Saatchi & Saatchi presents New York’s first 7X7, Wednesday 05 May 6.30pm at Hudson/Houston (ground floor). Mary Baglivo will emcee. Tickets can be purchased for $7 on www.showclix.com (keyword: 7X7). Saatchi & Saatchi employees attend free, just RSVP ASAP to Erin Lyons.
For more on 7X7, visit: www.saatchiny.com/7×7
Here’s the lineup:
St Josephs Elementary School Band
This inspirational band program unites the 5th through 8th graders of St. Joseph School, an elementary school in the South Bronx community of East Tremont founded in 1877, into a cohesive and enthusiastic public performance group. The school’s surrounding area bears witness to the stark realities of urban poverty. The program teaches students to play musical instruments and work together in a disciplined and proud team effort.
Chris Anderson, Curator, TED
Chris Anderson is curator of TED, the famous conference owned since 2001 by his nonprofit Sapling Foundation. The summits in Long Beach CA and Oxford UK, and in India and Africa, bring together the world’s smartest thinkers, leaders and innovators. The mission of TED is “ideas worth spreading” and its content and impact has expanded through initiatives that include the TED Prize (incumbent: chef Jamie Oliver) and TEDTalks (400 million views and counting).
Howard Chua-Eoan, News Director, TIME Magazine
Howard Chua-Eoan joined TIME in 1983. His cover stories have included the Tiananmen Square massacre, Saddam Hussein’s attack on the Kurds, the death of Princess Diana (the record for the most copies of TIME sold on the newsstand), the conviction of Timothy McVeigh, and the 50th anniversary of the Roswell Alien “landings.” He has edited TIME’s annual survey of America’s 25 Most Influential People for the last two years.
Jeff Reichert, Writer/Director, Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering is a new documentary film premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival about the age-old practice of changing electoral boundaries to influence elections, featuring interviews with politicians, scholars, journalists and reform advocates. Jeff Reichert served as SVP of Magnolia Pictures where he developed release campaigns for documentaries such as Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, and the Academy Award-winning Man on Wire.
Marc Schiller, CEO Electric Artists, co-founder Wooster Collective
The Wooster Collective showcases the phenomenon of street art in cities around the world via its website, events and presentations. Co-founder Marc Schiller is a producer, marketer, writer, photographer and culture jammer with a keen interest in the cultural threads running through contemporary communication. His work rethinks what public art is and how artists can create destinations from what used to be an illegal activity: the city as playground.
Liz Arana, Head Chef, Alexandra
Liz Arana is co-owner of Alexandra restaurant in the West Village (Hudson/Morton). She opened Alexandra in 2004 with a new American bistro menu after working under some of the best chefs in New York including Eric Ripert, David Burke, and Tom Colicchio. A graduate with honors from the Culinary Institute of America, Liz is a Board Director of City Harvest and is a member of the James Beard Foundation.
Maurice Ashley, International Grandmaster of Chess
Maurice Ashley is one of only 800 chess Grandmasters worldwide, and the first and only African-American Grandmaster. He is an ardent spokesman and advocate for the intellectual and character-building effects in young people. A chess commentator for ESPN, he also served as a commentator for Gary Kasparov’s legendary “Man vs. Machine” match against the computer Deep Blue. In 1999 he opened the Harlem Chess Center.
