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Viva las vegas a great spring break destination.

Saturday, Apr 20 2024 by Natalie

Whether you’re young and looking for an adventure, or traveling with a family, Las Vegas is a great Spring Break destination.

Let’s take a look at some of the places everyone should have on their list to see when they make a trip to Sin City.

Welcome to Last Vegas Sign

Perhaps the most recognized feature of Las Vegas, the flashing sign welcoming visitors to Las Vegas was funded in 1959, at perhaps the heyday of Vegas glamor and glitz. These days, it’s a familiar, retro greeting for everyone who tour the Strip, the area jam packed with casinos, restaurants, party venues, and entertainment for all ages. Day or night, the party’s going on, and it’s the perfect photo op to announce your arrival!

The Venetian Casino and Resort

If you want to see a great music concert, check out the Venetian! Christina Aguilera will be there for two weeks in April, followed by Kylie Minogue, who regularly performs at the resort.

The hotel and casino is just as amazing, often making lists of best resorts and casinos in the US. Its theme hearkens back to the height of the Venetian empire, with a recreation of the Rialto Bridge, the Doge’s Palace, and other famous landmarks from the powerful empire of the Middle Ages.

The Bellagio

The Bellagio is one of Vegas’s most famous luxury resorts, created in the style of an Italian village, complete with classical-styled sculpture and design, high-end art galleries, breathtaking botanical gardens, and more.

Perhaps the most famous attraction at the Bellagio are the impressive fountains, which perform free water shows choreographed with music and lighting to entertain the crowds. Designed as the focal point in an 8.5 acre man-made lake in the center of the Las Vegas desert, they are certainly impressive. In fact, they are considered one of the most talked-about attractions in the city by people around the world!

Eiffel Tower and Paris Hotel

The Paris Hotel is an awesome spectacle, and a lot more affordable! It was designed with the average, not high-end, visitor, in mind. But they did not skimp on awesome Parisian features. The biggest draw is the replica Eiffel Tower, which rises about 550 feet in the air. Only 1/3 as big as the original, it’s still impressive against the Las Vegas skyline.

Other replicas on the site include the Arc de Triomphe, Louvre museum, and Paris Opera House. It’s “almost” like going to France, without crossing an ocean or needing a passport.

Luxor Las Vegas

The Luxor Hotel goes all the way to another famous desert for its theme: the deserts of ancient Egypt, and the pyramids of Giza. Some years, the hotel hosts more visitors than the city on which it’s modeled! Its centerpiece is a massive pyramid, which is the actual hotel. At the top of the pyramid is a giant light called the Luxor Sky Beam, the most powerful man-made light in the world.

Like other hotels, it also has lots of entertainment, beyond cool hotel rooms and casinos. It is also known for the expansive and educational Titanic exhibit, that still impresses visitors with artifacts and historical details in a museum dedicated to the ocean, that seems a little out of place in the desert.

The Mob Museum

Branching out a bit from the Strip and resorts, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, better known as the Mob Museum, is a really cool museum dedicated to telling the story of organized crime, and the law enforcement agents who fight that crime.

Some people don’t know this, but Las Vegas has deep ties to organized crime and mob bosses, which makes sense with all the gambling and other activities you can do there. While the connections have eased up considerably over the years, the history is colorful, and the museum is a great place to learn about law enforcement over the years in the US, and see some really cool exhibits about the most famous, and notorious, characters, in organized crime.

If you’re looking to spend some time enjoying the region’s climate and scenery, you should check out Hoover Dam. The dam, blocking the Colorado River on the border between Las Vegas and Arizona, generates power for California, Nevada, and Arizona, for more than 1.25 million people.

It also generates water for crops and cities and towns in the area, coming off of Lake Mead, the man-made lake created as a result of the dam. Tourists can tour different parts of the dam, can check out the structure from the bridge at the top of the dam, or participate in water activities on Lake Mead. It’s less than an hour away from Sin City, but it feels like a completely different world.

If you have the chance to tour Las Vegas, springtime is a great time to go; it’s not too hot, and there’s so much going on to keep you entertained. And if you can’t make it, this list will keep you almost as entertained.

Behind the Scenes of Dune: Part Two

Wednesday, Apr 10 2024 by Natalie

Dune: Part Two came out last month, and since then it’s broken all sorts of records, including earning over $600 million, raking in more money on opening weekend than any other film earned all year, and making way more money than even the first Dune did for its opening. Even now, it’s incredibly popular, and has fast-tracked production for the next installment of the sci-fi story.

Let’s take a look at some of the starring actors and locations from the film.

Timothée Chalamet

Making his debut more than a decade ago in Interstellar , Timothée Chalamet has become a major star, with a varied film repertoire, and credit for both artistic and blockbuster successes. At just 28, he’s already been nominated for an Oscar, and won several major accolades. And, he’s been dating celeb powerhouse Kylie Jenner for over a year now, so he’s really got it going on!

Born and bred in NYC, the dual American and French citizen bought a house in Beverly Hills in 2022. The home, formerly owned by Kate Upton and Justin Verlander, set him back about $11 million. The beautiful property has privacy-enhancing landscaping, a tennis court, pool, and great views. Inside, the four bedroom, five bathroom house has distinctive features including a fireplace that takes up an entire wall, in-home theater, wine cellar, and more. The house has been owned by several celebs in addition to Kate Upton, including Kenny G and Pete Sampras!

Since getting her start on the Disney Channel in 2010, Zendaya has been known for her beautiful, piercing eyes, and amazing acting ability. Starring in Dune is just her most recent success, she’s been in the Spider-Man franchise, indie films, television shows, and more.

She has bought a few homes in the LA area, including this gorgeous place in Encino, which offers more space and privacy than some more famous zip codes in the area. The six-bedroom home is more than 80 years old, but several renovations have kept it up-to-date, perfect for the knockout celebrity.

Josh Brolin

Josh Brolin’s father has had a long career in Hollywood, but Josh took a long time to determine that he, too, wanted to be an actor. But, once he did, his career has been stellar. His acting in Dune brings to life one of the most interesting and charismatic individuals in the story, and he deserves all the praise he gets for the role.

He left Hollywood a few years ago when he bought a home in Atlanta. While he put it up for rent last month, the $3.25 million home just north of the city in the upscale neighborhood of Buckhead, has five bedrooms, six bathrooms, and 6,500 square feet of living space on 1.5 acres of land. Of course it has a gourmet kitchen, gym, theater, extra sitting and entertaining rooms, and  more.

Wadi Rum, Jordan

Filming the desert scenes of the sci-fi film in a realistic environment was critically important to director Denis Villeneuve and his crew. They picked the Wadi Rum location in Jordan because it had both a “scary” quality and the rocks mixed among the sand described so vividly in the books. And just like on the planet of Arrakis, the area is known for deadly windstorms, but fortunately doesn’t have any sandworms.

A wadi is an area that is desert except when it rains; then it’s flooded with rushing rainwater that helps give it an eerie and unique landscape formation ideal for an other-worldy tale such as Dune .

Liwa Oasis, Abu Dhabi

While the wadi was great for some angles, the sand dunes in the book were best filmed on site in Abu Dhabi, where the vastness of the desert spread out before the camera, giving the viewer a visual feast of Arrakis in all its dangerous beauty.

Filming wasn’t so hard; the crew and actors stayed at a resort at the oasis, an area of water and vegetation that sprouts up in the desert. In many ways, it helped them feel more in character, and unified them as a team, far away from the distractions that might normally overwhelm a movie crew.

Ålesund, Norway

About a world away from the desert of the Middle East, Ålesund on the coast of Norway, was the perfect setting for the water-rich world of Caladan. The bays and inlets, as well as the dramatic cliffs, were perfect for portraying the paradise Paul Atreides left behind to follow the directive of the emperor, and eventually fulfill hundreds of years of prophesy and his own destiny.

Ålesund is a small but beautiful coastal city that attracts visitors for its Art Nouveau architecture, great river and ocean kayaking, and amazing hiking.

It’s so fun to look at where the stars live and worked while making both Dune films, it only makes us want more! Because the first two installments of the books-turned-movies were so successful, it’s all but guaranteed that there will be more breathtaking films to carry on the story in the next few years. And we can’t hardly wait!

Famous Irish-Americans

Sunday, Mar 17 2024 by Natalie

Today is St. Patrick’s Day, when everyone is Irish! While the holiday is celebrated around the world, people in the US take the holiday, and perhaps the excuse to drink a little extra beer, to the next level.

In honor of the day, let’s take a look at some famous Irish-Americans.

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy might be one of the most famous Irish-Americans. In fact, at the time of his campaign for president in 1960, some people hesitated to vote for him due to ethnic and religious discrimination against Irish-Americans.

However, Kennedy never shied away from his heritage. In fact, when he was president, he took a historic trip to Ireland and visited several places, including his ancestral home in Dunganstown, in Wexford. His great-great-great grandfather was born here, and the Kennedy family still owns the property.

Taking his Irish heritage seriously, Kennedy and his wife Jackie named their beautiful Virginia estate Wexford, after his ancestral home. Sadly, the home on the 166-acre farm outside Washington, DC was completed only a few weeks before he was assassinated in November 1963.

The home, with five bedrooms and five bathrooms, had been designed by Jackie herself as a retreat for the family, and was a perfect getaway for the talented equestrian. Ronald and Nancy Reagan rented the home during their presidential transition in late 1980. It sold a few years ago for just under $3 million, well below the $4+million asking price.

Barack Obama

You might not realize it, but Barack Obama has Irish heritage! A true American in the sense that his heritage includes many waves of immigrants, his great-great-great-grandfather came the US in 1850, one of millions who fled economic hardship and chased the hope of a better life across the ocean.

Obama and his wife Michelle own several homes across the US, but after they left the White House in 2017, they took up residence just a few miles away, in the tony Kalorama neighborhood of DC. They first rented, then bought, this gorgeous brick mansion, for about $8 million. Jeff Bezos lives in the neighborhood, along with several diplomats, the Kushners, and more. The house has more than 8,000 square feet; plenty of room to enjoy their privacy after eight years in the limelight of the presidency.

Alec Baldwin

A man who has reigned in Hollywood for decades, and even portrayed a president on television, Alec Baldwin is one of the most famous Irish-Americans. He’s spoken several times about how his Irish Catholic upbringing influences him now, and even named his daughter Ireland!

Alec and his wife Hilaria live with their seven kids in Vermont, having moved here in 2022, leaving behind the Hamptons in New York, and taking up a more rural, family-centered life up north. The 55-acre estate has a main house listed as having three bedrooms, but there’s got to be plenty of space for seven kids among the 3,600 square feet of living space. And if it’s not enough, there’s an 1,800 square foot guest house!

Zooey Deschanel

Zooey (just like her big sister Emily) is another famous Irish-American actor. She grew up in Los Angeles, with a director dad an actress mother; her career choice is basically a family business.

In 2019, she started dating another famous sibling, Jonathan Scott, who works with his identical twin brother Drew in the property business. The two, along with Zooey’s kids from a previous marriage, bought a gorgeous home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles in 2020. They dropped a stunning $9.5 million for the 6,500 square-foot home on a one-acre lot. It’s in a great location, has an amazing yard that includes a pool and tennis court, and gorgeous, spunky interior that perfectly fits the couple’s personalities.

Michael Flatley

While everyone knows Michael Flatley, the famous Irish dancer, what may be a surprise is that he was actually born in the US, not the Emerald Isle! His parents both emigrated to the US, where they met at an Irish dance hall (of course) and got married. They passed their love of Irish dance to their son, and the rest is history.

He got his break on the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest, and created a dance troupe that toured the world for decades. He set a Guinness World Record (fitting for an Irishman) for the fastest feet, tapping 32 times per second!

With a remarkable estimated net worth of more than $350 million, he retired to an impressive Irish mansion called Castlehyde house. It’s reported to be more than 50,000 square feet, and has a long and storied history. While he’s tried to sell it from time to time, and can’t live there right now due to poor repairs after a fire, he’s committed to keeping it and getting it fixed.

The Irish have a strong heritage in the US, and they have done so much to make the country a wonderful melting pot of culture, tradition, and experiences. On St. Patrick’s Day, have a drink to celebrate the Irish in all of us, and may the Irish blessing prove true for you:

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow, and may trouble avoid you wherever you go.

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I started Globetrotting a bit over a decade ago, thanks to a quarter-life crisis. You see, I had turned 25 and went on a 10-day horse riding safari in the Maasai Mara, Kenya , where my mind was blown by witnessing the wildebeest migration astride a safari horse. It was THIS crazy, colourful, life-changing experience that led me to step away from my business (Salt magazine), my boyfriend (now husband – thankfully Steven is a very patient man), mortgage and flee to a remote 100,000 acre estancia in Patagonia only accessible via horse.

For the next nine months I jumped from saddle to saddle, driven by an unquenchable thirst to explore horse cultures in South America and Africa. When I finally returned home, Globetrotting took form alongside my business at the time, Salt magazine.

You see, I fell in love with this form of travel – Globetrotting – where the pace is slower and the experience richer.

Rather than travelling in a tour bus (conveyor-belt travel, I like to call it), when you’re astride a horse, you climb under the skin of a country, absorbing every nuance it has to offer.

I knew it was the only way for me to travel, and I was determined to share this passion with other horse folk and I have.

This is a true calling for me.

I get so much satisfaction from sending Globetrotters on their own horse riding holiday, learning of the joy they get from building a bond with their horse and having their eyes widened and hearts filled to overflowing by their experience. It makes me smile inside.

Globetrotters see places, encounter cultures and meet people revealed only to those willing to travel off the beaten track on the back of a horse. They see the world through a horse’s eyes and ears, and discover travel that is slower and more enriching**.

Now more about the rides, we believe the rides featured in our colourful portfolio are the bees’ knees of horse riding safaris globally and each is unique. But they all feature intelligent horses, cultural spice, shifting and challenging landscapes, colourful characters, gobsmacking foreign wildlife and a pinch (ok, sometimes it is a handful) of adrenalin. They are remarkable horse properties run by passionate people who truly understand what horse people look for in a riding holiday.

Please note that we specialise in these countries because we know them inside and out. Because we are still afflicted with wanderlust, the country list continues to grow. While we have formed close relationships with the hosts who offer the horse rides, we also remain independent and will give you honest and impartial advice about which ride will suit you best. Since we don’t run the horse rides ourselves, we’re free to share an unbiased, genuine opinion of each.

We can also assist flights, travel insurance that covers horse riding, visas, accommodation and suggest itineraries for before or after your horse riding holiday.

So that’s us. We just love what we do.

And whether a horse riding holiday is on the radar for the end of the year or in a decade, we don’t mind! We hope our website will feed your wanderlust, inspiring you to take the leap and become a Globetrotter.

When that day comes, we will welcome you warmly.

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our founder, has been roaming the globe on horseback for a third of her life. Before Globetrotting was born, she worked as a horse-riding guide in Kenya and Argentina, and speaks conversational Kiswahili and Spanish. She has an intimate knowledge of the destinations in the Globetrotting portfolio. Globetrotting is Kate’s life calling and she is passionate about sharing this mode of travel.

began his Globetrotting career in Kenya and has since notched up countless rides from Iceland to Morocco. Steven learnt to ride as a child on the dusty plains of Nindigully in western Queensland. When Steven isn’t in the saddle he’s trigger-finger-ready to capture the amazingness of rides via camera and drone. He sometimes does all this while also wrangling three spirited daughters.

is the jewel in our Globetrotting crown! We discovered Laura through an internship in 2016 where she opted to learn the Globetrotting ropes with a trip around Canada and America. Laura grew up on a sheep property near Mudgee in country New South Wales and has been closely connected to equines her entire life. She rides like a BOSS, she’s a 3* eventer and connects with ALL of our globetrotters. We’re super proud to have her in our GT family and she’s an expert at finding your perfect-match riding holiday.

is a social scientist and marketing genius who thrives on nurturing connection and building communities. Her equestrian journey began early with a heartfelt affection for Dressage. After a hiatus involving extensive international employment and adventures, she rekindled her riding passion in 2021, diving into the Western world with a pretty Quarter Horse mare. Giddy up!

conjures ecstatic and life-enhancing riding experiences for our British and European globetrotters. She tends to laugh in the face of people doing only two things at once, and has the unusual distinction of having represented Great Britain as both a dressage rider and an endurance rider. Katy spent 9 years running the Mongol Derby for the Adventurists, alongside a host of other ambitious events in far flung locales. She has led safaris in Malawi, and horse treks in Mongolia and Kazakhstan. She also has a philosophy degree from Oxford. Needless to say, her campfire chat is off the charts.

is our token Canadian globetrotter, eh. Growing up on Vancouver Island, known more for its rugged natural beauty than its equestrian scene, Mercedes still managed to pursue eventing on the island before venturing off for an equally thrill-seeking career in conservation science. She’s wrangled elk on horseback in the Canadian Rockies and she’s drilled through sea-ice in the High Arctic – and she quit her PhD to join the GT team! Mercedes can now be found eventing with her horse Storm in Queensland. She loves chatting about Canada, canoes, parkas, poutine – and Globetrotting, of course!

learned to navigate the world on horseback after being thrown on his uncle’s farm as a teen, and deems the back of a horse his happy place. In between fulfilling his passion for riding, Antony has managed to fit in over 30 years of financial and commercial experience across a range of industries and enjoys the planning and tactics involved in delivering strategic outcomes to an organisation. With decades of executive leadership and as part of the Globetrotting team, Ant seamlessly blends his corporate expertise with an unwavering passion for travel and horse riding adventures.

is our resident wordsmith, a lifelong horse lover who completed her first Globetrotting holiday in Mongolia in 2017. Jump forward a year and she still hadn’t made it back home to Australia, but had earned herself a place on the Globetrotting team, working from France, Ireland, Morocco and Greece. Rowena learned to ride among the vineyards and along the quiet country roads that criss-cross the Clare Valley in South Australia. She loves connecting with globetrotters one-on-one and inspiring them to dive headfirst into adventure.

joined the GT team in 2023.  As the quintessential Saddle Club wannabe, horse-obsessed child, her horsey dreams didn’t become a reality until she packed up her life in Victoria to work on a horse stud in Queensland at 21 years old. Steph has since put down roots in the luscious Sunshine Coast Hinterland and loves exploring the area astride her trusty mare Magnolia. With a background in equestrian e-commerce, Steph is super passionate about providing extraordinary experiences for customers in the online world.

joined the Globetrotting team in 2016 after going on rides with us in the High Country, Victoria and the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Sarina had a passion for horses from a very early age. Every book, drawing project, game and collectible object had a horse theme. The opportunity to combine her passion for travel, horses and video editing was a dream realised. Combing through days of incredible location shoots and painstakingly creating final films that match the Globetrotting vision is Sarina’s passion.

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Vibe Check Live with Guest Lena Waithe (Stitcher Studios) – Live taping. Join acclaimed writer Saeed Jones, podcast host Sam Sanders, and Tony Award-winning producer Zach Stafford for a special live taping of their podcast, SiriusXM’s Vibe Check, where the three culture experts and close friends dissect news, entertainment, politics, and everything in between through a Black, queer lens. Named one of the 10 Best Podcasts of 2022 by The New York Times, Vibe Check is a funny, smart, very candid group chat, come to life. For this special live event, they will be joined by a special guest, Emmy-winning writer, actress, producer and founder of Hillman Grad, Lena Waithe (The Chi, Master of None). Vibe Check is a production of SiriusXM’s Stitcher Studios in collaboration with Agenda Management & Production.

The Interview: Death Sex & Money Live with Guest Kara Swisher (Slate) – Live taping. Join us for a special episode of the beloved podcast, Death, Sex & Money, where we’ll witness an intriguing experiment in the art of the interview. Anna Sale, the skilled host of Death, Sex & Money, and Kara Swisher of Vox, both renowned for their unique interviewing styles, will meet for the very first time in this exclusive live episode in conversation with one another.

An Exclusive Live Taping of Slow Burn (Slate) – Live taping. Named Apple Podcasts 2022 “Show of the Year”, Slow Burn, the hit narrative history podcast from Slate, will tape an exclusive episode of this season live from Tribeca. Slow Burn season 9, “Gays Against Briggs,” explores the Briggs Initiative—a ballot initiative that threatened to ban lesbians and gays from teaching or working in public schools in 1978—and the thousands of LGBTQ people who stepped up and came out to stop it. It’s a story of fear and anger among LGBTQ people, and of cynical politicians stoking a moral panic to further a repressive agenda. But it’s also a story of unlikely coalitions, intra-community drama, joy, sex, and the queer cultural ferment of late-’70s San Francisco. This Pride month, join host Christina Cauterucci and special guests for a live taping you won’t want to miss!

Strict Scrutiny Live with Surprise Guest (Crooked Media) – Live taping. Tribeca will host a live episode of Crooked Media’s hit series, Strict Scrutiny. Hosted by three badass constitutional law professors – Leah Litman, Kate Shaw, and Melissa Murray – Strict Scrutiny provides in-depth, accessible, and irreverent analysis of the Supreme Court and its cases, culture, and personalities. Each week, Leah, Kate, and Melissa break down the latest headlines and biggest legal questions facing our country, emphasizing what it all means for our daily lives. Whether you’re a lawyer or law student, or you’re just here for the messy legal drama, Strict Scrutiny has you covered.

Backfired: The Vaping Wars (Audible and Prologue Projects) – World premiere. Backfired is a new Audible Original podcast series from Prologue Projects about the business of unintended consequences. When two Stanford graduate students set out to create a cigarette that wouldn’t kill them, they didn’t foresee what lay in store. Did their invention provide the answer to one of the world’s most pressing public health problems—smoking—or did it introduce a whole new generation to nicotine, spreading an intractable addiction? Hosts Leon Neyfakh and Arielle Pardes unravel the polarizing story of Juul Labs and dive into the illegal vape market that sprouted up in its wake in Backfired: The Vaping Wars.

In the Dark London Variety Show – World Premiere and performance. Talia Augustidis is presenting a selection of short audio pieces from various creators that address big issues, get to the heart of big ideas, and generally loom larger than their short run-time. Talia is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts, she won Best Documentary Short at the Third Coast Awards and, at 5”2, she identifies as short, so she is more than qualified to host this event.

Official Selection Previews Hosted by Critics at Large: Nonfiction – Previews and discussion. The hosts of The New Yorker’s hit podcast, Critics at Large, will moderate this panel featuring the creators behind the 2024 Audio Storytelling Independent Official Selections. Previews from these creators will punctuate this conversation. The discussion will explore how each of these audio pieces came to be, the themes explored in these Official Selections, and what is next for this group of audio artists.

Official Selection Previews Hosted by Critics at Large: Fiction – Previews and discussion. The hosts of The New Yorker’s hit podcast, Critics at Large, will moderate this panel featuring the creators behind the 2024 Audio Storytelling Official Selections. Previews from these creators will punctuate this conversation. The discussion will explore how each of these audio pieces came to be, the themes explored in these Official Selections, and what is next for this group of audio artists.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: INDEPENDENT NONFICTION

The Audio Flux Podcast – World Premiere. Audio Flux invites established and emerging creators to produce short works inspired by a set of prompts. It features these “fluxworks” plus conversations with the producers behind them. In this debut episode, host Amy Pearl spends a few snowy hours in Brooklyn with Aaron Edwards discussing his “fluxwork”, GRAMS. In this episode: psilocybin therapy, self-empowerment, chagaccinos, voice memo treasures, the gift of good friends, and Gandolf. Series Creators: Julie Shapiro, John DeLore.

Our Ancestors Were Messy – World Premiere. Our Ancestors Were Messy showcases the vibrance, diversity, and hopefulness of pre-Civil rights era Black communities through exploring their drama! an audio series based on society pages and gossip columns from Black newspapers in 1930s D.C. Creator: Nichole Hill.

Sounds Current: Angel Island – World Premiere. This is the story of the creatives behind The Angel Island Project, a haunting, beautiful collaboration between the Del Sol Quartet and composer Huang Ruo, which weaves together poetry and music. In Angel Island, the whispers of poems carved into the immigration station walls by detainees ripple across time, connecting that shameful past to our current immigration debate. The series invites us to bear witness to the Asian American experience and explore how art builds community. Creators: The Del Sol Quartet.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: NONFICTION

A Field Guide to Gay Animals – World Premiere. Cheeky and contemplative, curious and raunchy, A Field Guide to Gay Animals shows you the natural world, more exuberant, more joyful, and more gay than you could possibly imagine. Creators: Katie Jane Fernelius, Nathan Harrison, Owen Ever, Laine Kaplan-Levinson from Canadaland.

The Beautiful Fire – World Premiere. In 2018, timber poachers accidentally set a disastrous fire while trying to smoke out a bees’ nest in a maple tree they were stealing. In the Gothic Northwest wilderness, this audio documentary creates an experience for listeners, unlike any crime podcast they’ve heard. Creators: David Weinberg, Bad Robot Audio, Pacific Content.

Delejos – World Premiere. In 2019, Julie lost her boyfriend Jose. It was sudden. He was 26 years old. A virtual reality video-game designer. Then… she had an idea. “Delejos” is a meditation on grief and the power of creation. Creators: Julie Piñero and Cristal Duhaime.

Empire City – World Premiere. Guided by Peabody award-winning host Chenjerai Kumanyika, Empire City a the story Black people are disappearing off the streets in 19th century New York City, but their families cannot call the Police, because the kidnappers are the police… Creators: Chenjerai Kumanyika, Crooked Media, and PushBlack

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: INDEPENDENT FICTION

The following titles are eligible for The Independent Audio Fiction Award.

Bird Talk – World Premiere. Bird Talk is an intimate interview show featuring real, uncensored birds. In each episode fictional co-hosts, celebrity Lars Bouchet and expert birder Tuesday Einhorn, interview one of their fine feathered friends. They discuss it all: flight, feathers, fame, philosophy. No subject is left unruffled. Creators: Nina Porzucki.

Going Reno – World Premiere. Wilma Tülinen welcomes a naïve, puritan woman and a returning divorcée to stay at her ranch as they become the latest members of the Reno Divorce Colony. A story set in 1932 when Nevada cornered the migratory divorce market processing more than 30,000 divorce cases in a decade. Creators: Laura Knight, Elizabeth Quinn.

Red for Revolution – World Premiere. As 18-year-old Jazmine and her grandmother explore queer identity, listeners travel back in time to 1971 hearing the love story of an apolitical jazz singer and a revolutionary intellectual. Creator: Jana Naomi Smith.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: FICTION

Gladstone Girls – World Premiere. Gladstone Girls (based on a true story) is an uplifting, joyful scripted-podcast about a group of female pottery workers determined to protect ‘Curl Friday’, a factory tradition that they hold dear, which is threatened to be taken away by their new boss. Creators: Rachel Shenton, Chris Overton, Bryony Pulizzi and Slick Films.

Inner Monologues of People Etgar Doesn’t Know – World Premiere. Going off very little and with no specific training to speak of, writer Etgar Keret analyzes complete strangers based on no input other than one picture they submit. In each 30-minute episode of this recurring podcast, Keret will write an intimate first-person narrative of this stranger based on a single photo and then encounter this person as they both try to sort out the truth in the fiction and fiction in the truth. Creators: Etgar Keret and Ian Chillag.

The Skies are Watching – World Premiere. The Skies Are Watching tells the thrilling story of a missing woman and the man who believes she is, somehow, the reincarnation of his mother, who also vanished decades ago… a mystery that ultimately proves to have extraterrestrial origins. Creators: Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto.

The Strange Case – World Premiere. Scientist by day, killer by night… All-action, modern-day Jekyll & Hyde from “John Wick” creator Derek Kolstad. Starring Vanessa Kirby (Mission Impossible, The Crown), David Oyelowo (Selma, Silo) and Sofie Gråbøl (The Killing). Globetrotting scientist Dr Jekyll (Vanessa Kirby) has a secret. Everywhere she goes, people end up dead. But she has no idea how or why. Until she receives a message…from herself. Full-cast thriller recorded in Dolby Atmos directed by John Scott Dryden. Creators: Derek Kolstad (Goldhawk Productions for Audible).

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure, (United States) – New York Premiere. Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure follows the story of Jemma, a small-town misfit on a journey of self-discovery. Venturing out beyond her stiflingly cozy confines, she finds an inspiring world – but also one ruled by fear, and a strange, immovable ‘static’ force. Can she disrupt a culture of stagnation, and find a place to fit into it? Find your way in a world of breezy, thoughtful puzzles.

Blue Prince, (United States) – New York Premiere. Simon has just inherited a large estate known as Mount. Holly, a location famous for its shifting rooms and puzzling floor plans. To him, the ever-changing nature of the house makes each day of exploration that much more exciting. Every door holds the promise of adventure and endless possibilities, as the rooms and mysteries beyond are never the same from one day to the next.

Developer: Dogubomb Studios

Publisher: Raw Fury

darkwebSTREAMER, (Australia) – World Premiere. Become an occult streamer on the dark web in this psycho-horror RPG streamer sim. Surf the net, stream weird shit and impress your viewers enough to become the #1 streamer… or die trying.

Handmade emergent narrative technology makes every playthrough + story unique Explore the world’s first procedurally generated internet First-of-its-kind generative dialogue, designed by an anthropologist Go shopping, craft items, do rituals Unique blend of RPG, simulation, roguelite, text adventure Developer & Publisher: We Have Always Lived In The Forest

Goodnight Universe, (United States) – World Premiere. In the narrative adventure Goodnight Universe, you’ll play as Isaac, a six-month-old baby developing mysterious psychic abilities. What you want most is to be loved and accepted by your family, but a secretive tech corporation wants you for their own. The game features an immersive “face-tracking” mode, expanding on the innovative use of camera-based technology that the team is known for.

Developer: Nice Dream Games

Publisher: Skybound Games

Neva, (Spain) – New York Premiere. Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a young woman bound to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with dark forces. Together they embark on a perilous journey through a once-beautiful world as it slowly decays around them. As the cursed world threatens to overwhelm them, Alba and her courageous companion will do whatever it takes to survive and make a new home, together.

Developer: Nomada Studio

Publisher: Devolver Digital

Skate Story, (United States) – New York Premiere. You are a demon in the Underworld, made out of glass and pain. The Devil has given you a skateboard with a simple deal: Skate to the Moon and swallow it — and you shall be freed. Ollie, kickflip, and grind your way through the ash and smoke of The Emptylands as you take on a seemingly impossible quest.

Developer: Sam Eng

Developer: Coal Supper

Publisher: Panic

2024 TRIBECA FESTIVAL GAMES SPECIAL EVENT

From Fire to Firaga: Remaking FINAL FANTASY VII

Naoki Hamaguchi, the director of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, and Yoshinori Kitase, the producer of the game and director of the original FINAL FANTASY VII, discuss what it was like remaking the beloved classic and bringing an iconic cast of characters to life in the modern age. With technology so much more advanced than when the original game launched in 1997, what narrative techniques did they use to update and reimagine a story that many video game fans consider one of the greatest tales ever told?

Location: SVA Theatre

Date/Time: Friday, June 14 at 7:30pm

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7Artisans announces AF50mm F1.8 for Nikon Z mount

7Artisans has announced a version of its full-frame AF 50mm F1.8 lens for Nikon's Z mount .

The lens, already available for Sony E mount, is 104mm (4.1") long and weighs 421g (14.9oz).

Its optical formula is made up of 11 elements in 9 groups, including two aspherical, one ED and two high refractive index lenses. It features an 11-blade aperture diaphragm. It uses a stepper motor to drive an internal focus design.

Minimum focus distantce is 0.5m (19.7") and it accepts 62mm threaded filters.

The company says it will be available soon at a price of $228.

Third-party AF lens options for Z and RF mounts are finally taking off.

I'm not so interested in the approach 7artisans takes here: offering the same spec and size as the Z50/1.8S for less money and lower performance - but if there's a market for that so be it. Hopefully, we'll see 3rd party also try to compete on fun factor: smaller lenses with more classic performance envelopes.

If you are not familiar with them, look up the history of 7Artisans, later the spun off company TTArtisans, their inspiration, and the design philosophy they started with.

Their previous lenses were in line with their philosophy to be small and classic designs inspired by Leica, but the recent lenses are not.

I'd like a small (short) 50mm for Z, even if it is f/2.8

All that lens for a 50/1.8? An ordinary AF 50/1.8 on a DSLR doesn't jut out so far even with the mirror box.

Could this be originally a DSLR design with a corrective group for mirrorless tacked onto the camera end?

Finally a nifty fifty on the Z mount that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. Sometimes you don't need a lens that top the charts, and just want something that works. I have the Nikon Z 40mm f/2 and I find that in certain situations you can get some really nervous bokeh and out of focus areas (I don't mind, but sometimes I do).

If any 50mm fast/prime lens is nifty fifty then the term fits. I always figured size was part of the nifty label. This is almost double the length and 3x the weight of the nikon 50 1.8, and significantly larger than the Nikon Z.

It's ~1/3 the price of the Nikon Z 50mm f/1.8S and it puts up solid numbers for a budget lens. That's pretty nifty.

How about a "hefty fifty"?

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