Cigar Rights of America has announced a variety of new leadership roles.
Gary Pesh owner of Old Virginia Tobacco Co., a retailer has been elected as chairman of the board. Karen Smith, vp of Arturo Fuente, has been elected as the CRA’s president. Both are succeeding Robert Levin of Ashton/Holt’s who has served the dual roles for CRA since 2014.
In addition, Smith will be “leading the organization and its staff” as the CRA looks to find a new executive director over this summer.
“It has been a privilege to represent premium cigar manufacturers, retailers, and consumers in Washington,” said Levin in a press release. “It is now time for the next generation to continue this work, and I am very proud that my son Sathya is stepping up to join CRA’s Board.”
Fergus McCaffrey St. Barth presents Barbarian Days
Installation view.
ST. BARTH
.-Fergus McCaffrey St. Barth is presenting Barbarian Days on view until June 1, 2021 at the gallerys St. Barth location, exhibiting works by: Rachelle Dang, Koji Enokura, Herbie Fletcher, Francesca Gabbiani, Katharina Grosse, Julio Le Parc, Robert Levine, Robert Longo, Ari Marcopoulos, Catherine Opie, Joni Sternbach, and Lawrence Weiner.
Taking as its inspiration from the autobiography Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, the 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of New Yorker writer, William Finnegan, this unruly exhibition celebrates historic and contemporary artists who consider the ocean as a vehicle for an enriching and daunting personal psychosomatic investigation into creative catharsis. Presented at Fergus McCaffrey St. Barth, the gallerys intimate venue on the wild side of the island at Grand Fond, the exhibition is acoustically augmented by the nearby rush of crashing waves and reverberating
Quay Tower at 50 Park Drive and Ryan Serhant (ODA, Getty)
Last Saturday, hundreds of guests gathered on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 for an event hosted by celebrity broker Ryan Serhant. The outdoor festivities culminated in more than 36 lights illuminating Quay Tower, the condo building that sits adjacent to the pier.
The flashy message was intended to make a point: Douglas Elliman was out, and Serhant was in.
Serhant’s upstart brokerage has replaced Elliman as the sales and marketing team for Quay Tower, developed by RAL Companies and Oliver’s Realty Group. The event on Saturday documented on Serhant’s personal and professional Instagram accounts, was intended to drum up social media interest in the property.
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In between bites of shrimp and chips, Barbara Messer waved her hand at the double face coverings tucked in her purse. We re eating right now or else we d be wearing masks, she said on a sunny Wednesday, sitting outdoors with her husband at the Ventura Pier.
The Messers received their final COVID-19 vaccination shots more than a month ago. According to U.S. Centers for Disease and Control Prevention guidelines released Tuesday, they and other fully vaccinated people no longer need masks outdoors unless they re in a crowd.
Some people who have been gulping air through paper and cotton for 14 months interpret the news as light at the end of a tunnel. The Messers, who worry about mutated strains of the virus, are trying to make the sure the light isn t a train.
Guest column: Health care plan takes physicians, patients out of equation
Letters from readers
As a physician, I am privy to the devastating toll that high out-of-pocket costs have on my patients. No one should have to worry about going broke to pay for medication.
Desperate to tackle rising drug costs, lawmakers are discussing a host of ideas. But some of their well-intentioned schemes come with serious side effects. Unfortunately, a measure that s once again gaining traction in Congress H.R.3, or the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act falls into this category.
Democratic lawmakers are hinting that they may revive H.R.3 by incorporating it into an upcoming infrastructure bill, which they could fast-track via the special legislative process known as budget reconciliation. Since this process only requires a simple majority to pass, H.R.3 could end up on the president s desk without bipartisan support.