Join us in the Manifest Nirvana Meditation Hall

After a period of deep stillness and reflection following the passing of our beloved teacher, Andrew Cohen, we are now slowly emerging from a three-month pause. This time of silence has been both a mourning and a deep listening—a turning inward to honor the profound impact of Andrew’s life and teaching. Connected to the ongoing movement of evolutionary becoming, we are gently resuming our rhythm.

The weekly silent meditation at Manifest Nirvana will now continue, offering a space to commune in the vastness of the Ground of Being, to rest in the still center of all that is, and to affirm together that the flame of awakened consciousness he so passionately ignited lives on—in us, and through us.

The local start times are:

8am PDT – 9am MDT – 11am EDT – 4pm UK – 5pm CEST – 8:30pm IST

Passcode: 524222

We are looking forward to meeting you in the Meditation Hall of Manifest – Nirvana.

warm regards
Manifest Nirvana Team

Access the Meditation Here (15 minutes before the start time) Code: 524222

My first Nirvana meditation was amazing. Never felt deep presence and emptiness like this before. I thank you and Andrew with all my heart to have opened my eyes to such possibilities.

– SN

Thank you… I was surprised to go into the deep theta state without the support of the group or technical supports I usually have for this.

– BN

If I had any doubts about the power of meditating online, they were completely dispelled by today’s session. No time, no distance, only a deep field of silence, presence and pure being.

– MP

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Announcements

Week of January 4, 2021

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339 West 47^th Street, New York, NY  10036

Mailing Address: PO Box 2620, NY, NY  10108

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

MAY IT BE HEALTHY AND BLESSED!

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THIS WEEK

• SHABBAT: Friday, January 8, 7 PM. Author Robin Rotenberg speaks about her book, Pound On!! From the Glass Slipper to the Glass Ceiling, essays from trailblazing Alpha Women, most of whom are Jewish. Service and Talk-Discussion. We commemorate the Yahrzeits of Harry Rosenbaum (1/12), Mark Bachmann (1/12), Frieda Simon (24), Molly Hammer (29), Isa Greenberg (29), and Martha Shyatt Libien (1Shevat). By phone, dial 1-646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342 and Password 497495 or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09 
• SHABBAT AM: Saturday, January 9: 10:30 AM: Service and Discussion of Parashat Shemot, on Zoom.  See virtual Kibbutz tour below, at 2 PM. By Phone: 646-876-9923, Meeting ID: 955 755 5342, Password 497495; or use the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9557555342?pwd=NXd5ZmUrdWY0YVdWeW1WUGtqdEtXdz09 
• NEW PAST IS PROLOGUE: STORY FROM THE ACTORS’ TEMPLE: Chapter 6: Ed Sullivan, A Friend of The Actors’ Temple, Read by Neva Small: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWCLWBa5Ofs&feature=youtu.be. The first 5 stories are on YouTube, all written by Ira Helf and produced by Carol Ostrow, Daniel C. Miller, and Jhoneen Preece Doswell. Please enjoy them and support us by making a donation. 

LOOKING AHEAD

• TU B’SHEVAT SHABBAT SEDER: Friday, January 22, 7 PM. We will have a Dramatic Reading, with as many people taking part as wish to read. Please contact Rabbi Jill to volunteer and help us ascend spiritually in a Kabbalistic seder, rising through the four worlds, sipping wine (or juice) and munching on the fruits and nuts of Israel and the USA. A collective body and soul elevating experience!
• SHABBAT SERVICES WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED VIA ZOOM until everyone is safe and healthy. It’s easy to use. Please go to Zoom.com or call in with your phone! Problems connecting? Email Barbara Bova, email below. To receive Evening or Morning Service “books” electronically, please email Rabbi Jill.
• CHESED COMMITTEE: (Kindness) If you would like to be visited or for help with errands or appointments, please call or email: Barbara Bova, bmbova@gmail.com, 917 528 1364; Karen Hofstein-Heyman, khofstein@earthlink.net, 646-281-4852; Carlos Ramirez, rmrzcarlos@gmail.com, 347 290 2566.

EDUCATION

• WEEKLY TORAH STUDY for Adults: Class meets this Wednesday, 1/6; 7:30 PM; continuing Wednesdays, studying the Timeline of Jewish History and B’reisheet, Genesis. A copy of the Torah (Bible) is helpful. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82850475649?pwd=TzN1d1A1R3NjaFdZN282L3JHa1R6QT09  Or by phone: 646 876 9923, Meeting ID: 828 5047 5649, Passcode: 552089 Suggested donation to the synagogue, $10/class.

THANK YOU, MAZEL TOV, AND DONATIONS

• Thank You to everyone who sang on Shabbat: Aron Bederson, Judy Buchman, Karen Hofstein-Heyman, Kama Linden, Milton Platt, and Lilly Rosenberg.
• Thank you to donors Barry Berg, Howie Berman, Albert & Gretchen Besser to honor Rabbi Jill Hausman, Suzanne Brandau, Vanessa Clark, Barbara Bova, who wrote: With Thanks and Appreciation for Rabbi Jill’s Love and Leadership as we enter 2021, Ingrid Heldt, Ira Helf in Rabbi Jill’s honor, Stephen Jones & Heidi Latsky, Linda Kellerman in memory of Thelma Martha Kellerman, Ron Kopitowsky, Abbe Lovinger & Stephen Davis, Lois Lowsky, Paxton Quigley, Alan & Marilyn Rothstein, and Martha Stone. We are so grateful!
• YAHRZEIT & KADDISH FOR A LOVED ONE: We remember many Yahrzeits each week. If you are able to make a donation to honor your relative, we would greatly appreciate it. Rabbi Jill Hausman is available to say Kaddish for 30 days (Shloshim) for a Loved One who has recently passed away. Please contact her to speak about Kaddish prayers. Suggested donation for Shloshim, $54.
• Sponsor an Oneg Shabbat or a Musical Service in honor of any Life Cycle event such as: Birthdays, Births, Anniversaries, Graduations, Aufruf, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Wedding, or any Simcha or event. A leaf on our Tree of Life Plaque, is only $180. Chair Plaques can be personalized and donated. Please also remember The Actors’ Temple in your will. We are available for Memorial Services and we have Cemetery Plots in NJ at Cedar Park.

HEALTH AND HEALING

R’fuah Sh’lema to: Mary Favia, Carmen Richkin, Judith Tedeschi, Dalita Rubinstein, Phyllis Malamud, Matt Clark, Hank Eulau, Zell Schwartzman, Paul Kravitz, Jeanne Kwartler, Ruth Krausman, Ron Cavallo, Mary Jo Robinson, Sam Cardino, Roberta Nadel, The Morrow Family, Thea Glasser, Elinor Rosenthal, Su Nissan, Irene Pantazis, David Bier, Karin Kayne, David Stern, Kirsten Floyer, Kathleen Richardson, Joan Brighty, Patricia Kirkish, Harris Gardner, Suzanne Brandau, Mario Sisneros, Barbara Nathan, Toby Gittle bat Deborah v’ Leib Nissanel, Bluma bat Esther v’ Ben.

YAHRZEITS AND KADDISH

• We recall the Yahrzeits of (Heb. Date of Passing – Tevet- Shevat) Harry Rosenbaum (1/12), Mark Bachmann (1/12), Frieda Simon (24), Molly Hammer (29), Isa Greenberg (29), Martha Shyatt Libien (1Shevat), 1/8; Mitchell Fastow (2), Bertha Libien (6), Katelin Fried Stark (7), David Rosner (1/17), Emily Rantz (1/17), 1/15; Morris Rosenberg (10), Philip Greenberg (14), Meyer Libien (15), Rebecca Horbund (18); Alexander Swee (1/22), Jack Ebenstein (1/23), Joe Franklin (1/24), Myron Wechsler (1/25), Charles Teitelbaum (1/25), Al Diamond (1/26), Jonas Speciner (1/27), 1/22; Abraham Gardner (18), Bernice Bronia Urman (21),Edward Helf (1/30), 1/29; Albert Rothstein (25), Michelle Gersten (25), Barbara Graver (27), Sidney Glass (28), Barry Linden (29), Irving Lerner (29), Frances Friedman (29), Gertrude Speciner (2/11), Harry Crysostomas (2/11), 2/5; Jenee Bandler (30), 2/12; Alexander Rosenblatt (2/21) Natalia Galperin (2/24), 2/19; Miriam Hanan (2/26), Sylvia Freeman (2/28), 2/26.
• We recall recent passings: Nakoo Selwyn Bridgemohan, Bernard Greenberg. Ira Allen Goldberg, Frederic Fenig, Martin Schwartz, Benjamin Hartford, Gloria Horwitz, Lily Reiser, Lucille Suzanne Steen, Sandy Rosenberg, Alice Chernick, Samuel Rosenfeld, Warren Kendrick, Josephine Cortes, Joan Diamond, Dale Allen Boland, Garner Berg, Ian Finkel, Anya Feinberg.  

NOTEWORTHY EVENTS

• Bob Greenberg Special Guest Stars in The HONEYZOOMERS as The Ghost of Bus Drivers Past! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5CjatH83SC0. Mazel Tov! 
• Aron Bederson sings Move On from Sunday in the Park w/ George in a concert/fundraiser with Betty Buckley for Broadway Cares. Donations requested. Continuing at: https://tschreiber.org/betty-buckleybroadwaycares/ 
• Douglas Cohen’s new short play, Don’t Stay Safe is wonderful. You can see it on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFH99IJ9Kw&t=183s 
• Virtual Kibbutz Hannaton Tour: 1/9, 2 PM; unique kibbutz in the Galilee. Free; Register at: https://bshertisraeltour.eventbrite.com. Tips for tour guide: www.crossroadsisrael.com/donate/    
• Randie Levine-Miller writes Now Streaming, a weekly Broadway Babe column for thethreetomatoes.com https://thethreetomatoes.com/now-streaming-ed-sullivan-show-hal-prince-patti-lupone-jerry-herman 
• Kama Linden’s new Album Everything In Good Time is on CD Baby and kamalindenmusic2@gmail.com. She will do reduced price virtual personal training; email her at her website, kamalinden.com. 
• Up-to-date News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos, Theatre Talk – Visit Sandi Durell’s www.TheaterPizzazz.com 
• Heidi Latsky Dance‘s weekly online events & classes; Meditative Practice monthly, first Tuesday at Noon, and last Sunday at 6 PM on ZOOM;: https://heidilatskydance.org/online-offerings 
• Shows at Actors Temple Theater are cancelled until we are all healthy again. May it be soon!
• The Actors’ Temple is Handicapped Accessible! We have a chair lift and an accessible rest room.
• Amazon donates 0.5% of AmazonSmile purchases. Go to Amazonsmile.com and to Congregation Ezrath Israel.
• Kidney Donor Needed: For Jeanne Krausman’s daughter Ruth and Adam Hume who needs two kidneys.
• Valerie Brown, 212 496 6484, for cleaning. Celeste Wiseblood for hypno/psychotherapy 917-833-8885. Dr. Dalita Rubinstein, for Psychotherapy: 212-627-8624; Kama Linden, personal trainer and realtor: www.kamalinden.com   

HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED WEEK!

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Publisher/editor-in-chief/author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, the #1 self-help series

Just as millions are focusing on their physical appearance in the new year, many are looking to focus on their inner beauty. Topics such as “self-improvement”, “finding inner strength”, and “the power of forgiveness” are just a few of the useful subjects that Newmark speaks about as she passes along the real-life lessons and useful tips she has picked up from reading and editing thousands of inspirational and aspirational true stories in the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series.
Newmark has been a writer, speaker, financial analyst and business executive in the worlds of finance and telecommunications for over thirty years. As publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, she has edited or co-authored the last 100+ books, has a weekly syndicated column through the Hearst Corporation and a weekly column on SheKnows.com with over 40 million unique visitors a month.

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Andy Marks, Managing Director, MATTER, Inc., the entertainment and sports marketing division of Edelman, the world’s largest independent PR firm. He joined Edelman when it acquired MATTER, a leading branded entertainment and content development consultancy Andy co-founded to develop marketing and media partnerships between leading brands, and entertainment companies and content creators. With MATTER operating within the Edelman fold, Andy has drawn upon his expertise to create entertainment marketing and content opportunities for Edelman’s industry-spanning client roster, and has built the division into a full service entertainment and sports marketing practice operating worldwide. He provides ongoing strategic business and entertainment counsel for clients including Brita, Amtrak, Hidden Valley Ranch, Pepsi, Dove, Johnson & Johnson, and the Empire State Building; and has advised clients including Butterball, Nissan, Knitting Factory Entertainment, History Channel, and BET, among others. He has worked with non-profit organizations such as the McCormick Foundation, the American Heart Association, Step-Up Women’s Network, Music Empowers Foundation, and The Creative Coalition on developing mutually beneficial corporate and entertainment partnerships. Andy has placed a number of clients in TV partnerships with programs including The Biggest Loser, Top Chef, Cake Boss, and Project Runway, and partnered brand clients with celebrities including Natalie Portman, Wynonna Judd, Tim Burton, Joe Pantoliano, Ricki Lake, Emme, Marisa Tomei, and Bob Harper. He has developed original branded content programs for clients Anvil Organics, AstraZeneca, Hidden Valley Ranch, and ArmorAll, among others, and launched Edelman Studios, a virtual studio pairing content creators with brands looking for new ways to reach consumers; clients Burger King, Butterball, Expedia and Philadelphia Cream Cheese sourced hundreds of concepts from a community of nearly 1,000 emerging and established storytellers. Before MATTER, Andy served as executive vice president of brand partnerships at Hypnotic, a multi-media production company backed by Universal Studios, where he specialized in bridging the Madison and Vine divide. While there, Andy launched several pioneering branded entertainment initiatives including Reebok’s Terry Tate, Office Linebacker, recently voted one of the top ten best Super Bowl ad campaigns of the last decade; the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival, as well as programs for Ford, Coca Cola, and Nintendo. Prior to Hypnotic, Andy was director of Advertising and Sponsorship Sales at the Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX), a simulated online stock market where consumers can buy and sell fictional “shares” in movies and stars. He spent five years as a producer and professional actor with roles in TV, feature films and theatre. He began his career at the Chubb Group in property and casualty insurance underwriting and risk management. He holds a B.A. in geology and environmental studies from Colgate University and resides in New York City with wife Nanette and their two children.

Rob Donnell, Founder and President of Brand Arc: An award-winning veteran of the advertisingindustry, Rob Donnell is Founder and President of Brand Arc, a Los Angeles-based firm responsible for developing groundbreaking product integrations for major brands such as Toyota and Lexus across TV, film, video games, mobile and digital platforms. Brand Arc is a three-time winner of Madison & Vine’s “Five Best Integrations of the Year,” a 10-time winner of iTVX’s “Featured Placement of the Week” a highlight of the ANA’s “Best Practices in Branded Entertainment.” Most recently, the agency has been honored with a 2012 One Show Entertainment Gold Pencil in the Television Scripted Series category for its Toyota Prius integration on the HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Donnell’s deals for longtime client Toyota include three consecutive seasons of highly visible integration into ABC’s Emmy-winning comedy, “Modern Family,” nine consecutive seasons in Bravo’s hit competition show, “Top Chef,” and recent car giveaways to recession-wracked guests on the syndicated talk show “Ellen.” Donnell and his team created the first-ever co-promotion between a pharmaceutical marketer, Roche, and a feature film, Warner Bros.’ blockbuster “Happy Feet.” In other firsts, he helped integrate the Toyota Yaris into five separate sketches on Fox’s late-night comedy, “Mad TV,” created the first brand-financed “mobisodes” with Sprint for the action thriller, “Prison Break,” and initiated the first-ever brand-sponsored DVD prequel for Fox’s hit drama, “24.” Though Donnell launched Brand Arc in 2005 primarily to service Toyota, he has also worked with an impressive list of clients including Lexus, AT&T, Roche and GSW. Other Brand Arc services include strategic brand development, creative development, media planning, co-promotion and event marketing.

Peter Bray is currently Director of Digital at Saatchi & Saatchi NY. The largest agency within the global network is home to a diverse portfolio of global and US brands, including: Tide, Pampers, Cheerios, Head & Shoulders, Iams, Yoplait, Miller Lite as well as Chase Sapphire, Lenovo, Folgers, Capri Sun, Theraflu and Triaminic. Peter finds himself fortunate to have built a 17 year global career around the business of digital, ensuring it fits within not just integrated communications offerings, but is also used to transform business and unleash growth opportunities. In addition to agency life, he has also been a Director of CHOICE (the Australian Consumers’ Association) and was the National President of Australia’s peak digital industry body AIMIA (the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association). Currently, he is also an Executive Academy Member of the IADAS. In 2001, Peter founded the multi award winning agency Clear Blue Day, with offices in NYC, Melbourne and Sydney. Clear Blue Day was founded around expert digital strategy and branding, with clients including Subaru, Macquarie Bank and Diageo. In 2007 this was sold to ASX listed entity Q Limited. In mid 2009, he joined The Brand Shop initially as Director of Digital to ensure that the agency created a digital strategy offering. A little over 4 months later, Peter was given the additional role of leading the agency with a talented ECD to a successful 2010, reporting directly to the CEO of the WPP owned STW Group (ASX: STW), a group that owns over 70 different agencies including JWT and Ogilvy, and soon after had a role at STW Group “central” working across all agencies.

Harry Kargman is the Founder and CEO of Kargo, the leading mobilepublisher platform. Founded in 2003, Kargo delivers advertising and integrated rich media across its proprietary platform of major media mobile websites, apps and tablet experiences. Kargo has been recognized with numerous awards including a Mobi and an OMMA for its advertising campaigns as well as a Red Herring Top 100 winner in 2013, an AlwaysOn OnMobile Top 100 winner in 2013 and an AlwaysOn OnMedia Top 100 in 2013. Harry has been featured on Bloomberg TV, 20/20, The Today Show, the New York Times, and NPR and in business publications around the world. He has been a keynote speaker or panelist at CES, Mobile Marketing Association, Digital Hollywood, Mobile Media Summit and the AlwaysOn Conferences. CTIA, GSM, the CDMA World Congress, COMDEX, Columbia University and other events. Previous in his career, Harry worked at Intel in Corporate Business Development, Intel’s venture arm, and at the Boston Consulting Group. He also held positions at Intertainer, a broadband content provider and Zefer, an Internet strategic consulting firm, as one of its first employees. Harry lives in New York City and holds seven patents on wireless technology. He graduated with honors from Harvard College.

Frank Kavilanz is General Manager of Partnerships and Revenue for Bedrocket to develop and scale best practices across all Bedrocket video platforms. Prior to joining Bedrocket, Frank was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at NowThisNews, a Bedrocket partner company. While at NowThis News, the digital news network for the mobile and social generation, he managed all growth and revenue efforts. Previously, Frank worked for the NBC Universal News Group where he served as Vice President of Strategy and Partnership for NBC News overseeing business development for NBCNews.com, Today.com and MSNBC.com. Earlier in his career, Frank worked at Disney ABC Television Group as Head of Business Development for ABC News Digital where he led initiatives for ABCNews.com, GoodMorningAmerica.com and GMA on Yahoo!.

Neil McGinness, CEO, Weekly World News: Led by Neil McGinness, Weekly World News, has inspired hit feature films, television shows, and musicals. Rooted in the creative success of over thirty years of supermarket tabloid publishing, the company recently joined forces with Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks Television to develop new entertainment properties. Bat Boy first debuted as a Weekly World News cover story on June 23, 1992, and the original front-page photo of Bat Boy was the second bestselling issue in the tabloid’s history; it has since evolved into a pop-culture icon. Bat Boy currently stars in his very own musical, Bat Boy: The Musical, which in 2010 will be performed over 200 times in over 20 different states and countries. The original off-Broadway production of the musical won wide acclaim and awards, including both the Lucille Lortel Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award.

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Long Island’s Vine Winterfest Music Festival Preview Show While you have to wait until February for the start of Vine Winterfest, you can catch a preview show at Hotel Indigo East End. Read the full feature Five Hamptons Halloween Parades To Check Out This Halloween, whether you’ve dealing with a Disney Princess, awesome action hero, wicked witch, or protective police officer, your kids, teens, and even pets have plenty of opportunities to show off their creative costumes in the Hamptons. Read the full feature Tired of Mums? Plant Pansies This Fall It’s officially autumn and that means chrysanthemums are taking over the Hamptons. If you’re looking for some different colors in your pots or gardens this fall, plant pansies! Read the full feature CMEE Rockets Into The Future With A New Capital Campaign The Children’s Museum of the East End debuted its new Capital Campaign during “Rocket Day.” Read the full feature Catherine Zeta-Jones Shines At Bright Lights Shining Stars Gala A modern woman, Catherine Zeta-Jones is a throwback to the glamorous Hollywood golden era. She positively beamed as she accepted an award at the Bright Lights Shining Stars Gala, to benefit the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation. Read the full feature Hamptons Halloween “Boneyard Bash” Bay Street Theatre and B. Smith’s are joining forces to bring unforgettable Halloween festivities to the Hamptons on October 26. Read the full feature INTERVIEW Ralph Macchio: Karate Kid Turned Director In “Across Grace Alley” Rising to fame in the 1980s as Johnny from “The Outsiders” (1983) opposite Patrick Swayze and Daniel in “The Karate Kid” (1984) then resurfacing in the 1990’s with Joe Pesci in “My Cousin Vinny” (1992), and most recently as the partner of Karina Smirnoff on “Dancing With The Stars,” actor turned director Ralph Macchio premiered his new film, “Across Grace Alley,” at this year’s HIFF. Read the full feature Nine Hamptons Halloween Activities For The Family Leading up to Halloween get into the holiday spirit with fun festive Hamptons events like pumpkin decorating, daring to be scared at a haunted house and watching classic spooky films. 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Fundamentals Of Rose Gardening Presented By The Southampton Rose Society10/19/2013 – 10:30am  The Morris Room of The Rogers Memorial Library Shelter Island 5K10/19/2013 – 11:00am  Crescent Beach Birdhouse Auction10/19/2013 – 5:30pm  Peter Marcelle Gallery Duck Walk Vineyard Pairs With The Crushed Olive10/19/2013 – 12:00pm  Duck Walk Vineyards South Play With Art: Make Natural Paint10/19/2013 – 10:30am  Children’s Museum of the East End National Theatre Live Screening: OTHELLO10/19/2013 – 7:00pm  Guild Hall SoFo – Accabonac Paddle10/19/2013 – 10:00am  Please call 537-9735 for reservations Marine Meadows Eelgrass Restoration Volunteer Program10/19/2013 – 10:00am  Marine Learning Center The Picture Show, Sponsored By Peconic Landing, Presents Vivien Leigh In Anna Karenina10/19/2013 – 8:00pm  Bay Street Theatre SoFo – Spiders Of The South Fork10/19/2013 – 10:00am  South Fork Natural History Museum (SoFo) Live Music With Eastbound Freight Bluegrass Band10/20/2013 – 1:00pm  Martha Clara Vineyards Montauk Brewathalon By Paddlers For Humanity10/20/2013 – 1:00pm  Montauk Brewery Michael Castaldo10/20/2013 – 2:00pm  The Suffolk Theater Come To League Of Women Voters East Hampton Candidates Debate10/21/2013 – 7:00pm  East Hampton Emergency Services Bldg. Guild Hall In Partnership With The Round Table Theatre Company & Academy Presents Speaking Shakespeare: A Classical Acting Class10/23/2013 – 6:00pm  Guild Hall Shakespeare Round Table: A Reading And Discussion Workshop10/23/2013 – 6:00pm  Guild Hall Almond’s Artists & Writers Night Returns Featuring Artist Janet Goleas10/23/2013 – 7:00pm  Almond EEWN Networking Dinner10/23/2013 – 5:30pm  The Stadium at The All Star Come To League Of Women Voters Southampton Candidates Debate10/24/2013 – 7:00pm  Rogers Memorial Library Fall Food & Wine Festival10/25/2013 – 6:00pm  Castello di Borghese The Haunted Path & Rec Night10/25/2013 – 7:00pm  southampton youth services Annual Halloween Bash10/25/2013 – 4:00pm  Children’s Museum of the East End Classic Movie Night Featuring Mel Brook’s “Young Frankenstein”10/25/2013 – 6:00pm  The Suffolk Theater BH Parlor Jazz: The Howard Sisters10/25/2013 – 7:30pm  The Archives Building 19th Annual Frankenstein Follies At The Bay Street Theatre10/25/2013 – 7:30pm  Bay Street Theatre Leo Kottke At WHBPAC10/26/2013 – 8:00pm  Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center The 16th Annual 5k Run For The Ridley10/26/2013 – 10:00am  The Riverhead Foundation Monster Pizza And Movie Marathon10/26/2013  The Hampton Library in Bridgehampton Guild Hall Museum Opening Reception10/26/2013 – 5:00pm  Guild Hall Little Lucy’s Halloween Pet Parade!10/26/2013 – 1:00pm  Little Lucy’s Canine Couture Boutique Trunk Or Treat10/26/2013 – 1:00pm  southampton Youth Services Migration Challenge10/26/2013 – 11:00am  Hither Hills State Park at Visitor Center Hike And Seek At Amsterdam Beach10/26/2013 – 1:00pm  Amsterdam Beach Halloween-y Story & Craft Time10/26/2013 – 3:30pm  Amagansett Free Library Pumpkin Decorating Workshop10/26/2013 – 11:00am  Guild Hall The Suffolk Theater’s First Annual Halloween & Masquerade Party10/26/2013 – 8:00pm  The Suffolk Theater Halloween In Bridgehampton10/26/2013 – 10:00am  The William Corwith House SagTown Coffee’s 1st Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest!10/26/2013 – 12:00pm  Sagtown Coffee, in the Sag Harbor Shopping Cove Landscape Selections From The Permanent Collection10/26/2013 – 11:00am  Guild Hall Bay Street Theatre And B. 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David Ippolito is an American singer/songwriter/playwright who lives in New York City. He has self-released eight albums and is best known for his weekly summer performances in Central Park, which are attended by thousands of people. He styles himself as “That Guitar Man from Central Park.”^[1]

Career

In 1992, intending only to make a little lunch money, Ippolito unknowingly began a fascinating journey and an unusual career by performing an impromptu concert on a hill in Central Park in front of a few people who gathered. Among those present was editor Jack Rosenthal from the New York Times, who the next day published an editorial about the performance.^[2] The next week, Ippolito played again, and began to gather a following. For the last 20 years, he has performed on a hill near a picturesque rowboat lake almost every summer weekend to large crowds of passers-by and regulars, including visitors from around the globe, and has become a beloved New York icon, creating an intimate “It’s Just Us” feeling no matter how big his audience.^[1][3]

Ippolito sings covers by James Taylor, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Harry Chapin, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Jason Mraz, Matt Nathanson, and more.

His latest and 8th CD, “Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way,” released in autumn 2009, includes the song “Resolution,” which seeks investigation of U.S. government officials who approved water-boarding and other torture. This song’s powerful music video, which was posted pre-release of the album on YouTube, inspired a series of prime-time TV ads urging Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor. The album also features “Keep Hope Alive,” which was co-written with Sid Bernstein, the legendary music promoter who brought the Beatles to America.

Ippolito, known for his storytelling skills and sense of humor, has funny conversations with audience members during his shows and sometimes tosses granola candy bars into the crowd. On special holiday weekends, he also gives away hundreds of free hot dogs and slices of pizza. Just-married couples often stop by after their wedding to share their first dance, as Ippolito serenades them with a romantic song and the crowd sings along.

Ippolito also performs at venues throughout New York City, including an annual December performance at Merkin Concert Hall, as well as year-round shows at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, Symphony Space, The Red Lion on Bleecker Street, and Cast Party at the Birdland Music Club.

Yet it is his own original music that impresses fans from all over the world, who check in on his website’s daily blog: www.thatguitarman.com. There are songs about lost love (“Wedding in Danville,” “Another 15 Years,” “Did You Fall in Love Again,” “Some Wounds Never Heal”); romance (“I Can’t Wait,” “The Perfect Girl for Me,” “Oak Beach Inn,” “You Might be Her”); sex (“Internet Angel”); trust (“Just Hafta Trust Me,” “Tired of Being Lied To”); religion (“The Religion Song”); passing of a loved one (“Here Today”); self-improvement (“Next Time Around”); self-belief (“Don’t Let It Hold You Back,” “When Mary Learns to Fly”); friendship and support (“I Love the Company,” “Crazy on the Same Day”); and self-direction (“Any Other Way,” “Wherever I Might Land,” “Don’t Lose Sight of the Dream”), as well as topics of social conscience (“Where’s the Voice?”, “Common Ground,” “The Last Protest Song,” “Can’t You See?” “Hey American”). Ippolito also writes clever, satirical songs about celebrities (“Tom Cruise Scares Me,” “Free Paris (Hilton)”); politicians (“Don’t Know Palin”); pundits (“Bill O’Reilly: The Big Talking Head”); white-collar criminals (“Where’dat Money Go?”); TV personalities (“A Special Kind of Friendship” about Stephen Colbert, and “Glenn Beck Scares Me”); and obnoxious people (“The Cell Phone Guy: Talk Louder”). “Hermione Got Hot!” is an ode to grown-up Emma Watson and the latest Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows film and “Facebook Is a Stupid Idiot” (subtitled “What the F*#k is Farmville?!”) is a hilarious personal spin on the social media force. His newest song, “Can’t You See?” addresses the growing political divide in the United States.

Press coverage

Ippolito’s performances have been covered many times by the New York Times, the New York Post, The Daily News, Parade Magazine, PBS, CBS-TV, ABC-TV, and WB-11 news. He is also prominently profiled in Following Dreams, a one-hour documentary filmed five years ago and released in 2009 from Iron Zeal Films. It is currently airing nationally on American Public Television. Director Susan Polis Schutz and her crew traveled across the United States and South America to explore the lives of ordinary Americans with extraordinary dreams.

Central Park

Ippolito’s concerts are a well-known draw in Central Park. However, in 2000, the Parks Department ordered him (and all other musicians in the park) to unplug his small speaker, which led to public outcry and letters to the New York Times by supportive audience members.^[4] The current arrangement is that he has to select a month in advance which dates he wants to play, as well as pay for each permit, rain or shine.^[5] On the Sunday after the September 11 attacks, approximately 1,000 of his fans filled his guitar case in Central Park with more than $7,000, which Ippolito, the son of a retired New York City firefighter, delivered to Ladder Company 25 and the 9/11 Fund.

I Love the Company

During 2006, Ippolito hosted a daily podcast called “I Love the Company,” which was broadcast globally via Podshow.com. The 365+ podcasts featured new works by Ippolito and music by singers and songwriters around the world, which was joined by an “I Love the Video” videocast.^[6]

Playwriting and other work

As an actor, Ippolito has had roles in national TV commercials and musical theater productions. Ippolito’s song, “City Song,” was used to close NBC‘s television coverage of the 2001 New York City Marathon. He has appeared on ABC‘s “Who Wants to be a Millionaire“, winning $64,000.^[1] A playwright and storyteller, his work has been performed at The Soho Playhouse and The Actors Studio. Ippolito is currently workshopping his new musical project for the stage, “Possibility Junkie.”

Discography

• The People on the Hill (1997)
• That Guitar Man from Central Park…In Person (1998)
• Just a Thought for Christmas (1999)
• It’s Just Us (2000)
• Crazy on the Same Day (2002)
• Talk Louder (the Cell Phone Song) (2003)
• Common Ground (2004)
• I Love the Company (2007)
• Crazy on the Same Day (re-mastered in 2008)
• Wouldn’t Want It Any Other Way (2009)

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