Hello All!

In less than 2 weeks, this exclusive one-night only new show, “RISE UP: THE THEATER SONGS OF NEIL BERG,” will be performing at Feinstein’s Regency; Sunday July 18th at 8:30pm. Mr. Berg, and friends, will perform theater songs from his musicals of the past, present, and future. This dynamic evening will feature songs from “The Prince and the Pauper,” “The 12,” “The Man Who Would Be King,” “Tim and Scrooge,” and his upcoming Broadway musical, “Grumpy Old Men.”

Performing and hosting will be Berg’s longtime collaborator, Broadway star Rob Evan (Jekyll and Hyde, The Prince and the Pauper, Trans Siberian Orchestra), along with current Elphaba from Wicked, Mandy Gonzalez (Wicked, In The Heights), and special guest, Academy Award-winning actor F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus), who will re-create his eleven o’clock song from “Grumpy Old Men.” The cast also includes Rita Harvey (Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof), Lawrence Clayton (Dreamgirls, Bells are Ringing, The Civil War), Sophia Ramos (VH1’s Best Undiscovered Artist, featured vocalist with Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden), Carter Calvert (It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues), and William Michals, who is currently playing the role of Emil de Beque in “South Pacific” at Lincoln Center. Berg will also co-host and play piano.

DATES: Sunday, July 18, 2010: 8:30PM

Children are welcome (under 10 allowed, but not preferred)

BUY TICKETS NOW: http://feinsteinsattheregency.com/performance.php?id=382

(212) 339-4095

Covenant House’s signature event, A Night of Broadway Stars, has helped raise millions of dollars for the over 70,000 homeless youth served by the agency every year. Held in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California, this event brings the best and brightest of the Broadway community to perform for our supporters and with our kids on stage. An inspirational night filled with music and the spirit of the Covenant House mission, A Night of Broadway Stars is not to be missed! Big Night for 10 Covenant House Youth who will sing in concert at the Time Warner Center with the biggest stars of Broadway (thanks Neil!) in front of First Lady Laura Bush and 1,000 Covenant House supporters in NYC.

Covenant House

The time has come… and tickets are NOW available for Neil Berg’s All-Star Preview performances of a World Premiere concert… “The 12″!

VENUE:
RIVERSPACE Theater in Nyack, NY

DATES!!!
March 19, 2010: 8pm
March 20, 2010: 8pm
March 21, 2010: 3pm

TICKET PRICES!!!
$40: Premium Orchestra
$32.50: Mid Level Orchestra
$25: Rear Orches…tra

TICKETS!!!
http://riverspace.org/

Audiences rave “You gotta see ‘THE 12′ It’s even better than going to Church!”

http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=44988162#!/The12Musical

Hey Everyone,

What a year! Working with the most amazing co-producer in the country, Adam Friedson, we just finished over 90 concerts all over the USA! It was an amazing time, getting to meet so many wonderful Broadway music lovers in California, Arizona, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Jersey, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and of course, New York!

We played to over 200,000 people and got to meet most of you after each show. What a treat!

There is plenty more exciting news as well concerning my composing career:

I’m trilled to announce one of my most important shows EVER! Thursday, April 30th at 8pm, we’ll be bringing my show “Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway” to the Hard Rock Café in Times Square for a fundraising concert benefiting World Hunger Year! The concert will feature Broadway’s Rob Evan (Jekyll and Hyde), Rita Harvey (Phantom of the Opera), Steve Blanchard (Beauty and the Beast), Carter Calvert (Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues), Danny Zolli (Jesus Christ Superstar) and Gerard Canonico (Spring Awakening). The show will be introduced by Charles Grodin with more special guests to be announced.

Tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster by clicking here.

I hope to see you all there for a great time, benefiting a truly wonderful cause!

As most of you know I am the composer of the new Broadway musical version of GRUMPY OLD MEN, which just had a major reading in New York this past October, and it went spectacularly well. What a cast!

Academy Award winner, F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus) and Emmy and Tony Award winner George Hearn (Sweeney Todd, La Cage Aux Folles) led the “too good to be true” cast. Also featured was Marilu Henner (Chicago, LA Story, Taxi), Carol Kane (Taxi and a zillion other things), Ken Page (Ain’t Misbehavin’), Vicki Lewis (what a talent!), Josh Molina (The West Wing), and the timeless Conrad John Schuck (MASH, Star Trek) as Grandpa!

We were also fortunate to have some of Broadway’s most incredible character actors rounding out our cast.

David Holcenberg (from Mamma Mia) was our Musical Supervisor and Wendy Bobbitt Cavett (from Mamma Mia as well) was our Musical Director. Both did a phenomenal job! We are currently in negotiations with several theatres for an out-of-town tryout and cannot WAIT to bring it to Broadway!

I also recently finished up my fully-orchestrated CD of my musical version of THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, which features two of Broadways top leading men, Mark Kudisch and Brian d’Arcy James, in the leading roles.

This CD also stars Mandy Gonzalez (star of the hit Broadway musical In The Heights), and Judy McLane (Drama Desk nominee). The CD is available for purchase here on my website under the “Store” section. I truly believe this is my best work ever up to now, and I can’t wait for people to hear it. Book and Lyrics by DJ Salisbury, arrangements/musical supervision by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett, and Orchestrations by Larry Hochman (Spamalot, Fiddler on the Roof, etc.)

Pulitzer Prize winner, Robert Schenkkan and I have been collaborating on my new show THE TWELVE which begins where Jesus Christ Superstar leaves off. This is a high-energy rock show that should be touring sometime next year!

Many more projects to be announced soon, but in the meantime, please check in from time to time at my website, http://www.neilberg.com. You can check out all upcoming shows, both public and private, and it gets updated all the time.

Please call Joe D’Urso/Leftfield Productions at 845-353-2407 if you think you or your organization would love to bring in the best Broadway talent for an unforgettable evening!

Look forward to seeing you soon!

Best,
Neil

This Week’s Events

Monday, March 2

Jeffrey Sachs on Engineering and Sustainable Development
Speaker: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schapiro CEPSR Building, Davis Auditorium
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu

Tuesday, March 3

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Water for Profit - An Industry Perspective
Speaker: Gregoire Landel, SEAS 2005 Professor of Engineering; Water and Sanitation International Consultant
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 750 Schapiro CEPSR Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
RSVP: Register

Wednesday, March 4

LDEO Joint MG&G and SG&T 2009 Seminar Series: Marine Gas Hydrates in Thin Sands that Mop Up Biogenic Methane
Speaker: Alberto Malinverno, Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Timothy J Crone, tjc2129@columbia.edu

Thursday, March 5

IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Intensities of Precipitation and Extratropical Storms Under Climate Change
Speaker: Paul O’Gorman, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Greening the Urban Economy
Speakers: Elliott Sclar, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Professor, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University; Patricia Culligan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Joan Fitzgerald, Director, Law, Policy and Society Program, Northeastern University; Jack McGourty, Director, Center for Technology, Innovation and Community Engagement (CTICE), Columbia University; Associate Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University; Robert Crauderueff, Policy Director, Sustainable South Bronx; Nilda Mesa, Assistant Vice President, Environmental Stewardship, Columbia University; Adjunct Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Janna Olson, Executive Director, Win-Win Campaign, Envirolution
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

Friday, March 6

IRI Seminar: Towards the Probabilistic Earth-System Model
Speaker: Tim Palmer, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: The Greenhouse Gas Increases in Recent Millennia Were NOT Natural
Speaker: William F. Ruddiman, Professor Emeritus, Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/earth-science-colloquium/2008-2009

Saturday, March 7

Earth Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: An Introduction to Global Climate Models
Speakers: Michael Revidi, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Michael J. Passow, Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Marine Biology & Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Michael Passow, michael@earth2class.org

Featured Event

Tuesday, February 17

Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

This Week’s Events

Tuesday, February 17

Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Wednesday, February 18

DEES Seminar Series: Physical Consistency in Subgrid-Scale Parameterization for Climate Models
Speaker: Tiffany A Shaw, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: DEES Office, mia@ldeo.columbia.edu

LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series: Atmospheric, Crustal and Parameterization Errors - At What Point do They Significantly Affect our Models of Moderate to Large Earthquakes?
Speaker: Rowena Lohman, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Timothy J Crone, tjc2129@columbia.edu

Millennium Villages Student Research Showcase
Speakers: Various
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series: The Redistribution of Global Rainfall During the Last 25,000 Years
Speaker: Wallace S. Broecker, Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: David McGee, dmcgee@ldeo.columbia.edu

Thursday, February 19

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing
Speakers: Various
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

Columbia Water Center Seminar: Will China Run Out Of Water?
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, Professor of Hydrogeology; SSPA Faculty Fellow; 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, University of Alabama
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
RSVP: Register

IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the MJO
Speaker: Zhiming Kuang, Harvard University
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Food Production and Hunger
Speaker: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society; Associate Director, Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development , The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Faculty Room
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

Friday, February 20

Columbia Water Center Seminar: The Future of Agriculture in India: Ample Reason for Concern, Hope
Speaker: Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus 833 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
RSVP: Register

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Understanding Solute Transport in Extremely Heterogeneous Porous Media: Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Research at the MADE Site
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America Hydrogeology Division, University of Alabama
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/earth-science-colloquium/2008-2009

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, February 23

Special Wally Seminar: Direct Evidence for the Bi-Polar Seesaw - Surface and Deep-Water Responses in the South Atlantic

Columbia Superfund Basic Research Program

Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Journalism School: Promoting Global Understanding of Sustainable Development

Tuesday, February 24

Corporate Responsibilities to Respect Human Rights - What Can be Expected from ‘Big Pharma’?

Thursday, February 26

IRI Seminar Series on Impact Evaluation for Development Projects: Qualitative Information for Impact Evaluation

IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Tropopause Polar Vortex Characteristics and Mechanisms of Intensity Change

MA Climate and Society Information Session

Friday, February 27

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Directions to Columbia University

Directions to the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

It’s your chance to be a STAR!

How would you like to have the opportunity to win a chance to sing a song with five Broadway Stars in front of family and friends in the major professional performing arts venue in your community?

You can win the opportunity to sing on-stage in an all-star Broadway review and win a pair of tickets for family and friends. To enter the online auditions, you need to upload a 90-120 second video of yourself singing a Broadway show tune to YouTube, MySpace, or Facebook. Our panel of industry professionals will choose a winner and up to four runners-up to participate in the show.

http://www.singingwiththebroadwaystars.com/

Today tens of thousands of Americans are answering President-elect Obama’s call to service. Nearly 13,000 service events have taken place since the President-elect’s service initiative, Renew America Together, was announced.

http://www.usaservice.org/page/event/detail/4vk5j

We’ve been hearing from you all day about how you’re serving your community. You’re volunteering in food pantries, painting schools, donating blood and so much more.

About USAService.org

Every time our nation faces crisis, our national experience has shown Americans rise to the challenge. While government has an important role to play in helping rekindle our economy and addressing the problems of a distressed nation, President-elect Obama believes each of us, as Americans, have a responsibility to do what we can for our communities and fellow citizens.  We are one nation.

The United States is once again at a crossroads and that is why the President-elect hopes to use the occasion of his Inauguration to rally our nation to commit to service in our communities. We are asking for your participation in meeting this challenge.

In 1994, Congress transformed the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday into a national day of community service to further commemorate a man who lived his life in service to others. As a tribute to that legacy and the very real needs of our nation, the President-elect and Vice President-elect have launched a national organizing effort on the eve of their Inauguration to engage Americans in service. This national day of service will fall on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 19, 2009 and, unlike past calls to service, President-elect Obama is calling on all Americans to do more than just offer a single day of service to their cities, towns and neighborhoods.  He is asking all of us to make an ongoing commitment to our communities. Never has it been more important to come together in shared purpose to tackle the common challenges we face.

This website is designed to help promote these events and for Americans to make their commitments, build communities, find opportunities to serve and share their results. These can be events that engage people in direct service, or bring people together to reflect on Dr. King’s legacy and how they can commit to becoming more engaged citizens. Please create an event or sign up to volunteer today.

http://www.usaservice.org/

Welcome to GK Daniel Spitz! http://www.spitzwatch.com

“A timepiece is a Formula 1 race car for the wrist that bears an individual’s personality.”

Daniel Spitz is an international Rock Star Guitarist and one of the founding members and main songwriter of the legendary band Anthrax. He has sold more than 15 million records worldwide, nominated for three Grammy Awards and crossed the globe on more than fifty arena tours over the years. He has released ten studio albums, written platinum selling film soundtracks for the likes of Adam Sandler, Arnold Schwarzanegger and even Beavis and Butthead. Dan has left an indelible mark on the music industry by creating the first ever hip hop meets heavy metal song, first ever sold out world arena tour for a heavy metal band and a hip hop band (Public Enemy / Anthrax) together in the same arena, and so many more innovative solutions that break down cultural barriers. Simply an innovator in mind set and execution.

After his fifteen year run and departure from Anthrax he set foot on getting the paper degrees necessary to complete his knowledge base in Swiss micro-mechanical engineering. Daniel has obtained the highest Swiss degrees at this point and is regarded worldwide as one of the finest Master Watchmakers of Complicated luxury timepieces in the world. The diplomas, Swiss training and scholarships obtained by Daniel in areas of the Swiss luxury watchmaking world (a multi billion dollar industry) are usually reserved strictly for the Swiss. He teaches watchmaking, his company is the sole parts distribution hubs for luxury brands and his private service center helps luxury Swiss brands beta test and problem solve new models in the $20,000 - $1,000,000 area of sales point.

Of course don’t forget he has written songs for almost every “Guitar Hero” game with generated sales now over $1 billion.

Daniel currently resides in New York with his wife, Candi, and their Identical/Mirror-Image twin sons who are also becoming quite famous in the Entertainment world. He also has two daughters from a previous marriage.