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18 Oct

WWD Summit Explores Way forward for Fashion, Retail

WWD Summit Explores Way forward for Fashion, Retail
The 2022 WWD Apparel and Retail CEO Summit, titled “An Era of Agility: The Path Ahead,” is ready for Oct. 25 and 26 and encompasses a lineup of speakers from retailers, brands, and solution providers who're leaders in innovation and future-ready strategies.  Speakers are taking the stage at Cipriani South Street in Latest York City at a critical time for the industry. As retailers and types ready themselves for the height holiday shopping season, firms are challenged with latest consumer demands, a stepped-up competitive landscape, workforce shortages, inflation and a looming recession.  However the promise of a greater future is in sight with the metaverse, progress on the sustainability front, and advances in technology. Click here to register for this event. Speakers on the...
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18 Oct

Inside Chicago’s booming art scene

Inside Chicago’s booming art scene
In Chicago, artists initiate interdisciplinary and intergenerational exhibitions of their backyards, basements, showers, and even of their flower vases. It’s the spirit of experimentation fostered by the town’s academic institutions, especially the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which cultivates a mess of talented artists annually. In line with Kate Sierzputowski, co-director of Julius Caesar and programming head of EXPO Chicago 2022, these shoestring projects are susceptible to extinction and rebirth from their rapid burn-out. It’s unsustainable to supply shows every six weeks in a dirty, leaky space on top of operating a practice and job. MICKEY, which began as grassroots venue Courtney Blades in 2010, underwent a technique of “forced upscaling...
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18 Oct

Ismael Cruz Córdova On Expanding Representation On Screen And

Ismael Cruz Córdova On Expanding Representation On Screen And
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18 Oct

Viola Davis Talks Fighting For The Next Generation Of

Viola Davis Talks Fighting For The Next Generation Of
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