Yianni Stamas of Harvest Festival NYC (from “Manhattan Kids Guide”) is a consultant and educator from Video Film Web Studios or VFW. VFW, established in 2001, are producers of over 80 community publications and projects including Lights Camera Read, Review Me NYC and the annual Platinum Pias Awards.
Yianni and his wife Alison, residents of Inwood Manhattan, saw a need for a community bridging of a gap between East and West of Broadway in Northern NYC. So they established the Harvest Festival NYC costume parade unifying their neighbors in a fun march that culminated at the local fire station.
Another big Harvest Festival NYC event is the annual awards show – the Platinum Pias. This is the Oscars of beauty, entertainment and community. In this year’s Pias, community issues will be explored with a bit of Beauty Meets Entertainment. The Pias this year will be sponsored by hair salon chain Dramatics NYC.
Harvest Festival NYC is one of four quarterly neighborhood festival programs including Winter Festival NYC, Springtime NYC and Summer Reading NYC.
For some of us, especially those with kids, an intrinsic part of October is Halloween, mostly because it’s an excuse to have fun and dress up in costumes.