Billy Florence, president of the Independent Business Owners Association International (IBOAI) announced the association's new board members. "We are delighted to welcome Brad Duncan, Chuck Goetschel, Kanti Gala, Don Held, Scott Holland, and Bill Newton," said Florence.

Martha Angus, volunteers her design talent to create an extraordinary dining environment for Elle Decor's Dining by Design gala evening with this years chairs Margaret Russell, Mary Jo and Dick Kovacevich.

Larkfield Publishing's "The Hormone Survival Guide for Perimenopause" wins the prestigious Ben Franklin Award for best first book by a new publisher. The book also receives an Honorable Mention in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year competition.

6th Havana Film Festival in New York will open at the Quad Cinema, April 15 with award-winning films from Havana's Film Festival and new independent films from and about Latin America that rarely have an opportunity to be screened outside of their country of origin.

Celebrity Insider Action: Audition for Hollywood (A4H) bows News Division with controversial Oscar star party story and new Editor-In-Chief Jeffrey Jolson-Colburn

CD and DVD Cardz Publisher To Be Patron of Sports Writer Of The Year

Always Happy Hour, a new Milwaukee-based internet webstore featuring cool cocktail gear, held a Website Launch Party on Thursday evening, November 18, 2004

Cheryl Kaye Tardif, an Edmonton author, has been nominated by Lauren Willes, a supporter of the author's work, for the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Award.