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SUMMARY:Local Author Series: Experience the Magic of "Pomp\, Snow & CIRQUE
 umstance!"
LOCATION:Westchester Regional\nWestchester Regional
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for the debut appearance of the enchanting characters 
 - Pomp\, Snow and Cirque - from the award-winning children's book by Broad
 way director\, Cirque Dreams founder and author Neil Goldberg. Watch as th
 e characters bring this holiday story to life during this spellbinding rea
 ding. Library cardholders are eligible for a drawing at the end of each ev
 ent to win a set of four tickets to the live-action show in South Florida 
 in December. Must be present to win. Ages 3 yrs.+.\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.i
 nfo/event/9014749
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Learn more at <a href="http://www.pompsnow
 andcirqueumstance.com">www.pompsnowandcirqueumstance.com</a>.</p>\n<p><str
 ong>About the Author</strong></p>\n<p>Neil Goldberg is a Broadway director
 \, theatre producer\, creative visionary and emerging new author whose nam
 e is synonymous with quality\, engaging family entertainment &amp\; conten
 t.&nbsp\; He has been leading &amp\; revolutionizing the worlds entertainm
 ent landscape for over 3 decades with highly imaginative contemporary circ
 us arts\, theatrical &amp\; immersive experiences.</p>\n<p>POMP\, SNOW &am
 p\; CIRQUEumstance&trade\; is his first children&rsquo\;s storybook bringi
 ng 3 new characters to life in an original holiday adventure. Throughout h
 is career\, children have been immersed in unique experiences he created f
 or Special Olympics\, Parent Magazine\, Children&rsquo\;s Miracle Network\
 , Girl Scouts of the USA\, Boys &amp\; Girls Club of America\, hospitals\,
  schools\, youth programs &amp\; charitable children&rsquo\;s organization
 s globally.</p>\n<p>Neil is CEO and artistic director of Variety Arts Mana
 gement\, Dream Studios and founder of Cirque Productions and the renowned 
 Cirque Dreams entertainment brand.&nbsp\; He has designed and produced sho
 ws and innovative spectacles for two Super Bowls\, the NBA\, Disney\, Busc
 h Gardens\, Six Flags\, Miss Universe\, NBC\, ABC\, CBS\; Norwegian\, Roya
 l Caribbean &amp\; Carnival Cruise Lines and Armed Forces Entertainment to
  honor &amp\; entertain service members and their families worldwide. From
  PBS to MTV his live\, diverse &amp\; inclusive productions have been broa
 dcast with vast appeal. Casinos &amp\; hotels throughout the world have pr
 esented Neil&rsquo\;s shows including MGM\, Harrah&rsquo\;s\, Caesars\, Ba
 llys\, Mohegan Sun\, Trump\, Foxwoods\, Gaylord\, Conrad &amp\; Hilton Res
 orts. He has created &amp\; directed shows with the Pittsburgh\, Baltimore
 \, New World and National symphonies along with National YoungArts Foundat
 ion\, Parkinson&rsquo\;s Foundation\, American Red Cross\, American Heart 
 Association and The American Cancer Society.</p>\n<p>Neil received worldwi
 de recognition and critical acclaim for creating &amp\; producing Cirque I
 ngenieux\, collaborating on an original score with Golden Globe winner Kit
 aro &amp\; hailed &ldquo\;ingenious&rdquo\; by Variety &amp\; &ldquo\;opul
 ent &amp\; engaging&rdquo\; by the Washington Post.&nbsp\; He produced &am
 p\; directed Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy\, the first show of its kind to 
 perform on Broadway at The Broadway Theatre and nominated for an American 
 Theatre Wing Best Costume Design Award with additional companies performin
 g internationally from China to Brazil. The NY Daily News declared "There 
 have only been a handful of shows that have generated an exclamation point
  as assertive as the ones created and directed by Neil Goldberg.&rdquo\; H
 e imagined\, produced &amp\; directed Cirque Dreams Holidaze which became 
 one of the most successful touring family holiday stage shows of all time.
 &nbsp\; Chief theater critic and culture columnist for the Chicago Tribune
  Chris Jones stated &ldquo\;I&rsquo\;ve long admired Goldberg&rsquo\;s wor
 k&rdquo\; and the LA Times proclaimed him &ldquo\;A leading theatrical imp
 resario and Circus maven.&rdquo\; In 2018\, Cirque Dreams was acquired by 
 Cirque du Soleil.</p>\n<p>Neil&rsquo\;s shows and creations have appeared 
 in over 500 US cities\, across 6 continents and attended by over 50 millio
 n people including prestigious engagements at the Kennedy Center\; the Gra
 nd Ole Opry House\; Ziegfeld Theatre\, NYC\; LA&rsquo\;s Dolby &amp\; Pant
 ages Theatres\; Alte Oper house\, Frankfurt\, Germany\; Salle des Etoiles\
 , Monaco\; and the Ministry of Bahrain Summer Festival.&nbsp\; At home he 
 was awarded the key to Florida&rsquo\;s Broward County by the Mayor for co
 nceiving &amp\; producing its Centennial celebration show.</p>\n<p>He has 
 appeared on the Today show\, CNN\, Fox &amp\; Friends and CBS Saturday amo
 ngst hundreds of local TV news and talk show appearances in almost every c
 ity across the country.&nbsp\; In 2019 Neil was a guest on the Kelly Clark
 son show where they discussed his Christmas &amp\; Holiday creations &amp\
 ; gave away show tickets to the entire studio audience. Kelly &amp\; Neil 
 surprised 10 year old ASPCA&rsquo\;s Kid of the Year with an all-expense p
 aid trip with his family to experience his holiday show at Christmas at Ga
 ylord Rockies Resort in Colorado.</p>\n<p>Today\, Goldberg's conglomerate 
 of companies continues focusing on the development and producing of creati
 ve entertainment &amp\; experiences\, multimedia\, costume creations &amp\
 ; theatrical productions. He is the founding philanthropist of the Neil Go
 ldberg Dream Foundation\, established to enrich the arts.</p>\nhttps://mdp
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