Laura Carter
Minnesotan mktg professional living in NYC w/ varied interests - design|business|technology|food|sustainability - looking for new opportunities

REGISTRATION FORSATURDAY, MAY 19TH GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETSOPENS TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH, AT NOON ET   GOOGA WHAT?! n. an amusement park of food & drink; adj. something wonderfully great; exclamation. "oh my goodness!" or "how bout that!" TICKET INFO | EVENT INFO | PROHIBITED ITEMS | TICKET FAQ | TICKET TERMS &...

The world's funnest spontaneous street Party is coming for you:
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What is a Decentralized Dance Party (DDP)?
The DDP is a portable, battery-powered Party System.
It was invented by Tom and Gary, two gentlemen from Vancouver.
It consists of...

Tickets will become available Monday April 16th, at 11am.  CREATIVE MORNINGS / NEW YORK DATE Friday 04/20/2012 Breakfast and Talk : 8.30am - 10:00am  SPEAKER Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. With a bold goal to help build a world in which...

Please join us for a fundraising Happy Hour at LucePlan with proceeds the project "Under the BQE".

Under the BQE is a community planning initiative. The site consists of 17 blocks of space on Park Avenue between Steuben and Navy Streets under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in Brooklyn, New York.

Come learn more about the project...

Join us for a presentation by Adam Yarinsky, Principal at Architecture Research Office (ARO)! The NYC-based firm known for driving design through research and analysis, received the prestigious 2011 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture.

-1 year anniversary of the Earthquake in Japan-

Please join us on the PechaKucha style presentations by designers / architects who have been involved in the first year of recovery effort on the frontlines in Japan.

Please RSVP: archipicnic@gmail.com

Saturday, March 10, 2012
6:30 PM Doors open
7:00 PM-9:00 PM Presentation

Location:
Bisazza...

On Saturday, March 10 (the one year anniversary of the earthquake in Japan), archiPicnic will be presenting “Ippo x 365 – Reflections on the Japanese Front”. This event will feature visual presentations by designers / architects who have been involved in the first year of recovery effort on the frontlines in Japan. This...

DesignerPages, HuffPost Arts & Artspace invite you to IDNY Party @ The New Museum in celebration of Armory Show 2012!

What: Join us for good drinks, good company, good music, and great art!

When:

Friday, March 9: 8:30 - 11:30pm

Where:

Lobby @ The New Museum

Wonderful Sponsors:

InterfaceFLOR!

Hey Campers!

The first Friday of the month is coming up quickly - and I'm getting excited to see all my favorite Minnesotans in NYC again!

From 7-10 (happy hour til 9), come join the rest of Minnesota's finest at The Gallery @ LPR (Le Poisson Rouge).

There will be tater tots at the bar, and I strongly encourage bringing chex mix and...

Hey Campers -

Just wanted to get an early warning out that we’ll be back at The Gallery at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge) Friday, February 3rd from 7-10 for wonderful drinks (happy hour til 9), company (other Minnesotans!), food (they sell tater tots), and music!

Specifically, we’ve brought a special guest host to the Minneapple Happy Hour this month...

Happy New Year!

Alright you MN-thusiasts, I just got off the plane from Minneapolis and I'm ready to get started on a wonderful 2012 of Minnesota-goodness in NYC.

To kick off the New Year we're going to have the first Monthly Happy Hour of the season at the Copper Barrel near City Hall Park. We'll be going from 7-10 pm this month.

With a huge...

Quietdrive's Annual Hometown Holiday Show / CD release party presented by 104.1 JackFM

Supporting acts - Paradise Fears, American Scarecrows & The Usual Things

Doors at 5pm
Music at 5:45pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE @ WWW.QUIETDRIVEMUSIC.COM

Yep it's that time of year again...and having been blessed with a bday on a holiday (the 25th) trying to work a bday party into people's schedules in December is harder than finding a rent controlled apartment in the East Village! ha ha

But i digress...

Come on out for a night of fun (iffin you can). There are darts, pool and a photo...

Join us in the sleek and lovely Duravit showroom for a night of tasty food and drinks, incredible company, and stimulating talks.
Our party this month will highlight sustainability, with particular attention given to interdisciplinary, cutting edge innovation.

Rob Forbes, founder of <a href="http://www.dwr.com/">Design Within Reach</a> and <a href="http://publicbikes.com/">PUBLIC</a> Bikes, joins Apartment Therapy this November! We&rsquo;ll hear all about Rob's exciting career in the design world, the vision behind PUBLIC, and his thoughts on why...

Join fellow technologists for an evening of live demos from companies developing great technology in New York.

Think you're passionate about the web and the future of open standards?

Join 850 fellow technologists for an evening of live demos from companies developing great technology in New York.

It's the time of year when it becomes easy to pick out your fellow Minne-apples in the Big Apple - while anyone can don a Twins cap, only the real Minnesotans are dining al fresco in their shirt sleeves as the temps dip into the 40s ("Could be worse!") while the New Englanders scramble inside. In fact, if we could spend all winter on...

Grace Bonney of <a href="http://www.designsponge.com">Design*Sponge</a> joins Apartment Therapy this October! We'll hear all about the story behind this fantastic design blog and Grace's most recent labor of love, her new book, <a...

Come find out what happens when Design meets Social Innovation at our first "Be" event!



Social innovation is one of the most dynamic, expansive and exciting fields of endeavor today &ndash; with the capacity to change how we work, what we work on and how we live. Some people are calling it the beginning of a new economy.

Hey everyone,



It's the end of the month, so it's time for another BKTK Meetup!

Celebrate the final days of summer, enjoy stimulating conversation, and nibble on delicious food and drink in the KI/Pallas Showroom.

The Great Minnesota Get-Together has sadly just ended but September's Minnesota Monthly will try and keep the memories of "bottomless dairy product brunches", 200 pound children and slithering piglet births alive for a few more days. Join us at Alibi in Fort Greene (last monthly in Brooklyn for the summer!) this Thursday from 6-10...