Creating honest, intimate cinematic examinations of the human story.
Nancy Hatch Dupree, and the staff of the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University, create a new library at Humayan Shahid School, Dasht-e Barchi, about one hour from central Kabul. This is the first time the 8,000 students at this school have had a library.
Continue ReadingTiffany and Nathanial have been living on the streets of New York City for years. On this day they announce their engagement at the Marsha P. Johnson Center, a homeless shelter for kids in Harlem.
Continue ReadingIshmael Beah talks to New York City high school kids about his memoir, A Long Way Gone, about his experience as a child soldier in Sierra Leone.
Continue ReadingFour Columbia Business School students consulted with hotel owner and Dar es Salaam entrepreneurs, Joseph and Damasi Mfugale, on how to build their Peacock Hotel chain, from three-stars into a five-star hotel.
Continue ReadingSegment from Jay Corcoran’s first documentary, featuring Tom McBride. This documentary details the life and death of Tom McBride, a New York actor and model dying of Progressive Multi-focal Leucoencephalopathy (PML), an AIDS-related brain disease. McBride’s “All-American” good looks made him a familiar face in television commercials, print ads and films through the ’70s and ’80s.
Continue ReadingCo-owner Julie Flakstad and others talk about the secret of Blow’s success.
Continue ReadingThe best coffee in the city and a great sense of humor pack them in at Think Coffee.
Continue ReadingFor an emerging artist or writer juggling many a day job to keep food on the table, a fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA is pretty much heaven on earth. A fellowship includes a studio, an apartment, and a stipend for seven months. The only requirement: create.
Former President of Bank of America’s Global Wealth and Investment Management division, and one of the most visible women on Wall Street, @SallieKrawcheck has set her sights on Washington, bank regulation, social media and sponsors, not mentors, to help women navigate their careers.
The extremely talented and Oscar-winning director, Cynthia Wade, is nominated once again for best short documentary for her sublime film, Mondays at Racine.
Despite the tragic story of dissident artist Ai WeiWei, it’s never been a better time to be an artist in Shanghai.
A startup that gets city dwellers to eat healthy.
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