Deb Klein is Brooklyn Craft Central. Having founded and grown its successful Craft Market series at the Brooklyn Lyceum, BKCC organizes and produces ongoing events and high-profile biannual markets, bringing together independent artists, crafters, food artisans, entrepreneurs & more. Â Deb also manages a separate PR and Marketing division, offering affordable options for promoting event(s) in the realms of theatre, music, film, and community projects.
June 29th, 2010
Sarah Ellison is an award-winning journalist and author of War at the Wall Street Journal. She spent ten years at the WSJ in Paris, London and New York before leaving to write the book. She is currently writing for Vanity Fair and lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.
June 16th, 2010
Elana is the founder and Executive Director of the Children’s Movement for Creative Education, inc which guides youth to understand and overcome the effects of recent and current violent world events through academic, experiential and art-based projects. She has created curriculum projects for public schools and youth organizations in Philadelphia, New York City, and Bosnia-Herzegovina and has served as a consultant to the New York City Board of Education, Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Youth Visit the United Nations, and others. She is an oral history fellow at Columbia University and holds a Masters in Historiography of Education at Antioch University McGregor.
June 4th, 2010
Charles Duhigg is a reporter for The New York Times, based in New York. 

In 2007, Charles was the author of the award-winning “Golden Opportunities” series, which examined how businesses and investors are seeking to profit from the soaring number of older Americans.  In 2008, he was part of the team that produced “The Reckoning,” a series that explored the roots of the financial crisis.  In 2009, Charles wrote “Toxic Waters,” a series exploring the worsening pollution in American waters and regulators’ response. Before joining the New York Times, Charles was a reporter with The Los Angeles Times. A native of New Mexico, he studied history at Yale and received an MBA from Harvard.
May 25th, 2010
John Emerson is a graphic designer and programmer working with human rights organizations. He has written and lectured on activism, mapping, and design. His website is http://backspace.com
May 21st, 2010
Lucie Flather is the Design Principal of studioBOYCE, an architectural design collaborative.  A LEED AP, she focuses on sustainable practices with work ranging from urban brownstone renovations to rural retreats.
March 16th, 2010
Tilonia is a mission-driven, social enterprise developing the entrepreneurial skills and business capacity of artisan enterprises managed and owned by rural artisans.  Through use of the internet, we create a virtual supply chain linking artisan affiliates with design and sales affiliates for product design and distribution to US markets. The Tilonia artisan collections feature home textiles, women’s accessories and gifts suitable for contemporary decorative styles while still reflective of Indian craft traditions. www.tilonia.com
January 20th, 2010
Gigantic Mechanic makes games. Â We connect people and places through play. The future of fun is in games that you take with you. Games that help you meet new people. Games that help you explore the real-world, as well as the virtual world. These are the sort of games we make. Â We build iPhone games that make your commute to work more fun. We make location-based games that introduce you to new people and new neighborhoods. We make alternate-reality games that send you scavenging across the Internet for clues. We make games that make the everyday world more fun. www.giganticmechanic.com
January 20th, 2010
Eric Safyan | Architect is a general architecture practice based in Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY, specializing in brownstone renovations, landmarks work, new construction and commercial interiors. Current work includes projects in multifamily residential development, retail concept design for a tattoo parlor/clothing store, restaurant design for an artisanal pizzeria, office design for a web development company, and renovations and additions to homes in Brooklyn, NY, specifically in the brownstone community. www.es-architect.com.
December 3rd, 2009
Benjamin Orbach is the Director of the America’s Unofficial Ambassadors project at Creative Learning and a Consultant to Creative Associates International. Orbach is the author of Live from Jordan, a chronicle of his experiences traveling through the Arab world in the run up to the Iraq War.
December 3rd, 2009
Andrew M. Ayers, Esq.
Deb Klein | Brooklyn Craft Central
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