This critically acclaimed Off Broadway play is based on factual accounts and actual letters written by both American soldiers and their family members spanning over 200 years – from the American Revolution through the present day conflict in the Middle East. Mr. Taurel’s tour de force performance honors and explores the internal struggles that veterans and their families face when returning home from combat. The actor enters into the personas of 14 different veterans and family members, telling their important stories of courage and sacrifice. THE AMERICAN SOLDIER exposes the veterans flaws and scars, with both darkness and humor – while honoring their incredible commitment for our freedoms.

Douglas Taurel’s many screen credits include playing tough and edgy characters in television programs including Mr. Robot, Nurse Jackie, Damages, The Americans, Person of Interest, Blue Bloods, Believe, NYC 22, and The Following. Film credits include a supporting role in the feature film The Cobbler, directed by Oscar nominated Tom McCarthy and starring Adam Sandler and Dustin Hoffman.

THE AMERICAN SOLDIER was recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and received 4 stars at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The play was also nominated for an International Amnesty Award for theatre excellence. The play is directed by Padraic Lillis who was recently named to the Indie Theater Hall of Fame as well as Indie Theater Person of the Year in New York. Learn more about The American Soldier and hear audience and veterans testimonials by visiting www.TheAmericanSoldierSoloShow.com

Tickets for this show are $65.00 for the general public, $60.00 for veterans – which includes the boat trip on the “Estuary Steward” to and from Bannerman’s Island and guided tour of the island. The boat departs from Beacon at 3:00 pm and again at 4:15 pm for the 5:00pm show. Tickets and the boat schedule for all BCT performances are available through the Bannerman’s Castle website at www.Bannermancastle.org or by calling 855-256-4007. For more information on this performance and other Bannerman’s Island events please call Executive Director, Neil Caplan at 845-831-6346.

The Bannerman Castle Trust, Inc., in cooperation with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, provides public tours of Bannerman Castle and Pollepel Island. Available tours consist of guided walking tours on the island with access either by passenger tour boat or as part of a guided kayak excursion. Tours depart from Beacon (kayak or passenger boat), Cold Spring (kayak), and Cornwall-on-Hudson (kayak). Reservations are required for all tours. Wear comfortable shoes as there is some rough terrain on the walking tours. Strollers cannot be accommodated. There is a 72-step climb from the dock to the start of the tour. Tours depart rain or shine.

Seasonal tours run weekends through October 29th departing at 11:00am from Beacon, NY. Bannerman Island Tour tickets are $35.00. Advance purchase required. There is a Metro North Train Package for the 1 day getaways through Metro North. Check availability and to buy tickets for Bannerman Island Cruise online at www.bannermancastle.org

The Bannerman Castle Trust is dedicated to preserving Bannerman Castle as an educational, cultural, historical, and recreational facility that promotes heritage tourism in the Hudson Valley. To that end, they aim to coordinate resources and funding to stabilize the structures on Pollepel Island so that the island is a safe and lasting destination for public tours and special events. They are also responsible for arranging public tours of the island each year; performing docks, trails, and gardens maintenance; and conducting other special projects (for example, preparation of Historic Structures Reports to document the history of the Castle) under the purview of the NYSOPRHP.
The Bannerman Castle Trust, Inc. is the official New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation’s (NYSOPRHP’s) “Friends” organization for Bannerman Castle on Pollepel Island and a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Bannerman Castle Trust, Inc. PO Box 843 Glenham, NY. 12527. Web: www.bannermancastle.org, Phone: (855) 256-4007

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$40 Friend $50 Mensch, $100 Angel, $200 Seraph Tickets by phone, mail, online or at the door. Please send a check made out to The Actors’ Temple or fax credit card info to 212-586-3025 or the online store: www.theactorstemple.org. The Actors’ Temple, 339 West 47th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenues, 212-245-6975. More information: info@theactorstemple.org.

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The iconic New York restaurant  Have your Easter Dinner that you will never forget.

For more than eighty years, New York’s defining cultural moments have taken place at The Russian Tea Room.

Since being founded by members of the Russian Imperial Ballet in 1927, The Russian Tea Room has been a second home for boldface names and the intellectual elite – an exclusive enclave where actors, writers, politicians, and executives plan their next deals and celebrate their friends’ latest Carnegie Hall performances.

Countless guests visiting from around the globe walk through the antique revolving doors to catch a glimpse of the booth Dustin Hoffman sat in when filming Tootsie; to see the inspiration that Woody Allen found for the movie Manhattan; to walk past the coat check where Madonna worked before she found fame; or to try martinis like the cast of Gossip Girl recently did.

Today, The Russian Tea Room still captures modernist Russian style décor, hosting New York’s elite as a restaurant for continental fine dining, elegant high tea, the finest vodka selection and a stylish party venue.

We are 85 this year! Take advantage of our anniversary offer.

www.russiantearoomnyc.com

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The iconic New York restaurant  Have your Easter Dinner that you will never forget.

For more than eighty years, New York’s defining cultural moments have taken place at The Russian Tea Room.

Since being founded by members of the Russian Imperial Ballet in 1927, The Russian Tea Room has been a second home for boldface names and the intellectual elite – an exclusive enclave where actors, writers, politicians, and executives plan their next deals and celebrate their friends’ latest Carnegie Hall performances.

Countless guests visiting from around the globe walk through the antique revolving doors to catch a glimpse of the booth Dustin Hoffman sat in when filming Tootsie; to see the inspiration that Woody Allen found for the movie Manhattan; to walk past the coat check where Madonna worked before she found fame; or to try martinis like the cast of Gossip Girl recently did.

Today, The Russian Tea Room still captures modernist Russian style décor, hosting New York’s elite as a restaurant for continental fine dining, elegant high tea, the finest vodka selection and a stylish party venue.

We are 85 this year! Take advantage of our anniversary offer.

www.russiantearoomnyc.com

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The iconic New York restaurant  Have your Easter Dinner that you will never forget.

For more than eighty years, New York’s defining cultural moments have taken place at The Russian Tea Room.

Since being founded by members of the Russian Imperial Ballet in 1927, The Russian Tea Room has been a second home for boldface names and the intellectual elite – an exclusive enclave where actors, writers, politicians, and executives plan their next deals and celebrate their friends’ latest Carnegie Hall performances.

Countless guests visiting from around the globe walk through the antique revolving doors to catch a glimpse of the booth Dustin Hoffman sat in when filming Tootsie; to see the inspiration that Woody Allen found for the movie Manhattan; to walk past the coat check where Madonna worked before she found fame; or to try martinis like the cast of Gossip Girl recently did.

Today, The Russian Tea Room still captures modernist Russian style décor, hosting New York’s elite as a restaurant for continental fine dining, elegant high tea, the finest vodka selection and a stylish party venue.

We are 85 this year! Take advantage of our anniversary offer.

www.russiantearoomnyc.com

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2012 HONOREES AND SPONSORS
Honorees:
Marc Morial, CEO, National Urban League and former mayor of New Orleans
Donna Byrd, publisher,
Theroot.com
Laurence Boschetto, CEO/president, Draftfcb
Sponsors:
Draftfcb
Baume & Mercier
JPMorgan Chase
Belvedere (the world’s first luxury vodka)
The brunch will be hosted by A.J. Calloway, New York City correspondent on “Extra,” and former host of popular B.E.T. show “106 & Park: B.E.T.’s Top 10 Live.”
Each honoree will be presented with a Baume & Mercier watch.
ABOUT DIVERSITY AFFLUENCE
As the only company of its kind, Diversity Affluence is a New York-based diversity research, marketing communications and business development consultancy that helps brands and businesses understand and market to affluent ethnic consumers-a group coined as “Royaltons.” For more than 25 years, Andrea Hoffman, Diversity Affluence’s founder and chief executive officer, has been a marketing strategist and trend forecaster.
“Diversity Affluence is committed to raising awareness of the vibrant affluent ethnic economic sector that people of color and other minorities occupy in contemporary society,” says Hoffman.
For more information about Hoffman, Diversity Affluence or Black Is The New Green: Marketing to Affluent African Americans, visit DiversityAffluence.com.

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What do STING & 36 Million Americans have in common?

Here’s a clue!

Can you hear me now?  Apparently many cannot.  Hearing loss is reaching epidemic proportions— and not just among people who play their music too loud! According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 36 million Americans already have some degree of hearing loss, and with 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 each day, that number is expected to skyrocket.  Experts predict that hearing loss will affect 78 million Americans by the year 2030.  Hearing loss is a critical public health issue! 

Listen up!  To kick off May, a new Hearing Loss Campaign will begin April 16th  which will encourage us all to get our hearing tested, and feature Sting and renowned trumpeter and song writer Chris Botti (both of whom know first-hand about the importance of hearing health) in a very special Public Service Announcement.  The Campaign is spearheaded by the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (a world leader in the diagnosis and treatment of ear disorders) and will launch live, an educational website designed as a one-stop resource to help all adults take control of the hearing health (www.iLikeMyHearing.org) and a new Facebook site (fb.com/iLikeMyHearing) featuring a page for people to contribute their favorite sounds.  Visitors can enter a “Favorite Sounds Sweepstakes” with a $5000 value opportunity for the winner and ten friends to share dinner with Chris Botti at a November 15th fundraising gala.

Inside our ears lie thousands of hairlike cells that turn sound waves into electrical signals so the brain can interpret what we hear. But very loud noise generates free radicals that damage those cells—sometimes permanently. Hear us out … we all expect to go a little bit deaf when we get older. But in this era of ubiquitous bluetooths and iPods, MP3 players and the close-to-the-eardrum earbud headphones as standard equipment, we are all living in a loud world — and hearing loss is starting younger than ever before.  Get the facts and tips for hearing loss prevention and learn about the campaign with renowned hearing specialist, Dr. Ronald A. Hoffman:

Keep your earplugs or other hearing protection devices handy and stay alert to hazardous noises that might pop up suddenly in your environment.

Don’t smoke-Smoke and even second-hand smoke can affect your hearing. Control allergies that may lead to ear infections.

Keep the volume down on your music, TV, video games and other electronics, especially your personal listening devices.

Wear noise-canceling headphones to drown out background noises instead of turning the volume up on your personal listening devices.

RONALD A. HOFFMAN is the Director of the Ear Institute, Co-Director of the Cochlear Implant Center and The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and a Professor of Otolaryngology at the New York Medical College.  Doctor Hoffman received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and earned a Masters Degree in Health Care Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. He has published extensively on diseases of the ear and has been recognized by New York magazine in its “Best Doctors” issue.

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