HIDDEN FIGURES

JOHN GLENN said, "get the girl, if she says (the numbers) they're good, then I'm ready to go."

Portrait of Katherine Johnson

Credits: NAS

A NEW YORK FIRST, when the audience applauded after the movie  'HIDDEN FIGURES"

from the original book by MARGOT LEE SHETTERLY.  The story of three black women, overcoming  segregation,

math majors that affected the NASA programs.

Ms KATHERINE JOHNSON, was the girl who calculated Astronaut Glenn's trajectory, was awarded the Medal of Freedom, 2015; MARY JACKSON became the first black engineer at NASA; DOROTHY VAUGHAM became an expert in Fortran programming for the first IBM computer  at Langley, NASA

CONGRATULATIONS DONALD J. TRUMP
          USA PRESIDENT-ELECT

Wonderful news for all of us.
CHANGE is coming, and isn't that wonderful.
As a New Yorker I will always remember that he fixed the Wollman ice skating  rink
when New York City couldn't.
He can fix anything.
Following is a picture of him at a rally  in Trump Tower.

I was at the Trump rally at the NY Hilton. He humbly  thanked his large family first, and and mentioned Chris Christie, Ben Carson, and Rudy Guiliani. He said he will "bind the wounds" and will be" President  for all the people", and help unify a great country, and "renew the American dream." He will work on infrastructure, veterans, economics.
No challenge will be too great; only the best dreams for the USA. And he will make America great again.

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SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS
BARBRA STREISAND, at Barclays; The Hubble Cantata at Celebrate Brooklyn,
NY Women in Film luncheon invited by Terry Lawler  in East Hampton.

BEST PARTY OF THE SUMMER!!!
LONG  EACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The weather was perfect, the beach marvelous, the food glorious, entertainment great
and the ocean perfect. All this in front of the Alegria Hotel.  Partners Long Beach and Nassau County
put on a spectacular event.
The co-Founders of the Festival , Ingrid Dodd, and Craig Weintraub organized a great day and evening.
The sponsors, Porsche of South Shore, Global Audio System ,PIX 11, Elovich & Adele, Stella Artois, News 12 threw the best party on the beach.
Hundreds of movie fans congregated on the beach  after watching the new movies.
Best feature:  MONEY, directed by Martin Rosete.  Other movies included Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story , a Chinese immigrant who became a stunt pilot during the 1930's; Beauty and the Beer, about the Miss Rheingold contest from l941-l964; Saving Jamaica Bay, about the fight to preserve  precious land around Jamaica Bay;Leaves of the Tree about a mystical tree in Sicily.

More than one thousand people huddled inside the huge tent on the beach to taste the wonderful foods  and drinks.  Shrimp abounded. 

What summer fun.  I'll definitely go again.  Don't miss this gala.

Hundreds of people attended the eleventh TASTE OF HOPE benefit  for the American Cancer Society.
 Sixty-five vendors contributed mouth-watering "tastes", in bite-sized hors d'oeuvres, wines and desserts. Everyone was thrilled with the wonderful food and wine choices, and so many to choose from, it was difficult to eat everything.

Jean Shafiroff, a sponsor of the event has written a book "Successful Philanthropy" and sits on
numerous charities and boards, helping women, children and animals.She has expertise with a BS in physical therapy, as well as an MBA. Jamie Koff joins her as chair for the event. 
The emcee of the evening was Chris Bragg of CBS  and Richard Kind,Drama Desk Award Winner  . and actor in  film and television.

Both chefs- ,David Burke,was the culinary  honoree  and Drew Nieporent was the corporate honoree.
Both men received shinny frying pans.
A silent auction added excitement to the savory,sweets and sips of the fantastic evening

MAYOR OF NEW YORK BILL DE BLASIO entertained 1,000 guests at the NY Hilton
INNER CIRCLE production of 'SHAMILTON".Every year people from the media
put on a show, and then the Mayor  responds with his own skit.
This year's event was headed by Andrew Siff, President of the Inner Circle
The clever political  spoof has  20 skits, of songs with revised political
words.
The surprise of the evening was the appearance of Democratic frontrunner
HILLARY CLINTON, looking rested in a canary yellow top.

JOHNNY MATHIS concert was in Newark at the beautiful performing arts center.
His voice "can melt steel", and takes us back to yesterday when we danced cheek-to-cheek.
Thank god for the memories:  Chances Are, The Twelfth of Never, Misty - He sang them
all.  Same fabulous voice, same fabulous person and he is singing again in Westbury, June 10.

RUSH RUSH RUSH to see him

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