Now in its 46th year, Flushing Town Hall (FTH ) serves the NYC community as an arts council, and as an arts, culture, education, and performance space. For over four decades, our mission has been to unite our global community through the transformative power of art. Housed in a historic town hall in Flushing, a landmark built in 1862, FTH honors Queens as the home of Jazz by presenting its finest performers, while also showcasing dance, visual arts, theatre, and music from every corner of the globe. As advocates for arts equity since 1979, we platform the voices that shape our world: the local, the immigrant, the emerging, and the renowned. We believe in the power of partnership and collaboration to break down barriers and build understanding.
Public Relations
Heroes Model Management
Heroes Model Management was born in September 2015 from a desire to bring back talent to the forefront of Fashion amidst a climate of overcrowding. Heroes has already established itself as one of the world’s leading independent agencies.
Embracing the various strengths of the models we represent, we have focused our management on the current dynamic of Art and Commerce, and fought the notion of the ‘disposable model’. Our belief is that the new face to watch today should also have the opportunity to be the icon of tomorrow.
Heroes is not a new agency; it is a new way of managing talent, and a partner in the evolution of Fashion globally.
The Messy Parts Podcast
We are a small nimble team — of senior executives who now work on passion projects, from NYCNext to The Longest Table to now The Messy Parts Podcast.
We’re a startup that ebbs and flows with friends, favors and freelancers.
We dream big and have a track record of making the impossible happen.
We’ve self funded and launched The Messy Parts as an independent project. In week 6, the podcast was featured on Apple’s New & Noteworthy page. By week 11, we were appearing in the Apple business podcast rankings at #33 (we are #4 in careers). AND we’re just getting going. What we are interested in is building a media platform … and The Messy Parts is the first piece of that puzzle.
About the host: Maryam Banikarim, is a convener, community builder, and host of The Messy Parts Podcast. She believe our biggest challenges make the best teachers and that authentic storytelling creates the strongest communities. She turn difficult conversations into meaningful connections and help leaders find power in vulnerability and growth in uncomfortable moments. She is an Emmy Award-winning marketing executive and CMO with 20+ years leading brand transformation and business growth at major technology, media, and hospitality companies.
Strings Without Boundaries
About Strings Without Boundaries
Julie Lyonn Lieberman started Strings Without Boundaries in 2003, where it ran as a summer program at Duquesne University for ten years before she began to move it to other cities throughout the country. The program has always focused on training players in numerous roots as well as contemporary styles while incorporating creative musicianship and playing electric.
The program has taken place in Seattle as well as Ellensburgh WA, Appleton WI, Omaha NE, and Savannah as well as Atlanta GA. It has taken place in Easthampton, MA the last two summers and will now begin to expand to New York City.
This past year, Julie Lyonn Lieberman—its creator and Artistic Director, who lives in MA—has taken on a partner, Alissa Jackman… Program Director, who lives in Brooklyn. We are going to start building our presence in NYC starting spring 2026, with a one-day event.
Freedom for Immigrants
About Freedom for Immigrants:
Freedom for Immigrants (FFI) is an abolitionist organization that envisions a world without prisons or cages of any kind. We work to abolish immigration incarceration, recognizing we are part of a broader movement fighting for our freedom at the intersection of mass incarceration, immigration enforcement, and the deprivation of Black, brown, and Indigenous people’s autonomy. To empower our communities, we organize alongside and follow the leadership of currently and formerly incarcerated immigrants. We recognize our work is necessarily tied to broader efforts to eradicate white supremacy and the systems that sustain oppression. By cultivating the community-centered solutions that breathe life into our collective liberation, we actively build a future in which all people can move freely and thrive.
Creative Expansions Inc.
Our mission is to empower women and girls worldwide
Blue Note Jazz Club
Since 1981, Blue Note has been a cultural institution in New York City and one of the premiere jazz clubs in the world. Blue Note strives to preserve the history of jazz, and the club is a place where progression and innovation – the foundations of jazz – are encouraged and practiced on a nightly basis. In addition to the main acts that feature the likes of Robert Glasper, Pat Metheny, Christian McBride, Joshua Redman, Ron Carter and Chris Botti, the storied jazz venue regularly showcases up-and-coming jazz, soul, hip-hop, R&B and funk artists.
28 Row
28 Row is a company where we bring brand partnership opportunities to our community of talented Gen Z content creators!
Acoustyle Communications
Acoustyle Communications is a boutique public relations agency offering full-service communications and strategy consultancy across corporate, entertainment, event, nonprofit, and sports verticals. With extensive experience in managing brand perception, we craft unique, creative, and personalized solutions to tell our clients’ stories and support their missions.
Freedom for Immigrants
Freedom for Immigrants is an abolitionist organization that envisions a world without prisons or cages of any kind. We work to abolish immigration incarceration, recognizing we are part of a broader movement fighting for our freedom at the intersection of mass incarceration, immigration enforcement, and the deprivation of Black, brown, and Indigenous people’s autonomy. To empower our communities, we organize alongside and follow the leadership of currently and formerly incarcerated immigrants. We recognize our work is necessarily tied to broader efforts to eradicate white supremacy and the systems that sustain oppression. By cultivating the community-centered solutions that breathe life into our collective liberation, we actively build a future in which all people can move freely and thrive.
