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AFCI Locations Trade Show, DC Comedyfest, 2007 NAB Convention, ASCAP "I CreateMusic" Expo, Gospel Music Association Music Week, Latin Music Week, Roger Ebert'sOverlooked Film Festival, Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival, New Orleans Jazz andHeritage Festival Highlight April Media and Showbiz Industry Networking Events &News Summary

In Tokyo's Space Lab Yellow, Jose James and Nori Ochiai (www.myspace.com/norippe)of the Jose James Jazz Quartet (www.myspace.com/josejamesquartet) join forces with

stellar DJ Gilles Peterson to perform a mix of jazz/Latin/Hip-Hop in an April 4musical event that will also be broadcast over J-WAVE. The duo will be atSoultrane Jazz Bar the next evening. Dan Decker, author of "Anatomy of aScreenplay," and founder of The Screenwriters Group, demonstrates his process bybreaking down the recently released movie "300" at the April 7 meeting of AlamedaWriters Group in Glendale. Association of Film Commissioners International holdsits 21st annual AFCI Locations Trade Show, April 7-15 in Santa Monica, and offersas a break-out seminar "Film Incentives: An Independent View of what Governmentsare Giving," led by producer and attorney Vince Ravine. Stand-up acts, sketch,short film and improv comedy will be seen in eight or more venues during the DCComedyfest running April 12-14, in addition to a master class with Mick Napier,industry seminars with Eddie Brill and Bob Read and a free legal rights seminar.

Every year Women in Film and Video honors women who have made a difference in themedia industry. This year they host their celebration on April 13 in WashingtonDC, and among several to be awarded Deborah Redmond, President of The SOHO Group,will receive the Women of Vision Leadership Award. The Hamptons Writers' Lab, agathering that happens each Spring in East Hampton, where mentors advise in a one-on-one laboratory setting while additional daily events bring the participantstogether, opens this year on April 13 for two days. The National Association ofBroadcasters Convention for 2007, which covers every aspect of audio and videocontent production, hosts a Content Creator's Party at the ESPN Zone, when theconference runs from April 14-19 in Las Vegas. The International Film FestivalSummit, on April 18 in London, is the trade show for professionals from the filmfestival industry that provides a platform for connection and collaboration toenhance the well-being of film festivals across the globe. At the ASCAP "I Create

Music" Expo, happening April 19-21 in Hollywood, the usual panels, workshops andmaster classes dedicated to songwriting and composing are slated, and a new areafor registrants interested in film scoring through a partnership with "FYI - FilmYour Issue," will be instituted. Final Draft in association with The HollywoodNetworking Breakfast hosts a "Scripwriters Showcase" featuring panels with filmand television writers revealing industry practices, covering topics that includefeature film, television, storytelling and comedy writing, for two days startingApril 20 in Universal City. Gospel Music Association Music Week takes place April21-25 in Nashville and folded into the scheduling as a breakout event will be the38th Annual GMA Dove Awards hosted by Brian Littrell, Natalie Grant, and DonnieMcClurkin. Parties, educational sessions, cocktail receptions, networking eventsand The Fifth Annual Billboard Bash, which features awards presentations andperformances all make up what is now called Latin Music Week, climaxing with The

Billboard Latin Music Awards, April 23-26 in Miami. The Eighth Bare BonesInternational Film Festival and Movie-Biz Conference, happening April 23-29 inMuskogee, is devised as a platform from which to showcase low-budget (less thanone million dollars) independent movies with a focus on championing the "BareBones Auteur".

At Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival, from April 24-29 in Champaign, filmsare only selected from among the films Mr. Ebert sees in the normal course of hisreviewing. The annual Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Jane Rosenthal and RobertDe Niro, kicks into gear April 25 running through May 6 and will have an expandedfocus with Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival presents 14 premiere screenings of

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sports-releated films, panel discussions, appearances by actors and sports stars,and with former NY Giants Tiki Barber serving as an ambassador of the festival."Anima 07" is the Cordoba Animation Festival which will be happening April 27-30in Cordoba. This year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, originally devisedin 1970 by jazz impresario George Wein, features a wide variety of indigenousmusic styles, food booths, and arts and crafts on display. MusExpo 2007 opening inWest Hollywood April 29 through May 2, deals with aspects of the global musicindustry and offers evening showcases on the Sunset Strip.

The above events are only a sampling of what is listed. Many of the reportedevents above have a submission process for indie and/or performing artists to takepart in. Complete details are on the "Media, Entertainment and Performing ArtsIndustry News and Events" page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html. Videoand podcast versions of this news summary are now available at various sitesaround the Web like YouTube and MySpace, as well as on The Actor's Checklist athttp://actorschecklist.com/loudblog/. This month on video you will see trailersand video clips of musician/filmmaker Mark Johnson's "Film Noir World"(www.myspace.com/filmnoirworld; www.indiestore.com/filmnoirworld) with darkelectro beats and accompanying video imagery; Ross Williams's documentary trailer"The Turning Point", (www.myspace.com/theturningpointmovie), a personal view atthe process of pregnancy and a look at the steep learning curve of being a new

parent; the music and acting of indie/rock/alternative musician Spence Decker(www.myspace.com/spencedecker) in his new feature film "Looking For Sunday,"written by Spence Decker and Mark Piznarski and directed by Mark Piznarski(www.lookingforsundaymovie.com).