Pegasus Entertainment

Welcome to this week's post of random thoughts and comments. Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 8th for the annual Lafayette Downtown Dicken's celebration. There will be tractor hayrides, musical entertainment and a Christmas Village full of  holiday crafts perfect for the gift giving of the holidays. We at Pegasus, will have a booth selling books from Brian and Myself. My available titles that day will "Tears of St. Benedict's" "Downtown Dickens" "A Conversation with Twain" and "Be Extraordinary Today". Brian, Tim and Myself will also be performing "Downtown Dickens" at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. There will also be readings from "Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer", "The Night Before Christmas" and "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" throughout the day at our booth. Chancel Players of Greater Lafayette will be producing "Freud's last session Feb. 21-23 at Trinity United Methodist Church ...

Here is this week's Thanksgiving holiday post. "As God is my witness, I thoughts turkeys could fly" this is by far my most favorite part of the  turkey holiday, compliments of Les Nessmen and WKRP in Cincinnati sit com fame. This episode ran over thirty years ago and I still get a laugh watching it every year on u-tube. One stupid, horrible bit of comedy has lasted a lifetime for me. Kind of makes you wonder about the power behind entertainment. The mere act of throwing a 100 turkeys from a helicopter to spread thanksgiving cheer turned into disaster to millions of viewers, but anyone who saw that episode back then remembers it with fond thoughts now of a day when life was so much simpler and innocent. We all really believed Les when he uttered those words. This week, when our family gathers around the table, I will give thanks for God, family present and past and also pause to show my granddaughters that u-tube clip, for it is as much a part of my thanksgivings as ...

Well we just finished up Veteran's Day this past weekend and I urge all of you to keep the men and women who severed and are still serving in your prayers all 365 days of the year. Less than 1 percent of our population currently serve in the military in this now all volunteer format. Regardless of your political views and involvement always understand that these men and women simply follow orders and do so without hesitation because they love our country. They are not representing a political party, a particular cause or even a popular trend or belief. They are simply the best of the best that America has to offer and they act when called upon by our nation to represent and defend our United States of America. Along those same sentiments, this past weekend we held our first (soon to be annual) Pegasus Author Expo as a benefit for Lafayette Adult Resource Academy. It was attended by over twenty authors from around the Midwest. We kicked of the event with an original reading by Don...

What do James Azrael, David Beem, Todd Black, Lisa L. Borm, Gary Buettner, Monica Cleary, Jane Curry, Molly Daniels, Sean Dulaney, Donna Frisinger, John Graham, Sara Disinger Hoss, Cathy Jackson, Andy 'Shaggy' Korty, Layce Lembcke, Skye Malone, Charles Millhouse, Charles Moisant, Luther Siler, Kyla Sims and Beth Sturgis all have in common? They are all authors from around the Midwest who will be invading Lafayette on Sunday for the first annual Pegasus Author Expo. These talented and successful authors will be joining Pegasus members Pauly Hart, Brian K. Morris and Tracy Rosa for the event being held to benefit the Lafayette Adult Resources Academy at their facility located at 1100 Elizabeth Street in Lafayette from 10 am to 4pm. Over 150 titles will be available for purchase at 'show prices' for your own reading pleasure or as gifts for the upcoming holidays. There will also be five panel discussions through out the day as well as, book readings by ten different au...

Here is this week's blog. I'm giving it the title Haunted Halloween, because, well … tomorrow is October 31st, Halloween. I am also going to try something a little different, I'm asking you THAT'S RIGHT Those of you who actually take out time to read my blog for some advice. So please respond to this blog via my website. Next October, that's in 2019, Pegasus would like to do a Halloween themed event for adults and those who are not thrilled with going to haunted houses (Blood and gore with chainsaws) and are looking for something different. Suggestions have included so far 1) a pub crawl w/ costumes. 2) A ghost story tour of downtown. 3) A trip through a cemetery  4) a haunted festival of some sorts and finally 5) A Zombie parade. So what is your suggestion? Drop me your comments, thoughts in a vaguely worded heading or a very well planned out idea. If interested in working with us at Pegasus in developing next years project, we are always looking for new b...

Projects, projects, projects everywhere. Welcome to this week's blog entry. As I mentioned in last week's blog titled Writer's block I confessed that I seldom have if ever experienced the phenonium because I always had several writing projects going at the same time. What I failed to mention, since it didn't have anything to do with writing is that the beauty and the curse of this entire PEGASUS thing is that besides my personal writing schedule, there are several other events taking place involving the group. There is also my outside acting gigs and interests as well. And right now I am juggling a whole lot of things across the board. However, because I'm not a tree that is planted in one spot. I will always find a way to keep moving forward. So here is what is on my plate over the next few months. WRITING: I will be releasing the first week of November the second edition of Be Extraordinary Today 2. It is a compilation of motivational quotes, 365 to be exa...

Welcome to today's post. I want to tackle the question that comes up every now and then when more than one writer gets together in the same room. How do you handle writer's block? First, let me say that I have never experienced this topic, so my recommendations may go without the merit of personal experience. I have, however, run into days that I was not really motivated to sit down and blow out a couple thousand words on the laptop. I have always found it helpful for me to have several, as much as five or six projects going on at the same time. These of course may be at several different stages. Concept, Outline, Storyline, Writing, Editing, Rewrite and Polishing. I also try to set the same time frame and period during the day to work on these. I have a quiet spot in my home office area as well as on the back deck. It also helps at times to simply just relax in the hot tub and rethink a project through. I also find that most night's while trying to sleep that my mind w...

Why Pegasus? I have been asked this question on several occasions recently. It was even suggested that it might be a name that holds us back in some of our endeavors. So, why did I decide on calling this project Pegasus Entertainment and Event Production Management, which I will admit is a mouthful. It also fills up the business card. First, I just loved the concept of what the logo could like, which by the way was designed by my talented son, Jeff. A strong, muscular mythical horse that could soar into the sky. The Pegasus, came out of Greek mythology and was a symbol of 1) high flying imagination 2) mobility 3) powerful and 4) aspiring to the greatest heights of accomplishment. What there couldn't you like about the winged divine stallion that attempted to take Hercules to the sun? I wanted to have as a symbol something that reflected what I dreamed this entity could become. We produce and manage events for entertaining people that are different and highly creative (High...

Developing a character whether as an actor or not is the most important function that 'sells yourself' out there in the public. If the role is for stage or film, an actor has to totally immerse themselves as the character they are portraying for the audience or the public to believe in the credibility of the person being portrayed. It is the same in everyday life. Who do you want to be? Are you struggling with confidence in front of small groups, large groups, in one on one situations? Are you not coming across as credible or even successful in the eyes of others? Maybe all you really need is to redefine or simply tweak your perceived character in their eyes, just as the actor inside all of us. Our workshop: Acting 101 deals directly with these same questions. Who am I portraying? Yes, but even more importantly, how do I do it as effectively as possible and in a believable manner. We start by first observing as many different people as possible in public settings. Many peop...

Welcome to my Tuesday weekly blog on my Pegasus website. Today I would like to do a few things that are a bit different from my other blog postings and that is to answer a couple of questions that I keep getting from folks as I go around town. The first question often asked is :What is this Pegasus thing? The simple answer is that I founded Pegasus to be a collective collaboration of several very talented creative artistic friends to work on a few projects and events during the year. These projects include an Author Expo, ShakesBEER pub crawl, Downtown Dicken's this year with plans for Haunted Tales, A Renaissance Faire, a murder mystery or two and a touring stage play. The second part, and maybe even more importantly, it is a group that lends support, a sounding board and often much needed man power to each individual members solo projects. Hopefully, over time I will not be hearing this question on a daily basis, as we become better publicly known. The second comment more tha...

Here is this weeks post. On Wednesday (Tomorrow) at 6pm at the Morton Center, 222 N Chauncey, West Lafayette, room #205 at 6pm Pegasus will be holding auditions for three projects. Downtown Dickens , Wake Me Up, I'm Not Dead Yet and Angel Eyes the musical. These are by appointment only, so contact Tracy through the website or tracy.pegasus@gmail.com to reserve a spot. On Thursday IFN (Indian Film Network) will be meeting at 6pm at the Eastside Nine. Contact Nate or visit Indianafilmmakers.org. Also this Saturday Nate will be promoting the Batman Comic-Con at the Logansport Airport. call 574-722-3237 for more information. Brian is off to St. Louis today for a Author Show which is the perfect way to slide into our own Pegasus Author Expo. Spots for the November 11th show to be held in Lafayette are filling up fast, so if you are or know a local author contact us to sign up. Posters and tickets will soon be available for our two night pub crawl ShakesBEER set to take place ar...

Hey every one! It is Tuesday, so here is this weeks blog. Civic Theater is presenting "Sylvia" this weekend. Went last week, it is hilarious! I highly recommend it to anyone who loves dogs. Speaking of Civic Theater, our sophisticated … er, uh … Pub crawls called ShakesBEER will begin  in the lobby of Civic Theater on both November 16th and 17th with doors opening at 7pm. We will be stopping at 7 locations throughout downtown, listening to Shakespeare Sonnets and some awful farcical adult themed translations as well. All while enjoying libations provided by downtown bartenders and barmaids. Tickets for the event are only $10 per person and they will be made available to anyone over 21 at each participating location.  As of this morning we have 100% confirmed participation from, Civic Theater, Thieme & Wagner, Digby's Pub, Knickerbocker Saloon, and Professor Joe's. I am still waiting to confirm the final two stops on the crawl. Will have for next weeks blog. ...

Welcome to this weeks blog. Let us start out with this exciting news from Pegasus member Nate who not only runs Indiana Film Network (IFN) but is currently promoting the 15th annual Batman comic-con this month at the Logansport Airport on September 22nd and 23rd. for more info call 574-722-3237. The Pegasus Author Expo is set for Sunday, November 11th at the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (LARA) on 1100 Elizabeth St in Lafayette. The event will be from 10 to 4 and benefits LARA. We are signing up authors from multiple genres and from all around the Midwest. Stay tuned for more details. The Pegasus members are currently finalizing details for Novembers' downtown Lafayette pub crawl being billed as ShakesBEER. Williams top twelve sonnets will be recited as well as some farcical translations through out the night. More details to follow in the coming weeks. We will be holding auditions for our performance of 'Downtown Dickens' to be held at the celebrate the holidays...

Happy Tuesday! The sequel to 'Tears of St. Benedict's - A Michael McGuire Murder Mystery' is underway with the working title 'Kiss the Blarney Stone'. If all stays on schedule look for a early November release. Late September look for 'The Extraordinary, unbelievable and definitively Odd Adventures of Sir Reginald Albert Arbuckle III' to be available. It is a series of tongue firmly implanted in cheek tales of Sir Arbuckle in a cross of 80 days around the world meets Bullwinkle's' Mr. Peabody. On the event side of Pegasus, Brent finished his show this past Saturday, went very well! The group is putting the finishing touches on both the ShakesBEER and the Haunted Tales Projects. Details to be announced next week. Finalizing a few more details on the 2020 Renaissance Faire to be held May 2 & 3 in 2020 at the Tippecanoe County Amphitheater. Lyle is working hard on this project. Next workshop is on September 10th, we will also be holding...

Hey everyone, Getting excited for Brent and his performance which is finally here. Yes, this Saturday the comedy show celebrating 25 years of Brent working with his friend Tom. Toma and Finn will be at the Lafayette Theater on Main Street in Lafayette, IN. Tickets are available through our website, www.pegasuseande.com or at the Lafayette Theater box office. Hope to see a sold out crowd for this great show. Tonight at the Morton Center 222 N. Chauncey, West Lafayette, Brian Morris will be presenting a workshop called "How to self publish without going broke". Brian has authored over twenty books and has been a mentor to many, even a few of the Pegasus group members. Cost is only $5 to attend the workshop beginning at 8pm in room 205. Brian is founder of Rising tide Publications and was once a mortician assistant. Plans have been finalized for Downtown Dickens and I will share them with you next week. Final plans are almost ready to announce on our ShakesBEER event as w...

Welcome to Tuesday's Blog. Cool things indeed are taking place with Pegasus.  To begin with the count down to Brent's comedy show at the Lafayette Theater on August 25th is down to only twelve days. Tickets can be purchased through our website and of course at the theater the day of the show. 'Toma and Finn' is a series of sketch comedy made popular in the vaudeville days right up through Monty Python in in 70's and 80's. Magician Marcus Lehmann will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event. This is the 25th anniversary show for Tom and Brent and it promises to be a night to remember. As teased during last weeks blog, we are now prepared to announce that Brian and myself have secured a location for the FIRST ANNUAL AUTHOR EXPO. This will be a multi-genre book fair with many of our favorite authors from around the entire Midwest. The date will be Sunday, November 11th from 10am to 4pm inside the gymnasium at the Lafayette Adult Resource Academy (LARA) lo...

Hey everyone, A lot has happened with several members of Pegasus Entertainment over the last month and heading into the next few weeks.  Brian just got back from a very successful Book Show in Iowa where he made several contacts for our upcoming 'All genre Author Book Show'. More on that coming next week. He will also be hosting a workshop on self publishing coming up soon.  Nate just finished up with his part (IFN- Indiana Film Network) in the Heritage Film Festival last week in Indianapolis.  Pauly just had a new book published 'The Gates of Eden' and he hosted a workshop on line and at the Morton Center on getting over writer's block.  Brent was putting the final touches on his upcoming Comedy Show up in Michigan. The show will be at the Lafayette Theater on August 25th. Ticket are available though our website.  Kyle's comedy troupe did a short take filming session this past Saturday. He is looking to audition a few new members for the Python...

Hey everybody, Just wanted to let you know that my first Novel, TEARS OF ST.BENEDICT'S is now available at Amazon.com. pick up a copy today!