1. DAYTIME EMMYS DROP PLANS FOR TELEVISED CEREMONY: Low ratings and high production costs forced the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to abandon plans to televise the Daytime Emmy awards, set to take place May 1 in Los Angeles. Variety: “Last year NATAS set a two-year deal with Pop, the CBS and Lionsgate-owned cabler, for telecast of the show after a debacle in 2014 when the ceremony aired as a live webcast. But NATAS decided that the six-figure cost of producing the ceremony for TV was too high even with the license fee offered by Pop. The New York-based academy is believed to be in discussions for another webcast partner.” http://bit.ly/1UdGyxB
2. WHY MUSIC FESTIVALS NEED TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ASSAULT: Ultra Music Festival wrapped up this weekend in Miami, leaving in its wake many happy fans of electronic music, but also fans exposed to sexual assault and harassment. The music festival had fewer arrests this year than in 2015, and organizers deployed 350 security guards in addition to 300 Miami police officers. But its website is silent on issues of sexual assault and harassment in its “Health and Wellness” section. Miami New Times: “Sexual assault is an omnipresent risk for women everywhere, but it's an elevated threat at music festivals, where it can take many shapes, often perpetrated with a disturbing nonchalance. There is an entire reality at music festivals, and within large crowds in general, visible only to women. … Still, the way we view safety at music festivals is narrow. Drugs typically hijack any conversation about the danger of EDM and dance music festivals. But the issue of sexual assault at these events has been gaining media traction within the past year. For the first time, Michigan's Electric Forest will provide a women-only campground in 2016, though the festival maintains its intention is not to protect against sexual assault.” http://bit.ly/22yw29c
3. WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND'S 90TH BIRTHDAY: English pubs will stay open later for two nights in June in honor of the queen’s 90th birthday. Prime Minister David Cameron made the announcement to parliament. The Mirror: “The Government will hope the extra drinking time will be more popular than its Clean for the Queen Campaign which encouraged people to spend a day picking up litter.” http://bit.ly/1RBRKUA
* LOCAL NEWS *
ASPEN, COLORADO: The 34th annual Food & Wine Classic will take place June 17-19 at various downtown venues. The festival will include a Southern classics dinner from Blackberry Farm, more than 80 cooking, wine, and cocktail seminars, and the second annual invite-only Somm Con.
ATLANTA: State officials have named HKS, PGAL/Fentress, and Tvsdesign as the three design team finalists for a project that will add as many as 135,000 square feet of exhibition space to the Georgia World Congress Center. The finalists are slated to make presentations today. Atlanta Business Chronicle: http://bit.ly/1Uo7xHk
ATLANTIC CITY: Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa's new nightlife experience, Premiere Nightclub, will open April 8.
AUSTIN: The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center will host the Austin South Asian Bridal Affair on April 10. Along with vendors and tastings, the event will feature entertainment from Indian classical band King of Pearls and Bollywood band Bollywood Strings.
BOSTON: Chloe, a Manhattan-based vegan restaurant, will open in the seaport district this summer. The restaurant will serve vegan takes on classic comfort foods, including burgers, sandwiches, salads, pasta, and cupcakes.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA: Hospitality management company Charlestowne Hotels has appointed Michael Cady as vice president of marketing.
CHICAGO: The 15th annual Driehaus Awards for Fashion Excellence will take place on April 29. The evening will include a preparty, a fashion show, and an after-party.
LAS VEGAS: The Park and T-Mobile Arena are scheduled for openings on April 4 and April 6, respectively.
Las Vegas maintained its ranking as the top trade show destination for the 22nd consecutive year, according to the Trade Show News Network’s “2015 TSNN Top 250 Trade Shows in the United States” list. Las Vegas hosted 54 of the largest shows held in the country last year.
LOS ANGELES: Spago will have its 32nd annual Passover Seder dinner on April 23. All proceeds from the evening will benefit Mazon, a Jewish Response to Hunger.
Local event listings from the new Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: Hyatt Hotels has purchased the Thompson Miami Beach hotel and will rename it the Confidante. The 380-room property, which opened in 2014, will join Hyatt’s the Unbound Collection brand. USA Today: http://usat.ly/1PsmVKc
NEW YORK: The Wired Business Conference will take place June 16. Speakers will include General Motors C.E.O. and chairman Mary Barra; Magic Leap founder, president, and C.E.O. Rony Abovitz; and TV show runner, screenwriter, and producer Carlton Cuse.
Invnt has named Matt Schrader managing director of strategic accounts.
Local event listings from the new Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork
PHILADELPHIA: The 32nd annual Philadelphia International Children's Festival will take place June 2-4 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. The event will feature musicians, dancing, jugglers, puppeteers, and acrobats.
SAN FRANCISCO: The San Francisco Green Film Festival, which showcases films about the planet, will take place April 14-20. Films will be screened at theaters including the Castro and Roxie.
TORONTO: The third annual Taste of Toronto food festival will take place June 23-26 at Garrison Common at Fort York.
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Atlantic’s national correspondent, Jeffrey Goldberg, will discuss his cover story “The Obama Doctrine” with the magazine’s president and editor in chief, James Bennet, on Wednesday at the venue Sixth and I. The ticketed event is called “Inside the Mind of the President.”
The National Museum of Women in the Arts will hold its annual spring gala on April 29. The event will be catered by Occasions Caterers.
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