About
Another Bullwinkel Show
Event Management - San Francisco East Bay Area
Lisa Bullwinkel
Hoopla CEO*
* Hoopla (noun): action, activity, brouhaha, bustle, buzz, commotion, drama, elation, emotion, excitation, feeling, fever, fireworks, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hubbub, hullabaloo, hysteria, passion, racket, rage, ruckus, rumpus, stir, thrill
I put on real Badenov events: street festivals, crafts fairs, parades, business socials – all kinds of theme parties. I’ve got the scoop on the local scene, where to go and what to do -- real Mr. Know-It-Alls. We promise to Do-Right by you!
Yes, my real last name is Bullwinkel! It’s been a ton of fun my whole life and I bring that along to any event that I produce. I’ve been throwing parties since I was a kid – ours was the house where all of the parties happened in town, until our pool caved in from too many people doing cannonballs off the side one night!
It is not a fractured fairy tale that I was a professional ballerina for many years. So I bring an artistic sensibility to every event I produce. My biggest thrill is providing a format so your guests can be creative in a way they never thought possible. This makes my events a big hit! And memorable!
Business District Marketing & Special Events Management
I can help you market your business district, even if it is in Moosylvania or during Rocky times! I have a background in community and economic development from my time as the Executive Director of a large merchant association in Berkeley and Albany, CA. There, I installed a Business Improvement District and built the Solano Avenue Stroll, the East Bay’s largest street festival. The Stroll was designated a National Local Legacy and is housed in the Library of Congress. I've produced lots of other events, including the 4th of July for the City of Berkeley complete with fireworks. Some of my past and present events include the Berkeley Festival of the Arts, Berkeley Jazz Festival on Telegraph, Pacific Pinball Exposition, Persian New Year Festival, Spice of Life Festival, Berkeley Tree Lighting Ceremony, Berkeley Celebration of Youth Arts, Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival, Dìa de los Muertos, Doof-a-Palooza, Center Street Summer Cinema, Food, Fashion & Wine, Snow Day in the Gourmet Ghetto & the Rockridge & Holidays on Fourth St.
Berkeley Arts & Culture Hotline
If you have an interest in the local Berkeley Arts scene, you can sign up right here on my website for the Berkeley Arts & Culture Hotline (BACHotline), an email service where locals post all kinds of interesting stuff including calls for artists, arty events, art stuff for sale and more.
Non-Profit Fundraising & Press
If you’re a non-profit organization, I can pull a rabbit out of my hat to help you fund raise. I even have mailing labels for sale with over 1,000 local businesses and restaurants plus museums and attractions statewide, or lists of local VIPS to invite to your events, or press lists for your media needs.
So even if your name isn’t Rocky, give a call… make that a moose call so we can really hear it!
Lisa Bullwinkel
Hoopla CEO
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Professional Services
- Executive Director of Solano Avenue Association & Solano Avenue Business Improvement District including Event Producer of Solano Avenue Stroll & Parade, Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival on Solano, & Holidays on Solano, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Fourth of July Celebration, City of Berkeley Waterfront, Berkeley CA
- Event Producer, Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival in the Gourmet Ghetto, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Persian New Year Festival, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Artspark – South & West Berkeley’s Art & Health Festival, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, De Yoe Wealth Management Company, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Pacific Pinball Exposition, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
- Event Producer, Berkeley City College Open House, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies Conference, UC Berkeley Campus, CA
- Event Producer, Spice of Life Festival, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Berkeley Festival of the Arts, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Celebration of Youth Arts, Berkeley Unified School District, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Health Fair, Le Conte School Healthy Start Program, Berkeley, CA
- Event Producer, Berkeley Jazz Festival, Telegraph Area Association, Berkeley, CA
- Publicist, Abrams Miliken, Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA
- Publicist, Berkeley Potters Guild, Berkeley, CA
- Publicist, Dancer's Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- Publicist, Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley, CA
- Production Manager, This Into That, Berkeley, CA
- Consultant, Art Car Festival, San Francisco & Berkeley, CA
- Consultant, West Berkeley Neighborhood Development Corp., Berkeley, CA
- Consultant, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Consultant to various merchant associations on organization and event planning including North Shattuck Merchants Assn., Elmwood Merchants Assn., University Avenue Merchants Assn., & Telegraph Avenue Assn., Berkeley, CA; Park Street Business Assn., Alameda, CA; Piedmont Avenue Merchants Assn. & College Avenue Merchants Assn., Oakland, CA; Marina Merchants Assn., San Francisco, CA
- Freelance Bookkeeper for artists, crafts people and professionals, Berkeley, CA
- Artistic Director of Full Spectrum Studio, Oakland, CA a 501-C3 organization
- Ballet Dancer, Princeton Ballet Co., NJ; Oleg Briansky Ballet Co., NY; John Barker Ballet Co., NY; Dancer's Repertory Theater, CA
Public Art Projects
- Solano Stroll Commemorative Tile Project in Peralta Park, Berkeley, CA
- Community Mosaic Tile Barricade Art Project @ Fulton/Ashby, Berkeley, CA
- Spring Art Street Banner Painting Project, Berkeley & Albany, CA
- Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp Tile and Mosaic Art, Artist-in Residence, Groveland, CA
- Burning Turkey, Berkeley, CA
Academic Education
- Graduate Studies in Psychology - California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA
- B.A., English - University of California, Berkeley, CA
- A.A., Phi Theta Kappa, Union College, Union, NJ
Current Community Involvement
- Immediate Past Chair, Berkeley Cultural Trust, Berkeley, CA
- Chair, Berkeley Event Producers, Berkeley, CA
- Board of Directors, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley, CA
- Board of Directors, Berkeley Convention & Visitor's Bureau, Berkeley, CA
- Steering Committee, Berkeley Buy Local Campaign, Berkeley, CA
- Member, PG&E's Northern Alameda County Consumer Advisory Group
- Member, Sustainable Business Alliance, Berkeley, CA
- Member, University of California Alumni Assn., Berkeley, CA
- Mistress of Ceremonies, Annual Trivia Contest, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, Berkeley, CA
- Neighborhood Block Captain, Berkeley, CA
Past Community Involvement
- Co-chair, Founding Member, Berkeley Business District Network, Berkeley, CA
- President, Board of Directors, Christmas in April, Berkeley•Albany•Emeryville, CA
- Board of Directors, Dancer's Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA
- Board of Directors, Le Conte Elementary School PTA, Berkeley, CA
- Board of Directors, Willard Middle School PTA, Berkeley, CA
- Member, California Small Business Administration Legislative Advisory Council, Dist. 14, CA
- Member, Mayor's Millennium Celebration Committee, Berkeley, CA
- Member, Berkeley's 125th Birthday Celebration Committee, Berkeley, CA
- Member, City of Berkeley's Project Impact, Berkeley, CA
- Member, Cultural Plan Task Force/Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee, Berkeley, CA
- Gallup Pole Survey Member
- Judge, Halloween & Valentine’s Day Karaoke Contest, Shattuck Down Low, Berkeley, CA
Awards
- National Local Legacy designation of the Solano Avenue Stroll, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., 2000, submitted by Congress Member, Barbara Lee
- Phi Theta Kappa, Union College, Union, NJ