059 - The Denton Black Film Festival 2024
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Discussing the 2024 Denton Black Film Festival, which is celebrating their 10th anniversary of showcasing black culture! The Denton Black Film Festival has grown into a 5-Day event that allows you to immerse yourself in some of the best showcases of black cinema, music, spoken word, art, and so much more. Visit and get your tickets today! Discussing the 10th anniversary of the Denton Black Film Festival in a round table conversation with my guests: Linda Eaddy, Director of Film Programming Harry Eaddy, Festival Director Nic Nichelson, Music Director Rhonda Bellamy Hodge,...
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058 - Bart Weiss and Dallas VideoFest 34
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Bart Weiss, Founder and Artistic Director of Dallas VideoFest, discusses the festival's 34th and final year.
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057 - Comedian Carl LaBove
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This episode is a re-release of episode 19 with guest comedian, actor, and musician Carl LaBove. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas. At 19 years old, he discovered stand up comedy with the man who would become his best friend, Sam Kinison. Together and along with Bill Hicks, they were founding members of “The Outlaws of Comedy.”
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056 - Comedian Darryl Littleton
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This episode's guest is comedian Darryl Littleton, who began his comedy career writing sketches for “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” on CBS Radio. Soon afterwards he became a regular at the world famous Comedy Store, adopted the stage name, “D’Militant” and landed a job as D. L. Hughley’s exclusive writer when he hosted BET’s “Comic View”.
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055 - Comedian Tony Casillas
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This episode's guest is comedian Tony Casillas, who started performing stand up comedy in Dallas, Texas, during his senior year in college by going on stage and telling stories about his life, and has had the opportunity to open for comics like Jim Jeffries, Tj Miller, Orny Adams, Theo Von and Bobcat Goldthwait.
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054 - Becca Peixotto, Ph.D.
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Becca Peixotto, Ph.D. is the Curator of the Origins: Fossils From The Cradle of Humankind exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. We discuss what lead her to become an archeologist, the exhibit that is currently on display through March 22, 2020 and so much more on episode 54 of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast. Consider yourself warned.
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053 - Danger God
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Discussing the "Danger God" documentary, stunt work through the years, and a real-life run-in with Charles Manson, and more with filmmaker Joe O'Connell and Stuntman Gary Kent, the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood."
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052 - Frame4Frame 2019 Red Carpet
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We speak with filmmakers on the red carpet of the 2019 Frame4Frame Film Festival.
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051 - Frame4Frame Festival 2019
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Ahead of the Frame4Frame festival, we sit in on the media round table with James Hawthorn and Vivian Fullerlove with the festival.
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050 - Selase Botchway
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This episode's guest is actor Selase Botchway. He is a first-generation Ghanaian that grew up in North Texas. He's been in several print campaigns including Lifetime Fitness, Dicks Sporting Goods, Nike Dry Fit, Sony, FedEx, and Lays. He's performed on Queen of the South, Sense Of Urgency, A Man Called John, Hello Henry, TX Zombie War, Zulu 6, and much more. We discuss Africa, acting and so much more.
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This episode's guest is Deborah Jung, the Founder and Executive Director of Kids Who Care. Deborah is a 2007 Great Women of Texas honoree, 2008 Legacy of Women Award recipient for the Arts, and most recently the Heart of Gold award recipient from the Fort Worth Arts Council.
Deborah Jung has produced and directed tours of original musicals since 1990 with Kids Who Care, previewing Off Broadway at the Lamb's Theatre, and appearing at the Kennedy Center, Bass Hall, and Disneyland. Additional tours include venues in New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Italy, Albania, Germany, Washington D.C., Orlando, Nashville, across Texas and at 30,000 feet in the air on the American Airlines Wish Flight.
Deborah has produced and directed family musicals for Kids Who Care including West Side Story, Peter Pan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Annie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Godspell, Narnia, Wizard of Oz, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, A Christmas Carol and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Under Deborah’s direction, Kids Who Care has produced Family Concerts with Peter Yarrow, Trout Fishing in America, Sara Hickman, Inca Son, Eddie Coker, Danny Wright, and Joseph Vincelli.
Prior to founding Kids Who Care, Deborah Jung was a member of Actor’s Equity and a member of the Resident Company at Casa Mañana (1975-1989). While at Casa, she directed and/or appeared in over 75 productions and is the original founder of Casa Kids.
Celebrating thirty years this year, Kids Who Care is still following the original vision and desire of Founder and Executive Director Deborah Jung….. which is “To Create a place where the Child is Cherished. To Write and Produce Original Works designed to Change the World. To Find Stellar Arts and Business Professionals, who adore Kids, and work with them. To Gather the Brightest Business and Community leaders, who love Kids, and ask them to volunteer alongside us. So that, When the Lights Go Up … We Find Delight!”
Kids are transformed when their confidences are built, and when the combination of artistic development is infused with entrepreneurial leadership, Kids are more than ready for the bright futures that await them! At Kids Who Care, they do this by leading with an entrepreneurial mindset, valuing the artistic integrity of kids, promoting excellence in artistic development, seeking financial and cultural diversity, teaching ensemble driven mindset, mutually respecting all ages, and producing original works that are designed to change the world!
By offering a year round artistic education to kids of all ages and backgrounds, children have opportunities to be part of summer musical and leadership camps, weekly classes, or even the opportunity to tour an original work which is designed to change the world.
During my conversation with Deborah Jung, we discuss how she accidentally got into theater, her time at CASA Mañana, the creation of Kids Who Care, and so much more on episode number 43, of the Avert Your Eyes Podcast! Consider yourself warned...
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