Jesse Thompkins III Foundation for Young People in the Arts presents: JT3 Artist Award Recipients 2009
In our inaugural year, we presented ourselves with a challenge worthy of our namesake – to create and launch an awards program that seeks artists who embody not just creative talent, not just persistence in the face of obstacles, but are also generous of spirit and good of heart. We were thrilled when we saw the caliber of the artists applying to our program, and knew our panel of film/tv professionals would have a hard time choosing who should receive cash grants. With the generous donations we received over the past year, we were able to provide cash grants to five of our talented applicants.
“Camille’s Kitchen” presents: Chicken Balls with Hawaiian Sauce
Blogger and Contributor to NLBK, Camille of Camillecares.com wants to give you some quick recipe with her cooking viral, “Camille’s Kitchen”
Chicken Balls with Hawaiian Sauce
Happy Thanksgiving!
Score! Pop Up Swap @ 3rd Ward
Saturday, November 21st:
Score! Pop Up Swap is basically a massive free store. The concept is simple:
1) Everyone brings their old music, clothes, books, housewares, misc. radness
2) The items are sorted by a team of ninja volunteers and set on display like a department store
3) Once they’ve donated their items, attendees are invited to browse departments and take as much as they can carry. Everything is free!
4) The remaining items are collected and donated to charity.
Over 1,300 people came to our first Score! Pop Up Swap (pics HERE) in May, and this time, it’s going to be even better. We’ve got sweet hand-printed Score! tote bag, live screen-printing during the event by Bread & Butter Collective, complimentary COLT 45 from 1-2pm, Mimosas & Bloody Mary’s available at the bar, a custom Score! Mixtape, and all proceeds from the event go to support City Harvest.
$3 Entry with RSVP
3rd Ward
195 Morgan Ave
Greenpoint | Brooklyn, NY
How to get there?
DESIREE GODSELL & LIA MCPHERSON PRESENT: ROAMING
Saturday, November 21st:
Desiree Godsell and Lia McPherson come together to present their adventures as transplants living in Brooklyn, New York. With Godsell hailing from Houston, Texas and McPherson from Detroit, Michigan their experiences in their respective birthplaces have shaped very unique viewpoints about life, arts and culture. And today just like many other young artist having moved to New York City in search of cultivating their artistry, their work is being shaped by Brooklyn and all of its eccentricities. A culmination of these experiences will be shared in ROAMING. (more…)
MIH & Prospect Park Alliance presents: “It’s my Park Day!”
Saturday, October 24th:
MIHicon would once again like to thank the more than 3,000 people that spent the beautiful summer day with us in Prospect Park on Sunday, July 19th. It was by far our largest HEATWAVE to date and we thank you for your continued support in making this the highlight event of the summer.
Now - help us keep HEATWAVE alive!
In response to the publicly noted backlash from this year’s HEATWAVE, we have worked with Prospect Park and its leadership to spearhead a community service day in conjunction with the already existing, “It’s My Park! Day.”
The scheduled date for this event is Saturday, October 24th, from 10am to 2pm.
We are looking for your help, as supporters of HEATWAVE and MIHicon, in getting together as many volunteers as possible to help make this event a huge success and also cement a working rapport with Prospect Park and the Prospect Park Alliance for future events and of course HEATWAVES.
Will there be a HEATWAVE10.0?
The success of this event will determine that – fate lies in our hands!If you are willing to volunteer to help keep our parks clean and the HEATWAVE tradition alive – Remember the wonderful tradition HEATWAVE has become…
From 10am to 2pm
Please come and support!
Krs One & Buckshot: Survival Of The Fittest *Press Release Party*
Last night, I had the opportunity to attend the press release party for Krs One & Buckshot new album, Survivial Of the Fittest at 92y in Tribeca. Its release date on Sept. 15th. It was an intimate function made up of writers, bloggers and photographers. Check out the photos after the jump.. (more…)
Thursday- Around the Hood Connections
Every failed moment needs someone to blog about it. (via Failblog.org)
Is Megan Fox playing the next Wonder Women? (via Stuffflypeoplelike.com)
Good Hair receives Good Reviews -(via NYtimes.com)
Remember Former Senator Ted Kennedy visit to Brooklyn (via TheBrooklynpaper.com)
Wednesday- Around the Hood Connections
R.I.P Senator Ted Kennedy-(Via NY Daily News.com)
Just in time for the school-(via Kix and the city)
MJ Tribute is moved to larger venue-(via the Brooklyn papr)
Another Jay-Z song – (via nah-right.com)
Rock Climbing in the hills?- (via The Brooklyn Romance)
A Blogger’s top 5 favorite diner’s- (via Brokelyn)
Def Jam founders: Rick Rubin & Uncle Rush *except from VH-1 Hip-Hop Honors 2009*
Def Jam founders, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons discuss working with Jay-Z on the song, “99 Problems”. This year, VH-1 is honoring Def-Jam Records for its 25 years in the music industry. The show is schedule to air in October.
Welcome to Brooklyn! Shop & Dine Weekend Aug 22-23rd
The Brooklyn Hajj is a shop/dine promotional on Saturday and Sunday, August 22-23rd where participating restaurants, retailers, cafes and lifestyle stores will be offering promotional specials for the weekend. To redeem the promotional specials, the event-goers will buy a ticket called, “Passport” which they will present to the businesses at the time of transaction. The purpose of the BK Hajj is to create inter-borough commerce between neighborhoods since the participating businesses are located in various neighborhoods such as Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Park Slope, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.
So get out the house and take a journey around Brooklyn.
For more information, please visit the Brooklynhajj.com
Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 Final Tracklisting
Wait?…. No Bleek?
The presumed final tracklist (and quite possibly rear cover artwork) appeared on Father Time’s site today. It looks like BP3 is gonna be closer to the second installment of the trilogy than the first. Features galore. Here are some of my predictions:
-”Hate” will probably be the most gregarious display of egomaniac greatness that we will hear this year….or at least since “Real As It Gets”.
-J. Cole will black.
-”Reminder” will be my favorite song. I don’t know, Jay is notorious for those late album solo moments.
-Wale and Mickey Factz will commit suicide before their albums are released.
Its pretty apparent that Jay is using this moment to align himself with the “Saved By The Bell – The New Class” “Teen Titans” “Digimon” new crop of rapsters. Kinda wild to think that Jay actually is gaining more from the features than the young guns are (no ChrisNeef-o)
I think it will benefit the old guy though. Hov gets better when he’s got something to prove. And he’s not going anywhere. I can’t wait until my son is on Blueprint 9 going bar for bar with Jay. I know Jay will still be worth a verse in 2029. He’s not the Brett Favre of this rap shit. He’s not the Rickey Henderson of this rap shit. He’s something much more than that….
When Jay gets that young rapper strength…he’s kinda like Mumm-Ra The Everliving of this rap shit.