Brava Seth Rudetsky for all you do for the theater, media and entertainment worlds. To say that Seth is passion-driven is clearly an understatement. I had the pleasure of working with Seth a few years ago when producer Missy Greenberg had the great foresight to bring his one man show “Deconstructing Broadway” to Chicago to […]
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Socially Sparked A Blog About Our Society and the People, Places and Things that Spark Our Lives Welcome to the inaugural of Socially Sparked, a monthly blog about our society and the people, places and things that Spark our lives by making a huge impact for the good of others. My focus today is on […]
Bravo to the House of Representatives for passing a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act! It is so utterly important to continue assisting victims of domestic and sexual violence. Violence and abuse come in all forms — domestic, physical, verbal, sexual and more — and unfortunately occur across all races and sexes. There […]
Cinderella stages marketing magic Broadway show’s backers are having a ball with all the cross-promotions. BY THERESA AGOVINO @THERESAAGOVINOFEBRUARY 24, 2013 5:59 A.M. Robyn Goodman was immediately interested when approached about producing Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella on Broadway for the first time. Just thinking about the story’s romance and score made her giddy. And then, of course, there were […]
Prostate Cancer Important Information Shared by Us TOO’s Tom Kirk Thought I’d share this WGN-TV news interview with Executive Director Tom Kirk of Us TOO International Prostate Cancer Education and Support Network, who offers invaluable information on Prostate Cancer including the importance for men of getting tested/screened early plus where to seek further information. […]
Emanuel launches plan to raise $50 million to help at-risk kids BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter fspielman@suntimes.com February 20, 2013 12:22AM Updated: February 20, 2013 2:19AM Mayor Rahm Emanuel is challenging a business community that bankrolled Millennium Park, the NATO Summit and Chicago’s failed Olympic bid to raise $50 million over five years for a higher […]
Key To The Cure The Occasion: Friends of The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem at Highland Park Hospital cocktailed for a cause during the Key to the Cure opening reception, which kicked off an entire weekend of shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue to raise funds and awareness for women’s cancers…CLICK KEY TO THE CURE HEADLINE […]
Holding States and Schools Acountable By MOTOKO RICH Published: February 9, 2013, The New York Times As Congress contemplates rewriting No Child Left Behind, President George W. Bush’s signature education law, legislators will tussle over a vision of how the federal government should hold states and schools accountable for students’ academic progress. Enlarge This Image Mark Humphrey/Associated […]
Twitter’s Vine Video App Enacts Age Restriction Amid Criticism for Porn Reacting to Proliferation of NSFW Video Snippets By: John McDermott Published: February 06, 2013 Vine, the social video application that rocketed up the App Store charts when it was first released two weeks ago, has enacted an age minimum for users. All new users and existing […]
