The Standard x Miami Rail: conversations & cocktails

Dec

13

–

Dec

14

|

7:30PM

–

10:30PM

RSVP

Writer's Hideaway

The Standard & The Miami Rail are pleased to present our first Writer’s Retreat resident, Emily Raboteau.

Join us June 22nd at 7 pm for a reading, conversation and cocktail reception with Emily and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Editor-in-Chief of The Miami Rail, at The Standard Spa’ Lido Lounge

Emily Raboteau is the author of two books, The Professor's Daughter and Searching for Zion, winner of an American Book Award. Her short fiction and essays have been widely published and anthologized in Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, The New York Times, McSweeney's, The Guardian, Guernica, Tin House, VQR, Salon, Freeman's, The Believer, Orion, and elsewhere. Honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Nelson Algren Award and fellowships from the NEA, NYFA, the Lannan Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony. An avid world traveler, Raboteau lives in New York City and teaches creative writing in Harlem at City College. During her retreat at The Standard Hotel she will work on her next novel,Endurance, about the intersecting lives and problems of the residents of a gentrifying apartment building in upper Manhattan as seen through the eyes of the building's superintendent.

The Miami Rail is a quarterly journal that provides critical perspectives on arts, politics and culture in Miami and beyond.

Speakers

Faizaan Ghauri

Design Partner, The Minimal NYC

The Standard & The Miami Rail are pleased to present our first Writer’s Retreat resident, Emily Raboteau.

Join us June 22nd at 7 pm for a reading, conversation and cocktail reception with Emily and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Editor-in-Chief of The Miami Rail, at The Standard Spa’ Lido Lounge

Emily Raboteau is the author of two books, The Professor's Daughter and Searching for Zion, winner of an American Book Award. Her short fiction and essays have been widely published and anthologized in Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, The New York Times, McSweeney's, The Guardian, Guernica, Tin House, VQR, Salon, Freeman's, The Believer, Orion, and elsewhere. Honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Nelson Algren Award and fellowships from the NEA, NYFA, the Lannan Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony. An avid world traveler, Raboteau lives in New York City and teaches creative writing in Harlem at City College. During her retreat at The Standard Hotel she will work on her next novel,Endurance, about the intersecting lives and problems of the residents of a gentrifying apartment building in upper Manhattan as seen through the eyes of the building's superintendent.

The Miami Rail is a quarterly journal that provides critical perspectives on arts, politics and culture in Miami and beyond.

JESSICA ANNAS

Design Partner, Sparkwave Media

Jessica Annas has studied the art of complex data design for more than a decade. Data Designer at Sparkwave Media, Annas works with the company's roster of Fortune 500 brands to make data more beautiful, relatable, and accessible across every screen.

ASHTON AJAYI

VP Of Product Experience, Pixel Palace.

Ashton Ajayi leads sustainability initiatives at Pixel Palace, an agency founded on helping companies make good money while doing good things. He primarily focuses on inventing custom business models for companies who want a higher purpose without sacrificing profit.

Writer's Hideaway

The Standard & The Miami Rail are pleased to present our first Writer’s Retreat resident, Emily Raboteau.

Join us June 22nd at 7PM for a reading, conversation, and cocktail reception with Emily and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Editor-in-Chief of The Miami Rail.

Emily Raboteau is the author of two books, The Professor's Daughter and Searching for Zion, winner of an American Book Award. Her short fiction and essays have been widely published and anthologized in Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, The New York Times, McSweeney's, The Guardian, Guernica, Tin House, VQR, Salon, Freeman's, The Believer, Orion, and elsewhere. Honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Nelson Algren Award and fellowships from the NEA, NYFA, the Lannan Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony. An avid world traveler, Raboteau lives in New York City and teaches creative writing in Harlem at City College. During her retreat at The Standard Hotel she will work on her next novel, Endurance, about the intersecting lives and problems of the residents of a gentrifying apartment building in upper Manhattan as seen through the eyes of the building's superintendent.

The Miami Rail is a quarterly journal that provides critical perspectives on arts, politics and culture in Miami and beyond.

Text Block #6

Quick

Solutions

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Fast

and Easy

Clear your calendar - It's going down! Text Blocks kicks off on May 20th, and you're invited to take part in the festivities. Splash HQ (122 W 26th St) is our meeting spot for a night of fun and excitement. Come one, come all, bring a guest, and hang loose. This is going to be epic!

Agenda

9:00am

Understand

Lightning Talks on Business Goals

Attend small group workshops about mobile ads, mobile responsive site and mobile app development. Learn about the rapid rise of mobile browsing (and what that means to us) in our interactive globe installation. And hear from Faizaam Ghauri , Founder of The Minimal NYC, about how to get caught up -- and then get ahead.

10:25am

Define

Jessica Annas Defines the User Journey

We’re capturing more data than ever before. And we’re doing it more precisely. But we’re still not using data to its full potential. Used well, numbers can teach us about each other, inspire our creativity and help us take risks and innovate in our work.

12:00pm

Diverge

Ashton Ajayi Discusses Diverge Methods

Ashton Ajayi of Pixel Palace will explain how marketers can use our insights and knowledge about the customer to influence and improve the bigger business strategy.

1:15pm

Decide

Chris Logan Reviews Decide Methods

Everyone’s focusing on it, but it’s not a focused word. What does it mean exactly? Why does it matter? And how do we do it right? Attend small group workshops about mobile ads, mobile responsive site and mobile app development.

“Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.”

Louis Kahn

The Minimal NYC

Architect

The Standard x Miami Rail: Writers-in-Residence

The Standard & The Miami Rail are pleased to present our first Writer’s Retreat resident, Emily Raboteau.

Join us June 22nd at 7 pm for a reading, conversation and cocktail reception with Emily and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Editor-in-Chief of The Miami Rail, at The Standard Spa’ Lido Lounge

Emily Raboteau is the author of two books, The Professor's Daughter and Searching for Zion, winner of an American Book Award. Her short fiction and essays have been widely published and anthologized in Best American Short Stories, The New Yorker, The New York Times, McSweeney's, The Guardian, Guernica, Tin House, VQR, Salon, Freeman's, The Believer, Orion, and elsewhere. Honors include a Pushcart Prize, the Nelson Algren Award and fellowships from the NEA, NYFA, the Lannan Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony. An avid world traveler, Raboteau lives in New York City and teaches creative writing in Harlem at City College. During her retreat at The Standard Hotel she will work on her next novel,Endurance, about the intersecting lives and problems of the residents of a gentrifying apartment building in upper Manhattan as seen through the eyes of the building's superintendent.

The Miami Rail is a quarterly journal that provides critical perspectives on arts, politics and culture in Miami and beyond.

Sign Up Today