PITTSFIELD â For Nina Silver, needles are legacy.
The resident of Pittsfield learned needlepoint and embroidery early in life from her mother and grandmother, who were deft out of sheer necessity from years in New York City sweatshops.
More than that, Silver came to know that needles save and give life, which she witnessed daily as a nurse in an intensive care cardiac unit for 15 years in Bronx, N.Y.
And, she points out, the needle can even rise to a place in high art. After nursing, Silver took her knitting portfolio to Parsons School of Design in New York City, where she earned a fine arts degree, while also picking up a minor in sculpture along the way.
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Theater in the Open will livestream At Home for the Holidays: A Streaming Solstice Panto! via YouTube on Saturday night.
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Lawrence s Estaryln Hiraldo is debuting his new short film with a premiere on YouTube this Thursday night.
Holiday panto offers seasonal fun
Theater in the Open s annual winter tradition is going on in a new fashion this weekend. At Home for the Holidays: A Streaming Solstice Panto! will be broadcast from the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport on Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m.
The show will celebrate the winter holidays with its usual high jinks and goofs, but will be livestreamed on YouTube, free to all, thanks to underwriting from the Institution for Savings.
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Application Deadline: December 31st 2020
Environmentally friendly measures, sustainability and circular economy actions applied to fashion are the focus of Fashionomics Africa’s first online contest. The first
Fashionomics Africa contest is a challenge prize run by the African Development Bank, in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, Parsons School of Design and Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Make Fashion Circular initiative, across the Continent.
On the continent and worldwide, the current linear take-make-dispose model, characterised by rapid and endless consumption is giving way to a more circular and inclusive fashion value chain.
This year’s competition is looking for African fashion brands that will change the ways we produce, buy, use and recycle fashion and encourage a more sustainable change in consumer behaviour – as well as to raise further awareness around the topic itself.
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With a gift for connecting strategic partners, a doctorate in education, and a degree from Parsons School of Design, Marianna Abbate’s career evolved from a myriad of lessons learned and taught.
Utilizing her astute problem-solving, trouble-shooting, and alliance-building skills, Abbate made her mark in the worlds of fashion, journalism, restaurant ownership, and charity fundraising before ultimately finding herself in her element as a Palm Beach public relations powerhouse.
In 2019, her company, Luxury PR Group, announced a partnership with Regan Communications Group to create Regan Luxury, a new division providing concierge services for select, five-star clients. Regan Communications Group is New England’s largest privately owned public relations firm and the sixth-largest privately owned public relations firm in the country, with more than 100 clients and offices in Boston, Cape Cod, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Yor