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NY Times Travel Show Returns to Javits Center
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 21:23
- Written by Renzo Adler
Much like the Auto Show and the NY Comic Con, the New York Times Travel Show (March 2 - 4, 2012) is a great fixture of the Javits Center (655 W. 34th Street, New York, NY 10001), and will be there once more.
The Show features a wide range of exhibitors representing countries from towns and cities all over the U.S.A. as well as all over the world,. Travel show representatives encourage people to: “Get a closer look at domestic and international hot spots, familiar favorites, and those under-the-radar escapes that are still relatively crowd free.”
Included in the programming are five cultural stages offering food and performances from around the world.
This year’s culinary travel demonstrations will feature star chefs from the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival including (among others):
- Jonathan Waxman, Executive Chef and Owner of Barbutto
- celebrity chef David Burke
- Bill Telepan, Executive Chef and Owner of Telepan
Embracing the emergence of new technology and social media, the Travel Show will also feature the Connected Traveler Showcase, the first-ever showcase of technology for travelers. Connected Traveler (www.connectedtraveler.com) -- one of the longest-running travel and tech sites -- will be presenting a range of mobile devices, digital photographic tools, video cameras, apps, augmented reality, travel career education, device accessories, and mobile services that make pleasure or business travel easier, safer and more fun.
Among the companies exhibiting in the showcase will be:
- Hewlett-Packard
- Aurasma
- TourWrist
- Looxcie
Another aspect of the show's array of features is a wide range of seminars which give information and advice on traveling hosted by such world travel experts as:
- Arthur Frommer
- Pauline Frommer
- Samantha Brown
- Julia Dimon
- The New York Times editorial team
Seminar subjects range from:
- The advantages and disadvantages of using tech like smart phones to navigate cities
- How to plan your trip through social media
- The best new vacation spots
The Travel Show is also great for families, not only because admission free for children under the age of 18, but there are also activities for kids at the Family Fun Pavilion, which includes a climbing wall, a dive pool, and a chance to see ocean life presented by Sea World.
The show also provides the opportunity to actually book vacations on the spot. So if you’re planning a trip in the future, The New York Times Travel Show is a must-see.
For more information, go to: http://www.nyttravelshow.com/
The New York Times Travel Show
March 2 - 4, 2012
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
655 W. 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
Al Jaffee and The MAD Fold-In Collection at MoCCA!
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- Published on Friday, 17 February 2012 15:44
- Written by Renzo Adler
What are you doing reading a website? You can’t fold in a website! Not like how Al Jaffee, MAD Magazine artist and writer extraordinaire did when he created the world famous Mad Magazine Fold-Ins!
To celebrate the release of the MAD Fold-In Collection, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (594 Broadway, Suite 401, btwn. Houston and Prince Sts.), Jaffee himself will be on a panel to talk about the origins and development of this unique artform on Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Also appearing with Jaffee will be:
- MAD Art Director Sam Viviano, who has been personally involved with many of Al’s Fold-Ins
- MAD writers Arie Kaplan
- MAD artist Arnold Roth
- moderator Danny Fingeroth
- and some super-special surprise guests
So join "Usual Gang of Idiots" for an evening of revelry and memories of crumpled magazines. Hey, can't be worse than Up The Accademy.
The MAD Fold-In Collection will be on sale at the event, courtesy of publisher Chronicle Books, including a few rare sets of The MAD Fold-In Collection: Gift Pack, featuring a special limited edition bookplate signed by Al Jaffee, retailing for the same price as the regular version of the Collection.
About the Panelists:
- Al Jaffee is the creator of some of MAD’s most popular features, most notably the Fold-In and “Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions.” His work first appeared in the magazine in 1955, and he has since won a Reuben Award, a National Cartoonists Society Advertising and Illustration Award, and a Humor Comic Book Award.
A biography, Al Jaffee’s Mad Life, was published in 2010. Written by Mary-Lou Weisman, it includes more than 70 new illustrations by Jaffee. Despite repeated requests, Jaffee refuses to retire, and is frighteningly active, including still doing the Fold-Ins for MAD. - Sam Viviano began illustrating for MAD in 1980. Over the following two decades, he became one of the “Usual Gang of Idiots,” doing everything from movie parodies and comic strip rip-offs to digitally-created cover illustrations.
In a desperate attempt to get his artwork out of the pages of the magazine, in 1998 the editors suggested that Viviano get a Real Job. He is currently Art Director of MAD. - Arie Kaplan is a MAD Magazine writer, and author of From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books, for which he interviewed Al Jaffee, among many others. As a comic book writer, Arie has written for DC Comics, Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, IDW Publishing, and Papercutz.
He has written video games, including one based on the hit TV series, House. His website is www.ariekaplan.com. - Arnold Roth has done cover art for albums by Dave Brubeck, Louis Prima, and Pete Seeger. Arnold’s work has appeared in and on TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and The New Yorker. Arnold was introduced to Harvey Kurtzman’s MAD by Brubeck’s Paul Desmond and was part of Kurtzman’s Trump, Humbug and Help.
He was a regular contributor to the National Lampoon, and, for 20 years, to Punch. His books include Arnold Roth: Free Lance; Poor Arnold’s Almanac, and The Collected Humbug (all from Fantagraphics Books).
For more information, call: 212-254-3511
or go to: www.moccany.org
Al Jaffee -- Mad Magazine Artist Celebration
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway, Suite 401, btwn. Houston and Prince Sts.
New York, NY
Streaming Media East Conference 2012
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- Published on Friday, 17 February 2012 10:00
- Written by Sean Cusack
This May 15th and 16th, 2012, the Streaming Media East Conference, the only online video show that is focused on giving real information to apply immediately in business, returns to New York City at the Hilton NY Hotel.
Streaming Media East presents speakers with real experience and real solutions -- nearly 75% of them being customers who are buying and deploying these streaming services and products today. Combining cutting-edge exhibitors and intensive conference sessions, this event offers the chance to hear and see the best and brightest minds in the online video industry — at the podium, in the Exhibit Hall, and among the attendees.
Sci-Fi Speed Dating Returns to C2E2 2012
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- Published on Thursday, 16 February 2012 05:00
- Written by Sean Cusack
Sci-Fi Speed Dating, the enormously popular dating event which has figured prominently at several ReedPOP shows will return to the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo in 2012. After a successful launch at Star Wars Celebration V in 2010, Sci-Fi Speed Dating gathered considerable momentum at the Chicago event and New York Comic Con in 2011. Organized by founder Ryan Glitch, this event has taken the geek romance world by storm by providing venues where like-minded and passionate fans can meet each other and indulge their common -- and sometimes not so common -- interests.
Featured in The Huffington Post, EW.com and numerous other media outlets, the event was even filmed at NYCC last fall for a two-part-special for the TLC channel called Geek Love.
“This works, whether you’re looking for true love, or new friends … relax, be yourself, and you can find someone to wander the con with, and maybe more … trust in the force!” says Glitch. “We’re just here to do a good job, and have fun.”
This year’s conference will feature five free Speed Dating sessions taking place throughout the course of the weekend. Speed Dating’s blind dates last three minutes, but if sparks fly, participants are free to meet up after the session. At all sessions, host Ryan Glitch and his crew will take fans through the easy process of finally finding their true match.
For more information on Sci-Fi Speed Dating, check www.facebook.com/SciFiSpeedDating. For tickets and other information for the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, visit www.c2e2.com.
Sci-Fi Speed Dating @ Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo
April 13-15, 2012
McCormick Place
2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
