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 executive director, and Nigel is the managing editor of The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness, the foundation’s communications platform. They join John Lee, our vice president, on [...]
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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 sister and business partner Kiren. Brother and sister Ajay and Kiren Shrivastav are opposites. He is the creative one and Kiren more the businesswoman operating Molecule Communications in Mumbai and Ajay is opening [...]
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 from the United Nations, Roosevelt Island has 600 incredible cherry trees. With the opening of FDR Four Freedom Park, a $50 million improvement to the island [...]
ELEQT Presents Itself to Manhattan Society During NYC Fashion Week
New York, N.Y. Opening day of NYFW, exclusive online community ELEQT held their Manhattan Launch at the Maserati of Manhattan. Images from the ELEQT’s Manhattan Launch. How Do You Spell Luxury? ELEQT ELEQT took their members only, online social engagement network offline during New York [...]
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 featuring the works of Christophe von Hohenberg, Karim Hamid, Brenda Zlamany, Ken Shung, Eva Mueller, Pauline Galiana, and Dickon Eames. This admission-free event is to benefit Orphans International Worldwide (www.oiww.org). [...]
Childlike Art Exhibition Opens to Benefit Orphans International
New York, N.Y. The exhibition Childlike, curated by Jeremy Hu of Asymmetrik Gallery (link), opens today with its wine and cheese Opening Reception scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, 6-9pm at the Stonehenge-Luce Annex at 1159 Second Avenue at the corner of 61st Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The exhibition is a benefit for [...]
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 showcase, which discovers the hidden artistic talents amongst the people of Haiti. The Haiti Spiral Contemporary Artists showcased their exhibit at the Stonehenge-Luce Non-Profit Annex, a pop-up gallery located at 1159 [...]
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 encountered who worked for Bollywood. Recently I had the chance to attend a conference that focused on the economic impact of Bollywood in New York City – [...]
