FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Event Date: February 27, 2014
Ant Thomas to Release
“Renaissance Man 2.0” ("RM2")
“Renaissance Man 2.0” Documentary Film on DVD & Music
Soundtrack on CD
Boston, Ma. - Ant Thomas will release "Renaissance Man 2.0" a documentary film and music soundtrack full album in 2014, and he is hosting a
“Renaissance Man 2.0” Launch Celebration on Thursday,
February 27th, 2014 7pm-11pm at
Storyville. "Renaissance Man 2.0" is about encouraging leaders and
people giving back to their communities in a positive way. Ant Thomas created a documentary film and
music soundtrack that creatively shows the adversity of attending community
programs, public schooling, and urban city living, but it also shows the
advantages if you are determined to succeed!
Thomas feels he walked a path that could be motivating and inspirational
to youth and peers, including his self, who need the encouragement, guidance,
pathway, and love. Thomas also feels his
experience and everyday involvement in communities of diverse ethnicities,
diverse nationalities, diverse income, diverse geographies, and diverse ages
also makes his project highly relatable and worth experiencing. The message of “Renaissance Man 2.0” is the
chilling fact that we are not sharing quality living, but it is possible and it
is more attainable if we genuinely work together. For the "RM2" Launch Celebration event Ant Thomas has selected and invited artists, entertainers, and professionals with various backgrounds to share their testimonials or perform live! The artists, entertainers, and professionals selected are people Ant Thomas feel are extremely talented in their field and people who actively give back to the community within their field.
The Message:
- What you do everyday is important and if we humbly work together we can give back and move culture forward
- Ant Thomas wants you to watch the documentary, listen to the album, and come to the event to experience how what you everyday is important and if we work together we can give back and move culture forward!
"RM2" Documentary Film & Music Album Info
On the record Ant Thomas challenges the inconsistencies of
racism and the institutionalism of race and class systems. “Renaissance Man 2.0” has a goal to develop
self-determination, strong morale, personal development, fitness development, and self-pride amongst people. The project shows with
love, goals, plans, and actions all things can be accomplished. This outlook is about knocking down man made
barriers to drive unity, push development, and progress humanity.
"RM2" Promotion through Music, Videos, and Events
To promote “Renaissance Man 2.0” Ant Thomas has been
releasing music and videos from the music soundtrack, and he has been hosting
events that match the theme of the project.
Ant Thomas released audio poems and poetry videos for
“Shackles” and
“Dreamsof Making Something Out of Nothing”.
Ant Thomas also released audio music and music videos for the singles,
“On Me” and
“It’s Going Down”. Most
recently Ant Thomas released
“Renaissance Man 2.0” EP on 1.31.14 and hosted two
events to promote the shortened version of the Full-Length Music Soundtrack! On
1.31.14 Thomas held a
private listening session, where several talented artists
from the city of Boston displayed their unreleased music, poetry, & videos!
On 2.1.14 Thomas
Celebrated the release of his “RM2” EP, where he performed
snippets of the EP at Who's On First in Fenway to a crowd of 300 people!
The next event to promote the project will be held at
Storyville on Exeter St in Downtown Boston! Storyville is located next to the
Copley Library, historic Hotels, the Copley & Prudential Mall, and many
more beautiful sites! Storyville is also located in the same neighborhood Ant
Thomas grew up in! The event is titled
“Renaissance Man 2.0” Launch Celebration an upscale event for leaders and
people who give back to the community!
Ant Thomas has a goal for this event to create an atmosphere for
artists, entertainers, professional, and people of various industries to
network, experience live performances and music over cocktails, conversation,
testimonials, performances, and dance! Thursday, 2.27.14, at Storyville in
Downtown Boston from 7pm-11pm.
"Renaissance Man 2.0" the documentary and music soundtrack is scheduled to release late 1st Qtr/2nd Qtr of 2014!
ABOUT ANT THOMAS
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| "RM2" Launch Celebration Flyer AT Version |
Ant Thomas, Boston native, is son of former bank manager Sharon
Howell, and fellow artist
Anthony "Ace" Thomas, Sr. Ant Thomas has been
an artist his entire life, but has only released a limited amount of
material. Ant Thomas has a very diverse background, he is the oldest of
8 children and was able to rise above the disparate socioeconomic life
he was born to and exposed to in the less visited sides of Boston.
Thomas graduated from
Bryant University where he was a varsity football
player and basketball player. Two weeks after Thomas received his degree he
was working at
Ocean Spray as the Retail Operations Manager of the
Northeast.
As of March 2012, Thomas decided he would pursue his career as an
artist and launch his own company doing business as
Thomas Ent. Thomas
Ent is the latest addition of many entrepreneurship ventures made by Ant
Thomas.
2eucefam LLC, an event planning group Thomas started 4 years
ago in the New England area with 5 other childhood friends and family
members, is the entrepreneurial venture that Thomas is most known for.
Ant Thomas serves as the Director of Sales & Marketing for 2eucefam,
creating innovative Marketing Plans.
Since March 2012, Ant Thomas has been using all his past experiences
and art previously made in the past to organize and plan and create "Renaissance Man 2.0". The people who follow Ant Thomas have high anticipation for this project since it has taken almost two years to complete. The entire project and all events to promote "Renaissance Man 2.0" is about the progression of humanity by encouraging leaders and motivating people to give back in a positive way.
In the months of March and April of 2014 Ant Thomas will team up with
City Year to speak and do art workshops with a group of young people at the
Rogers Middle School. Ant Thomas will bring his show production "Influence" to the
Mattahunt Community Center. Here, Thomas plans to team up with
Wheelock College Staff and Artists & Professionals from the Boston Area to teach Youth and Young Adults of the Mattapan and Hyde Park areas how to express themselves through writing & performance in an 8 week workshop ending with an "Influence" Event with performances by Youth & Young Adults!
Ant
Thomas is committed to providing community service to youth and young
people. Ant Thomas believes that art helps push culture forward in a positive
way and studies show that young people who study the arts tend to improve in
all other subjects. Ant Thomas volunteers his time to teach young people
art in hope that he creates new artists. Thomas' goal is to
also instill virtue into young people, encouraging them to do something
positive and give back to the community.
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ART EXPERIENCE
"Love & Laughter Lasts
Forever" Play by Ant Thomas, Coyote Theater, 1999
"Shackles" Poem by Ant
Thomas, Published in Roxbury Literary Annual, 2006
"How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying" Musical, Ant Thomas was
the Lead, Bryant Players, 2007
"The Last Shot" Film,
Ant Thomas plays an extra, 2010
"Shackles" YouTube Poetry Video by Ant Thomas, Produced by RoyalTV,
2012
"SizzyLv - Welcome to the
Jungle" YouTube Hip Hop Video, Produced by Thomas Ent, 2012
"Young Black Man Audio Music
Teaser" by Ant Thomas, 2012
"Tru Era Behind the Scenes
Photoshoot Video" YouTube Video, Produced by Thomas Ent, 2012
"Influence" Live Poetry and Music Performance - Event Produced by Ant Thomas, January 2013
"Influence" Live Poetry and Music Performance - Event Produced by Ant Thomas, February 2013
"Influence" Live Poetry and Music Performance - Event Produced by Ant Thomas, March 2013
"Influence" Live Poetry and Music Performance - Event Produced by Ant Thomas, April 2013
"On Me" YouTube Music Video by Ant Thomas, Produced by RoyalTV, November 2013
"It's Going Down" YouTube Music Video by Ant Thomas, Produced by RoyalTV, January 2014
Ant Thomas performed at various venues performing spoken word poetry, hip hop,
blues, and song.
Previous Ant Thomas Performance, Speech, and Workshop Venues & Organizations: Bryant University, University of New
Hampshire, Berklee School of Music, UMass Dartmouth, Boston Globe, Hibernian
Hall, Russell Auditorium, Tobin Community Center, Cantab Lounge, National
Center for Afro-American Artists, Cathedral High School, Cambridge High School Extension Program, NAACP Boston, Curley Middle School Graduation Keynote Speaker, Young Women's Health Leadership Academy, ABCD
