" Sweet Charity 2009 " Dec 13 [supporting Food Bank For New York City ]

Sunday, November 29, 2009

A cornerstone of integrity and stability in the highly competitive entertainment industry, Thembisa S. Mshaka has worked for over 17 years in the business. There are many career guides geared towards the music industry, but none has been written by a woman inside. PUT YOUR DREAMS FIRST: Handle Your [entertainment] Business with a Foreword by Vanessa Williams (Business Plus; Trade paperback original; $16.99) combines personal reflections, true stories about celebrities and the executives that make them, and solid business advice.

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The Top Seven Biggest Industry Clichés
What you ‘Thought you Knew’ but ‘Need to Know’ to thrive in the industry
Ten Severance Commandments
The Work-Life Balance Myth

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Vanessa Williams - Grammy®, Emmy®, and Tony® award nominated singer-songwriter and actress. Ms. Williams penned the foreword while on location shooting Hannah Montana: The Movie due for release in 2009.

Mo’Nique - is a comedienne, actor, award show host, and reality television star. She is also an executive producer for television, boasting top-rated programs for VH1 (Flavor of Love: Charm School Starring Mo’Nique) and Oxygen (Mo’Nique’s FAT Chance).

Meshell Ndegeocello - is a ten time Grammy® nominated singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. Also a respected composer, her work appears in film and television, most notably Love Jones, Higher Learning, and the Logo cable series Noah’s Arc.

Brenda Russell - is a singer-songwriter and keyboardist. Her songwriting talents are often in demand by many other artists: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Sting, to name a few. She also wrote the score for the Tony-winning musical Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Color Purple on Broadway.

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Thembisa S. Mshaka is a 5-time Telly Award winner who has served in the entertainment industry for over 17 years, spanning the areas of touring, management, magazine publishing, recorded music and technology, advertising, music supervision for film, voice over, and television. As Senior Copywriter at Sony Music, and 2-time NARM Award winner, her campaigns contributed to the sale of more than 150 million albums for artists from Lauryn Hill, Will Smith, and Beyonce’, to NaS, Maxwell, George Michael, and Jill Scott. The former GAVIN rap editor has also written for essence.com and LAUNCH.com, and serves as contributing editor for The Hotness.com. She contributed to anthology Sometimes Rhythm: Sometimes Blues (Seal Press) edited by Taigi Smith and Icons of Hip-Hop, an academic reference volume edited by Mickey Hess (Greenwood Press). Thembisa is currently the Copy Director for BET Networks. Her blog is http://www.thembisamshaka.com

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Sweet Charity 2009 supporting Food Bank for New York City

Publicist: Jannique Heard voice 954.856.1486
[Heard Global PR Group]
jrh.media@gmail.com

Glit PR
Victoria Odu voice 301.404.1255 victoriaodu@gmail.com
Chaya Wilkins 240.601.3248 chaya.wilkins@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Chef Michael M. teams with fellow culinary craftsmen, media personalities and performing artists to present SWEET CHARITY! “Pastry Tasting for Charity”.

New York City - October 13, 2009 - Since 2006, Comfort Zone Cooking Service has been committed, to providing delicious “North Meets South Cuisine” but also to ‘giving back’ to community by organizing charitable food events. CZC continues this commitment with its next event, SWEET CHARITY {Pastry Tasting for Charity}, December 13, 2009 from 5:30pm – 10pm. Location: 394 Broadway Floor 4 Tribeca New York. The admission price of $25 and a donated nonperishable item will go to supporting Food Bank For New York City. This event will feature local pastry chefs, giving individuals an opportunity to taste an array of sweets just in time to plan their holiday dinners and parties. It will also provide the participating chefs with an opportunity to promote their new businesses. SWEET CHARITY {Pastry Tasting for Charity} will be co-sponsored by the nationally syndicated, Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie and talk show host, life and small business coach, and consultant Cory George.

Food Bank For New York City is a charity that works to end hunger; while raising much needed resources for the 1.3 million New Yorkers who rely on food pantries and soup kitchens to meet their daily nutritional needs. In doing so they are increasing access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers through a comprehensive group of programs such as direct services, food sourcing and distribution; also nutrition and health education that combats hunger and its causes.

Chef Michael believes in the reality and passion of this event. This he believes is the most sustainable, tangible, and substantial red carpet event that has immediate compact on our communities. This Event is a spark to the entrepreneurial spirit in a time of recession and job loss in the New York tri state area. Your participation in this event is helping to assist in launching the business success of those that wouldn’t have a platform to do so. Professionals out of passion and faith are stepping forward to start their own small businesses.

Initiative Radio with Angela McKenzie focuses on the philanthropic and altruistic activities of corporations both for profit and not-for-profit, inter-governmental organizations, persons of repute and everyday people. The program also gives exposure to under represented artists of all disciplines.

Corey George. His internet-based weekly radio show, In Touch with Cory George, is focused on providing relevant and relatable information. As founder of 360 Living, Cory provides life, relationship, and small business coaching services in hopes of encouraging his clients to realize and act on their potential to move forward.
Please contact for info Chef Michael M. (www.comfortzonecooking.com) chefmichaelm@yahoo.com
(917)676-9363 Comfort Zone Cooking Service

Location:394 Broadway Floor 4 Tribeca New York

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Publicist: Jannique Heard [Heard Global PR Group] jrh.media@gmail.com voice 954.856.1486

Glit PR
Victoria Odu voice 301.404.1255
Chaya Wilkins 240.601.3248

Hello,
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Chef Michael M. I believe everyone should have a professional caterer on speed dial and should know that person by first name. I am the owner of Comfort Zone Cooking Service. Since 2006, we have been committed, not only, to providing delicious “North Meets South Cuisine” but also to ‘giving back’ by organizing charitable food events.

We continue this commitment with our next event, Pastry Tasting for Charity, on December 13, 2009. Our vision is to create a platform to support local businesses in the New York area. This event will feature local pastry chefs, giving individuals and opportunity to taste an array of sweets just in time to plan their holiday dinners and parties. It will also provide the chefs with an opportunity to promote their businesses.

Proceeds and admission donations will go to supporting Food Bank For New York City, a charity who works to end hunger and increase access to affordable, nutritious food for low-income New Yorkers through a comprehensive group of programs that combat hunger and its causes.

Pastry Tasting for Charity will be co-presented by the nationally syndicated, Initiative Radio, with Angela McKenzie. The program focuses on the philanthropic and altruistic activities of corporations both for profit and not-for-profit, inter-governmental organizations, persons of repute and everyday people. The program also gives exposure to under represented artists of all disciplines and in an effort to consistently engage a youthful audience, urban and alternative music specials are presented on a recurring basis.

We are looking for talented local pastry chefs, bakers, still life, visual and spoken word artists, authors, bloggers, event planners, florists, singers and musicians, painters, photographers, perfume/oil creators and organic juice makers, small business also that conform with food; who would like to participate in this event.

If you are, or know of, a small business that would like to launch a product or would like to be involved in this incredible event, please contact me at:
chefmichaelm@yahoo.com.
We are also happy to provide contact information for logo and web designers.

Please join us as a featured talent or as a guest for passed hors d’oevres and live music.
Date: December 13, 2009
Location: 394 Broadway Floor 4 Tribeca New York
Time: 5:30pm-10pm
Attire: Stylishly You
Admission: $25 and a nonperishable item to be donated to the Food Bank For New York City.
Thanks you and best regards,

Publicist: Jannique Heard [Heard Global PR Group] jrh.media@gmail.com

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