Tag: social

Check out the entrepreneur winners of this library pitch competition (and beyond-the-shelf resources)

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:55:30 +0000

Overwhelmed and excited to make a bigger impact, Rasheedah Villarreal expressed joy and gratitude Thursday after her name was announced as the top winner among a wide-ranging catalog of entrepreneurs pitching for cash prizes, community support, and serious momentum.

Meanwhile, in Texas: Tagging Along With Gulf Sharks

admin — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Zoe Dubno Enters a Fugue State When Eating Sauerkraut Soup

admin — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:00:57 +0000

Illustration: Sarah Kilcoyne

At the center of Zoe Dubno’s novel Happiness and Love is the New York literary scene — a scene that she, having grown up in the city, has seen many sides of.

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Apple, Google Refuse To Suspend ICE-Tracking Apps Used By Dallas Shooter

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 21:30:22 +0000
In a chilling social media post, FBI Director Kash Patel described how Wednesday’s sniper at a Dallas ICE facility gathered intelligence online for the ambush that left one ICE detainee dead and two seriously injured. Authorities say suspected killer Joshua Jahn, 29, committed suicide after the ambush. While retracing Jahn’s movements and writings, the FBI […]

Her Soul-Food Restaurant Opened 11 Years Ago. The Lines Arrived This Summer.

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:28:56 +0000
Photo: Katie O
When Katie Owes opened her Brooklyn soul-food restaurant in 2014, “Tik Tok” was still just a Kesha song and her customers consisted mostly of family and church members.
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Photos: Founders plug into vibrant Startup Crawl energy as Startland celebrates decade of storytelling

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:03:46 +0000

Startland News’ one-night, rolling innovation showcase Friday served as a launch for select founders — capitalizing on a crowd of 500-plus Startup Crawl participants to bring their emerging companies into the Kansas City spotlight, one conversation at a time.
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Spilled Milk Social Club Constructs Kid Fun With Cardboard Arcade

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:00:00 +0000
Child care nonprofit opens hands-on game workshop for free

A24’s First Restaurant Is an Art-House Supper Club

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:50:00 +0000
Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times/Redux
The other week, chefs and longtime business partners Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr were sitting in a plush green banquette talking hockey — they are lifelong fans of the Rangers and the Canadiens, respectively — and steak dinners.
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If Big Tech Doesn’t Treat Leftist Terrorists Like It Did Donald Trump, Government Should Make Them

admin — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 11:26:45 +0000
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Annie Austen’s newest store opens, building around ‘an actual human being’ and her gut instincts

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:42:12 +0000

That glow within downtown Overland Park isn’t just coming from the freshly stocked shelves at the new Annie Austen storefront; it’s yet another product of the pandemic-pivot entrepreneur’s contagious positivity — lightening the mood just steps away from a massive farmers market overhaul.
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He’s Opening a Gourmet Grocer in Tribeca. Maybe You’ve Heard?

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:00:14 +0000
Photo: brokebackcontessa
Tribeca’s newest gourmet grocer, Meadow Lane, has everything one of its neighbors might desire: Dog treats made from dehydrated bone broth. Hanger-steak breakfast burritos on Caramelo tortillas. A smoothie bar with a pre-patinaed bronze menu. Pacifying interiors of light wood and chocolate-brown tile.
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Step Into the Brewtique

admin — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:00:22 +0000
Illustration: Kate Dehler
For years, Astor Place was the corner of Starbucks and Starbucks. Two outposts were located a few hundred feet apart, both thriving despite their proximity. By 2024, they were gone, but you’d be forgiven for missing the funeral — you probably didn’t even miss a cold brew. There are now at least ten places to get a nice coffee within five minutes of Astor Place, and none of them is a Starbucks.
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Kyp Malone Wants His Servers to Have a Good Time

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:00:49 +0000
Illustration: Adam Mazur
Before making his home in Williamsburg and later the East Village, Kyp Malone, an artist and musician best known as a guitarist and vocalist for TV on the Radio, grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. “We mostly ate Eastern European food just because that’s what was in the markets,” he said.
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Hidden costs of grief: Chef’s murder illustrates economic toll of gun violence in KC

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:31:45 +0000

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Beacon, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and Missouri Business Alert.
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L.A.’s Maru Coffee Will Open in Williamsburg Next Week

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:54:09 +0000
Photo: Maru Coffee
When any Los Angeles establishment plants its flag in New York, I let the West Coast diaspora go first so they can list all of the ways it doesn’t compare to the original.
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