The Purple Vintage Space Princess

Coming to you live from Brooklyn,
Mammi-Ama Ofori aka The Purple Vintage Space Princess.

What?

Check out Mammi-Ama, a life and style motivator.

A renaissance woman with a twist.

Visit her site, Purple Vintage Space Princess to shop,
listen to her on blog talk radio,
watch a video and more. 

Something for everyone.

Frankenstein Follies at the Bay Street Theatre Sag Harbor, NY

Presented by

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Stages Workshop Theatre

1 iota productions presents

a new comedy webisode series, Everything’s Coming Up Ro'ses! 

To my readers: Roetta Collins recently sent me her press release and seven short episodes to watch. They made me laugh out loud!  There is true laughter from the absurdities of everyday life which continues around one amidst their tragedies. She encapsulates all this and more in these one act scenes. Enjoy the clips and feel free to leave comments on my blog. Thanks for stopping by. —Lisa

Press Release

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See episodes below

Episode One: I'll Drink to That (3:38 minutes)

Episode Two: Barry, Can You Spare Me A Dime? (4:11 minutes)

Episode Three: If The Bling Fits, Wear It (3:28 minutes)

Episode Four: Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (2:41 minutes)

Episode Five: You Can Thank Me Later (4:19 minutes)

Episode Six: There's No Business Like Your Business (2:56 minutes)

Episode Seven: Daze Of Wine And Ro'ses (3:24 minutes)

Hamptons International Film Festival

The Market NYC

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Bridgehampton to Sag Harbor - August 6, 2011

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ICE CREAM SOCIAL

The Old Whalers' Church
Ice Cream Social

 44 Union Street

Sag Harbor, NY

Saturday, August 6, 2011
5 to 7pm 

Ice Cream! Kid's games!
Grilled hot dogs! Cold drinks!
Chinese Auction of wonderful items donated by local merchants.

Admission: $3 kids, $6 adults, $4 seniors.
(Admission includes an ice cream sundae)
Game tickets $1.
Raffle tickets $2 each , or 15 for $25.

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Enjoy your weekend!

By the Authors of THE MONEY BOOK FOR FREELANCERS

Joseph D'Agnese and Denise Kiernans' new book SIGNING THEIR RIGHTS AWAY will be released by Quirk/Random House on September 6, 2011. Some online bookstores allow you to pre-order now. If you want an autographed copy, consider ordering from one of the indie bookstores in their neighborhood. They're listed on their website.

T-shirts: Signer T-shirts available, via their DOI Store.


Girls of Atomic City
Denise is hard at work on a nonfiction book about the women who unknowingly made the fuel for the world's first atomic bomb. That book is due out from Simon and Schuster next fall, 2012. You can follow Denise's progress here and sign up for her list here.

Check out another title by this dynamic duo THE MONEY BOOK FOR FREELANCERS. 

As always, if you're a member of the media or a book buyer, let Joe and Denise know if you need a review copy of any of these books. If you'd like them to do an event at your shop or site, contact them:

josephdagnese.com

denisekiernan.com

Art, Poetry and Film - May 20th

The Club
La Mama
76 E. 4th Street
NYC
Host: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Series Director: William Electric Black

Monday, June 20 at 8pm 

Malbec by Judy Rifka 

Art & Poetry

Live Mag! in conjunction with Princeton University Press and Fence Book presents TAG TEAM. An exquisite evening of literary throw-downs and arial spins where the poets go to the mat for you! Plus art by Judy Rifka and Chris Lee. Hosted by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright. Featuring David Shapiro! With Kristin Prevallet, Joanna Fuhrman, Anthony Carelli, David Henderson, Bakar Wilson and Ariana Reines.

Tag Team
$10 / $8 student/senior
Box Office / lamama.org
212-475-7710

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THE MOVING IMAGE

Flat Earth Society performs with Lubitsch's THE OYSTER PRINCESS

ACCLAIMED BELGIAN BIG BAND
‘FLAT EARTH SOCIETY’ ACCOMPANIES
ERNST LUBITSCH’S STYLISH 1919 COMEDY
THE OYSTER PRINCESS 

Friday, May 20, 2011, 8:00 p.m.

The celebrated Belgian 15-piece big band Flat Earth Society, known throughout Europe for their raucously playful jazz style, will perform an original score for Ernst Lubitsch’s 1919 film comedy, The Oyster Princess, at Museum of the Moving Image. The event on Friday, May 20, 2011, at 8:00 p.m., in the Museum’s beautiful new 267-seat film theater, marks the U. S. premiere of the performance, which has been seen at major festivals in Europe and Central America.  The group will also present excerpts from their latest project, Hearsee, an ever-mutating audiovisual montage of composed and improvised music accompanying archival film clips.

Tickets are $15 / $10 for Museum members and free for Silver Screen members and above. Order tickets online at http://movingimage.us or by calling 718 777 6800.

Music and poetry May 15th & 19th

BPL Chamber Players

Sunday May 15, 2011

Concert

Brooklyn Public Library

Central Library at Grand Army Plaza

Clive Greensmith, violincello

Jean Schneider, piano

Free Admission 

718. 230.2100

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Golda Solomon

presents

Po'Jazz at

Cornelia Street Cafe 

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Thursday, May 19th

The Charismatic Megafauna, Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Music starts at 7pm

ends at 8ish

No cover-cafe fare-great prices and food

Informal atmosphere

A band for the whole family!

365 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
(718) 788-2830

The Perch Cafe

NEWS FROM THE BROOKLYN BLOGOSPHERE

THE

6TH ANNUAL
BROOKLYN BLOGFEST
WITH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
JEFF JARVIS 

Thursday, May 12, 2011,
7:30PM (doors open 7PM)
    

The Bell House
149 7th Street
between 2nd and 3rd Avenues 
in the Park Slope/Gowanus
neighborhood of Brooklyn

718-643-6510  

Santos Solomon, Affordable Art for the month of May, 2011

The following information was sent to me by Golda Solomon of JAZZ JAUNTS. 
—Lisa

Every two weeks for the month of May
JULIA SANTOS SOLOMON will be featuring her new,
one-of-a-kind paintings to be purchased for $100.

Each painting can stand alone or
be placed together in combination of twos or threes.

Available for purchase at her ETSY Store.

If you want to collect the whole,
you will have to move quickly.
She will be posting them in sequence.

*ABOUT THE ARTIST: Julia Santos Solomon is one of the most successful contemporary Dominican artists on the landscape today.  Julia is a multi-faceted artist creating paintings,  sculpture, drawings and mixed media. The bright colors of the Caribbean landscape are an important vehicle for her expression. 

 

She portrays the mystery and beauty of the vegetation. Julia’s work has been exhibited nationally and abroad.  Currently, her work is represented in many public collections, including several museums. Her work was featured in the art publications New Art International 2004 and Acrylic Revolution 2007.

(*Note: About the Artist is an excerpt from her website)

Buy your Tickets Now - Support Local Theatre Stages, A Children’s Theatre Workshop, Inc., Sag Harbor, NY

Stages, A Children’s Theatre Workshop, Inc., is a not-for-profit
children’s theater company offering year-round productions,
after school workshops and a theatrical summer camp.
 

For information about Stages’ Summer Stock 2011,
call (631) 329-1420.
For further information about Stages visit www.stagesworkshop.org.

Exhibit for The Retreat

Retreat's 3rd Annual Juried Art Show

at the

Kathryn Markel Fine Arts Gallery

2418 Montauk Hwy, Bridgehampton, NY 11932

Opening Reception: 

Saturday April 30, 6-8 PM

Photograph by Paula Kelly

Jurors:

 Arlene Bujese and Bruce Helander
Exhibition running through May 7, 2011

All artwork is available for purchase.
(50/50 split between the artist and the Retreat).

Map it

Green Getaways April 30th

EscapeMaker's Green Getaways

Local Food & Travel Expo

A fun promo & ticket info only a click away.

The Charismatic Megafauna at Perch Cafe

Treat yourself to this delightful and very talented family of musicians
playing all kinds of music both original and borrowed—with a twist. 

Join them at Perch Cafe located in Park Slope Brooklyn,
every other Wednesday night. Casual and fun atmosphere.
Cafe food and drink. No cover.

Wednesday, April 13

7pm-8:30pm

(in the back)

P E R C H   Cafe and Bar

365 5th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11215

Map it

Museum of the Moving Image presents FASHION IN FILM FESTIVAL

BIRDS OF PARADISE FEATURES
UNDERGROUND FILMS, EARLY CINEMA, AND HOLLYWOOD EXOTICA

Films by Jack Smith, Kenneth Anger, Cecil B. DeMille,
Steven Arnold, Erich von Stroheim, and
more to be shown, with talks and live music

April 15‒24, 2011 at Museum of the Moving Image

Fashion in Film Festival Schedule

Travel Directions

to Museum of Moving Image

36-01 35 Avenue (at 37 Street)
Astoria, NY 11106

Japan Relief

Upon purchasing the eton emergency radio, eton corp's additional part in this effort is to match the purchase price donated towards the radio and supply additional flash lights and radios to the relief effort.

A Simple Gesture

I just returned from a conference in Baltimore, MD. I chose not to bring my laptop because it was another heavy thing to carry. I thought I would have access to my email at the site via another computer. I don't have a blackberry or android so I am relegated to a computer for this information. My access was limited and I felt a sense of relief and an odd feeling of disconnect.

I could not help think of the disconnect the people in Japan must feel who have lost everything. While Japan may not want our help I cannot stop thinking about the individual without a means of communication and I have been trying to figure out a way to help someone stay connected.

On my train ride back to NY on Saturday I was reading the NY Times. There in the first section was an ad for Eton Corp who has partnered with the Red Cross with the answer I was looking for.

Purchase an Emergency Radio equipped with a built in battery and cell phone charger for someone in Japan. The radio is activated by a crank. I own a similar one myself and they are great to have. No batteries needed. Cost to me? Peace of mind that someone I don't know will now have a means to remain connected in this terrible crisis.

SoGood on TV - Cooking with HJ on BCAT Channel 34 & on-line, plus more!

Premieres in Prime Daytime on March 29, 2011

Tuesday Mornings at 11:00AM on TWC Channel 35

Cooking With HJ follow Heather in a series of 13 one-half hour programs as she explores recipes, wine, and food from a decidedly Brooklyn perspective.
 Covering a range of topics like basic skills, influential cuisines, and food friendly wine pairs, each episode of Cooking With HJ has enticing ideas and easy techniques for the home chef.

Visit the BCAT website to stream online
if you don't live in Brooklyn (but want to).

Also airing on Cablevision 68, RCN 83 and
Verizon Fios 43 Citywide.

www.sogood.tv