Kate Farina Event producer // Ideas person // Fan of fans
Kroisos and Aulus Metellus: A Comparison
The contrasts between Kroisos and Aulus Metellus illustrate the manner in which Roman artists adapted and advanced Greek innovations in sculpture, in terms of visual aesthetics and symbolic function. Any casual observer could list the ways the two works differ physically. The Romans were not simply “better artists” or more technically skilled. The difference between [...]
Terbrugghen After Dark: Recomposing an Iconic Image of the Crucifixion
Terbrugghen After Dark: Recomposing an Iconic Image of the Crucifixion The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ has been described as the most enduring and familiar scene in western art.[1] After hundreds of years and thousands of visual representations, fresh perspectives on the Crucifixion are few and far between. Creating a completely original [...]
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Managing Editor for the The Art Directors Annual 86: The number-one international visual reference annualThe best-selling, international review of the year’s most innovative works in visual communication, this annual features, in full color, the winners of the toughest competition in the field-the Art Directors Club Annual Awards. The book presents, with exceptional clarity and detail, the [...]
Clear Continuity: Why Porgy and Bess is an Opera
Clear Continuity: Why Porgy and Bess is an Opera Since its creation more than sixty years ago, Porgy and Bess has been puzzling audiences, critics, and theorists with its blend of operatic structure and voice types with a distinctively jazzy musical sensibility. Perhaps because it is a uniquely American “jazz opera,” Porgy and Bess [...]
Paranoia and Conformity in “Pod People” Films of the McCarthy Era
The following essay was written for a 200-level film course covering the McCarthy Era. Unfortunately, the witty title I came up with has been lost to the ages. The very mention of paranoid films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers often provokes laughter. Today’s scoffers look down on these films as ridiculous relics of 1950s [...]
Oscar Viewing Party (2010)
March 7, 2010 For the first time ever, we presented the Academy Awards on our big screen, inviting the audience to “play along” and participate via Twitter. I also introduced TwitterFall to my co-workers, which is a great (and sometimes pretty) way to display tweets in front of an audience.
An Evening with Jim Parsons
From the website: In the three seasons that The Big Bang Theory has steadily risen in popularity to become one of television’s most-watched sitcoms, there are few who would argue that a key reason for the increasingly enthusiastic viewership has been breakout star Jim Parsons. As the all-too-logical, defiantly antisocial über-nerd Sheldon Cooper, Parsons has [...]
“Dark Shadows at Twilight: A Paley Center Vampire Weekend”
Collaborating with the Paley Center’s education staff (and fellow vampire enthusiasts), we created a weekend-long celebration of all things vampire in the media, designed to coincide with the release of New Moon. This multi-faceted event featured a panel/debate with fans of the most prominent and beloved vampire properties, a trivia competition, a gallery exhibit featuring [...]
A Detailed Account of What I Do
I’m spelling this out in great detail because this job is pretty unique. It’s not like saying “I’m a plumber” or “I’m a CPA.” It takes a paragraph or to just to explain where I work, let alone what I do. One of the reasons I created this website was to be able to explain [...]
The Paley Center for Media: After the Program
Here’s where things get more complicated. I called myself an “event producer” but there’s actually some other elements beyond just planning and running events. In fact, I pretty much elbowed my way in to these other responsibilities because they were being outsourced and I thought I could save the organization money and do it better. [...]
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- @GoTeamMegan It's HILARIOUS though.
- @sacsplace Yes. Very end of July. Once we pack up our kitchen, we'll be relying on Sac's for all sustenance.
- @sacsplace That said, we need to get all our Sacs in while we still can!
- @sacsplace Great! I used a new dough recipe and it worked so well. And I sauteed the mushrooms first (Sacs style). No bacon though :(