www.ACMI.tv 781-777-1115 85 Park Avenue, Arlington, MA 02476 Executive Director, Norman J. McLeod Outreach Coordinator, Walter Locke
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ACMi Newsletter Volume 7, #1
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Jan - Apr 2013
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Official Launch of APN Local News
On April 17th the ACMi news service, APN, released its first twice-monthly news round-up program for public viewing. According to ACMi News Director Sara Alfaro-Franco, Arlington Public News has concluded the initial training of local citizen journalists, reporters, camera operators, editors, and news anchors for the current APN team.
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Arlington Public News (APN) team meets to plan first show.
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To watch the news on ACMi, tune in to our Public channel daily at 7:30 AM and 7:30 PM or view the programs online at news.acmi.tv.
Meanwhile, the core group has begun producing round-up news digest segments of Selectmen meetings and School Committee meetings.
These are also available online at news.acmi.tv.
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Town Elections
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2013 School Committee Candidates at ACMi Studio A
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Election related programming in March and April kept our viewers up to date on the candidates and the returns. Read more here.
Candidate Video Profiles
Pre-recorded at ACMi studio on Park Ave, these 5-minute profiles gave candidates a chance to speak, through our our cameras, to their current or future constituents about themselves and what they hoped to accomplish in office. These video profiles were then posted online on the ACMI Video-On Demand .
Candidates' Debates
Candidate debates for the open Board of Selectmen seat and for 2 openings on the School Committee were recorded at ACMi Studio-A and aired from March 18th until the April 6th election. Online viewing of both the Selectmen Debate and the School Committee Debate was made available on the Arlington Public News (APN) website.
Candidates' Night LIVE
Hosted by The League of Women Voters of Arlington and Vision 20/20 on March 21st at 8PM, Candidates' Night was cablecast LIVE on ACMi's PUBLIC channel and replayed on its GOVT channel the following day and up to the April 6th election.
Election Returns
Election returns were reported LIVE on Saturday April 6th from Town Hall on ACMi's GOVT channel from 8PM on. Ballot counts were reported, candidates were interviewed, relevant clips and PSAs were aired. It was a great opportunity for the new APN team to ready itself for it's official launch two days later on the ACMi Public channel and via the internet at http://news.acmi.tv/.
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Town Meeting 2013
Brought to you LIVE
ACMi covered Town Meeting sessions, gavel to gavel LIVE from Town Hall on Monday and Wednesday evenings, from April 22nd to May 8th.
Check the ACMi Government channel (RCN 15, Comcast 22, Verizon 26) here for the ongoing schedule of replays.
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ACMi Production Group Focus Media Records
Arlington High School's
Battle of the Bands
Saturday, Jan 26th, 7 PM
at the Regent Theatre
Senior member producer, Noel Forte, and the high school production group known as Focus Media, descended on the Regent Theatre with high-definition cameras, audio equipment and a rockin' video switcher to cover this year's AHS-sponsored Battle of the Bands.
All proceeds from the grand event went to benefit STAND, an organization formed by AHS students to raise awareness and funds for humanitarian causes in Darfur (Sudan) and other hotspots.
Featured were 7 AHS Bands:
Suits
The Best Excuse
Shades of Green
Stir-Fry-Samurai
Reverb
Trust Fall
The Fuzzy Man-Peach
Experience
Congratulations to the Focus Media team and everyone who helped make this year's video the best ever. Also a shout out to their ACMi coach and mentor, Youth Coordinator Dan Black.
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ACMI Hours of Operation
10am - 8pm Mon-Thurs
(10-6 during July & August)
10am - 6pm Friday
(10-5 during July & August)
Saturday by appointment
Closed on Sunday
Equipment Office Hours
(equipment pick-up/return)
M - F 10am-1pm
M - Th 5pm-7pm
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Please Remember:
ACMi continues to be a smoke-free and fragrance-free environment. Please do your best to remember, for the sake of those with allergies and chemical sensitivities, to NOT USE scented products when visiting or working with us here at ACMi.
Thank you.
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Short sleeves return to ACMi
Finally the chill has left the air and springtime is upon us at 85 Park Ave. It is also heating up at Studio B, now bustling with activity at 892 Mass Ave.
Town Meeting 2013 was in full swing as all of us at ACMi were preparing for: the coming annual Relay for Life cancer cure fundraiser on June 1st; for the AHS graduation the following weekend; for our own Producers' Picnic the weekend after that; and for our week-long TV Production workshop for Arlington Community Education's SummerFun series at the end of July. Though we're busy as the bees traveling soon to our fresh new frontyard flowers, we're never too busy to welcome our members and our friends here at ACMi in the Heights. See you soon!
Happy gateway to summer from . . . The Staff at ___________________________________________ ACMi TV |
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The Irish Again
New interns from Northern Ireland at ACMi
Arlington Community Media Inc. is once again blessed by the arrival of two interns from Northern Ireland as part of a program initiated last year by The Irish International Immigrant Center (IIIC) and Ann-Marie Byrne, Director of its Learning Exchange Program. This year's duo arrived at ACMi bootcamp for induction on Wednesday morning April 17th for a tour with Ms. Byrne and two other officials from the program.
27-year old Niall Eggleston from Londonderry and 19-year-old Ryan McGlinchey from Omagh in County Tyrone settled in quickly and the following day were already busy recording and editing a short piece designed to shift them into a workflow routine for the following five weeks, Monday through Thursday, that allowed each of them to learn about all aspects of television production. [Read more. . .]
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What's Up (and On) at ACMi
January
21 MLK, Jr. Birthday Observance dinner recorded by ACMi
member Bill Hamilton for subsequent cablecast
26 Battle of the Bands (AHS STAND club) at Regent Theatre
(produced for ACMi by Noel Forte & Focus Media Productions)
28 Relay-for-Life kickoff ceremony at Boys & Girls Club
26 ACMi covered DOT Mass Ave Corridor Project hearing
02 Multi-camera member coverage of Mystic Chorale Gospel
concert
at Boston's historic Tremont Temple
15 Guns & Hoses Hockey fundraiser recorded by ACMi
members for subsequent cablecast
16 Member coverage of Old Schwamb Mill open house for
documentary
21 LIVE ACMi presentation of Candidates' Night from Town
Hall, hosted by the League of Women Voters of Arlington
April
06 LIVE election night returns coverage from Town Hall
11 Live-to-tape studio recording of AHS Jazz Band & Octet
14 LIVE presentation of Arlington Patriots' Day Parade
22 Town Meeting 2013 opens. ACMi covers each and every
session LIVE at Town Hall on Monday and Wednesday
evenings starting at 8 PM and replays each one the
Ongoing
Award-winning New England Journal, The Steve Katsos
Show, Wicked Green, Ponder This, Humorama, Nicole's
Review, Living Out Loud, and On the Avenue.
Lots more programs, including a seminar on May 15th at
Studio B about the power of video profiles for college
applicants, Relay for Life
coverage on June 1st, Arlington
Town Hall's 100th anniversary on
of AHS graduation on June 9th, a 5-week work
stop-motion animation workshop on Tuesdays
4th - July 2nd, and an awesome
See a complete listing of our current programming.
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. . . And All That Jazz
Six members of the AHS Jazz Octet, seen above, came to ACMi Studio-A in Arlington Heights to simulate what may become commonplace in their future careers -- they came to record the sight and sound of themselves in high-definition video.
On April 11th the renowned Arlington High School Jazz Band and its subset the AHS Jazz Octet (pictured above) assembled themselves for the first time in Arlington Community Media's Studio-A where, conducted by AHS Music Drector Tino D'Agostino, they proceeded to heat the studio air with scorching hot jazz selections, now playing on the ACMi Public channel. ACMi staff was greatly impressed by the group's musical talent and hopes our Arlington viewers enjoy the show as much as it did.
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Keeping the Free Press Free We cannot fulfill our obligation to our viewers without keeping them (you) up to date on conditions that may affect freedom of speech and the press--for that is what community media access is charged by its communities to do. In that spirit of keeping our viewers informed, we offer the following link to the alliance of community PEG media organizations like ours. Thank you for your interest in free and independent public information media. To learn more about what our national Alliance for Community Media is doing to help, visit here. For information on the Massachusetts chapter, visit www.mymasstv.org * * * * * |
Where else in Arlington can you get training and a year of experience honing marketable skills for
the price of dinner out?
The 7th membership year of Arlington Community Media commences July 1st, but we are offering a free month for those that sign up now. Starting June 1st, you can be a member of the hottest media production resource in Arlington. for 13 full months for what you spend on 3 movies tickets.
Primary among the perquisites that attend ACMi membership is
a reduced-fee for all ACMi workshops. See our current workshops. And, if you have a documentary or dramatic project, a film short, or green-screen project you've been wanting to make and put up on YouTube or your website, we have what you need: top quality digital equipment, the training to put it to work for your project, and an experienced staff to guide you. What do we get? We get interesting, informative, and creative programming for our Public Access channels. So come make ACMi your launching pad to the world of new media and community connections. The doors are open here Monday through Thursday from 10 AM to 8 PM (summer 10-6) and Friday 10-6 (summer 10-5). We look forward to welcoming you soon at 85 Park Avenue.
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ACMi Staff:
(bottom row):
Jeff, Jessica, Sara
(middle row):
Dan, Cheryl, Norm
(top row):
Walter, Sean, Lakis
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Arlington Community Media
was conceived and founded by Arlington citizens dedicated to ensuring fair and equal access to local community programming for all of Arlington's cable television viewers.
ACMi undertakes this mission by placing its production facilities, its equipment, and the training to use it at your disposal as an Arlington resident so that you may be seen and heard town-wide.
You are why we're here.
We're always happy to welcome you at ACMI.
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