Jun 11, 2010 10:41 PM

Internet Week New York on CNN

Permalink | Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 10:41 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: Internet Week New York

Jun 08, 2010 11:55 PM

48 Hour Film Project in New York Times

Check out the amazing story on The 48 Hour Film Project competition in New York City in today’s New York Times - lead story across front page of Arts Section with several photos on the inside.

This year’s tour kicked off in late April and coverage so far has included in depth features and interviews on WBUR (NPR in Boston), WAMU-FM (NPR in Washington, D.C.) and NBC New York Nightly News

Permalink | Posted on Jun 08, 2010 at 11:55 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: The 48 Hour Film Project

Jun 04, 2010 11:36 PM

New York City Gears Up For Internet Week

New York City is gearing up for the third annual Internet Week New York, which will will host over 150 events between June 7-14 at the festival’s first-ever headquarters at Chelsea’s Metropolitan Pavilion and at dozens of locations throughout the City.

Reflecting both the rise of New York City as a new tech capital and the festival’s emergence as a top annual gathering for Internet leaders, the diverse slate of programming includes everything from panels, conferences, and educational events to art installations, live performances and parties. To build buzz for the festival, PKPR secured preview stories in a wide range of media including the Wall Street Journal (”Internet Week New York kicks of seven days of Web geekery”), New York Times (”Tech festivals land”) CNN (”The next Silicon Valley? It may be New York”), NBC New York (”Internet Week to be bigger and better”), Metro (”The tech sector powers up”), Hollywood Reporter, Village Voice, ZDNet, PCMag, and Mediabistro. 

Permalink | Posted on Jun 04, 2010 at 11:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: Internet Week New York

May 17, 2010 10:05 PM

Walt Whitman Returns to Streets of New York City

Walt Whitman’s masterpiece “Song of Myself” was brought to life in neighborhoods throughout his beloved New York in a stirring music-theater adaptation making it world debut earlier this month.

From May 5-14, Compagnia de’ Colombari presented MORE OR LESS I AM in venues ranging from the poet’s Long Island birthplace to Grant’s Tomb. The play was conceived and directed by company founder Karin Coonrod, with music by members of the genre-defying string ensemble Brooklyn Rider.

PKPR handled publicity for the roving production, securing a glowing review from The New Yorker’s Ian Crouch, who wrote: “For an hour, it felt as though we’d created, audience and performers together, a real community. To risk sounding trite, we’d become Whitman’s Americans living in his America.”

Other coverage included features in Newsday, American Theater Magazine, Gay City News, and The Brooklyn Paper, as well as previews in Theatermania, Time Out New York, The Village Voice, and This Week in New York.

Permalink | Posted on May 17, 2010 at 10:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: Compagnia de’ Colombari

May 12, 2010 10:17 PM

Thumbs Up for Wonderwall’s Celebritweets Theater

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Twitter is teeming with celebrities, and their Tweets have become a ripe target for satire. Case in point: Celebritweets Theater, an animated series from MSN’s Wonderwall which imagines the real story behind some of the more bizarre celebrity Tweets.

To introduce the series to a wider audience, PKPR secured features on Celebritweets Theater to influential sites covering the intersection of pop culture and social media, including Mashable, Tubefilter News, and The Frisky.  Individual episodes have also been highlighted in diverse outlets from CosmoGirl and Buzzfeed to Awards Daily and Ear Sucker. 

Permalink | Posted on May 12, 2010 at 10:17 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk
Client: Wonderwall from MSN