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PATTY PEARCE - PJN MEMBER AND DEVOTED JAZZ FAN PASSES FROM LIFE

Patty passed away July 15. Her memorial service is Saturday, July 18. Her obit is in the PG today. We would love to have you attend. Dave Zubrow, 412-260-012. Also please feel free to pass the news and invitation along to others. PEARCE PATTY (McCURDY) Age 62, on We… Continue

Added by Bettoman on July 17, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

OUR BRAINS on MUSIC: THE SCIENCE *

NEW YORK TIMES June 30, 2009 Television Review | 'Nova: Musical Minds' By MIKE HALE “Musical Minds,” the season premiere of “Nova” on PBS, is based on the neurologist Oliver Sacks’s most recent book, “Musicophilia,” a collection of case studies of people whose brains have unusual relationships to music, cases in which, as Dr. Sacks puts it, “music gets them going to an extraordinary degree.” A one-hour program can’t approach the depth and texture of Dr. Sacks’s book, but it does… Continue

Added by Bettoman on June 30, 2009 at 9:42pm — 1 Comment

$1.1 million stabilization of New Granada under way

By C. Denise Johnson | Published Yesterday | Metro | Unrated C. Denise Johnson Courier Staff Writer $1.1 mil stabilization of New Granada under way The highly-anticipated Pittsburgh marathon can’t hold a candle to the long distance quest to save the New Granada Theater. Marimba Milliones, now executive director of the Hill District Community Development Corp., is heading the effort to resuscitate the New Granada. She believes “the New Granada Theater captures past hopes and future poss… Continue

Added by Bettoman on June 12, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

IMPORTANT MEMBERSHIP BULLETIN

We are approaching 1300 members and at our present rate of growth we will reach 2000 members by year end. We thank each of you for joining and giving this network a chance to demonstrate the collective and individual power of social networking for the benefit of… Continue

Added by Bettoman on June 10, 2009 at 10:15pm — 4 Comments

'Betto Debuts at IAJE Convention in NYC

'Betto Debuts at IAJE Convention Trombonist Nelson Harrison Unveils His Icon At Web/Tech News Posted: 2007-01-11 SOURCE: imajinnWEST San Francisco Bay design firm, imajinnWEST and Pittsburgh native, Dr. Nelson Harrison have given 'birth' and the coming out party is the International Association of Jazz Educators' Convention in NY this week. 'Betto is the alter ego designed by Principle Djinn Carl Lewis and spawned by the veteran trombonist of the Count Basie Orchestra as a sort of pocket tro… Continue

Added by Bettoman on April 7, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments