John Knowles announces Roger Smith Shorts!
Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 by Editor in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Events, Hotel
John Knowles of Panman Productions, and also the executive producer of Roger Smith Shorts, and his team have already begun the busy schedule of shooting and creating several short films within the confines of the Roger Smith Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan.
These films are in connection with the Brooklyn International Film Festival and John is super excited and pumped for the busy workdays and late nights. Here’s a detailed description of what’s going to happen and how much everyone is looking forward to the upcoming times! Enjoy!
“CLEAN THE ROOM”, A Roger Smith Short by Dmitry Povolotsky
Posted on 13. Apr, 2010 by Editor in Art at Roger Smith, Arts, Hotel
Clean the Room by Dmitry Povolotsky from Panman Productions on Vimeo.
“Clean the Room”, is a film about mistaken identity and serendipity. This physical comedy, which takes place in the Penthouse of the Roger Smith Hotel is a modern day Cinderella story in which the dreams of a maid strangely come true, while she cleans a messy hotel room. Clean the Room won Best Film at the Roger Smith Shorts Film Festival in August 2009.
About the Director
Dmitry Povolotsky is a writer, director, and choreographer living in Brooklyn. At the age of ten, he was selected to attend the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow to study classical ballet. After graduating from the academy nine years later, Dmitry was awarded a full scholarship to Juilliard in New York City where he received a BFA in modern dance and choreography.
Dmitry remained in New York City to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet for eight seasons and to teach ballet and choreograph for inner city youth at the Harlem School of the Arts.
After making his first short film in 2003, Dmitry left the dance world to study film at Columbia University Film Division. PAL/SECAM, his thesis film, has played at 40 film festivals all over the world, has won several prestigious film awards and was sold to 6 territories so far.
Credits
Written and Directed by Dmitry Povolotsky
Story Idea by Bilge Ebiri
Executive Producers -?Brendan Crane, ?John Knowles
Cast?Maid – Susan Brady
Bobby – Michael Mason
Superstar – Sarah Lilley
Crew
Director of Photography – Christina Voros
Art Direction – Julia Cairo
Assistant Director – Rebecca Conroy
Sound – Marin Conroy
Editor – Julia Kots
Wardrobe Provided by CMarchuska and The Green Room NYC
Special Thanks to the Roger Smith Hotel
Looking Back on the Future: Recapping Next Year
Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by BrianSimpson in Events, Hotel, the LAB
2009 was the year of ‘social media’, gurus, experts, mavens and using ‘TW’ in front of every word possible. In Twenty-10 it was all about social engagement and the idea of ‘social media’ was replaced by the concept of ‘just doing business’. The shills were weeded out and the workhorses shined! The Jets are now drinking wine instead of Gatorade, David Blumenstein now actually knows EVERYONE in the world, Brogan isn’t just talking about bacon anymore, Cupcakes have become their own food group, iJustine is now just known as Justine, Our friends at Panman Production have created a video empire, Julia Roy got COACH tattooed on her arm, We found out what the ‘CC’ stands for in C.C. Chapman, The Lab Gallery goes to MoMA, Jill Hanner becomes a Ferrari Agent, Sarah Prevette finally buys an apartment in NYC (but still stays at The Roger Smith Hotel), Adam Wallace becomes a member of every frequent flyer program available and I ( Brian Simpson ) convinced everyone I know that all you have to do is CARE.
Thank you all for a wonderful year ! Enjoy the Holidays !
Please let us know what you ‘did’ in 2010…
Visit us at: rogersmith.com
New York Entrepreneur Week, Live Broadcasting Nov 16-20
Posted on 19. Nov, 2009 by AdamWallace in Community, Events
For more information please visit http://www.nyew.org
New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW) is the largest entrepreneurial movement throughout New York State. For the first time, thousands of entrepreneurs across New York State will have the opportunity to actively engage the foremost entrepreneurs, investors and dealmakers both in the State and from around the world.
Live streaming video by Ustream
Taking place from November 16-20th, 2009, NYEW is a unique 501(c)3 non-profit holding over 350 events, which encompass five days of innovative and hyper-targeted events, including:
- Inspiring keynote speeches from recognized business leaders
- Riveting panels delivering relevant mission-critical advice
- The flagship RELENTLESS business plan competition
- Third party events
With 120 speakers from 50 cities, 18 states and 3 continents, NYEW unites the state’s diverse entrepreneurial community, providing an exclusive educational experience for all entrepreneurs- from enterprising young idea-stage innovators to hundred million dollar revenue generators. We are the movement makers, change agents, people helpers and problem solvers.
By joining all of New York State’s most important entrepreneurial groups, you’ll connect with and learn from New York’s best and brightest entrepreneurs who are relentless, driven and dedicated to improving your business, the economy and the world.
Now is the time to stand up and come together as entrepreneurs. We are the catalysts for conquering today’s economic challenges. We are the leaders that will turn economic adversity into opportunity.
If you want to follow the realtime discussion on twitter we will be sharing information about New York Entrepreneur Week with the hashtag #nyewsnazl. The twitter stream is available at http://nyew.tumblr.com/. You can also follow the discussions during the week in realtime on Snazl.com.
@140conf Media Stream from @rshotel (click through the video playlist)
Posted on 27. Oct, 2009 by Birdsong in Community, Events, Hotel
Dear friends,
Welcome to our special coverage of Jeff Pulver’s 140 Character Conference. What you can expect to see here on this page is a growing body of short profile videos we will be gathering and posting throughout the two day conference. Think of it as a video yearbook of sorts. Each time a new video is posted we will tweet to let you know. We encourage you to RT and share the videos we will be creating together to tell the story of @140conf and the “state of Twitter right now”.
The Roger Smith Community is extremely excited to be a part of your experiece with social media. We look forward to meeting you IRL @140conf. Some of you have called us “The social media hotel”, because we embrace the vibrant social media community in NYC and beyond and use Twitter to facilitate our charter of hospitality and communication with our friends and guests. Thanks for letting us be a part of your community. We have met so many great new people.
Twitter and social media as a whole have very quickly become an invaluable tool for real human communication and are changing our lives in new ways everyday, as well as ways we have yet to imagine. If you remove the technology and consider the utility, what social media does is this: it simply connects people. Yup, that’s right. You and I, we’re connected.
Our team @140conf is Adam Wallace (@adwal), Brian Simpson (@bsimi), John Knowles (@pancity), Abianne Prince (@panmanprod), Aleks Degtyarev (@floatingopera), and myself John Birdsong. If you see us, come up and introduce yourself, and please don’t be shy, find us at our video booth and share your story, we would love to hear what you have to say.
Thanks and enjoy.
-John Birdsong (@johnbirdsong)
Producer for Panman Productions
and a HUGE fan of @rshotel and NYC.
ps. We’re human, and we’d love to hear what you think, so please share and comment!
Roger Smith Pop-up Shop Features Designer Gail Travis of NFP Studios
Posted on 10. Oct, 2009 by AdamWallace in Community, fashion, Hotel, RS Pop
New Forms & Perspectives by Gail Travis fosters the concept of transformation and versatility.
After working in the high-end fashion design world in NYC for the past 8 years, for companies such as Calvin Klein, Shelly Steffee, and Vera Wang, Gail has launched her own brand free from mainstream trends. Each piece she designs has the ability to link, layer, fold, snap, shift and/or connect. Her collection is inspired by her surroundings, personal interactions and movement, and architecture and sculpture.
NFP emphasizes the freedom of expression through fashion!- Melissa Gonzalez, Host of Homemade BFFs
We will be showcasing her Knitwear label at the Roger Smith Hotel in NYC on Tuesday, Oct 13th. From 12-2pm you can tune in to our live stream of an Artist at Work! Powered by Panman Productions at http://www.panmanproductions.com/ see her secrets to knitting and weaving her unique creations.
Also you can come visit us at the Roger Smith Hotel on 47th Street and Lexington Avenue on Tuesday, Oct 13th from 6-9pm for NFP Studio’s Knitwear Trunkshow Sale.
The NFP Trunk show will feature sweaters, dresses and accessories build on a foundation of jersey cami tops, tanks and leggings. Ideal time to get yourself fashionably prepared for the Fall and Winter seasons with a stylish versatile look!
Pyndela at Couture Fashion Week New York
Posted on 15. Sep, 2009 by AdamWallace in Community, Events, fashion, Hotel
Pyndela, a young lovely vibrant brand from Thailand, took part in a runway show at the Waldorf Astoria as part of Couture Fashion Week on September 11, 2009. The Pyndela line is designed by Ploy Wongleecharoen, the sister of Ek Wongleecharown of the Roger Smith Hotel. The designer was first featured in NYC last year at the Roger Smith Hotel. The jewlery worn by the models is designed by Bagaceous.
POST FASHION WEEK ROOMS SPECIAL SEPTEMBER 17-19 20% off rooms !
In this video host of Startup Lucky Aronado gets exclusive backstage coverage of the models of the Pyndela line preparing for the show.
Photographs from the runway show by Adam Wallace:
Behind the scenes photographs by Adam Wallace:
Photoshoot of Pyndela February 2009 at the Roger Smith Hotel
Panman Productions presents Color in B+W with Michael Scott Slosar and Pyndela ,
Art Interactive: Color in Black + White from Panman Productions on Vimeo.
