More than half of people with AFib don’t believe that they are at an increased risk of stroke. People with AFib also may not realize that their stroke risk can change over time. That’s why, West and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., are teaming up to help those living with AFib by offering a simple tool they can use to calculate their stroke risk at www.MyAFibRisk.com. It’s eight easy questions that can help those with AFib understand their risk and talk with their doctor about stroke risk management and treatment options.

For every person who goes to the website and calculates their risk, Janssen will make a contribution to Mended Hearts, a nonprofit peer-to-peer support network that inspires hope and helps to improve the quality of life for heart patients, their families and caregivers.

Dr. Mark J. Alberts will join Jerry West to address the risk of stroke associated with AFib and the importance of working with a doctor to determine an appropriate treatment plan that can help lower patient risk.

THE FACTS
• Jerry West is currently an executive board member of the Golden State Warriors, who recently won the 2015 NBA Championship
• West played for the Lakers from 1960 to 1974, and is believed to be the inspiration for the NBA logo
• West was selected as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History in 1997
• Up to 6 million Americans are diagnosed with AFib, the most common serious heart rhythm abnormality in people over the age of 65
• One in three people with AFib will have a stroke in their lifetime

The Sponsor is Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Show times 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.

The trio performance, which features Maestro Piecuch on multiple woodwinds with pianist Regan Ryzuk and bassist Larry Goldman, mixes classical music, modern jazz, and the ancient folk music of Europe and the Americas to create a unique experience that has been called “a remarkable display of versatility, styles, and hip arrangements”  by New York Philharmonic saxophonist Albert Regni.

Piecuch was named Permanent Guest Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic in 2003 and has also conducted the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, where in his debut performances, he thrilled audiences with Rolf Lieberman’s Concerto for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra. Yes, he placed an 18-piece jazz band right in the middle of the most honored orchestra of Russia!

Maestro Piecuch is available for interviews.

More information about the event can be found here:  www.kitano.com/jazz

For more information on Maestro Piecuch, visit his official website www.martinpiecuch.com

JAZZ AT KITANO

66 Park Avenue (at 38th Street) in Manhattan.

$25 Cover + $15 Minimum

Performances 

1st set from 8:00 PM until 9:15 PM
2nd Set from 10:00 PM until 11:15 PM. 

Full menu available featuring American cuisine with a Pan Asian influence. 

Early diners (7:00 PM) will receive preferred seating.

Reservations Advised. For more information, contact

The Kitano New York, 66 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-885-7119; Fax: 212-885-7022

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 Pete Seeger Special Gathering from the Friends of the Clear Water New York City and  an event tonight, May 22, 2014.   A wonderful gathering of many celebrated Pete and Toshi at the Hudson Church in Greenwich Village.  We are release one segment a day to coincide with Pete’s Birthday on May 3^rd.  When speaking to Pete he always said please don’t have a tribute for me, he was a humble, earnest man.  Good News was very lucky to have our good friend and Board Member Phil Sauers www.wwrf.com  introduce us to Pete to begin a long friendship.  We always talked about Clean Water as Pete was the Father of Water. 

Here is another up-coming event for Pete you should’t miss!!!!!!!

Honoring Pete Seeger’s Vision May 22^nd Thursday 6:30 – 9:30 pm Presented by NYC Friends of Clearwater With the New York Society for Ethical Culture Come hear wonderful performers and great friends of Pete Seeger share in song and remembrances. Learn about Pete’s vision for our planet and all people.   Performers: Walkabout Clearwater Chorus            David Amram            Guy Davis               Christine Lavin        Oscar Brand               Charlie King         David Bernz         Jacob Bernz       Matt Emmer      Happy Traum Speakers: Manna Jo Greene, Environmental Director of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Chief Oren Lyons, Onondaga Faithkeeper               Paul Gallay, Riverkeeper President Donna Stein, NYC Friends of Clearwater President Presidents of Sloop Clubs and Past Presidents of NYCFC Location: 2 West 64^th Street, Auditorium Tickets: http://petesvision.eventbrite.com    $12general admission   A portion of proceeds go to the Pete Seeger Environmental Educators Network, a NYCFC Project to promote Pete’s ideals and the promise of youth. New York City Friends of Clearwater is an environmental education organization that believes in celebration and through music and community.  We are a chartered sloop club of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, both founded by folk musician and activist Pete Seeger 45 years ago to clean up the Hudson River. www.nycfriendsofclearwater.org 347.796.0602 NYSEC is a member of the American Ethical Union and the International Humanist & Ethical Union. Entry to our 100-year-old building and meeting rooms is available for most wheelchair users with prior arrangements. Please call ahead (212-874-5210  X107) for setup of our portable system and plan to arrive one hour before start time. www.nysec.org  212.874.5210

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Dear Good News Friend’s and Members,

WE  ALL love Pete Seeger.  He was a hero for us.  We had the chance to interview him, create shows with him, spend time at the Beacon Sloop Club, be on the Board of the Clearwater New York City division, use Pete’s songs in and his SING A LONG approach as the heart of our www.peacedayparty.org event and so much more.  We   have shared a clip from  Mr. Brown’s wonderful production of The Power of Song that emulates what Pete is all about…. The world will only change from small groups of people and so much more.  We will miss Pete dearly and will be dedicating our Peace Day Party event in 2014  to this very humble talented caring man…. A LEGEND IN OUR TIME.

Paul Sladkus and the Good News Family  

Seeger’s best known for songs include “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” “If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)” and “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season).”

But his influence extended far beyond individual hits.

His grandson Kitama Cahill Jackson told CNN that the singer died of natural causes at New York Presbyterian Hospital on Monday evening.

For Further Details, go to http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/28/showbiz/pete-seeger-death/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger

http://peteseeger.net/wp/

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Sheri Sanders is a force of nature and when it comes to succeeding in the pop/rock genre of musical theatre, she wrote the book, literally.

Sheri had 20+ years behind her as an actor when she noticed that rock and pop musicals were beginning to dominate Broadway, so she piloted her very first Rock The Audition class at Pace University. She listened to her new students sing, assigned them all of her favorite hits off the radio, and taught them how to interpret rock songs and bring themselves into the stories that popular music tells.

She began giving master classes all over the country, from colleges to private musical theatre training programs, to teach voice teachers, acting teachers and their students how to style rock music.

Eleven of her current students are on Broadway and 62 of her students have been in rock musicals on Broadway, on tour, in workshops and regionally since she began.

Sheri has written the very first book on how to audition for rock musicals. Rock the Audition (Hal Leonard Books, May 24, 2011) outlines what it takes for the actor/singer to succeed, and Sheri interviews prominent members of the Broadway theater community, from Bernie Telsey and Jay Binder to Steven Oremus, Andy Blankenbuehler, Kerry Butler and Alex Lacamoire. Sheri gives the aspiring performer the proper tools to successfully audition for every genre of rock musical on Broadway. Rock the Audition teaches performers how to pick songs that create a dramatic arc, create their own appropriate cuts and arrangements, and successfully communicate the feel of a song to a pianist for proper support, and truly understand the vocal styles of different genres and how the styles changed over time.

Sheri’s students have been found in the Broadway, touring companies, and regional productions of Rock Of Ages, Wonderland, Priscilla, Queen of The Dessert, Spiderman: Turn off the Dark, Sister Act, Mamma Mia, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Rent, The Wedding Singer, Hairspray, Legally Blonde, All Shook Up and Shout.

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