Nora Shows Up In NY Times Crossword

by Nora The Piano Cat on May 12, 2013

Nora In NY Times CrosswordI’ve been sculpted out cheese by Friskies, been an answer on game shows (in the US and in Russia), been projected onto a thirty-foot screen on a raised drawbridge in St. Petersburg in front of 30,000 people, been the subject of several musical works, most notably CATcerto by composer/conductor Mindaugas Piecaitis, been the subject of a half-hour documentary on Extraordinary Animals first broadcast in the UK, and now I find out that in November of 2012 I was an answer to a clue in a NY Times crossword puzzle. Looks like I have been pretty much accepted into the realm of popular culture. What fun! (Click image for a larger view.)

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Special Mention from Graffest 2012DrawbridgePhotoAs you may recall, my first video was screened at Graffest 2012, an open-air cinema festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, before a crowd of 30,000. It must have been so cool to see it projected onto a 400 square meter screen hanging on a raised drawbridge. Anyway, I received a Special Mention as a cat creator, and they sent me a certficate all the way from Russia! (Click thumbnails to view larger.)

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Facebook Blocked My Profile Page!!

March 24, 2013

Supposedly for “security reasons,” Facebook recently blocked my Facebook profile page. So, at the moment (perhaps forever) it is not accessible. If you have tried to go there, please know that Burnell has created an FB Page (confusing, I know) for me at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nora-The-Piano-Cat. Seems Facebook may not like the fact that a cat has a [...]

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Nora & CATcerto Featured on Russian Psychic TV Show

February 18, 2013

Yours truly and CATcerto, by Lithuanian composer Mindaugas Piecaitis, was featured on an episode of the Russian TV show, “The Battle of Psychics.” How about that? Here’s how it works: A human psychic is isolated in a sound proof booth and a piece of music or other audio is played for the audience. The sound [...]

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Nora The Piano Cat™: The “Thank You” Concert -1.23.2013

January 24, 2013

I performed the “Thank You” concert on 1.23.2013, about a week after receiving hundreds of emails and Facebook comments wishing me a speedy recovery from a jealous sibling’s bite that, while not requiring stitches, did necessitate a trip to the vet to have the wound cleansed and to get a shot of antibiotics. And while [...]

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New Calendar from Nora The Piano Cat…

December 5, 2012

I know this took longer than expected, or at least longer than I expected. Burnell says he’s just had a lot on his plate. I reminded him of exactly who he worked for, and who was responsible for the food on that plate. Well, it seems to have lit a small fire under him, because [...]

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A Mandarin Orange?

November 27, 2012

Being famous would not be nearly as much fun without the help of my personal assistants, Burnell and Betsy. It leaves me more time to do what I do best: playing piano, of course, but also looking beautiful while doing it. Lately, however, I’ve become somewhat suspicious of Burnell’s motives as regards his photography, especially [...]

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AstroGirl Hits the Newsstand. Nora Among World’s Most Talented…

November 19, 2012

Into astrology? Are you a teenaged human girl? Or simply know one? Check out the December 2012 issue of Astro Girl Magazine and flip on over to page 73 to see a few of the World’s Most Talented Pets. Now, I must admit that I really don’t regard myself as a “pet,” but “world’s most [...]

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Carol Visits Me all the way from Sunny Florida…

October 22, 2012

Three out-of-town visitors in two days! It’s a delight to make the lives of so many humans brighter than they would have been otherwise. What can I say? It’s a gift! And this morning when I heard the doorbell, I just knew it was someone seeking an audience with the diva. Enter Carol Hieronymus from [...]

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Maxx & Annetta Visit…

October 21, 2012

I dearly love visitors! I mean, what’s not to love? They came to see me! Well, Maxx & Annetta drove here all the way from Darlington, Maryland just to meet the diva. And I was more than happy to grant them an audience. I even played for them. Of course they were so pleased and [...]

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