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hplandmark.com life & arts<br />
the highland park landmark | December 8, 2016 | 19<br />
THE GIFT OF<br />
ENTERTAINMENT!<br />
This Weekend Only!<br />
Bitter Jester’s Nicolas DeGrazia (left) and Daniel Kullman (right) pose with Ava Lee<br />
after filming “Cal’s Angels.” photo by Eshter Lee<br />
<strong>HP</strong>’S Bitter Jester<br />
wins big again<br />
SALT CREEK BALLET’S<br />
THE NUTCRACKER<br />
DEC 10 & 11<br />
SAT 1PM & 5PM | SUN 2PM<br />
An affordable holiday tradition performed in the<br />
grand Russian style by Salt Creek Ballet with<br />
special guest soloists.<br />
MELISSA ETHERIDGE<br />
HOLIDAY TRIO<br />
TUE, DEC 13 AT 7:30PM<br />
Performing holiday classics from her album,<br />
A New Thought For Christmas and intimate<br />
arrangements of fan favorites & new songs!<br />
Video production<br />
company wins 2<br />
regional Emmys<br />
Erin Yarnall<br />
Freelance Reporter<br />
Nicolas DeGrazia and<br />
Daniel Kullman never set<br />
out to win awards — yet<br />
it keeps happening year<br />
after year.<br />
The duo’s Highland<br />
Park-based video production<br />
company, Bitter Jester<br />
Creative Development.<br />
The Highland Parkbased<br />
company received<br />
six Emmy nominations<br />
for the Chicago/Midwest<br />
Emmy awards, which<br />
took place Dec. 3, and<br />
won two awards: Outstanding<br />
Achievement<br />
for On-Camera Talent for<br />
“Pilsen Preps for the Big<br />
Event” and Outstanding<br />
Achievement for Public<br />
Affairs/Current Affairs<br />
Programming for “A Day<br />
in the Life of a Cristo<br />
Rey Student.” Since they<br />
started submitting pieces<br />
for nominations in 2012,<br />
they’ve received 28 nominations<br />
and have won six<br />
Emmys.<br />
“It’s exciting,” said<br />
Kullman, who was personally<br />
nominated as an<br />
editor. “To get nominated<br />
for it not only speaks to<br />
the editing craft, but think<br />
it speaks to how strong the<br />
stories are that we’re able<br />
to tell with our client and<br />
that’s really satisfying.”<br />
Bitter Jester takes its<br />
name from DeGrazia’s<br />
sketch comedy troupe in<br />
the ’90s, which featured<br />
a character who wore an<br />
ill-fitting jester costume<br />
and became increasingly<br />
angry as the audience<br />
laughed at him.<br />
“Back in the day, the<br />
jester was always the person<br />
who could get away<br />
with criticizing the king<br />
without getting his head<br />
chopped off — most of<br />
the time,” DeGrazia said.<br />
“I loved the idea of some-<br />
Please see Bitter, 20<br />
CHICAGO TAP THEATRE<br />
TIDINGS OF TAP!<br />
SUN, DEC 18 AT 3PM<br />
Featuring rhythm and whimsy-filled dances to<br />
celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah & the winter<br />
season…all with LIVE music!<br />
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