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INSIDE HELLUVA TOWN Out and About Jazz Age Lawn Party on Guvs Island PAGE 27 Snaps Crain’s Arts & Culture Breakfast PAGE 27 newscom Avery hopes to shoot and score Calling male CEOs across the tristate area: The limelight is beckoning as Palladino Casting seeks a small business owner to star in a new reality-television series. The yet-to-be-named show is searching for CEOs who need to get back on track after a personal or professional setback. According to a source close to the project, former New York Ranger Sean Avery (above) will host the show, which will feature one CEO per episode. A pilot is being produced for CNBC. “We are focusing on high-end business,” the inside source said. “It’s all about one-on-one male coaching.” Mr. Avery, known for his competitive edge on the ice, will show no mercy as he whips the executives back into shape. The onetime left wing, who retired from professional hockey last year, runs two of his own small businesses in the city, the Warren 77 sports bar and Tiny’s restaurant. The CEOs should be “ready to tackle any obstacles facing their business,” according to an open casting call on Palladino’s Facebook page. A camera-ready smile and an ace slapshot may not hurt, either. —laura lorenzetti Rock in a hard place After several tries, the notoriously tough New York market may finally have a music festival to call its own starpix hbo HAVING A BALL: Revelers rock out at Governors Ball 2012 on Randall’s Island. The name Pussy Riot elicits giggles, but the Russian punk feminist protesters’ story is no laughing matter. HBO premiered Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer last week at the Landmark Sunshine Theater on the Lower East Side. Patti Smith introduced the documentary, which follows three of the members from their ill-fated human-rights protest at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior through a sham trial that resulted in a two-year sentence at a penal colony. Throughout their trial, the women remained defiant against President Vladimir Putin and what they deem a repressive regime. After the screening, Yekaterina Samutsevich, whose sentence was suspended, joined the audience via Skype. “What we’re protesting against is still in place and it has gotten worse,” she said through a translator. Moments later, other Riot members Headlight and Puck, in signature neon balaclavas (now banned in Russia), appeared in person. “We cannot carry out any activities on behalf of the group,” said Headlight. “Our activities are deemed extremist.” To help free the two members who remain imprisoned, she said, “Write letters and pose awkward questions to our political representatives. And protest near Russian embassies.” —valerie block forest woodward Free Pussy Riot! N BY ALI ELKIN ew York City finally has a happening festival to brag about.The Governors Ball Music Festival returned to Randall’s Island this past weekend for its second year there. What began as a one-day, 12-act event on Governors Island in 2011 has blossomed into a three-day extravaganza with 70 acts and four stages. It attracted about 45,000 visitors per day this year, selling out three-day passes and single-day tickets weeks ahead of time. Attendees came from all over the country as well as from overseas. ¶ “Our goal was to establish Governors Ball as the New York City festival. We wanted our hometown to have a festival to call its own,” said Jordan Wolowitz, co-president of Manhattan-based Founders Entertainment, which produces the show. ¶ While nearly every major music market has such a festival—whether it’s Austin City Limits, Chicago’s Lollapalooza or San Francisco’s Outside Lands—the New York market has been tough on the industry. During the past 10 years, seven large-scale festivals have come and gone. ¶ But music-industry experts say Founders Entertainment appears to have cracked the code, creating the See FESTIVAL on Page 26 2013 GOVERNORS BALL 45K DAILY attendees $220 COST of a three-day pass June 10, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 25

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - June 10, 2013

SOURCE DINNER
IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
DIGITAL NY
THE INSIDER
BUSINESS PEOPLE
SMALL BUSINESS
OPINION
STEVE HINDY
GREG DAVID
REPORT: HEALTH CARE
THE LIST
FOR THE RECORD
CLASSIFIEDS
REAL ESTATE DEALS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
OUT AND ABOUT
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Crains New York - June 10, 2013