Tag: New York

Glen Powell Look-Alikes Share Life Advice In and Out of Character

admin — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:06:39 +0000

UMKC Entrepreneur of the Year: How Populous designed a legacy, built to go global

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 21:13:05 +0000

Kansas City-built design firm Populous brought to reality more than just great venues, Tom Bloch shared; it developed great experiences for a worldwide audience.

Black Ambition fund’s $50K gives KC healthech startup the ‘jet fuel we need to propel into 2025’

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:17:55 +0000

An initiative led by musician-turned-philanthropist Pharrell Williams to help close the opportunity and wealth gap for Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs has selected Kansas City-based AskSAMIE for its latest cohort of funding, training and mentorship.

Chef Vikas Khanna Is Still Working on His Thanksgiving Turkey

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:00:53 +0000

Illustration: Margalit Cutler

To his fans, Vikas Khanna is a judge on MasterChef India and the owner of the acclaimed, reservation-scant Bungalow, which opened in the East Village this past March. But in reality, he’s cooked in New York’s kitchens since the early 2000s. Khanna runs Bungalow assiduously, staying up until the middle of the night, every night, to clean up.

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Chef Vikas Khanna Is Still Working on His Thanksgiving Turkey

admin — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:00:53 +0000
Illustration: Margalit Cutler
To his fans, Vikas Khanna is a judge on MasterChef India and the owner of the acclaimed, reservation-scant Bungalow, which opened in the East Village this past March. But in reality, he’s cooked in New York’s kitchens since the early 2000s. Khanna runs Bungalow assiduously, staying up until the middle of the night, every night, to clean up.
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Is This the End of Keens As We Know It?

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:29:55 +0000
Photo: Shanna Ravindra
Maybe New York is dead after all. Keens, the iconic steakhouse known for the famous mutton chop you talk about ordering before getting steak instead, has been sold for a cool $30 million to Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire owner of Landry’s restaurant group, Crain’s reports.
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Borgo Shows Its Age

admin — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:00:38 +0000
Photo: Danielle Amy for New York Magazine
Stick around long enough and an enfant terrible becomes a prince becomes a king. Andrew Tarlow and his former business partner Mark Firth did as much as anyone to define “Brooklyn dining” in the 21st century: an artisanal burger, a carafe of carbonic wine, a little liver in a little jar. If it all seems a bit rote now, that’s a mark of their success.
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Here’s How The Media Are Lying Right Now: NYT’s ‘Heartbroken’ Black Women Edition

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:24:51 +0000
The New York Times interviewed a handful of DEI scammers and looked at TikTok to continue dividing people with race and sex.

Fashion Arts Fund names new leader as shift toward new vision comes into focus

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 16:04:00 +0000

A Kansas City nonprofit dedicated to making impact on the city’s fashion scene announced its new executive director Wednesday — stitching a dyed-in-the-wool KC fashion designer into the organization’s new look.

Elon Kebede — founder, designer, and creative director for Kansas City, Kansas-based ELU by Elon — is expected to lead the Fashion Arts Fund, which began re-envisioning its programs and underwent a name change in early 2023.
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Christina Tosi Wants You to Join Her Club

admin — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:40:27 +0000
Photo: Dolly Faibyshev
Christina Tosi is standing in the basement of Milk Bar under at least four dozen disco balls, discussing the mechanics of pancake soft serve. “Pancake is such a study in like, soft and squishy — not in a bad way, in a good way,” she says.
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Very Well, I Shall Play the Coach in the ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:52:13 +0000
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The Case Against Deli Meat

admin — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:05:09 +0000
Photo: Bobby Doherty for New York Magazine
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SafetyCulture names new CEO as founder moves into new strategic executive role

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:23:03 +0000

A global tech company with its U.S. headquarters in Kansas City is transitioning to American leadership. Kelly Vohs, a New York-based executive and former Green Beret in the U.S. Special Forces, is set to become CEO of the Australian company SafetyCulture Jan. 1

Founder Luke Anear, who long served as the rapidly scaling business’ CEO and is responsible for establishing its local presence in the Crossroads Arts District, will move into a newly created executive chairman position for SafetyCulture.
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The New York Times Fact-Checks Itself In Fumbled Fact Check Of RFK Froot Loops Claims

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:41:10 +0000
The New York Times was mocked online for having proved the point the paper was trying to discredit.

The New York Times Loves ‘Election Deniers’ If They’re Democrat

admin — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:31:23 +0000
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