For Immediate Release:
Contact: Carolyn Malachi Monday, January, 11, 2010
MEDIA ADVISORY
BLOOMBARS AND SMART CHICKS, INC. TEAM-UP FOR A DAY OF SERVICE ON MLK DAY
Artists Take The Lead: Winter Clothing Drive, Letter Writing Campaign, And Music Video Shoot
WASHINGTON, DC - When the nation celebrates the birthday Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, on January 18th, musicians, poets, actors, photographers, and artists of all stripes will lead a community call to action as a part of the “Live. Give. Bloom.” day of service at BloomBars, a Washington DC-based non-profit organization that works to inspire and unite communities through the arts while nurturing artists committed to serving the community.
The effort is being led by Carolyn Malachi, Artist-in-Bloom Resident Fellow, and founder of Smart Chicks, Inc., a national non-profit arts organization with a mission to advance visibility and leadership for women in the arts.
What: Artists rally for day of service to bring winter clothes to needy families and a wheel chair ramp to BloomBars. The efforts of artists and community members will be documented in a music video shoot for ‘Orion’, the first single from her CD, Revenge of the Smart Chicks III: Eclectic Company, coming in July. The video will chronicle the activities taking place during “Live. Give. Bloom.” All are invited to bring warm clothes to donate and a pen or a laptop for a letter writing campaign to bring a wheel chair ramp to BloomBars.
When: Monday, January 18th, 2010. 12:00pm to 4:00pm.
Where: BloomBars, 3222 11th Street, N,W. Washington, D.C. (Columbia Heights Metro)
Carolyn Malachi (A Brief Bio)
Hailing from Washington, DC, Carolyn Malachi, great-granddaughter of jazz pianist John Malachi, has created a modern infectious gumbo of jazz, hip-hop, and spoken word music. Revenge of the Smart Chicks III: Eclectic Company (July 2010) is third in a series of stirring, genre-bending CDs, the first of which spawned the Revenge of the Smart Chicks movement and non-profit called Smart Chicks Inc. The organization is dedicated to developing visibility and leadership opportunities for women in the arts. Click HERE to view Carolyn’s press kit.
