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Rooted in Vermont by way of Los Angeles, Montreal & Geneva
Crafting audience-first strategies, engaging events, ripple-making partnerships & press
for artists, entrepreneurs, non-profits & cultural organizations
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📷 Credit: Ben Deflorio Photography
Rooted in Vermont yet connected to global creative networks, On Goldfish Pond Creative, LLC is a boutique consultancy for arts, culture & storytelling, where ideas ripple outward into meaningful change.The Pond sits at the crossroads of strategy, story, and cultural engagement—partnering with artists, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations to bring bold visions to life.The motto: follow the shimmer, trust the flow, and see where the ripples lead. It’s how ideas turn into movement, strangers become collaborators, and a quiet pond becomes a story worth sharing.
Story & Strategy
Clarifying what you want to say, why it matters, and how to make it stick.
Campaigns & Communications
Designing outreach that moves hearts and audiences — with creative flair and purpose.
Events & Experiences
Creating gatherings that feel alive in the moment and linger long after the lights fade.
📷 Credit: Sarah Lake Kjelleren
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Over two decades in entertainment communications, film publicity & cultural events across the U.S., Canada, and Europe—bringing a global perspective to storytelling and audience engagement.Connecting creativity with community and crafting stories that travel across borders, audiences, and mediums.******************************
"From red carpets to dirt roads, from Cannes, to cowbells, each chapter has shaped how I tell stories that travel, gather people, and make a little mischief/ magic along the way.
- Alia Quart Khan
Founder & Creative Producer
BLACK RIVER INNOVATION CAMPUS (BRIC):
Fiscal Sponsor- Grants & Philanthropy
Rural innovation hub in Springfield, Vermont that fuels entrepreneurship and the creative economy with mentorship, capital, workspace, and statewide connections.
"Alia and On Goldfish Pond Creative exemplify the kind of creative leadership we champion. Work that is bold, community-centered, and strategically positioned for meaningful impact. BRIC is proud to provide ongoing infrastructure and strategic support."
- Vincent Fusca, III
Executive Director BRIC
RUPERT JASPER FENNEC
Dock Captain
Rescued by Wags & Walks in Baldwin Hills, CA, this Rat Terrier–Chihuahua mix is now On Goldfish Pond's Dock Captain overseeing patrols, guest/goldfish relations, + morale. Second chances never looked so dashing.
“Stay curious. Nap often. Every team needs a big heart, a little humor, and someone who knows when to chase the tennis ball by the pond.”
— Rupert Jasper Fennec
Dock Captain
Roll credits — your turn!
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Minimal digital footprint...
...For Unlimited Real World Reach
lighting the pond way:
REEL NORTH STARS
📺 TED LASSO meets ON GOLDEN POND 🎬
A.I. Generated Image
You don’t have to know the references (but highly recommended viewing)—just picture heart meeting depth, humor and curiosity meets calm, where creativity is both playful and purposeful. That’s the current of On Goldfish Pond Creative.
MISSION
To spark meaningful change by blending strategy, storytelling, and community engagement partnering with artists, organizations, and changemakers to make ideas ripple outward into impact.
VISION
Imagine a world where creativity acts as connective tissue dissolving silos, uplifting underrepresented voices, and building cultural ecosystems that shimmer with resilience, collaboration, and joy.
VALUES
Imagination with Intention
Every project balances creativity + strategy so ideas resonate and endure.
Collaboration over Competition
We build with communities, clients, and co-creators to share success.
Equity at the Core
Inclusion, access, and belonging sit at the heart of every story we tell.Curiosity & Play
Delight, humor, and experimentation aren’t extras—they’re essential tools for engagement.
Ripple Effect Thinking
Even the smallest project can spark waves of connection and change.
POND POST
Part creative current, part cultural commentary, part good vibes playlist.
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Career highlights
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
@Chapman University| Guest Lecture, 2016
@Vermont College of Fine Arts| Guest Lectures, 2015, 2021
@SXSW Festival| Publicity Mentor Roundtables, 2017-2019
@Angaelica Festival | Publicity Workshop, 2017
BOARD WORK:
@Vermont Arts Council | Board of Trustees
@Randolph Playhouse Movie Theatre | Board Member
@Vermont Production Collective | Advisory Board Member
PONDSIDE COLLABORATION:
No set script. Just shared vision, curiosity, and a little creative, ordered chaos. And a project info-sheet, always an info-sheet.Every project is made to order — built to shimmer in its own right light.
The Broad Strokes
The Deep Dive — Get clear on the heart of the story.
The Creative Swim — Ideas surface, strategies shimmer, and connections take shape.
The Big Splash — Bring it to life — with meaning, humor, and a touch of cinematic flair.
The Ripple Effect — Reflect, refine, and celebrate what’s next.
Strategic Vision & Planning
Clarify the why and chart the course.
Align story with strategy so ideas ripple into lasting impact.
Communications & Marketing
Blend creativity with strategy.
Amplify your work and spark engagement where it matters most.
Story & Narrative
Shape messages that move people.
Build voice, vision, and storytelling that truly connect.
Events & Experiences
Create moments that linger.
Performances, launches, and gatherings that turn into stories.
Collaboration & Partnerships
Build bridges that expand reach
and strengthen the cultural current.
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Colleagues, clients & co-conspirators
POND POST #1
Monday, October 11, 2025
Actress, author, photographer, director, and preservationist Diane Keaton passed away this weekend. Keaton appeared in over 60 films, from Annie Hall to Baby Boom and First Wives Club, she redefined what it means to grow, to start over, and to do it all with humor and heart.She made ambition look human and uncertainty look brave.
Her characters reminded us that independence doesn’t mean isolation, it means having the courage to live by your own design.
Reinvention is an art form equal parts terrifying and electrifying. Thank you for the courage, the hats, the humor and reminding us that being yourself, quirks and all, is the most radical act of all.
Pressing publish:Giant hat tip to the incomparable
Ms. Diane Keaton.
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Monday, October 20, 2025
001 Notes from the collective: PUBLICITY PRIMER
Since moving to Vermont, I’ve committed to serving on three boards — the Vermont Production Collective, the Vermont Arts Council and the Randolph Movie Theatre Playhouse— to help creativity flow into the fabric of community life.The Vermont Production Collective recently launched a section of the newsletter called Notes from the Collective , opening with a story on publicity I was happy to contribute.
From flashbulbs to frog song this playlist mirrors the arc of a career (and a life) that’s learned to trade press releases for presence. Cue it up, take a walk, and let your next good idea surface.
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Upcoming Event 50th Anniversary Screening + Fundraiser
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
@
Randolph's Playhouse Movie Theatre
11 South Main Street, Randolph, VT
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 @ 10 PM DOors open at 9:30 PM
Dear Friends (and Creatures of the Night!),It's almost the time to grab that extra cup of coffee, your fishnets, something to donate and your sense of fun — because the Randolph Playhouse Movie Theatre is hosting a 50th Anniversary Screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Thursday, October 30 at 10 PM (doors at 9:30).This isn’t your average movie night — it’s a community twist on a cult classic! Instead of tossing rice at the screen, we’re “Throwing Kindness Instead.”
🧤 Bring movie-inspired donations — rice, flashlights, new winter hats & gloves, toilet paper, or bread — to support the Randolph Area Food Shelf.
💵 Cash and online donations will benefit the Pride Center of Vermont.
👠 Costumes are highly encouraged (we know you’ve been waiting for an excuse).
📍 Playhouse Movie Theatre, 11 South Main St., Randolph, VT
🎟️ Tickets: $12 at the door
Come for the camp. Stay for the community.
The castle’s always better when it’s crowded-- the more the merrier!
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💋 Don't dream it be it! 🎤
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Wednesday, October 24, 2025
THE LIL' OL' Chicken coop chalet
Ideas Hatch Daily + Vermont-meets-Swiss Views + best COW-workers
What used to cluck now clicks.
![Rebranding Chicken Coop to "The Chalet" to honor Swiss roots.](assets/images/gallery08/a8060620.jpg?v=5ff12950 "Rebranding Chicken Coop to "The Chalet" to honor Swiss roots.")
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
Frozen magic on goldfish Pond
Yesterday’s walk around the pond served up one of those tiny Vermont moments that feels equal parts cinematic and slightly absurd.
Overnight, a thin but surprisingly solid layer of ice had settled across the water—winter’s first quiet exhale. Rupert was decidedly unimpressed. His beloved tennis ball sat stranded in the middle of the pond like a fluorescent island of heartbreak, and the betrayal was palpable. (He’s filing a formal complaint with the universe.)
As we circled the shoreline, I spotted something that made me gasp out loud:
a frozen goldfish, perfectly suspended beneath the surface like a tiny amber fossil. Nature’s plot twists never disappoint.
Despite the chill—and despite Rupert’s ongoing tennis-ball grief—the pond was still glowing in its quiet way. Even on days when the temperatures don’t encourage lingering, the place insists on offering wonder. That’s the thing about this little corner of Randolph: it always has another story waiting.
If you’d like a few more pond-side musings, behind-the-scenes updates from Hollywood, VT, and the occasional goldfish-level whimsy, you’re warmly invited to join the Pond Post newsletter.(It’s new, I built it myself, and there may be a few charming bugs—thank you in advance for being part of the beta crew.)
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Monday, November 23, 2025
Baby Boom Beginnings
Last night’s Baby Boom screening felt a little meta. Watching J.C. Wiatt reinvent her life in a small town—finding purpose, community, and unexpected joy—I couldn’t help but smile at the parallels.Different details, same heartbeat: reinvention, Vermont, and a belief that building something meaningful starts with one bold idea (and maybe a turtleneck).
Hollywood, VT has officially begun. Thank you to everyone who came out for our inaugural screening at the Playhouse. The flannel, the nostalgia, the laughter, the cider… it all made the theater feel like the coziest version of community.Together, we also raised support for the Orange County Parent & Child Center’s Woodlands Campus—because small towns grow strong the same way Hollywood, VT does: one neighbor, one kindness, one gathering at a time.
✨ Onward to White Christmas on Sunday, December 21.
Come cozy, come festive — Christmas sweater, bright scarf, a little ’50s sparkle. Basically: dressed for a finale tap dancing number in a Vermont barn.✨
SEASON 1
The Screening Series
Rediscover Vermont’s Cinematic Legacy
Bridge Nostalgia with New Perspectives
Celebrate Community Through Shared Storytelling
In partnership with the historic Randolph Movie Playhouse Theatre On Goldfish Pond Creative is curating a Vermont inspired screening series called Hollywood VT at the Randolph Playhouse and we're launching with a special one-night-only screening of Baby Boom — where Diane Keaton trades Manhattan for maple syrup, Sam Shepard proves flannel is forever, and a young James Spader climbs the corporate ladder like it’s 1987.
📅 Sunday, November 23 at 6:00 PM
🎬 The Playhouse Movie Theatre, 11 Main Street, Randolph, VT
🎟 Tickets available at the box office or call (802) 728-4012
🍁💵 Community Spotlight Organization: Orange County Parent and Child Center , Woodlands Campus
Lean into the spirit of the film—whether through a nod to Keaton’s audacious, independent fashion sense; cozy sweaters; Vermont-inspired flair; or simply showing up ready to laugh, sigh, and dream alongside Diane Keaton and company.
COMING UP IN DECEMBER: White Christmas (1954)
SEASON 2
Live Script Readings | Recast, Reimagine & Reconnect Vermont’s Film Legacy
What is it:
Live script readings of Vermont-connected films, reimagined with inclusive, contemporary voices that turns iconic film scripts into community connection.
Historic venues—from local theaters to town halls—become the stage.
Part performance, part community dialogue, part small-town celebration.
Recasting + Reinvention
Roles are reimagined across genders, ages, and backgrounds, proving that great stories belong to everyone—and that in Vermont, celebrity starts with showing up.
Celebrity, VT StyleAt Hollywood, VT, casting reflects the community it’s rooted in. Actors share the stage with famous farmers, local much loved librarians, musicians, chefs—even local political leaders.
How will it work?
Unrehearsed. Live. One Night Only.
No sets. No retakes. No recordings. Just story, imagination, and shared creativity.
Beyond the Credits: The Ripple Effect
Local collaborations with makers, nonprofits, and small businesses.
Lasting ripples of connection, commerce, and civic pride across the state.
That’s the vision for Hollywood, VT Live Script Readings—where famous faces and familiar neighbors share the same stage, scripts in hand, reminding us that story and community belong to everyone.
Vermont’s film legacy | Meets its creative future