A six-day January 8 Writers Boot Camp in Santa Monica seeks to help
writers turn an idea into a fully devloped first draft in one month's
time. A BMI Acoustic Lounge showcase on January 9 in Los Angeles,
makes for good networking as well as a chance to be heard, and
admission is free. At a January 9 program in Beverly Hills, the Museum
of Television & Radio presents reception, performance, screening and
CD signing for an evening program titled "Remembering Ricky Nelson: A
Special Evening of Music and Memories". The 32nd Annual People's
Choice Awards will be held in Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on
January 10 as well as be broadcast on CBS. The NAACP Image Awards
nominations announcements will be made in Beverly Hills on January 10.
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures throws its Film Awards
Gala at a New York location on January 10. The 33rd Annual
International Association for Jazz Education Conference addresses
education, teacher training and networking as well as slated
performances, during its January 11-14 run in New York. Novelist/PR
consultant Anthony Mora discusses the tools and Techniques that create
your face in the marketplace of art, entertainment and ideas in a
program he leads titled "P.R. For Artists" on January 11 in Los
Angeles. Gender Blender is a Golden Globe viewing party and reception
put on by DIVA and Instinct Magazine in West Hollywood, January 16.
The NAMM International Music Market 2006 has Pre-show performances,
stages with live music throughout the day, NAMM University, parties,
concerts and clubs, and much more, when it gets underway January 19-22
in Anaheim. For the BMI Trailblazers of Gospel Music Luncheon at
Stellar Awards on January 20 in Nashville, BMI has announced that The
Hawkins Family and Bishop Paul Morton will be honored at the
Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon. At the West Hollywood
located Emerge Music Workshop on January 21, music industry panelists
Rob Cavallo, Fred Croshal, Don Gilmore and others discuss record
production and offer advice to developing artists. Independent and
major record companies, music publishers, and nearly anyone else
involved in some way with the music industry attend the annual MIDEM
International Music Market, running January 22-26 in Cannes. NATPE
2006 is slated to run January 24-26 this year in Las Vegas. At the
35th Annual Rotterdam International Film Festival people assembled in
teams can explore the possibilities of live cinema; film projection as
performance and film projection as installation, at the festival
running January 25 to February 5. Writers Guild Foundation presents
Robin Swicord, whose screenwriting credits include Memoirs of a Geisha
as well as other works, to talk about her career, followed by audience
Q&A, January 26 in Los Angeles. At Directors Boot Camp, designed for
everyone who wants to improve their skills at: directing actors and
crew, assistant directing, producing, production design, script
supervising, camera, lights, sound and acting on camera, sessions run
January 28-29 in Buckhead. The 12th Annual SAG Awards is slated for
January 29 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and tickets are limited
to SAG members, but information on Branch Viewing Parties will be made
available. The 78th Annual Academy Awards Nominations will be
announced at a Beverly Hills reception leading up to the actual
Academy Awards ceremonies slated for March 5 at Kodak Theatre.

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