Reminder: Mentoring Mixer & Panel Discussion tonight!

If you're an entertainment industry hopeful, an entrepreneur, or you just enjoy listening to smart, creative women talk about how they do what they do (especially over a glass of wine), you won't want to miss tonight's awesome event! Details are below -- we appreciate it when you RSVP on Facebook to let us know you're coming, but seating is first come, first serve. See you in the bookstore!


Thursday, March 4, 7:30 PM Mentoring Event & Panel Discussion: New Year, New Career!
Featuring Thembisa Mshaka, author of Put Your Dreams First!: Handle Your [Entertainment] Business
With entertainment business entrepreneurs Abby Dobson, Celia Faussart (pka Blue Nefertiti), Jackie Rhinehart, Danrella Dunham, DJ Reborn, Nefertiti Strong, and Raqiyah Mays
Moderated by Fiona Bloom of The Bloom Effect
Author and industry veteran Thembisa S. Mshaka interviewed stars and the people who make them for her new book Put Your Dreams First, described as "mentorship in a bottle" for those hoping to break in to the business. This evening, a panel of those featured in the book, moderated by publicity maven Fiona Bloom, will talk about their experiences and answer your career questions in an unmatched intimate setting.

Panelists include:
Independent recording artist Abby Dobson
Celia Faussart, co-founder of Les Nubians
Darnella Dunham, Radio Trade writer and producer
DJ Reborn, DJ instructor and Music Director of Def Poets on Broadway World Tour
Jackie Rhinehart, marketing veteran and author, My Organic Soul
Voice and stage actor Raqiyah Mays ("Platanos & Collard Greens")

The pre-event mixer will also include Rhonda Cowan, Vice President of BET.com, filmmaker/producer Nefertiti Strong of Catch-A-Dream Entertainment, and other music and media movers and shakers, and will offer attendees the chance to gain the benefit of the experience of women in the business.