Make-A-Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, held its Spirits, Wine and Wishes Benefit at Pier 60 this past month. Aimed at creating life-changing experiences for children and their families, providing them with hope, strength, and joy during difficult times, Make-A-Wish has granted over 500,000 wishes since its […]
SoHo Shakespeare Company hosts A Cabaret Celebration Winter Benefit.
SoHo Shakes, NYC’s most innovative new theater company, alongside communications director Marina Dojchinov hosted a stylish cabaret benefit last week. Intended to garner continued support for free education and programs, plus grants and scholarships for paid courses, the self-sustaining theater company offers free beginner to advanced classes and education to 18+, while producing 4-5 shows […]
Memory Fractals: Relationships don’t Really End…
Just because a relationship is ending, doesn’t mean you are throwing anything away! You’ve strained—they’ve gained—shit’s been ingrained too. It’s all a perfect circle that shouldn’t have to be forced back into perfection. Love ignites ‘best’ friendships with select teenagers for a year or two—until flopping on over to a new BFF. You […]
Glasshouse Event space: Fractals Galore!
Glasshouse Event space, overlooking the Hudson, city skyline, and horizon all at once, had a spectacular sunset party last week! Panoramically equipped with exquisite catering, light production, artful floral décor, and deep house DJ, t’was fun getting lost in it all. With terraces extending into the river, city and air– this gorgeous venue boasts multiple […]
Fashion and Fractals: 2 Fashion Designers who incorporate Fractal Art
The term fractal, denoting seemingly chaotic yet intricately comprised geometric shapes and patterns, was first coined by mathematician Benoit Mandelbroit in the 1970’s. Applicable to a variety of cultural arenas, textiles, cellular behaviors, musical sequences, nature and more, Fractyll magazine aims to do a series of feature pieces identifying specific allocations of this sublime artifact. […]
Street Art Exhibition at Hudson Yards Gallery
Hudson Yards Gallery hosted the opening reception of their ‘street art exhibition’ this past month. Featuring several talented artists, the exhibition, curated by James Weber and Savior Elmundo, pays homage to mixed media aesthetic and fractalized discourses of real-world truths and self-discovery. First, I was particularly drawn to Whitney Anne Marie’s large-scale piece of two […]
Record-Breaking Evening for Delivering Good Celebrating Leadership and Excellence in Fashion, Finance, & Beyond
National nonprofit Delivering Good celebrated its annual fundraising event November 3rd, raising a record-breaking $2.1M from sponsors and attendees including $203,000 from the auction and fund-a-need appeal. Over 500 guests were in attendance. The event was held at the historical Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City and highlighted leadership and excellence in fashion, […]
Some Awesome Gifts for Him these Holidays
I. AWESOME ITEMS FROM IVY COVE Just across the bay from classic and right over the horizon from fashion, lays a collection that strikes a harmonious balance between the two, arriving at a place that is the very embodiment of laidback luxury, wanderlust, and freedom. That collection is Ivy Cove. A collection of leather accessories and […]
Curating the unexpected: The ominous “Formally Untrained” Art Exhibition
Conveniently set close to Halloween, the exhibit featuring two self-taught abstract expressionists left attendees in states of visceral awe and dumbstruck wonder. Magnificently curated by the old 3Squared Gallery’s very own founders, Marina Dojchinov and Akaash Mehta, renowned for shining a light on unique emerging artist rebels with pronounced voices amid craft, 30 thoughtfully arranged […]
A Buddhist Revelation for the Modern Mind
Regardless of the ‘beautiful coating’ of our lives, we are still in Samsara. Cyclical existence fueled by ignorance of the true nature of reality, it propels individuals to ‘grasp’ happiness in avoidance of suffering. It’s monotone, limited, confining. If the window of our mind is cracked open ever so slightly, we would feel the taste […]