New York – Mar 29 2018

Join EuroCircle for our Spring Soiree at this brand new hotspot the Lately/Bluelight for a fun night out!

DJ Chris Bachmann will be spinning the hottest tunes and there will be drink specials throughout the night, so put on your dancing shoes and just us as we celebrate the start of spring.

Network with other members by bringing your business cards.  You never know where your next deal or partnership could come from.

The 3,400-square-foot venue serves a delicious food and a range of cocktails, including “timeless offerings” like martinis and Manhattans and more “unrecognizable” beverages like frozen Negronis and coconut avocado margaritas. A collaboration by the teams behind Scarpetta and the Garret.

Feel free to invite friends, the more the merrier!

Featured Host: Ilona Lee, Poland

Ilona encourages business owners to join, network, exchange advice, get support, build partnerships, find help and more!

Ilona is the Founder & CEO of European American Center.
EAC has been the preferred Business Development partner for European businesses & talents in U.S.
For more info visit: http://europeanamericancenter.com/

We look forward to seeing you on the 29th!

Best,

Alexandra and the EuroCircle New York Team

New York – Mar 04 2018

Join EuroCircle for our Annual Oscar Party at this hotspot Ainsworth Midtown where we will watch the 90th Annual Oscars on TVs in their private back room.

We will start the evening off watching the Red Carpet arrivals starting at 6pm and then watch the Oscars Live!
Dress Code: Dress to Impress

Great drinks and food will be available for purchase throughout the night!
We will have Oscar Ballots for you to track your favorites throughout the evening! Who do you think will win this year?

Feel free to bring friends the more the merrier!

We look forward to seeing you for a great night out in celebration the Oscars!

Best,

Frank Breuer, Germany
Alexandra and the EuroCircle New York Team

New York – Feb 16 2018

Come join us for a tantalizing evening of specialty cocktails, burlesque!

No Cover when you say EuroCircle at the door and RSVP by 5pm on February 16, 2018.

Music by DJ Ledwith

There will be a sexy burlesque performance by Puss N Boots who is considered one of NYC’s top teasers and commonly called the hardest working woman in burlesque. She’s a starlet on stage and staple in NYC nightlife.

Puss holds multiple titles from around the globe including Kansas City Queen 2015, 2017 and 2016 and is an artist in residency at Hotel Chantelle. Puss produces her own show in NYC, Naughty Noir, at the legendary rock and roll bar in the east village, Three of Cups Lounge.
Featured host:
Nina Kulmala, Finland
Look forward to seeing everyone for a fun night out! Feel free to invite friends, the more the merrier!
About Doux Supper Club!
Doux Supperclub looks to bring the mystery and exclusivity of a Parisian speakeasy to the heart of NYC. Behind the doors of Doux you’ll experience the concept of a clandestine Parisian bar through innovative decor, craft cocktails and a unique blend of delectable desserts and dark, seductive performances. Don’t miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the illicit luxury and decadence of Doux.

New York – Jan 23 2018

Empire Rooftop @ the Empire Hotel

Join EuroCircle as we celebrate our 19th anniversary at this hotspot rooftop overlooking Lincoln Center.
No cover when you RSVP by 5pm on January 23, 2018 and say EuroCircle at the door!
Our group has our own private section on the West Terrace and the rooftop is fully enclosed!

Empire Sunset cocktails will be on special throughout the night!
Dress Code: Dress to impress in either black or gold (recommended but not required)

There will be great music playing throughout the night.
A full cocktail and food menu are available for purchase.

Featured Host: Ana Calvo de Luis, Spain

We look forward to celebrating our 19th anniversary with you!

Best,

Alexandra and the EuroCircle New York Team

New York – Dec 31 2017

Join EuroCircle for our annual New Year’s Eve Party at this new midtown hotspot.

Get Tickets Here Today

This is a ticketed event and must be purchased in advance.

Ticket prices will go up closer till and some ticket options may not be available. All sales are final and there are no refunds.

Featured hosts:

Natalia Kotroutsos, Greece

Katarzyna Czarnecka, Poland

Μαρία Τσεβη, Albania/Greece

Spend your New Year’s Eve amid the classic splendor of The Rickey at the Dream Hotel Midtown in Times Square, New York City. The Rickey is the latest addition to Midtown Manhattan’s refined nightlife environment and features an alluring, vintage-inspired design. Housed in the renowned Dream Hotel Midtown, The Rickey is a stylish reinvention of the classic cocktail bar and lounge and the perfect setting for a dashing NYE in New York’s Times Square.

The Rickey at the Dream Hotel in NYC is opening this New Year’s in style with a 5 hour premium open bar serving top-notch cocktails, beers and wines. As Times Square bustles outside, the party heats up in The Rickey as one of the finest NYC DJs plays the most popular hits of Top 40, Hip Hop, Rock and 80s. This top-of-the-line event also offers complimentary amenities like an early evening serving of stationary platter bites, and festive party favors to turn up the party noise. As midnight arrives, join the DJ in a thrilling live countdown with the whole crowd that’ll start your New Year with an incredible energy. Now toast your complimentary glass of champagne to a brilliant New Year. Tickets to The Rickey’s NYE event will also grant access to another of Dream Midtown’s NYE venues, the subterranean bar Fishbowl. And with a variety of VIP packages offering bottle service and reserved seating, this NYE is bound to be an adventure.

The Rickey at the Dream Hotel is an elegant and energetic rendition of the craft cocktail bar. The inviting lounge boasts an eccentric future-vintage design –emerald-hued velvet envelops oversized columns, intricate wallpaper add classic styling, while brass and copper lamps and other gold metallic accent pieces give a steam punk-chic allure. At once contemporary and steeped in Mid-Century tones, The Rickey is designed to provide elegance, class as well as comfort. With its intimate yet vibrant ambiance, Dream Hotel Midtown’s The Rickey sets the perfect setting for every occasion.

Head to Times Square’s Dream Hotel Midtown for a NYE celebration with panache at The Rickey.

New York – Dec 19 2017

Join us for our annual holiday party at this midtown hotspot!

NO COVER with online RSVP by 5 pm on December 19 and saying “EuroCircle” at the door!
Attire: Holiday Chic
If you show up in a holiday color or some sparkly, you’ll look even more fabulous!

Let’s celebrate the holiday season this great rooftop & lounge!
There will be great music playing throughout the night!
The drink special: $10 Absolut cocktails. Food is available for purchase.

Feel free to invite friends the more the merrier!

Your hosts:
Maria Cevi, Albania and Greece
Isabelle Marques, Portugal, President of NYPALC @NYPortuguese

Alexandra and EuroCircle New York Team

Please no RSVPS via email (see below) though but you can email me here with volunteer interests, interviews, sponsorships etc

New York – Nov 22 2017

Join EuroCircle for our Pre-Thanksgiving Eve Burlesque Party at this brand new hotspot!

No Cover when you say EuroCircle at the door!

There will be a fun Burlesque performance and there will be a DJ that will be spinning tunes for us throughout the night!

Dress Code: Festive Fall (dress code is recommended by not required)

Featured Thanksgiving Cocktails, Food and Special Chocolate Bon-Bon Tastings are available for purchase throughout the night!

Featured Hosts:

Katarzyna Czarnacka, Poland
Maria Cevi, Albania/Greece
Isabelle Coelho-Marques, Portugal, president of NYPALC, @NYPortuguese

Look forward to seeing you for our Pre-Thanksgiving Eve Burlesque Party!

About Doux Supper Club:

Doux Supperclub looks to bring the mystery and exclusivity of a Parisian speakeasy to the heart of NYC. Behind the doors of Doux you’ll experience the concept of a clandestine Parisian bar through innovative decor, craft cocktails and a unique blend of delectable desserts and dark, seductive performances. Don’t miss the opportunity to immerse yourself in the illicit luxury and decadence of Doux.

Best,

Alexandra and the EuroCircle New York Team

New York – Oct 24 2017

 Photo credit to our amazing photographer Neil Tandy

EUROCIRCLE Presents: European Masquerade Party

Join EuroCircle for our European Masquerade Party at this brand new hotspot!

No Cover when you say EuroCircle at the door!

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Time: 7pm-Midnight
Where: Monarch Rooftop & Lounge 71 W 35th, NY, NY 

Dress Code: A Masquerade Mask, dress for ladies and nice suit for men (dress code is recommended by not required)

Featured cocktail will be the Eurotini!
Food Menu available for purchase throughout the night!

Featured Hosts:

Katarzyna Czarnacka, Poland
Gjilberta Lucaj, Albania
Diana Cristea, Romania
Lars Eeg, Denmark, Danes in NYC
Dennis Schindler-Thomson, Denmark – Danes in NYC
Ashmoret Mishal, Israel – http://www.goldfingr.net
Rob Wells, USA – http://www.goldfingr.net

Look forward to seeing you for our Masquerade Party!

About Monarch Rooftop & Lounge:

Inside Monarch, surround yourself with vintage bricks, white wood panels on the walls, custom Terrazzo tiles, and raw iron columns—as you sink into a deep sofa and relax. Enjoy drinks and food without spending a fortune. For a great time in a beautiful club, Monarch is the place to be.

Best,

Alexandra and the EuroCircle New York Team 

New York – Sep 26 2017

 Photo credit to EuroCircle New York Organizer Alexandra Spirer

Join EuroCircle for our Art & Music Party featuring Art by Ben Moon at hot spot Delilah New York!
No Cover when you say EuroCircle at the door!
Music by Chris Willard

Happy hour is from 5-8pm with $6 Beers $7 Wine and $ 8 Specialty Drinks.
There will be a $10 Eurotini throughout the night! Food is available for purchase throughout the night!

In addition to great art and music help me (NY team member Alexandra) celebrate my birthday a day early!

Art that is displayed by Ben is available for purchase!

Featured Hosts:

Katarzyna Czarnecka, Poland
Ahmet Bodur, Turkey

Look forward to seeing you for our Art Party!

About Delilah:

Located in the heart of the LES where St. Jerome’s once resided, a favorite haunt of Lady Gaga’s. NYC nightlife veteran Mino Habib is the main behind this new Mediterranean restaurant and craft cocktail lounge specializing in one-of-a-kind drinks from mixologist Rael Petit and tapas.

Best,

Alexandra and the EuroCircle New York Team 

 

Elena Chestnykh, Russian Artist & Painter Living in New York

Introduction

Elena Chestnykh was born in Novosibirsk, Russia and currently lives in New York. She has been an exhibiting artist for twenty years.

Elena’s work has been shown in numerous venues including the Museum of Contemporary Art Erartain both Saint-Petersburg and New York, The Art Center WINZAVOD in Moscow,the State Museumsof Novosibirsk, Tomsk, and Kemerovo, Russia and Nord Art 2010 in Rendsburg Germany. The Novosibirsk State Museum of Fine Art and Kemerovo Regional State Art Museum currently have her works in their collections.

In the early period of her career she traveled around the world painting and learning different cultures. She painted in Italy, Syria, India and Indonesia among other countries. In 2013 the Museum of Contemporary Arts Erarta organized her solo exhibition ‘Urban Reflection’ in New York. In 2015-2016 she attended the MFA program at the New York School of Visual Arts. In 2015 she contributed to the International Conference ‘Art in Modern Education’in Novosibirsk, Russia. Since 2016, she has written a blog about American art in English and Russian and in 2016 she curated a group exhibition ‘Breach’ at the Rabbit Hole Gallery in Brooklyn.

Does the topic about urban life relate to your art practice?

It is an interesting question because this exact theme is what led me to New York. In Russia, I was a full time exhibited painter selling my art through galleries. After about 10 years I achieved everything that I could achieve there as an artist. I got recognition in the art community and was exhibited in all the most important art museums and venues but ultimately, I started getting bored. I got bored with myself and people and with my city. It was a very unpleasant feeling. I didn’t however think about relocation at that time but decided that I needed to look at my city in a new way. I began to paint the streets where I walked every day, but differently. I created my own city.

Slowly I got plunged into the theme of urban life. Then I did another project which was documental and research oriented. It included photo installation, video panorama and a sound-track. For this installation, I took photos of Novosibirsk’s residents in their homes. I interviewed them about how they felt in our city and recorded those conversations. I mixed these conversations with street sounds and music and created a video panorama of the city. It was an atmospheric show.

The multimedia project “City. Meeting Place”:

That painting series and this project ‘City Meeting Place’ were noticed by the Museum of Contemporary Art Erarta and they invited me with the solo exhibition “Urban Reflections” in New York in 2013.

I came here for my exhibition and I was charmed by the energy of the city and diversity of people. I decided to get my master degree in New York. In 2015-2016, I studied the MFA Fine Arts program at School of Visual Arts, and finally, I remained in New York for longer.

Star Wars, 2012, oil on canvas, 57 x 82 inches

What is best about New York for you?

New York is a multicultural and international city and this is what I like most about it. A lot of ambitious and talented people come here to make their dreams come true. I enjoy just walking on noisy, crowded streets absorbing the energy of this city. There are numerous great galleries and museums, and at the same time the climate is mostly warm and sunny and the ocean is near.

What is the essence of New York to you – what do you absolutely want your friends to see or feel in it vs. your country?

Diversity. New York is Babylon. It is exciting how people of different nationalities and cultures live here together. They intersect interactfriendly with one anotherin a common space and at the same time they keep their own identities and traditions.

You can travel around the world not leaving New York; just go from one neighborhood to another. My first location was Elmhurst in Queens and I felt like I live somewhere in China. Also, at that time I rented a studio in Greenpoint in Brooklyn. It is Polish neighborhood with Polish food and atmosphere. It was a hot summer and sometimes I took a break afternoon and went to the Kosciuszcko swim pool which was just two stops away by subway. Often I was the only a white person there.  It is an Afro-American area.  Next year I spent a lot of time in Manhattan. My studio was on 21st Street at the School of Visual Arts. When I needed an extra tube of paint I went to the art store across the street in my artistic colorful outfit.  Everywhere I felt comfortable as I were at home.  Now I live in Glen Cove on Long Island and have a studio in Bed-Stuy which is Jewish-Hasidic neighborhood.

New York is a tolerant place of different cultures, genders, religions and artists. I enjoy contrast and diversity.

How do you find the lifestyle in New York compared to your hometown ?

I remember when I first came to New York I saw an advertisement from a real estate agency in the subway. It said: “Sure, your bed doesn’t fit your bedroom and your window faces a brick wall, but behind that wall is New York”. And this is how it is for me. Everything is overpriced, but it is New York.

Studying at the New York School of Visual Arts was a great experience for me. It pushed me to grow as an artist and gave me anunderstanding about the New York art community.

I also like the variety of New York food. You can find here every national cuisine. When I first moved here I lived between a Chinese and Spanish areas in Queens and I found a lot of delicious exotic fruits which I never tasted before andat the same time a Russian supermarket was nearby.

My home city Novosibirsk is third largest city in Russia, and the biggest northern city in the world, in Siberia, with 2,000,000 people of the population. It is a big cultural and financial center. The Metro system is much better compare with New York’s subway system.  The Subways are clean and modern and beautiful.  It is like a real palace underground. Novosibirsk also has a well-known jazz festival and famous Theater of Opera and Ballet. Also, there are several great restaurants with author‘s cuisines and interiors like New York.

Do you see the differences between nationalities easily – Russians vs. Americans?

It takes time to get familiar with the nuances of another culture. I started noticing them slowly between words and actions. Also,I have begun to understand better my native Russian culture and how it is seen from another’s perspective. I was told many times that Russian people are too serious and sometimes even tough. I never noticed this before and then I pondered and thought this harshness may have come from a long history of suffering, the orthodox Christianity and the Soviet Union period which was full of fears. Also during the 20th century all generations of Russians experienced big upheavals and losses:either during the Revolution, or Second World War, or “perestroika”, the time when Soviet Union fell. It made Russians expect that something bad was going to happen to them at any time. This is why they are not relaxed and smiling.

I have also heard opinions that Russians are well educated and I am proud of this. This also came from the Soviet Union period, when education was free and government politics encouraged citizens to study. Unfortunately, it is not like that anymore.

What is your typical day?

Most of my time I spend in my studio. Every morning I commute from Glen Cove to Brooklyn by the Long Island Rail Road. I do a lot of work on the train writing, reading and answering emails. Then I go to the gym and then my studio. In the evenings, I often go to different art events. Recently I began to teach at a private art school in Brooklyn. Now in the summer, I try to find time to go to the beach which is only 15 minutes by bike from my home.

How would you like to develop your art career in New York?

Relocation in a new country is a challenging experience and it has influenced my art in a positive way. It makes me look deeper. I learned a lot about life and people. Now I better understand myself and what I am painting about. My current artistic interest is in the existential human experience related to a personal crisis and a search for identity. I use corporal and sexual images in order to reveal unconscious feelings and impulses. Nakedness represents vulnerability and the fragility of a human being.

Fish, 2016, oil on canvas, 48 x 70 inches; Crash, 2017, oil on canvas, 59 x 95 inches

Regarding my art career in New York I continue doing the same thing that I did in Russia,producing and exposing my art work.I also write my blog about Russian and American artists. In 2014,I made a series of interviews for the museum ERARTA about American art education. Then I continued interviewing New York artists for my blog. I found this idea mutually beneficial. While promoting other artists I get useful information, suggestions and inspiration.

Last summer I curated a group exhibition “Breach”. It was an exciting experience. Working in my studio, I look into myself and create my own picture of the world. Curating is creating a dialog with other artists, the art community and viewers. I have an idea for another curatorial project and I hope to have a chance to realize it soon.

What do you absolutely miss from your country?

I miss the people, my parents, friends and the art community that I belonged to. It is important for me to be in touch and to keep my relationships. During the last three years that I lived in New York, I participated in several group exhibitions in Russia, currently I have a solo exhibition in Novosibirsk, Russia my home city. Also, I give lectures online and participate in an international conference there. Curating the group exhibition in New York I invited both Russian and American artists.

Would you move back to Russia full time?

I don’t consider that I moved to New York and closed the door from Russia. In the contemporary world, we don’t need to decide between counties, we can be global and live all over the world. I want to organize my life in that way which will allow me to live and present my artwork in both counties. Connections and projects in the USA and in Russia feed and contribute to each other.

What would be your ideal life – with no monetary issues to make it happen!

I would love to have a big-big studio in Manhattan and paint large scale paintings and not to be limited by either time or money. I always don’t have enough time to do everything I want to do. I would like to experiment with sculpture and video, and have more time for writing and curating and reading, and traveling of course! I would love to travel for several months around Latin America and do art project about it.

HOW DO WE CONNECT WITH ELENA

WEBSITE: www.elenachestnykh.com
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/elena_chestnykh
FACEBOOK:  www.facebook.com/elena.chestnykh.3