by Mike Hammer | Aug 22, 2024 | Art, Culture, Philanthropy, Travel
Ambassador Levine proudly showcases the arts adorning Casa Carlucci. Photos: US Embassy of Lisbon Appointed the US Ambassador to Portugal by President Joe Biden in 2021, Queens-born Randi Charno Levine strengthens international ties, placing an emphasis on the arts....
by DOWNTOWN News | Aug 19, 2024 | Art, Culture, Downtown Living, NYC
If Patti Smith is the godmother of punk, then Lenny Kaye is its godfather. But he is also a writer, composer, record producer, and the keeper of an encyclopedic knowledge of rock n’ roll. He lives and breathes it, and his timeline coincides with the origins of...
by Linda Sheridan | Aug 14, 2024 | Art, Business, Culture, Featured, Miami
Miami DDA’s newest board member Amal Solh Kabbani wears many hats in the community, and is an advocate for the arts. photograph by Jesus Cabrera Photography Reprinted from DOWNTOWN Magazine Summer 2024 It’s been a long journey since Amal Solh Kabbani grew up in...
by DOWNTOWN News | Aug 6, 2024 | Art, Culture, Design, Downtown News
From Merida’s Portals exhibition. Photos by Patrick Kolts. Now showing at Merida Studio is the exhibition Portals. Running through September 2024, Portals highlights designs from the Atelier Series—a body of work spanning from 2018–2023 that embodies the joint...
by DOWNTOWN News | Jul 19, 2024 | Art, Culture, Downtown News, News
Philippe Petit, with CBS Sunday Morning’s Martha Teichner. Earlier this week, on the 80th floor of Three World Trade Center, renowned highwire artist Philippe Petit announced to a room of friends, “We are here, in the best place in the world, to introduce my...
by DOWNTOWN News | Mar 21, 2024 | Art, Culture, LA
Leah Smithson is the new featured artist for 2024 at Hotel Figueroa, with an exhibit of work celebrating women innovators, entitled Limitless. The nearly century-old Hotel Figueroa is celebrating Women’s History Month 2024 by welcoming Los Angeles-based BIPOC...