Brookline local Hildy Grossman organizes benefit concert to defeat lung cancer

On April 27th at 7:30 p.m., Upstage Lung Cancer (ULC), in partnership with the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, presents Sensational 60’s: Classic Rock and Roll Lives On - SING OUT!, a spirited benefit concert at the Dana-Farber Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Auditorium. Concert proceeds will benefit the Upstage Lung Cancer Foundation Early Detection Project at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute (ALCMI) Young Lung Genome Fund.

Founded in Boston in 2008 by Hildy Grossman, a Brookline local and lung cancer survivor, ULC exclusively uses music and the performing arts to increase awareness, de-stigmatize the disease, and raise funds for cutting-edge early detection research. Grossman is the lead jazz vocalist of the cabaret group, Follen Angels, and has combined her passions for life and song to bring awareness and hope to change the disturbing facts of lung cancer. Every two and half minutes someone is diagnosed with lung cancer, and increasingly those diagnoses happen in the prime of life and to those who never smoked. Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer, and more than 60% of patients are diagnosed at advanced stages when a cure is not feasible. The five-year survival rate for patients with advanced disease is less than 10%, but, if caught at the earliest stage, survival is greater than 70%.

Grossman says: “We need a reliable and easily accessible method to detect lung cancer earlier. That’s what our concerts are for – Singing Out! to save lives. We can and must do something, and we can and must do that together. The time is now.”

Guest speakers include Geoffrey Oxnard, MD, an oncologist at Dana-Farber who is a celebrated speaker, researcher, and clinician, and Anna Plaza of Addario Lung Cancer Foundation whose focus is young people with lung cancer. Hosted by WBZ’s Jordan Rich, this energetic and uplifting night of music will strike a chord to raise awareness of the changing face of lung cancer. Performers include the Follen Angels performing jazz, cabaret, and Oldies pop and a Cappella groups, Custom Blend and Northeastern University’s NU Downbeats.

April 27, 2017 | 7:30 p.m.
Boston Red Sox Jimmy Fund Auditorium | 35 Binney Street, Boston
COMPLIMENTARY PARKING at YAWKEY GARAGE upon request to Upstage Lung Cancer
Tickets: $15 Students with ID, $25 general admission, $45 reserved, $100 and $250 (VIP), & complimentary for Lung Cancer survivors.

www.upstagelungcancer.org