Earth & Water Day

4/22/23

Times Square Sizzle Reel

Earth & Water Day

from Times Square

April 22, 2023.

A Six-Hour Series.

We have been talking with New York City Government Leaders and are aware how many environmental friendly initiatives are occurring to reduce our carbon footprint, i.e., more bike lanes, less cars, more trees, more indoor environmental conscience for homes and offices, parks, protection of our water (as all boroughs are adjoin water), and so much more. 

Shortly, we will share what we are planning and inviting you to be involved.

As mentioned, we are also putting together a 24/7 Good News Channel, it’s a big important job and we looking for more Positive, Up-Lifting Shows and Content…so if you know of any, please let us know.

Here are three stories that you might want to check out, as they are powerful, with Good News People. Our www.goodnewsplanet.TV, www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast, and www.pausetheoworldforpeace.org has 146 different categories, over 6,500 shows and most have podcasts on Spreaker. Please share the Good that we are honored to broadcast, some might save your life, like Underdiagnosed Heart Disease. We also share an upcoming Joes Pub Concert with Majid one of our Peace Performers and Jeremiah who has a cool coat in the Subway.

RAISING AWARENESS OF AN OFTEN UNDERDIAGNOSED HEART DISEASE DURING HEART MONTH IN FEBRUARY

Joes Pub/NY Concert February 25th, Don’t Miss it, Majid Khaliq is a violinist and composer cut from a different cloth…

Relationships and

Self / Jeremiah has an

unbelievable Patch Coat and

story behind it, even a Merit

Badge…he’s great 

GOOD NEWS MISSION: 

To find, receive & create Life Affirming, Thought Provoking Good News, Entertainment, Events, Products & Services and share it with the world. 

BTW – PEACE IS OUR ANSWER, SO IF YOU ARE NOT AT PEACE WITH ANYONE, EVEN YOURSELF, NOW IS THE TIME TO HEAL THAT WOUND. 

Once again, our Good News is that we have decided to create a Good News 24/7 Channel for FAST CHANNELS, TV, RADIO/PODCAST, SOCIAL MEDIA, WEBSITES, APP and PRINT with our content and those who have similar mission to use media. 

As I have stated many times, “We are stressed from all the Good News in the World, as we can create, find and receive Billions of shows and we plan to because…we offer a user-generated POSITIVE home for everyone’s Good News…humankind needs a media outlets for the Good, and there are some already, great, and we are open to share their content as well for everyone’s benefit. Let’s all collaborate. 

OUR CONTENT IS YOUR CONTENT

MBC is celebrating our 39th year as a Tech-Enabled Disruptive Multicultural Content, Products and Service Company. We are proud of our past multicultural marketing efforts working with Citibank, American and Delta Airlines, Citibank, Sprint, US Postal Service, Western Union and major Ad Agencies. Then our www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast starting in 1998, also our www.goodnewsplanet.TV and our nonprofit 501 C 3 Corporation, Good News Corporation, est. 2002, with our www.pausetheworldforpeace.org outreach.

I, Paul, am celebrating my 54 years in the TV business. 14 years with CBS and PBS/Channel 13 TV, working on over 150 Network Shows including All in the Family, Carol Burnett, Sonny and Cher, Price is Right, Captain Kangaroo, Love of Life Soap, Sinatra on CBS and the Nature and Brain Series on PBS/Channel 13. Lucky me!  

Please put a hold on our Times Square Events: 4/22/24 Earth Day TBD with a Focus on Water and Climate Conditions and 9/21 International Day of Peace. 

Lastly, HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR… WE ARE BLESSED, STAY WELL, HEALTH IS WEALTH.

“All we are is what we are with each other.” Zeal 

With Respect. Love and May Peace Prevail on Earth,  For Information Contact: 

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual,

Founder, and our Good News and Peace Worldwide Team 

Milestone Broadcast Corporation

 www.goodnewsplanet.TV,  www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast 

Good News Corporation, 501 C 3, www.pausetheworldforpeace.org,

paul.sladkus1@gmail.com 

LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

For more information contact: 

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual 212 647 1212

New York, NY, Montauk, NY

PS – SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FRIENDS AND MEMBERS: Looking for a vacation rental, SHORT TERM, in Montauk, here is our listing https://goodnewsplanet.com/montauk-manor-rental-suite-403-paul-sladkus/ call me. Paul 917 687 1790

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Go this link to see Majid in Concert.  https://youtu.be/PsXK80HjCRQ

#majidkhaliq #violinist #violin #composer #peace

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#oprahwinfrey #oprah #deepakchopra #deepak #steviewonder #majid #violin #peace #music #piano

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Enjoy Amazing Music from: Deni Bonet, on Violin;
Dermot Henry, on Guitar; Michael Brunnock, on Guitar
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Noon – 4:00 PM
At Salon De Ning, the Roof Lounge of Peninsula Hotel
700 5th Ave., 55th St. NY

Hotel Door Charge: $50
RSVP: premierparks@gmail.com/TimJFK@aol.com

by: Charles Sullivan

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Ada is a violin virtuoso who has created her own unique genre, combining her vocal talents, violin mastery and songwriting prowess for an outstanding pop melding. Her shows are always a spectacular display of musicianship by Ada and her band of Berklee College of Music graduates.

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Speaking at the Chinese New Year Spring Reception organised by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in New York (HKETONY), Mr Leung said that international airlines opened new direct flights to Seattle, Dallas/Fort Worth and Newark, adding that Cathay Pacific Airways will launch its inaugural direct flight from Hong Kong to Boston in May.

Hong Kong imported US$40 billion worth of U.S. goods last year (2014), and improved access for US agricultural products and made the city the most open market for US beef in Asia. Meanwhile, Hong Kong and the US concluded agreements to combat tax evasion.

Noting that The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal have recently ranked Hong Kong as the freest economy in the world for 21 consecutive years, Mr. Leung said Hong Kong would continue to capitalise its position as China’s global financial center. “We’ll leverage our ‘superconnector’ role between the Mainland of China and the rest of the world.”

He told the American guests that Hong Kong was working to promote new growth sectors of arbitration, intellectual property trading, creative industries, as well as innovation and technology. “We are upgrading the quality of our workforce as we are facing an aging population and are making it easier for talented people and entrepreneurs from around the globe to come, stay, live, work and establish a business there,” he added.

Also speaking at the occasion, Director of HKETONY, Mr Steve Barclay said aside from promoting closer economic, investment and trade ties, his office aims also to foster cultural ties between Hong Kong and the 31 eastern states.

He highlighted the first collaboration with the Yale-China Association to bring two promising Hong Kong artists to Yale University on a fellowship program. Parry Ling , a relational artist, and Hao Yang, a choreographer/dancer, are currently on a six-month residency at Yale.

Mr Barclay said the Office would organise a week-long “Spotlight Hong Kong” exhibition at Time Warner Center from February 25. The exhibition will focus on Hong Kong’s vibrant mix of East-meets-West cultures – from cultural heritage, creative and film industries to performing arts.

One of the exhibits will be a series of Hong Kong Street Markets which were painted by US nationally recognized illustrationist Michael Sloan during his residency in Hong Kong in 2012-14.

The exhibition will also help promote the US debut of the Hong Kong Dance Company’s performance, “The Legend of Mulan”, at Lincoln Center from March 5 to 8.

To reach out to the US young generation, Mr Barclay said his office has launched a new Facebook – Hong Kong Meets America. It carries all sorts of trendy, useful and interesting information about the city.
To promote Hong Kong music talents, the reception featured performances by the Cornelia String Quartet, led by violinist CheHo Lam; and singer songwriter Mara Measor, both Hong Kong-born and raised.
The reception ended with a grand lucky draw, with the winner receiving a pair of Newark-Hong Kong round trip premium economy tickets sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways.

About 370 guests, mainly comprising key members of the business, government, academic and media sectors, attended the reception in New York.

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Collaborates with Montreal’s Classical Violin Virtuoso

Josée Aidans on Just for My Lady

“…the greatest living jazz musician in Canada.” – NPR’s “A Blog Supreme”

Stream Tracks from Just for My Lady

On Just for My Lady (available tomorrow – July 9), revered Canadian jazz pianist Oliver Jones joins forces with classical violinist Josée Aidans for a swinging encounter that recalls the great Oscar Peterson/Stephane Grappelli collaborations of the mid ’70s. The album marks Jones’ 23rd release on Justin Time Records. “I normally do 45 to 60 concerts a year, but this year won’t be as many,” he says. “I’m trying to slow down. Next year will be my 80th year, so it’s been a long road, but I’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Actually, the last eight or nine years I’ve enjoyed it more than ever.”

That joy is evident on this latest recording. While showcasing several Jones compositions, including the title track and his three-movement “The Saskatchewan Suite,” the album also features an inspired cover of Michel Legrand’s “The Windmills of my Mind” and a swinging take on the Gershwin number “Lady Be Good,” a longstanding jazz jam vehicle that is also closely associated with the aforementioned jazz violin icon Grappelli. From poignant ballads and earthy blues numbers to irrepressible swingers, Just for My Ladytouches all the bases while showcasing the remarkable talents of the 79-year-old pianist-composer and the in-demand violinist (a key player in the string sections for Celine Dion and Barbara Streisand). The two principal soloists are capably supported by the accomplished rhythm tandem of veteran bassist Eric Lagacé and rising star drummer Jim Doxas.

The centerpiece of Just for My Lady is Jones’ “The Saskatchewan Suite,” which was commissioned in 2012 for the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival’s 25th anniversary. While the original commission was for big band, Jones has adapted the three-movement suite here for quartet. The first movement, “Prince Albert Sunrise,” is a reflective ballad that has the maestro painting beautiful tones and textures with cascading arpeggios while the classically-trained bassist Lagacé contributes some virtuosic arco work. Movement two, the boppish “Regina Sky,” incorporates a motif from Charlie Parker’s “Confirmation” while drummer Doxas is featured on some hip fills. Movement three, “Saskatoon Spirit,” is a Latin-tinged number with a busy, intricate line doubled by piano and violin.

Jones mentions that in 2009 he recorded Pleased to Meet You with the late, great pianist Hank Jones, who was 91 at the time of that Justin Time session. “He was still full of as many ideas as any young player out there,” says Jones. “He was truly an inspiration, and was one of my favorite musicians. I’m hoping I make it to age 91. My mother’s cousin just died at 114 in Barbados and he was the second oldest man in the world. And my mother lived to 102. So, let’s hope that I’ll be a young 80 and be able to continue for another few years.”

About Oliver Jones:

Given his genes, and the vitality that he demonstrates at the keyboard on Just For My Lady, Canada’s national treasure may be around for many years to come. A late bloomer in the jazz world, Jones was already in his 50s when he made his first recording. Born on September 11, 1934 in Little Burgundy, Montreal, Quebec, Oliver Theophilus Jones began studying at age five with Madame Bonner in Little Burgundy’s Union United Church, made famous by Trevor W. Payne’s Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. He later studied with Oscar Peterson’s sister Daisy Peterson Sweeney. In addition to performing at Union United Church when he was a child, he later performed solo at the Cafe St. Michel as well as other clubs and theaters in the Montreal area. From 1964 to 1980, Jones served as musical director for the Jamaican calypso singer Kenny Hamilton, who made Puerto Rico his base of operations.

In 1980, Jones returned to Montreal and teamed up with bassist Charlie Biddle, working

in clubs and hotel lounges around Montreal. From 1981 to 1986, they performed at Biddle’s, the popular club owned by the Canadian jazz bassist. In 1983, Jones released his first Justin Time recording, Live at Biddle’s, a trio recording with bassist Biddle and drummer Bernard Primeau. He followed up in 1984 with the solo piano album The Many Moods of Oliver Jones, which included liner notes by his mentor, Oscar Peterson. In 1986, Jones won a Juno Award (Canada’s GRAMMY®) for Lights of Burgundy and in 1989 he won the Félix Award for his album Just Friends. He taught music at McGill University in Montreal in 1989 and the following year his tour of Nigeria was the subject of a 1990 National Film Board of Canada documentary, Oliver Jones in Africa. He has toured internationally since then and makes regular appearances at the Montreal Jazz Festival. In 2005, his album with vocalist Ranee Lee, Just You, Just Me, was released to critical and popular acclaim. His previous Justin Time studio recording was the acclaimed 2011 holiday album, A Celebration in Time, which paired the 77-year-old pianist with singer Ranee Lee, the Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir under the direction of Trevor W. Payne and the Daphnée Louis Singers from Haiti.

Upcoming Oliver Jones Appearances:

August 17 / Festival Saint-Zénon-De-Piopolis / Piopolis, Quebec

September 22 / The Segal Centre / Montreal, Quebec

Oliver Jones·  Just for My Lady

Justin Time Records ·  Release Date: July 9, 2013

For more information on Justin Time Records, please visit: Justin-Time.com

For media information, please contact:

DL Media ·  610-667-0501

Matthew Jurasek ·  matthew@dlmediamusic.com

Information and press materials (including album covers, promotional photos

and bios) on all DL Media artists can be found at our new website: dlmediamusic.com

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4 minutes later: the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk..

6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

10 minutes: A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

45 minutes: The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

1 hour: He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people’s priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made….. How many other things are we missing?

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