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“A singular stream of water being met with a force that causes a lot of pressure can break a stone in half.”
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| How the Stonewall Inn Gave Back During an Unusual Pride Month
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When Stacy Lentz first moved to New York City in 1994 to pursue a career in recruiting, activism wasn’t necessarily top of mind. Lentz, who identifies as a lesbian and had felt misunderstood growing up in a conservative small town in Kansas, recalls having cursory knowledge of the Stonewall Uprising, but wasn’t fully aware of its crucial role within the queer liberation movement. Above all, she hadn’t visited the Stonewall Inn until 1998, when she was shocked to discover what was then a male-centric watering hole. “I was the only woman there,” she recalls. “I was a little disappointed because besides the plaque outside, nothing else indicated its importance to our community.”
Fast forward to 2006, when the Stonewall Inn was facing permanent closure. She quickly joined a team of investors to rescue and renew the historic site in its current form, becoming a co-owner and the property’s only lesbian investor. Since then, her LGBTQ+ rights activism has taken off—she has helped coordinate hundreds of events and fundraisers for LGBTQ+ organizations, launched the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative, and has partnered with Heritage of Pride to produce some of the largest events during its annual NYC Pride Week in June, which attracts two million visitors from across the world.
That is, under normal circumstances. As with almost all bars and restaurants, the Stonewall Inn shuttered when New York became the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring, calling the tavern’s future into question. Enter Jägermeister’s Save the Night campaign, which offers financial resources to nightlife workers who lost their jobs during the government-mandated closures. Jägermeister partnered with The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative to host a virtual fundraising concert, which attracted more than 300,000 viewers and raised $85,000. Through those efforts, the team disseminated 75 grants of $1,000 to nightlife workers to help make ends meet. Read more.
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink aims to implant microchips that stream music directly into your head.
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Despite “Zoom fatigue,” experts predict that video chatting won’t disappear anytime soon.
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Leaked documents reveal that one-fifth of WeWork’s New York space has been sitting empty.
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Two children shatter a $64,000 Disney Castle sculpture at the Shanghai Museum of Glass.
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| Fondation Martell: Places to Be
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| When: Until Jan. 2, 2022
Where: Fondation Martell, France
What: The cultural destinations’s first-ever group show invites 14 designers, including Wendy Andreu, Porky Hefer, and Matali Crasset, to create practical living spaces within monumental circular steel tanks. Welded together and connected by passageways, the scenography evokes Giorgio De Chirico’s surrealism and a journey through domestic landscapes not unlike the beloved board game Clue.
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| Member Spotlight: Juniper
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Since 2011, Juniper has been dedicated to producing thoughtfully designed and meticulously engineered lighting solutions for architectural projects worldwide.
| Surface Says: The pared-down profiles of Juniper’s fixtures double as functional sculptures, often created by mere lines of light. Each piece features noble materials and sophisticated construction that illuminate a space with effortless elegance.
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