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Three Rivers Regatta Suddenly Cancelled

In a stunning announcement made late on ber 2018. The last video the com- An impressive and disturbing list the morning of July 30 --- a mere two days pany added to its YouTube chan- of allegations against LionHeart before its 2019 edition was to start --- the nel was uploaded in December Event Group and its owner, Derek Three Rivers Regatta was cancelled. 2018. The board learned days Weber. At press time, these in- earlier that LionHeart has clude the following: First held in 1978, the Pittsburgh Three "misrepresented" its work and Rivers Regatta is an annual motorboat and "had not met critical benchmarks"  Failure to pay the City of river festival. It had been produced for the to ensure the event's happening as Pittsburgh for police protec- non-profit Pittsburgh Three Rivers Re- scheduled. tion in 2017 and 2018. gatta Inc. by LionHeart Event Group.  Failure to pay Allegheny "We have launched a probe to County for security expenses A press release indicated issues revolving unravel what has transpired. We in 2018. LionHeart's professionalism are the cause. are also working to communicate  Some vendors failed to re- “[The board] learned late last week that the with all key stakeholders affected ceive payment for at least one event management company charged with by today’s announcement, includ- regatta. overseeing all aspects of the regatta failed ing sponsors, vendors, entertain-  LionHeart may have falsified to provide the necessary assurances for a ers and others,” Regatta board records submitted to the safe, sanctioned and fully coordinated member Charles D. Scholz an- Three Rivers Regatta board event. They did not secure the mandatory nounced in the press release. “We as well as other parties. insurance for it, which forced us to with- will pursue all legal means neces-  Derek Weber was directly draw our application for an event permit." sary to resolve this as we work to responsible for record- determine the future of this keeping, sponsorship reve- Per the firm's web site: LionHeart is owned event.” nue, insurance and required by founder Derek Weber, who once served payments. "He runs this as the Director of Operations for the Re- The future of LionHeart may also whole festival and he has a gatta. The company's portfolio of projects be at stake. whole company he runs by is few in number but many are high profile. himself," former employee LionHeart was launched in 215.Weber and Samantha Moyer told the events coordinator Samantha Moyer are Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's the firm's only full-time employees Jonathan D. Silver. (although there are apparently part-time and free-lance personnel). Moyer told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that she left the company months ago. Check out the KDKA-TV report below. Leading up to the 2019 regatta, PGHevents' James A. Richards (who also publishes Pittsburgh Applause) tried to reach LionHeart to confirm the schedule for the web site. The company never re- sponded. KDKA-TV reports that Weber failed to appear at a planned events meet- ing.

LionHeart's Facebook and Twitter profiles haven't had any new postings since Octo- Pittsburgh Applause 2 Pittsburgh Applause Cultural District Safety Issues The safety of patrons, employees Nevertheless, a statement from and residents of the Pittsburgh “I’ve seen it. I’ve read it. He the mayor's office points out sta- Cultural District has grown as an couldn’t have put it in any better tistics show a 3% drop this year in issue --- particu- words,” restaurateur Len Sem- violent and property crimes. larly after a July plice told KDKA-TV's Jon De- WESA-FM has posted an Associ- 4 shooting inci- lano. "He couldn’t have put ated Press story about the situa- dent. [situation] in any better words." tion at https://www.wesa.fm/post/ group-says-pittsburgh-downtown- Two teenage The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette re- safety-declining#stream/0 boys were shot ports that McMahon wrote a letter and hospital- to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto ized. Camerin Caldwell, an 18- that he should "not mistake this See the KDKA-TV year-old North Sider, turned him- recent incident as just another report by clicking the self in to police on July 15. The isolated holiday spike . . . the de- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Mi- cline in safety in the Cultural Dis- icon below chael Divittorio writes about the trict has been consistently coming charges at https://triblive.com/ to a tipping point." local/pittsburgh-allegheny/suspect -in-pittsburgh-fourth-of-july- Also affecting the sense of safety, double-shooting-arrested/ Semplice told Delano, are pan- handlers who directly approach District stakeholders have appar- diners eating at outdoor tables. ently been quiet about the issue, “People are sitting there, a nice but the shooting in Katz Plaza family, couple, they’re sitting (apparently bullets hit a door at there eating and all of a sudden the nearby Benedum Center) they’re coming up begging for sparked a sympathetic three-page money.” letter to local businesses from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Kevin McMahon.

Pittsburgh Applause 4 Pittsburgh Applause Netflix & SAG-AFTRA PSO’s CD With Netflix producing series in regarding harassment and audi- A release date has been an- Pittsburgh, the streaming network tions." nounced for the Pittsburgh Sym- and SAG-AFTRA (which has a phony Orchestra's (PSO) latest full-time local office) have Highlights of the contact are recording. reached a new agreement. available at https:// www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-and- netflix-announce-historic-contract

In other news, the union has es- tablished guidelines for nudity Netflix has been functioning un- and simulated sex; define the du- der the standard SAG-AFTRA ties and standards for intimacy television and film agreements. A coordinators on productions. This press release says "the new deal includes acceptable training, vet- also includes gains in theatrical ting and qualifications of intimacy The CD is of the ninth and final residuals, greater rights for mem- coordinators. symphony written by Austrian bers in the areas of options and composer Anton Bruckner (1824- exclusivity, improved overtime 1896). He dedicated it "to the rules for stunt performers and beloved God." The last movement specific protections for members remained incomplete upon Bruck- ner's death. It debuted in Vienna in 1903. PG Cuts Print Edition A PSO press release calls it "an It's a sad sign of the times: the There has also been friction be- iconic work" and one performed financially struggling Pittsburgh tween the paper's staff and pub- by the symphony "in a new and Post-Gazette will cut its print lisher John R. Block. definitive interpretation." The edition to just three days a week. PSO "invites us to explore the "Newsrooms shed almost one- presence of the divine, and to ex- quarter of their employees from perience the beauty of this world, 2008 to 2017," adds Williams, while also facing the darker and "and that was before the loss of more violent abysses." 3,000 jobs announced so far this year. The closure of 1,800 news- The CD, to be released on August papers in the past 15 years has 23, is part of the PSO's meant that half of U.S. counties "Pittsburgh Live Series." Last The digital edition will continue are lucky if they have one news- year, another recording in the daily publication, but the print paper." series won two Grammy Awards. version essentially becomes a weekend paper (Thursday, Friday, Sunday). Rob Williams, reporting for MediaPost.com, quotes an executive "that the newspaper is 'maintaining our news depart- ment,' although it’s not clear whether parent company Block Communications can avoid job cuts in printing and distribution."

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Actor-writer Curt Wootton and Singer and Pittsburgh native A grant of $100,000 has been his creative partner Chrs Preksta Mackenzie "Kenzie" Ziegler has presented to the Silver Eye Cen- have launched a Kickstarter cam- signed a 15-year deal with Arista ter for Photography by the paign to finance their next film, Records, reports Variety's Mich- Andy Warhol Foundation for reports Hanah Lynn for Pitts- ele Amabile Angermiller. the Visual Arts. burgh City Paper.

“We are so excited to welcome The foundation was created in the The two are best known for their Kenzie to the Arista family,” the will of pop art icon and Pittsburgh popular "Pittsburgh Dad" series of article quotes David Massey, native Andy Warhol (1928-1987). comedic online videos. CEO of Arista. “At just 15 years Its primary focus is to support the old, she has built an incredible creation, presentation and docu- Launched on July 29, the cam- fanbase and possesses so much mentation of contemporary art. paign hopes to raise $10,000 to talent. We are looking forward to

bankroll a sequel to their 2017 a very bright future together.” Silver Eye will be using the funds short film "Street Light Stories." for exhibitions and related pro- To learn more, click https:// Arista is part of Sony Corpora- gramming. www.pghcitypaper.com/ tion of America's music enter- pittsburgh/pittsburgh-dad- tainment division. launches-kickstarter-to-fund- sequel-to-street-light-stories/ Rapper & Content?oid=15526765 AE Pact Pittsburgh-based fashion giant Images American Eagle Outfitters is partnering with rapper Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter for a new line of jeans and other clothes, reports MediaPost.com's Sarah Mahoney.

The 25-piece men's line, called AE X Young Money, is to debut this fall. The jeans will be avail- able in a wider range of sizes than has been customary. Many of the items will feature graphics in- spired by the singer’s Young Money record label.

Read Carter's full article by click- ing https://www.mediapost.com/ publications/article/338570/ american-eagle-lil-wayne-shakin- Tony Award winning actress Betty Buckley stars in the latest turning it-up-for-all.html production of the musical “Hello Dolly”.

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Pittsburgh Applause 7 Pittsburgh Applause SportsNet Pittsburgh New May Be Sold Carnegie AT&T, the owner of SportsNet The Bloomberg article explains Pittsburgh, has indicated an inter- that the company is trying to shed Trustees est in selling it and its sister net- a staggering $180 billion in debt. works. The news was first re- Six new trustees were added to ported in July on Bloomberg.com "AT&T hasn’t started a formal the Carnegie Museums of Pitts- by Nabila Ahmed, Eben Novy- process to sell the networks, and burgh board. They were added at Williams and Scott Moritz. there are no guarantees a deal will the June meeting, but the official be announced," the report contin- press release announcing them What is now AT&T SportsNet ued. Potential buyers include the was not issued until July. Pittsburgh began as the Pirate's Sinclair Broadcast Group, Cable Network in 1986. After which owns two television sta- several ownership and name tions in Pittsburgh. changes, the network became known as FSN Pittsburgh. AT&T Read the full article at https:// bought it and three other sports www.bloomberg.com/news/ channels in 2017. AT&T was articles/2019-07-02/at-t-said-to- Founded in 1895 by industrialist founded in 1885 as American mull-sale-of-regional-sports- Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Telephone and Telegraph Com- networks-to-slash-debt? the Carnegie Museums of Pitts- pany. srnd=premium&_ga=2.22230657 burgh is a family of four diverse, 9.942695459.1564514759- dynamic museums: Carnegie Mu- 99082774.1564514759 seum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center and The Andy Warhol Museum. Sinclair Promotes Cook “We’re so fortunate and honored Richard Cook has been named burgh. I look forward to working to welcome these talented indi- general manager of Sinclair with them as we continue to serve viduals to the Carnegie Museums Broadcast Group's (SBG) Pitts- the Pittsburgh community, work of Pittsburgh board of trustees,” burgh stations, WPGH-TV and to face the challenges before us, said board chair Bill Hunt in the WPNT-TV. and embrace the opportunities release. “They join a group of that arise as we move into the dedicated community leaders who next generation of television believe in the difference the four broadcasting.” Carnegie Museums make in the region, and the world.”

This is a promotion for Cook, Read the full list at https:// who had been the stations' sales mailchi.mp/carnegiemuseums/ director. newtrustees?e=[UNIQID]

“I am very excited and honored by the opportunity to lead WPGH and WPNT,” commented Cook in a press release. “This promotion wouldn’t be possible without the tremendous help and performance of our great people here in Pitts-

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Pittsburgh Applause 10 Pittsburgh Applause Patron Buy Expands Its Global Reach The parent company of Pittsburgh and Europe. Token provides ad- relationship with attendees and -based ShowClix --- Patron vanced radio-frequency identifi- sponsors," Patron's Marc Jenkins Technology --- has acquired three cation (RFID) solutions for a new said in a press release."Our top interconnected companies: Tick- age of cashless payments, access priority, always, is providing our etbooth, Token Systems and control and experiential activa- partners with the tools they need Audiencetools. tions at events of all sizes. Audi- to take their event to the next encetools is a platform designed level. With this latest acquisition to help harness an event's social of Ticketbooth, we will be able to media reach. do even more to give attendees an amazing event experience." “Over the past few years, Patron Technology has grown into a global presence in the event in- Ticketbooth provides innovative dustry, offering event organizers a event ticketing and marketing better, more flexible way to man- solutions to hundreds of events age their events and deepen their across Australia, New Zealand

Hal Prince (1928-2019) Opportunities

A position has opened at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for an early learning professional. Requirements include a good knowledge of the state's early learning standards. Learn more and apply by clicking https:// www.appone.com/MainInfoReq.asp?R_ID=2584713

Various positions are available at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. These include a web developer, exhibit designer and a special events manager. Check them out at https://carnegiemuseums.org/opportunities/search- careers/

Twelve openings at CBS Corporation's KDKA-TV include production, sales, engineering, promotion and the web. See the full list by clicking https://cbscorporation.jobs/jobs/?location=Pittsburgh%2C+PA

The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is looking for a youth teaching artist. The museum is especially interested in someone capable of working with kids in middle school and older. Download a PDF with the details by clicking https://s3.amazonaws.com/cmop_production/downloads/527/Youth_Teaching_Artisit-ML_06.12.2019.pdf? 1561053255

Posted on Craig's List on July 30 is a producer job at WQED Multimedia. This person "will have diverse respon- sibilities including production of live, televised broadcasts, digital-first content, televised and web-based documen- tary length content and shorter feature stories." See the full posting at https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/tfr/d/ pittsburgh-content-producer/6945742686.html

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