2009 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular with host Craig Ferguson and special guest Neil Diamond. For more, go to www.BetsysView.com!

This is a Christmas classic (or ought to be). Please enjoy!

Testimony of Maestro Benjamin Zander FDA hearing on dental products,

Concert for the Cure – Jordan Hall – Boston 12/5/10 Mozart – Piano Concerto in G, K. 453, III Allegretto Concert for the Cure – Boston – 12/5/10 Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Pianist: Marc-André Hamelin Susan G Komen and Julie Scolnik, artistic director, present Concert for the Cure to help continue to raise funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer. World-renowned music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, along with 75 esteemed musicians drawn from leading orchestras and chamber ensembles have come together tonight in a spirit of love and generosity to make music together. Long known for his bold exploration of unfamiliar pianistic terrain, Marc-André Hamelin is now recognized worldwide for the originality and technical brilliance of his performances of the classic repertoire. In 2005, Boston flutist Julie Scolnik underwent treatments for breast cancer. Throughout her treatments, music played an essential role in keeping her spirits high, and as artistic director of a chamber music series, she continued to organize and play concerts in wigs after she had lost her hair. In 2008, Scolnik reached out to her musical colleagues to present a full symphony concert to raise funds so that all women facing breast cancer could have the care and support they deserved. The funds raised from this concert go to the Komen Foundation to support awareness for breast cancer screening, treatment and educational programming to help women and men throughout …

www.eaglestalent.com -Eagles Talent Speakers Bureau presents Benjamin Zander. To book speaker Benjamin Zander, visit his speaker profile page. Mr. Zander has become recognized as one of the seminal teachers of the era, expanding audiences for classical music everywhere through radio and TV appearances, pre-concert lectures and master classes. He has been featured in an hour-long profile on the BBC and on CBS’s “60 Minutes”. Each of his Telarc recordings includes a full length bonus CD, vividly explaining the music for lay listeners, which, in part, explains the phenomenal commercial success of these recordings. Benjamin Zander travels the world as a speaker to organizations about Leadership. Last summer he delivered a four-hour presentation to six thousand schoolteachers in Singapore. He has appeared three times as a keynote speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he was presented with the Crystal award for “outstanding contributions in the Arts and international relations”. A best-selling book, The Art of Possibility, co-authored with his partner, leading psychotherapist Rosamund Zander, was published in 2000 by Harvard Business School Press and has been released in paperback by Penguin. It has been translated into twelve languages.

This is a short film clip from 2/2/08 of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts MFA featuring Gustave Caillebotte, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

The Poss Family Mediatheque at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

Mozart – Piano Concerto in G, K. 453, II Andante – Concert for the Cure – Boston – 12/5/10 Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle Pianist: Marc-André Hamelin Susan G Komen and Julie Scolnik, artistic director, present Concert for the Cure to help continue to raise funds and awareness in the fight against breast cancer. World-renowned music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle, along with 75 esteemed musicians drawn from leading orchestras and chamber ensembles have come together tonight in a spirit of love and generosity to make music together. Long known for his bold exploration of unfamiliar pianistic terrain, Marc-André Hamelin is now recognized worldwide for the originality and technical brilliance of his performances of the classic repertoire. In 2005, Boston flutist Julie Scolnik underwent treatments for breast cancer. Throughout her treatments, music played an essential role in keeping her spirits high, and as artistic director of a chamber music series, she continued to organize and play concerts in wigs after she had lost her hair. In 2008, Scolnik reached out to her musical colleagues to present a full symphony concert to raise funds so that all women facing breast cancer could have the care and support they deserved. The funds raised from this concert go to the Komen Foundation to support awareness for breast cancer screening, treatment and educational programming to help women and men throughout Massachusetts. Production by Cambridge Studios – Boston …