Next American City is a quarterly magazine created for and by a new school of urban thinkers and leaders\, focused on ensuring \\"that future generations' lives are improved\, and not made more dangerous or unnecessarily complicated by the decisions we make\\".
Next American City is hosting a salon at which Seth Pinsky\, president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation\, will be lecturing regarding the current and future conditions of the financial situation in New York.
This event is to be held in the Hines Gallery at the AIA Center for Architecture\, 536 LaGuardia Place (btw. w3rd and Bleecker) on March 5th\, from 6-8 p.m. Admission is $20 at the door but includes drinks\, light refreshments and a 1 year subscription to the magazine. For more info.
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To the Gallatin Community\:
Please join us at the Writing Program's annual GALLATIN TEACHERS READING (from
their recently published or about-to-be-published books).
Readers (in this order)\:
PROFESSOR RITTY LUKOSE--Liberalization's Children\: Gender\, Youth\, and Consumer
Citizenship in Globalizing India
PROFESSOR ED PARK--Personal Days (a novel)
PROFESSOR SHARON FRIEDMAN--Feminist Theatrical Revisions of Classic Works
THURSDAY\, MARCH 12TH\, Bronfman Center (7 W. 10th St.)\, 6\:30-8 PM
RSVP\: mollykleiman@nyu.edu
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Wednesday\, March 11\, 2009
6\:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
The Gallatin Dean’s Mentoring Roundtable Series presents a discussion withGallatin Alumni ROB KALIN (BA ’03)\, CHRIS MAGUIRE (BA ’04) and HAIM SCHOPPIK WEB ENTREPRENEURS and FOUNDERS of ETSY.comWednesday\, March 11\, 6\:30 pm715 Broadway\, 8th FloorDean's Conference RoomRSVP at www.nyu.edu/gallatin/rsvpThe concept for this “eBay-for-crafts” originated in 2005\, while Kalin and Maguire were rebuilding a friend’s website. Once they developed an initial blueprint\, they asked Schoppik to oversee the site’s engineering. Today\, Etsy has more than 1 million registered users in 128 different countries\, and the company’s headquarters—“Etsy Labs”—are located in downtown Brooklyn. Recently\, Chief Creative Officer Kalin unveiled plans for Etsy’s nonprofit venture\, Etsy.org\, and in December he appeared at #23 on Silicon Alley Insider's annual list of the top 100 entrepreneurs and executives in the New York digital business community. He has also made several appearances on national television programs including\: The Today Show\, Good Morning America\, and The Martha Stewart Show. Food and refreshments will be provided.All attendees will receive a Gallatin Rubik’s Cube!
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