with special guest Carla Cook!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
4:00 p.m.
$15 adults
$10 seniors
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
85 South Oxford Street
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
718 625 7515
25 April 2010
Carla Cook and The Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble
The Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble's 19th Annual Spring Concert
07 April 2010
Florence Neal
Florence Neal, Under the Microscope, 1992, Linoleum block print, 18 × 14 inches. Courtesy of St. Joseph's College Alumni Room Gallery.
Florence Neal: Black and White Prints
St. Joseph's College Alumni Room Gallery Brooklyn
245 Clinton Avenue 718-399-0358
Opening: Saturday, April 10, 12 - 3 p.m.
March 15 - April 28, 2010
The Rise and Fall of the First World
The much anticipated Brazilian-American opera Michael Kowalski has been working on!
The Rise and Fall of the First World: A Ascensão e a Queda do Primeiro Mundo
Concert preview at the Renee Weiler Concert Hall. 46 Barrow Street, NYC
April 22, 25, 28 $15 For reservations call: (718) 237-3007
Chamber Music Drama in Two Acts sung in English and Portuguese.
Text by Michael Kowalski and Helena Soares. Hungria Music by Michael Kowalski.
www.postindustrialplayers.com
05 April 2010
If one waits long enough; Miracles Can Happen! 2009
If one waits long enough; Miracles Can Happen!
Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
An American professor has become the first Jew to win the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine, popularly known as the "Arab Nobel Prize."
Stanford professor Ronald Levy, who heads of the university's Oncology department, told Haaretz that as an American Jew married to an Israeli it never crossed his mind that he might win the Saudi-financed competition.
After he was informed of his victory, Levy rushed to check the contest Web site, where he found his picture and biography already on the homepage. The prize committee had posted Levy's biography exactly as he submitted it, with one glaring exception: the line showing his post-doctoral work at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot had been deleted.
The prize, which included $200,000, a medal, and a Certificate in English and Arabic, also came with a dinner with Saudi King Abdullah.
Levy told Haaretz he was certain his wife and daughters would not be able to attend the ceremony, as their passports are full of visas from Israel and his wife and one of his daughters were born in Israel. To his surprise, when he went to the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, the attendants stamped their passports, and no one asked any questions.
In spite of their fears before the trip, Levy said his family was treated to royal hospitality during their entire stay in Saudi Arabia. He said that even when people were aware of his religion and his family'sbackground, he was treated no different than anyone else. In addition, Levy said Saudis were fascinated with hearing what he and other visitors think of their country, and if their expectations were proved wrong or not.
Levy's victory is the first time in the award's 30 years that a Jew has won, which Levy says he took as a sign that Saudi Arabia is becoming more open.
Levy won the prize for his part in the development of a drug used in the treatment of many types of cancer that is being widely viewed as revolutionary.
For over 30 years, Levy has researched methods of using the body's immune system to fight cancer. His research led to the development of the concept that a drug made from antibody could be used to fight cancer.
Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
An American professor has become the first Jew to win the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine, popularly known as the "Arab Nobel Prize."
Stanford professor Ronald Levy, who heads of the university's Oncology department, told Haaretz that as an American Jew married to an Israeli it never crossed his mind that he might win the Saudi-financed competition.
After he was informed of his victory, Levy rushed to check the contest Web site, where he found his picture and biography already on the homepage. The prize committee had posted Levy's biography exactly as he submitted it, with one glaring exception: the line showing his post-doctoral work at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot had been deleted.
The prize, which included $200,000, a medal, and a Certificate in English and Arabic, also came with a dinner with Saudi King Abdullah.
Levy told Haaretz he was certain his wife and daughters would not be able to attend the ceremony, as their passports are full of visas from Israel and his wife and one of his daughters were born in Israel. To his surprise, when he went to the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, the attendants stamped their passports, and no one asked any questions.
In spite of their fears before the trip, Levy said his family was treated to royal hospitality during their entire stay in Saudi Arabia. He said that even when people were aware of his religion and his family'sbackground, he was treated no different than anyone else. In addition, Levy said Saudis were fascinated with hearing what he and other visitors think of their country, and if their expectations were proved wrong or not.
Levy's victory is the first time in the award's 30 years that a Jew has won, which Levy says he took as a sign that Saudi Arabia is becoming more open.
Levy won the prize for his part in the development of a drug used in the treatment of many types of cancer that is being widely viewed as revolutionary.
For over 30 years, Levy has researched methods of using the body's immune system to fight cancer. His research led to the development of the concept that a drug made from antibody could be used to fight cancer.
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