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By Maria Esteves – June 22, 2014
First Time Fest 2014: The Second Time Around (FTF 2014) Opening Panel Women in Entertainment with celebrity panelists Brooke Shields, Carol Alt, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Rosie Perez moderated by Village Voice Anna Merilyn commenced Thursday, April 3, 5:00 PM at NeueHouse, New York. Presented by Royal Bank of Canada and hosted by NeueHouse, these amazing women discussed progress in recent years for women in the entertainment industry from working conditions a...
By Maria Esteves – June 22, 2014
First Time Fest 2014: The Second Time Around (FTF 2014) Opening Panel Women in Entertainment, with celebrity panelists Brooke Shields, Carol Alt, Daphne Rubin-Vega and Rosie Perez moderated by Village Voice Anna Merilyn was held at NeueHouse, New York, Thursday, April 3, 5:00 PM. Presented by Royal Bank of Canada and hosted by NeueHouse, these amazing women discussed progress in recent years for women in the entertainment industry from working conditions ...
By Maria Esteves - June 3, 2014
The 59th Annual 2014 Village Voice OBIE Awards (OBIES 2014) co-hosted by Award winning producer/actress Tamara Tunie, Spring Awakening, and Obie Award winner actor Hamish Linklater, The Crazy Ones, honoring theatrical excellence and achievements in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway commenced Monday, May 19, 8:00 pm at the historical Webster Hall ballroom, New York City. A gala reception with live music by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn preceded the awards.
The 201...
By Maria Esteves - June 3, 2014
The 59th Annual 2014 Village Voice OBIE Awards (OBIES 2014) co-hosted by Award winning producer/actress Tamara Tunie, Spring Awakening, and Obie Award winner actor Hamish Linklater, The Crazy Ones, honoring theatrical excellence and achievements in Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway commenced Monday, May 19, 8:00 pm at the historical Webster Hall ballroom, New York. A gala reception with live music by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn preceded the awards. The 2014...
By Maria Esteves – May 18, 2014
The Eighth Annual 2014 New York Dance Parade and Festival with Grand Marshals Tony Award winning tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover, artistic director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush Women, Queen of House Music Barbara Tucker and DJ Hex Hector commenced Saturday, May 17, 1:00pm - 7:00pm down on Broadway and Tompkins Square Park. Presented by executive director Greg Miller, Dance Parade, Inc,, this year’s theme Be The Momentum, a ...
By Maria Esteves – May 18, 2014
The First Annual Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York 2014 (RBMANY14) LARRY LEVAN STREET PARTY with DJ artist François Kevorkian (François K), Paradise Garage former opening DJ David DePino, backup DJ Joey Llanos and special guest dance music recording artist Jocelyn Brown commenced Sunday, May 11, 2014, 12:00pm – 6:00pm on King Street, NYC, the original block of the Paradise Garage dance venue. The extraordinary historica...
By Maria Esteves – April 28, 2014
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival Closing Night Premiere of BEGIN AGAIN, directed by John Carney commenced Saturday, April 26, 2014 at BMCC, New York. Carney’s musical comedy film BEGIN AGAIN red carpet arrivals included TFF co-founder Robert De Niro and his wife Grace Hightower, TFF co-founder Jane Rosenthal, director John Carney, cast members singer/songwriter/musician Adam Levine, actress Hailee Steinfeld, and actress Keira Knightley. BEGIN AG...
By Maria Esteves – April 27, 2014
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival Premiere Music Documentary KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON, directed by Alan Hicks was held at BMCC, New York, Saturday, April 19, 2014, 5:30PM. The premiere red carpet arrivals included producer Quincy Jones, award-winning musician Herbie Hancock, Academy Award winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, jazz singer Dianne Reeves, jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, cast members jazz pianist Justin Kauflin and Gwen Terry (Clark Terry's wife).
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By Maria Esteves – April 26, 2014
Multimedia artist One9 directorial debut music documentary TIME IS ILLMATIC premiered during the 13th Tribeca Film Festival to a full house audience at the AMC Loews Village, New York, Friday, April 25, 2014. The post premiere Q&A session immediately followed with director One9 and writer Erik Parker, moderated by director of sales & operations Loren Hammonds, Tribeca Film Festival. Questions posed to One9 and Parker by Hammonds and the audience ...
By Maria Esteves – April 26, 2014
The 13th Tribeca Film Festival 2014 (TFF 2014) Opening Night Premiere Music Documentary of TIME IS ILLMATIC, directed by multimedia artist One9 commenced Wednesday, April 16, at the Beacon Theater, New York. Presented by AT&T, TFF celebrated the 20th anniversary of the hip-hop classic album Illmatic with the documentary debut and live performance of the entire album by recording artist Nas (Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones).
TIME IS ILLMATIC is a provocative...
By Maria Esteves - April 25, 2014
The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Premiere Documentary of THE RISE AND RISE OF BITCOIN, directed by Nicolas Mross commenced Wednesday, April 23, 5:30 PM at the SVA theatre, New York. The Tribeca Talks After The Movie with director Mross and cast members Daniel Mross (Nicolas’s brother) and Charlie Shrem moderated by Nathaniel Popper, reporter, The New York Times was a phenomenal financial cyber powerhouse. They discussed the bitcoin phenomenon, cryptoc...
By Maria Esteves – April 21, 2014
The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Premiere Documentary BEYOND THE BRICK: A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY, directed by Academy Award winner Daniel Junge and Academy Award nominee Kief Davidson commenced Sunday, April 20, 2014 at the SVA theatre, New York. The post premiere Q&A session immediately followed moderated by director of programming Genna Terranova, Tribeca Film Festival. Questions posed by the audience to directors Junge, Davidson and cast members Lego Ar...
By Maria Esteves – April 19, 2014
Lou Howe’s directorial debut of GABRIEL premiered during the 13th Tribeca Film Festival at the SVA theatre, New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The post premiere Q&A session immediately followed with director Howe, lead actor Rory Culkin, cast and crew members moderated by artistic director Frederic Boyer, Tribeca Film Festival.
Questions posed by Boyer and the audience to director Howe and cast included: “Describe the film style, th...
By Maria Esteves – April 6, 2014
The Click Z Live New York Conference & Expo 2014 (CZLNY2014), formerly SES New York Opening Keynote Ten New Media Trends Shaping the Lives of Modern Consumers with Editor-in-Chief Randi Zuckerberg, Dot Complicated, Founder/CEO, Zuckerberg Media, commenced Tuesday, April 1, 9:00 AM, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. Keynote speaker Zuckerberg talked about her personal experience at Facebook and discussed the top media trends to be applied in business. The...
By Maria Esteves – March 26, 2014
World-renowned musical artist and humanist ENRICO MACIAS received the ASF Pomegranate Award for Lifetime Achievement during the 17th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYSJFF 2014) Opening Night Gala held at the Center for Jewish History, New York, Thursday, March 13, 7:45 PM. Presented by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) in association with Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), the annual Pomegranate Award acknowledge achievements in the his...
By Maria Esteves – March 23, 2014
The 17th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYSJFF 2014) Opening Night Gala commenced Thursday, March 13, 6:30pm at the Center for Jewish History, New York. Presented by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) in association with Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), this year’s ASF Pomegranate Lifetime Achievement Award went to world-renowned musical artist ENRICO MACIAS. His extraordinary live performance in a packed theater with encores and...
By Maria Esteves – March 23, 2014
World-renowned musical artist and humanist ENRICO MACIAS received the ASF Pomegranate Award for Lifetime Achievement during the 17th New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival 2014 (NYSJFF 2014) Opening Night Gala held at the Center for Jewish History, New York, Thursday, March 13, 7:45 PM. Presented by the American Sephardi Federation (ASF) in association with Yeshiva University Museum (YUM), the annual Pomegranate Award acknowledge achievements in the his...
By Maria Esteves – March 17, 2014
FIRST TIME FEST 2014 (FTF 2014), hosted by NeueHouse will be held at Loews Village VII Cinemas, New York, April 3-7, 2014. FTF 2014, the second time around will showcase twelve new international films by prominent filmmakers from around the world along with panel discussions, the John Huston Award for outstanding film achievement and FTF Grand Prize Award for theatrical distribution. FTF 2014 Opening and Closing films are PARIS IS BURNING (1990), directe...
By Maria Esteves – March 4, 2014
The 86th Academy Awards (Oscars 2014) presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2013 hosted by Ellen DeGeneres commenced Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:00pm ET at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California and aired live with 40 million viewers worldwide. GRAVITY received seven Oscars including best director Alfonso Cuaron. Three Oscars went to 12 YEARS A SLAVE including best picture and DALLA...
By Maria Esteves – March 3, 2014
The 86th Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) for outstanding film achievements of 2013 hosted by Ellen DeGeneres commenced Sunday, March 2, 2014, 8:00pm ET at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, California and aired live with 40 million viewers worldwide. GRAVITY received seven Oscars including Best Director Alfonso Cuaron. Three Oscars went to 12 YEARS A SLAVE including Best Picture and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB in...
By Maria Esteves – January 25, 2014
The 5th Annual Digital Book World Conference 2014 (DBW14) Special Presentation of OUT OF PRINT, directed by Vivienne Roumani was held at the Sheraton New York Hotel, Wednesday, January 13, 2014. A benefit reception preceded this compelling documentary narrated by three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep followed by a Q&A session with director Vivienne Roumani, and cast members CEO Jane Friedman, Open Road Integrated Media, former CEO of Harper Collins;...
By Maria Esteves – February 21, 2014
The Leather Japan 2014 Opening Exhibition Reception hosted by Japan Fashion Week was held during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2014 Collections at Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, Tuesday, February 11, 2014. The opening reception showcased historical and contemporary leather themed artwork by top Japanese artists and fashion designers such as AKIYOSHI MISHIMA, KOSUKE TSUMURA, SHIN MURAYAMA and Blackmeans designer craftsman YUJIRO KOMATSU. Leather Jap...
By Maria Esteves – February 17, 2014
The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York REEM ACRA Ready to Wear Fall 2014 Midnight In Paris Runway show commenced Monday, February 10, 2014 in Lincoln Center. This season Acra’s elegant and luxurious collection inspired by the diversity of today’s women included embroidered gowns and dresses (short, long sleeves) in gold lace, silver, platinum, black, and winter white; belted wool coat and velvet bomber jacket.
MBFW REEM ACRA Fall...
By Maria Esteves – February 16, 2014
New York Fashion Week TIMO WEILAND RTW Women’s Fall/Winter 2014 Runway show was held during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Tuesday, February 11, 2014. This season’s ready-to-wear feminine urban style collection included classic evening and daywear dresses; sweaters, pleated and pencil knit skirts in polka dot, plaid, and stripe prints; metallic t-shirts and leather skirts.
NYFW TIMO WEILAND Women’s RTW Fall/Winter
2014 Show, creat...
By Maria Esteves – February 10, 2014
New York Fashion Week CHRISTIAN SIRIANO Fall/Winter 2014 Runway show was held during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on Saturday, February 8, 2014. Siriano’s classic and sophisticated Fall/Winter collection celebrated the 1950s Parisian styles worn by the legendary high fashion model Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, photographed by Fernand Fonssagrives and Irving Penn. The dramatic runway showcased a beautiful beaded long sleeve gown, crepe and lace panel gow...
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