The New York Historical Society is hosting a new free concert series (jazz, rock, classical, and more!) every Friday night at 6:30pm from April 20 - June 1. Share with your networks! As if that’s not cool enough, they also are hosting not-too-expensive beer tastings complementing their History of New York Beer exhibition, on Saturday… Continue reading Free Concerts and Beer hosted by the New York Historical Society
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Happy Tax Day! If you’re #ProudToPay, tweet it.
Learn why people are #ProudToPay taxes today, and share some of your own reasons! At the end of the day, we should feel very lucky to live in a country where taxes support the public good and many freedoms that we take for granted, even if we do grumble while money leaves our bank accounts.… Continue reading Happy Tax Day! If you’re #ProudToPay, tweet it.
Walking for Water: DIY Education and Chance to Win
Starting today, I am wearing a pedometer to track how far I walk each day and how much water I drink to put the global issue of potable water in perspective as Earth Day approaches. 2.2 million people in developing countries, most of them children, die every year from diseases associated with lack of access… Continue reading Walking for Water: DIY Education and Chance to Win
If you want to create a network, awaken the possibilities in those that you connect with. You can grow a more vibrant community in the next six months by genuinely listening to others than you can in the next six years by trying to get others interested in you and your plans. Mike Worley, as… Continue reading
Standing under cherry trees.
FREE Brooklyn Food Conference on May 12
I’ll be there all day; check it out and pre-register! There will be lots of great workshops, speakers, and of course, food. See you there!FREE Brooklyn Food Conference on May 12
Triptrop NYC: the city just got even more accessible
Everything about this incredible mapping tool made by Brooklyn Brainery co-founder Soma makes me happy. It drives me crazy when people think, for instance, that the Upper West Side is just too far to visit me in Prospect Heights, or that Long Island City is really inaccessible. New York City is one of the best… Continue reading Triptrop NYC: the city just got even more accessible
Nina Katchadourian passes time on long flights by going into the bathroom and taking amazing self-portraits like this one. It is so silly and wonderful, and I don’t see why more people don’t do this. Using only bathroom tissues is a great touch. Enjoy more here.
Top Ten Grant Proposal Mistakes
Writing a grant and feeling like it’s not quite there? Here are some top mistakes to check your proposal for and fix before you submit! TYPOS! Redundancy Length (too short if it’s missing components; too long if I forgot what I read 5 minutes ago) Vague (use examples! numbers! color!) Dry (a little passion is… Continue reading Top Ten Grant Proposal Mistakes
Death and Taxes Collide as Fatal Crashes Mount on IRS Filing Day
This is sad but not all that surprising. Stress can really make people act less than perfectly, and a nation of (unnecessarily!) stressed out individuals definitely could cause crashes. Deaths from traffic accidents around April 15, traditionally the last day to file individual income taxes in the U.S., rose 6 percent on average on each… Continue reading Death and Taxes Collide as Fatal Crashes Mount on IRS Filing Day
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