Some features to look forward to:
1.) "PATRICK'S POP UP(DATES)" will feature stories from pop culture, music, theater, fashion, and the entertainment industry at large.
2.) "The Life of Riley" will also introduce a "take-a-look-at-your-life" section (READ: sort of an advice column), where I will help readers come up with their own questions and answers around what "ways of being" are working (or not working) to have them acheive their respective goals and live their best lives. This section is called "WHO YOU BE?".
3.) Additonally, there will be a free-flowing, organic section called "TESTIFY" from which I will pull from my own life's journey to share and hopefully inspire. Some of the fare may be new musings and experiences. Other times, I may pull from my journals and past sharings to shed light on some uncomfortable truths that I've experienced and that may perhaps play a role in healing someone else's wounds as the real-life experience did for me. From my experience of covering 9/11 as a freelance journalist to courageously coming out (as gay) to my family, "TESTIFY" promises to move those who choose to read it.
4.) And a section titled "PR" (like my initials, but also like "public relations") will include press clips from any coverage I get.
Tues Dec 5th Please BUY Patrick L Riley Book
Hi folks!
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD….and GET IN ON THE #PatrickRileyFriends FUN!
Dorpie Books launched its website - announcing my book "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me" as its first title:
1. Here's the website: https://dorpiebooks.com/products/patrick-l-riley
2. Here's the book trailer: https://youtu.be/blN1JVhkTrE
3. Here's my sizzle for speaker consideration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJqlByWV594
4. PLEASE pre-order starting: Tuesday, Dec 5th
5. Period to PRE-ORDER BOOK for MARCH 2018 release: Tuesday, Dec 5th --- Friday, Dec 22ND.
6. For more information – including BULK BUY DISCOUNT INFO, please call gabriela@dorpiebooks.com.
7. As always, THANK YOU folks for your support! And SPREAD THE WORD on DORPIE BOOKS which seeks to disrupt publishing's lack of black authors.
8. As I shape up my 2018 around promotion of this passion project, I extend my gratitude to each of you who will support this high-stakes effort in any way you can.
9. You can follow @DorpieBooks on Twitter and Facebook. Retweet and post with #PatrickRileyFriends hashtag and link to: https://dorpiebooks.com/products/patrick-l-riley.
10. FYI: My birthday is Sunday, November 19th (would appreciate late birthday gift between Tues, Dec 5 – Fri, Dec 22).
THAT'S GOOD NEWS, right?
Patrick L. Riley
Author, “That’s What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me” (Dorpie)

All Star BROADWAY Karaoke Mon Oct 9 at 6p with ONCE ON THIS ISLAND at Mist Harlem
Hi folks!
Sending LOVE to LAS VEGAS....and ALL AROUND!
A couple of quick updates:
1. I won't be heading to South Africa after all. Look for other destination synergies to pop up in 2018!
2. Of course, our hearts continue to go out to our beloved Puerto Rico. Will keep you posted on what that looks like in 2018 as we all do what we can to help....

3. Many have asked about All Star Karaoke! For FALL/WINTER 2017, we're doing a one-off partnership with the 90s Broadway revival ONCE ON THIS ISLAND on Monday, October 9th from 6p-9p (also at MIST Harlem). It's billed ALL STAR "BROADWAY" KARAOKE: ONE NIGHT ONLY WITH PATRICK L. RILEY.
ALL STAR KARAOKE is a popular, open mic/karaoke franchise - primarily in Harlem, but not venue or city specific. The Summer 2017 AirBnB Guidebook deemed ALL STAR KARAOKE one of "the best karaoke experiences in New York". Please join us...and SHARE!
Will be ticket giveaways for lucky participants to win; Miss Jessie's bags for all;
and a piece of art by Contemporary Artist Shenna Vaughn, All Star Karaoke Artist-in-Residence.
As always, THANKS for SUPPORTING #LifeofRiley.
I'll have more updates soon on future synergies and new projects!! WILL WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT!
XO
Patrick L. Riley
A Day in the Life of Riley - pop culture & possibilities
FIND OUT MORE HERE:

p.s. G-Listed included me in its BEAUTIFULLY HUMAN: SHADES OF BLACK PRIDE 2017 Round-up - out today! I am truly humbled! Please find out more about my BLACK LGBTQ FAM and me here:http://www.theglisted.com/2017/10/02/beautifully-human-50-shades-of-black-pride-2017/.#LifeofRiley

tbaal riverfront jazz festival 2017
Hi folks - especially my DALLAS PEEPS!
Ant and I truly enjoyed our time in DALLAS at Riverfront Jazz Festival! I told you how excited I was to attend: http://thelifeofriley.squarespace.com/rilys-blog/2017/8/17/one-booking-at-a-time.html.
Well, we really did have a BLAST!
Jonathan Butler, Melanie Fiona,
Jon Secada,
and Rachelle Farrell
join
Rahsaan Patterson,
Original SUPREME Mary Wilson,
Band of Gold's Freda Payne,
and Oleta Adams as some of the star performers who SLAYED! BRILLIANT TALENT back-to-back-to-back made for a WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND!
And so good to see dear friends and local hosts: Kevin....
Nanette Lee,
NABJ brother friends Terry Allen
and CBS Dallas' Steve Pickett,
my beloved Ed Roebuck, the uber-talented and inspirational Darren Henson,
and more. The TBAAL and VISITDALLAS teams have been too hospitable in this awesome city -
starting with Pecan Lodge welcome meal of BBQ and more....
for Ant, my NABJ besties Greg Dunmore (in town for Pulsebeat) and Jill Tracey
(covering for Hot 105.1 Miami).
Plus, we got the benefit of connecting to a number of wonderful, new Dallas friends.
The weekend's kickoff concert was given by none other than Dallas' own homegirl from outer space, THE Erykah Badu who did just about everything except for maybe Bag Lady.
She plucked "Believe in Yourself" from The Wiz - and her TBAAL past with Godfather Curtis King - as a tribute to our Houston, TX family as they find their way back to life.
BRILLIANT SHOW! BADU BROUGHT IT!
Others on the stellar line-up include:
Will Downing, Najee, Yarbrough and Peoples featuring Benita Arterberry, Martha Wash, Pieces of A Dream, Ruben Studdard, Alex Bugonon, Kim Waters, Phil Perry, Eloise Laws,
and MANY, MANY MORE!
I MUST BE IN THE HOUSE NEXT YEAR!
www.tbaalriverfrontjazzfestival.org. #LifeofRiley
#TBAALriverfrontjazzfestival or @TBAAL
one BOOKing at a time
Hi folks,
- LABOR DAY WEEKEND's Riverfront Jazz Festival - https://www.tbaalriverfrontjazzfestival.org/

- NOVEMBER 2017/PATRICK L. RILEY BIRTHDAY EXCURSION to SOUTH AFRICA - www.xscapecapetown17.com

- MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND 2018's LGBT ARTS & CULTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL - www.xscapelgbtfestival.com
But in a nutshell, I've been presented an opportunity to write a book that is plucked from more than 25 years in the business and 11 years of digesting lots of it in my blog "A Day in the Life of Riley: pop culture & possibilities": http://www.thelifeofriley.squarespace.com/rilys-blog/.
Part memoir, part entertainment diary of a TV producer and on-air personality who navigates in the world of entertainment and pop culture, I'm EXCITED to be working on this project...and to share it when it's time! Stay tuned...WILL WELCOME SUPPORT, once time to sell book! BLOG: (Stay tuned)!
- Mutual admiration took over when I met THE DEBT FREE GUYS at a recent event: http://news.prudential.com/news/lgbt-financial-experience-symposium-worth.htm.

- They have since featured me in their FORBES column - twice! THIS JUST IN:
- And after our last chat, they quoted me in their FORBES column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/debtfreeguys/2017/06/15/profiting-from-the-rising-equity-in-your-individuality/2/.
- And if that wasn't enough, they let me talk non-stop on their #QueerMoney podcast: http://debtfreeguys.com/patrick-l-riley/. LOVE THE DEBT FREE GUYS! I am aiming for DEBT FREE!
So, when #LIFEOFRILEY was requested to come to the TBAAL RIVER FRONT JAZZ FESTIVAL in DALLAS, I checked in with Ant to see if it was worth us doing a working holiday.
This, since the organizers want me to include in my round-up my interactions and enjoyment of its stellar line-up including ORIGINAL SUPREME MARY WILSON --- and a range of many other musical favorites - including: Six Brothers on Sax (Keith Anderson, Tom Braxton, Mark Felton, Art Sherrod, Jr., Joseph Vincelli, Clay Prichard),
Rahsaan Patterson (Tribute to Donny Hathaway), Divas of Jazz, Pop and Soul (Freda Payne, Eloise Laws),
Oleta Adams, Najee, Chuck Loeb, Jazz in Pink
Paul Taylor, Euge Groove, R.L. Griffin “The Reverend,” Wanda King,
Yarbrough and Peoples featuring Benita Arterberry, Martha Wash,
Melanie Fiona, Alex Bugnon,
The week-long excursion caters to professional Gay men and women of color and our LGBT community supporters and allies. Travelers will enjoy group excursions, shopping, nightly parties, and cultural experiences throughout Cape Town. New #LIFEOFRILEY client Antoinette White will be delivering a motivational speech based on her touching, self-published memoir WHO'S PROTECTING ME?

Antoinette's MARKET is Women and Young Girls. Her MESSAGE is Resilience --- and can include the following beats:
i. Sexual Abuse
ii. Domestic Violence
iii. Homelessness
So far, so good with the RESPONSES that are coming our way! I'll provide just a few updates here (and you can read on beyond the updates - to find out more about Antoinette and if you have any ideas or interest):
1. Current MADAEMENOIRE feature: http://madamenoire.com/838342/stays-in-this-house/. Stay tuned for more media impressions...
2. On August 21, 2017, Antoinette will be inducted into the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. Prince William County Chapter: https://www.ncbwpwcc.org/

3. Antoinette White's "Minute of Motivation" every Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr0VMWU-BR9DFydUbRmerw
4. Upcoming opportunities to meet ANTOINETTE WHITE & buy her memoir "WHO'S PROTECTING ME?":
Maryland Commision for Women Events-Baltimore- Oct. 23rd
Dream Girls Conference-Fifth Annual -March 24, 2018
Celebration of Women Expo: Hilton Grand Inn Waldord MD- March 24-25, 2018
Brown Girls Power Day -2018

5. Special Presenter, XSCAPE Cape Town 2017 (November 9 - 16, 2017)
6. Antoinette donated a few books to participants at the post-#NABJ17 #TooTrillTrivia event at @AceHotelNOLA - including New Orleans Association of Black Journalists' President Rachel D. Graham and #LifeofRiley media partner Derrick Hemphill with Daily Commune.
7. LIFE OF RILEY blast: http://thelifeofriley.squarespace.com/rilys-blog/2017/7/23/introducing-motivational-speaker-antoinette-white.html
8. Scheduled to appear on James Lott's L.A.-based Life Coaching Podcast A LOTT OF HELP
More press and bookings to announce very soon! Stay tuned!
Please let me know if you'd like to book Antoinette White or have any ideas. For more information: www.AntoinetteWhite.com
#AntoinetteWhite #Mission2Motivate
Thanks for considering....



a. More MIAMI from August - September (TBD)
b.ATLANTA in September (TBD)
c. CHICAGO in October (TBD)
d. L.A. (TBD)
e. ETC.
Miss Jessie's was a BIG HIT at #NABJ17 - including these synergies:

a. OWN-TV-sponsored event for NABJ's beloved Arts and Entertainment Task Force reception --- with select cast-members from#QueenSugarOWN and #GreenleafOWN

b. NABJ Founder Paul Brock's panels - including "DO I HAVE A SCRIPT IN ME? panel. I presented on that one.

c. Plus, I hosted the @derekjhair #GayLikeMe Documentary and @nathanhalewilliams and @jenniafredrique directed @90daysthefilm screenings for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation .
BOTH MUST SEES!
d. "Beyond the Limits" NEW ORLEANS TOURISM BOARD "Jazz & Food Crawl"

e. super popular Miss Jessie's vendor booth
a. MAHILIA POSEY for the NEW YORK TIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/us/embracing-whats-natural.html
b. MAKEDA EASTER for the LOS ANGELES TIMES:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-natural-hair-industry-20170809-htmlstory.html
c. ALLISON KEYES for THE ROOT:
http://www.theroot.com/hair-care-pioneer-miko-branch-is-teaching-millennials-d-1791134211
d. AMBER PAYNE for NBCBLK: https://www.facebook.com/missjessiesfans/videos/10158672475660360/
e. LYNN NORMENT for BeGeorgeous:
http://begeorgeous-styleblog.squarespace.com/style/2017/06/9/miss-jessie?rq=miko

http://www.brassybrown.com/2017/07/miss-jessies-co-founder-miko-branch-talks-success-love-course-hair/
l. SHEBA TURK with THE 504
https://www.facebook.com/missjessiesfans/videos/10158771762520360/

WELL, NOW IS THE TIME: THE LGBT ARTS AND CULTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL converges again in Puerto Rico - this time at the luxurious EL Conquistador Waldorf Astoria Resort. Book now at www.xscapelgbtfestival.com & follow us on our new social media: Facebook, Instagram & Twitter@xscapelgbtfest.
Meet LGBT professionals from around the country. #THEBOSSCHOIR will be in FULL EFFECT like this year for #ALLSTARKARAOKE: https://www.instagram.com/p/BWc_JmGDIll/?taken-by=gregdouglas1972 and I'm excited to HOST the VANGUARD AWARDS again. We honored BRANDY, Angela Robinson, Raven-Symone, and a host of others were honored this year. Look forward to telling you which STARS are coming out in 2018!
introducing motivational speaker antoinette white
Hi folks!
LIFE OF RILEY always has something baking towards keeping the creative juices flowing and the revenue streaming (and I look forward to sharing some of those updates, once they firm up --- including some synergies to which I look forward to inviting you).
MEANWHILE, my current hustle includes my own appearances and - primarily - my Brand Ambassador work for Miss Jessie's... and something new. Please read on...:
ANTOINETTE WHITE

- NEW LIFE OF RILEY PARTNER for the next few months: MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER and AUTHOR ANTOINETTE WHITE (based in the DC/MD/VA area). I'm attracting SPEAKING/PANEL opportunities and PRESS in promotion of her self-published memoir "WHO'S PROTECTING ME?".
I met Antoinette while on hosting duties for XSCAPE PR 2017 Memorial Day arts & music festival. She was brought in for the Authors Showcase...and I was so moved by her PRESENTATION and her TESTIMONIAL. - And I really couldn't put the book down. I just had to see where this emotional tale was going to take me - from heart-ache to heart-break to healing, OH MY!!! And Antoinette STAYED THE COURSE...and via her TRIUMPH, she now UPLIFTS others!
- A series of personal triumphs helped Antoinette find the faith to overcome sexual abuse, unstable living situations, her sister's sudden death, homelessness, a failed marriage, and years of underemployment.
- Antoinette is CEO of "Mission to Motivate LLC" which provides Corporate Morale Improvement workshops and programs that refresh and uplift your labor force, improving performance, quality, productivity, and efficiency from bottom to top. For more info: www.antoinettewhite.com.
- SPEECH EXCERPTS: RESET Conference - Oklahoma: https://youtu.be/Retf4SusAvM ....Homeless speech: https://youtu.be/J5w8gVIJDeI ...RESET Conference 1of 2 - VA: https://youtu.be/f_CaC0UibTM ....RESET Conference 2of 2 - VA: https://youtu.be/XtZuSgsHC4s ..."Minute of Motivation" every Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr0VMWU-BR9DFydUbRmerw
- SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Antoinette-White-Motivational-Coach-1728209424080073/ ...Twitter: Antoinette White (@mission2motivat): https://twitter.com/mission2motivat?s=09 .... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoinettewhite_mission2motiva/
- Please advise if you have room for Antoinette White inside any of your programming/presenter needs (Antoinette currently lives in: DC/MD/VA area). Or if not, PLEASE SHARE with someone who might. We THANK YOU - as always - for your support!


A few things to know:Miss Jessie's bags will be available via the NABJ vendor fair booth. Pop by and pick up MissJessie's latest.

Miss Jessie's VIP bags will be available at the NABJ A&E Task Force Reception featuring cast-members from OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network's Queen Sugar and Greenleaf OWN.

Miss Jessie's VIP bags will be made available to NABJ guests on the Dayvee Sutton & NewOrleans Tourism's "Beyond the Usual" food and jazz tour.

Miko will also be available for any select press and promo on Friday, August 11th and the morning of Saturday, August 12th.
Some of Miss Jessie's recent New Orleans press:

a. New Orleans' own Brassy Brown NOLA journalist Kiri Lanice Walton talks to Miko about hair (of course), black female entrepreneurship and Miko's life today: http://www.brassybrown.com/2017/07/miss-jessies-co-founder-miko-branch-talks-success-love-course-hair/.

b. Miko was a Keynote Speaker at the Inc. GrowCo conference a couple of months ago: https://www.inc.com/video/miko-branch/how-to-turn-your-product-into-successful-brand.html?cid=sf01001&sr_share=twitter
c. Miko was an invited guest on The 504 with Sheba Turk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_0LLZKLBug.
d. We appreciate multiple WBOK-AM impressions with NOABJ President Rachel D. Graham and THE GOOD LIFE with EILEEN CARTER.

5. Miko is EXCITED to meet some more New Orleans media pros - for TV or radio appearances; on-line or phoner interviews; additional product donation synergies; and select invites. She's in town and available on Friday, August 11th and the morning of Saturday, August 12th.
6. If you see Miko and the Miss Jessie's team, come STRIKE A POSE with her...and post some MISS JESSIE'S LOVE on social media:
@mikobranch Twitter and Instagram
@miss_jessies Twitter and Instagram
SOME SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES you folks can use in addition to your own of course:
#missjessies
#missjessiesbook
#iammissjessies
#Legacy of #TitiBranch
#miss_jessies

The DEBT FREE GUYS quoted me in their FORBES column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/debtfreeguys/2017/06/15/profiting-from-the-rising-equity-in-your-individuality/2/#4f71cf4365db. Also: they invited me to make a guest appearance on their MASS MUTUAL-presented podcast QUEER MONEY: http://debtfreeguys.com/patrick-l-riley/.
Additionally, I've taken my ART OF THE INTERVIEW talk to more than the NYU Urban Journalism Workshop this year. The Hugh N. Boyd Journalism Diversity Workshop at Rutgers University for New Jersey high school students also invited me to present.
And for NABJ, I'm looking forward to hosting two screenings for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation - also at the NABJ Convention:
short film "90 Days"---
co-directed by Nathan Hale Williams and Jennia Fredrique...
and GAY LIKE ME, a documentary Executive Produced by Derek J.
AND FINALLY: I have been on the festival circuit all this year in promotion of an independent film that goes down as my FILM DEBUT.
I play what has become "fan favorite" RUDY in the Shaquille-O'Neal and Michael Baumgartner-Executive Produced film STEPS - Co-Directed by award-winning Rock Davis and Jay Rodriguez, Jr. - which just played to an enthusiastic, packed house at the NEWARK BLACK FILM FESTIVAL (which is hosted at The Newark Museum every Wednesday through the summer: www.newarkmuseum.org/nbff). STEPS is the vision of filmmaker/writer EDDIE HARRIS. He and casting director/producer/actress extraordinaire Penwah cast me in STEPS, which has received several film festival prizes and critical acclaim: 
a. Official Selection at the 2nd annual HUFF - Hampton University Film Festival.
b. Winter 2016 presented STEPS as an Official Selection in the Jersey City International Television and Film Festival-JCITFF; STEPS took home BEST DIRECTOR (for our AWESOME Co-Directors Jay Rodriguez and Rock Davis); and BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM!
c. STEPS PREMIEREd on my birthday in Jersey City November 2015.
d. In April 2016, we did a Harlem NYC PREMIERE at#MISTHarlem.
e. Peachtree Village International Film Festival in Atlanta, GA (Closing Selection).
f. Newark International Film Festival (Inaugural Event).
g. Urban World Film Festival (Official Selection).
h. Brooklyn Academy of Music. May 2017.
#STEPSthemovie #STEPS #LifeofRiley #RudySTEPS
XO
PLR

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