BIZBASH CALL SHEET — #111 — Thursday, 09.29.11
Compiled today by Chad Kaydo and Jana Schiowitz in New York
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* INCOMING *
1. MACY’S PARADE UPDATE: From senior editor Anna Sekula: This year Amy Kule, the new executive producer of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and July 4 Fireworks, looked to refresh the iconic annual events and create more personal experiences by introducing a design contest and picnic event. From our Q&A with Kule: "What we do is so big on a national scale that my hope is to be able to bring it to the local consumer. Sometimes when you do something so big it feels out of touch, but the people who made the parade the parade and the fireworks the fireworks are the people that tune in. If we can talk specifically to as many people as possible on a personal level, to me that's really important."
Read the full interview, with more about how Kule updated the parade and fireworks:
http://bit.ly/pcNuOm
2. OPENING THE GUCCI MUSEUM: The New York Times stopped by the festivities in Florence Monday night: “A luxury goods company might be tempting fate, given the current political mood in Italy, by opening a monumental tribute to itself, with a lavish party, not a slingshot’s throw from the site where Michelangelo’s statue of David stood for more than three centuries.” Pics of the bash and its two X-shaped tables:
http://nyti.ms/nmK7av
3. TASTING ADVICE: Gothamist lists six tips for enjoying large food events like this weekend's New York City Wine & Food Festival.
http://bit.ly/oRxJ3h
4. TAILGATING APPS: New options like Tailgating, Tailgate Fan, and Tailgate Champ are changing the way organizers of these pre-sporting events spread the word about their parties. The New York Times:
http://nyti.ms/ocKera
* WEIRD BUT TRUE *
At a public meeting in Abington, Massachusetts, school committee chairman and amateur magician Russell W. Fitzgerald “performed a trick that made it appear as though he and high school teacher Steven Shannon had just ripped the bra off committee member Ellen Killian.” The Enterprise:
http://bit.ly/q4Rhl6
(via Gawker: http://gaw.kr/qU1goI)
* LOCAL NEWS *
BOSTON: Carole Holladay has been named director of events and resource development at M.I.T. Previously, she was the director of advancement events at Northeastern.
CHICAGO: To celebrate its two-year anniversary, West Town restaurant Sabor Saveur will host a Frida Kahlo-themed party October 17. The Mexican-fusion restaurant has semiprivate dining space.
http://bit.ly/r8aakz
America's Beauty show comes to McCormick Place March 3-5, with runway shows, master classes, and a gala celebration.
http://bit.ly/ZnTfD
The Chicago Public Library will host the Carl Sandburg Dinner October 20. Expected guests include David Axelrod and Roger Ebert.
Surge for Thirst, an event in conjunction with SpaRitual, is October 15 at the Douglas Dawson Gallery with mini spa services, SugarBliss Cupcakes, and interactive exhibits.
DETROIT: Lovio George Communications & Design has been selected by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority and SMG to provide collateral design for the new Cobo Center.
LAS VEGAS: Las Vegas Sun: "[Las Vegas] is increasingly becoming a destination for celebrities' charitable efforts, with Justin Timberlake's golf tournament, which got under way Sunday, providing the most recent example." The Sun lists celebrity charity events in town:
http://bit.ly/qw1Wzs
The debut Asian Food Festival and Trade Show is scheduled for October 1-2 at the Orleans, and expects 40,000 visitors.
http://bit.ly/nMTELR
LOS ANGELES: Unicomm announced the launch of the Independent Music & Film Expo. Broadcast Music Inc. has signed on as the official music sponsor of the event, scheduled for October 5-7, 2012, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
http://usat.ly/qfOq5j
YourBash! will produce the City of West Hollywood Library opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony October 1. Los Angeles Times:
http://lat.ms/pJwKAZ
MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA: The Fontainebleau Miami Beach Resort is partnering with the local chapter of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation in October with a $39 three-course prix fixe dinner at its restaurants.
http://bit.ly/2aKphg
NEW YORK: Smith & Wollensky is giving patrons the chance to see their name on the iconic building. To enter, guests have to make a pledge that the restaurant is "their" steakhouse and make a reservation during the month of October. The winner's name will be shown on the corner of Third Avenue and 49th Street for the day.
Gilt City is looking for a PR director:
http://linkd.in/rcw7qP
The Huffington Post previews October's StarChefs' International Chefs Congress and the NY Culinary Rising Stars Gala:
http://huff.to/pUShhX
ORLANDO: "Follow the Yellow Brick Road to a Cure" is the theme for the Imagine Gala benefitting the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation of Central Florida Saturday night at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel at Universal Orlando. Tickets sales are up more than 30 percent over last year.
TORONTO: For the Nuit Blanche festival Saturday, HD Outdoor will install a screen on Yonge and St. Joseph Streets where attendees can see tweets, texts, and emails of photos and comments in real time. The installation, called "Share Your Night," will be produced by the City of Toronto.
The ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival lineup was announced yesterday. The festival runs October 19-23.
http://bit.ly/buYV9E
WASHINGTON: Fashion for Paws benefiting the Washington Humane Society has been selected as the beneficiary of the W Washington DC's Rooftop Howl-O-Ween Bash October 28. Tickets are $30.
http://bit.ly/p4ACeQ
YOUR NEWS: What are you doing? Tell us: [email protected].
With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, Carla Warrilow in Toronto, and Jana Schiowitz, Anna Sekula, and Courtney Thompson in New York.
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