Whip Hand Cosmetics Featuring Model Nia Scott in the “Nia” Lip Gloss

Detroit, MI (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

Whip Hand Cosmetics, the edgy, upstart Detroit-based cosmetics company is taking its first full collection of “Made in Detroit” color cosmetics and skin care products to The Makeup Show NYC, Booth 2F 22, May 13 – 14, 2012 at The Metropolitan Pavilion in New York City.

The mission: To prove that the Motor City not only produces automobiles, techno music and the best Coney dogs in the world, but also one-of-a-kind cosmetics that thrill and dazzle makeup professionals and cosmetics lovers alike.

“We chose The Makeup Show NYC to roll out Whip Hand Cosmetics’ color collection because not only is it the largest pro-only makeup and beauty event in New York City, but also because we wanted to expose one of the world’s epicenters of fashion and beauty to the incredible things that are happening in Detroit” says Riese Lauriat, Whip Hand Cosmetics Founder and Chief Makeup Artist. “There is beauty being created here in Detroit. And Art. And jobs. And hope. We want others to feel that.”

The Makeup Show NYC marks Whip Hand Cosmetics’ official entry into the cosmetics and beauty space.

All of Whip Hand Cosmetics’ color cosmetics are manufactured locally in Metro-Detroit in small lots. Lauriat prototypes new colors and products and then works with professional makeup artists and clients to field test the concepts, gather feedback and then tweak them prior to producing the final product.

Whip Hand Cosmetics will be unveiling more than 80 new cosmetics products at The Makeup Show NYC, including:

    More than 40 trend-setting eye pigments that give artists the ability to blend and differentiate their work like never before.
    30 one-of-a-kind Crème Eyeshadows that match or complement the Whip Hand Cosmetics Pigment Collection colors.
    Six sumptuous Lip Crèmes that provide the ultimate in workability – in shades that can be built on each other, creating one-of-a-kind looks for lips.
    Six exclusive Crème Blushes
    Set The Stage Primer ™ – Professionally-formulated makeup primer designed to provide the perfect base for foundation and color application.
    The first products in Whip Hand Cosmetics’ skin care line, including its Strike It Rich! Deep Cleansing Face Oil™, CTRL+ALT+DELETE Makeup Remover™ and Give Good Face Rosewater Face Tonic and Toner™.

The company will also be debuting its Power Tools Vol. I™ Pro Makeup Brush Collection, a collaboration between Whip Hand Cosmetics, MuseBeauty.pro and Esum™ Brushes – the hottest new premium makeup artist brush on the market.

The Special Edition makeup brush set contains seven Esum™ brushes hand-picked by Lauriat to provide artists with the best tools to complement the unique properties of Whip Hand Cosmetics’ innovative crème eye, lip and face products. Power Tools Vol. I™ will be available for sale at the Whip Hand Cosmetics booth at The Makeup Show and will be bundled with a special Whip Hand Cosmetics Pro Skin Prep set.

“We’re especially thrilled about the Power Tools Vol. I by Esum makeup brush set,” said Lauriat. “We’ve been field testing Esum’s brushes for months and we’re blown away. Once artists and customers experience them, we think they’ll be fans for life. This is the kind of brush that will quickly become an essential in every good pro kit and we’re honored that Esum™ and MuseBeauty.pro agreed to collaborate on creating this first co-branded collection with Whip Hand Cosmetics.”

For more details about The Makeup Show NYC, visit http://www.themakeupshow.com


About Whip Hand Cosmetics

Whip Hand Cosmetics celebrates the depth and diversity of today’s modern, independent woman with luxury, professional makeup artist-quality cosmetics and face and body products made in the Detroit, by women for women. The company’s edgy film-noir and vintage pulp fiction-inspired marketing and advertising features both professional models and “everyday women” who exemplify the Whip Hand philosophy of confidence, strength, independence, intelligence and personal style.

Whip Hand Cosmetics’ products are only available at the Whip Hand Cosmetics online boutique at http://www.whiphandcosmetics.com; at professional makeup and beauty trade shows and through Whip Hand Cosmetics exclusive salons.

Follow Whip Hand Cosmetics on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/@whiphandbeauty, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/whiphandcosmetics, and on Google+ at https://plus.google.com/102029555956311813935. Follow our fashion, beauty and cosmetics boards on Pinterest at http://www.pinterest.com/whiphandbeauty.

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Lee and Joyce Madrazo (and TeddyBear) with their Newmar Dutchstar

Ft. Myers, FL (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

Ft. Myers, FL– With diesel prices up over $ 4/gallon, money saved during the initial purchase of an RV could go a long way…literally. By saving roughly $ 140,000 dollars on the purchase of a 2012 Newmar Dutch Star motorhome vs a 2012 Newmar Mountain Aire motorhome and getting roughly 8 miles to the gallon, someone could either drive their RV around the world roughly 5 times (about 24,000 miles each trip), or they could roughly drive it to the moon (about 285,000 miles)..one way that is!

However, there is nothing ‘rough’ about traveling in the all new, 2012 Newmar Dutch Star, luxury, class A, motorhome. Another bright star in the 2012 Newmar lineup, the Dutch Star is their premier mid-line coach that embodies luxury yet gives buyers choices about where to spend that ‘leftover’ cash. While it makes for good headlines, fuel price increases seem to make little difference for RV buyers. North Trail RV Center in Ft. Myers, FL is currently celebrating another record breaking season for RV sales along with award-winning service.

Lee and Joyce Madrazo, of Greenville, South Carolina just purchased their third Newmar motorhome from North Trail RV Center in Ft. Myers, FL and they decided on a gently, pre-owned Dutch Star. Their two previous coaches were both Moutain Aires. “We’ve had two Mountain Aire motorhomes previously,” says Joyce, “this one has the same amenities and we like it better!”

While the Mountain Aire is one step up from the Dutch Star in the Newmar product line and is now produced along side the high end Essex and King Aire, the Dutch Star holds its own with many of the same features, and gives luxury buyers a choice in the middle.

According to Dave Garl, Regional Account Manager for Newmar Corp., “With the 2012 Dutch Star, it’s the best thing on the market out there. There is a lot of coach for the money here.”

Featuring an upgraded, exterior paint job,Newmar’s patented Comfort Drive system, residential sized appliances, state of the art electronics, Corian and porcelain finishes, custom hardwood cabinetry, and even a walk in closet with laundry room, the Dutch Star won’t disappoint.

So, whether buyers choose to spend their hard saved money on fuel or moonrocks…with the 2012 Dutch Star, they won’t have to sacrifice luxury.

North Trail RV Center is the world’s largest Newmar dealer and has been for the last 8 consecutive years.

For more information, please visit http://www.northtrailrv.com or call 1-888-819-9973.

About North Trail RV Center

With coast to coast locations, North Trail RV Center is South Florida’s largest RV dealer. With over 50 million dollars of inventory on hand, North Trail RV Center features the best rv manufacturers such as Newmar, Tiffin, Fleetwood, Keystone RV, American Coach, Pleasure Way, Winnebago, Itasca and Jayco. For over 25 years, this locally-owned, family business has grown to employ over 170 people in 3 locations throughout South Florida. With major facility expansion plans for 2013 in Ft. Myers, North Trail RV Center will continue to be South Florida’s top, full-service rv dealer for many years to come. ‘Like Us’ on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/northtrailrv

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Out of the box DIY Mother’s Day Flower gift ideas like this rose covered couch by Saadia Kibriya were born from California Flower Mall’s HGTV “White Room Challenge” shopping spree

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 07, 2012

Moms with a heart for art may need more “wow” in their DIY Mother’s Day flower gift than a conventional Mother’s Day flower bouquet can deliver. Enter the artistic, out of the box, unique DIY Mother’s Day flower gift ideas inspired by professional designers competing to win a $ 10,000 prize in the first episode of the new HGTV show “White Room Challenge”. LA Flower District California Flower Mall, the San Pedro Street wholesale and discount downtown LA flower mart, was the location for competitors’ intense 15 minute shopping spree to select 1500 flower stems for their 15 hour design challenge using fresh flowers as their medium.

Show host David Bromstad, former winner of HGTV’s “Design Star” series, told competitors: “This is a flower challenge so you’ll be judged on the color, creativity and cohesiveness or use of flowers in your room design.” Initially, California interior and event floral design professionals’ Saadia Kibriya owner of Kismet Event Planning & Design in Fullerton and Clarissa Marson from Auburn each said they had the competitive edge. Charleston, South Carolina interior designer Matthew Bees, who once worked as an event floral designer fresh out of college, also claimed an advantage.            

“I’ve never touched a flower arrangement in my life, but I know there’s hope for my concept because I know colors, I know textures and I know how to create my room concept – I’ll figure out how to bring the flowers into it,” said David Font a landscape architect from Parkland, Florida.

Font presented his finished room to judges and viewers as “A design vignette of floral appreciation. It creates moments of what you can do with different flowers, different textures, different shapes and different colors. My goal was to create an outdoor room, with a little bit of color splash to go with the rest of the yard.” Font’s concept continuity combined with his bold, exciting use of color and texture, and the creative inventiveness of his glass pressed fresh flower coffee table was the flower power that HGTV expert judging panelists Jamie Durie, Chris Lambton, and David Bromstad said made him the competition winner.    

“Each designer created several fresh flower art projects that are beautiful, unique DIY Mother’s Day flower gift ideas with a huge ‘wow’ factor. David’s glass pressed flower coffee table, many elements of Clarissa’s romantic floral bistro, Saadia’s rose covered couch, and Matthew’s ivy sconces are a few of the fantastic pieces of fresh flower and live plant art they produced on the show,” said Mark Chatoff, LA Flower District California Flower Mall president.

“LA Flower District California Flower Mall makes sourcing wholesale and discount farm fresh flowers and plants easy for anyone inspired to create unique, bold, budget friendly DIY Mother’s Day flower gifts of art or a thoughtful DIY flower bouquet or arrangement of their mom’s favorite flowers. We’re open convenient hours from 4am to late evenings Mother’s Day week and round the clock before Mother’s Day Sunday until 7 pm May 13th so shopping for DIY wholesale and discount Mother’s Day flower gift bouquets can be a fun, relaxed experience,” he concluded.

About California Flower Mall

Mark Chatoff is Owner and President of The LA Flower District California Flower Mall and Vice Chairman of The LA Fashion District Business Improvement District. The LA Flower District California Flower Mall located at 825 San Pedro Street and 824 San Julian Street is one of the largest San Pedro Street wholesale flower markets. It is the only downtown LA flower mart in the six-block Flower District community that is open late evenings and round the clock until 7 pm Mother’s Day Sunday May 13th. The LA Flower District is the largest community of wholesale flower markets in the U.S.

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Today at the National Restaurant Show, Family Hospitality Group is unveiling a suite of next-generation “digital” kids entertainment systems for use anywhere in public where kids need help to pass the time while waiting. The new product line is a literal game changer from the pattern of 31 years of print & color foodservice entertainment tracing its lineage to the McDonalds Happy Meal. Members of the media and restaurateurs are invited to the Technology Pavilion display to get hands-on in the name of fun.

The new “Classy Kids Digital Entertainment” options for restaurant fun include an iPad-like tablet (at a small fraction of the cost) trademarked “SPUDnik” in a nod to its foodservice roots. The tablet comes pre-loaded with a proprietary, “kiddified” operating system, and can be secured by a retractable cable that simultaneously allows some range of freedom and charges the device. In addition, customers can use a mobile device such as their iPhone or Android phone to access a link on the company’s ever-popular and patented triangular crayon packages (for restaurants offering the full experience) to a portal full of boredom-beating content, and third a unique smartphone holder that helps users access the fun while propping their smartphone up.

Regardless of access method, kids can now choose from classic e-books, tutorials, art simulators, syndicated cartoon episodes, and recognized games – each filtered by age. “We are delighted to be working with Family Hospitality in supplying award-winning animation and live action content for kids in restaurants to engage in,” said Kevin Gillis, CEO and Executive Producer of Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group.

Project leader AJ Mesalic said, “Our field testing has proven that these new Digital Entertainment access methods are built for foodservice, and that they raise the restaurant fun factor by about 10 notches! We’re applying our expertise in entertaining kids and systems engineering to enable companies like Denny’s to offer a better family dining experience than ever before.” The tablets are on sale now for $ 149.95 each plus optional subscription plans starting at $ 4.95 per month to access a fresh stream of content. The printed link to the Digital Entertainment portal is provided as a value-add to the company’s line of traditional print & color restaurant menus/games. Smartphone holders sell for $ 95 for 500.

Restaurant manager Doc Vranici said of the comprehensive CK Digital Entertainment system, “It’s remarkable how excited kids are about these new entertainment options. In just two days we started seeing families come back specifically so the kids could play on them while waiting. My staff and I haven’t had to do a bit more work and everyone’s happier.”

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New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). Photo by Richard Termine.

Newark, NJ (PRWEB) May 03, 2012

Celebrating 15 seasons of bringing the world’s premier artists to its three Newark stages, and the first full season under the programming leadership of John Schreiber, President and CEO, and David Rodriguez, Executive Producer/VP Programming, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) today announced an exciting and engaging 2012-13 Season filled with new festivals, curatorial and artistic collaborations, and community partnerships, programs and artist outreach that will take place within and beyond its stages. Throughout the season, NJPAC will continue to add performances, making the Center’s programming truly year-round.

“Our 2012-13 season will be filled with the sounds of surprise” said John Schreiber, NJPAC’s President and CEO. “We’ve consciously scheduled more curtains and added significantly to the artistic mix. In addition to what audiences have come to love and expect from the Arts Center, we’re introducing new programs that will be unique to the region. If you already love NJPAC, there’s plenty on the roster for you. And if you haven’t yet been to the theater or visited in a long time, we think our expanded schedule will offer something to engage everybody.”

“It is a thrill and honor to be able to program for the State’s most prestigious venue,” said David Rodriguez, who came aboard as Executive Producer/Vice President in January and is creating his first full NJPAC season. “Our orchestra and international variety series have always been second to none. We’ve had the chance to really listen to our audiences and a diversity of choice is what they want. Our new season reflects that. You’ll see expanded family programs, a little more soul, some funk, great interpreters of the American Songbook, along with festivals, film, intimate afternoons with legends and many performances only available at NJPAC.”

Single tickets are now onsale and may be purchased by calling 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), in person at the NJPAC box office located at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or online at http://www.njpac.org.

Summer 2012

Summer at NJPAC is going to be the largest and busiest yet, kicking off with the previously announced hit NBC alternative series “America’s Got Talent” broadcasting live, two nights a week, beginning in July. American radio personality, television host and author Howard Stern joins the show as a judge, along with Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne. Nick Cannon returns as host.

Sounds of the City, NJPAC’s free, outdoor concert series, has been expanded and reimagined as a community event that gives attendees a taste of what they can expect to see on the mainstage in the upcoming season. With reggae, Latin music, hip hop, soul and R&B on the bill, Thursday evenings (5-10pm) at NJPAC between July 5 and August 30, 2012 will showcase some of the hottest artists in the various genres each week in Theater Square. Jumpstarting Newark’s favorite festival on July 5 from 5-10pm will be the return of the always-popular Rhythm Review Dance Party with Felix Hernandez, complete with a dance floor and all the grooves to which listeners to Hernandez’ popular weekly radio show are accustomed. The Wailers, the legendary reggae band that backed Bob Marley, headlines an evening of Jamaican sounds along with Brooklyn-based Judah Tribe. Both Latin and Caribbean music are in the forefront all summer long, with performances by Ray Mantilla, Larry Harlow and the Latin Legends Band featuring Luisito Rosario, Alfredo de le Fe and Emo Luciano with special guests Bobby Sanabria and others, as well as two Sounds of the City nights co-sponsored with TEMPO Networks, the Pan-Caribbean media and entertainment company. Also on the bill for the series are two nights of hip hop, headlined by industry pioneers Big Daddy Kane and Rakim (and DJ Tony Touch). The R&B/neo-soul husband and wife group Kindred the Family Soul brings its smooth songs and celebration of family and love to the Theater Square stage on R&B Night. Each Sounds of the City concert features one or more performing artists and an extended DJ set from 8-10pm to keep the party going.

NJPAC’s Friday Night Live, a new series of four Friday night concerts (July 6, July 20, Aug. 3 and Aug. 17), features funk royalty The Family Stone with Jerry Martini and Cynthia Robinson, and “the greatest horn band ever,” Blood, Sweat & Tears, as well as two nights of TEMPO Caribbean programming. Through Friday Night Live, NJPAC is able to offer an additional four free concerts to thousands in the community and the surrounding metro-area, further activating the Downtown Arts District on nights that in summers past might have been dark.

Women’s Association of NJPAC Spotlight Gala 2012

Each year, the Women’s Association of NJPAC raises funds and friends for Arts Center operations and education activities through its annual Spotlight Gala. This year’s very special event features “A Night in Motown” with guest artists Brian McKnight, Darlene Love, Valerie Simpson and American Idol’s musical director Ray Chew with special guests still to be added.

Only-At-NJPAC Festivals & Special Events

This season, NJPAC is offering more choices and more performances through a greater number of festivals and special events that span art forms from jazz to poetry to funk and hip hop.

On December 8, NJPAC gets funkified when George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic take the stage with special guests Morris Day & The Time in NJPAC’s inaugural Funk Fest. Clinton, a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and a pioneer of the genre, brings his classic funk, soul and rock collective and is joined by Morris Day and bestselling group The Time (Jungle Love and What Time is It?), known also for their work on Prince’s Purple Rain. During the season, Clinton will lead discussion on funk with high school students from around the State. Additional performances will be added to the Funk Fest throughout the season.

In Jamaica at 50, an NJPAC November 30 exclusive celebration of the 50th anniversary of Jamaican Independence, one of the longest reigning reggae superstar groups of all time, Third World, Grammy-nominated British superstar Maxi Priest, and the next branch of Marley lineage, Ky-Mani Marley (Bob’s son), celebrate the island’s independence from Great Britain by sharing the sounds of struggle and protest through reggae genius.

The James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival is a weeklong celebration of jazz and the musical legacy of longtime Newarker and beloved jazz musician James Moody. The Festival is highlighted by two star-studded concerts: For Love of Moody: A Jazz Celebration (Oct. 19)featuring jazz icons George Benson, The Manhattan Transfer, David Sanborn, Kenny Barron, Jon Faddis, Jimmy Heath, Paquito D’Rivera and others, and Miles Davis and Gil Evans: Still Ahead (Oct. 20), an all-star recreation of the landmark original Gil Evans arrangements of the classic Miles Davis recordings of Porgy and Bess, Sketches of Spain, and Miles Ahead featuring trumpeters Terence Blanchard, Peter Erskine, Howard Johnson, Sean Jones, Jimmy Cobb and others. Premiering on Oct. 20 at NJPAC will be Magic Tree House: A Night in New Orleans, a jazz musical based on bestselling author Mary Pope Osborne’s A Good Night for Ghosts (book number 42 in her 100-million-plus selling series of children’s books). The work will also be performed, at no cost, for 4,300 Newark fourth graders. Created by Osborne and her playwright-husband Will, in collaboration with Broadway-veteran Murray Horwitz and legendary New Orleans composer Allen Toussaint, the musical transports the audience to 1915 New Orleans where the main characters help a young Louis Armstrong on the path to becoming the king of jazz. The festival will also feature the culminating performance of The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, with winners and finalists performing on the Victoria Theater stage on Oct. 21. Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer Christian McBride serves as Artistic Adviser to the Festival and will host master classes for students leading up to the festivities. WBGO-Jazz 88.3 partners with NJPAC in presenting the festival. The festival begins with Jazz House Kids’ Gala featuring Grammy-winning Christian McBride Big Band with Melissa Walker, Angelique Kidjo, George Duke, Maceo Parker, among others, and honoring Harry Belafonte, John J. Cali and Bruce Lundvall.

Presented from Oct. 8-14 by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation in partnership with NJPAC and the City of Newark, and to be held at NJPAC and various venues in Newark, the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival is the largest poetry event in North America, and features a remarkable roster of widely-published and award-winning poets, including individual state and U.S. Poets Laureate, and Pulitzer Prize winners. The festival will include U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine, Pulitzer Prize-winners C. K. Williams and Natasha Trethewey, poet-musician Kurtis Lamkin, National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes, Jane Hirschfield, and Thomas Lux. Pulitzer Prize finalist Henri Cole, Chilean National Literature Prize winner Raul Zarita, Ireland’s leading woman poet Eavan Boland, California Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, National Book Award winner Nikky Finney, Fanny Howe and Gregory Orr are among the poets making their Dodge Poetry Festival debuts this year. The Festival will also present a world premiere performance of selections from Four-time National Grand Slam Champion Patricia Smith’s book-length sequence Blood Dazzler, about Hurricane Katrina, set to Wynton Marsalis’s “At the Octoroon Balls” string quartet performed by members of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Bank of America Classical Series

For 15 years, the world’s top orchestras and soloists have been a hallmark of NJPAC programming.

Celebrated Russian maestro Valery Gergiev returns with his St. Petersburg-based Mariinsky Orchestra in a program of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben; the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring; and is joined by Russian pianist Denis Matsuev on Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. In its annual trip across the Hudson River, the New York Philharmonic returns to NJPAC, this time with piano virtuoso Andre Watts as soloist on Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also on the program, under the direction of Slovakian conductor Juraj Valcuha, are Weber’s Overture to Oberon and Strauss’ Suites from Der Rosenkavalier and Der Frau ohne Schatten. In a collaboration with NJPAC’s Resident Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) and conductor Jacques Lacombe, the greatest cellist of his generation, Yo-Yo Ma, returns for a program that features works by English composer Sir Edward Elgar (his Enigma Variations and Cello Concerto) and Maurice Ravel’s Bolero. The celebrated Budapest Festival Orchestra, under the direction of Hungarian conductor Ivan Fischer and soloist Janine Jansen on violin, makes its NJPAC debut with Shostakovitch’s waltz, Jazz Suite, Leonard Bernstein’s concerto, Serenade for Violin and Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. The annual partnership between NJPAC, the NJSO and Opera New Jersey, mounts a full production of the Verdi masterpiece La Traviata. Thirty one year old, multi-Grammy-winning violinist Hilary Hahn brings selections from 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores, featuring commissions from well-known and emerging composers, as well as sonatas by Beethoven and Bach. She is joined in her recital by Valentina Lisitsa, a Ukrainian pianist and recent YouTube sensation. Hahn will also offer master classes with area students in advance of her performance. Conductor and Musical Director Michael Tilson Thomas brings his San Francisco Symphony to NJPAC for an evening of Brahms (Symphony No. 1), Beethoven (Piano Concerto No. 4) and a new work created specifically for the orchestra by composer Samuel Adams. The Orchestra is joined by rising Chinese piano star Yuja Wang. Among the leading orchestras in America, the Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to NJPAC in an all-Wagner program, marking the composer’s bicentennial and under the direction of Daniele Gatti and soloist mezzo-soprano Michele DeYoung. And the finale of the classical season will showcase Pianist Peter Serkin in an all-Beethoven recital.

Rock & Pop

NJPAC will be rocking this season with a handful of performances already scheduled and many more to be announced as the season progresses. Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant comes to NJPAC with the 36-piece Chelsea Symphony Orchestra, bringing her 30-plus years of experience on tour as both lead for 10,000 Maniacs and as a solo artist. Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson brings the Thick as a Brick Tour to NJPAC, performing for the first time the band’s classic, 1972 album Thick as a Brick 1 in its entirety as well as the album’s follow-up, Thick as a Brick 2. For the classic rock fans, NJPAC’s season features two Beatles Marathon Festivals covering all the songs from Hard Day’s Night, Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Let It Be, Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, and a Led Zeppelin Festival featuring each song from the band’s quintessential albums, I and IV. Both festivals will be performed by the stellar Classic Albums Live band comprised of some of the best studio musicians and vocalists working today. After a sold-out performance last season, progressive rockers Renaissance return to NJPAC to play cuts from their classic 1977 Novella as well as other hits from their back catalogue and their most recent Grenadine il Vento.

Jazz

The James Moody Democracy of Jazz Festival brings some of the top names in the genre to NJPAC at the beginning of the season, but the season stays boppin’ all year long. The hot gypsy jazz from Birdland’s Django Reinhardt New York Festival comes to Newark with Dorado Schmitt and Birdland’s Django Reinhardt Festival All-Stars, bringing the sounds of American swing and the Hot Club sounds of 1930s-40s Paris. Since 1977, the Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette have gigged together on much of the “Great American Songbook.” While each has an impressive career on his own, they bring their years of experience playing together to NJPAC for a night of the masters.

Latin Music

NJPAC amps up its Latin music offerings this season by programming some of the top names in salsa and Flamenco. For the third year in a row, SalsaPalooza returns to NJPAC with an all-star lineup featuring Tito Nieves, who penned hits such as “I Like It Like That,” Grammy-nominated superstar India (“The Princess of Salsa”), double Platinum-selling singer/bandleader Tito Rojas (“The Pavarotti of Salsa”), and Grammy-nominated vocalist Eddie Santiago. And in Flamenco Vivo, guitarist, composer and dramatist Paco Pena and his Flamenco Ensemble showcase flamenco in all of its collaborative forms through solos, duets and ensemble pieces performed by handpicked guitarists, vocalists and dancers. Branching out to film, NJPAC will screen Let the Spirit Move You: Espiritismo in Puerto Rico, a new documentary about an ancestral, Kongo-based sacred tradition in Puerto Rico, followed by a panel discussion.

World Music

Newark is home to residents from around the globe, as are the stages of NJPAC. This season, the Arts Center reaches out to Africa, Asia and the Middle East. In partnership with The Newark Museum’s exhibition on Islamic art, Beauty and Belief, Grammy-nominated Simon Shaheen, one of the most significant Arab musicians, performers and composers of his generation, makes his NJPAC debut with Secular and Sacred Music of the Arab World. At this concert, the oud and violin master deftly blends traditional Middle Eastern sounds to Western classical music to jazz and Latin rhythms.

With their unique blend of blues, folk, gospel, reggae, African chants and more, the Grammy-winning female African American a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock pays tribute to three legendary women vocalists Nina Simone, Miriam Makeba and Odetta, while celebrating its 39th year of touring the world, honoring African American legacies and traditions.

Whether fiddle or violin, the ten genre-bending violinists in Bowfire, along with an assortment of accompanists, swing from classical to rock to bluegrass to gypsy jazz to Celtic sounds and back again, with dancers, lighting and costumes in the spectacle’s return to NJPAC. And speaking of spectacle, there is plenty of showmanship and athleticism when the world renowned Kodo Drummers return to Newark with their preservation and at the same time reinterpretation of taiko drumming on instruments small to 900 pounds.

Words / Music / Film (new NJPAC exclusive series)

NJPAC’s CEO, John Schreiber, spent the four and a half years preceding his move to NJPAC working in the film industry, so it’s no surprise that film makes an impact at NJPAC this season. Author, screenwriter, filmmaker, television producer, and cultural critic Nelson George hosts an NJPAC-exclusive series of film screenings that complement jazz, soul, funk and hip hop programming on NJPAC’s stages during the season. George, who directed a Golden Globe-winning movie (“Life Support”), is Executive Producer of BET’s “American Gangster” series and VH1’s Hip Hop Honors, produced Chris Rock’s Good Hair, was a columnist for Billboard Magazine and the Village Voice, and penned award-winning histories of Motown, Rhythm & Blues, Hip Hop, the autobiography of Russell Simmons, and bestselling fiction books, among many other accomplishments. Each screening captures performances by musical icons and will be followed by a panel discussion with guest musicians, writers and historians. Handpicked by George for showing are Save the Children, which captures performances by Cannonball Adderly, Roberta Flack, Sammy Davis Jr., Marvin Gaye, and more in a Chicago concert presented as part Jesse Jackson’s 1972 Operation PUSH Black Exposition; Krush Groove, which focuses on the explosion of hip hop into mass culture in the early 1980s and includes performances from future stars Sheila E., Run-DMC, the Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, New Edition, the Beastie Boys and more; Wattstax, an award-winning documentary on the Wattstax Music Festival, a concert commemorating seventh anniversary of the Watts riots, with performances by many of the biggest African American performing artists of the time, including Isaac Hayes, The Staples Singers, The Emotions, Rufus Thomas, Carla Thomas, Richard Pryor and more; and Jazz on a Summer’s Day, the classic jazz feature chronicling the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, blending scenes of the city with the audience and performances by George Shearing, Chico Hamilton, Thelonious Monk, Dinah Washington, Gerry Mulligan, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson and many others.

American Song

NJPAC’s new American Song series includes “The First Lady of the American Musical Stage,” Barbara Cook is fresh off her Kennedy Center Honors in 2011 and will celebrate her 85th birthday this season, but she shows no signs of slowing down with the forthcoming publication of her autobiography and her stellar live concerts, including a stop at NJPAC. She performs with jazz guitar icon and vocalist John Pizzarelli and his Trio. Tony Award-winning actress-singer, Christine Ebersole, who has enchanted audiences throughout her performing career, from the Broadway stage to television series and specials, film, concert and cabaret appearances and recordings, returns to NJPAC for an intimate night of cabaret. Jarrod Spector, who played Frankie Valli in the Tony and Grammy-winning Jersey Boys, brings Minor Fall, Major Lift, his life story to stage. And the one and only Betty Buckley brings the voice that has won her Tony Awards and a multitude of roles on stage and screen for two intimate performances. He Said/She Said features a cabaret performance by award-winning veteran Broadway co-stars Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley of the recent Broadway hit Next To Normal. Mazzie and Danieley have each starred repeatedly on the Great White Way, on television, and in concerts and recordings both solo and alongside the leading orchestras of the nation.

Afternoon Curtain (new NJPAC exclusive series)

New this season will be an NJPAC-exclusive Thursday matinees series entitled Afternoon Curtain with legendary artists performing and speaking about their craft. Leading off the series will be Tony-winning song-and-dance man and actor Ben Vereen in an afternoon entitled Broadway & Beyond. Vereen, whose Broadway credits include Pippen and Fosse, and whose stage and screen credits include Roots and Funny Lady, will sing his way through the Broadway songbook. In A Conversation with Elaine Stritch, the Tony and Emmy-Award-winning Broadway legend and film and television star Elaine Stritch sits down for a candid conversation with NJPAC President and CEO John Schreiber, producer of her Tony and Emmy-winning Broadway autobiographical show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty. The one-man production of An Afternoon of Shalom Aleichem, written and performed by award-winning actor Murray Horwitz, recreates the heart-warming humor of famed Yiddish writer and storyteller Shalom Aleichem (called “The Jewish Mark Twain”), whose stories of Tevya the Milkman provide the basis for Fiddler on the Roof. And in An Afternoon in the Catskills, comic Freddie Roman, the longtime dean of the Friars Club and mastermind behind Catskills on Broadway, shares the stage with stand-up comedian Stewie Stone for an afternoon of Borscht Belt humor.

Gospel and Holiday

NJPAC focuses on gospel music this holiday season, highlighted by an exciting new NJPAC-exclusive concert, Love for the Holidays, a special performance by American musical legend and 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Darlene Love, who will bring with her a variety of special guests, including Cissy Houston. In another gospel concert, Grammy, Dove and Stellar Award-winner Fred Hammond keeps the praises going strong when he arrives fresh off the recent release of his two-CD set God, Love and Romance. And to honor the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, NJPAC’s hosts a Rev. Dr. celebration featuring Marvin Sapp and Smokie Norful, two of today’s hottest stars in contemporary gospel music.

The holiday season would not be the same without the annual Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra concert under the direction of Keith Lockhart, which returns this year with holiday favorites, audience sing- a-longs, and special guests Five by Design and Santa Claus.

Philadelphia’s Illstyle & Peace Productions features a blend of hip hop, tap and ballet dance, DJing and beat boxing in NJPAC’s The Spirit of Kwanzaa performance.

Reality and Comedy

Reality television continues to lead the ratings on the small screen, but it has also sold out time and again on NJPAC’s big stages. In the 2012-13 season, NJPAC brings back to Newark New Jersey’s own Buddy “The Cake Boss” Valastro for his Homemade for the Holidays Tour, as well as Emmy-winning Cesar Millan: The Dog Whisperer. And fresh from Broadway, William Shatner tells his life story, from Shakespearean stage work to Star Trek in Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It. Stand-up sensation and frequent big and small screen comedic actor Mike Epps stops in Newark on his I’m Still Standing Tour, while Oscar, Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winning comedian, actor and television host Whoopi Goldberg returns to the NJPAC stage with her one-woman show.

Dance

Whether beautiful, athletic, poignant or whimsical, some of the globe’s premier dance companies return to NJPAC in the 2012-13 season. Brooklyn-based but world-renowned Ronald K. Brown and Evidence, A Dance Company bring the Arts Center the NJPAC-commissioned On Earth Together, a testimony– set to the music of Stevie Wonder — to making the world a better place. Brown will also teach a master class with area students prior to his performance. Fairy tales come to life when the full corps de ballet and company of 50 of the State Ballet Theatre of Russia stage Cinderella – choreographed by the one-time Bolshoi star Vladimir Vasiliev. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the world’s foremost, all-male comic ballet troupe returns to NJPAC with its technical prowess, classical works and tutus, showcasing their mastery of technique while at the same time keeping the performance light hearted. Recognized by U.S. Congressional resolution as a vital American “Cultural Ambassador to the World,” NJPAC’s Principal Resident Dance Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, also makes its annual stop in Newark with new works debuted earlier in the season at New York City Center as well as classic repertory. The Ailey Company will also hold master classes with students from the area.

Children and Family

Back by popular demand, Drumline Live takes the high energy sounds and choreography of the marching bands in historically black colleges and universities, showcased in the Hollywood blockbuster of the same name, and sets them on stage for an explosive performance that sold out last season at NJPAC. In the tradition of Blue Man Group and Stomp, the Vancouver-based drummers of SCRAP ARTS MUSIC pound out intricate rhythms on over 145 unique, mobile sculptures created from industrial scrap metal in Metal, Music, Movement. Also from Canada, Traces, the Montreal-based acrobatic troupe that was a sensation off-Broadway last season, returns to the metro-area when it brings its athletic vaudeville “neo circus” to the Arts Center. For the first time in years, NJPAC welcomes back an audience sing-a-long with the Julie Andrews Technicolor- classic The Sound of Music. An annual tradition, the Nai Ni Chen Dance Company, based in Fort Lee, NJ, celebrates the Chinese New Year at NJPAC, this year honoring The Year of the Serpent. And “Newark’s Finest Musical Ambassadors,” the Newark Boys Chorus, return with a program that covers the classical, pop, folk, gospel and jazz.

On the heels of last summer’s wildly successful Kiss Me, Kate, the award-winning summer musical collaboration between NJPAC Arts Education and the New Jersey Youth Theatre returns in July, this time with hit-packed Smokey Joe’s Cafe. With a score that includes 40 of the greatest rock-n-roll songs ever recorded, Smokey Joe’s Cafe features the music Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller, including “Stand By Me,” “On Broadway” and “I’m a Woman.” This year, the production moves to the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University where it runs from July 18-22 before moving to the Sitnick Theater at the Lackland Performing Arts Center at Centenary College from July 26-29.

Children’s theater hits the NJPAC stages this season, as four children’s theater companies mount seven productions of classic children’s stories. Bristol Riverside Theater’s puppets, created by Emmy-winning Michael Schupbach of Jim Henson’s Muppet Workshop, tell Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s story The Little Prince, while Corbian Visual Arts and Dance/Light Wire Theater’s electro-luminescent wired puppets act out Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling and Aesop’s fable The Tortoise and the Hare. The whimsical Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia return to NJPAC, also with puppets, for A Brown Bear, A Caterpillar and A Moon: Treasured Stories of Eric Carle, the company’s adaptations of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Papa Please Get the Moon for Me and Brown Bear, Brown Bear. And the Dallas Children’s Theater performs a courtroom, he-barked-he-squealed musical rendition of The Three Little Pigs.

Single tickets may be purchased by calling 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), in person at the NJPAC box office located at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or online at http://www.njpac.org.

Located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, NJPAC is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States. As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city. Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts. NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents. Visit http://www.njpac.org for more information.

NJPAC is grateful to the following partners for their commitment and investment in our mission: Prudential Financial; American Express; Bank of America; The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey; PSEG Foundation; Wells Fargo; Verizon; Leon & Toby Cooperman; Harrah’s Entertainment Inc., Harrah’s Foundation; Betty Wold Johnson; The MCJ Amelior Foundation; The Merck Company Foundation; The Star-Ledger/Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation; Panasonic Corporation of North America; The Estate of Eric Ross; The Smart Family Foundation/ David S. Stone, Esq.; Stone and Magnanini; Victoria Foundation; Judy & Josh Weston; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; New Jersey State Council on the Arts; TD Bank; United Airlines; and the Women’s Association of NJPAC.

Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by Discover Jersey Arts.

NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities. For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.

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Linda Kelley, Ph.D.

Oldsmar, FL (PRWEB) May 03, 2012

Cryo-Cell International, Inc. announced the appointment of Linda Kelley, Ph.D., as chief scientific officer. Dr. Kelley is responsible for overseeing Cryo-Cell’s state-of-the art laboratory, translational medicine initiatives and quality assurance program at its stem cell and cord blood banking facility in Oldsmar, Florida. She joins the company from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard, where she was the director of the Connell O’Reilly Cell Manipulation Core Facility.

Dr. Kelley is an internationally recognized, cord blood stem cell scientist whose accomplishments have helped expand the scope of stem cell therapies from bone marrow transplantation to the treatment of heart, kidney, brain and other degenerative diseases. She was a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation for Accreditation of Cellular Therapy and chaired its Standards Committee. Dr. Kelley was one of 12 scientists selected by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science to serve on the panel that advised Congress on how to allocate $ 80 million in funding to optimally structure a national cord blood stem cell program.

While director of the Cell Therapy Facility at the University of Utah, she established that state’s first umbilical cord blood collection program that enabled families to donate their children’s cord blood to the national inventory. Dr. Kelley earned graduate and post-doctoral degrees in hematology and immunology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., where she also served as assistant professor in the Department of Medicine.

“As a leader in our field, Cryo-Cell is delighted to have someone of Dr. Kelley’s caliber directing our laboratory and translational medicine initiatives. Her expertise will ensure that we continue to exceed the industry’s quality standards and maintain our tradition of offering clients the absolute best in cord blood, cord tissue, and menstrual stem cell cryopreservation services,” said David Portnoy, chairman and co-CEO at Cryo-Cell. “Under her guidance, Cryo-Cell will be propelled to the forefront of regenerative medicine.”

Kelley replaces Julie Allickson, Ph.D., who is joining the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM), where she will manage translational research. WFIRM is led by Anthony Atala, M.D., a Cryo-Cell board member and preeminent stem cell scientist.

“The opportunity to work in a cutting-edge facility with a staff that is exceptionally well trained was very attractive to me,” said Dr. Kelley. “But equally important in my decision to join Cryo-Cell, was the commitment that co-CEOs David and Mark Portnoy have made to support the advancement of regenerative medicine through partnerships with Stanford University and private research facilities. Cryo-Cell is unique among stem cell cryopreservation firms in that regard.”

About Cryo-Cell International, Inc.

Cryo-Cell International, Inc. was founded in 1989. In 1992, it became the first private cord blood bank in the world to separate and store stem cells. Today, Cryo-Cell has over 240,000 clients worldwide from 87 countries. Cryo-Cell’s mission is to provide clients with state-of-the-art stem cell cryopreservation services and support the advancement of regenerative medicine.

Cryo-Cell operates in a facility that is compliant with Good Manufacturing Practice and Good Tissue Practice (cGMP/cGTP). It is ISO 9001:2008 certified and accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks. Cryo-Cell is a publicly traded company, OTC:QB Markets Group Symbol: CCEL. Expectant parents or healthcare professionals who wish to learn more about cord blood banking and cord blood banking prices may call 1-800-STOR-CELL (1-800-786-7235) or visit http://www.cryo-cell.com/.

Forward-Looking Statement

Statements wherein the terms “believes”, “intends”, “projects”, “anticipates”, “expects”, and similar expressions as used are intended to reflect “forward-looking statements” of the Company. The information contained herein is subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated in such forward-looking statements or paragraphs, many of which are outside the control of the Company. These uncertainties and other factors include the success of the Company’s global expansion initiatives and product diversification, the Company’s actual future ownership stake in future therapies emerging from its collaborative research partnerships, the success related to its IP portfolio, the Company’s future competitive position in stem cell innovation, future success of its core business and the competitive impact of public cord blood banking on the Company’s business, the Company’s ability to minimize future costs to the Company related to R&D initiatives and collaborations and the success of such initiatives and collaborations, the success and enforceability of the Company’s menstrual stem cell technology license agreements and umbilical cord blood license agreements and their ability to provide the Company with royalty fees, the ability of the reproductive tissue storage to generate new revenues for the Company and those risks and uncertainties contained in risk factors described in documents the Company files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and any Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Company. The Company disclaims any obligations to subsequently revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Contact:

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Cryo-Cell International, Inc.

813-749-2100

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Non Surgical Face Lift On Amazon Prime

Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 02, 2012

Effective immediately, the best selling Beau Visage Facelift Mask as seen on TV will be available on Amazon’s Prime service, providing Amazon Prime members free shipping on the product.

Liberty Health Network, (LHN) hint’s that other products in the Beau Visage Facial Skin care products line may be placed into the Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) program, providing customers perks such as free shipping.

It seems looking younger just got more affordable! Learn more about the Beau Visage Facial Skin Care Products on Amazon by visiting Http://Www.FaceLiftMasks.Com

About Liberty Health Network, LLC

Liberty Health Network is one of the nation’s leading Direct and Internet Marketing companies with a state-of-the-art Global Distribution facility in Tampa Bay, Fl. For 12 Years, the Liberty Health Network name has been synonymous with high quality Mortechem-Free Nutritional Supplements, Anti Aging Skin Care, and Internet Web Applications. The statements made on this website have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease.

Businesses or Individuals interested in distributing Liberty Products or requiring more information on this topic should contact Chief Operating Officer Russell Bly at (813) 774-8191 or e-mail at office(at)libertyhealthbiz(dot)com.

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Mark Of A Gentleman – Wet Shaving Refined

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) May 01, 2012

Wet shaving is a fast growing industry both in services and products sectors. There has been a significant resurgence in traditional wet shaving recently with men looking to turn the daunting task of daily shaving into an enjoyable experience that makes them feel and look great. Traditional shaving products such as straight razors, double edge razors, badger hair shaving brushes, cream, soaps and more have been made by craftsman for hundreds of years, and now they are at the forefront of the wet shaving revolution at http://www.markofagentleman.com.

The fresh newly launched Mark Of A Gentleman blog will offer traditional wet shaving enthusiasts and those looking to experience wet shaving for the first time a wealth of information on products, shaving tips and tricks, steps to a more comfortable and enjoyable shave, shaving razor and brush care, exclusive contests and savings, and industry news and current affairs.

This social media approach to connecting with the wet shaving community will help Mark Of A Gentleman realize its goal of not only providing the best products selected from all over the globe, but to ensure that everyone who ventures into the wet shaving world will enjoy the experience and continue on with the tradition. This fresh blog will have links to the company’s other social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and the main site to keep enthusiasts up to date on current specials and product introductions.

By offering a modern approach to a tradition that dates back centuries, the Mark Of A Gentleman blog is not only looking to communicate with existing customers, but to enhance the wet shaving experience for anyone looking for advice, product detail, tool care and more. The blog is a way for the company to share its passion for the art of wet shaving with all who share the same interest.

To help launch the blog, Mark Of A Gentleman has set up some contests to promote the blog and encourage community participation. The company is also inviting guest bloggers and article writers to offer their expertise and advice to the wet shaving community through the Mark Of A Gentleman blog, in an effort to enhance the wet shaving experience for everyone.

About Mark Of A Gentleman

Mark Of A Gentleman – Wet Shaving and Personal Grooming Refined – is a Canadian online shop dedicated to providing the best wet shaving and personal grooming products hand selected from the world’s leading companies. Whether you are a seasoned wet shaving enthusiast or just starting, Mark Of A Gentleman offers a mix of century old tradition and modern craftsmanship to make your wet shaving and grooming experience as enjoyable as you had first envisioned it.

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Santa Fe, NM (PRWEB) April 30, 2012

The worldwide Occupy movement began on Sept. 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, in the Wall Street financial district of New York City. Initiated by the Canadian activist group, Adbusters, the gathering protested social and economic inequality and it soon inspired similar protests around the world.

On May Day, Occupy holds an International Workers Day General Strike, building on the international celebration of May Day and other general and student strikes, the Occupy movement has called for A Day Without the 99%, when workers, students, immigrants and the unemployed will stand together in 125 U.S. countries for economic justice.

“Together as One” is the new anthem for the Occupy movement, celebrating the power of the people and emphasizing the need to end poverty and homelessness. “Together as One” has been played on Air Occupy, KUNM and radio stations and shared on Facebook and Twitter.

Written by Eric Heithaus , Jeff Nelson and Josh Reed, and arranged by Nelson, “Together as One” combines music, videos, footage and photographs of Occupy protests around the country, interspersed with stark facts about the homeless and poverty rates and other economic indexes.

“Together as One” offers a poignant look at the rise of the Occupy movement, and the conditions that have economically brought the country to its knees. With Angel Diamond on lead vocals, Jimmy Russell and Faith Amour singing backup and Reed singing rap, the song also features Heithaus and Steve Hill on guitar and Nelson on bass and synths.

The video was recorded at Santa Fe Music Videos Studios, which creates music videos with state-of-the-art audio, video, production, animation, graphics and effects. Learn more at http://www.santafemusicvideos.com.

“Together as One” is available to download at http://www.together-as-1.com/home.cfm. For more information, contact Eric Heithaus at (505) 500-7386 or ericheithaus(at)hotmail(dot)com.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) April 27, 2012

Ellery Homestyles was selected by the Historic Charleston Foundation as their licensee to produce the Historic Charleston Collection™ because of Ellery’s stellar interpretation of the historical designs and proven ability to produce a top-quality luxury bedding product.

Ellery is pleased to support the growth and expansion of the Historic Charleston Collection™ with its newly launched website, designed to educate and showcase the beautiful bedding collections!

The Historic Charleston Foundation was established in 1947 and is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and protect the historical, architectural and material culture that make up Charleston’s rich and irreplaceable heritage.

Ellery Homestyles is a leading supplier of branded and private label home-fashion products to major retailers – offering curtains, bedding, throws and specialty products. Our proprietary brands deliver innovation in fashion, function and design and include Eclipse™ – the voice of authority for energy-saving, noise-reducing, blackout curtains; Curtainfresh™ – innovative curtains with odor-neutralizing technology developed in partnership with Church & Dwight, maker of Arm & Hammer®; SoundAsleep™ room-darkening curtains, The Official Curtain of the National Sleep Foundation; ComfortTech™ – the only blankets constructed with premium 3M™ Thinsulate™ Insulation, providing luxurious style, lightweight comfort and superior warmth; VUE™ – the home fashion brand that presents Ellery’s “point of view” on fashion trends and design, Waverly® – the oldest continuously advertised home fashions brand in America recognized by consumers for its distinctive traditional looks; Historic Charleston Collection™ – the distinctive home fashions brand that is steeped in historic Charleston’s decorative arts culture and LinenHouse Australia – the leading brand known for innovative, intriguing designs in luxurious bedding, throws and accessories. Ellery is a global company headquartered in New York City with a 375M square foot distribution center in North Carolina and offices in China, India and Pakistan.

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