990s. It is named in honor

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This January, the largest theater in parking system --- a project of the ITS’ Scott Belcher is quoted by the Pittsburgh Cultural District PCT --- has won an award and is the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Joe will go dark as part of an impor- being expanded. Smydo: “Think of the fuel sav- tant project: fixing its nearly ings. Think of the emissions sav- 2,900 seats. Introduced in December 2010, ings. Think of the improved qual- ParkPGH provides real-time in- ity of life.” The garages in the formation via the internet and district account for about a quarter portable devices on the nine ga- of all downtown parking spaces. The Benedum rages located inside the Pittsburgh To learn more about ParkPGH, Center, operated Cultural District. It is updated visit www.parkpgh.org by the Pittsburgh Cultural every minute. Trust (PCT), will undergo a three -week, $450,000 effort to remove, The program has won the Smart Pledge disassemble and refurbish each Solutions Spotlight Award by the and every seat. “We’ll go row by Intelligent Transportation Soci- row,” PCT’s Jacob Bacharach ety of America (ITS), the na- Drive Goes told Marylynne Pitz of the Pitts- tion’s largest association focused burgh Post-Gazette. Some seats on encouraging transportation will be replaced and as will some innovation. The Trust is expand- Well ing it to predict the availability of center stanchions and brackets. Despite the feelings of the re- parking at each garage throughout the day. This enhancement was gion’s jazz fans, Essential Public In other news, ParkPGH, Pitts- Media (EPM), the new owners of made possible by a professor at burgh’s first comprehensive smart WDUQ-FM (now WESA-FM) Carnegie Mellon University. have had a successful first pledge CBS Grows Local News drive. In a move that will likely expand Eventually all CBS stations, in- to the company’s other stations, cluding KDKA-TV, will have CBS Corporation’s WCBS-TV such a local subchannel. This is launching a 24-hour digital would put KDKA in competition According to an article by Adrian news channel in . with Cox Communications’ McCoy of the Pittsburgh Post- WPXI-TV, which operates the Gazette, the effort raised some Pittsburgh Cable News Channel. $243,800 in pledges from nearly 2300 members. This brought In other news, KDKA-TV has EPM just short of its $250,000 announced the traffic reporter Jim goal. CBS Corporation owns two tele- Lokay is leaving to take a job vision and four radio stations in with an ABC affiliate in Boston. The drive had a slow start, reports Pittsburgh. WCBS’ new channel His last airdate was October 14. the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s will compete directly with rival Jason Cato, and had raised only WNBC’s Nonstop channel. about $100,000 by October 19. WNBC is part of NBC- Lee Ferraro, general manager of Universal, which is primarily WYEP-FM and co-owner of owned by Comcast. Comcast Join our group on EPM explained to Cato that operates Pittsburgh’s cable televi- “membership campaigns end sion franchise. CBS’ Peter Dunn strong. They don’t always start told the New York Daily News strong.” That proved to be true, that the channel will be pro- when the campaign concluded a grammed with a “wheel” format week later. with hourly updates. www.james-richards.com | www.pittsburghaebook.com Pittsburgh Applause 5 November, 2011 Unions: Talks Breakdown With Labels In early October, negotiations agreement with the major record record labels, forcing artists to file broke down between the Ameri- labels.” a claim with the labels to get paid. can Federation of Television & Currently, Sirius XM pays 50% to Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the The core issues are health care, the labels, 45% to the organiza- major record labels over a new pensions and the transparency of tion SoundExchange (which then recording contract. accounting. The current deal ex- distributes to artists) and 5% to pires December 31. No new meet- the unions’ joint intellectual prop- ings have been scheduled. erty fund. AFM president Ray AFTRA has Hair claims that Sirius XM’s pro- several hundred Meanwhile, AFTRA has joined posal will make it harder for art- members in the the American Federation of Mu- ists to “earn a fair living creating Pittsburgh area sicians (AFM) --- which also has and investing in the music every- and maintains a a chapter in Pittsburgh --- to con- one wants to hear.” full-time office in downtown demn Sirius Radio XM Inc. for Pittsburgh. Nationally, the union proposing a “blatantly anti-artist represented over 70,000 artists, and anti-union” deal. broadcasters and actors. The na- The tional board voted unanimously Begun in 1990, Sirius XM oper- on October 1 to give the negotiat- ates a network of satellite radio Pittsburgh ing committee power “to take all stations. According to The- actions necessary, up to and in- Wrap.com, Sirius XM wants a A&E Book cluding proceeding to a strike “direct license” deal to direct www.pittsburghaebook.com authorization vote . . . to secure an 100% of royalties to the major

Photos Celebrating Pittsburgh’s Music Images Arts/Entertainment History & Community Seminar Being Held

An array of music and media pro- fessionals are gathering at Carne- gie-Mellon University on No- vember 19 to discuss issues facing the local music community.

Called Each One Teach One, the program is being presented by local broadcaster and artist Kevin Amos. It will cover topics to help aspiring and current professionals in how to make a living from their creativity. These include digital music services and legal issues. Jim Richards, the publisher of Pittsburgh Applause, is once again staging his exhibit of rare photos depicting during the winter holidays in a space at One Oxford Centre starting on Light-Up Night, November 18. This image, from the Carnegie Library, is a 1913 photo of what is For more information, call Kevin believed to be the city’s first municipal Tree. Amos at (412) 506-0206. To have an image considered, email Jim Richards at [email protected]

www.james-richards.com | www.pittsburghaebook.com Happening In November

The musical “Million A local actor appears Aaron TUE Dollar Quartet” bows MON at the New Hazlett to WED “AWOLNATION” at the Benedum read selections from Bruno mixes rock, 1 Center with its 7 Randy Pausch’s best- 16 soul and hip-hop music at Stage AE. retelling of an important moment in selling book The Last Lecture. music history. Starting tonight at the FRI It’s Light-Up Night The Yonder Moun- TUE Kelly-Strayhorn is —- that quintessential WED Pittsburgh way of tain Band uses tradi- the My People Film 18 tional instruments to 8 Series, showing docu- welcoming the holi- 2 perform a cool blend day season. mentaries of African-American gay, of bluegrass and rock at Stage AE. lesbian and bisexual people. Speaking of the holi- SAT days, the Jimmy Get a preview of Irish The Three Rivers WED Stewart Museum FRI artist’s Jeanette Doyle Film Festival cele- 19 begins their annual brates 30 remarkable 9 exhibit at the Andy 4 years bringing Pitts- Warhol Museum weekly screenings of the film “It’s A Wonderful Life”. burgh the best in world cinema. with a special installation. TUE The family musical FRI Meanwhile, over at THU The play “Red” opens “How The Grinch the August Wilson at the O’Reilly Thea- 22 Stole Christmas” 4 Center the Black 10 ter telling the life and delights at the Dance Festival show- work of artist Mark . Rothko. cases the best in African-American choreographers. THU Make the most of THU Patti LuPone joins the your Thanksgiving by Kids can learn “How Pittsburgh Symphony visiting PNC Park SAT at Heinz Hall for a 24 People Make Things” 10 for the annual Turkey with a fun new ex- night of show tunes. Trot. 5 hibit at the Chil- The Carnegie Mu- The band Five Fin- dren’s Museum. THU seum of Art presents FRI gers Death Punch Folk legend Arlo the first American solo 25 lights up Stage AE SAT Guthrie shines at the 12 exhibit of Irish artist with their old school 5 Byham Theater. Cathy Wilkes. heavy metal. TV star Luke Swedish filmmaker THU Macfarlane headlines a A trio of Catholic SUN Mattais Klum shares local production of the WED priests from Northern stories and footage of 12 play “Sam Bendrix At Ireland are at the 6 his adventures at the 30 Byham Theater to The Bon Soir” at City Theatre. Byham Theater. Tommy Davidson perform uplifting holiday tunes un- THU leads some funny guys der the very original name The at the Byham Thea- Priests. 12 ter.

The City’s Best Online Calendar Can Be Found At www.post-gazette.com/events National/World A&E News Round-Up Glorious Bolshoi Theater Reopens Guests to the October 28 grand The News At News a personal, almost romantic re-opening of the newly re- At a contentious meeting on Octo- connection to them. It is stored Bolshoi Theatre in Mos- ber 21, Rupert Murdoch and his unlikely that News will divest cow had nothing but praise for two sons James and Lachlan were them --- at least during his life- the glittering revival --- which re-elected to the News Corpora- time. included gold leaf, damask, tion board of directors. sable and a harkening back to Meanwhile, after a difficult the glory days of Imperial Rus- News Corporation’s properties negotiation, Fox has struck a sia. include 20th Century Fox, the new deal with the principal voice actors of “The Simpsons” Wall Street Journal and the Fox th Completed in 1825, the Bolshoi Television Network. But they also to take the series into a 25 --- Theatre hosts classical perform- own tabloids in London, most and probably final --- season. ances and is home to the world notably the recently shuttered famous Bolshoi Ballet. After News of the World, which closed In The Money the Russian revolution, the new amid a scandal involving illegal Despite a struggling economy, Soviet regime used the theatre phone tapping. the Metropolitan Opera has for political gatherings as well raised an astonishing $182 mil- as performances. They had re- The results were a foregone con- lion in donations. That is 50% moved all czarist-related im- clusion since the Murdoch family more than the previous year and ages on the walls and in the and their closest allies own a ma- the Met has balanced its budget fabrics that many considered jority of the stock. But there was a (thanks mostly to its HD movie mutilation. The restoration re- strong protest vote: more than a theater transmissions). turns all of the classical ele- third of shares were against the ments, strengthens the founda- two sons. Moreover, protesters “I believe it is an endorsement tion (which was of wood) and appeared outside the Fox lot in uin general of the artistic result introduces improved systems. Los Angeles where the meeting that we are achieving here,” was being held. Outsiders are now general manager Peter Gelb is There were a number of serious speculating that it is no longer a quoted by the New York Times. delays and cost over-runs. certainty that James or Lachlan “We are certainly receiving These were due in part to ne- will eventually succeed their fa- larger gifts in greater quantities glect and cheap renovations of ther. that ever before in the history of the campus during the Soviet the Met.” era, its age and what Russia’s Adding to the Murdochs’ head- culture minister told Tom Par- aches is a call by one of the com- Trying To Undo The fitt of The Guardian were mis- pany’s largest shareholders for takes in the current effort: con- News --- Kevin Holt of the invest- Damage tractors were chose “because ment management company In- After a very public and costly they were inexpensive rather vesco --- to divest itself of all its drubbing by its members and than high quality.” newspapers around the globe. the media, Netflix has decided “It’s a digital world now,” he told not to spin-off its DVD-by-mail While VIPs were inside the the London Telegraph. He denies business and keep everything Bolshoi, thousands of people that the phone hacking scandal is under one roof. could watch the proceeding on a major reason for his going pub- large video screens outside the lic with this opinion. “We The original plan was to break theater. Video reports on open- [Invesco] don’t own [News] stock into two services, Netflix for ing night can be seen at http:// because of the UK newspaper online streaming and Qwikster rt.com/news/theater-bolshoi- print business. We own it despite for DVDs. “We underestimated reopening-955/ the UK newspapers.” the appeal of the single web site and single service,” a spokes- Rupert Murdoch, the son of a man is quoted by the New York newspaper man, built his empire Times. on newspapers and is said to have

Pittsburgh Applause 9 November, 2011 Industrialist Gives Big Tom

Few people outside the steel in- His estate is donating $18 million dustry knew who Bill Dietrich to the Pittsburgh Foundation, Cruise was. But since his death on Octo- and $5 million each to the Carne- ber 6, he has become very popular gie Museums of Pittsburgh, the in the nonprofit world. Laurel Highlands Council of the Talks Boys Scouts of America, the A Pittsburgh native and Univer- Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, the sity of Pittsburgh graduate, Wil- Pittsburgh Symphony Orches- Movies, liam S. Dietrich II (1938-2011) tra and Chatham University. was a successful industrialist who Pittsburgh built is company into becoming The Cultural Trust’s Kevin the largest manufacturer of steel McMahon is quoted in a Pitts- In an interview with Empire, actor framing materials in America burgh Post-Gazette article written Tom Cruise talks about playing before selling it to the conglomer- by Eleanor Chute and Taryn Luna the lead role in “One Shot,” a film ate Worthington Industries. He as saying that the donation “is version of Lee Child’s bestselling became a philanthropist, even going to be an enormous boost to novel being made in Pittsburgh. making sizable donations to Pitt our ability to continue to provide and Carnegie Mellon University the highest quality programming Begun in 1989, Empire is a Brit- just weeks before he died. to our region.” ish film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media.

ToonSeum Names One Shot is part of a series of novels centered on former Marine Jack Reacher, who has become a New Gallery drifter traveling the United States and often investigates mysteries Pittsburgh’s museum of comic The company was known in the and crimes. “Reacher is such a and cartoon art, The ToonSeum, industry for its use of “limited great character,” Cruise told Em- has announced that its newly ex- animation,” a process that does pire’s Phil de Semlyen. “He does- panded gallery is being named in not redraw entire frames but n't have a cell phone, he doesn't honor of Pittsburgh native Lou variably reuses common parts have email. He’s off the grid. He Scheimer. between frames. It also uses fewer pays for things in cash. People frames per second than traditional look at things through the prism cartoons. This process saves time of the colors of their life, but Jack and money, but critics feel that it Reacher does things the way we lowers the quality of the produc- want to sometimes. In that sense Born in 1928, Lou Scheimer is tion. he's sort of a Dirty Harry, a James one of the founders of Filmation, Bond, a Josey Wales.” Read then a pioneer in television animation. Lou and his family are expected full article at http:// He was won both an Emmy to appear at the official christen- www.empireonline.com/news/ Award and a Grammy Award. He ing on Saturday, November 12 at story.asp?NID=32309 retired in 1994. 2:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.toonseum.com Cox Communications’ WPXI-TV Now owned by Classic Media, has posted videos about Cruise’s Filmation began in 1962 and pro- visit to the station: http:// duced such iconic cartoon series Join our group on www.wpxi.com/video/29604491/ such as “Fat Albert & The Cosby index.html and at http:// Kids”, “Superfriends” and the www.wpxi.com/video/29604491/ animated version of “Star Trek.” index.html

www.james-richards.com | www.pittsburghaebook.com Pittsburgh Applause 10 November, 2011 Trombino Closing Donna In a press release posted on their Trombino’s downtown center is web site, Trombino Music Cen- best known as a local retailer of Awards ters has announced the closing of Steinway & Sons, which has its flagship Trombino Piano Gal- been producing hand-made pianos The winners of this year’s Donna lerie in the Pittsburgh Cultural since 1853 and for hosting dozens Awards have been announced by District. of piano recitals year round. The the Pittsburgh New Works Festi- Steinway dealership will be as- val. The press release (which can be sumed by another retailer. read at www.trombino.com) Established in 1990, quotes co-owners Robert and “It’s time to ease up a little,” the the Pittsburgh New Norma Jean Trombino: “It is with 85-year-old Robert Trombino told Works Festival pro- heavy hearts that we are turning Bob Karlovits of the Pittsburgh the page on one of the most ex- Tribune-Review. “I’ve been work- duces original one-act plays util- quisite chapters of our lives.’’ The ing since I was 13 and we’d like izing the resources of Pittsburgh- store has been downtown since to get to our house in Florida a area theatre companies. The 1984. The couple describes the little more.” award is named in honor of foun- decision as part of their “semi- der Donna Rae. retirement” that will not affect the The store is expected to close in company’s suburban locations. December. The full list is available at http:// www.pittsburghnewworks.org/20 11-donna-award-winners/ Embrace The Sweetest Music In The World!

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For more information, visit www.thepittsburghbanjoclub.com or call Frank Rossi at (412) 364-4739. Pittsburgh Applause 11 November, 2011 Garden Theater Seeks People Historic Status News The entities behind the Garden den became known for porn mov- Theater Block development are ies. It closed in 2007. In Brief applying to have it incorporated into the Mexican War Streets His- Expanding the district would re- Christopher Hahn has signed a torical District. sult in valuable tax credits for the new contract as general manager developers, reports Kelsey Shea of the Pittsburgh Opera. Han Built in 1915, the Garden Theater of the Northside Chronicle. It and joined the company in 2000 and is an art deco movie theater that the surrounding buildings are be- the agreement extends his period was built to screen silent movies. ing converted by the Urban Rede- through 2016. He told the Pitts- It later converted to screening velopment Authority and Zukin burgh Tribune Review’s Mark talkies but a period of sad decline Realy into a multiuse facility. Kanny that he is especially look- began in the 1970s when the Gar- ing forward to “celebrating the company’s 75th anniversary sea- son in two years. We have some exciting things planned.”

The Pittsburgh chapter of Women in Film & Media has announced Support Jim’s their new board of directors. The ten-member board is led by chair Jodi Klebick and vice chair Les- ley Gannon. More information is Projects! available at www.wifmpit.com

Martin G. McGuinn, the retired CEO of Mellon financial Corpo- Please send your gift to ration, has been named chairman of the Carnegie Museum of Art, part of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh A&E Group, Inc Pittsburgh. In a press release, outgoing chairman William E. 643 Liberty Avenue #401 Hunt calls McGuinn “a seasoned and tireless leader” who will be “a great asset to the board.” Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Comcast, which operates Pitts- burgh cable television franchise and holds a controlling interest in NBC-Universal (NBCU), has announced that Dave Cassaro is no longer president of cable ad- vertising for NBCU. Medi- aPost.com has speculated that Linda Yaccarino --- who recently left Time-Warner’s Turner En- Sorry, gifts are not tax deductible. tertainment Networks --- may be taking over the position.

www.james-richards.com | www.pittsburghaebook.com Pittsburgh Applause Editorial A Few Thoughts On Amy Lamb

By James A. Richards They think there is nothing to it, by coincidence, is also Light-Up that it is all about connections and Weekend in Pittsburgh, the offi- Local filmmaker Amy Lamb creativity. Few see the grunt work cial start of the holiday season. never directed a Hollywood involved or realize that actual, That sounds right to me. For blockbuster. She never became a professional skills are required. many people, Amy brightened nationally known TV star. She their lives and their careers. will never have a star on the fa- I encounter this problem every Maybe she will never have a star bled Hollywood Walk of Fame. day. (Currently with a north side embedded in cement, but she will But in her own way, this lady was bar whose owner hasn’t accepted be a star those she inspired and very important. the reality that the moment he empowered. began hosting performances is the Amy died on October 26, another moment he entered show busi- victim of cancer. ness). Letters to the editor are welcome via email to I only met her once, very briefly, But Amy understood. She devel- oped the skills and encouraged [email protected] many years ago. But the people others to do the same. These skills who knew her well often speak of They may be edited for her talent, her energy and her sup- allowed her to found her own publication. port for novices. They also speak company and win awards and of her professionalism. reached the stage where she could give valuable, even sage, advice. Too many people see the glamor- ous side of arts/entertainment. A memorial service is being planned for November 19. That,

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