General Assembly Event: The Fusion of Fine Art and Fashion

General Assembly and Active Ideas Productions are hosting another panel discussion in their popular “Art as Entrepreneurship” series.

Come to “The Fusion of Fine Art and Fashion” event in New York City on Wednesday, November 16th from 7-9:30pm where you’ll learn how an artist breaks into the fashion world. Hear panelists discuss how a designer decides to work with an established or upcoming artist. Explore how the retail landscape and the reproducible nature of fashion items have affected this partnership, and how the fashion market is being influenced by art. These, and many more questions, will be addressed as Annika Connor leads the discussion exploring “The Fusion of Fine Art and Fashion.”

Panelists include photographer Patrick McMullan, fashion designer Austin Scarlett, and co-founder of VandM.com, Bill Indursky.

New York City Marathon: ING Brings the Thrill of the Finish to the Streets

In honor of today’s ING New York City Marathon, here’s a clever promotional stunt staged earlier in the week by ING Runner’s Nation and New York-based gueriila marketing boutique, Michael Alan Group. New Yorkers were given the surprise thrill of emerging from the subway to find themselves crossing the finish line. Great fun and a smart idea.

STATED at New York Comic Con: Holy Cosplay, Batman!

stated brought along contributing photographer Mark Wiggin to New York Comic Con 2011 to document the costumed mayhem, making sure to catch each cosplayer’s statement. We asked them to share their characters’ famous last words. The results are in the slideshow above. Thanks to all the great sports and fun people we met. [Editor’s note: all quotes attributed directly to photo subjects.]

SITE OF THE DAY: "Mr. Beller's Neighborhood" Tells New York Stories

Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood is filled with New York City stories, which can be sorted and discovered by wandering through its seemingly-endless posts, or by navigating its visual New York City map. The Webby Award-nominated collection, edited by author Thomas Beller, has been publishing since 2000, and at one point was focused largely around 911-themed writing. Its scope is now only limited to stories of the city that never sleeps.

Definitely worth a visit.

Q&A: Actor/Writer Paden Fallis on "Dark at the End of the Tunnel"

Paden Fallis is an actor and writer whose second full-length solo play, DARK AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, performs October 24th as part of the United Solo Festival in New York. It’s the story of a blind man who wakes up lost and confused, fearing he may have killed a man. Desperate for answers, he delves into his childhood, his loss of sight, regrets, and his strange fascination with US General Curtis LeMay. Theatre Jones described it as “the acting equivalent to a gymnast’s floor routine.” Developed through a residency at The Field and with input from Visions services for the visually impaired, it shares themes of blindness—both literally and figuratively—with Fallis’ first piece, THE PLAY ABOUT THE COACH. That play convincingly creates an entire college basketball game from the coach’s point of view. Both pieces have received critical acclaim, with runs at Dallas’ Out of the Loop Festival, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and The Kitchen, The Tank, and The Peoples Improv Theatre (PIT) in New York. Paden joined us to discuss the plays, his own connection to their common themes, and what’s next for him.