The first event from Fingerpaint will be Wednesday May 28th from 7pm -
11pm.
It will feature work from 25 emerging photographers and artists, as
well a selection of specially donated pieces. Items will be for sale
through a silent auction with all proceeds going to benefit Brad
Pitt's Make it Right Foundation for the restoration of the 9th Ward
district in New Orleans.
Held at the historic former Dia Gallery's 10,000 sq foot space on West
22nd street, the event will be an amazing showcase of emerging talent
from across America for a great cause.
Fingerpaint seeks to facilitate the exposure of talented young
artists, through ad hoc art events at high-end galleries in New York
City. Each show is followed by a silent auction, from which all
proceeds go towards the Make It Right Foundation, building green
affordable housing for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The title
'Fingerpaint' evokes the do-it-yourself mentality often associated
with youth culture, the childish impertinence of us 'sneaking in' to
these high-end galleries, and the firm belief that our passions can be
harnessed to benefit the lives of future generations.
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Hosted by Blackbook Magazine
with
James Cruickshank
Zak Williams
Timo Weiland
Leven Rambin
Featuring original works by:
Emmett Shine
Jack Siegel
Alexander Young
Eric Shaw
Ryan James MacFarland
Michael M Koehler
Isaac Brest
(C)ELLIS G.
Trevor Owsley
Adam Franzino
Joseph Verrill
Sydney Schrader
Sean Kinney
Olivia Malone
Alex Perweilder
Zach Susskind
Nicholas Weil
Matt Rowean
Sebastian Bear-McClard
Yannik Lewis
Matisse Patterson
Amanda Shine
Alexandra Richards
&
Shepard Fairey
Jean Pagliuso
Kai Regan
Music by:
Max Barbaria & DJ Vibe
Harley Viera-Newton & Cassie Coane
DJ Jus Ske
Sponsored by:
Svedka
Jawbone
ID Marketing
Bar Martignetti
Photoshelter
Guestofagust.com
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Fingerpaint Art Show
The Andrea Rizzo Foundation presents heart&feet :: A Dance Exhibition
LLNY’s Jennifer Whitley is involved with:
The Andrea Rizzo Foundation presents heart&feet :: A Dance Exhibition
June 5th
7:30 - 10:30pm
$50 - Friend Ticket
$75 - Supporter Ticket
$125 - Generosity Ticket
In addition to food, drink and amazing dance performances, we will have fabulous raffle and silent auction items from:
Original Penguin
John Varvatos/Converse
Capezio Goody Bag
Everlast Products
Essie nail products
Giant's autographed football
Yankee's baseball tickets
momimomi tees
Ballerina Art Sculpture
An island getaway to Isla Mujeres, Mexico
And much much more…
To purchase tickets, click here http://dreasdream.org/events/
If you cannot make it, but would still like to donate, click here http://dreasdream.org/donating
We look forward to seeing you.
The ARF Committee
Miz Pee To the Rescue!
Have you ever found yourself in public needing to pee but have no clue where to find a clean toilet? Well, thanks to MizPee you can locate the closest and cleanest toilet near you. But who carries their computer around with them right? Never fear there is a mobile feature!
Movie Billboard Clutches
For those of you who seek green fashion these clutches are made from repurposed movie billboard posters. There's more to chose from here.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Breathe Inn.
Yoga @ Breathe Inn (get it?)
1739 Route 214
Lanesville, NY 12450
(845) 688-7516
2 day workshop with Mathew Lombardo
Dates: June 6-8 or 27-29
info@breathe-inn.com
PS: Breathe Inn is owned by Triple Five Soul Founder Camella Ehlke.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Beauty Icons...
Late afternoon in my office usually descends into dirty jokes and You Tube videos--yesterday was 90s R&B and today is an 80's extravaganza. So, in honor of my boss Andy (who requested Pat Benatar's "Invincible" because "The Legend of Billy Jean" is his favorite movie and discovered he really did have a crush on Corey Hart), I give you an homage to....The Bangles.
(ok, one girl needed help with that red hair, but the rest were pretty rad!)
Some rockin' products to get you started...
Lipstick and eyeshadow palette by Kat Von D for Sephora
Pile on the eyeliner!
Big hair is a must - tease it, spray it, love it
Finish it off with a powder/foundation combo...
ARCHITECTURE OF AUTHORITY - Tonight
APERTURE GALLERY PRESENTS
ARCHITECTURE OF AUTHORITY
Photographs by Richard Ross
WHEN AND WHERE:
Opening Reception:
Thursday, May 22, 7:00– 9:00 p.m.
Exhibition on View:
Friday, May 23–Thursday, July 31, 2008
Aperture Gallery
547 West 27th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY
(212) 505-5555
http://www.aperture.org/store/gallery.aspx
Pool Party
the tropicana bar at the
hollywood roosevelt hotel
presents
the
memorial
weekend
pool party
sunday, may 25th
11am - midnight
dj rukus
bryan ling
sean patrick
chris holmes
monday, may 26th
11am - 5pm
steve aoki
dj rukus
myles hendrik
randam
poolside at the
hollywood roosevelt hotel
7000 hollywood blvd
daytime- bring your swimsuit!
RSVP to:
tiffany@emgpr.com
Ladies Lotto Seattle Missbeehavin'!
Seattle Ladies Lotto met at art gallery-cum-bar McCleod Residence last Wednesday to hear a guest lecture from the lovely Kristen McCormick, Queen Bee of Ms. Beehave natural body care company! Some fascinating factoids from Kristen's show and tell:
- The average person uses 10-15 skin care products per day with 126 unique ingredients
- 98% of all products contain one or more ingredients never publicly assessed for safety
- 750 products are currently in violation of industry standards
- 82,000 chemicals registered for personal care products include carcinogens, pesticides and toxins
- There are no FDA regulations for ingredients
- The Cosmetics Database contains information an online assessments on nearly 30,000 consumer products.
- AHA (ALPHA HYDROXY ACID)
- ACETAMIDE MEA
- ALKYL-PHENOL-ETHOXYLADES
- AMMONIUM LAURETH SULPHATE
- ALUMINUM
- ALCOHOL
- BENTONITE
- BENZENE
- COAL TAR
- COCOMIDE DEA
- COCOMIDOPROPYL BETAINE
- CARBOMER
- DEA (DIETHANOLAMINE)
- DIOFORM
- DIMETHYLAMINE
- HYDANTOIN DMDM
- FDC-n
- FLUORIDE
- FORMALDEHYDE
- GLYCOLS
- IMIDAZOLIDYNL UREA
- LAURAMIDE DEA
- METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE
- MINERAL OIL
- PABA
- PEG (PETROLEUM)
- PROPYLENE GLYCOL AND BUTYLENE GLYCOL
- POLYQUATERNIUM
- SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE
- SODIUM CYANIDE
- SODIUM HYDROXIDE
- SODIUM OLETH SULFATE
- STYRENE POLYMER
- STEARAMIDOPROPYL TETRASODIUM
- TALC
- TOLUENE
- TRIETHANOLAMINE
L to R: Kim Jung, Robin Fair, Kiernan Boike, Emily Griffin, Sarah Hunt, Christina Collins, Kristen McCormick
Name Ribbon Release Party Tonight
Please join LLNY's Tara St. James tonight...
The first release from NAME Ribbon Clothing's new music imprint, NR Music
Performances by Get Familiar host Rye-Rye
DJs Cobra Krames, Kap10Kurt, Leif, Cousin Cole, Rok One, Marc-Alan Gray, Maggie Horn
Drinks by Butternuts Beer and Ale and 42 Below Vodka (come early)
Music and Love from XLR8R Magazine and NAME Ribbon
rsvp@nameribbon. com
First 50 limited-edition Summer Survival Kits on-sale at event
See details at www.nameribbon.com/getfamiliar
Porch 115 Avenue C between 7th and 8th
10 pm to close
David Ellis: Dozens at Roebling Hall
Roebling Hall is pleased to present it's first solo exhibition of new work by New York-based artist David Ellis, entitled Dozens. The title of this exhibition, taken from the slang "playing the dozens" to describe good-natured verbal sparing, is more than just a piece of poetic musing. David Ellis does, in fact, make trash talk, or at least makes it sound funky and he uses language and cadence as integral parts of his art making. Weaving rhythm, cultural landscape, conceptual art, a variety of collaborators and a myriad assortment of materials, Ellis's art evokes both the participatory spirit of Allan Kaprow- watch and see what happens- and the mechanical wonderment of Jean Tinguely.
Opening Reception
Thursday, May 22nd
6-8PM
606 W 26th St
New York, NY 10001
(212) 929-8180
Kitsuné presents CAZALS
Kitsuné presents CAZALS - WHAT OF OUR FUTURE
Cazals - Live
Lifelike - dj
Gildas & Masaya - dj
Jerry Bouthier - dj
Luca C - dj
Album to be released on the 26th of May
available to buy at venue thanks to Rough Trade
Nme : "An amazing album of future-guitar-dance-pop"
Big Issue : " One of the most exciting british bands around"
Gigwise.com : " An almost perfect album"
GET TICKETS HERE
Hoxton Bar & Grill
2-4 Hoxton Square
London N16NU
myspace.com/cazalsuk
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
get your sex on May 22nd
May 22nd at Decades two: get Carried away with all the four glam girls old designers dresses.
DecadesTwo boutique on 8214 Melrose Avenue the official “Sex and the City” West Coast Soirée.
Starts at 8am!
register online for a free HauteLook.com membership to shop
Stinging Nettle Leaf
Stinging Nettle Leaf (Urtica Dioica) has many uses including alleviating allergies, stopping hair loss, promoting healthy urinary tracts, diabetes, hypoglycemia, pain and inflammation relief along with healing wounds, killing germs and stimulating digestion.
You can purchase Nettle Leaf drops at a local health food store or apothecary. Use a dropper full in a small amount of water. You'll find seasonal allergies will disappear as well as some weight. Yup, it's a natural diuretic.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
BOOM TIS CA jewelry line!!
If you haven't heard the latest scoop, Shara of LLNY has released some new items for her BOOM TIS CA jewelry line on etsy!
Check out these awesome accessory photos!
You can check out the rest of her fabulous stuff here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5039653
Oh, and did you know that she's giving out a 10% discount to Ladies Lotto members?! ;)
DUANE BURTON and LEIF PARSONS: Once in a While
Invisible NYC is proud to host, Once in Awhile, a two-person exhibit by artists Duane Burton and Leif Parsons. Duane Burton, a graduate of SVA in New York City, is the founder of Le Castlevania, an underground gallery and performance space with satellite happenings. His own art has been included in numerous group shows as well as solo exhibits. Leif Parsons was educated in Canada and New York, with degrees in both Philosophy and Design. He currently works as an illustrator whose work has been shown in galleries in New York and Los Angeles.
For the exhibit, Once in Awhile, both men work primarily with mixed media on paper, creating whimsical and visually pleasing poetic imagery – sometimes recognizable, other times free form lines and space create familiar shapes and forms. While similar in their approach, each has unique execution and end result.
The show will run from May 29th through June 28th 2008, Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 8:00 PM. The opening reception will be on Thursday May 29th from 7:00-10:00 PM.
Invisible NYC 148 Orchard Street NYC 10002
212.228.1358 www.invisiblenyc.com
where the ladies at?
I like movies a lot, and i like trivia about movies and who's in what, and six degrees of Kevin Bacon and all that: but I have to admit I'd be hard pressed to name three female directors.
An article in the LA times today tells me that that's cause there aren't a lot of women greenlighted as directors in Hollywood these days. Of the 250 top grossing movies in 2007, only 6% were directed by women. And that's a decrease from previous years.
There are interesting points made in the article about what kinda of stories women (and women directors) want to tell: but as director Catherine Hardwicke says "I'd love to do a superhero movie."
read the whole depressing story here: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-goldstein20-2008may20,0,5616703.story
Superheros: Fashion and Fantasy
Thanks to Thierry Mugler Beauty, I was lucky enough to view the Met's Fashion Institute's latest exhibition yesterday with curator Andrew Bolton (seriously, I was psyched!!!).
Designs from Mugler, Armani, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, etc. are matched with actual costumes from Spiderman, Batman, X-Men, and Wonder Woman. I don't want to share too much and ruin it for those hoping to check it out, but I will say that it's the ultimate in alter-ego transformation...
I highly recommend if you're in NYC anytime from now until Sept. 1.
Let's Get May'd
Friday, May 30th Soho Dermatology & Health *Guest Speakers TBA* Goodie bags courtesy of Soho D & H -Unlimited wine and food-
Ladies Lotto Chicago
Tuesday, May 27th
6-9pm
Colorlab
857 West Armitage
Colorlab is a custom cosmetic store and is absolutely fab. There will be a short lesson and each lady will get to work with a professional to create two custom items!
RSVP: susan@ladieslotto.com
Ladies Lotto San Francisco
TFIS!! Thank F*ck It's Spring
Wednesday, May 28th
7:30-9:30pm
Sky Terrace of Medjool
2522 Mission St
Guest Speaker: Yetunde Schumann, Founder of the Innovative Fashion Council of SF. Ms. Schumann will discuss her vision of turning SF into the global capital of green fashion.
RSVP: sunny@ladieslotto.com 
Ladies Lotto Montreal invites you to Food & Flowers, An Eco-Conscious Meal
Wednesday, May 28th
Fuschia
4050 Ave Colonial
$20/Person
$5/raffle towards a Fuschia Gift Basket
RSVP and more details: miriam@ladieslotto.com 
Ladies Lotto Los Angeles
Celebrate Your Bosoms!
Wednesday, May 28th
8:00pm
The Standard - West Hollywood 8300 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
Please RSVP amy@ladieslotto.com
Ladies Lotto New York
Let's get ready for this great summer and learn how to protect our skin and glow from within!
7:30 - 9:30pm
155 Spring St, 4th Floor
Nutritionist & Esthetician on Hand
50% off Laser hair removal
Princess of the Posse Launch Party on 5/22
Princess of the Posse (P.O.P.) Launch Party
Thursday May 22nd
9:30pm +
The Anchor
310 Spring St btwn Hudson & Greenwich St
DJ's
ILL P ( Black Mamba)
Radio Rose ( Around the Way Girls)
Amore ( INTLX Productions)
Dary ( Bellevue's Finest / Takeover Theory )
Sharp ( Hazardous Soundz )
Open Bar: 11-12... provided by Rhum Clement
RSVP: poprsvp@mac.com
Monday, May 19, 2008
Your Epidermis is Glowing LLNY on May 30th!
Let's get ready for this great summer and learn how to protect our skin and glow from within!
Friday, May 30th
7:30 - 9:30pm
Soho Dermatology & Health
155 Spring St, 4th Floor
*Guest Speakers TBA*
Nutritionist & Esthetician on Hand
Goodie bags courtesy of Soho D & H
50% off Laser hair removal
-Unlimited wine and food-
The Sweet Taste of Organic Milk
Below is an article in today's New York Times about organic baby formula. As someone who was raised on Similac but also know the side effects of its continuous use I would not buy the milk because its made my Similac, even if it is organic. Sugar is very addictive especially for children. If you are unable to use breast milk, research as much as possible the organic formula you use.
For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That’s Sweet
LLLA - Celebrate Your Bosoms on 5/28 at The Standard
LADIES LOTTO LOS ANGELES invites you to celebrate your bosoms!!!
Date: Wednesday, May 28th
Time: 8:00pm
Location: The Standard - West Hollywood 8300 Sunset Boulevard West Hollywood, CA 90069
Please RSVP amy@ladieslotto.com
*****
For 2 days and 39 miles, you have the opportunity to dramatically impact the lives of millions affected by breast cancer worldwide. By participating in the Avon Walk, you’ll allow medically under-insured women and men to receive the screening, support, and treatment they require. And leading-edge research teams will be powered by the cure all because of you. Take the first step. Register today!
Special Thanks to: LLLA members, Christina Felice for initiating the cause and organizing the speaker AND Valida for locking down the venue. Big love to you both!!!
5/28 LLSF - TFIS! Thank F*ck It's Spring
Ladies Lotto San Francisco
TFIS!! Thank F*ck It's Spring
Wednesday, May 28th
7:30-9:30pm
Sky Terrace of Medjool
2522 Mission St
Guest Speaker: Yetunde Schumann, Founder of the Innovative Fashion Council of SF. Ms. Schumann will discuss her vision of turning SF into the global capital of green fashion.
RSVP: sunny@ladieslotto.com
Color Me Bad - LL Chicago 5/27
Ladies Lotto Chicago
Tuesday, May 27th
6-9pm
Colorlab
857 West Armitage
Colorlab is a custom cosmetic store and is absolutely fab. There will be a short lesson and each lady will get to work with a professional to create two custom items!
RSVP: susan@ladieslotto.com
LL Montreal's Eco Meal is May 28th
Ladies Lotto Montreal invites you to Food & Flowers, An Eco-Conscious Meal
Wednesday, May 28th
Fuschia
4050 Ave Colonial
$20/Person
$5/raffle towards a Fuschia Gift Basket
RSVP and more details: miriam@ladieslotto.com
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Janelle Monae, a Violet Happy Star
I saw below video of Janelle Monae performing Violet Happy Stars Happy Hunting on AnyOne Girl and I thought I'd share. She's being called Grace Jones meets Amy Winehouse. At first I was skeptical as she is signed to Bad Boy Entertainment and looks a little of the moment "I'm so avant garde in the mainstream" cliche but her lyrics got me hooked. She sings "Teacher teacher please reach those girls in them videos, those little girls just broken queens confusing bling for soul" after that I was sold. If this is the kind of girl who is set out to conquer the pop charts, I'm all for it!
