Culturalist Challenge! Which Cameron Crowe Project Should Follow Almost Famous to Broadway?
(Composite by Ryan Casey) The Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic to rank.This past week, it was announced that Almost Famous, the 1973-set film that chronicles the coming of age of 15-year-old music fan William when he lands an assignment from Rolling Stone, is being adapted into a musical. Scribe Cameron Crowe is working on the book, and Pulitzer and Tony winner Tom Kitt will create the music for the production. On top of dream-casting Penny Lane all weekend, we also want to ask the fans: which other Cameron Crowe project should follow the iconic film to the Great White Way? Broadway.com Content Producer Lindsey Sullivan started this challenge off with her picks. Now it’s your turn!STEP 1—SELECT: Visit Culturalist to see all of your options. Highlight your 10 favorites.STEP 2—RANK & PUBLISH: Click “rearrange list” to order your selections. Click the “publish” button.Once your list is published, you can see the overall rankings of everyone on the aggregate list.Pick your favorites, then tune in for the results next week on Broadway.com! View Comments
Girl From the North Country, Tony nominee Conor McPherson’s new musical set to Bob Dylan’s songbook, starts previews February 7 on Broadway, but it wasn’t the first musical to bring Dylan’s songs to the stage. Let’s take a moment to remember Twyla Tharp’s 2006 take on Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin’. Starring Michael Arden, The Times They Are A-Changin’ marked a big return to Broadway for award-winning choreographer Tharp, who had opened her Billy Joel musical Movin’ Out four years earlier to great critical acclaim. The Times They Are A-Changin’ was set inside a traveling circus (featuring onstage trampolines and acrobats). It told the story of a tyrannical circus master named Captain Ahrab and his son Coyote, who’s unsure about whether to take up his father’s reign over a cast of clowns. To express his discontent, Coyote sings, unfiguratively, the title song. Unlike Movin’ Out, The Times They Are A-Changin’ chose a more literal path with a popular singer-songwriter’s work. After all, there are “jugglers and clowns” in “Like A Rolling Stone.”The musical closed after 28 performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. Take a look at video footage of Arden—who’d go on to forge a successful Broadway career as a two-time Tony nominated director—and the cast of The Times They Are A-Changin’ below. Girl From the North Country Related Shows Michael Arden and Charlie Neshyba-Hodges in “The Times They Are A-Changin'” during its pre-Broadway run at the Old Globe in San Diego, California. (Photo by Craig Schwartz)
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Vermont Business Magazine College of St Joseph has been awarded a grant by the Bowse Health Trust, a department of Rutland Regional Medical Center. The grant awards $88,400 over three years. Marble Valley Grows, the farm-to-school network run by Kimberly Griffin, College of St. Joseph’s farm manager and wellness coordinator, will use the grant to continue working within Rutland County schools to enhance education and access to healthy food choices. Griffin developed Marble Valley Grows last April, and has been working to educate children about healthier food options, to include them in the decisions about the food they are served, educate them on where food comes from, and to empower them to grow food themselves. “Farm-to-school organizations are all over the state,” Griffin said. “But there was an obvious gap in Rutland County.” Most of Marble Valley Grows’ work can be divided into three parts: Education, in-cafeteria taste tests and food scrap sorting, and outdoor learning in school gardens. The program currently partners with seven classrooms in five different schools across Rutland County and sends College of St. Joseph students to teach classroom lessons, collect food scraps and help build classroom gardens. “School gardens in many ways become community gardens,” Griffin said .And community is one of the big reasons Griffin took on the daunting task of creating a farm-to-school network for Rutland. “The Health Needs Assessment continuously indicated obesity as an epidemic in our county. Part of that is nutrition and nutrition education,” she said. “Marble Valley Grows educates students on healthy food choices, so it will hopefully begin to shift the attitudes toward health in the region.” Looking ahead, the grant will be used to continue the development of school garden programs, as well as the addition of other schools and classrooms throughout the region. Marble Valley Grows partners with organizations including RAFFL, food service providers, Shrewsbury Institute for Agricultural Education, Addison County Re-localization and more. The partnering schools include Northeast and Northwest Elementary in Rutland, Proctor, Christ the King and Lothrop. The Bowse Health Trust, a department of Rutland Regional Medical Center, has awarded over $4 million to over 55 programs in the local community since 1996. 2016 grant recipients also include the Southwestern Vermont Hoarding Task Force, hosted by Bennington Rutland Opportunity Council, and the Community Impact Program, hosted by Wonderfeet Kids’ Museum.Source: College of St Joseph 12.11.2015
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Turbodyne Technologies Inc., a developer of patented electrically powered, digitally controlled air charging systems for internal combustion engines, has elected Joseph Cambria to serve on its board of directors.AdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisementCambria is CEO of Cambria Truck Center, based in Edison, New Jersey, and Elizabeth, New Jersey. Cambria Truck Center, a family owned and operated enterprise founded in 1930, is one of the largest dealers of commercial medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the Northeastern United States and the largest dealer of commercial medium- and heavy-duty trucks in New Jersey, recognized for its expertise in motor vehicle technology.Cambria began his career in the automotive industry in 1959 at Continental Motors Corp., in Detroit, serving in sales, service engineering as well as manufacturing, eventually serving in an executive engineering capacity for Continental Motors chassis and powertrain design. Cambria served as an engineer for Mack Trucks in 1962 and later served as plant manager of the Brockway Trucks division.Cambria started his family’s business in 1969 and founded Cambria Mack Trucks in Secaucus, New Jersey. Over the following 43 years, he led his family’s company through expansion and acquisition, creating one of the largest dealers in the Northeastern United States of commercial medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts for Mack Trucks, Perterbuilt, Volvo and Autocar. Cambria Truck Center is one of the largest service centers in the Northeastern United States and is also an authorized service center for GMC medium duty trucks.AdvertisementCambria is an undergraduate of Washington & Lee School of Commerce and Administration and a former captain in the United States Army Reserve. He is a licensed pilot for multi-engine land and sea aircraft.
Pirelli has chosen Marco Crola as its new CEO for the NAFTA region, effective immediately. Crola joins the North American team from Pirelli’s Milan headquarters, where he has most recently served as senior vice president of global OE and prestige business. As CEO of the NAFTA region, Crola will be responsible for the car and motorcycle businesses, as well as manufacturing facilities in Rome, Georgia, and Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico. His appointment follows the departure of Pierluigi Dinelli who left the company to pursue personal interests.AdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisementCrola brings a wealth of experience to his new role, having successfully grown Pirelli’s global original equipment sales and prestige business unit since joining the company in 2006. With OE and prestige being two fundamental cornerstones of Pirelli’s brand DNA, Crola will focus on strengthening these assets in the NAFTA area and continuing the company’s growth in this region of the last few years.Prior to Pirelli, Crola held senior leadership positions at General Electric Group, including CEO of General Electric – Plastics, Italy (1999) and head of operations, Middle East, Oil & Gas Business (2004); and at the Fiat Group as CEO of the service business and European head of sales – automotive division. Crola graduated with a doctorate in industrial chemistry from Milan University.“It’s an honor to join the Pirelli team in North America, which is both one of the most exciting markets globally in the tire industry and for Pirelli as a company, thanks to our technology focus and increasing product offering tailored specifically for this market. Pirelli has achieved great success in the past few years and I look forward to working closely with the team and our partners to continue our company’s future growth here,” said Crola.,Tyrata Inc. and Marubeni Corp. have announced a collaboration for distribution of Tyrata’s IntelliTreadDrive-Over System (DOS) in Japan. Tyrata’s DOS and corresponding data analytics platform have proven effective in the automation of tire tread depth monitoring and Marubeni will be introducing the new technology to its customer base in Japan.AdvertisementClick Here to Read MoreAdvertisement In connection with the collaboration, Marubeni will obtain the right to distribute and service Tyrata’s DOS in Japan, and Tyrata gains the support of a trusted technology partner in the Japanese market. Marubeni will start introducing DOS units in Japan in the fourth quarter of 2020. “We see a demand for low-cost, automated tire monitoring across our customer base and we believe that Tyrata’s products meet the cost and performance requirements in this market. Marubeni is pleased to be a partner for Tyrata in Japan and we look forward to providing customers with this innovative new technology,” said Kazuyoshi Hosoi, general manager, Tires and Rubber Materials Department.Advertisement “As we expand our efforts into the global market, Marubeni is an important element of our distribution strategy,” said Jesko von Windheim, Tyrata’s CEO. “Marubeni not only gives us a capable and trusted sales and service partner in Japan, but they also offer established channels into many other Asian markets.”
Organizations interested in learning more about the IntelliTread portfolio may contact Luka Lojk at mailto:Luka.Lojk@Tyrata.com or +1-704-593-8418. Marubeni will introduce the DOS to Japan and, through demonstration tests with logistics companies, proceed with verification of demand for automatic tire wear measurement, improvement of driver safety, and reduction of tire maintenance costs. Marubeni plans to conclude an exclusive distributor contract with Tyrata after verification. As partners, Marubeni and Tyrata will utilize each other’s knowledge to promote the use of automated wear measurement equipment for tires, thereby contributing to the realization of a safe and smart society.
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Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation will build a 540TEU container carrier for Kobe-based Imoto Lines, Ltd., a leading company for Japan’s domestic sea transport.This next generation domestic liner is the result of ‘chemical reaction’ between experience and expertise of the two companies.To meet the increasing demand in domestic transportation (for both normal and reverse logistics) as well as in feeder service to cope with enlarging international container carriers, the ship is designed to have the biggest loading capacity for a Japanese ‘coastal’ container vessel.With more than twice bigger than conventional types of 499-749GRT, she will bring a new dimension to the transport efficiency.From the outside, clean lines and Kyokuyo’s award-winning and patented SSS bow give the vessel a sleek modern look. The unique front-end shape is expected to save 5% of fuel consumption under average sea condition, by reducing the wind pressure by 30% compared with conventional hulls.The bridge and accommodation area are smartly integrated into the fore-part to ensure better visibility and crew’s comfort, by minimizing the impact of noise and vibration from the machinery. It also helps maximize the container loading efficiency.Besides her sleek hull shape, the new container ship will be equipped with many eco-friendly features that reduce the product’s impact on the environment: high efficiency propeller, fuel saving paint, F.O. piping system that prevents oil spills on bunkering, and IMO PSPC compliant coating, to name a few.Through numerous discussions with Imoto Lines, the best-in-class operator’s vast know-how and tons of ideas are implemented to this new product.“With the delivery scheduled in 2016, we are now working busy to tweak the hull shape, using tank tests and wind tunnel tests, and newly introduced ship design software. We can’t wait to build this ship that will set the benchmark for the next generation of domestic container carrier,” the shipyard said in a release. [mappress]kyokuyoshipyard, February 12, 2014