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Selected

Gulfshore Business

Southwest Florida businesses expand use of AI tools in 2025

A regional business magazine feature on AI adoption quotes Valev Laube as Director of AI at Dragon Horse Agency on where AI agents genuinely help: structured analysis and repetitive workflow tasks.

Broadway World

Broadway's Visual Artist Valev Laube Debuts 'Liminal' After 15 Years Of Musical Crafting

Coverage of the New Year's Day 2025 release of Liminal, an eighteen-track debut album of fifteen original compositions and three reimagined Estonian folk tunes drawn from fifteen years of writing.

January 2, 2025

Ärileht

New Yorgi eestlane nomineeriti Forbesi 30 mõjukaima noore sekka

New Yorgis elav disainer ja turundusspetsialist Valev Laube (24) on nomineeritud 2020. aasta Forbesi mainekasse alla 30-aastaste edetabelisse, kuhu seni on pääsenud vaid kolm eestlast.

November 13, 2019

Press

Voices of NY

Exploring the Estonian Roots of Louis Kahn

An “interdisciplinary performance piece” about the Estonian-born architect Louis Kahn, drawing connections between his childhood on the island of Saaremaa and the work he did in later years after immigrating to the U.S. was presented at a fundraiser on Oct. 29 by the Foundation for Estonian Arts and Letters at the New York Estonian House on East 34th Street.

November 8, 2016

Vaba Eesti Sõna

Kahn: Islander Fundraiser Performed At New York Estonian House

On Saturday, Oct. 30th, The Foundation for Estonian Arts and Letters hosted a benefit performance of Kahn: Islander, an interdisciplinary performance piece about the connection between the great architect Louis Kahn and Estonia, conceived and directed by artist Jaanika Peerna.

November 6, 2016

News Center - University of Rochester

Valev Laube ’18: Creativity across media

Valev Laube ’18 is a digital media studies major, a violinist, and a social media enthusiast. But when he introduces himself in class, he says simply, “I am an independent artist.”

October 27, 2016

Postimees

Eestist pärit artistid vallutavad New Yorki

Eestist pärit artistid vallutavad New Yorki Juuli lõpus toimub New Yorgis Times Squari juures etteaste «Reflection Spectrum», mille üks lavastajatest ja koreograafidest on Eestist pärit Diina Tamm ning videoinstallatsioonide koostaja digitaalkunstnik Valev Laube

Estonian World

Two Estonian artists showcase their work in New York

Two Estonian artists, Diina Tamm and Valev Laube, will be presenting their work at a performance art show “Reflection Spectrum” in New York City.

Kroonika

PUBLIKU PEOSOOVITUS: Kas igatsesid Popidioti järele? Üle mitme aasta on nad taas laval!

Sel neljapäeval, 14. juulil, astub Punase Maja lavale legendaarne Eesti-Soome ansambel Popidiot, kellest pole juba aastaid midagi kuulda olnud.

Conversations

ETV - Välisilm

Välisilm, 25. Hooaeg, 708. Osa - USA valimised

Millise pitseri jätab USA valimistele koroonapandeemia? Millised võimalused on Valgesse Majja pääseda Joe Bidenil või ametis jätkata Donald Trumpil?

November 2, 2020

ERR

Broadway director writes musical about Singing Revolution

Inspired while on a vacation to Tallinn, Broadway director Tony Spinosa has written a musical about Estonia's Singing Revolution.

August 19, 2019

ERR

ERR USA-s: eestlased aitavad Kalevala-teemalist muusikali Broadwayle tuua

Kaks eestlast aitab Broadway lavale viia muusikali, mis põhineb Soome rahvuseeposel "Kalevala". Sama tee üritab läbi käia veel teinegi projekt, millel on Eestiga veel suurem seos.

ERR

Eesti jälg: USA

Eestit ja Ameerika Ühendriike seob eelkõige NATO ning koostöö julgeoleku tagamisel. Riikide vahel valitsevad head suhted, mida näitas hiljutine presidentide kohtumine Valges Majas. USA on ühtlasi koduks rohkem kui 25 000 eestlasele, kes eesti keelt ja meelt seal läbi aastakümnete alal on hoidnud.

Writing

The Northern Voices

The Third Generation Problem

The third generation inherits fragments rather than a culture — and chooses to go back to it, which is a different and arguably harder relationship to a heritage.

September 4, 2026

The Northern Voices

Hingedeaeg, or the Season We Left Behind

An Estonian autumn of weeks given over to the dead — food left out, work set down — and why almost none of it survived the crossing to North America.

September 4, 2026

The Northern Voices

What the Forest Knows That It Cannot Tell You

Mushroom foraging in Estonia as a case study in tacit knowledge — the kind of expertise that cannot be written down and has to be stood next to.

August 14, 2026

The Northern Voices

The Night Came Back, and I Had Forgotten What It Was For

In mid-August the darkness returns to the Baltic as a gift — and on how artificial light has displaced something essential to human and animal biology.

August 14, 2026

The Northern Voices

What a Bee Taught Me About Getting Lost on Purpose

A looping bee in an Estonian garden, the science of insect navigation, and a different way of understanding false starts and paths that only look aimless from the outside.

Cybernews

Ashutosh Syngal's Decentralized Vision for Secure Data in AI

An interview with Midcentury Labs' VP of Engineering on blockchain-backed, privacy-preserving AI that lets people own and monetise the data they contribute.

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Valev Laube is a New York-based creative director, web developer, and AI strategist. He leads AI strategy at Dragon Horse Agency, co-founded The VL Studios, and founded The Northern Voices, the only publication covering all eight Nordic and Baltic communities across North America. Estonian-born. Forbes Under 30 nominee. Young European Heritage Makers Award, European Commission, 2022.