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Children's Museum Of Manhattan To Honor Founding Board Chair Laurie M. Tisch At 2025 Gala
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 2, 2025

The Children's Museum of Manhattan will host its annual gala, Giant Steps, honoring Founding Board Chair and one of New York City's most influential philanthropic leaders, Laurie M. Tisch. Learn more!

Bri Blvck, Ravi Coltrane & More to Perform at The Kitchen's 2021 Gala, Honoring Debbie Harry and Cindy Sherman
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 2, 2021

This year honoring Debbie Harry and Cindy Sherman and welcoming the next avant-garde with performances by Bri Blvck, Ravi Coltrane, L’Rain, and Moses Sumney, the gala will, as a COVID safety precaution, take place outside The Kitchen’s building (512 W. 19th Street) between 10th and 11th Avenues.

Storytelling Nonprofit The Moth Welcomes Gabrielle Glore And Chenjerai Kumanyika To Its Board
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 9, 2020

Global storytelling nonprofit The Moth announces the appointment of two new members of its Board of Trustees: multimedia storytelling and development executive Gabrielle Glore and Peabody Award-winning journalist and professor Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika. The two join current Moth Board members in advising and supporting the nonprofit's programming in the U.S. and around the globe.

Nan Goldin And Lydia Lunch Honored By The Kitchen At Spring 2018 Gala
by Julie Musbach - May 7, 2018

The Kitchen's Spring 2018 Gala celebrates Nan Goldin and Lydia Lunch, two iconic American artists whose careers were borne of, deeply influenced, and have now engrained in collective memory the underground artistic spirit and political underpinnings of pre-gentrification Downtown New York subcultures (May 16). The evening features performances by New York's own post-punk band Bush Tetras, saxophonist and vocalist James Chance, and Australian singer JG Thirlwell & Ensemble with special guests. The after-party, hosted by Nicolas Jaar, will include a DJ set by Veronica Vasicka as well as performances by Retrovirus along with Lydia Lunch.