• Portuguese Wine Tasting- NYC Episode #726
• New Zealand and Australian Wine Tasting NYC, Episode #727
• Italian Wine Tasting NYC, Episode #728
• French Wine Tasting NYC, Episode #729

In the Lab Gallery at the Roger Smith Hotel, Gary Vaynerchuk gathered with friends from the Social Media world to celebrate Wine. We filmed 5 days of Live Broadcasts at 47th and Lexington to an audience of serious Wine fanatics. It was a lively event with a super-star lineup of internet celebrities.   It was a pleasure interacting with Gary V.

What was your favorite wine selection from the episodes above?

Thanks for watching.

John

Roger Smith Pop: Dolita Paris

Dolita is no stranger to the fashion industry. She worked in the couture studio of Jacques Esterel when she was 16, and now she is producing her own collections. Last season her runway looks were a huge success and garnered a lot of attention, including that of megastar Beyonce.

Her designs are sensual and seductive. She uses sexy fabrics like Silk jersey, Lace (from France), Lycra, and Velvet; her clothes feel like a second skin.
It’s clear that Dolita Paris is on the path to becoming a signature brand!
She is FANTABULOUS! Don’t miss her.

Dolita Paris

-Melissa Gonzalez, Host of Homemade BFF’s

On Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 from 2-4pm  the Dolita Paris Spring 2010 Model Casting took place on 47th and Lexington, outside the Roger Smith Hotel.

Live Casting brought to you by Steve Ocean, Panman Productions & Lion’esque Productions.

On Thursday Sept 17th, Dolita Paris debuted her Spring 2010 line at the Empire Hotel in NYC.

Kevin Iwashina is a ten-year veteran film finance agent Iwashina began his career at Creative Artists Agency.  His responsibilities ranged from packaging the Academy Awarding winning film Crash for Lionsgate to the representation of companies such as Netflix and the oversight of projects at Killer Films, Participant Productions, etc.  He now produces at Hunting Lane Films.

On Tuesday June 30th, 2009 we hosted an actors casting call for the Roger Smith Shorts(Festival Workshop).
Time: 11:00am-5:00pm
Location: Roger Smith Hotel Penthouse, 501 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY 10017

Project: 6 Short Films will be shot at the Roger Smith Hotel by emerging filmmakers in the middle of August. This is all part of the interactive film festival. Social engagement is will be our mission for the next two months. Stay tuned for more information regarding the Roger Smith Shorts.

With a social media strategy we were able to engage 6000 viewers on ustream and cast 58 actors. Of the 58 actors we will be accepting 15 to participate in the Festival Workshop. The filmmakers involved will choose from the catalog of actors that came on Tuesday. It was a competitive acting crowd. Several actors average 4-6 calls a week while others had no acting experience.

Izzy Raskin is a guest of the Roger Smith Hotel and was recomended to audition by the from front desk. He was a highlight performance of the day.

Videos from the casting call will be uploaded to youtube in the upcoming days. The five top viewed videos of the 58 actors will be featured and submitted into the festival automatically. Share the videos with your friends, rate them and post comments on your favorite actor. The top five actors will be picked by popular demand and to participate in the festival.

Thank you to all the actors who participated. It was a great turn out. A very talented crowd.

Check out the Live Recording of the Roger Smith Shorts casting call.

Stay tuned for upcoming events surround the Roger Smith Shorts (Festival Workshop). Visit http://rogersmithshorts.wordpress.com/ for more information.

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A professional is anyone who has logged 10,000 or more hours at their given profession and should have the qualities of a person who lives breaths whatever they do.  By working with professionals that belong to a community we will engage group interests in order to expand our brand. 

The Art Community

In an art community there are several micro-communities that function in a cross pollinating way. These micro- communities cannot exist without each others.  There are the artists (sculptors, painters, ceramicists, media artists, performance artists, instillation, architects, etc.) all of which again can break up into further smaller communities within a given medium/time period/school of thought. There are the dealers, curators, gallery owners, and collectors all of which have a high stake in the success of the above mentioned group of artists. There are also the academics (critics, art theorists, philosophers, anthropologists, demagogues, and students.) All of these types of professionals function in an interrelated way.  It is our goal is to draw these communities together and be a resource for information and network. 

PANNY Boutique

Panman Productions. The brand of the frying pan is inspired by the versatility of what you can do with a frying pan.

Our hope at Panny Boutique is to share with you the beauty and comedy of life. 

We carefully design and select our products so that they genuinely represents our passion, personality and what we stand for.