Meera Gandhi, founder and CEO of the Giving Back Foundation, has devoted her life to helping others. Through the years, she has selflessly dedicated her time and resources to help those who are the most vulnerable in the world. Through her efforts, she provides aid and assistance to ensure that others may develop their lives… Read more »
Original Article featured on Gorkana.us Paul Louis Maupin, Editor-in-Chief of Ask a New Yorker, on the NYC arts scene, publishing the underpublicized, and not beating around the bush. Can you begin by telling us about the content, mission, and style of Ask A New Yorker? Ask A New Yorker seeks to cover the New York… Read more »
Recently, Ask a New Yorker bumped into Joshua Kraushar, the founder of For Your Your Brain and Belly Walking Tours of New York based in WiIliamsburg. Offering more than postcard views, the company provides immersion tours into the outer boroughs, allowing visitors to escape the thronging mobs of Manhattan and witness the local color and taste… Read more »
Kennedy Moore – founder of Ask A New Yorker – and I were recently invited by Cristyne Nicholas – chairman of The Broadway Association – to their annual Tony Awards Luncheon. Founded in 1911, this not-for-profit business association’s main focus is the cultural and economic betterment of the Broadway Theater District. Never having been to… Read more »
Any notion that talk is cheap can be dismissed every Saturday night when Laura Smith takes to the airwaves for her Saturday Night Cafe on WABC radio. Indeed, if you want to be entertained then Laura’s show is compulsory listening. Laura takes talk very seriously which is one of the reasons her audience loves to… Read more »
Garland Jeffreys is not only New York City’s best-kept secret, but America’s most consistently underrated and overlooked musical talent. A veteran of rock-n- roll, blues, soul, and reggae, Garland’s been shaking up the NYC musical scene since 1966. I first met Garland back in August at the iconic West Village restaurant and performance spot, Cornelia… Read more »
On the 7 train heading to Queens, AANY’s Kennedy Moore enjoyed a conversation with Klaudia Maxwell… AANY: What’s your name? Klaudia: My name is Klaudia Maxwell. Klaudia with a ‘K’. AANY: Where are you heading? Klaudia: I’m heading to Long Island City, Queens to my storage unit. I’m a classic New Yorker with a storage locker…. Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Where are we? What’s happening? I’m, like, in another world. Goran: We are on Roosevelt Island, a small island between Queens and Manhattan. It is one of the most beautiful spots on New York City. I moved here in March 2010. I would like to stay here for a long time…. Read more »
Ask a New Yorker: Where are you from, where do you currently live? Sigourney: I grew up in between Harlem and Brooklyn, New York. I currently live on the Upper West Side across from Central Park. Ask a New Yorker: How many Facebook friends do you have? Sigourney: I have roughly around 3,000. Ask a… Read more »
