Taste of Rogers Park

In the words of the Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce:

"The Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce is very happy to announce that today we have launched a thirty day Kickstarter campaign for the first ever Taste of Rogers Park through World Business Chicago's program, SEED Chicago.

The Taste of Rogers Park will be hosted at Artists of the Wall area of Loyola Park with it's Southern boundary being the Windform art sculpture. The Taste will continue to occur every other year and shift to other parks throughout Rogers Park, including Touhy Park, Willye B. White Park and Pottawatomie Park.

Our first Taste of Rogers Park will host twenty restaurants, ten for profits, and ten not for profits, as well as local musicians.

The Taste of Rogers Park will be a one day event in August of 2014 which will begin at 8 am and end at 10 pm.

Children seven and under will enter for free, seniors can attend for ten dollars, and all ages in-between get in for fifteen dollars.

Please check out our Kickstarter and help make the first Taste of Rogers Park happen!

You can fund the event for rewards of tickets, t-shirts, or even sponsorship! Please help us bring this family event to Rogers Park"!

Links:

Sponsorship opens on Kickstarter today at:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rogerspark/the-taste-of-rogers-park

Official Taste of Rogers Park website:

http://tasteofrogerspark.com/

Official Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce website:

http://www.RogersPark.cc

For additional information contact:

Rogers Park Chamber of Commerce

(773) 850-0049

Artists of the Wall 2013

Press Release For Artists of the Wall 2013 

Twenty years ago there was a wall along the lake, trash strewn about, graffiti littering the area, and people that were questionable harassing the passersby.

A small group of Rogers Park residents (Keith Lord, Katie Hogan, Regina Robinson, and Richard Kaufman) sat on Keith Lord's back porch and came up with a brilliant idea to change the face of this wall; An Artists of the Wall festival.

By cleaning up the area, painting the walls, and involving the police force in the painting, the negative personas that were in the area disappeared while the beautification of the area became apparent.

The event has, since then, turned into a celebration of Rogers Park and it’s culturally diverse residents. People from all over have come to paint at Rogers Park’s Artists of the Wall.

Businesses, churches, police, firefighters, lifeguards and people from age eighteen months to eighty years old have painted one of the 154 spaces on this 5,000 square foot (600 feet) wall over the past twenty years.

The Artists of the Wall festival is a one-of-a-kind, ever-changing art project, the largest of its kind along the lakefront and running for twenty years, something unprecedented in Chicago.

Artists of the Wall doesn't just promote both amateur and professional artists, it also promotes musicians by having an eclectic representation of Chicago-based bands. The bands and musicians that have played at Artists of the Wall have shared the stage with Windform, the first-of-its-kind art sculpture that was placed on city property.

“Twenty Years on the Wall” is our theme this Father's Day weekend. For years, this event has defined what Father's Day is to our Rogers Park dads. In the past, fathers have called, happiness evident in their voices, because they finally had the day with their children and wanted to paint one of the spaces.

This year is special for another reason, too. Last year, one of the artists, Terrence, died as a victim of gun violence in Chicago. His family contacted the Loyola Park Advisory Council and asked that his space be left intact this year so that they can add their story to his art. Terrence's death has saved the lives of six others because he was an organ donor.

Don't forget to be at Artists of the Wall, “20 on the Wall,” this Father's Day weekend Saturday, June 15 to promote the beautification of our neighborhood, and taking a stand against violence.

Music Stage Program

Saturday, June 15 

Noon - 12:45 pm Handyman Steel Pan 

1:15 - 2:00 pm Jeannie Tanner Quartet 

2:30 - 3:30 pm Odd Folk 

4:00 – 5:15 pm Conjúnto 

Sunday, June 16 

Noon - 12:45 pm Joe Dickinson 

1:15 – 2:00 pm Eastern Blok 

2:30 – 3:30 pm Meisha Herron 

4:00 – 5:15 pm The Pratt Cattz featuring Robert Irving 

For more information please contact: 

Katie Hogan (773) 764-9302 

Founder of Artists of the Wall Festival 

Keith Lord (312) 944-6270 

Founder of Artists of the Wall Festival 

Bill Morton (773) 850-0029 

Bill Morton Promotions- Publicist

Back Bill Morton Promotions

The Rogers Park 

postcard project

As an advocate for the beauty and potential of my Chicago neighborhood, 

This is the first of a series of postcards featuring Rogers Park.


Rogers Park can be defined by it’s character. It is what we know and love about Rogers Park. It is the personality and spirit of where we live. Examples could be the residents, the beaches or even the cobblestone street on Glenwood Avenue.

Pledge $5 or more - You get this Jarvis on the Lake postcard mailed to your home.

Pledge $10 or more - You get this Jarvis on the Lake postcard mailed to your home and to two other friends.

Pledge $50 or more - You get a framed and signed 8 x 10 photograph mailed to your home.

Visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/billmortonpromotions/jarvis-on-the-lake-postcard for more information and to pledge.


- Bill Morton
Bill Morton Promotions
(773) 850-0029

This project will only be funded if at least $350 is pledged by Tuesday Feb 19, 11:30pm CST.


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Just Keep Looking Up

Yolanda Hinton, an accomplished singer, has made great strides in developing and creating a unique and special musical style.

Born in Brooklyn New York, is where she was influenced and surrounded by many musical genres and talent.

Yolanda became involved in music at an early age; participated in musical productions and plays and always noticed for her beautiful, graceful character and great talent. Her signature brand is: “The Lady”.

Yolanda moved from New York to Virginia, after losing her father in a tragic subway accident. Her father’s death caused her to look deep inside her heart to find her purpose in life. She soon discovered people who were lonely and hurting, thus influencing her dream of traveling the world and reaching the masses with a message of hope and healing through music.

Yolanda first reached out in her local community, singing in churches, group homes, youth groups, and drama

companies as well as winning several local music competitions.

Yolanda felt her career needed to move beyond the local arena. She knew that in order to reach national and international audiences, she would have to make drastic moves. She started her own independent record label, Cristo Records™ in 1992. Although she says “the music business is hard”, she still followed her dream and passion to start and make Cristo Records a successful business. With her record label, she produced various artists, created many radio shows, and musicals and traveled the world.

Her album My Secret Place was the start of something big. It had a great amount of progress and Yolanda
quickly invited to Europe to perform with the European Metropolitan Orchestra.

Happy about her success, and felt so blessed that she wanted to give back. Yolanda gave back to the community by establishing Cristo Community Development Corporation, a 501 c3 non-profit organization which started in 2004. CCDC provides mentoring and literacy programs for youth. CCDC also produce and host an annual musical event which provides toys and bicycles for needy families, food and warm clothing for senior citizens.

Cristo Records takes pleasure in introducing Yolanda Hinton in her newest single: Just Keep Looking Up, a song from her forth coming project, entitled: Giving You More.

Just Keep Looking Up is an upbeat inspirational message that will encourage any listener.

Yolanda Hinton
http://www.yolandahinton.com/
Gospel and Christian Adult Contemporary


Yolanda Hinton Just Keep Looking Up is available for secure download to radio stations at: http://www.radiosubmit.com/rs/YolandaHinton


Electronic press kit available at: http://www.radiosubmit.com/rs/YolandaHinton/epk/

Yolanda's Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fSRCQ-uRUU
Yolanda's Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yolanda-Hintons-Fan-Page/257512314283872
Yoland'a Twitter: https://twitter.com/yolandahinton

Information source:
Bill Morton Promotions
radio promotion

School of Rock performs in Rogers Park

Working as a member of the Willye B. White Park Advisory Council and owner of Bill Morton Promotions, Bill Morton booked School of Rock at the Rogers Park Men Can Cook event in Rogers Park.

Relevant links:

Rogers Park Men Can Cook Event - Rogers Park in 1,000 Words

photography by Bill's Digital Photography

Bill Morton Promotions Welcomes Sinister Moustache

PRESS RELEASE

Bill Morton Promotions Welcomes Sinister Moustache

Sinister Moustache performs cinematic nightmarish orchestrations. Their music is progressive, mostly instrumental rock with a shape-shifting, film score style quality. Their latest album explores a variety of musical genres, from jazz, to ambiance, to metal, to surf, as it weaves a tale similar to a symphonic opus–but with contemporary rock instrumentation (guitar, keys, effects, drums, bass.) Their dynamic compositions swap between strange and atmospheric, dark and brutal, to absurd and cartoony–reflecting influences such as King Crimson, Faith No More, Frank Zappa, The Melvins, Herbie Hancock, Danny Elfman, Martin Denny, Raymond Scott, and Nintendo Music.

The Super-Sargasso sea is a theoretic place where lost things go–and supposedly the source of objects that fall in anomalous rain phenomena. Sinister Moustache chose this as their latest album title as a reference to the unusual combinations of styles and sounds that make up the work. However the album is not abstract or extremely avant-garde–it follows song structure and appeals to the common listener, but with such skill to make it a real treat for the discerning listener.



Amy Stafford, Manager of Sinister Moustache reports:

In 2005 I discovered Bill Morton with 4X Records. At that time I was doing music related promotions in the southeast and found Bill to be very helpful to my business. He actively helped me book and promote shows for the bands I represented.Over the years, Bill always kept in contact--he kept me up to date on his progress with 4X Records and I was able to follow along as his business developed by leaps and bounds.

In 2009 I opened a music club in Savannah, GA. I also began full-time management of the band Sinister Moustache. I looked to Bill for assistance in promoting this band. I knew that Sinister Moustache fit into Bill's criteria for selecting bands for promotional services: original style, extraordinary song crafting and skill. I also knew that Bill's ability to connect with people, to create business relationships and to follow through with his services meant that he would be the best person to hire for Sinister Moustache.

Bill has kept in contact with me over all these years and never let me forget him. If this is indicative of the attention he gives to all of the relationships he's developed in the musical world, then I know that he is a skilled promoter who can deliver what he promises.

Sinister Moustache: The Super-Sargasso sea
GOING FOR ADDS: October 2010
Booking: Contact Bill Morton Promotions or Asteroid Booking

Samples of The Super-Sargasso sea and classic Sinister Moustache tracks will be available for listening at http://www.billmortonpromotions.com/ soon.

Music Requests for radio airplay: Contact Bill Morton Promotions

Amy Stafford on Bill Morton

In 2005 I discovered Bill Morton with 4X Records. At that time I was doing music related promotions in the southeast and found Bill to be very helpful to my business. He actively helped me book and promote shows for the bands I represented.

Over the years, Bill always kept in contact--he kept me up to date on his progress with 4X Records and I was able to follow along as his business developed by leaps and bounds.

In 2009 I opened a music club in Savannah, GA. I also began full-time management of the band Sinister Moustache. I looked to Bill for assistance in promoting this band. I knew that Sinister Moustache fit into Bill's criteria for selecting bands for promotional services: original style, extraordinary song crafting and skill. I also knew that Bill's ability to connect with people, to create business relationships and to follow through with his services meant that he would be the best person to hire for Sinister Moustache. Bill has kept in contact with me over all these years and never let me forget him. If this is indicative of the attention he gives to all of the relationships he's developed in the musical world, then I know that he is a skilled promoter who can deliver what he promises.

Amy Stafford
The Wormhole Music Club
& Asteroid Booking