Tobi Elkin

Seniors talk about their lives and involvement in the Henry Street Senior Center. The Center is part of the Henry Street Settlement, a 125-year-old non-profit organization that works to improve the lives of children, families, and adults of all ages on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

Manhattan-based photographers James and Karla Murray have been documenting independent stores and their owners in New York City for more than 20 years. Their work has resulted in three books and several photo exhibitions. They shared their commitment to this work with participants in a two-part workshop that has culminated in the show Capturing the Faces & Voices of Manhattan’s Neighborhood Storefronts, on view through October 1 at the Little Underground Gallery in the Jefferson Market Librar...

The art collective Art Parley is inviting residents of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and Two Bridges neighborhoods to discover and share the many stories about immigration in New York City. Led by Art Parley co-founders Sue Jeong Ka and Melissa Liu, in collaboration with ArtBuilt, an arts and culture advocacy organization, workshops are taking place in a 200-square-foot ArtBuilt mobile studio, parked on the plaza just outside the Seward Park branch of the New York Public Library.
Art Parley’s a...

The LES Citizens Parade is a celebration of the migration and settlement experiences of longtime residents of New York’s multilingual Lower East Side neighborhood. What’s unique about the hybrid piece, billed as both a procession and a dance party, is that the performers are all seniors — of Chinese, Hispanic, and Jewish descent — who frequent four senior centers in lower Manhattan (Henry Street Settlement’s Senior Center, LaGuardia Neighborhood Senior Center, Two Bridges Senior Housing, and ...

"Train People" is an impressionistic, visual poem that offers observations about people who enjoy the benefits of cross-country rail travel. The short documentary film was inspired by my experience as an Amtrak Writer-in-Residence (2016-2017). The film was screened at a dozen film festivals in the U.S. and abroad in 2017.

Grit and Glamour: Designer Patricia Field's Lower E...

The 300 Flavors in Jon Snyder's Mind | Narratively ...

Oct 16, 2013 ... Rebecca Lepkoff at her apartment. Photo by Tobi Elkin. Lepkoff, who now resides in Washington Heights, engaged her audience with stories of ......

Interview with Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes exploring the company's take on the role of mobile apps and the mobile web.

CMOs are more data-driven than ever but what about the elegant "art" of marketing? How can CMOs balance the need for both the art and science and retain talent that can help them with both sides of the equation?

Samantha Skey of SheKnowsMedia is one of the most dynamic women in media today and holds the rare distinction of a hybrid role as CMO/CRO. She's bold, brave, and not afraid of change. An innovator to the core, she and the co-founders of SheKnowsMedia are making a huge difference in women and girls' lives.

Digital Natives were born with a mobile phone in one hand, a bottle or breast in the other. Gen Z or Y requires more attention from marketers, according to experts and it is already having profound implications for marketers.

MasterCard's Global CMO Raja Rajamannar on the evolution of the company's "priceless" brand proposition.

Ivan Orkin discovered his love of ramen while living in Japan and opens his highly anticipated new restaurant dedicated to it on the Lower East Side.

Nov 29, 2011 ... Tobi Elkin: You've got two spaces on Orchard Street. Tell me about why you chose Orchard. and why do you have two galleries? Dino Eli: ......