PHILANTHROPIC FEAST ANNOUNCES NEW RESEARCH GRANTS AND SHOWCASES PERFORMANCES BY RUFUS WAINWRIGHT AND SOPHIE BEEM August 7, 2017 -- The 13th Annual A Hamptons Happening celebrated culinary excellence, philanthropy and science for a cancer cure on August 5, 2017 to benefit the research programs of the Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation (SWCRF). The event marked the announcement of two new SWCRF research grants and closed with exciting performances by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright and recording artist Sophie Beem, a protégé of Beyoncé. Set under an expansive tent at the Bridgehampton estate of Maria and Kenneth Fishel, the fundraiser featured tastings from some of the leading chefs, restaurants and food and beverage brands in New York City and the Hamptons. … [Read more...]
Nora Cronin Presentation Academy
Help Shape a Girl's Future. Educating Girl's to Become Leaders. Nora Cronin Presentation Academy's mission is to break the cycle of poverty through education, while imparting in our students a sense of self and place in the community. Join us on Hudson Valley Gives: The Annual Day of Giving! Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Celebrating ten years of educational excellence and success, Nora Cronin Presentation Academy is a Catholic private school for under served minority girls in grades 5-8 from low-income families in the Newburgh Enlarged City School District. Hudson Valley Gives is initiated by the Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, in collaboration with United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region and Mid-Hudson Valley Chapter of the Association of Fundraising … [Read more...]
John Virag plays Sullivan Hall- Nov. 9
Hi Friends, My friend John Virag is playing this Sat with his band at Sullivan Hall - 214 Sullivan St. between Bleeker and west 3rd street. He asked me to try to get a group there; it’s a big show for him. Here’s a link to his music: http://www.johnvirag.com CEG presents singer/songwriter John Virag and his band's live debut at Sullivan Hall in NYC. Featuring Claudio Soto on guitar, Ricardo Rodriguez on bass, and Renato Milone on drums. $10 cover, no minimum. 7:30pm Also on the bill: Grant's Tomb, Gimme Some Skin, and The Gypsy Sons w/ Aaron Zimmer. Hope some of you can make it. En La Escena Media ~ HB Productions Copa Event 6/21/13 All the best Heather Berman … [Read more...]
Richard Pierce “Richie” Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013)
Good News had the honor to create the 20th anniversary of Woodstock with Richie. He was a great man who taught us a great deal about life. FREEDOM. Reverend Paul Sladkus. Good news planet. Richie Havens was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense and rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival. Early life Born in Brooklyn, Havens was the eldest of nine children. At an early age, he began organizing his neighborhood friends into street corner doo-wop groups and was performing with the McCrea Gospel Singers at 16. Early career At age 20, Havens left Brooklyn, seeking artistic stimulation in Greenwich Village. "I saw the Village as a place to … [Read more...]
Angel Sullivan Spring 1997 – Dec 4th, 2012
www.facebook.com/gregg.p.sullivan Epitaph / Farewell letter that I'm placing with Angel when I bury her on Towd Point and that I posted on Facebook December 4th, 2012 Enjoy the Towd Point Sunsets My Beautiful Angel ___ ... Enjoy your gait, as you prance across the stars. Enjoy your wings, as you sail across to Samadhi. Enjoy the sounds you hear, Now that the noise is all forgotten. Enjoy the effortless breath of your now eternal life, In the Mystic, in the Moonlight, by the Oceans Sands of Time Of all the world class love affairs that have blessed my life across the years, none were quite so sweet, so gentle, so tender, nor so dear. We whispered words of love within our glances and throughout our joys, in our moments spent together, clinging to one another's side. So Enjoy the … [Read more...]