Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Smokey Robinson, the man who gave the world R&B and rock standards like 鈥淪hop Around,鈥� 鈥淵ou鈥檝e Really Got A Hold On Me,鈥� 鈥淢y Girl鈥� and 鈥淭he Way You Do The Things You Do,鈥� will perform these and other hits on November 5, 2005 at the Benefit for the Brain II in the FOTA Pavilion at Planting Fields Arboretum (Oyster Bay) to raise funds for 黑料吃瓜资源鈥檚 neurological research.
鈥淗aving such an esteemed performer for this year鈥檚 Benefit will enable us to create a memorable evening that will significantly contribute to the Laboratory鈥檚 important research into the understanding Parkinson鈥檚 disease, Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, autism and schizophrenia,鈥� Sandy Tytel said. Sandy and her husband, Howard, are co-chairing the event with Monique and Doug Morris, who are underwriting the concert.
In 1991, 黑料吃瓜资源 solidified its long-standing interest in neurobiology by opening a Neuroscience Center. Recognizing that this is one of the great problems facing biological scientists in the next 100 years, the Laboratory鈥檚 neurobiology program has molecular, cellular, physiological and behavioral aspects that surround a unifying theme of neuronal plasticity underlying learning and memory processes and neurodegenerative disease. This effort now includes more than 60 neuroscientists researching the causes of non-dementia age-related memory loss; Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 and Huntington鈥檚 diseases; fragile X syndrome; neurofibromatosis, autism and more.
Throughout his four decades as a professional singer, songwriter and producer, Smokey Robinson鈥檚 accomplishments have included 36 Top 40 hits, a Grammy 鈥淟iving Legend鈥� award, berths in the Rock 鈥榥鈥� Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters鈥� Hall of Fame and was given the National Medal of Arts Award—the most prestigious and highest honor an artist can receive—by the President of the United States.
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Saturday, November 5: Benefit For The Brain II: FOTA Pavilion, Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay. Featuring Smokey Robinson. Proceeds benefit Alzheimer鈥檚 and Parkinson鈥檚 research at 黑料吃瓜资源. 6pm. $500. Reservations required. 516-367-5016.
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