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Call for Applications for the New City Critics fellowship

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Thu, 16 May 2024 16:33:38 +0000

Applications are now open for the 2024-25 New City Critics fellowship! – SoHo Events

Apply through Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 11:59 pm.

Program

In 2022, Urban Omnibus/The Architectural League and Urban Design Forum launched a fellowship program to empower new, fearless, and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and build our cities. The fellowship supports the development of critics from underrepresented backgrounds through guest lectures and workshops, research guidance, networking, and production of new critical projects on a dedicated platform. Through published work and other channels, the fellowship encourages a more expansive conversation on the future of cities.

New City Critics aims to drive change in the culture of criticism. Today, architectural criticism and urban analysis in mainstream media is a shrinking arena, though it remains extremely powerful. Newspapers and magazines have moved away from having full-time critics on staff, and feature the work of just a few, largely older, and mostly male, white writers. A handful of professional critics from similar backgrounds means attention to a limited selection of topics and perspectives. We want to see kaleidoscopic coverage from a much wider variety of perspectives and rewrite public understanding of why urban design and development matter.

New City Critics is for a criticism of city design and development that reflects the people who live in cities. We need more informed and sustained examination of citymaking in media beyond small professional circles, for a broader public. Housing, workplaces, infrastructure, public spaces and monuments define the contours of our lives. They demand critical attention and a critical imagination expressed through novel formats and in new forums. Our goal is to equip a new generation of critics with new skills and a meaningful network to make urban processes legible and argue for a city they want to live in.

New City Critics is a fellowship program that empowers new, fearless, and diverse voices to challenge the ways we understand, design, and develop our cities. The fellowship supports the development of five critics from underrepresented backgrounds through guest lectures and workshops, research guidance, mentorship opportunities, networking, and production of new critical projects in Urban Omnibus and other leading publications. Through public programs and other channels, the fellowship encourages a more expansive conversation on the future of cities.

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Exhibition Talk: Arne Glimcher and Lawrence Weschler at Judd Foundation

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Thu, 16 May 2024 16:14:50 +0000

Wednesday, May 29
6:00pm
101 Spring Street
New York, NY

Robert Irwin, Public exhibition hours: Friday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm

Join Judd Foundation for a conversation with Pace Gallery founder Arne Glimcher and art historian Lawrence Weschler. They will discuss the life and impact of Robert Irwin reflected in conversations with the artist found in Weschler’s publication Seeing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees. Their conversation will be moderated by Oliver Shultz, Pace Gallery Chief Curator and Director at 125 Newbury.

Seating for this program is limited. Register for the program.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Robert Irwin, currently on view at 101 Spring Street. Learn more.

Robert Irwin is made possible with support from Pace Gallery.

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Manhattan Community Board No. 2 – Meeting Thurs, May 23

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Fri, 10 May 2024 21:30:54 +0000

Community Board 2 Manhattan Monthly Meeting – FULL BOARD

Thurs, 05/23/24 @ 6:30 PM

18 Bleecker Street
New York, NY 10012

Please register to attend via Zoom by clicking here. View Calendar and details about the meeting here.

Written testimony and/or virtual speaker cards can be submitted by email to speakerscard@cb2manhattan.org. [Please note that registering for the Zoom meeting does not register you to speak.] Please submit your name, agenda topic, and address. Public speakers will be limited to 2 minutes or less at the discretion of the Chair. We recommend submitting written testimony, which will be summarized at the meeting, to ensure an opportunity for your voice to be recognized.

Submit written testimony by 5:00 p.m., 04/18/24
Register to speak at the Full Board by 5:00 p.m., 04/18/24
Register to attend virtually via zoom. We strongly encourage the public to attend virtually. If you want to speak, you must separately register.
Register to attend in the CB2 conference room if you have limited to no internet access at home.

Susan Kent, Chair
Chair
Community Board No. 2, Manhattan

*Calendar is subject to change.

Community Board 2 is one of the first community boards to be established in the early 1960’s. There are 12 Community Boards in Manhattan and 59 across New York City. Boards are charged with representing community interest on crucial issues such as: development and planning, land use, zoning and City service delivery, such as sanitation and street maintenance, as well as coordination with social services and public education facilities.

Please contact CB2 with any community concerns: 3 Washington Square Village, #1A, New York, NY 10012 Phone : 212-979-2272 | Fax: 212-254-5102 | Email: info@cb2manhattan.org

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Sundays on Broadway: Stephen Petronio + Mina Nishimura + Nami Yamamoto + Cayleen Del Rosario

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Wed, 01 May 2024 12:39:07 +0000

Stephen Petronio + Mina Nishimura + Nami Yamamoto + Cayleen Del Rosario – SoHo Broadway Events

Sundays on Broadway co-curators Owen Prum and Weis present an evening of performances by Stephen Petronio, Mina Nishimura, Nami Yamamoto, and Cayleen Del Rosario.

Following this evening’s performance, we’re hosting a 10th Anniversary Dance Party to celebrate a decade of dance, film, music and community at WeisAcres. Details to come.

In Stephen Petronio’s solo improvisation This Is Me In The Room, he will be talking and dancing—discussing what’s currently on his mind, generating movement connecting him to the architecture in the room and eyes watching him.

Mina Nishimura has described her Impulsive Score! Erased Score! Time Machine Score!, as an act of building a time machine that only travels forward at a rate of one second per second.

Nami Yamamoto will present an excerpt of a new work about passing knowledge through generations. For this project, she is researching what her mother and her mother’s generation experienced during World War II. She is gathering historical information and personal stories, especially about the Japanese occupation of Manchuria between 1931 and 1945 all while practicing, improvising, and exploring movement in the studio.

Cayleen Del Rosario’s site-specific performance work was made for a floor at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, and now, for anywhere else. There is a ghost, a speaker, a double, and a trio. Movement and words are exact and passing. Doors open and close, blood stains white. It is a psychoanalytic performance exploration on emergence, afterwardness, and the timelessness of the unconscious. The is-ness of the situation unfolds with a feeling opposite of dread.

Sundays on Broadway
at WeisAcres, 537 Broadway #3
New York, NY 10012

$10 suggested donation

Thank you to IndieSpace and their Little Venue That Could Program for helping to make this season possible.
The Little Venue That Could Program is supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

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NYC Small Business Month Expo with NYC Department of Small Business Services

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:59:06 +0000

The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is hosting the first-ever NYC Small Business Month Expo to provide a variety of free information, resources, direct services for the needs of small business owners and to celebrate NYC Small Business Month May 2024.

Wednesday, May 29 · 9am – 3pm
Pier 36 NYC
299 South Street New York, NY 10002

Access 100+ free city programs, agencies, and partner resources – all under one roof:

Faster city permits and licenses
Financing and legal assistance
Hire workers
Contract with NYC through the M/WBE Borough Forum
Free consultations, workshops, and networking
… and much more!

RSVP for May 29! About NYC Small Business Month In May 2023, Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Kevin D. Kim announced the launch of “Small Business Month” to promote New York City’s diverse small businesses throughout the month of May, expanding on “National Small Business Week” recognized each year. Events will be happening across the five boroughs, and you can view the full calendar at nyc.gov/smallbizmonth Hosting a free event for small businesses in May? Add it to our calendar of events! Questions? Contact mweber@sbs.nyc.gov

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Soho Design District Celebrates 10 Years

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:46:50 +0000

SoHo Design District celebrates its 10th anniversary: 10 years of design experiences, networking, and creativity in the company of the best design brands and an ever-growing community of professionals and design lovers.

May 18 2024

To mark this milestone, SDD offers a rich program of activities throughout the year and an extended opportunity to discover the latest in design during the NYCxDESIGN’s annual citywide festival (May 16-23), including an open invitation to visit all our spaces on SoHo Design Day, Saturday, May 18.

SDD Members:

Eataly SoHo x SDD: Celebrating 10 years of SoHo Design District:

Beginning May 16, the NYCxDesign Festival will be alive and well in the heart of SoHo! To join in the celebration and give design lovers a place to gather at the end of the day, the SoHo Design District is partnering with Eataly’s new location: Eataly SoHo at 200 Lafayette Street. This newly opened marketplace and restaurant occupies a historically landmarked building in the center of SoHo, between Lafayette Street and Broome Street.

In honor of SDD’s 10th anniversary, Eataly SoHo will offer a limited edition Negroni Sour at its bar, a twist on one of the most iconic cocktails of Milan. Inspired by Italy’s capital of aperitivo and its center of design, the cocktail will be available to design professionals and aficionados alike from 5 pm until close every day during the NYCxDesign Festival (May 16-23), with a special price of $15 when ordered with the mention of SoHo Design District.

About Soho Design District:

SoHo Design District is a not-for-profit organization at the epicenter of design. Since its inception in 2014, SDD has grown to include some of the best national and international design brands among its members. It aims to provide a sounding board for its members’ initiatives, whether collective or individual. Through a variety of activities year-round, SDD continues to open the doors of one of New York City’s most creative neighborhoods and strives to build a stronger design community. This year, it celebrates its 10th anniversary.

About the NYCxDESIGN Festival:

New York City’s official celebration of design is set to begin May 16-23, 2024, with NYCxDESIGN’s annual citywide festival. The annual event attracts thousands of visitors from across the globe who make the trip to experience the very best in design at all scales and disciplines. As an international design capital, all five boroughs will have activations, tours, exhibits, talks, workshops, and films taking place at museums, schools, neighborhoods, galleries, restaurants, and hotels. Anchored by two internationally renowned trade shows, the International Contemporary Furnishings Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign Manhattan, the programs also present international and national design talent who travel to New York to be part of this important cultural moment. https://nycxdesign.org/

PR Inquiries: Melissa Wagner, WAGNER CREATIVE. melissa@wagner-creative.com

SoHo Design District

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Jane’s Walk: Stewarding Green Spaces in the Lower East Side

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:14:44 +0000

Environmental Education with Lower East Side Ecology Center

Friday, May 311 am–12:30 pm

Join Lower East Side Ecology Center and Municipal Art Society of New York for a tour of community green spaces that have been stewarded by the Lower East Side Center for over 3 decades. We will meet at Tompkins Square Park and walk about 1 mile to East River Park, stopping along the way at sites with historical and current significance to the Lower East Side Ecology Center including the Clyde Romero Memorial Garden on East 7th Street. Attendees will learn about the history of community stewardship in the neighborhood and how we can all practice care for our urban environment. This walk will be led by Ecology Center staff members Shyanne Washington and Jennifer Bombardier.

Attendees should wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water, sunscreen, and a hat. We will be completely outdoors. There will be public restrooms available at Tompkins Square Park and East River Park.

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Earth Day Celebration 2024 at Elizabeth Street Garden

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:46:21 +0000

Join us in the garden to celebrate Mother Earth with a seed giveaway and some earthly words to be read.

Monday, April 22
6 – 7:30 pm

Monday, April 22, 2024

6:00 PM 7:30 PM

Elizabeth Street Garden211 Elizabeth St, New York, NY, 10012

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From Field to Form: Straw-The Architectural League of NY

SoHo Broadway Initiative — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:54:29 +0000

A group of experts discuss the use of straw as a building material – The Architectural League of NY

From Field to Form is a series of events exploring the possibilities, life cycles, and architectural implications of plant and earth-based materials.

Straw is an agricultural by-product from the harvest of grains, and it sequesters carbon as it grows in the stalk and the soil. Using straw for building utilizes waste from food production, which otherwise may be burned and release carbon into the atmosphere.

Straw has been used as a building material for over a century in the U.S., revived in the 1980s, and has been included in the International Residential Code since 2015. Its benefits are numerous. As a wall system with clay and lime plasters, it effectively manages moisture in walls and is naturally fire resistant, avoiding the need for toxic flame retardant chemicals. It contains no petrochemicals, is energy efficient, and the material is relatively inexpensive.

What will it take to accelerate the use of straw for buildings? Can we address our housing crisis with straw? How can we accelerate the adoption of straw for urban building fabric? What are the unique opportunities for designing with straw?

Organized in partnership with Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons School of Design, From Field to Form: Straw will explore these questions with a panel of experts.

Panelists

Alex English is a farmer and small business owner. He works with the Kenyon family at Nitty Gritty Grains, a family-owned and operated farm that produces certified organic grains in the Champlain Valley of Vermont. Nitty Gritty Grain Co. manages 600 acres of cropland growing certified organic wheat, corn, mixed legumes, and hay, and producing flour, cornmeal, wheat berries, cornbread mix, straw, hay, and more.

Paul Lewis is a principal at LTL Architects based in New York City and professor at Princeton University School of Architecture. Currently focused on the architectural potentials of plant and earth-based materials, LTL Architects published the Manual of Biogenic House Sections in 2022. Most recently, the studio has been testing means to compress and bind straw into a building material that simultaneously achieves insulative and structural capacities. Exhibitions featuring work in Biogenic House Sections and Experiments with Straw are currently traveling to universities and design centers across the United States.

Ace McArleton is the co-CEO and director of vision and strategy at New Frameworks and Jacob Deva Racusin is the director of building science and sustainability at the Vermont-based, multi-racial, women-, queer- and trans-owned worker cooperative. New Frameworks offers design/build services that blend natural materials and methods with high-performance design of products such as straw-based panels and modular small homes, focusing on climate regeneration and social justice.

The discussion will be moderated by Jonsara Ruth, co-founder and design director of Healthy Materials Lab (HML) at Parsons School of Design, where she is an associate professor and the founding director of the MFA Interior Design program. Ruth is a principal of Salty Labs, a collaborative studio experimenting with the design of interiors and furniture to create healthier environments.

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