Manhattan
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Beyond Skin: Norm Yip Celebrates LGBTQ Pride with Luce Support
Photography Exhibition Coincides with World Pride Week in NYC New York, N.Y. 37Tong is pleased to announce the inaugural United States exhibition of "The Asian Male: BEYO…
Fountain House Gallery Auctions 100 Artworks at Mad About Art Benefit
New York, N.Y. We have attended and reviewed Mad About Art for years. This November’s event was the best ever – an unqualified success, artistically and financially. Foun…
Global Leaders Lions Club Launches Website with NYOT Support
New York, N.Y. The New York Global Leaders Lions Club, founded in 2015, has launched its first website . This Lions Club ( Facebook ), supporting Orphans, Education & the…
Mad About Art: Fountain House Gallery’s Big Night Out
New York, N.Y. Mad About Art, Fountain House Gallery’s annual art auction and benefit, recently drew nearly 400 attendees to the venue Metropolitan West. They convened in…
Peter Reginato- The Unexpected
Is there a better image of the Manhattan iconic art scene than the artist loft? The clean lines, solid backgrounds and targeted lighting are hard to beat. That imagery sa…
Missed Gala with Jim Luce? Many Free New York City Events Offered
New York, N.Y. Last week, The National Arts Club was home to the J. Luce Foundation's 17th Annual Gala (See: How You Can Help Jim Luce Try to Heal the World ) and over 20…
Mother-Daughter Duo Sketch 888 Taiwanese Faces
New York, N.Y. - I met the most amazing mother-daughter duo the other week. Americans, they were speaking at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York ( TECO-NY…
$8.5 Million Dollhouse Amps Up ‘Holiday Under The Stars'
New York, N.Y. Valued and insured at $8.5 million, The Astolat Dollhouse Castle will be on public display this holiday season at The Shops of Columbus Circle at Time Warn…
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Hosts Manhattan Soiree
By Sara Herbert-Galloway. New York, N.Y. John and Margo Catsimatidis , Francine LeFrak , and Pamela Newman hosted an exclusive reception at The Four Seasons Restaurant fo…
Congress Member Maloney Writes on Fighting 'Extremists,' 'Nonsense'
Washington, D.C. In a letter to constituents today, Congressional Representative Carolyn B. Maloney expressed frustration and determination to fight what she termed as bo…
Hellenic Fund Launching to Help Kids, including Refugees, in Hellas
New York, N.Y. I am pleased to announce that our Foundation will launch our Hellenic Fund to support children in Greece - whether economically distressed, orphaned, or re…
Untold South Asian Stories at IAAC Literary Festival in New York
New York, N.Y. Aroon Shivdasani, Executive and Artistic Director of the Indo-American Arts Council ( IAAC ), did not sleep much last month - though she seldom does. Aroon…
Bollywood's Economic Impact - on New York
I first met New York-based music composer Wayne Sharpe two years ago at the New York Indo-American Film Festival ( NYIFF ). He was the first American I had ever encounter…
Childlike Art Exhibition Opens on Upper East Side to Benefit Orphans
New York, N.Y. Curated by Jeremy Hu of Asymmetrik Gallery, Childlike is a mixed presentation of paintings, photographs and sculpture of children around the world featurin…
Childlike Art Exhibition Opens to Benefit Orphans International
New York, N.Y. The exhibition Childlike, c urated by Jeremy Hu of Asymmetrik Gallery ( link) , opens today with its wine and cheese Opening Reception scheduled for Friday…
Fountain Gallery Presents Exhibition at Stonehenge-Luce Annex
New York, N.Y. Fountain Gallery , the premier venue in New York City representing artists with mental illness, presents Works on Paper at the Stonehenge-Luce Non-Profit A…
Indo-American Arts Council at 15 with Who’s Who of S. Asian Celebs
New York, N.Y. No one in Manhattan can throw a gala like Aroon Shivdasani , and the fifteenth anniversary fete of her Indo-American Arts Council ( IAAC ) was everything I…
J. Luce Foundation Welcomes New Executive Staff
New York, N.Y. Please join me in welcoming two new members of the J. Luce Foundation executive staff: Jeremy Hu and Nigel Roberts. Jeremy serves as our foundation's execu…
Next Generation of Global Indian Cinema
New York, N.Y. I recently attended Ticket2Bollywood ( T2B ) sponsored by Molecule Communications . I had the opportunity to interview its director Ajay Shrivastav and his…
Roosevelt Island Prepares for Third Annual Cherry Blossom Festival
New York, N.Y. Warm weather is upon us at last, and with it comes the Third Annual Roosevelt Island Cherry Blossom Festival. Located under the 59th Street Bridge, across…
SAMAA Dedicated to Keeping Indian Classical Music Alive
New York, N.Y . Preserving the classics is a noble endeavor. Jazz, for example, is an original American music art form that once dominated the airwaves, dance halls, and…
Showcasing Haiti Contemporary Artists Exhibition at NYC Gallery
New York, N.Y. The Haitian Cultural Foundation, with assistance from board members Raynald Leconte and Eve Blouin, curates its second Haiti Spiral Contemporary Artists sh…
A "Gandhi" for our Age: Indian Film Chittagong
New York, N.Y. Using visual cues from the paintings of Caravaggio, Indian filmmaker Bedabrata Pain has produced a triumphant film, Chittagong , that screened in New York…
Charlie Rangel Honored at Uni Haiti Gala for his Efforts to Rebuild Haiti
New York, N.Y. Congressman Charles B. Rangel was honored by The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation with its Humanitarian Award for his decades of work to encourage developm…
Comedy Takes Stand for Troops in Manhattan
New York, N.Y. The organization Stand for the Troops ( SFTT ) had a benefit at New York's famed Gotham Comedy Club next to the Chelsea Hotel headlined by Saturday Night L…
Hip Hop Saves Lives’ Wan-Luv Summer Music Series in NYC
New York, N.Y. Summer in New York City is a special time with heat, rain – and outdoor festivals! On July 26, the Wan-Luv 2012 Summer Music Series will present a “Pre Car…
Riveting Speech on Prison Reform from Experience
New York, N.Y. I was fortunate to be invited to The Osborne Association ’s 2012 Annual Lighting the Way Breakfast recently where I heard attorney Elizabeth Gaynes present…
Slow Food at Sprig Fights Fast-Food Culture
New York, N.Y. In a sea of steaks, burritos and grab-and-go food in busy Midtown East, there is a beacon of the Slow Food movement, serving healthful food in an elegant,…
TM Meets Medicine, Bridges Difference
By Ralph DePalo, Ph.D. New York, N.Y. Leaders of the David Lynch Foundation ( DLF ), the Global Stress Initiative ( GSI ), and The Water Initiative met recently at the ho…
Eleventh Annual New York Indian Film Festival Triumphant!
New York, NY. I enjoyed this year’s Indian Film Festival so much! Opening Night I saw the Disney-backed film Do Dooni Chaar , directed by Habib Faisal, then Iti Mri…
Indian Spring Festival Holi, Celebrated at South Street Seaport
New York, NY. Raised Christian, I believed Easter was the kick-off of spring. After I became the token goy of a Torah study in Manhattan, I switched my spring allegiance…
Chatting with UNICEF's Director Ann Veneman
New York, N.Y. I met UNICEF 's executive director Ann M. Veneman recently at Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden's World Childhood Foundation luncheon at the United Nation…
Evil in America? U.S. Fundamentalist Group to Burn Koran on 9/11
New York, N.Y. One need not journey to the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan to discover evil. We have our own home-grown variety of dangerous extremism here in Florid…
Film on the Life & Times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie
"If we turn our back, she will die." - Sam Bassett New York, N.Y. Storme , a documentary by Sam Bassett based on the life and times of Stonewall Veteran Storme DeLarverie…
Goodbye, Western Union? Overseas Remittances Now ATM to ATM
C ash remittances allow people living in cash-hungry countries to receive funds from friends and relatives in cash positive-countries. Before the earthquake in Haiti, Hai…
Who Was Chea Vichea and Why Does He Matter?
New York, N.Y. In my own special screening, director Bradley Cox recently showed me his 55-minute film Who Killed Chea Vichea? in his office in Manhattan. Bradley is now…
If It Is Astoria, It Must Be Opa! Forty Years of Greek Cuisine with Perdika Zevlakis
Astoria, N.Y. Since 1969, the year man walked on the moon, Opa! Souvlaki Restaurant of Astoria, Queens, has been Greek to its core. It is run by the Greek community's Ela…