by DOWNTOWN News | Jun 9, 2025 | Chefs, Dining, Downtown News, Events
Platform by the James Beard Foundation® (Platform by JBF)—the state-of-the-art show kitchen, event space, and educational hub located inside New York City’s Pier 57, is celebrating both Pride and Caribbean American Heritage Month with a series of culinary events,...
by DOWNTOWN News | May 23, 2025 | Business, Culture, Featured, LA, Miami, News, NYC, Philanthropy
Every day, women all around the world are using their voices, their business acumen, their gut instincts, and their hearts to express themselves, make tough decisions, often going against the status quo, to create room for change. It took decades of suffragists being...
by DOWNTOWN News | May 22, 2025 | Culture, Music
The first ever CBGB Festival is taking place September 27 at Under the ‘K’ Bridge Park in Brooklyn, NY. The festival is paying tribute to New York City’s gritty, sticker-covered past through the lens of modern punk, connecting punk’s originators with its...
by DOWNTOWN News | May 19, 2025 | Culture
Left to right: Keia Clarke, CEO of the Liberty. Jonathan Kolb, General Manager of the Liberty, Jessica Lappin, President of the Downtown Alliance, Ellie the Elephant. The Alliance for Downtown New York, the nonprofit Business Improvement District for Lower Manhattan,...
by DOWNTOWN News | May 12, 2025 | Art, Culture, Music
Left: Behind-the-scenes photograph of Jennifer Elster and David Bowie as Baby Grace for his Outside album. Photograph by John Scarisbrick. Right: Dress worn by Bowie as Baby Grace sprawled on couch, photographed by Jennifer Elster, courtesy of The Development...