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We are absolutely thrilled to do a special Wednesday edition of the Adventurer Profile today. Today’s adventurer, long time creative mover and shaker, Grela Orihuela, has recently produced a very special movie called Making Sh*t Up that premieres tonight at Miami’s classic Tower Theater in Little Havana as part of the Miami International Film Festival. To read more about the film’s director, Bill Bilowit as well as the process he and Grela went through to create this feature-length film about the career of contemporary artist Bert Rodriguez, click here. Grela Orihuela is Cuban by birth and grew up in Astoria, Queens. She graduated from the NYU Film School Fine Arts program, and in the early 1980s worked directly for two legendary, iconic men in marketing and promotion: Bloomingdale’s fashion director Kal Ruttenstein and rock ‘n roll impresario Bill Graham. In the mid-1980s, Grela was a producer at WABC-TV news, the executive producer at Telemundo Network, and an independent producer of Spanish-language broadcast programming. She then went on to found several film and multi-media companies, The Show Works, Tareco, and Wet Heat Project with her partner Bill Bilowit. Her most recent work from Wet Heat Project can be seen onscreen in two feature-length films about young artists on the rise, miamiHeights: Hernan Bas and Making Sh*t Up about the conceptual artist Bert Rodriguez, and at the online documentary network wetheat.tv. We asked her our usual questions. 1 what skill do you want to learn? Ambition and / or Patience
2 food and drink you don’t want to live without? Masitas y batido de mamey
3 the scariest thing you can think of? Being a “Real Housewife of Miami”
4 your favorite party supply? Laughter
5 your favorite book of the moment? “The Wild, Wild East” by Barbara Pollack
6 describe your dream party place. Inside my head
7 what is the evil version of you like? She’s blonde
8 what gives you confidence? High heels
9 name four essential elements of a good party. Good guests, good guests, good guests and great guests
10 what do you appreciate most about a party host? Getting the details right
11 favorite adventure supply? The TV remote
12 describe the best party you ever attended. My wedding reception
13 hotel room or campsite? You can’t be serious.
14 do you have a style icon? No
15 where is your next adventure destination? My days-are-numbered storage unit
16 if you could teach a class about anything in the world ever, what would you teach? Ethics
17 what is your motto? Everything happens for a reason So, see you tonight Grela. And, dear readers, if you’re in Miami. Don’t forget to get your tickets for tonight’s show.
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