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Founder of PiercingMetal.com; a NYC based Music Journalist and blogger. Adventuring into the Metal Scene of the Big Apple nightly.

Future Fair Announces Exhibitors For Fifth Anniversary Fair

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The Press Release:
Future Fair is proud to announce the exhibitor list for its fifth-anniversary fair, which will take place in New York’s Chelsea in May 2025. The Fair returns to Chelsea Industrial (535W 28th St, New York, NY 10001), welcoming 67 local, national and international exhibitors. Celebrating an important milestone, Future Fair will host a VIP Preview on Wednesday, May 7, and will be open to the public May 8-10, 2025.

Building upon the momentum introduced by 2024’s first Curatorial Committee, Future Fair is proud to collaborate with the 2025 committee members: Dr. Margarita Lila Rosa, Historian, Art Critic and Independent Curator; Eden Deering, Director, PPOW; and Jenée-Daria Strand, Assistant Curator, Public Art Fund. Each of the members has demonstrated a genuine commitment to helping artists and small business galleries thrive in their careers, aligning with the ethos of Future Fair.
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Artexpo New York Reveals 2025 Programming Schedule

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The Press Release:
New York, NY – March 27th, 2025: Redwood Art Group, the nation’s leader in exhibitions and event production, media, and marketing for the global art community, announces the schedule of programming for its highly anticipated four-day showcase, Artexpo New York 2025, taking place at Pier 36, located at 299 South Street in Manhattan, from Thursday, April 3 to Sunday, April 6. Advance tickets can now be purchased by visiting https://redwoodartgroup.com/artexpo-new-york/.

The annual fine art destination, now in its 48th year, will host more than 200 innovative exhibiting galleries, art publishers and dealers, and artists from around the globe across 70,000 square feet of convention space, showcasing original work of 1000+ artists that includes prints, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photography, ceramics, giclee, lithographs and glass works, among other contemporary and fine art. This year’s program features an extensive series of daily activities for attendees, that includes the Spotlight Program, a focused look at several cutting-edge galleries and artists chosen by the Redwood Art Group selection committee; Art Labs, a series of outstanding projects by leading galleries, art institutions, and art collectives within the fair; Meet The Artists and Live Demonstrations, presenting an interactive experience—allowing attendees to get up-close-and-personal with the artists, and Discoveries Collection – selections of artwork chosen by the Artexpo New York curatorial team that make up a group of amazing discoveries throughout the fair.
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Scenes From CoffeeFest 2025 @ Javits Center (Part One)

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The CoffeeFest for 2025 recently took over a section of Javits Center for its annual trade show. For those in the coffee industry and its adjacent businesses, it is definitely the place to be. At the time of my visit, the trade show had been happening for a day already and I didn’t have a press badge until I dropped into their show room and express my own interest.  In the past, if one had a Media badge for the co-located New York Restaurant Show you were golden for this trade show but that has changed now.

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Once inside and prepped I began walking the aisles to hopefully talk to some interesting exhibitors and sample as many coffees as my system could handle.  My first stop were the farmers from Finca La Fortuna.  We did an interview that will post to our Official YouTube eventually.

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Now Playing: Walt Disney Studios “Snow White” (3/21/2025)

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While I am a tad surprised that a release such as Disney’s “Snow White” didn’t seem to merit a second or even final trailer before its release day today, that is how it panned out. If you’ve been following the reports on the giant entertainment news feeds you already know that its not arrived without some controversary but that being said Disney’s “Snow White”, the live-action retelling of the classic firm has opened in theaters everywhere. Down below you’ll find the basic premise, official art and some expanded casting. If you somehow missed our post about the Official Trailer just click the hyperlinked text to see that first. Enjoy.

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Premise: A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen. A live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. (C/O imdb)
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Today: The Affordable Art Fair, Spring 2025 Begins @ Metropolitan Pavilion

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Good afternoon my art loving members of the readership, I’m pausing from the regular flow of the website to make sure that you were aware of the fact that the Affordable Art Fair, Spring edition for the year will be starting today at the Metropolitan Pavilion. This fair has been taking place at the Met Pavilion for quite some time and I should point out that today’s part of the schedule is their VIP and Media Preview. That means the general public needs to wait until it opens up to everyone beginning tomorrow and in case you are feeling left out, let me tell you that I don’t attend this preview either. I’ve had artists tell me that its so crowded that its on the tricky side to navigate and I’d rather be attending and being able to get photographs and videos done. Now if you are not too up on this particular art show, you can pay a visit to our Official YouTube Channel and poke around on the embedded playlist. At the time of my making this announcement, I can tell you that there are more than “300” videos so far with plenty more to come if I can get artists to talk to me.


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