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Blizzard of Media Events
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Welcome to The Press List, our weekly newsletter alerting you to upcoming media events worth knowing about. March has definitely come in like a lion, with a major snowstorm blanketing New York City and a blizzard of media events on the calendar this week.
Arguably the hottest ticket will be Friday's book party for The Nation's financial crisis primer, Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover. Authors Naomi Klein and Barbara Ehrenreich will be at the event to discuss the book with Nation publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel.
If you're in the market for media events that don't revolve around the recession, we recommend joining mediabistro.com for drinks and conversation. We're hosting parties this Thursday in Boston, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. where new FishbowlDC bloggers Christine Delargy and Matt Dornic will be on hand to talk media shop with local readers and Beltway denizens.
What went down on the media circuit last week? Two teams of bloggers battled in the "Know Your Meme" quiz at Ignite NYC III. Fimoculous blogger Rex Sorgatz and a crew that included URLesque's Kelly Reeves and Engadget founder Peter Rojas won the competition against a team featuring CNET blogger Caroline McCarthy and Bre Pettis of Brooklyn-based "electronics hacking collective" NYC Resistor. Also in attendance was lensman Brian Van, who photographed the proceedings for Guest of a Guest. Over the weekend, NonSociety's Julia Allison and Facebook exec Randi Zuckerberg threw themselves a "bicoastal birthday bash," with festivities in San Francisco on Friday and a Saturday party in New York. At the East Coast event, CollegeHumor founder Ricky Van Veen, Clusterstock editor John Carney, Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research, and former Daily News gossip Lloyd Grove were among the guests who showed up to wish the ladies well.
We'll be back next Monday to forecast which media events you'll want to know about, along with all that went down at this week's hottest happenings. Be sure to check out 'Conferences, Etc.' and 'Beyond New York' for media events beyond the five boroughs in Chicago, Santa Monica, and Boston....
Monday March 2, 2009
Peter Thomas Book Launch & EO Happy Hour
Celebration of the release of the book Mentors Matter
Host: Entrepreneurs' Organization
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: Peter Thomas
When: 6pm-8pm, Monday, March 2
Where: North Square, 103 Waverly Place, New York
PropertyShark.com Real Estate Networking Party
Real estate industry networking party
Host: PropertyShark.com
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP not required
When: 6:30pm-9:30pm, Monday, March 2
Where: Le Poisson Rouge, 138 Bleecker Street, New York
NY Tech March Meetup: Unbelievably Cool Tech
Technology company presentations
Host: NY Tech Meetup
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 7pm, Monday, March 2
Where: Fashion Institute of Technology, Haft Auditorium, 702 Union Street, New York
Tuesday March 3, 2009
Communications, Reputation, and Sales
Branding and reputation management workshop
Host: Business Development Institute
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 8:30am-12:30pm, Tuesday, March 3
Where: The Graduate Center of The City University of NY, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York
Lost in Translation: The Secret to Communicating Across Cultures and Generations Successfully
Panel of experts discuss the changing landscape of the workforce
Host: New York Women in Communications
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6pm-8pm, Tuesday, March 3
Where: Burson-Marsteller, 230 Park Avenue South, New York
Spark Studio - Buchanan-Smith
Peter Buchanan-Smith talks about running a small design studio
Host: SPARK NYC
Access: Limited/Available on request
When: 6:30pm, Tuesday, March 3
Where: Kismet, 16 Beaver Street, 5th Floor, New York
Strauss Zelnick on Gaming, Media, and Entertainment +30
Discussion on the future of the entertainment and gaming industries
Host: Brooklyn Future Meetup Group @ drop.io (+30 years)
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP required
Previous/Expected Guests: Strauss Zelnick
When: 7pm-9pm, Tuesday, March 3
Where: Drop.io World HQ, 68 Jay Street, Suite 413, Brooklyn
Wednesday March 4, 2009
American Business Media Networking Event
Tri-state area networking event
Host: American Business Media
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP required
When: 6pm-8pm, Wednesday, March 4
Where: Latitude Bar & Grill, 783 Eighth Avenue, New York
Novelists and 9/11
Novelists examine the challenges of writing about 9/11
Host: Museum of Jewish Heritage
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: Claire Messud
When: 7pm-8:30pm, Wednesday, March 4
Where: Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, New York
Thursday March 5, 2009
NY Open Coffee Meetup
Weekly meeting for entrepreneurs and investors
Host: Nicholas Butterworth
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP not required
When: 9:15am-10:15am, Thursday, January 15
Where: Tarallucci e Vino, 15 E. 18th Street, New York
Friday March 6, 2009
Meltdown: The Economic Collapse and a People's Plan for Recovery
Panel and book signing to celebrate the publication of Meltdown: How Greed and Corruption Shattered Our Financial System and How We Can Recover
Host: The Nation
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP not required
Previous/Expected Guests: Katrina vanden Heuvel, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich
When: 8pm-10pm, Friday, March 6
Where: New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 W. 64th Street, New York
Sunday March 8, 2009
Girls Write Now Day
Reading featuring emerging teen writers and their mentors
Host: The New School University
Access: Open to the public -- RSVP not required
Previous/Expected Guests: Annette Gordon-Reed, Marlon James
When: 4pm-6pm, Sunday, March 8
Where: The New School University, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Second Floor, 55 W. 13th Street, New York
Conferences, etc.
FT Sustainable Business, Responsible Investing
Conference on environmentally-friendly business practices
Host: Financial Times
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 8am, Monday, March 2
Where: The Altman Building, 135 W. 18th Street, New York
Magazines 24/7: Navigating The New Reality
Digital conference for the consumer magazine industry
Host: Magazine Publishers of America
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 8am-4pm, Tuesday, March 3
Where: NY Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, New York
BRITE '09 Conference
Conference on branding innovation, and technology
Host: The Center on Global Brand Leadership at Columbia Business School
Access: Tickets available for purchase
Previous/Expected Guests: Steve Rubel, Seth Godin
When: Wednesday, March 4-Thursday, March 5
Where: Roone Arledge Cinema, Columbia University, 2nd Floor, Alfred Lerner Hall, New York
MPA's 2009 Career Insight Conference
Panels about magazine industry careers and an internship fair
Host: Magazine Publishers of America
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 8am-12:30pm, Friday, March 6
Where: Time & Life Building, 1671 Avenue of the Americas, 8th Floor Auditorium, New York
Beyond New York
mediabistro.com Cocktail Party in Boston
Drinks and conversation for media professionals
Host: mediabistro.com
Access: Open to media/press -- RSVP required
Previous/Expected Guests: Sam Baltrusis
When: 6:30pm-8:30pm, Thursday, March 5
Where: District, 180 Lincoln Street, Boston
mediabistro.com Cocktail Party in Chicago
Drinks and conversation for media professionals
Host: mediabistro.com
Access: Open to media/press -- RSVP required
Previous/Expected Guests: Stuart Cleland
When: 7:30pm, Thursday, March 5
Where: Maxbar, 2247 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago
New Media Law and You
Discussion of copyright and libel issues for bloggers
Host: Connecticut Press Club
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6pm-8:30pm, Thursday, March 5
Where: The Norwalk Inn, 99 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT
High Speed Networking Santa Monica
Fast-paced networking event
Host: Networking for Professionals
Access: Tickets available for purchase
When: 6:30pm-8:30pm, Wednesday, March 4
Where: Busby's West, 3110 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA
mediabistro.com Cocktail Party in D.C.
Network and learn about mediabistro.com courses
Host: mediabistro.com
Access: Open to media/press -- RSVP required
Previous/Expected Guests: Christine Delargy, Matt Dornic, Marc Pultuskier, Mischa Bergeron
When: 6pm-8pm, Thursday, March 5
Where: Porter's, 1207 19th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
