The Portal in the Park interactive, animated app NOW available at iTunes.
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Lady Gaga's inspirational kids songs New York Post. Posted: 1:51 AM, January 19, 2010
Lady Gaga has teamed up with old-school rapper Grandmaster Melle Mel on a multimedia fable for ages 6 and up, "The Portal in the Park," about a boy of 11 who confronts good and evil in Central Park. The book, written by Cricket Casey, comes with a CD with seven inspirational songs. Casey signed up Stefani Germanotta to the project after seeing her at the Bitter End, before she became Lady Gaga...
Casey and Melle Mel joined Dr. Oz to support his Healthy Halloween event in Topmkins Square Park in NYC. Grandmaster Melle Mel performed his infamous song “The Message” for the motivated crowd as Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Mache Seibel grooved on stage along side him. Healthy Halloween event is sponsored by Dr. Oz's nonprofit foundation, to know more visit HealthCorps.org.
A Healthy Halloween ‘Message’ The Villager: Volume 77, Number 22 | Oct. 31 - Nov. 06, 2007
Pioneering rapper Melle Mel, of Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five fame, belted out the classic hit “The Message” at the second annual Tompkins Scare Park on Saturday. The all-day event in Tompkins Square Park featured another message — of healthy snacks and creativity instead of candy for Halloween. Grooving onstage behind Melle Mel were Dr. Mehmet Oz, left, and Dr. Mache Seibel, promoters of the Healthy Halloween movement.
A healthier horror show
Tompkins Square Park became Tompkins Scare Park last Saturday during an all-day Halloween event. The festival brought together East Village artists, children and teens, in the words of its organizers, “to reinvent Halloween with style, with a theme of creativity over candy.”
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Casey had the idea for some time to work on a combination children's book/CD, but it wasn't until a chance meeting on a train that she came into contact with Melle Mel.
"I happened to be talking to a friend of his who thought he might he interested," she recalled, "and the rest is history."
Melle Mel, whose real name is Melvin Glover, got his start as
the lead rapper of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, who
earlier this year became the first-ever rap group inducted into the
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