https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal Event recaps and photographs from Gentlemen's Factory. en-us https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/leslie-odom-jr-performance-2025 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/leslie-odom-jr-performance-2025 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Performance Tony and Grammy Award winner Leslie Odom Jr., the original Aaron Burr in Hamilton, filled Gentlemen's Factory with music on a Friday night in March 2025: an up-close performance, a candid conversation and a room that didn't want the night to end. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/black-wealth-dinner-2024 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/black-wealth-dinner-2024 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Event Recap In November 2024, Gentlemen's Factory and JPMorgan Chase brought leaders, professionals and builders to one long table in Bed-Stuy for a conversation about the most important thing a family can pass down. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/change-agent-mixer-2024 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/change-agent-mixer-2024 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Signature Event Every year, Gentlemen's Factory's signature Change Agent Mixer honors the people in our community doing remarkable work. On October 17, 2024, we filled The DL on the Lower East Side to celebrate three of them: journalist Phil Taitt, education leader David Adams and pediatric critical care physician Dr. Ramon Gist. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/john-salley-fireside-chat https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/john-salley-fireside-chat Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Fireside Chat Four-time NBA champion and Brooklyn native John Salley came to Gentlemen's Factory on April 8, 2024, for a fireside chat hosted with Coach Ted Gustus, sharing the room with the Bedford Academy High School varsity basketball team, community leaders and GF members. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/pay-it-forward-gala-2023 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/pay-it-forward-gala-2023 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Signature Event On December 1, 2023, Gentlemen's Factory returned to black tie for the 2nd Annual Pay It Forward Black Tie Affair on Wall Street, and the room raised $50,000 for Birthright AFRICA to help young people of African descent connect with their roots. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/change-agent-mixer-2023 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/change-agent-mixer-2023 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Signature Event On September 27, 2023, Gentlemen's Factory's annual signature Change Agent Mixer filled The DL on the Lower East Side to honor four New Yorkers changing their fields: health executive and author Errol Pierre, physician and Army veteran Dr. Kwesi Blackman, James Beard Award-winning Chef JJ Johnson and TD Bank executive Marcus Gonzales. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/bridging-the-divide-tech-conference-2023 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/bridging-the-divide-tech-conference-2023 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Event Recap Gentlemen's Factory, Parsons ELab and Innovation Collective filled The New School's Theresa Lang Community and Student Center for an afternoon of panels, a mission workshop and a start-up pitch competition built around Black and Brown leaders in tech. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/pay-it-forward-gala-2022 https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/pay-it-forward-gala-2022 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Event Recap On December 8, 2022, Gentlemen's Factory filled a DUMBO ballroom in black tie to honor the business leaders building our community and to raise money for the nonprofits doing the work on the ground. TD Bank powered the night, with Beam Suntory as a sponsor. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/kevin-kim-sbs-fireside-chat https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/kevin-kim-sbs-fireside-chat Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Fireside Chat New York City's Small Business Services Commissioner, Kevin D. Kim, came to the Gentlemen's Factory Innovation Lab to walk entrepreneurs through the City's resources for small businesses and its Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC) initiative, then took their questions directly. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/charles-phillips-fireside-chat https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/charles-phillips-fireside-chat Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Fireside Chat From the Air Force Academy and the Marine Corps to Wall Street, Oracle and the CEO's office at Infor, Charles Phillips has built one of the most remarkable careers in technology. He brought that story, and the lessons inside it, to a standing-room crowd at the Gentlemen's Factory Innovation Lab. https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/ray-mcguire-fireside-chat https://gentlemensfactory.com/journal/ray-mcguire-fireside-chat Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT Fireside Chat Wall Street veteran and former New York City mayoral candidate Ray McGuire sat down with Jeff Lindor at the Gentlemen's Factory Innovation Lab for a candid conversation about his run for mayor, decades in finance, Black wealth and what it will take for our community to rise together.