steve porter

Description

MIFA presents Holyoke Stars of the Silent Screen, a video introduction to three wonderful women born or raised in Holyoke who became stars of vaudeville and silent movies from the early 1900s to the 1920s. Premiered on April 19, 2013 at the Wauregan Gallery at 386 Dwight Street, Holyoke, MA. Holyoke: Points of View is a series of art and cultural events which will take place during April 2013 in venues throughout Holyoke's Arts & Innovation district. All programs are free and open to the public. In Holyoke Stars, PorterHouse Media and Zach MacDonald (Milltown Productions www.milltownproductions.com) have collaborated to create an audio/visual composition highlighting three famous stage and silent film actresses: Eva Tanguay, Ormi Hawley, and Pauline Curley. All three hailed from Holyoke. MIFA brought the idea for Holyoke Stars to PorterHouse Media as part of MIFA's ongoing research into Holyoke artists and celebrities. The video compilation is a mix of original sounds and images from rare footage and recordings blended artistically with a modern approach. PorterHouse Media (www.porterhousemedia.com) is a full service multi-media production company headquartered in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Its mission is to deliver high quality entertainment through unique audio and visual compositions. Founder Steve Porter has been credited with being the pioneer in this field. Currently on the cutting edge of viral marketing and advertisement, PorterHouse Media is where people turn to for spontaneous word-of-mouth enthusiasm. PorterHouse Media has created a fresh and exciting marketplace to reinvent the "cool factor" of any company or brand. MIFA, the Holyoke-based International Festival, brings world-class events to Holyoke and the Pioneer Valley. MIFA's recent seasons in Holyoke have included David Wampach's SACRE, After The Factory - a co-presentation with Idea Mill, Alexander Nevsky with the full Prokofiev score, The Second Annual Art at the Victory Theatre, Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight, Enchanted Circle Theatre in Sojourner's Truth, Silent Film Night - The Last Command, and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in Love's Labour's Lost. Other notable events have been contemporary Irish dance in Irish Cream, Eddie Palmieri in Concert, a series of French dance, and Mikhail Baryshnikov's 2004 World Tour. MIFA is a vehicle for community restoration and historic and architectural preservation. It is renovating and reopening the historic Victory Theatre, a 1600 seat Broadway-style theater in downtown Holyoke. The iconic theater will be returned to its original use as a live theater house for Holyoke, the Valley, and the Northeast. www.mifafestival.org