Master of Ceremonies:
Boston's Legendary TV Arts and Entertainment Critic, Joyce Kulhawik

Award Recipients:
Child Psychologist and Co-Author of Replays, Dr. Karen Levine;
Director and Producer, Dan Habib and his wife, Betsy McNamara from "Including Samuel"
Parent Activist, Barbara Popper

Entertainment:
Jazz by the Tough Love Trio;
Folk/Pop Artist, Seth Glier;
Dance Troupe, Familias Latinas Unidas por el Syndrome de Down (FLUPESD)

Dress: Business Attire

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Boston’s Legendary TV Arts and Entertainment Critic
Joyce Kulhawik

Joyce Kulhawik, having concluded a 27-year stint as arts and entertainment critic for Boston's CBS affiliate, is currently lending her expertise as an arts advocate and cancer crusader to non-profits all over town. She is currently on tv as a judge on New England's premiere Emmy award-winning musical talent showcase "Community Auditions". As an Emmy award-winning journalist, Kulhawik has covered local and national events from Boston and Broadway to Hollywood. She co-hosted the nationally syndicated movie-review show "Hot Ticket," and she was a continuing co-host on "Roger Ebert & the Movies." Kulhawik continues to perform as a guest narrator and has performed with the Boston Pops, the New England Philharmonic, Boston Musica Viva, the Boston Civic Symphony, and the Concord Orchestra.

A three-time cancer survivor, Kulhawik was called upon to testify before Congress on the 20th anniversary of the National Cancer Act. Since 1983 she has served as the honorary chairperson for the American Cancer Society's "Daffodil Days," helping to raise millions of dollars in the Society's largest statewide spring fundraising event. The American Cancer Society has honored Kulhawik with its National Bronze Medal Award for her work. Kulhawik accepted the 1994 Gilda Radner Award from the Wellness Community in Greater Boston "for engendering inspiration in cancer patients via her own valiant fight with the disease."

Formerly an English teacher at Brookline High School, Kulhawik holds an M.A.T. in English/Education from the Universtiy of Vermont, as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Communications from her alma mater, Simmons College.  She was honored by the Berklee College of Music with an endowed scholarship in her name, and currently serves on the Massachusetts Sports and Entertainment Commission, the Boston Society of Film Critics, and the selection committee for the Boston Theatre Awards. In 2009 Kulhawik was awarded the Stagesource Theatre Hero Award for her service, and inspiration as a champion of Boston area theatre and the arts. Kulhawik also received the 2009 Boston Globe Arts Champion Award by the Boston Center for the Arts, and was among the first inducted into the MCC Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Kulhawik also moonwalks and yodels.

Look for joyce online at www.joycekulhawik.com and you will discover her blog :"spontaneous acts of joyce."