festival of ideas

Thanks to photographer Vivienne Gucwa for contributing some of our favorite pictures (below) from the Festival of Ideas for the New City street fair, which took over the neighborhood last Saturday. Jessica Dailey, at INHABITAT, sent along some links...

The Festival of Ideas is fast approaching. Among the many downtown organizations taking part in the unprecedented event is the NYU School of Public Service, which is facilitating an interactive conversation about issues important to Lower Manhattan's many diverse...

Among the dozens of interesting programs selected to take part in the Festival of Ideas next month is, "Art in Empty Spaces," a collaboration between No Longer Empty and Community Board 3.  The organizers have selected 15 art projects....

Not everyone is excited about the Festival of Ideas. Curbed reports: Billy Leroy, proprietor of Billy's Antiques and mayor of the Bowery, is not into this whole Festival of Ideas thing being put on by the New Museum. He writes:...

This morning we headed over to The New Museum to learn more about the Festival of Ideas for the New City, an ambitious new event designed to "harness the power of the creative community."  The festival was announced last...