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Standing naked, I tried not to stare directly into the bright light. I felt completely outside of my body, and a little bit faint, until a calming voice urged me to relax and breathe, to just shake the stress out of my arms and shoulders. The voice had the consistency of warm caramel, and within moments, I was again conscious and aware that I was safely with Bonnie Goldberg in the basement of the Columbia Museum of Art's "About Face" studio.
This out-of-body moment was inspired by a conversation I had with Goldberg during her solo show in December 2010 at Frame of Mind, a local eye-wear boutique that doubles as a gallery. Goldberg expressed that the emotional connection she felt with a model was far more important than a model's physical qualities. The idea intrigued me, and I later suggested, in writing this story, that I pose for Goldberg as a way to understand firsthand what it is like to model for her. I also wanted to be nude, or at least partially so, because I love the way Goldberg paints nudes, which were plentiful at her December show. And though I didn't know Goldberg very well, I felt a natural trust in her.
"I love the spirit and strength of women," Goldberg said over a glass of wine at Hampton Vineyard after our session. "I think women who are modeling feel empowered by the experience, and I want to translate that into my drawings and paintings. Women offer so much. We are not afraid to cry, to care, or to express tenderness. I want that strength and love in my work."
Goldberg says she does occasionally paint men but prefers female subjects because she believes the female form more naturally lends itself to her style of expression.
"When I look at men, they have very square shoulders and straight lines. But women have beautiful gestural bodies with curve and feel. It is not just their bodies, it's also the feeling and emotion they emit," she explained. "There is something about men that is just too structured for me."
A wife and mother of two grown children, Goldberg entered the art world a little later than many of her colleagues in Columbia's art scene today. She's largely self-taught and only began to take workshops after a painter who lived next door suggested it. Her children were about high school age, and she found herself with new pockets of time and was looking for something else to do. Most notably, she studied with internationally renowned artists, including Alex Powers and Katherine Chang Liu, at the twice-annual Springmaid Watermedia Workshops in Myrtle Beach. She was a regular at the workshops for more than 10 years and found the experience quite encouraging.
"I am not very academic," Goldberg said. "The people I studied with were chosen by me because they offered something that I was looking for in their work. A few were hard on me, but I want to be pushed. What would you get from a pat on the back if you were trying to grow? You learn so much from your failures. If you always succeeded, how would you know where to go?
"I worked really hard, and I just realized this is who I wanted to be. It was almost 'Bonnie Part 2.' I love the doors it has opened for me and the people I have met."
It may seem difficult to understand Goldberg's embrace of failures. Except for her own self-identified failures, there's been little evidence that she wasn't a success right from the very beginning. In fact, Goldberg actually sold the first painting she ever completed. After an art class, a woman saw her place the finished canvas in the back of her car. The woman seemed immediately intrigued and began to ask questions.
"She asked if she could buy it," Goldberg recalled. "And I pretended that I do this sort of thing all the time. She asked how much, and I just threw out an amount off the top of my head − $300. And she bought it on the spot!"
That evening, she went home to her husband, Harry, and children, Lisa and Daniel, eager to share her news. She made copies of the check and displayed them all around the kitchen. It was a thrill. These days, she is a little more reflective about sales of her work.
"I am always grateful and appreciative that someone would want something I created as part of their life," she said.
Over the 20-odd years Goldberg has been a professional artist, she's found challenges with commissioned work and adapted to ensure her clients are satisfied. In the beginning, some clients mistakenly expected a portrait in the conventional sense. But Goldberg is an abstract figurative artist, meaning that she doesn't translate images literally to the canvas. Instead, her paintings reflect the energy and spirit of her subjects. That may mean that a feature might be incomplete or unusually shaped or even blend into the scenery. Often her figures seem to have radiant, colorful auras. Sometimes they closely resemble the model; sometimes they do not.
She first realized the need to modify her approach to commissioned portraits when a client took issue with the way Goldberg painted her arm.
"I didn't meet her expectations, but it became a good experience for me," she explained. "Now I will do two pieces for a commission. It allows me the freedom to paint what I want to paint" while creating an alternate that may better satisfy the client's expectations.
"I don't want somebody to have something they don't like. I paint commissions very consciously. I make sure they (clients) listen to me. I am not a portrait painter. If that is what they want, then I can introduce them to many wonderful portrait artists."
Few people know that Goldberg's nude self-portrait was included in her Frame-of-Mind show last December.
"I posed myself into a contented pose, kind of folding into myself," she said. "Then I had my husband take a photo, and I worked from that."
Still, Goldberg has never posed nude for a figure class. She prefers to be on the other side of the canvas. She is thoughtful and deliberative as she poses her models, using directions such as "turn your head that way," "look down," or "move your shoulders to the right." Every instruction is intended to catch the model at her best angle for the painting that is coming clearer into view with each movement.
While many of Goldberg's figure models are young and technically beautiful, she also paints women with more years on their frame. She finds beauty in all of them.
"My figure work is the embodiment of who I am as an artist," Goldberg says in her online artist's statement. "I connect to the lines and shapes of the pose, the gesture of the model, and find the essence of the person who is posing."
Goldberg feels that contemporary women enjoy the freedom to explore and express their full creative potential, and that liberation is expressed in the positive energy they radiate.
"I don't think we depend on men and their opinions the way our mothers did," she said. "Women can learn to grow old gracefully and define themselves by more than what they look like. You can only look like you are 30 for so long. There are a lot of ways to be beautiful."
As she sips her wine and listens attentively, Goldberg exudes grace. She is ageless and quite beautiful in her own right. And while she does not volunteer her age, she notes that she is the mother of grown children in their 30's. She is not fazed by aging in the way so many women are, the ones who obsessively examine with dismay every new line in the bathroom mirror.
"The hardest part about being older for me is the realization that life is finite," Goldberg said. "There are so many things I want to do. That is when I realize I don't have forever."
Goldberg's artist's statement also asserts that "art teaches us what is important in life." I asked her to elaborate on that thought.
"I think, honestly, whether we go to the theatre or movies, read a book, or view visual art, we see ourselves, and we see the way the world can be or should be. And it makes us think about our own lives and our own priorities," Goldberg explained. "It's not just with painting. It is with all the arts. …
"With all that is going on in today's world, with the economy, I think we need to be very, very careful that we don't take so much away from life by cutting the arts and not exposing our children to anything other than the basics of learning. What kind of life are they going to live? Creativity is where your heart and soul come from."
A couple of years ago, Goldberg received a phone call from a woman who had seen a painting of hers and was moved to write a poem about it. The poem dealt with the woman's childhood and her bittersweet personal journey. She hadn't realized until she noticed the title of Goldberg's painting how relevant it was.
"I had named the painting 'I think I saw you crying,'" Goldberg recalled. "The woman had written her poem about some things that made her cry. That particular painting affected her that way. When things like this happen, it makes you realize the impact that your work has on other people and the impact other people can have on you. That really touches my life in an amazing way."
During a trip to France about five years ago, Goldberg found herself reflecting again on where she still wants to go with her art and about life being finite.
"There was gallery after gallery of gorgeous art. It was almost an epiphany of what people can do with art," she said. "I met this artist, and we were sitting on the floor of a gallery and talking art in two different languages. It is not that I think that I don't have time. It's just that I know I don't have forever. … Actually, I hope I am never finished, that I never see what I am capable of. It's all about getting there – the journey."
Goldberg's work is represented in Columbia by Paul D. Sloan, Interiors. Her paintings also appear at Nonnah's in the Vista. Goldberg and artist Kirkland Smith, who paint together with About Face, are contemplating a joint show in 2012. For more information about Bonnie Goldberg, visit bonniegoldberg.com
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Printed April 11, 2011
Story: Kristine Hartvigsen Photography: Sarah Kobos
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One "modern naturalist" friend has already questioned the wisdom of resurrecting the "Romantic naturalist" label.
I must confess the phrase conjures none of the images for me that it apparently does for her. Visions of ladies in long white dresses come to her mind; she hears something too dainty, delicate, and feminine to represent what we truly do these days, and thus finds the term unacceptable. She is looking for a strong dynamic verb to describe these explorations and adventures that soothe but never satisfy our curiousity.
Despite my early training, I have never been comfortable calling myself a "scientist." I don't ally myself often with that world view, though I happily subscribe to the knowledge (facts) it brings us. I interpret the facts differently, and I'm looking for connection and relationship where scientists tend to use distance to achieve understanding and control. Does that make me a "naturalist"? Does the phrase "Romantic naturalist" automatically consign us to some sluggish side slough out of the rushing main stream, and if so, is that a bad thing?
As this is exactly the kind of discussion this blog is intended to address, let's do it! What are the implications? Is there a better approach?
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RR Auction's Space and Aviation Autograph and Artifact Auction, scheduled to take place from May 17 to May 23, includes a selection of early aviation items, including an exceedingly rare, handwritten letter by Wilbur Wright from 1910 to a student pilot discussing their "new machines" which "are much steadier in strong winds and easier to control than the older ones."
Seldom seen and in-demand aviation artifacts from World War II are also represented, with one-of-a-kind vintage patches, autographs, and an assemblage of original fighter pilot flight jackets, including jackets from such famed aviators as James W. Ayers, Robert Cardenas, and Frank K. "Pete" Everest.
Other items include an historically significant autographed note by Charles Lindbergh pleading with reporters the morning after his son's kidnapping: "Due to the fact that our roads are blocked and communication made extremely difficult under present circumstances, I am asking that everyone leave our farm;" a huge piece of glazed aircraft fabric, replete with a large Balkankreuz from one of the fighter aircraft of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron; and a historic American flag flown with the legendary Howard Hughes on his world-record breaking "Around the World Flight" in July of 1938.
The auction also includes rare space artifacts, autographs, and manuscripts, according to the auctioneers. Of particular note, they said, are U.S. Naval Academy items directly from the Alan Shepard estate. Original items from Shepard, the first American into space, and a moonwalker and Commander on Apollo 14, are extremely rare and hard to come-by, especially with such impeccable provenance and from so early in his career, they said. Items from the estate include Shepard's United States Naval Academy Battalion Pass Book, signed a total of 38 times by Shepard; a large assortment of personal gear and clothing issued to and worn by Shepard while at the Naval Academy; a collection of approximately 52 letters and a telegrams sent to Shepard by female "love interests;" and Shepard's worn Navy hat and jacket.
Other items include:
- A flown, 100-plus page pilot's log book from the Gemini 5 mission, with extensive in-flight writing and mission commentary from Gemini 5 pilot Pete Conrad.
- American flag flown on the historic Apollo 11 mission, and attached to an official NASA certificate with an authentic Neil Armstrong signature.
- A flown Apollo 11 Robbins medallion from the former collection of Apollo 12 moonwalker Alan Bean, as well as an extremely rare Apollo 12 "Wives-pin" Robbins medallion with diamond stud and pin-back.
- A lunar surface flown Apollo 15 Lunar Rover commemorative license plate that was carried by mission commander Dave Scott for over 17 miles across the lunar surface.
- A large flown lunar module stowage bag from the Apollo 15 mission stained with lunar dust from the Hadley-Apennine region of the moon.
- A rare and complete Apollo 17 flown tool kit, believed to be the last complete tool set in existence and available for private collectors.
There are also a host of rare and vintage training used hardware and documentation, including a Block II Command Module Rotational Hand Controller; a one-of-a-kind Apollo Lunar Module water loop designed to go from space suit to the console in the Lunar Module; and a 46-page complete Apollo 13 Command Service Module Data Systems training manual, signed and certified by Fred Haise, the Apollo 13 lunar module pilot.
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LAS VEGAS – April 9, 2008 – Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. said today its board of directors has approved a plan to change the company's name to Caesars Entertainment Corporation, pending regulatory approvals.
The name change is designed to capitalize on the high international name recognition enjoyed by the Caesars brand and to appeal to customers attracted by its connotation of luxury, opulence and world-renowned entertainment, dining and shopping options.
"Adoption of the name Caesars Entertainment Corporation will provide our company with greater prestige and help attract strategic business partners as we pursue expansion opportunities in new jurisdictions," said Gary Loveman, Harrah's chairman, president and chief executive officer. "The change also reflects our evolution into a full-service entertainment company that offers a rich range of gaming and non-gaming amenities to our guests."
The Harrah's name will continue to be one of the company's three primary casino brands, along with Caesars and Horseshoe. Loveman said the name change will not alter the company's culture or its adherence to a Code of Commitment that governs its relationships with employees, customers and communities.
"Our employees will remain dedicated to the innovation, customer-service excellence and corporate citizenship that have been hallmarks of our company for decades," Loveman said. "But this re-branding of the corporate name can open exciting new opportunities for us in the future."
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, more than 70 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casinos on four continents. The Company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's®, Caesars® and Horseshoe® brand names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International family of casinos and the World Series of Poker®. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership. For more information, please visit www.harrahs.com.
This release includes "forward-looking statements" intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements contain words such as "may," "will," "project," "might," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "could," "would," "estimate," "continue" or "pursue," or the negative or other variations thereof or comparable terminology. In particular, they include statements relating to, among other things, future actions, new projects, strategies, future performance, the outcomes of contingencies and future financial results of Harrah's. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and projections about future events.
Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and, consequently, the actual performance of Harrah's may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following factors, as well as other factors described from time to time in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the sections entitled "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" contained therein): the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been, or will be, instituted against the Company related to the acquisition of the Company by affiliates of TPG Capital and Apollo Management; the impact of the substantial indebtedness incurred to finance the consummation of the acquisition of the Company by affiliates of TPG Capital and Apollo Management; the effects of local and national economic, credit and capital market conditions on the economy in general, and on the gaming and hotel industries in particular; construction factors, including delays, increased costs for labor and materials, availability of labor and materials, zoning issues, environmental restrictions, soil and water conditions, weather and other hazards, site access matters and building permit issues; the effects of environmental and structural building conditions relating to our properties; access to available and reasonable financing on a timely basis; the ability to timely and cost-effectively integrate acquisition into our operations; changes in laws, including increased tax rates, smoking bans, regulations or accounting standards, third-party relations and approvals, and decisions of courts, regulators and governmental bodies; litigation outcomes and judicial actions, including gaming legislative action, referenda and taxation; the ability of our customer-tracking, customer loyalty and yield-management programs to continue to increase customer loyalty and same store sales or hotel sales; our ability to recoup costs of capital investments through higher revenues; acts of war or terrorist incidents or natural disasters; abnormal gaming holds; the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the sale of the Company to affiliates of TPG Capital and Apollo Management; and the effects of competition, including locations of competitors and operating and market competition.
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Reported: 10/1/2007 4:45:53 PM 16:45
Posted: 10/8/2007
Location: Gurnee, IL
Shape: Sphere
Duration:5 minutes
|Large orange orb moving south to north across the eastern sky just prior to sunset.
I was relaxing on my patio enjoying a clear perfect evening when I spotted an orange orb travelling acroos the eastern sky. It was traveling from south to north at elevation and speed which seemed to be about the same as commercial aircraft that I often observe. It was silent. Being just prior to sunset the sun was low in the sky and was reflecting brightlt off this object, indicating that was bright orange in color and appeared to be perfectly round in shape, like a "ball". Judging by the size of commercial aircraft at that same apparent distance and/or altitude it must have been quite large in size. There was no vapor trail. The time was approximately 7:20 CDT. By the time I thought to go grab my digital camera it had moved out of my sight. It's path was straight, and as if in orbit.


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- 1 cup flour organic fine plain
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ground
- 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
- 1/2 teaspoon ginger ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 banana overripe
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup sunflower seed oil
- 1/2 cup carrots finely shredded
- 1/4 cup currants
- 2 tablespoons wine or water, or tea, or rose water, or cognac
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- Soak the currants in wine.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease the cake pan.
- Whisk the flour and the baking powder together in a bowl. Add the brown sugar, the ground cinnamon, the ground cloves, the ground ginger and the salt. Set aside.
- In the end add the soaked currants and the wine left.
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The warmth of spices combined with the sweetness of carrots and currants is very satisfying.
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Carrots also are high in vitamin C.
You can soak the currants overnight in wine, or water, or tea, or rose water, or cognac.
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# 223 Supermatix - Bad timing
Side a: 1.T.V, world , 2.Close to home
Side b: 1.What more can she do? , 2.Sex sells , 3.Oh no...
Carlisle/Uk based band ? I don't know. This was released on the Matchbox classic reord label (who bring us The Lims,No support). I haven't found informations about this record.
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# 222 Battered Wives - Uganda stomp
Side a: Uganda stomp (Bomp Idi Bomp!)
Side b: Giddy
Band from Toronto/CAN with their first single. Uganda stomp is also on their first LP and the b side is a non album track. Read more about this group here.
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# 221 Johnny Curious & The Strangers - In tune
Side a: 1.In tune , 2.Road to Cheltenham
Side b: 1.Pissheadsville , 2.Jennifer
Superb platter by this Hertfordshire/UK based band. Two good powerpop songs on side a and to great punk stompers on side b. This is their lone record. Johnny Curious released a solo seven inch in 1979. Please read more here and here.
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# 220 Pom Poms - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie
Side a: Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie yellow polka dot bikini
Side b: 1. Do ya like it , 2.Do the slam
Quirky new wave band from New York/USA with thier lone release. Funny little record.
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9 Aug 2009
# 219 Herod's Race - Something's not right
Side a: Something's not right
Side b: Wind me up!
Superb powerpop from the UK. I think this was released by the band's own label and never had a picture cover. The only information i found, is that the record was recorded at the Spaceward studios in Cambridge.
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# 218 The Vipers - I've got you
Side a: I've got you
Side b: No such thing
Great irish powerpop/punk here on this record. One member later join the very well known "The Blades". Read more here.
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The deciduous forest, that surrounds this striking residence, transcends from being mere backdrop to integrating with its core aesthetic experience. Every frame in this 4000 square ft. contemporary forest home in Mont-Saint Hilaire, Canada is enthused with the spirit and silence of the forest that surrounds it. Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement explore a bare palette of color, materials and design to sculpt a pause in an endless expanse.
The design pivots around its engagement with its context. Broad openings that run from floor to ceiling offer exaggerated views and move beyond punctuating the external face, to forming a canvas for nature to paint upon. These broad canvases are carefully placed by the architects in each room and area of this contemporary forest home to create a beautiful tapestry of natural and man-made.
The building's east-west orientation allows for maximum solar gain, pouring in welcome sunshine. The decor is stark and bare- almost masculine, as if to reinforce its place among the splendour around it. Wooden ceilings, panels and striated walls extend the rhythm of the forest into the interiors. Floating above inconspicuous concrete floors, an overstated linearity- both vertical and horizontal- emerges as a common thread in the design. Upholstery is minimal and soft, making this an inviting space amid all the naked interplay.
The walls of this contemporary forest home have no need for embellishment or art; the changing faces of the woodlands create a marvelously fluid and sculptural experience. What results is a symphony shared in silence- between inside and outside, between nature and man.
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Outstanding views are the backdrop for an inside look at future investment
CARE International UK's women only race up The Leadenhall Building
We'll be at the BNC show on February 14th
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Yogic vibes were order of the night as Landing Forty Two remedied seasonal stress.
Our Production Manager discusses working in the clouds.
Our exclusive offer especially for New Year positivity!
Our limited time Black Friday offer has landed.
This Christmas enjoy enchanting food, gifts and festivities in our location at the Leadenhall Building.
On the 4th September, Landing Forty Two hosted a complimentary yoga session for top clients.
Want to celebrate Christmas at London's highest dedicated event space Be quick! We've got a few key dates remaining for evening celebrations.
Over 130 event professionals joined us for a sky high film screening.
Join us on 27th July for the latest in our series of exclusive film screenings for event professionals.
This October, Landing Forty Two will host the annual Rugby Captain's Dinner, in aid of Willow Foundation.
Fantastic new festivals, theatre productions and the return of a few of our summer favourites.
Find out more about London's newest and most exciting addition to the skyline.
Get to know Chloe, Sales and Marketing Director from in-house catering partner Moving Venue, with a peek at her Instagram.
Landing Forty Two is the highest dedicated event space in the UK at 198m high. From the top you can see six counties. Here are some of our team's favourite places to spot from high up at Landing Forty Two.
Some of our recent clients have chosen to really make our views the star of the show by adding unique entertainment at their event: live drawing.
Meet Bex Tweedy, our new Events Assistant, in this week's Instaview.
Situated on the 42nd floor of the 'Cheesegrater' the 5,000 sq ft Landing Forty Two is London's highest dedicated Christmas event space.
Auto Trader, the UK's number 1 site to buy and sell new and used cars, chose Landing Forty Two for their annual agency and manufacturer party this month.
Find out more about Ben, Head of Sales at Moving Venue, our in-house catering parnter, in this week's instaview.
Venue and event specialist Vibration Group has formed a partnership with Moving Venue.
Landing Forty Two is part of Venue Lab, which aims to challenge the usual approach to sourcing and managing venues.
Did you know you can now explore the interior of Landing Forty Two without even having to leave your desk?
Landing Forty Two credits the most memorable entertainment to date, provided by event specialists, Fullcircle.
Landing Forty Two and Fat Buddha Yoga continue partnership to deliver exciting yoga health events 500 ft up above London.
An instaview with the newest member of our team, Astrid.
From functional to high end options for VIP clients, Landing Forty Two gives you the low down on the best hotels all in walking, or stumbling distance, to the Leadenhall Building.
Rebecca is an Events and Sales Manager here at Landing Forty Two. We caught up with her to find out more about what got her into events, and took a sneaky peek at her Instagram for an insight into her world!
Following the success of 2016 the Vibration Group is delighted to announce that Landing Forty Two has now opened its diary for the whole of 2017.
Over the past year we have hosted a huge selection of prestigious events, from sumptuous dinners attended by VIPs to hotly-anticipated launch events. Here are some of our highlights from our first year.
Summer may be nearing its end, but the amazing views here at Landing Forty Two never change. We've got some amazing deals for last minute conferences in September and October.
Event florists, Pinstripes & Peonies have been Landing Forty Two's preferred florist supplier since launching in September 2015 and have provided stunning flowers for a range of event including those attended by royalty and high net worth individuals.
We are delighted to report that we're finalists in this year's Event Awards! The Event Awards is one of the most competitive industry awards. We faced competition from more than 300 entries from agencies, brands and partners.
Situated on the 42nd floor of the 'Cheesegrater' the 5,000 sq ft Landing Forty Two is London's highest dedicated Christmas event space. Here are 10 reasons to choose Landing Forty Two for this year's festive celebrations.
If you're planning a breakfast event that's destined to impress there's no better place than London's highest dedicated event space. Landing Forty Two boasts floor to ceiling windows showcasing some truly inspiring views of the capital. Whether you're planning a networking breakfast, looking to introduce a new product or want to showcase London to delegates from overseas, this is the perfect place to do it.
Katherine Ryan hosted Plan International UK's Gala Dinner. Celebrity guests included Eliza Doolittle, Julia Bradbury and John Caird all of whom attended to show their support for the plight of girls around the world.
Landing Forty Two was delighted to celebrate Fat Buddha Yogas 3rd birthday recently with a sky high pop-up yoga class for both occupiers of the Leadenhall Building and Fat Buddhas loyal yogis.
Yasemin is an Event Manager here at Landing Forty Two. We took a sneaky peek at her favourite Instagram shots too, for a real insight into her world.
The hotly anticipated game Destiny The Taken King launched high above the streets of London at Landing Forty Two. The next installment of the popular franchise was unveiled against a backdrop of jaw-dropping views of the capital.
On Thursday 21st April, Delta Air Lines, supported by its partner Virgin Atlantic, celebrated the launch of its daily nonstop service from London Heathrow to Salt Lake City in the impressive surroundings of Landing Forty Two at The Leadenhall Building.
Tammy is an Event Manager here at Landing Forty Two, looking after a huge range of events high above the streets of London. We caught up with her to find out more about her experience, and how she got into the industry and we took a sneaky peek at her favourite Instagram shots too, for a real insight into her world.
Landing Forty Two became the highest cinema in the world last night, for an exclusive screening of Spectre.
Landing Forty Two is host venue for exclusive Concerto VIP dinner
Our intro of the team behind Landing Forty Two continues - next up, Nadia our Events Director
Meet the people behind Landing FortyTwo. This time, it's Richard, our Venue Manager.
Our clients are giving us amazing feedback, take a look.
Live event and brand communications agency Clive chose Landing Forty Two at The Leadenhall Building to host their recent Inspiration Station Live event.
Although the new 42nd Floor event space will not be open until September, our Xcite events team have been busy delivering events at The Leadenhall Building...


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The football world received some sad news from Florida on Tuesday.
The Orlando Police Department announced that Pro Football Hall of Famer Cortez Kennedy has died at the age of 48. A cause of death has not been announced, but a member of the Orlando Police Department told the Blytheville Courier News in Arkansas, Kennedy's home state, that there is nothing suspicious at this point.
"We can confirm his passing and at this time there is nothing suspicious to report but we are conducting an investigation regarding his unattended passing," Sgt. Wanda Miglio said.
Kennedy went to the Seahawks with the third pick of the 1990 NFL Draft after completing a stellar career at the University of Miami and made his first Pro Bowl the next year. Kennedy would go on to be named first-team All-Pro three times, win the defensive player of the year award in 1992 and take a spot on the NFL's All-Decade team for the 1990s. He retired after the 2000 season and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2012.
Our condolences go out to Kennedy's family and friends on their loss.