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Paul Simon, the 12-time Grammy Award winner, will headline the 17th annual Heart & Soul Gala this fall at Norwalk Hospital.The gala features an acoustic performance by Simon, the Hospital announced Wednesday. The event is slated for Oct. 3 and is being organized by the Norwalk Hospital Foundation, a non-profit organization.

Simon, a New Canaan resident, last made local headlines in 2004, when he hosted a fundraiser at his home for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. That event included other celebrities, including “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels and actors Richard Gere and Chevy Chase. It raised an estimated $1 million for Kerry and his campaign.

Paul’s mother, Belle Simon, lived in Stamford for years prior to her death in 2007. She was 97.

“We are honored and thrilled to have Paul Simon perform at this year’s gala, sharing with us his time and talent,” said Mary Franco, president of the Norwalk Hospital Foundation and vice president of public affairs.

For more information about the 2009 Heart and Soul Gala, call the Norwalk Hospital Foundation at (203) 852-2959 or go to http://norwalkhospitalfoundation.org.

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Art will perform in Brampton (South Ontario, Canada) on the 29th of October 2009. Tickets can be ordered here.

On the 20th of March 2010 Art will perform at Newark (New Jersey, USA). Tickets can be ordered here or there.

According to the Associated Press, the Eastman Kodak Co. announced Monday it is retiring “Kodachrome,” its popular flagship line, because of declining consumer demand.

Conceived in 1935, Kodachrome is considered by many to be the first successfully marketed color still film. Thanks to its elimination of the complicated “screenplate method” used in earlier formats such as Autochrome and Dufaycolor, Kodachrome accessibility and relative ease of use became a staple of amateur and professional photographers alike, and was frequently used by national and international media in its heyday.

Currently, sales of Kodachrome represent a fraction of 1 percent of Kodak’s overall sales. The rest is in digital images and transfer of media, such as film to DVD or CD. Читать далее »

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