Reebok will reveal its latest collaboration with Warner Bros. – a full-family footwear and apparel collection inspired by iconic DC heroes and villains, available Dec 2.
The collaboration invites fans to choose between good and evil with a range of lifestyle and performance sneakers.
In this monumental mural, the artist depicts four Black women in profile, facing each other in a mirrored disposition through a central altarpiece. The scene is completed with snake plants, hummingbirds, and serpents, all popular elements in Afro-Brazilian syncretic religions. This suggestive iconography serves as an expression of spiritual healing: snake plants, for instance, are popular plants in Brazil (commonly referred to as “St. George’s Spade”), believed to be instilled with protective powers against evil, and used in ceremonial blessings.
Acclaimed muralist, Criola, has significant mural paintings in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Paris, and now right here in the Miami Design District. The artist’s display in Jungle Plaza will be her most giant mural outside of Brazil, and her second public work in the US, following “Black Girl Magic” in Las Vegas last year. Her mural, Interdimensional Portal, portrays Afro-Brazilian ancestors in ritualistic performance, accessing ancient forest wisdom for medicinal purposes, and transcending thresholds of knowledge.
In honor of Haitian Heritage Month, the Miami Design District‘s latest art exhibition takes place at the Buick Building. NOULA is an exhibition that challenges the idea of Haitian experience and existence. This exhibition brings together contemporary Haitian artists from different parts of the world, who disrupt and confront the negative notion about Haitian culture, societal standards and the perceptions of self-identity in relation to imposed narratives.
About NOULA
NOULA addresses historical and contemporary systemic issues, while using the homeland of Haiti as an example and beacon. This exhibition illuminates the great contributions Haiti has offered throughout history. These artists, in their cultural context, are addressing stereotypes, biases affecting self-perception and the misconception of their own country.
These Haitian artists encourage us to celebrate an emerging cultural exhibition, transforming the Buick Building into an immersive gallery. All from different parts of the world, these artists showcase original art, sculptures, drawings and mixed-media in hopes of sparking new expectations in the world of Haitian art. The exhibition notably features conceptual art from Michaelle Sergile, film projection from Steven Baboun and sculptures from Nico Vorbe. In the spirit of Diasporic engagement, NOULA bridges the gap between classic works from old masters and contemporary masters to the most recent work by contemporary artists. This thematic exhibition displays Haitian Heritage through the lens of today’s most prominent and contemporary Haitian artists.
General Motors recognizes Lawrence Dimmitt III after leading Tampa Bay area Dealership for 50 years
Under Dimmitt’s half-century of leadership, the automobile dealership has won several prestigious awards.
A well-known car dealer in the Tampa Bay area was recognized by General Motors on Wednesday for 50 years at the helm of his family’s Chevrolet Dealership.
“I’m so proud of all we have accomplished over the years at Dimmitt Chevrolet,” said Dimmitt. “I’m proud of our team, both past and present, and I’m grateful to work with some of the best people in the automotive industry. We have built an extremely special company and our growth demonstrates that treating people right results in extraordinary business outcomes.”
In 2016, Dimmitt Chevrolet was recognized by Automotive News and the Tampa Bay Times as one of the Top 100 Places to Work.
A year before that, it was recognized as the 2015 Dealer of the Year.
Dimmitt is also a pillar of the business community in the Tampa Bay area.
Over the years, Lawrence has been involved in other business ventures in real estate and banking and has served on the board for numerous organizations. He is currently serving on the board of directors for Bok Tower Gardens and on the board of the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust.
Lawrence enjoys his volunteer time with The Salvation Army. In the past, he has been a volunteer with numerous organizations including the Clearwater Free Clinic, the Audubon Society, Hunter Blood Center and the local chapter of the National Automotive Safety Council. Lawrence especially enjoyed his time coaching his son Lawrence Hundley Dimmitt IV in the youth soccer league at the Belleair Recreation Center.
Before taking over the dealership, Lawrence, as the 3rd generation GM Dealer, earned a degree in Economic Theory from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He then served in the United States Marine Corps. After that, Lawrence attended Emory University in pursuit of a Masters Degree in Business Administration. But before graduation, he was called home by his father in 1972 to take charge of Dimmitt Chevrolet.
Dimmitt married his high school sweetheart, Genevieve Lykes Dimmitt. He enjoys spending time with his wife, “Vevie” and his three daughters, Mallory, Elizabeth, and Genevieve. Together they enjoy hiking and kayaking. Lawrence and his family enjoy travel both foreign and domestic and believe it is an important way to continue their education in history, art and the environment. In high school Lawrence held a state track record for several years in the 100 yard dash which earned him a place in the Berkeley Preparatory School Athletic Hall of Fame. Lawrence has also run in eight marathons.
About Dimmitt Chevrolet:
Dimmitt Chevrolet was established in Clearwater, Florida in 1924 and employs 128 people.
KO Media is thrilled to unveil the stunning Holiday issue of ELLE Canada, featuring American actress Lucy Liu. The notoriously private star, beloved for her roles in Ally McBeal, Charlies Angels and Kung Fu Panda, let us in on her work-life balance, standing up for what she believes in and the significance of having role models cast in movies and TV shows. “There’s a feeling of inclusion that is very significant in these [superhero] movies,” she says. “It’s important because seeing yourself onscreen is going to make every difference in how you perceive yourself in the world.”
In this issue, we also checked in with leading ladies Kate Hudson, who is playing in the December Netflix release Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, pop queen Dua Lipa, social empress Kendall Jenner, The Lord of the Rings’ star Nazanin Boniadi, and the ever-stylish Sarah Jessica Parker who chatted about aging and the meaningfulness of passing time.
With the holidays around the corner, we put together a want-worthy selection of present suggestions, including lux fragrances, haircare goodies and beauty go-tos, along with a full gift guide for everyone on your shopping list, from prepsters to trend-setters. Our beauty coverage is also going strong with all the festivities in mind, giving a front-row seat to Dior Beauty’s trends, while we also bust out glamorous faves, from lips to fingertips.
On the style front, our editors dove into the return of nightlife, party glamour and going pretty in pink. We got all knit up with the season’s best cozy wear and peeked behind the curtain of Afghanistan-born and Montreal-based designer Maria Karimi’s contemporary classic brand MAR. After putting a spotlight on sci-fi-friendly shades, we examined cult brand Reformation’s sustainable practices and put together bold new looks for a bold new year. We also made a case for dressing up when staying in with Nicolas Ghesquière’s layered resort collection for Louis Vuitton—the perfect prelude to our stay at Amanyara’s Turks and Caicos luxury resort.
As the year wraps, we rounded up favourite pop culture and entertainment moments with our version of the Oscars, and turned a magnifying glass on Blackfoot and Sámi actor Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers from the Canadian mystery series Three Pines. We also took a serious look at our bodies, from addressing the state of abortion in Canada to talking about the sober lifestyle.
To provide readers with a bit of food for thought, we spoke to bestselling author Michael W. Twitty, whose book Koshersoul about Jewish and African-American culinary heritage is hot off the presses, before stocking reading lists with a tasty cookbook guide for hungry home chefs.
The December/January issue of ELLE Canada will hit stands and Apple News+ on November 21, 2022. READ THE DIGITAL ISSUE
KO Média also publishes ELLE Decoration, ELLE Québec, Magazine VÉRO, di Stasio, and K pour Katrine magazines.
ABOUT ELLE
The ELLE network today, including France and the international editions, reaches more than 33 million readers worldwide: 45 editions of ELLE in 43 countries, 25 editions of ELLE Decoration, 5 editions of ELLE à Table, 2 editions of ELLE Men and 1 edition of ELLE Girl. It also represents 45 ELLE local websites, gathering nearly 100 million unique visitors per month. Lagardère Group, owner of ELLE & ELLE Decoration brands, partners with prestigious publishing houses worldwide, through licence contracts: With Hearst Magazines, publishing 15 editions of ELLE and 12 editions of ELLE Decoration, in 14 countries.
With Burda, Aller, Ringier and 21 other partners in 29 countries, publishing 30 editions of ELLE and 13 editions of ELLE Decoration.
The Lagardère Group is a global leader in content publishing, production, broadcasting and distribution,
About the Group KO
The Group KO is made up of Productions KOTV, Productions KO Scène, KO 24, KO Média and KO Éditions. Run by the screenwriter-humourist-comedian-producer Louis Morissette, the group is motivated by the desire to tell stories that captivate the public, and to do so by mastering each creative aspect that goes into doing that. Whether it’s television shows, performances, films or magazines, the mission of the group is very simple: conquer the world, and then entertain them. In an industry full of possibilities, the KO Group sees opportunities and takes them.
Michael Clinton and Hearst announced the formation of a new venture, ROAR forward, a business-to-business intelligence insights and content platform and consumer membership community focused on the new market of “Re-Imagineers.” This new demographic segment of individuals aged 50 and over is redefining the second half of life in their careers, passions and lifestyles. Clinton founded the entity with Hearst as partner and investor; the terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
ROAR forward will provide business insights and intelligence to brands and companies through the ROAR Report with proprietary data and research, as well as with bulletins, seminars, workshops, original content and events to shed light on the dynamically changing market demographic of individuals aged 50-plus.
ROAR forward will also host a Re-Imagineer community through a membership platform that will provide content, learning modules, events and more.
“Today’s 50-plus-year-olds represent 35% of the population,” Clinton said. “As longevity increases, this group is completely redefining their futures, rejecting old patterns of work and lifestyle. That includes working longer, becoming entrepreneurs, developing new fitness and wellness regimens and more. Government, business, media and entertainment need to understand how this group is changing all of the cultural patterns.”
“Re-Imagineers are driving the ‘New Longevity’ economy,” Clinton continued. “This market controls almost 70% of all of the wealth in the U.S. and accounts for 50% of consumer spending power. They have ambition and new attitudes and behaviors unrivaled by any previous demographic group. ROAR forward’s goal is to help businesses and our membership community connect in better ways with this new reality.”
“Michael is one of the most creative thinkers and marketers I’ve ever known,” said Ken Bronfin, senior managing director of Hearst Ventures. “He has identified a unique market and developed a strategy with huge growth potential. Our investment strategy is focused on businesses that are adjacent to Hearst’s diversified portfolio, and ROAR forward connects the dots between brands, a vast group of consumers and important business intelligence.”
ROAR forward is an outgrowth of Clinton’s best-selling book, ROAR into the second half of life, now in its third printing. He is a speaker and writer on the subject of the New Longevity for Esquire, Men’s Health and Oprah Daily. In late 2022, DailyOM, in partnership with Everyday Health, will launch a seven-lesson ROAR course curriculum.
ABOUT MICHAEL CLINTON
Michael Clinton was named senior media advisor to the CEO of Hearst in May 2019 after 21 years at the company. He had been president of marketing and publishing director of Hearst Magazines since June 2010 and was a member of the board of directors of Hearst Corporation.
Clinton joined Hearst in October 1997 and was elevated to executive vice president, chief marketing officer and publishing director of Hearst Magazines in 2001. Prior to that, Clinton was executive vice president of Condé Nast Publications, where he oversaw sales and marketing for the company’s 15 national titles, including Vogue, Vanity Fair and Architectural Digest. Before that, he was Condé Nast’s senior vice president of group sales and marketing and spent 10 years at GQ magazine, including six years as publisher. He began his career in media at Fairchild Publications.
Clinton is the founder and president of the nonprofit organization Circle of Generosity. He has served as chairman of the board of the Volunteers of America, as well as on the boards of the Starlight Children’s Foundation and Lifetime Television Network. He also serves as a trustee for the International Center of Photography. In addition, he is the former chairman of the Association of Magazine Media (MPA). Clinton is an avid traveler and photographer and the author of 11 books.
A magna cum laude graduate from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science, Clinton also earned a master’s degree from Pace University’s Lubin Graduate School of Business and a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Columbia University. He holds an honorary doctorate from Pace University.
ABOUT HEARST
Hearst is a leading global, diversified information, services and media company with operations in 40 countries. Its major interests include global financial services leader Fitch Group; Hearst Health, a group of medical information and services businesses; Hearst Transportation, which includes CAMP Systems International, a major provider of software-as-a-service solutions for managing maintenance of jets and helicopters; ownership in cable television networks such as A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime and ESPN; 33 television stations; 24 daily and 52 weekly newspapers; digital services businesses; and nearly 260 magazines around the world. Follow us on Twitter @Hearst. To learn more about Hearst, visit hearst.com.
QUEER|ART AWARDS THIRD ANNUAL ILLUMINATIONS GRANT FOR BLACK TRANS WOMEN VISUAL ARTISTS
UTĒ PETIT HONORED AS WINNER; FOUR FINALISTS RECOGNIZED
Queer|Art, New York City’s home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, is pleased to announce the winner of the third annual Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists, Utē Petit. The New Orleans-based visual artist will receive a $10,000 cash grant, professional development support, and individual studio visits with members of the judges panel to support her practice.
2022 Illuminations Grant Judge and visual artist, Jonathan Lyndon Chase writes: “Utē’s work is multi-layered, sensory touching on physical and metaphysical energies. Hungry and visually generous in the different modes of expression that are generously inviting the viewer to enter an ever growing world. The attention to poetic detail in the drawings are filled with vigor and show subjects I can relate to. Honest and Raw unapologetic gestures. The colors are very striking and bold throughout the 2d works’ sculptural moments and space vibrant spiritual landscapes and nature installations.”
2022 Illuminations Grant Judge and legendary performer and fashion icon, Connie (Girl) Fleming continues: “Petit’s work spoke to me with a deeply connective scoop, rooted in our connection to mother earth, & our responsibility as her steward. Illustrating our symbiotic existence that we so often forget at our very peril.”
Interdisciplinary artist and farmer, Utē Petit narrates Black-Indigenous land traditions across visual and embodied mediums. Petit’s visual language convenes figurative drawing, woven and quilted textile practices, and installation to render Afro-Indigenous sovereignty across the Americas. Across her layered work, Petit pulls from inherited familial textile traditions to chronicle legacies of interdependence and sovereignty among Black-Indigenous peoples: the artist learned quilting from her maternal grandmothers who were quilters in Misi-Ziibi. For Petit, cooking and gardening are somatic vehicles for historicizing and imagining speculative futures. Her current body of work builds off these familial legacies, worldbuilding practices, and aesthetic traditions to imagine a new nation called Ailanthaland—“nation of heavenly beings.” Petit’s Ailanthaland strives “to be an ecological paradise tenable to all beings, following the stewardship of Afro-Indigenous peoples of the Americas.”
As the third annual winner of the Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists, Utē Petit was selected from a pool of 66 applicants. The judges, who were chosen by Queer|Art to review applications for the national grant include visual artists, performers, and curators from around the country: Connie (Girl) Fleming, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, and Kimberly Drew. Developed and named in partnership with Mariette Pathy Allen, Aaryn Lang, and Serena Jara, this annual grant draws attention to an existing body of work, sheds light on the under-recognized contributions of Black trans women visual artists, and provides critical support to their continuing work.
About Utē Petit, Winner
Utē Petit works as a visual artist, and farmer. Her current work aspires toward a new nation called Ailanthaland: nation of heavenly beings. Ailantha aspires to be an ecological paradise tenable to all beings, following the stewardship of Afro-Indigenous peoples of the Americas. She also loves to cook, and is a big transit nerd. She is often found daydreaming about persimmons, airplanes, and hugging cypress trees.
On receiving the 2022 Illuminations Grant, Utē Petit writes: “This award has brought the possibility of having a professional studio into reality for me. I plan to find a new space to create larger work, while also making time to further devote to my practice. This is a blessing that will allow me to consider personal and career moves that were previously beyond my means.”
In addition to Utē Petit, four other visual artists were acknowledged as finalists for this year—Courtney Washington, Tia Jackson, Av Tuitt, and z tye.
About Courtney Washington, Finalist
A legend within the ballroom community and founder of the Kiki House of Juicy Couture, leader of The House of Balenciaga, Black trans femme Creative Director of Masterz at Work Dance Family Courtney ToPanga Washington creates visual work fusing street dance, street jazz, ballroom, and hip-hop. Informed by her own experience being teased as a queer teenage person who found refuge in dance, her visual conveys how her gender transition spurred transformative emotional, creative, and physical liberation. The dances she creates are a representation of resiliency, and through company outreach foster community and family in under-resourced areas of Brooklyn.
About Tia Jackson, Finalist
Tia Blake Jackson aka Miss He, born in Athens, GA and currently thriving in Atlanta, GA, is a full-time drag performer who explores ideas of black femininity through fashion aesthetics of the 80’s and 90’s while also focusing on social justice in the communities she occupies. Miss He existed before Tia did as exploring the world of drag was the catalyst of her transition. Before Miss He, the idea of being trans was considered by her as an intrusive thought because of her religious upbringing. Finding drag was her saving grace. She is one of the newest cast members of the awarded Atlanta drag show, The Other Show as well as the host of her own show with a cast of all black trans performers called Chapel Beauty. She also co-hosts her own podcast, Bird Behavior. When you see a Miss He show, expect a good ass time!
About Ava Tuitt, Finalist
Born and raised in New York City, Ava Tuitt is a visual artist and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. A graduate from Purchase College with her B.F.A in Painting + Drawing her work focuses on the intersections of race, gender, religion and pop culture. Constructing what she calls “gender creation stories” her practice inserts and asserts the black trans body as a perpetual entity and explores the formation of both personal and collective identity.
About z tye, Finalist
z tye is a Brooklyn-based artist who explores concepts through ancestral praise. She is intrigued with somatic relations and how they associate with emotional connectivity. These works are intended to serve as queer offerings to LGBTQIA+/POC communities. z continues to research the kinesthetic body with instinctual energy to fulfill their curiosity. She has been included in exhibitions with Bronx Museum of Arts, Volta/Armory Art Fair, The Living Gallery, Long Gallery Harlem, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Postmasters Gallery, Fridman Gallery, Art in Buildings, and Participant INC. Choreographic work has been commissioned by The Shed, BMW, BOFFO, Jack, Gibney, Movement Research, and Dance Canvas ATL.
About Mariette Pathy Allen
Mariette Pathy Allen is a photographer of transgender, genderfluid, and intersex communities. Moving from painting, a solitary activity, to photography, Allen has been documenting the transgender community for over four decades. In 1978, on the last day of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Allen met Vicky West, a trans woman she befriended and through whom she was first invited to Fantasia Fair, a transgender conference where she would serve as official photographer. She went on to author several books that have brought visibility to transgender communities across the world including Transformations: Cross-dressers and Those Who Love Them (1989), Masked Culture: The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade (1994), The Gender Frontier (2004), TransCuba (2014), and Transcendents: Spirit Mediums in Burma and Thailand (2017). Mariette’s photographs have been exhibited internationally and are in private and public collections. She is represented by Clamp gallery in New York City.
Learn more about Mariette Pathy Allen and the creation of the Illuminations Grant here.
About Aaryn Lang
Aaryn Lang is a Black, Ohio-born consultant, writer, public speaker, and media personality. Miss Lang’s primary focus is in championing the social, economic, and political well being of the transgender community, specifically the needs of Black transgender women.
About Serena Jara
Serena Jara is an artist making work about the effects of family dysfunction and the process of rebuilding herself as an adult. Through photography and painting, Jara focuses on how apathy and love can become intertwined in the long-term. After receiving love during childhood in the form of mixed messages, she looks at herself and her family in relation to this narrative, exploring home as a contradiction of comfort and emptiness that follows her regardless of physical location. She depicts similar tensions between love and neglect in her paintings, using the medium to process childhood memories and find new ways to care for and accept herself. The artist shows her struggle with seeking love as external validation, and the realization that she has to foster this from within to move on from the past.
About the 2022 Judges
Connie (Girl) Fleming is a performer, model, stylist, fashion illustrator, and undeniable New York City legend. As a renowned stage performer, she has graced iconic nightlife venues like the Palladium, the Tunnel, and the Pyramid; performed in various videos for George Michael, Chic, and Jody Watley; and appeared in the opening montages for Saturday Night Live and MTV News. Connie’s status as a fashion icon and cultural muse has led her to model for Thierry Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, and Andre Walker across New York and Paris. A charter member of the House of Field and a Mistress of Ceremonies at Jackie 60, Connie began her reign as one of New York’s most sought-after gate-keepers when she worked the door at Eric Conrad’s Poop at the Supper Club. Her inimitable fashion drawings have been used to illustrate costumes for Beyoncé, Anastasia, Swarovski, and “The Devil Wears Prada,” among others. Today, Connie splits her time between various artistic endeavors, and works as a runway coach, producer, and casting director for several fashion brands in New York and abroad.
Jonathan Lyndon Chase is an interdisciplinary artist who works in painting, video, sound and sculpture to depict queer black love and community amidst the back drop of urban and domestic spaces. Chase’s figures hang in various forms of articulation – intertwined with domestic markers of a kitchen or a bedroom, they are then tethered by pop and street signage to blend emotional and physical, internal and external states of being. Rendered through layers of bright, visceral paint, make- up, foam and glitter these compositions challenge and subvert canonical misrepresentation and exclusion of the black body. Recent exhibitions include WHAT DO YOU SEE, YOU PEOPLE, GAZING AT ME at Sadie Coles HQ, London. Chase’s work has been previously featured in Art Basel, Switzerland; Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pond Society (solo), Shanghai; Company Gallery, New York; LSU Museum of Art (solo), Baton Rouge; the Rubell Foundation, Miami; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke; California African American Museum, Los Angeles; Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia; The Bunker, Collection of Beth Rudin De-Woody, Palm Beach and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, Philadelphia. Their work is included in numerous private and public collections such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, ICA Miami, High Art Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bronx Museum, Rubell Family Collection, Buxton Contemporary Art Museum, The Wedge Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and Woodmere Museum of Art. Chase was born in 1989 in Philadelphia, PA where they currently live and work.
Kimberly Drew is a writer, curator, and activist. Drew received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History and African-American Studies. She first experienced the art world as an intern in the Director’s Office of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her time at the Studio Museum inspired her to start the Tumblr blog Black Contemporary Art, sparking her interest in social media. Drew’s writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Glamour, Playboy, and Teen Vogue and she has executed Instagram takeovers for Prada, The White House, and Instagram. Drew served as the Social Media Manager at The Met. She is the co-editor of Black Futures which she published in 2020 with Jenna Wortham. Drew recently joined Pace Gallery as Associate Director. You can follow her at @museummammy on Instagram and Twitter.
About Queer|Art
Queer|Art was born out of the recognition of a generation of artists and audiences lost to the ongoing AIDS Crisis, and in a profound understanding that one of the many repercussions of that loss has been a lack of mentors and role models for a new generation of LGBTQ+ artists. Founded in 2009 by filmmaker Ira Sachs, Queer|Art serves as a ballast against this loss and seeks to highlight and address a continuing fundamental lack of both economic and institutional support for LGBTQ+ artists. Our mission is to provide individuals within our community with the tools, resources, and guidance they need to achieve success and visibility for their work at the highest levels of their field.
The current programs of Queer|Art include: the year-long Queer|Art|Mentorship program; the long-running Queer|Art|Film series, held monthly at the IFC Center in lower Manhattan; and Queer|Art|Awards, an initiative of grants, prizes, and awards that provides various kinds of direct support—monetary and otherwise—to LGBTQ+ artists.
A list of the intergenerational community of artists supported and brought together by Queer|Art includes: Silas Howard, Jennie Livingston, Matt Wolf, Hilton Als, Sarah Schulman, Pamela Sneed, Justin Vivian Bond, Jibz Cameron, Trajal Harrell, John Kelly, Geoffrey Chadsey, Everett Quinton, Geo Wyeth, Angela Dufresne, Nicole Eisenman, Avram Finkelstein, Chitra Ganesh, Pati Hertling, Jonathan Katz, Tourmaline & Sasha Wortzel, Jess Barbagallo, Morgan Bassichis, Monstah Black, Yve Laris Cohen, Troy Michie, Tommy Pico, Justin Sayre, Colin Self, Jacolby Satterwhite, Rick Herron, and Hugh Ryan, among many others.
Website: www.queer-art.org
Twitter: @queerartnyc
Instagram: @queerart
Facebook: @queerartnyc
Artwork: Marshland Restoration Program, Utē Petit
PUMA’s latest collections made in collaboration with Kyle Kuzma, Lauren London, MMQ, Paw Patrol, Perks and Mini and Pokémon.
Childhood Dreams (Kyle Kuzma)
Created in collaboration with PUMA Hoops ambassador Kyle Kuzma’s fashion and lifestyle brand of the same name, the Childhood Dreams collection takes inspiration from Kuzma’s youth and early basketball aspirations, combining nostalgic nods to the ‘90s —from color blocking to cargo pockets—with more sustainable fabrics and dye practices.
The collection made up of both apparel and footwear includes hoodies, varsity jackets, cargo trousers, the Ralph Sampson Mule and more. Apparel pieces in the collection are made using plastic-free RE:Place fabrics or at least 20% recycled materials.
Retailing for $40-$250, the collection is available starting Friday, November 18 on PUMA.com, the PUMA mobile app and at the PUMA NYC Flagship Store.
L.A. Love Story (Lauren London)
Created in collaboration actress and brand ambassador Lauren London, L.A. Love Story, the footwear and apparel collection is inspired by the city that raised Lauren and is a physical manifestation of Lauren’s love for her hometown, which celebrates and honors the community and city that has shaped her. Colors in the collection are inspired by the Los Angeles landscape and special pieces are emblazoned with a motto from Nipsey Hussle that Lauren keeps close to her heart “it’s not on you, it’s in you.”
The unisex collection is a mix of timeless streetwear infused with Lauren’s effortless style with key pieces of the collection including the PUMA Suede, Slipstream and unisex apparel pieces including a track jacket, track pant, hoodies, shorts, men’s and women’s boilersuits and more.
Retailing for $22-$110, the collection is available on PUMA.com, the PUMA mobile app and at the PUMA NYC Flagship Store.
MMQ – Made With Quality
This season’s PUMA MMQ Collection marries the beauty of the natural world with the wonders of human creation. The collection takes as inspiration the contrast between crafted and organic materials and the surprising juxtaposition that occurs when you bring them together. Apparel included in the collection faux-leather down jackets, double layer hoodies, crewnecks, seersucker shirt Jackets, twill Pants, tees and more.
Retailing for $50 – $370, the collection is available on PUMA.com. Please let me know if product imagery is of interest.
PUMA x Paw Patrol
PUMA and Nickelodeon teamed up to launch PUMA x PAW Patrol, a new collection of playful and sporty styles for kids featuring the pack of heroic rescue pups from the hit animated series PAW Patrol, created by Spin Master Entertainment.
The apparel and footwear collection featuring bright colors and iconic PUMA branding alongside beloved PAW Patrol characters, including Chase, Marshall, Rubble, and Skye. Each sneaker in the collection is inspired by a different pup, allowing kids to represent their favorite hero in style.
Retailing for $24-$95, the collection is available starting Friday, November 25 on PUMA.com, in-store at the PUMA NYC Flagship store, the PUMA mobile app.
PUMA x Perks and Mini
P.A.M. and PUMA came together this season to create a collection blurring the lines between streetwear and outdoor clothing, within a larger, multifaceted project – the PAM/PUMA BIO/VERSE – aiming to reconnect with the concepts of nature and community. The first-ever PUMA x P.A.M. collection features 20 different styles with simple yet adventurous silhouettes with bold graphics and all-over prints with a psychedelic edge. Its texture and color-rich concept is inspired by the South American Yareta, a velvety cushion plant.
Retailing for $40-$330, the collection is available in select PUMA stores and on PUMA.com.
PUMA x Pokémon
The PUMA x Pokémon collection features the incredible world of Pokémon, takes inspiration from fan-favorites including Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, and Gengar. The collection’s focus on sneakers as well as accompanying apparel and accessories, is offered in family sizing perfect for all those that are fans of the globally popular entertainment franchise.
Retailing for $30-$130, the collection is available at PUMA.com and the PUMA NYC flagship store.
‘It is the most picturesque season signifier on the east coast besides the illumination of the Rockefeller Center tree.’ — Vaughn Lowery
The New York Botanical Garden‘s much-loved Holiday Train Show and the outdoor color-and-light experience NYBG GLOW—the first time this festive evening event was available for preview before it opens to the general public.
The Holiday Train Show—a favorite holiday tradition—returns to the Botanical Garden for its 31st year of making memories. Visitors will marvel as model trains zip through an enchanting display of more than 190 New York landmarks, each delightfully re-created from natural materials such as birch bark, lotus pods, and cinnamon sticks by the creative team at Applied Imagination.
As day turns to night on select dates, families and friends can start a new holiday tradition exploring the Garden’s breathtakingly illuminated landscape and enjoying food and magical experiences at NYBG GLOW, expanded for its third year.
The Holiday Train Show opens to the public on Saturday, November 19, 2022, and runs through Monday, January 16, 2023. NYBG GLOW takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. on 23 nights starting Friday, November 18, 2022, and running through Saturday, January 14, 2023.
Go HERE for tickets.
Santa Barbara’s iconoclastic hotel welcomes new talent to its culinary leadership team, unveils new cocktail menus and wine offerings, and announces special events
Hotel Californian, a mainstay destination in Santa Barbara’s bustling Funk Zone neighborhood, will enter the festive season with new talent in the kitchen and several captivating food and wine experiences.
Recent appointments to the hotel’s talented culinary team include Chef de Cuisine Joshua Legrand and returning Executive Pastry Chef Ron Viloria who are collaborating with Executive Chef Travis Watson to infuse inspiring new gastronomic experiences into the hotel’s many dining venues.Legrand spent the last decade as a chef with Boulder, Colorado-based Id Est Hospitality Group, led by James Beard Nominated Chef Kelly Whitaker. During his tenure, Legrand headed several of the group’s kitchens and oversaw high-profile openings including BASTA, BRUTØ and The Wolf’s Tailor. Viloria returned to Hotel Californian as Executive Pastry Chef earlier this year and will continue to champion the creation of exceptional baked goods and confections from scratch each day.
The hotel’s consciously expanded culinary team will host several events – in-person and virtually – in the coming weeks. Beyond the kitchen, locals and visitors can now indulge in a reimagined cocktail menu at Blackbird, Hotel Californian’s signature restaurant, and sip on fan favorites at Djinn, the Moroccan-inspired library bar. Additionally, the hotel’s popular tasting room, The Society: State & Mason, has welcomed new Foley Family Wines addition, Silverado Vineyards, to its selection of more than 70 world-class wines.
“Hotel Californian’s iconoclastic spirit truly echoes throughout the highly appealing updates we have made to our food and beverage program,” said Warren Nocon, Executive Vice President of Foley Entertainment Group’s Hospitality division. “With these new offerings and the thoughtful development to our culinary leadership team, we look forward to continue celebrating some of life’s greatest passions with our guests: world-class wines and exquisite cuisine.”
The hotel’s latest enhancements further its commitment to showcasing Central California as a world-class culinary destination on the American Riviera, providing the exploration and indulgence of a European vacation – without the passport. Located in the heart of the pulsating Funk Zone, bustling with galleries, wineries, and shops housed in converted warehouses adorned with graffiti murals and signature art pieces, Hotel Californian offers visitors easy access to explore the area’s cool factor while enjoying traditional Santa Barbara glamour.
New food and beverage experiences include the following:
Winemaker Dinners at Blackbird (November 17 and December 15; 6 – 8:30 p.m.)
· A mainstay of the Funk Zone, Blackbird showcases coastal-inspired fare that emphasizes fresh seafood and locally sourced, seasonal ingredients. Open for dinner five days a week from Tuesday to Saturday, Blackbird provides an approachable yet elevated taste of the region, including its storied wines. Its monthly Winemaker Dinner series features a food and wine pairing hosted by visiting winemakers from the Foley Family Wines portfolio. Traveling oenophiles and local wine enthusiasts can indulge in exquisite wines paired with a four-course meal curated and prepared by Chef Travis. November’s dinner is hosted by Winemaker Greg Freeman and features world-class wines from Chalone Vineyards, while December’s dinner puts the spotlight on a beloved collection of Foley Family Wines. Sip on a few of the Foley family’s favorite wines from across their portfolio while mingling with Second Generation Vintner Courtney Foley. For 2023, the hotel is pleased to continue the popular dinner series, and will announce dates and participating winemakers in the coming weeks. To learn more and book a reservation for the remaining events this year, visit Hotel’s Californian’s online calendar of events.
Dishing It Out for Charity at Blackbird and Goat Tree (November through December)
· Blackbird and Goat Tree café are once again stepping up to the plate by creating signature dishes that will raise funds for a good cause during 805 Living’s 7th Annual Dishing It Out for Charity program. Both restaurants have created enticing new entrees for the challenge and will donate $2 from the sale of each sold during the months of November and December to Dream Foundation which provides end-of-life dreams to terminally ill adults. Blackbird’s Avocado-Crab Uni dish ($21) features jumbo lump crab stuffed avocado, Santa Barbara uni, pickled cucumber with smoked caviar. Those dining at Goat Tree can choose the Roasted Tomato and Tiger Shrimp Suga ($27) with tagliatelle, crispy shallots, Campari tomatoes, and torn basil.
New Cocktail Menu at Blackbird
· Celebrity mixologist Devon Espinosa continues to shake up Santa Barbara’s spirits scene by presenting creative new libations to complement Executive Chef Travis’ creations. Capturing the hotel’s exotic and unconventional vibe, the new cocktail menu available at Blackbird includes concoctions like The Tramp, an ode to Charlie Chaplin’s most memorable on-screen character, to On the Ice, which thoughtfully brings the Foley Family’s growing portfolio of entertainment properties together in a single glass, playing tribute to the players on the Vegas Golden Knights and the Henderson Silver Knights. At Djinn, visitors will find familiar favorites such as Midnight in Morocco, a mix of Volcan tequila blanco, violette, orgeat, lime, Luxardo liqueur, and firewater bitters, and the Just Chai Me, an unusual blend of Copper & Kings apple brandy, Rittenhouse rye, and chai syrup that’s like a sip of the season.
The Society: State & Mason Welcomes Silverado Vineyards
· Just steps from Santa Barbara’s Urban Wine Trail and occupying a prime corner on State Street and Mason Avenue with its chic indoor/outdoor space, The Society: State & Mason is the perfect spot for enthusiasts to kick off their wine wanderings. Offering unique and exclusive wine experiences, the Funk Zone’s newest tasting room, which opened in March 2022, features more than 70 world-class wines from across the Foley Family Wines portfolio, including Silverado Vineyard’s renowned Cabernet Sauvignon – the venue’s most recent introduction following Foley Family Wines’ acquisition of this famed Napa Valley winery this year. The Society: State & Mason is open daily Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesdays with Travis
· Hotel Californian is keeping locals and visitors inspired on social media this fall with Instagram sessions that include delectable tips and treats from Chef Travis. Tune in to Tuesdays with (Executive Chef) Travis on IGTV to learn new cooking skills or try one of his stand-out recipes. In this weekly series, Travis shows viewers how to make the most of the season by paying homage to quintessential flavors such as sweet and savory pumpkin-inspired dishes in the fall and Farmers’ Market finds in the summer, as well as offering tips for how to transform some traditional holiday go-to meals this year. Follow @hotelcalifornian on Instagram to learn something new each week. Previous episodes can also be found on the hotel’s Instagram page under the Reels tab.
Located 90 minutes from Los Angeles, 20 minutes from the Santa Barbara Airport, and one block from the Amtrak station, Hotel Californian is ideally situated for travelers seeking an iconoclastic getaway. For further information, please visit www.HotelCalifornian.com or call (805) 882-0100.
ABOUT HOTEL CALIFORNIAN
Hotel Californian continues to redefine luxury in the celebrated American Riviera. The 121-room boutique hotel is a magnet for the Hollywood elite, international visitors and locals alike. Featuring dazzling spaces from celebrity designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, the iconoclastic enclave – part history, part imagination and all Californian – continues to drive the revitalization of Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone while upending conventional expectations. Hotel Californian is Santa Barbara’s urban luxury resort destination. For more information, please visit www.HotelCalifornian.com.
ABOUT THE FOLEY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
The Foley Entertainment Group is committed to providing five-star service and experiences to its fans, guests, customers and clients. Established by Bill Foley in 2021, FEG operates the Foley Family’s growing portfolio of entertainment properties which is highlighted by: the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League, the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League, the Vegas Knight Hawks of the Indoor Football League, two community hockey facilities, the 6,000 seat Dollar Loan Center venue in Henderson, NV scheduled to open in the spring of 2022, the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation, Hotel Les Mars and Chalkboard Restaurant in Healdsburg, California, Hotel Californian and Blackbird restaurant in Santa Barbara, California, Whitefish Mountain in Whitefish, Montana, a number of other assets and any future acquisitions.
