StarNYC, Inc Announces the Launch of the New Arizona Foothills Magazine Website.

This month the site has been updated for “THE GOLF ISSUE”
http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com

You can view photos from the various Super Bowl XLII Parties around Arizona in the Arizona Foothills Magazine Gallery -

http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-gallery.php

The latest, exclusive Valley Events are listed at
http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/eventslist.php

If you live in the Scottsdale/Phoenix and Tucson areas, or ar visiting, don’t forget to check out Arizona Foothills Magazine Hot Lists for great tips on dining, entertainment, SPA, Golf, tourism, etc.

http://www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com/afm-hotlists.php

StarNYC, Inc. announces the launch of BusinessMart.com. Built on the EventMail Platform. BusinessMart.com, a businesses for sale listings site, uses the EventMail system to inform potential buyers and search engines alike, whenever new businesses are listed. In the buying and selling game, fresh, timely content is king, so StarNYC designed the business listing search engine to create RSS feeds that communicate timeliness or “freshness dating”. The business listing feed, converted into XML, allows savvy clients to read the content on a variety of devices and news readers, as well as search engine crawlers and content aggregators.

The EventMail platform provides advanced e-mail capabilities, allowing BusinessMart.com customers and clients to better communicate and share information. These extra capabilities enrich the user experience and make BusinessMart.com easier to use and more productive than the competition.
BusinessMart.com, the Business Search Engine, is the place to buy and sell businesses. Featuring better search capabilities and deeper categorization, BusinessMart.com will facilitate more specific searching.
To list your business for sale or buy a business, or just check out our latest site launch,

please visit ::

www.businessmart.com

StarNYC Announces the Launch Of Item Magazine Online. Over the last several months StarNYC has worked with Item Magazine to develop ITEM Online, an online extension of the glossy, quarterly published ITEM Magazine.

“More than a magazine with a website, ITEM ONLINE helps you keep up on a daily basis. ITEM ONLINE features daily news and gossip, as well as all the events you missed the night before.”

www.itemmagazine.com

StarNYC, Inc. announces our latest product, the EventMail Widget, bringing cool events to your Mac OSX 10.4+ Dashboard. The EventMail Widget reads the EventRSS/XML feed from the EventMail site, bringing in feeds from EventMail Clients using the EventMail EventSite 1.5 and above. One may also register to post a free event listing on EventMail and the listings will be published to the EventMail Widget.This it the new way to F12 it!

The EventMail Widget will automatically install in your Mac OSX Dashboard. F12 it and click the “i” in the lower righthand corner to flip it and reverse it and set your city and event type preference. Click here to download.

StarNYC, Inc. announces the launch of MKTpodcast, built for client Planet Central. Planet Central, is a creative Full Service Agency, who makes innovative use of different media, ranging from guerilla marketing using loose change, to the latest Internet medium, podcasting. Planet Central aims to publish the periodic podcast to educate their clients and potential clients about this new media.

StarNYC delivered customized technology, based on our EventMail platform, providing Planet Central with a streamlined, yet turbocharged podcast site, that gives end users many different ways in which they can view and subscribe to MKTpodcast content, including direct, one-click iTunes linking that delivers audio .mp3s and video directly to peoples’ iPods. Among other methods of subscribing, include newsreader RSS 2.0 feeds, ATOM feeds, “Add to Google”, “Add to my Yahoo” and “Add to newsgator”.

www.mktpodcast.com

http://www.safespacenyc.com/store

StarNYC, Inc. announces today, the launch of our latest technology design, the Safe Space Store on behalf of non-profit client Safe Space, to sell tickets online for the Safe Space Spring Benefit 2006 to be held on May 15th at B.B. Kings, 237 42nd Street, New York City, NY.

The Safe Space store also provides the ability to give secure online donations with full invoice documentation automatically e-mailed to the donor. Additionally, the Gift Donation feature is designed to allow people to donate honor gifts or occasion gifts in the name of a third party.

ABOUT SAFE SPACE NYC:

Safe Space`s history spans 86 years of innovative services for children and families. Safe Space works with 20,000 of New York City’s most at-risk youth and families to:

prevent foster care placement
build strong families
promote self-sufficiency Safe Space Programs
Child Abuse Prevention
Adolescent Services
Community Services
Mental Health Services
School/Community Collaborations
Creative and Performing Arts
Employment and Training
Parenting classes

CONTACT:
Jessica Taback
Safe Space
212.226.3536 x232
jtaback@safespaceNYC.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Star of Broadway’s “Jersey Boys” and Hip-Hop Phenom Remy Ma
to Highlight Annual Safe Space Gala Spring Benefit will also Feature Performers from the Safe Space Arts Academy

New York, May 3, 2006 – Safe Space, a local non-profit organization that works to strengthen families and empower youth, is excited to announce its annual Spring Benefit: “Lights, Camera, Action: A Night Where Stars Shine.” The event, to showcase the talents of youth in the Safe Space Arts Academy, will take place at BB King Blues Club in Times Square on May 15th.

Hosted by the Safe Space Board of Directors and event committee, the high-energy benefit will support many Safe Space programs including the Arts Academy, High Risk Drop-In Center and Community Health Services.

“A Night Where Stars Shine” will feature a variety of performers, including John Lloyd Young, revered star of the hit Broadway musical “Jersey Boys”, and hip-hop artist Remy Ma. Hot 97 DJ, Fatman Scoop will host the show. The evening will culminate with lively performances by talented young stars from the Arts Academy.

“The Spring Benefit is a wonderful opportunity for our many supporters to experience the amazing talents of the youth in our Arts Academy,” said Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, CEO of Safe Space. “We’re all looking forward to this wonderful show and the performances of our talented kids, who have worked long and hard on them.”

This year, Safe Space is honoring three exceptional community members for their dedication to the organization and its benefactors: Outstanding Corporation – NYMEX Charitable Foundation; Outstanding Foundation – Starr Foundation; and Outstanding Individual – Jeanne B. Mullgrav, Commissioner of the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD).

“It is wonderful to see the many supporters of Safe Space come together for one special night. The exuberance of the performers is contagious and it’s the best expression of everything that Safe Space is able to give to kids,” said Wendy Rowden, Safe Space Board Chair. “Their accomplishments becomes our accomplishments and we all come away energized to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.”

Sponsorships and ticket sales from this event will enable Safe Space to continue offering unique and innovative services that are consistent and appropriate for the ever-changing needs of the youth and families. The goal is to raise $100,000 to support Safe Space services. Several corporations and foundations are lending tremendous support to the event and Safe Space, including NYMEX Charitable Foundation, Capalino + Company, Cushman & Wakefield, Proskauer Rose, LLP, The Rockefeller Group and TJX Companies. Sponsorships help to underwrite the cost of the event and support Safe Space programming.

About Safe Space
For more than 86 years, Safe Space has been working with the city’s most at-risk youth and families to prevent foster care placement, build strong families and promote self-sufficiency. Safe Space provides holistic services that are consistent and appropriate for the ever-changing needs of the people who depend on them. This includes counseling for individuals and families that are at-risk of foster care placement, have been victims of abuse and those affected by HIV/AIDS. Safe Space offers resources to parents and collaborates with public schools to help children who have severe emotional and/or behavioral problems, and also provides a stable home and support services for formerly homeless youth who are HIV positive and have a history of substance abuse.

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StarNYC Client, Orsay Restaurant, located in New York City, have posted their Spring 2006 Menus at http://www.orsayrestaurant.com.

The new menu looks amazing and is quite newsworthy. Please visit the Orsay Website at http://www.orsayrestaurant.com and in person at 1057 LEXINGTON AVENUE, New York City, NY.

Save the Date

Safe Space Spring Benefit 2006

On May 15th @ 6:00pm Safe Space will celebrate
and entertain at BB King Blues Club

ABOUT SAFE SPACE NYC:

Safe Space`s history spans 86 years of innovative services for children and families. Safe Space works with 20,000 of New York City’s most at-risk youth and families to:

• prevent foster care placement
• build strong families
• promote self-sufficiency Safe Space Programs
• Child Abuse Prevention
• Adolescent Services
• Community Services
• Mental Health Services
• School/Community Collaborations
• Creative and Performing Arts
• Employment and Training
• Parenting classes

Our unique and innovative approach helps children and families heal from and prevent future trauma. We work directly with youth to enhance educational and vocational capacities and plan for the future. Our services are consistent and appropriate for the ever-changing needs of the youth and family who rely on us. This dedication has made us an integral part of the City’s safety net for more than 86 years.

Each day we strive to fulfill our mission:

to protect kids, keep them safe and help them grow.

Opportunity:

The Safe Space Spring Benefit is an opportunity for those who support the organization to come together for one night to celebrate our kids. Talented youth from the Safe Space Arts Academy sing, dance and recite original poetry.

About the Arts Academy:

The Safe Space Arts Academy provides at-risk youth with creative and therapeutic alternatives to the more destructive forms of expression prevalent in urban street culture. Our goal is to provide the youth we serve with a safe environment through which to identify and develop self-esteem, bolster confidence and pride, and improve academic and social behaviors.

All contributions toward the Safe Space Spring Benefit support general operating expenses, allowing the organization to provide constant support (program staff, administration and facilities) for the much-needed programs we provide. Approximately 88 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to programming.

The DiVA Fair New York 2006, a tribute to Andy Warhol, opens Thursday, March 9th. DiVA was started by StarNYC client, Frere Independent, who uses StarNYC’s EventMail and art Gallery software to publicize the fair and provide graphically rich artist directory pages that can be easily updated by individual artists and galleries for each of the different international DiVA fairs – New York, Cologne, Paris, Brussels and Tapei. As well, StarNYC built Frere a custom e-commerce system to allow art galleries to register for, configure room and equipment and pay for the exhibitor spaces on the Web. Please check out the DiVA Fair this week in New York.

For complete info :: www.divafair.com
Event listing calendar :: www.frereindependent.com/events
Gallery artists listing :: www.divafair.com/galleries.php?fid=21

About DiVA ::

The second edition of the Digital & Video Art Fair at the Embassy Suites Hotel from March 9th to March 12th. For 4 days, 30 suites on the 3rd and 4th floors overlooking the Atrium will host Digital and Video Artworks from artists around the world. Each gallery will occupy one suite to display the work of artists they will present to the New York public. Galleries will dedicate one of the rooms of the suite to a single artist while using the second room to showcase other digital and video related works. Special events happening as part of DiVA include panel discussions, a tribute to Andy Warhol, and our opening night party sponsored by GalleryArtist.com starting at 10pm in the Unity Lounge at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Thursday March 9th. Additionally, DiVA is producing a comprehensive catalogue which will include artists presented at DiVA, relevant texts and more. The catalogue will be available for purchase at the fair and online.