News

Project Name: Hobbyists

Asking For: $6,000 Cad ($4,675.20 Usd) through Indiegogo

Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $2,170 ($1,690.86 Usd)

Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 15

Description: Trying out new hobbies can be a great way to meet people, but you also run the risk of embarrassing yourself. Luckily, if you play your cards right, your growing pains can result in hilarious entertainment. Carter Pinkowski and Taylor Patterson are the co-stars of Hobbyists, which will chronicle their attempts to discover and master new leisure activities.

In each episode of Hobbyists, its hosts will select a new subculture to explore. As part of their research, they'll interview an expert and do some prep work before diving in. Some of their chosen activities, such as skydiving, will be require intense physical control. Others, such as LARPing and bird-watching, will demand mental acuity instead. No matter the challenge, Pinkowski and Patterson's...

Erik Altemus made a critical decision when, in the eighth grade, he transferred to the Orange County High School of the Arts. Prior to attending the Southern California performing arts school, he went to a "stereotypical" junior high school, he says: "It was all about whether or not you were on the football team. I hated it. I was completely ridiculed, and talent didn't mean anything to those people."But enrolling in the musical theater program at Ochsa really helped him as an artist: "I was able to immerse myself 100 percent in what I did artistically. It wasn't just something I did on the side. I had academic classes, yes, but now my days were surrounded by doing what I loved to do." He adds, "All of a sudden, I was one of the popular kids and it was all about how talented you were."Several young performers who went...