Posts made in August 2022

MIDNIGHT SUNS

HEROES FROM THE DARKEST CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE ASSEMBLE IN THE NEW MIDNIGHT SUNS COMIC TRAILER!

Writer Ethan Sacks and artist Luigi Zagaria launch new MIDNIGHT SUNS limited series on September 14

Next month, the Midnight Suns rise again in a brand-new limited series! Written by Ethan Sacks with art by Luigi Zagaria, MIDNIGHT SUNS will star Marvel’s hottest mystical defenders and fiercest fighters including Blade, Kushala, the Ghost Rider also known as Spirit Rider, Magik, Wolverine, Nico Minoru, and Strange Academy’s Zoe Laveau. This thrilling team will assemble when a horrifying threat from the late Sorcerer Supreme’s past emerges and claims Zoe Laveau as its first target. The saga that follows will impact the very fabric of magic in the main Marvel Comics universe, revealing deep secrets and impacting characters such as Agatha Harkness, Doctor Doom, the students of Strange Academy, and more! See the team fight like hell to overcome the darkest of threats in the all-new MIDNIGHT SUNS trailer, featuring never-before-seen artwork!

“This series has some twists and turns that pay homage to things that I love about this genre of the Marvel Universe,” Sacks told CBR in a recent interview. “This is my first book with magic. It’s been great playing with some of those fantasy elements and some of the real-world horrors threaded in via allegory. That stuff made me a fan of Doctor Strange and the original Midnight Sons. So, it’s been such a blessing to get to play in this part of the sandbox.”

Behold a new era of Marvel magic when MIDNIGHT SUNS #1 hits stands on September 14. For more information, including an exclusive first look, visit HERE.

Retailers, don’t forget to order your copies of MIDNIGHT SUNS #1 by Monday, August 15!

Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA

LISA LOEB × STEPHEN KRAMER

On August 24, GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter LISA LOEB will join Canadian-American comedian/actor, musician, and podcast host STEPHEN KRAMER GLICKMAN (Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush) for an unforgettable evening of story and song.

With an expansive catalogue of 15 impressive studio albums and acclaimed children’s music from nearly three decades, the legendary musician behind era-defining hits like ‘Stay (I Missed You)‘ and ‘I Do‘ will join the viral TikTok performer for a special show at Hollywood’s The Bourbon Room starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $30 for GA and $50 for VIP which guarantees the best seats in the house, and are on sale now at HERE.

The must-see show will be filled with personal stories and other surprises woven in each set, as well as some joint musical performances and candid conversation from Loeb and Glickman.

Loeb is excited to mark her Bourbon Room debut as her first show back in Hollywood since the 2020 COVID lockdown. I love playing songs from my entire catalogue and telling stories. Every show is different than the last: the audience, the venue, the pre-show snacks you never know what’s going to happen!

The prolific musician oscillates between crafting sophisticated pop gems for her adult fans and beautifully crafted songs for kids of all ages, including Feel What U Feel, her most recent children’s album which took home a 2018 Grammy Award for Best Children’s Album. Most recently, she released her 2020 album A Simple Trick To Happiness, released just days before the COVID-19 lockdown in the States, receiving rave reviews.

She also recently conceived and collaborated on a collection of 10 mini-musicals titled TOGETHER APART with fellow Brown University alumni, including Julie Bowen (Modern Family), JoBeth Williams (Poltergeist), and others about connecting in the time of a pandemic. Last summer, she appeared on millions of screens daily in a recent commercial from GEICO, performing a parody of her 1994 hit Stay (I Missed You), which was the first-ever song to go to No. 1 on the charts by an at-the-time unsigned artist.

Loeb also keeps busy with her popular eyewear line, her philanthropic Camp Lisa Foundation, her film, television, and voiceover work, and a daily show on SiriusXM’s 90s on 9 channel.

Stephen Kramer Glickman is best known for having played Gustavo Rocque on the Nickelodeon series Big Time Rush for five years and for starring alongside Jennifer Aniston and Andy Samberg in the animated film, Storks. His debut album The Moving Company went viral on TikTok when his cover of Crazy was used in videos by Addison Rae, Lizzo, Ben Platt and more, establishing 600M plays on the app, causing Ceelo Green to reach out and book Glickman to open for him on the road. Glickman has performed at various universities and clubs, and was recently the opening performance of the NAMM Show.

To purchase tickets ($30-$50) for the special show, or for more information, visit Lisa Loeb’s official website at HERE or HERE.

Doors open at 7 p.m. The Bourbon Room is located at 6356 Hollywood Blvd, 2nd Floor, Hollywood, CA. Come early for dinner, stay late for great music. Tweet Lisa requests at @LisaLoeb

Tickets on sale now here.

MOHAMMED USMAN – NEON VIBRA

DJ duo Play-N-Skillz performed during “Neon Vibra” at DAYLIGHT Beach Club, located at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, where UFC’s “The Ultimate Fighter” Champion Mohammed Usman celebrated his victory.

Putting on an energetic performance from 12:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., Play-N-Skillz played their popular hits including “Azukita,” “Besame,” “El Teke Teke” and their newest collaboration with Pitbull “Party of a Lifetime.” The duo sipped on Casamigos silver while dancing and mingling with friends before departing at 3 a.m.

Mohammed Usman, brother of UFC champion Kamaru Usman, celebrated his Saturday night victory in one of the DAYLIGHT’s luxurious cabanas. He and fellow UFC friends drank Don Julio 1942 while basking in Usman’s newly acquired title of “The Ultimate Fighter.”

Open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, DAYLIGHT Beach Club is the place to be for a luxuriously entertaining pool experience with its 50,000-square-foot space including a 4,400-square-foot main pool and two additional private pools for cabana guests. DAYLIGHT is also open from 10 p.m. to close Saturday nights for its popular “DAYLIGHT at Night” parties. For more information, including special event pricing or to make reservations, please visit daylightvegas or call 702-632-4700.

THANOS: DEATH NOTES

This November, Marvel Comics will publish a special one-shot starring one of the most iconic comic villains of all time—THANOS! THANOS: DEATH NOTES will be an oversized issue containing riveting stories about the Mad Titan’s life and begin the path towards his next conquest. This issue spins directly out of Donny Cates and Nic Klein’s THOR run where Thor recently beheld a terrifying future involving Thanos and vowed to use all his power to prevent it. THANOS: DEATH NOTES will be brought together by an incredible lineup of creators including J. Michael Straczynski, Torunn Grønbekk, Kyle Starks, Christopher Cantwell, Andrea Di Vito, Travel Foreman, and one of the character’s most definitive artists, cosmic extraordinaire Ron Lim!

Thanos is missing, presumed dead after the chilling events of Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić’s ETERNALS. But Thor has seen a vision of his return. And it is enough to make even a God fear. To prepare himself, to prepare the universe, Thor desperately searches for answers in Thanos’ past…and finds a glimpse of the Marvel Universe’s dark future.

“Ever since the Black Winter gave Thor a glimpse of how he was going to die way back in THOR #6, and Thor saw that it was going to be at the hands of a Thanos wielding not only an Infinity Stones-encrusted Mjolnir but also seemingly a new black Infinity Stone (not to mention with an army of undead super heroes and villains at his side), Thor has been working to prevent this horrific fate,” said Editor Wil Moss. “In this THANOS one-shot, his quest brings him to look to Thanos’ past for clues. But in doing so, will Thor learn something of use, or merely realize that Thanos truly is inevitable? Big things are set up here, brought to you by an all-star cast of creators — don’t miss it!”

See the universe tremble once more when THANOS begins his next era in THANOS: DEATH NOTES #1 this November. For more information, visit Marvel.com.

Rex Orange County – THREAT

Following the release of his critically acclaimed album WHO CARES?, Rex Orange County debuts his new song, “THREAT,” an upbeat and melodic summer single that Rex wrote and produced with his close friends Teo Halm and Jim Reed.

The release of “THREAT” comes just days before Rex’s biggest show to date. On Saturday, August 13, he plays a sold-out hometown performance to 20,000 people in Gunnersbury Park, London. This follows a two-month multi-city run in North America that saw Rex performing sold-out shows at iconic venues including The Hollywood Bowl, Forest Hills Stadium, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and more.

Earlier this year, Rex released his latest album, WHO CARES?, which charted #1 in the UK, #2 in Australia, and #5 in the US. The record includes stand-out songs such as “AMAZING,” “THE SHADE,” “KEEP IT UP,”and “OPEN A WINDOW” featuring Tyler, The Creator, marking the first time the two have collaborated since Tyler’s 2017 album Flower Boy. Complex praised the album in their ‘Best of 2022 So Far’ list, calling it “sobering, uplifting, fun, and honest all at the same time, making for a great addition to his expanding catalog.”

HENDRICK’S LEMONADE

Hendrick’s Gin Cucumber Lemonade

Ingredients:

2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part Fresh Lemon Juice
1 part Simple Syrup
Top with Soda Water
3 rounds of Cucumber & 1 wheel of Lemon to Garnish

Method: Combine all ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice and lightly stir. Garnish with 3 thinly sliced rounds of cucumber and 1 lemon wheel and serve.

Hendrick’s Watermelon Lemonade

Created by Hendrick’s Gin East Coast Ambassador, Erik Andersson

Ingredients:

2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part Fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 part Simple Syrup
4 Chunks Watermelon
Splash Club Soda

Method: Muddle the watermelon with the simple syrup, add the rest of the ingredients and stir well. Garnish with a wedge of watermelon.

Hendrick’s Blueberry Lemonade

Created by Hendrick’s Gin East Coast Ambassador, Erik Andersson

Ingredients:

2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part Fresh Lemon Juice
1 part Simple Syrup
8 Blueberries
Top Club Soda

Method: Muddle well the blueberries with the simple syrup. Add the rest of the ingredients and ice. Garnish with blueberries and mint.

Reebok × Jurassic World Dominion

Today Reebok and Universal Brand Development officially unveil the highly anticipated, second Jurassic footwear and apparel collection – inspired by the latest blockbuster film – Jurassic World Dominion. Last year Reebok and Universal teamed up to create the Reebok x Jurassic Park collection which celebrated the iconic 1993 original film and invoked intense nostalgia for the franchise. This year’s Reebok x Jurassic World Dominion line draws inspiration from the latest film and pays homage to the bioengineering themes and dinosaurs new and old. Each piece of footwear features glowing amber logos, a classified information label and is encapsulated in an amber-inspired box.

Additional footwear details include:

• The Answer DMX (HQ6276, $200) – This Answer DMX is sure to make you feel like the ultimate apex predator thanks to the natural colors and reptile-inspired materials reminiscent of the Giganotosaurus. The silhouette is outfitted with a hardware accent piece and spikes from this new terrifyingly giant dinosaur on the heel. Available in unisex sizing.

• Classic Leather Ripple (HQ6253, $100) – The fan-favorite Velociraptor, Blue, and her offspring, Beta, team up to create the ultimate nostalgic Classic Leather Ripple. Blue’s iconic stripe comes to life on the side of the shoe while the window box and heel logos feature nods to both Blue and Beta with their signature claw element. Available in unisex, grade school, preschool and infant sizing.

• LX2200 (HQ6264, $110) – This sleek LX2200 takes design cues from the bio-genetic coding facility – Biosyn Valley – as seen in Jurassic World Dominion. Featured throughout the shoe are DNA-inspired elements including a Reebok DNA strand window box, DNA sequencing tongue label and a marbled outsole to represent different DNA coming together in a variety of textures and colors. Available in unisex sizing.

• Club C Revenge (HQ6205, $100) – Reebok’s iconic Club C gets a makeover from Biosyn Genetics, the bioengineering company that performs the research to recreate extinct animals and study their behaviors, as seen in Jurassic World Dominion. The futuristic shoe comes in clean, metallic colors reminiscent of the lab and makes references to the genetically modified animals Biosyn creates with a rub-away reptile material on the upper. The silhouette is finished off with a Biosyn badge on the tongue and a test tube lace dubrae. Available in unisex sizing.

• Beatnik (HQ6266, $130) – The cult-favorite Beatnik silhouette is fossilized in this neutral iteration. The tonal colors tell the story of the dinosaur fossils with the gritty outsole representing a fossilized mold. Rounding out the model is a one-of-a-kind Reebok fossil in place of the Beatnik’s signature hardware. Available in unisex sizing.

• Zig Kinetica 2.5 (HQ6263, $140) – The fearsome four pack of Atrociraptors – as seen chasing Owen, Claire and others through the streets of Malta – inspire this fierce version of Reebok’s Zig Kinetica 2.5. The shoe incorporates colorways of all four raptors on the upper and replaces the Zig’s signatures overlay with a 3D puff print for a raised, reptilian effect. Available in unisex and kids sizing.

• Nano X2 Adventure (HQ6265, $150) – Survival lace and paracord webbing paired with the ultimate outdoor training shoe, the Nano X2 Adventure, equip you for the most serious dinosaur breach. The silhouette incorporates hardware elements and a pigmented gum outsole to show that the wearer is ready to show off any survival skill. Available in unisex sizing.

Paired with the footwear is a range of men’s and women’s performance and lifestyle apparel. The majority of the apparel features either a “Blue” print – inspired by the Velociraptor’s scales, or a dinosaur camo print – which combines a Jurassic World dinosaur skin print with a topographical map. The collection is rounded out with a handful of graphic tees that feature the iconic Jurassic World logo and incorporate a Biosyn “authorized personnel only” badge print for a symbol of authenticity.

ZEITZ MOCAA’S NEW SCULPTURE

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) announces a riveting site-specific commission of monumental scale by Malagasy artist Joël Andrianomearisoa titled The Five Continents of All Our Desires. The installation is supported by Fonds Yavarhoussen, Madagascar, and will be on view from 2 August 2022 to 25 June 2023 in the museum’s atrium.

Andrianomearisoa’s practice encompasses working in multidisciplinary ways — with materiality and scale as important considerations. Imbued with complex emotional experiences, his delicate, often ambiguous works are an ongoing series of ever-evolving exercises that consider the aesthetic and architecture of feelings that all perceive yet cannot put a name to.

Zeitz MOCAA Executive Director and Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh says: “It is a revelation and honour to host an artwork of this scale and ambition in our museum. The generosity and intentionality with which Joël approached this commission is a testament to the extraordinary, multiplistic views of our world for which this institution is intended. To hold, to speak, to listen and to love — sentiments and values that echo our mission are brought centre stage with this incredible work.”

The Five Continents of All Our Desires is a celebration of relations and connections. For Andrianomearisoa, the work speaks to both migration and language — and the ongoing search for zones of engagement and desire. He constructs a view of the world that is fragile, ambiguous, open-ended and about new possibilities for human contact.

The awe-inspiring work consists of six large-scale sculptures that form a suspended archipelago in a poetic reference to land masses and geographies of the imagination, and are constructed from Andrianomearisoa’s signature material, black silk paper. Installed in the figurative and literal ‘heart’ of the museum building, the work is the first site-specific commission to grace Zeitz MOCAA’s atrium in two years.

“The Five Continents of All Our Desires is conceived in dialogue with the concrete interior of the museum, and what remains of the original silos of the building,” adds Storm Janse van Rensburg, Zeitz MOCAA Senior Curator and Head of Curatorial Affairs. “It is both in play and in visual tension with its surroundings. Whilst appearing as large black masses, the thin and soft materiality of the work allows for subtle atmospheric responses to become visible —such as paper rustling due to airflows caused by human movement.”

The Five Continents of All Our Desires is accompanied by a sound installation, and a display of 40 drawings — a first, significant showing of the artist’s graphic works in an exhibition. Visitors can also experience a set of specially designed furniture by the artist. Andrianomearisoa has further collaborated with the Zeitz MOCAA curatorial team and retail partners of the museum to develop an exclusive range of objects that will be on sale. All proceeds from sales will support the museum’s work.

The Five Continents of All Our Desires is on view in the Zeitz MOCAA atrium from Thursday, 2 August 2022. Zeitz MOCAA’s curatorial and exhibition programming is proudly supported by GUCCI.

SPRAYGROUND

Sprayground Brings Immersive Time Travel Experience To The Heart Of New York City In Brand New Pop-Up Shop

Sprayground To Take Over Prime Retail Spot In The Middle Of Times Square To Host Their Biggest Pop-Up To Date, Showcasing Their Most Extravagant Sculptures That They Are Known To Create, Including Robotic Fixtures And One Of The Largest T-Rex Statues In The World!

Sprayground, the world’s most influential streetwear and artistic fashion brand, is hosting its biggest pop-up shop and fashion show this Summer in the home of the brand – New York City. The pop-up shop, has an out of this world theme that takes customers through a world of past, present and future, and will showcase its most anticipated Back to School collection, comprising over 100 never before seen designs, ready-to-wear apparel, as well as exclusive items only available to buy at the shop.

The brand has spared no expense with this store aptly named ‘The Great Escape’, completely turning this landmark location into the most unique, eye-catching, Instagrammable, and mind-blowing immersive shopping experience for visitors to get their hands on coveted Sprayground products. The store will also give customers the chance to see some of Sprayground’s most artistic sculptures that they are known to create, including futuristic robotic fixtures and one of the largest T-Rex statues in the world!

Housed in the center of Times Square, the store opens on August 14th, and will be full of exciting activities for an entire month from collaboration activations from Nickelodeon, Marvel, Harlem GlobeTrotters, and more, before ending with an exclusive runway show during New York Fashion Week taking place on September 8th.

Please find all the information below:

Where: 200 W 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036

When: Sunday August 14 to Monday September 5 from 10:00 AM- 9:00 PM. (Closed Saturdays)

Who: Sprayground

What: Sprayground fans and visitors will be able to take part in an exciting in-store experience between 10am-9pm. Sprayground is known for always pushing boundaries and turning the mundane into insane, so you know it’s going to be lit!

Visitors will be able to enjoy amazing fashion, food, music and more. There will be lots of epic surprises, contests – it is not one to be missed. For more information please visit HERE.

About Sprayground

The rebel Travel company started in 2010 by DAVID BENDAVID as a cure to the boring and mundane bags that dominated the market. Bringing art, design, music, travel, and the 6th sense into fashion to revolutionize a market that was known to be for utilitarian purposes. Today the bags are seen globally in over 30 countries with over 20 INTL Distributors with pop-up Locations in the USA and Brick & Mortar stores in Shanghai and Beijing. Collaborations such as NBA, Chris Brown, Spike Lee, Buzz Aldrin, Young Thug, The Game, Shaquille O’Neal, MARVEL, Odell Beckham Jr and Humanitarian Organizations. The brand has since evolved into travel luggage, outerwear, and footwear. The brand has become a collectible item, with fans collecting over 30-70 bags. All products are made in limited runs and never produced again!

LALANA EXHIBITION

The LALANA Exhibition is an entirely original and provocative art concept that is currently on display in the Miami Design District, which presents art as people have never seen- or used- before. LALANA is a design initiative that works with modern and contemporary Argentine artists to reimagine their original artworks as functional pieces bred in local techniques and noble materials. The exhibition features three textile pieces based on artworks by Roberto Aizenberg alongside a floor piece and sculptural chair by Luis Fernando Benedit.

These resulting pieces have been hand-woven artisanally in silk and wool or built as prototypes from sketches, enabling new ways of engagement with the artworks which can now be used, touched, and inhabited. Designed for those curious at heart, this exhibition sets your inner child free.

Architect, designer, and visual artist, Benedit began his career in the arts in the early sixties. He explored Informalism and Neo-figurative art, and later approached the aesthetics of Pop with bright solid colors and a hint of humor. In the seventies, he explored the connection between art, science, and nature. A recurring subject in Benedit’s work is the historical and cultural identity of Argentina. Parallel to his artistic and architectural career, he designed a vast variety of interiors and every-day items, such as lamps, tables, chairs, and other furniture. Conceived as unique pieces, they frequently feature materials and elements that evoke this local imagery, from a modern and often satirical point of view.

Aizenberg studied architecture for a year before devoting himself to painting. He joined the workshops of Antonio Berni and Juan Batlle Planas, both Surrealist pioneers in the Argentine art scene at the time. Architectural structures and geometrical shapes would soon become a key element in the development of a very personal iconography, rooted in surrealism and metaphysical painting. Throughout a five-decade-long career, he worked in multiple techniques, including oil painting, drawing, collage, etching, sculpture and jewelry design. The objects represented, with sharp edges and muted colors often resemble buildings or towers, with endless rows of tiny empty windows, much like ancient monuments or abandoned cities. They are set in unlikely landscapes, where the earth is a dark and reddish hue, against huge bright skies in gradients of blue, green or yellow, which might evoke those of Aizenberg’s birthplace in Entre Ríos. Often, the central feature of these enigmatic compositions are multi-faceted shapes -resembling fans or umbrellas- suspended in space. In others, it is curvilinear figures recognizable as human. Treading a fine line between figuration and abstraction, these striking images arouse feelings of uncertainty and existential uneasiness. The impossible combination of these elements create dreamlike atmospheres, sometimes peaceful, other times nostalgic, but in all cases unsettling, like an unapproachable symbolic language.