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Offering top-notch entrées, appetizers, beverages and desserts, exactly 49 vendors served samples of their products to more than 700 attendees in a festive atmosphere during Queens Taste 2014 at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel on April 29. « more »
Beginning May 1, The Bronx Museum of the Arts will present Shyu Ruey-Shiann’s kinetic installation One Kind of Behavior at its North Wing second-floor terrace. With dozens of same-sized steel buckets scattered on the floor, One Kind of Behavior will transform the spacious terrace into a vibrant, playful and intriguing landscape. It will be on view through August 17, 2014. « more »
We Might Have to Excise Your Lung is a project inspired by neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran’s research on how our body is a map constructed by the brain in order to manage it more easily and how that makes the body image changeable in our minds. Jia-Jen Lin presents a series of modular works exploring how modern medicine changes our physical perception with regards to our own bodies. She also questions how our physical bodies lose their integrity and become more fragile under the authority of these medical systems, as our medical technology is moving faster than we can imagine. « more »
On April 28, 2014 National Dance Institute (NDI) held their annual Gala which included performances by some of NDI’s 6000 public school students showcasing Chinese dance as part of NDI’s collaboration with China, “Dancing into the Future: I Can, Too.” Ambassador Sun Guoxiang and his wife Wang Min and Deputy Consul General Zhang Meifang attended as honorable guests. Honorary Gala Chairs included Whoopi Goldberg, Chris Noth and Debra Messing, with Charlotte d’Amboise and Terrence Mann of the Tony award-winning Pippin as emcees. Celebrity guests in attendance included Charles “Lil’ Buck” Riley, Tiler Peck, Robert Fairchild, Sophia Bush, Betty Who and Charlotte Ross. « more »
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual benefit Plant Sale returns this spring with the largest selection of top-quality, affordable plants in the metropolitan area. The Plant Sale has been a much-anticipated spring tradition in NYC for over 60 years, offering an unmatched selection of locally-grown, hand-selected plants for gardens big and small, indoors and out. « more »
McDonald’s New York Tri-State is proud to present the first annual McDonald’s B-Boy Royale, New York City’s largest breakdance competition of the year. The event will feature some of today’s leading breakers and dance crews battling it out for cash prizes. « more »
Raising the Temperature addresses contemporary artistic response to observed anthropogenic challenges to the environment. No one is external to the social and cultural context of life. The environmental crisis is the result of decades of commitment to the priority of material value to the exclusion of cultural change and sustainability. Human survival demands a reconfiguration of lifestyle in the context of a re-estimation of global values in Eco-preference. The words Raising the Temperature are a metaphor for this issue which is the responsibility of us all. « more »
Purina ONE partnered with North Shore Animal League, a large, no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization based in Long Island, New York, to bring 16 specially chosen cats from around the country to hang out at the café. « more »
The Culinary Battles® quest to find the nation’s top Asian chef is about to reach its peak. After intense regional competitions in Atlantic City and Los Angeles, the final four contestants are heading to the grand finale at Las Vegas’ famed Caesars Palace on April 26th at 2 p.m. Along with naming the Supreme Asian Chef, this ultimate showdown will put to rest the ongoing East Coast vs West Coast culinary rivalry. « more »
