Forget the rental car or Metro-North trip, all you need to go hiking is a MetroCard. Home to over 30,000 acres of parkland, New York City offers hundreds of nature trails to explore in parks across the five boroughs. New Yorkers do not have to travel very far to connect with the great outdoors, from the Staten Island Greenbelt, which is three times the size of Central Park, to ecologically diverse forests in Van Cortlandt Park, to the salt marshes of Marine Park Preserve. Ahead, discover some of the best trails to take a hike in every borough. Photo of Concrete Park by TheTurducken on Flickr
Curio, a Los Angeles, CA-based NFT platform for the entertainment industry, raised $7M in seed funding.
Backers included Fenbushi Capital, Kenetic Capital, Protocol Labs, LongHash Ventures, Picus Capital, and several entertainment industry veterans Marc Geiger, CEO of SaveLive and former head of global music at WME, and Rich Battista, former CEO of Time Inc. and former Fox Entertainment executive.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and business reach,
Led by CEO Juan M. Hernandez, Curio delivers a new universe to serve fans through digital collectibles, driven by non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The company has launched multiple licensed auctions, drops, products, and new partnerships. It is partnering with the iconic collectible powerhouse, Topps, to produce NFTs from iconoclastic, cult classic Mars Attacks!
Working in Hollywood for years, actress and writer Erika Alexander has suffered her share of rejection. But one stung deeply â ultimately making her more creative and determined.
By the early 2010s, Alexander was well-known for her role as attorney Maxine Shaw on Foxâs âLiving Single.â The actress was later hailed for her confident, nuanced portrayal of Detective Latoya in the Academy Award-nominated film âGet Out.â She had the credentials, the experience and track record to be taken seriously at a Hollywood pitch meeting.
At one, she pitched a new TV series called âConcrete Park,â about black teenagers who awaken on a distant, desert world known as Kepler 56-B, where they have to fight for freedom against hostile forces. She had maps, character sketches and a detailed storyline.