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 […]
Shelley Hu: Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have come a long way. No longer is the field limited to gimmicky turn-of-the-century experiences like those theme park movie theater shorts with shaky seats and mist machines or the more recent, clunky, forgettable Google Glass; today, even average consumers can purchase state-of-the-art VR headsets for […]
The Zang Toi show opened with a caftan-clad goddess strutting to Arabic music at the exquisite Park Avenue Christian Church, sacredly evocative of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. The production then quickly transitioned softly to Amanda Lear’s “Si tu savaus ma belle”, while reliving the transitory phases endured by the prominent luxury railway, the Orient […]
