The Beloved Small Businesses of NYC
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About the speaker
On May 28th, we’ll gather to celebrate the small businesses that have buoyed you and your communities. We’ll roam the streets of New York to chat with CMNYC members at their favorite small businesses and hear them read love letters to their local spots. We’ll also open the mic for our virtual audience to share your stories: which places in your neighborhood have mattered deeply to you during the pandemic? The small businesses you share will be added to a crowdsourced map of our beloved small businesses across the city.
We can’t wait to see which small businesses you lift up. See you in the neighborhood!
Local partners
Global Partner — Mailchimp More than 15 million people and businesses around the world use Mailchimp’s marketing automation platform to to reach their customers and grow their business. Mailchimp shares CreativeMornings’ belief that we’re better when we work together.
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Local Partner — Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the business—and Harvest was born.
Additional details
This Month’s Musician: Elad Kabilio
Israeli cellist Elad Kabilio is an active soloist, chamber musician and a teaching artist. He has recently performed at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Morgan Library, and he frequently performers at Joyce Theater in New York City.
Mr. Kabilio is devoted to bringing music to new audiences. He has taught in many schools both in Israel and New York City, and he currently teaches at Manhattan School of Music distant learning and preparatory programs. To bring classical music to the broader public he founded MusicTalks, a chamber music series with engaging and interactive conversation held in intimate settings. Mr. Kabilio is also a founding member of 12th Night Klezmer, an ensemble that recreates the spirit and sound of the east European Klezmer tradition.
Elad is playing on a French cello on generous loan from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Thank you to our Music Partner Sing For Hope
This month’s musical performance is brought to us by our music partner Sing For Hope, a NYC based organization harnessing the power of the arts to create a better world. We love their SingforHopeGrams where a professional musician will personally call and perform a song for your loved one, providing a moment of joy and musical connection. Find out more at www.singforhope.org
Volunteer Sign Interpretation by Canara Price
Reserved seats are available for anyone who is Deaf or hard of hearing. Email us to reserve a ticket.
About our interpreter: Canara Price volunteers in the Deaf community as an interpreter for civil rights organizations, churches, and several schools and agencies. She is the founder and executive director of People’s Theatre, Inc., a non-profit organization exposing under privileged communities to the performing arts. She has produced and/or directed over 40 productions with this company. She is also an award winning producer and director as well as a member of Black Deaf Advocates, the SAG/AFTRA, National Association of Black Journalists, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the National Council of Negro Women.
About the event
May’s global theme is Resilient. We dream, collectively, of a city that returns to itself, one that grieves and heals, that bends but does not break. One that is anchored in the vitality of the storefronts and friendly faces of our neighborhood, every story a beacon of resilience. This month, join us to celebrate the small businesses that make our neighborhoods feel like home. Discover stories of incredible resilience and hear heartfelt expressions of gratitude from our community.
Contribute to our community-sourced map of resilient small businesses.
