Life Is Theatrical Communications

Author: normalmarlon

  • KKCC and Purposeful Pours

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    Recently, Kelver’s K9 Comfort Corps held a ONEHOPE Wine fundraiser hosted by Purposeful Pours – Erika Haahr. If you aren’t familiar with ONEHOPE, check them out here. If you’d like to purchase some of these wines and give back to KKCC (a portion of the proceeds goes back to them), then click the button below!…

  • A Burger Battle with a side of College Football Playoff

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    If you’ve heard of South Bend, IN at all you’re probably familiar with a few of the following names or places: Notre Dame, the East Race, Knute Rockne, Muffet McGraw, Ara Parseghian, Joe Montana, Arika Ogunbowale, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Brady Quinn, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg to name a few. I’ve lived out here for 12 years…

  • The Callback

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    I had a job interview today and I feel so seen. Allow me to share some background for perspective. In April of this year I began job searching with the knowledge that I would eventually be laid off. At the end of July I was laid off. At the beginning of August I launched LIT…

  • #PMJtour stops at Four Winds

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    I can’t remember if my first taste of Postmodern Jukebox was “All About That Bass” or “Dream On” but I remember catching them on YouTube and thinking, “Oh! That’s pretty cool!” and always made it a point to check them out whenever I saw them come up in my digital feeds.  The opportunity to catch…

  • Feature: LITE Recovery Hub

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    “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis I came across that quotation in the email signature of Peer Supervisor Rochelle Taylor from LITE. A friend in this area sent me a link to LITE Recovery Hub because they shared a…

  • Women’s Entrepreneur Summit

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    I first met Cindy Cohen on my first visit to 1 Million Cups – Mishawaka. She was very clearly the woman in charge in the room and she introduced herself early on. I found out very quickly, that there aren’t very many small business events I hear of or attend that Cindy isn’t a part…

  • Moccasin Elementary Veterans Day Program

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    If you blink, you may miss Buchanan, Michigan. A town of approximately 4,000 residents with one high school, one middle school, two elementary schools, a virtual academy, and a Step Up program covers 2.5 square miles in Berrien County. Affectionately known as Redbud City for the Eastern Redbud Trees that line the streets, it’s a…

  • Feature: Mary Pottenger and The Process Art Studio

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    In August of this year I launched LIT Comms and within a few short weeks I had been connected with 1 Million Cups – Mishawaka, thanks to Liz Georges. That first time I was there I met Mary Pottenger of The Process Art Studio, and I knew I wanted to boost her local image as…

  • Audition Announcement: Once On This Island

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    This same community theatre has produced multiple August Wilson plays, Lin Manuel Miranda’s acclaimed In the Heights, as well as theatre-goer favorites such as The Music Man, Legally Blonde, and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Their latest announcement invites the community to audition for Once On This Island, a Tony Award-nominated,…

  • Feature: Liz Georges, FDN-P, of VibrantSoul Coaching, LLC

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    Liz Georges, FDN-P (more on that later) and I met through a neighborhood Facebook group. She was intrigued by the combination of my status as a veteran who was also working (at the time) for a mental health organization, and she invited me to one of her well-run networking cocktail parties. We clicked well and she…