Monday, March 9, 2015

03/09 DAVE HOLMES, AMERICAN CANVAS, OVATION TV, CHEF SAM MARVIN, NATIONAL SAUCE MONTH

DAVE HOLMES – ACTOR/COMEDIAN/WRITER AND HOST, AMERICAN CANVAS  - OVATION TV’S BRAND NEW ORIGINAL SERIES 

OVATION TV’S BRAND NEW ORIGINAL SERIES AMERICAN CANVAS  PUTS A NEW SPIN ON CULTURAL TOURISM  WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT 10PM ET

Actor/Comedian/Writer Dave Holmes Takes Viewers on an Insider’s Art and Culture Tour of San Francisco, Austin, and Miami Beginning March 11

Get ready to discover the artistic and cultural sides of three very different American cities. Ovation TV, America’s only arts network, is debuting a new three-part original series exploring the historic and creative communities unique to San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX and Miami, FL. Hosted by actor/comedian/writer Dave Holmes (MTV, Reno 911), American Canvas will have its world premiere on Wednesday, March 11 at 10pm ET, only on Ovation TV.

American Canvas is produced by Ovation Studios and will air three, hour-long episodes weekly at 10pm, beginning on Wednesday, March 11, with a VOD sneak-peek on Wednesday, March 4.

ABOUT OVATION TV
Ovation TV is America’s only arts network, whose mission is to inspire the world through all forms of art and artistic expression. Ovation TV programming is a one-of-a-kind mix of original and selectively curated art-centric series, documentaries, films and specials. The network reaches a national audience of over 52 million homes and is available on cable, satellite, and telco systems, such as Comcast Cable/Xfinity, DIRECTV, Time Warner Cable, DISH, Verizon FiOS, AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Bright House Networks, RCN, and Hawaiian Telcom. Ovation TV is also available on VOD (in both standard and high definition). The network’s diversified viewer experiences extend across its linear network, the popular ovationtv.com, and active social presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more. Ovation TV is a cause based-media company and is deeply engaged with the arts both nationally and locally, providing more than $16 million in contributions and in-kind support to community organizations, cultural institutions, and arts education programs. See the Ovation TV Facebook page for the latest information and conversations happening across the brand and the arts: www.facebook.com/OvationTV.

MORE ABOUT DAVID:
Dave Holmes is a comic, actor, writer, and television personality based in Los Angeles, CA. After working for 5 years as an MTV VJ, Dave has hosted shows for CBS, Bravo, Comedy Central, Court TV, E!, FX, History, TV Guide Network and many others. He is Writer-At-Large for Esquire Magazine, a contributor to New York Magazine, a performer at Upright Citizens Brigade, IO West and Second City theaters. His blog American Aquarium Drinker was listed by Paste Magazine, The Huffington Post and AfterElton.com as one of their must-read comedy blogs, and he has been named one of NPR’s 10 Favorite Pop Culture Personalities. [He’s a frequent guest on such podcasts as Never Not Funny, Comedy Bang Bang and You Made It Weird and a commentator on clip shows all over the television dial. His monthly comedy game show The Friday Forty, which he co-hosts and co-produces with “The Walking Dead” Executive Producer Scott Gimple, is currently running at Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist Theater in Hollywood.] For 5 seasons, he recurred as Leslie Frost, proprietor of Reno’s finest collectibles store Buy Curios on Comedy Central’s “Reno 911.” Dave’s first book “Party Of One” will be published by Random House in May 2016.

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CHEF SAM MARVIN’S – MARCH IS NATIONAL SAUCE MONTH - (CREATOR OF ECHO & RIG BUTCHER/STEAKHOUSE IN LAS VEGAS 

Celebrate this March’s National Sauce Month with esteemed chef Sam Marvin’s  savory sauces that pair perfectly with any steak.

Here are 3 sauce recipes by Sam Marvin that will highlight every meat dish this March.

1. Brandy Mushroom Sauce
2. Charred Onion Sauce
3. Preserved Lemon Chimichurri

INFO ON HIS FAMOUS ECHO & RIG BUTCHER/STEAKHOUSE, NAMED ZAGAT’S “TEN HOTTEST RESTAURANTS IN LAS VEGAS”

How do you take a classic staple of American dining, the steakhouse, and break down the traditional thinking to create something entirely new and exciting?  That was the question that acclaimed chef and restaurateur Sam Marvin (creator of the much-celebrated Los Angeles restaurant Bottega Louie) posed when he decided the time was right to reinvent what has long been the trademarks of the steakhouse genre – masculine vibe, dark rooms, fancy waiters, slabs of oversized beef and overly expensive pricing. The answer became Echo & Rig Butcher and Steakhouse, just opened at the charming Tivoli Village just off of Summerlin Parkway; 15 minutes from the famed Las Vegas Strip.

At Echo & Rig, Marvin introduces a pioneering new concept which will transform the long-held theories behind the steakhouse formula while simultaneously reintroducing the neighborhood butcher shop. The Echo & Rig Butcher Shop is a stunning homage to meat featuring one of the most acclaimed butchers in the country, a large open glass meat locker, vertical displays and an exhibition/demonstration area.

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