Potluck
the anything and everything talk and entertainment TV show
No, Potluck is not a cooking show (although that doesn't mean we won't have cooking segments), it's a talk show. I named it Potluck because you just never know what I'll dish up next on this show. I will interview interesting people from all walks of life in the DC Metropolitan area, and maybe beyond.
There is a Potluck blog but I'm not really good at keeping up with it. But it's there should anyone wish to comment on it.
http://www.potluck-online.org/wordpress
Please scroll down to "Update" for news of upcoming shows.
Our Potluck host, Meera Narasimhan has a JD, a couple of masters in communications and journalism, and a BS in chemistry, with careers in the medical, educational, journalistic, and legal fields. Other than collecting degrees, further hobbies include acting, writing, volunteering, and traveling. Theater is a hobby she has pursued passionately, performing in ethnic community theater in the DC metro area for the past two decades. She has played in lead or supporting roles in numerous plays and has also acted in feature films, short films, NBC, HBO, FOX TV, TV pilots and music video. Additionally, she has helped with production for several plays. Meera also helped me host my holiday show "Celebrations!"
My name is Mario Salvador Jr. and I'm an actor. Born in the Philippines on August 18th, 1969. I lived 2 years in Denmark and 2 Years in Thailand, all before the age of 5. My family and I made our way across the globe and settled in the DC Area in 1975. We lived at a Holiday Inn for the better part of our first year in DC. Then moved to an apartment in P.G. County MD. Then we lived in College Park, MD through my adolescent years and finally moved to Mitchellville where I'm currently residing. Which are, might I add, still all in P.G. County! "Man, I've gotta get out of this place..."
Change is good sometimes. I graduated from the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 2002. Soon after I started my acting career taking on background parts in several shows and having bit parts in some Indie films. I've done a few voice overs, but not much theatre even though that's what I'm trained for. I enjoy hanging out with my girlfriend (Letricia Hendrix) and kicking around ideas for scripts. I also enjoy music that doesn't suck and I love working on my craft. I love quiet times and going to concerts. I like watching movies but I don't particularly like seeing myself in them. Well, enough about me, lets hear about you. Maybe you can be a guest on Potluck and we can talk more then. "And remember peace and love."
Profiles
Potluck also presents "Profiles with Brian Mac Ian." Brian Mac Ian is a professional actor and voiceover talent with specialized training in movement and voice. He is also a singer, musician, acting coach, director and poet. Brian has played many different stage, television, film, and industrial roles in the Washington DC area and beyond – roles ranging from Vanya in Uncle Vanya at the Classika Theatre to a Balinese king to a police hero on America’s Most Wanted. Brian received a BA in theatre and music from Naropa University in Colorado and trained with professional opera tenor Gylchris Sprauve. Brian has also studied Mudra Space Awareness, Mime, the Stanislavski technique, and classical guitar.
More about Brian can be found on his website:
Contact Information
By the way, one thing I forgot to put up on this website is contact information for the three of us. If you would like to contact Meera, Brian, or me, you can reach us at: Meera@potluck-online.org, Brian@potluck-online.org, or Gayle@potluck-online.org
Blog
I also have a blog on this site and hope that you will post any comments or questions you may have. Would love to hear from you!
http://www.potluck-online.org/wordpress
Shows
Potluck airs on Fairfax Public Access, Channel 10, in Fairfax on Cox cable, and in Loudoun, Arlington, Prince William, and Stafford counties on Verizon FIOS Channel 10, and Comcast in Virginia (channel unknown).
Potluck can also be seen throughout the world on the Internet through VEOH (http://www.veoh.com). When they are up, click on the show you want to see on the left navigation bar and you can view the show in its entirety.
Update
I'm still tired. Potluck covered the WMIFF (http://www.wmiff.com) awards ceremony on August 21 and it was a 7:00 to 7:00 workday for me and my crew. It went fairly well except the deck on the flypack (portable control room) didn't work for the first half of the show which just makes more work in the editing process. Two one-hour specials on the ceremony will air on FPA in September or October, and will be on the Internet after airing.
In September, Mario Salvador Jr. talks with Barra Kahn, actor, writer, director, and choreographer, about core energetics and yoga. His second guest is Alex de Colon, musician and composer, and an old friend. They discuss music and cars.
Brian Mac Ian will be taking a well-earned hiatus from his show Profiles while he settles into his new job and plans his upcoming wedding! We wish all the best to Brian as he turns yet another page in his already full life! And all our best to him and Mary Whittington, his fiancée!
Please note: program schedule can be subject to change.
The 2008 and 2009 shows have been archived. Please click on the link on the left navigation bar to access these shows.
Volunteers
A VERY special thank you to my faithful volunteers without whom these shows would not exist: Ahmed Selim, Sidney Sachs, Mary P. Hartzler, Bron Gervais, Beth Olson, Letricia Hendrix, and Mario Salvador, Jr. YOU GUYS ARE SO SO GREAT!