The Adventures of C. Spot

Dragon Queen & the Birds

2010-11-21T10:55:00.000-08:00

The Birds and the Dragon Queen; For "Alice in the Underground" TMR
Photo by: Erica Camille, www.ericacamilleproductions.com

Works in Progress / Puppetry

2010-09-06T09:08:00.000-07:00

I am currently in the process of creating some puppets and wild whimsical wearables for an upcoming performance... Above is a little taste of some of the magic to come... My darling dinosaur!

"Forensics of Breath" by Lucid Impact, Costumes by Charlotte Gaspard

2010-08-21T11:09:00.000-07:00

Photos from Lucid Impact's "Forensics of Breath" Spring 2010.
Costumes by Charlotte Gaspard, photo courtesy of Fay Simpson.

Some Photos from Eyebeam Workshop

2010-08-16T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here are a few images from our workshop at Eyebeam a few weeks ago. Special Thanks again to Giana Gonzalez, Hacking Couture, and Eyebeam for hosting us!

Hacking Couture

2010-07-15T13:39:00.000-07:00

What is it like for another designer to follow the Hacking Couture structure? Come and design with us.
Led by Brooklyn based designer Charlotte Gaspard, Creative Director of C.Spot Designs.
Hacking Couture is a platform for launching new fashion creations through an open source approach of reverse engineering fashion brands and making the code available online. Hands on workshops encourage participants to create using the codes regardless of their level of fashion knowledge, and to engage in the larger fashion conversation. By understanding the coding of established fashion, this project provides a platform to empower participants to step up and create.

Please join Hacking Couture and C. Spot Designs on Tuesday, July 20th from 7pm to 9pm at Eyebeam for a free workshop exploring recycling in fashion.

Please feel free to bring any clothing or fabric you wish to use in your recycled fashion project!

Some Photos from the Studio

2010-06-04T13:22:00.000-07:00

C. Spot in the studio with Susan...

"Forensics of Breath" by Lucid Impact Theater

2010-05-18T19:26:00.000-07:00

Recently finished a costume design job on a compelling new play, "The Forensics of Breath" directed by Fay Simpson and created by the Lucid Impact Theater. The play was set in the 1930s.
Photos coming soon...

Vangeline Theater Cherry Blossom Costumes

2010-05-18T19:21:00.000-07:00

Here at C. Spot Designs in the Costume Shop I recently had the honor of working on some costumes for the Cherry Blossom festival in Washington D.C. for a dance performance created by Vangeline Theater. These are photos of the costumes in action, courtesy of Yassine El Mansouri.
http://www.lhayat.blogspot.com/
http://vangeline.com

"Cracked Ice" play by Jennifer Miller

2009-08-18T19:42:00.000-07:00

Here are some photographs from the play, "Cracked Ice" written by Jennifer Miller of the Circus Amok, presented at P.S.122 in the Spring Season. Costumes created under production design direction from Jonathan Berger.

New Play!

2008-10-06T19:43:00.001-07:00

Upcoming Release of Mourning Glories DVD!

2007-12-28T22:51:00.000-08:00

C. Spot Designs is very happy to announce the imminent release of the Mourning Glories DVD featuring Danielle Hlatky, the transportational sounds of the Mourning Glories and the visual experience to take you all the way there and back... Get ready for "After the Winter"...
As soon as we can share more with you about how to get it and hear it and see it all at once, we'll let you know... Until then -- stay warm my darlings!

Fall in love with autumn SALE!

2007-11-15T11:42:00.001-08:00

Je suis en France!

2007-07-23T06:29:00.000-07:00

C. Spot Designs is honored to join creative forces with Rose Robin, Aaron Armelin & To Bich hai in France for "Fairy-Tale Installations" exhibition series... Below are photos from our first installation.

For more images of the installation go to :
Fairy Tale Installations

More images & info :
http://web.mac.com/roserobin1/iWeb/fairytaleinstallations2007/Welcome.html

Fashion Show!!!

2007-05-04T20:45:00.000-07:00

C. Spot : Pix from Anniversary Party

2007-02-27T10:15:00.000-08:00

{Photo courtesy of D. Stephens}

Special Thanks to all the beautifuls who came to model & party & make music & make the night a very special one... And to all the wonderful photographers...
You can see photos from our very dear Dustin here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/52029632@N00/

Thank You for a great party!

2007-02-25T22:34:00.000-08:00

Thank you so much to all you lovelies & art*stars who made the C.Spot Anniversary Party a fantastically wonderful fun night! Pictures are coming soon...
Keep posted & have a good party!
{Photo courtesy of J. Avatar}

C. Spot : Anniversary Party : FRIDAY! 2/23

2007-02-21T20:32:00.000-08:00

This Friday you are cordially invited to join us in celebrating 4
years of C. Spot Designs and all the adventures in wearable art and
interactive creativity we have discovered in this time and looking
forward with joy to the future...

C. Spot Fashion/Art Anniversary Party!
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
@ the DownTown LoftSpace
87 3rd Avenue b/t Dean & Bergen
4th Floor, Downtown Brooklyn, NYC
Doors open @ 9:30pm, Party 'til 4am

Join us for live jazz music, slide shows & fashion video installations...
Cheap drinks, dancing and live interactive painting; and a BY DONATION /
"pay-what-you-wish" super sale of last season's fashions & gear...
Get dressed & styled & get your picture taken in our art*star PhotoBooth...
Enjoy a fashion show @ Midnight displaying our favorite fantasies &
explorations of art in wearable form...

{Note : This event is free if you wear C. Spot Designs.
If you do not, it will cost you $5 to enter.}

Get there by Subway:
D, M, N, R to Pacific; B, Q to Atlantic; 2, 3 to Bergen; C to Lafayette.

http://cspotdesigns.com

C. Spot : Anniversary Party : FRIDAY!

2007-02-21T12:17:00.001-08:00

This Friday you are cordially invited to join us in celebrating 4
years of C. Spot Designs and all the adventures in wearable art and
interactive creativity we have discovered in this time and looking
forward with joy to the future...

C. Spot Anniversary Party! (details below)

Friday, February 23rd, 2007
@ the DownTown LoftSpace
3rd Avenue b/t Dean & Bergen
in Downtown Brooklyn, NYC

Join us for live jazz music, slide shows & fashion video installations...

Cheap drinks, dancing and live interactive painting; and a BY DONATION /
"pay-what-you-wish" super sale of last season's fashions & gear...

Get dressed & styled & get your picture taken in our art*star PhotoBooth...

Enjoy a fashion show @ Midnight displaying our favorite fantasies &
explorations of art in wearable form...

C. you there!

{Note : This event is free if you wear C. Spot Designs.
If you do not, it will cost you $5 to enter.}

C. Spot : Happy New

2007-01-20T14:28:00.000-08:00

My Darlings & Co-Conspirators,

This is the new new year and we have all survived the less-than-winter weather and the celebrations of new and the shortened daze getting longer... and now we dress in layers and it takes forever to say goodnight; but we smile -- we have survived & thrived through many winters before and this one is a season for making & experiencing live/art both inside & out...

Below you will find:
- some intimate & enjoyable elements to add to your weekend
- a sad fact : the end of Dumba Arts Collective Space
- an invitation to crash a loft party : Saturday
- more : wanna trade your skills for Custom Couture?

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Thursday, January 18th:
THE METER
Prof. Rockwell & friends play hip hop, funk, soul and disco
10pm - free
Royale : 506 5th Ave (btw 12th & 13th sts)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
F/M/R trains to 4 Ave-9 St
www.royalebrooklyn.com

Thursday, January 18 @ The Annex
152 Orchard St. bet. Rivington and Stanton
(http://theannexnyc.com/)
7:30pm : The Baby Skins
8pm : P.G. Six
8:45pm : Michael Leviton + Ukulele*
9:30pm : The Sad Little Stars
10:30pm : Murder Mystery
*Michael on the uke is so very NOT TO BE MISSED!
See him in this lifetime, even if you can't make thursday...

THE MUMBLES W/ HORNS**
FRIDAY 1/19/07-10:30
Open Sessions Art House / Inside the John Street Grill
17 John Street-Manhattan between Broadway and Nassau
ACE etc to Broadway/Nassau
$10 Dollars at the door to support the bands
**We are also poor, but we sometimes write songs with KB
and all these musicians are wonderful folks...

Friday, January 19th:
SUPERSOUL
Prof. Rockwell & Devilish play hip hop, rock, funk, soul, 80s, disco
and more!
special Bon Voyage party for our friend Eric!!
10pm - free
Company : 242 East 10th St (@ 1st Ave)
L train to 1st Ave / 6 train to Astor Pl
(we just love Rockwell, that's what it is... and it will be fun!)

(plus) Next TUESDAY...
The Hazzards Tuesday Night Make Out Party!
Tuesday Jan 30, 2007 at 10:15 PM
Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street, between Kent and Wythe
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
http://myspace.com/thehazzards
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A Sad Fact : Dumba Queer Arts Collective will be gone as of the end of
this month, January 31st. For many of us this was a home away from
home, a place we enjoyed art & good company and fell in love and
partied our pussies off and all sorts of good things... Some of you
may remember our own events there, with C. Spot Designs & Brooklyn
Media Lab, etc...
Please take a moment to remember Dumba and love it and call your
friends from Dumba & tell them you love them, and tell them THANK YOU
for everything they gave us over the last decade plus of rocking it
out...

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An Invitation to crash a party...
There will be a free & fun loft party on Saturday for a friend of ours
who is lovely and cute as a button... If you want to crash it please
simply write back with what small & inexpensive super cute gift or
impromptu performance you & your crew could bring into the mix...
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A little bit more : Want to trade your skills for some custom couture
from C. Spot Designs?
We are looking for :
- Web Design
- various computer skills
- rides & transport help
- always models & photographers & shooters
- who knows what else too!
Just get in touch with more on what you got to trade up!

HAVE A GOOD ART PARTY!

Ice Princesses & Indie Designers

2006-12-10T13:49:00.000-08:00

Holiday SALE Event!
(with FREE wine, treats, and modern dance while you shop!)

This is a Private Boutique Sale in Midtown Manhattan
Thursday, December 14th
6PM until 10PM

Exclusive one of a kind items from designers:
Handbags, Gloves, Clothes, Stained Glass, Jewelry, and other great one-of-a-kind boutique items. See the links below for more information on the designers who will be there to show their wares!

Great Prices, Beautiful Quality, and most of all Completely Unique!!!

Designers:
C. Spot Designs: www.cspotdesigns.com
Lamia Design: www.lamiadesign.com
Sarah Sparkles: www.sarahsparkles.com
Mia Kim: www.miakim.com
Rebecca Spath: throatkoats@bigplanet.com
Rosi B. Designs: www.southpointmall.com/rosey
Susanne, Because Designs: Stained Glass
Yasmin Oezelli: www.yoefashion.com
Rodney White: www.rodneylwhite.com
Modern Dance
and much more…

Get your holiday gifts and dress yourself too!!

Thursday, December 14th
6PM until 10PM

Location:
Lamia Design
20 East 31st 2nd Floor
NYC (between Madison and Fifth Aves)

Come, look around, shop and have fun!!
See you there!

C. Spot : Beautiful & Weekend

2006-12-07T10:27:00.001-08:00

Darlings & Cohorts,

We lie awake dreaming and our dreams come to life... We explore and we
make strange and beautiful things, we hear music and we dance and we
play dress up and support the causes that drive and inspire us... and
this weekend is for us...

Come out and play and do not miss the Swoon Fundraiser because we will
be there to dress you up and it will be too much fun... (plus) there
will be a Indie Designer Fashion Show featuring your very own C. Spot
Designs...
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{ Below you will find }
- Thursday, December 7th : Free DIY Fashion Workshop
- Friday, December 8th : Green Scare Benefit
- Saturday, December 9th : Swoon Magazine Fashion Party
- Thursday to Saturday : Rhamnousia featuring the lovely Tara Thierry
- Upcoming Indie Designer Holiday Sale... Thursday December 14th
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Free DIY Fashion & Wearable Art Workshop
for the Swoon Magazine Fundraiser
Thursday, December 7th from 7:30pm to 11pm
@ Dumba Arts Collective
57 Jay Street, corner of Jay Street & Water Street
Take the F train to York Street
We will make dress up items for the styling stations at the event
Saturday and explore new territory between reconstruction & art!
**We need materials donations!
Please feel free to bring unwanted clothing & fabric for creations and
alterations, plus other recycle-ables such as bottle caps, bubble
wrap, plastic, random scraps and crazy visions...
Workshop brought to you by :
C. Spot Designs & Hacking Couture &
Dumba Collective & Swoon Magazine
For More Info contact : miss@cspotdesigns.com
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OPPOSE THE NEW WAR ON DISSENT!
Benefit show for targets of the Green Scare!
Friday, December, 8th
Doors at 8:30pm, bands at 9pm, DJ after!
@ DUMBA Arts Collective
57 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
F to York, down the hill towards the water 2 blocks
For more directions, call DUMBA at (718) 858-4886
$5 at the door (Suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds,
but, c'mon, it's to support prisoners and indictees!)
**Cheap beer, wine, hot cider and vegan treats!**
Featuring...http://www.myspace.com/indaculture
Indaculture! - Rockaway, NY's reggae, rock and jamband sensation
http://www.rudemechanicalorchestra.org
Rude Mechanical Orchestra! - Radical Marching Band
http://www.myspace.com/brownbirdrudyrelic
Brownbird Rudy Relic! - Acoustic Holler-Blues
http://www.darrendeicide.com
Darren Deicide! - Bluesy Punk Roots Music
and http://www.myspace.com/casadechihuahuaband
Casa De Chihuahua! - Old-Timey Punk
...Learn about the Green Scare and the individuals
targeted by this new effort to criminalize dissent from speakers and at
information tables, and, because prison is a lonely place, write to
prisoners at a letter writing station!
...One year after...
December 7, 2006 is the one-year anniversary of the FBI's first arrests
in "Operation Backfire," a multi-state sweep targeting radical
environmental activists with charges of conspiracy and arson,
threatening them with life in prison. Join us for this weekend of
solidarity with those targeted by the http://www.GreenScare.org
Green Scare – a term that refers to the current systematic
criminalization of dissent,
reminiscent of the Red Scares of the early twentieth century.
...Proceeds from the show go to benefit the legal funds for our two local
targets of the Green Scare, Daniel McGowan and Andy
Stepanian. More info at:
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Swoon Magazine : Winter Masquerade Fundraiser
Fashion Party to raise money for the 3rd Issue
Saturday, December 9th
@ Skizum Studios : 135 Plymouth St. #209
in DUMBO Brooklyn
Doors Open @ 9pm; Sliding Scale $5 to $20
(F train to York Street, Right on Jay, Left on Plymouth)
...Featuring Burlesque by Amber Ray & Honi Harlow; Fashion Show
featuring local designers including C. Spot Designs, Lamia Designs,
Sarah Sparkles and much more; DJs Strawberry Sodapop and Chupacabra &
Swedish Superstar DJ Puna; Wearable Art, Body Painting, Palm Reading &
Other Carnival Tricks... From 10pm to 11pm styling & photobooth fun with
Hacking Couture & C. Spot crew... Fashion Show @ 11:30pm...
...Support Local Media!
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RHAMNOUSIA
Thur-Sat, December 7-9 at 8pm. WOW Cafe Theater
...For one weekend only, four maverick women take the historic stage
at WOW Cafe Theater. Performing their original work, each artist
brings years of experience to her craft, offering the lover of women's
theater a smorgasbord of soul food goodness. Don't miss this
amazing line up..
..."An Hour of Fun with Mona," veteran playwright Bina Sharif's
latest one-woman piece, is a hilarious romp onstage with Mona, the
stand-up comedian. Known for her sharp wit and innate ability to
connect with her audience, Sharif helps us
laugh at ourselves and at our world.
...Deirdre Boddie-Henderson's commanding stage presence sets "Not
Alone?" on fire. This narrative of the consequences of unrecognized
love and social ignorance weaves theater, dance and song into a
micro-saga whose hero is courage – the courage to overcome the
challenge of a blind society and fight on.
..."Ecstasy of the Blank Page & Opening Heart," with roots in the
farmlands of Louisiana and the urban environments of New Orleans,
Los Angeles, & New York City, eclectic bassist, guitarist, and
singer-songwriter Tara Thierry invokes fierce authenticity with a
voice like dark velvet.
..."A Want for Want" draws on Chris Ford's twenty years of
experience as a philosophy teacher and psychotherapist. With a mix of fresh
humor, social taboo and deep knowledge of the subject, Ford paints
a striking picture of human desire and explains what happens when
it disappears.
...December 7, 8, 9 at 8pm. WOW Cafe Theater, 59 East 4th Street,
between Bowery and 2nd Avenue. $15 at the door. Reserve at
rhamnousia@wowcafe.org or 212-777-4280. F or V Train to 2nd Ave.,
6 Train to Astor Place, R or W Train to 8th St.
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(plus) Upcoming...
Ice Princesses & Indie Designers
Shopping event with Free wine, treats & modern dance while you shop...
Come to a Private Boutique Sale in Midtown Manhattan
Thursday, December 14th, 6pm until 10pm
Exclusive one-of-a-kind items from independent designers
including Handbags, Gloves, Clothes, Jewelry, Hand-crafted Scarves,
Stained Glass and more...
Great Prices, Beautiful Quality and most of all cool!
Get your holiday gifts and dress yourself too!
Location : Lamia Design
20 East 31st Street, 2nd Floor NYC
(between Madison and Fifth Avenues)
http://lamiadesign.com
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That's all for now darlings... See you out there!

C. Spot : Fashion Party Saturday (plus) Workshop Adventures

2006-12-05T18:43:00.000-08:00

Darlings & Cohorts & Creatures of Inspiration,

Now the heat wave dissolves away into winter for real, but that
doesn't frighten us at all and the nights and lights of the city call
to us... And this is a time for making stuff and sharing it and
wearing it and all that good stuff we live for...
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Below you will find:
- Swoon Magazine Fashion Party : Saturday December 9th
- Free DIY Fashion & Recycling Workshop : Thursday December 7th
- Upcoming Indie Designer Sale : Thursday December 14th
- My Dad wrote a play : Open Reading of "Pirate Bess" Tonight
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Swoon Magazine : Winter Masquerade Fundraiser
Fashion Party to raise money for the 3rd Issue
Saturday, December 9th
@ Skizum Studios : 135 Plymouth St ..209
in DUMBO Brooklyn
Doors Open @ 9pm; Sliding Scale $5 to $20
(F train to York Street, Right on Jay, Left on Plymouth)
...Featuring Burlesque by Amber Ray & Honi Harlow; Fashion Show
featuring local designers; DJs Strawberry Sodapop and Chupacabra &
Swedish Superstar DJ Puna; Wearable Art, Body Painting, palm Reading &
Other Carnival Tricks...
...Support Local Media!
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Free DIY Fashion & Wearable Art Workshop
for the Swoon Magazine Fundraiser
Thursday, December 7th from 7:30pm to 11pm
@ Dumba Arts Collective
57 Jay Street, corner of Jay Street & Water Street
Take the F train to York Street
**We need materials donations!
Please feel free to bring unwanted clothing & fabric for creations and
alterations, plus other recycle-ables such as bottle caps, bubble
wrap, plastic, random scraps and crazy visions... We will make dress
up items for the styling stations at the event Saturday and explore
new territory between reconstruction & art.
Workshop brought to you by :
C. Spot Designs & Hacking Couture &
Dumba Collective & Swoon Magazine
For More Info contact : miss@cspotdesigns.com
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Holiday Designer Sale!
Thursday, December 14th from 6pm to 10pm
Hosted by Lamia Designs; featuring Indie Designers, including C. Spot
Designs & much much more, original clothing, jewelry and
accessories... Free drinks & Snacks provided...
(Keep posted for details)
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Please join us for a holiday reading.
On Monday, December 4th, 2006 at 7:00 pm the Classical Theatre of
Harlem and the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center will be
presenting a FREE READING of the swashbuckling adventure tale
Pirate Bess at the HSA Theatre 647 St. Nicholas Avenue at 141st
Street. This is a family friendly event. Pass the word and invite your
friends.
DIRECTIONS:
Take the A, B, C or D train to 145th Street
Exit at the back of the train and walk 1 block south
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That's it for now beautifuls... sending all love and good wishes!

Good Cause / House Party : November 18th

2006-11-13T09:51:00.000-08:00

Darlings & Cohorts & Creatures of Inspiration,

The autumn in our city hovers somewhere between frost and elation, for this is the time to build our nests and feather them with good company and visions of the world we are shredding ourselves to pieces trying to build...
And all the particles of light are filled with hope...
...We are working on a fundraiser for an alternative school-creation project, please help & come!
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Below you will find:
- A reminder to vote on Tuesday
- A short fashion update
- A Save-the-Date for GOOD CAUSE / HOUSE PARTY
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VOTE!
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C.Spot Designs is making the transition to Custom Coutour... Which means that you can get your own one-of-a-kind fashion designed specifically for you -- Sliding Scale Rates for Artists & Activitists & Dangerously Creative Beings... Free Estimates... & More Info to come!
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Save the Date!

C. Spot Designs presents:

Good Cause / House Party
...a fundraiser for the Sunset Park Community School Project

Saturday, November 18th, 2006
from 9pm until late...
@ Dumba Collective, Brooklyn
57 Jay Street

More details to follow soon...

About the Sunset Park Community School Project:

We are a small planning team consisting of community residents and allies developing a new 6th through 12th grade public school in Sunset Park, founded on the following principles:

• A belief that youth succeed in an individualized, responsive, and rigorous learning environment with clear relevance to the world around them.

• An understanding that injustice affects both the physical and emotional wellness of a community.

• A commitment to developing sustainable wellness both within our walls and in the community beyond.

• A vision that students play a vital role as community builders working towards a healthier, more just world.

Would you like to get involved?

* We will need donated artwork & services for the raffles, music and helpers at
the event... Contact: miss@cspotdesigns.com

*If you would like more information on the School Project, contact:
spcommunityschool@gmail.com

BrooklynBest Fashion Show

2006-06-10T08:49:00.000-07:00

These photos are courtesy of Atoguna.
Check www.brooklynfashiongallery.com for full slide show...
Thanks to www.atoguna-tv.com

Raynelle in her C. Spot T-Dress...

Giana...

Dae in Fallen Angel Rising Dress from New Lost City : Revival!

Raynelle in the Red Dress from New Lost City...

Big love & shout out to Chiho for her amazing make-up...
Digitelle was our C. Spot shooter for the day... Video Coming Soon!

C.Spot : BrooklynBest & All Good Things

2006-06-10T08:35:00.000-07:00

Fashionistas, Cohorts & Urban Explorers,

The summer is heating up and there is music in the streets, and fashion shows in the park... I hope all of you can come out for the BrooklynBest Festival and see your very own C. Spot Designs on the runway, holding it down with some of Brooklyn's favorite Indie designers this Sunday at Herbert Von King Park in Bed-Stuy!
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/Pages/RSC/bbest06.htm

Of course the BrooklynBest Festival isn't the only thing going on this weekend, so below you will find details for (all good things):

ART + MUSIC + FILM + FASHION + OCTAVIA

THURSDAY: June 1st, 5:30 to 8:30
in DUMBO: First Thursdays Art Walk
for more info, check:
http://www.dumbo-newyork.com
And don't forget to stop by Art in Chaos
and see one of my favorite local painters
http://www.artinchaos.com

and then starting FRIDAY: June 2nd
9th BROOKLYN International Film Festival (Enigma-9)
Festival runs from June 2-11, 2006 at Brooklyn Museum
All the info & schedules @
http://www.wbff.org

or even better, go to Antimart on FRIDAY:
Lost Film Festival; Movie Madness starts @ 7:30pm
Donations on a sliding scale...
http://www.lostfilmfest.com

if you need some soul on FRIDAY:
Check out Professor Rockwell's SUPERSOUL
@ Company (10th & 1st Ave) from 10pm On & On
FREE

or if you need some Mental Notes on FRIDAY:
check out the CD Release Party at Baggot Inn
Starting @ 10:30pm (82 West 3rd and McDougal)
featuring Mental Notes Xpsiritmental Hip Hop Fusion
$10 cover with free CD

this SUNDAY: June 4th, 3pm
Come to the BrooklynBest Fashion Show, featuring Indie Brooklyn designers, including your very own C. Spot Designs!
...The show is in Herbert Von King Park between Marcy, Lafayette, Tompkins and Greene;
Take the C train to Fulton or G train to Myrtle-Willoughby
Featured Designers: Harriet's Alter Ego, Ashaka Givens, Embrace Da Boss, Michi Knitwear, & C. Spot Designs
All the info on the Festival @
http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/Pages/RSC/bbest06.htm

MONDAY: June 5th, 7pm
Tribute to OCTAVIA E. BUTLER at the NYPL for the Performing Arts
...Writers and friends of Octavia E. Butler, who died in February, 2006, will gather to pay tribute to this internationally known science fiction writer whose evocative, often troubling, novels explore far-reaching issues of race, sex, power and, ultimately, what it means to be human. Publisher Dan Simon, actor Avery Brooks, publisher and editor Max Rodriguez, writer Harlan Ellison, Professor Sandra Govan, literary agent Merrilee Heifetz, poet Sonia Sanchez, writer Samuel R. Delany and special musical guests will honor Ms. Butler with reminiscence, music, and readings from her work.
...This event is co-sponsored by Seven Stories Press.
Please note: this event takes place at
THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Bruno Walter Auditorium
(use Library entrance at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, just south of 65th Street.) Tickets for this event are free FREE
Reservations are required. Go to smarttix.com
or call 212-868-4444

About Octavia E. Butler
...Octavia E. Butler is the author of eleven novels, including Kindred, Dawn, Parable of the Sower, and, most recently, Fledgling (2005), and one collection of short fiction, Bloodchild. Butler received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, science fiction's highest honors--the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award--and numerous other literary awards.
...According to her New York Times obituary, throughout Ms. Butler's career, the news media made much of the fact that she was an African-American woman writing science fiction, traditionally a white male bastion. But in interviews and in her work itself she left no doubt that her background equipped her spectacularly well to portray life in hostile dystopias where the odds of survival can be almost insurmountable. "I'm black, I'm solitary, I've always been an outsider," The Los Angeles Times quoted Ms. Butler as saying in 1998. Set in time periods ranging from the historical past to the distant future, Ms. Butler's books were known for their controlled economy of language and for their strong, believable protagonists, many of them black women. One of Ms. Butler's best-known novels, Kindred, told the story of a modern-day black woman who must travel back to the antebellum South to save the life of a white, slaveholding ancestor and, in so doing, save her own. Frequently assigned in black-studies courses, the book was rooted in the experience of the author's mother, who worked as a maid. "I didn't like seeing her go through back doors," Ms. Butler once told Publishers Weekly. "If my mother hadn't put up with all those humiliations, I wouldn't have eaten very well or lived very comfortably. So I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure." In an interview with The New York Times, Ms. Butler explained the deep appropriateness of her chosen genre as a vehicle for social commentary. "We are a naturally hierarchical species," she said. "When I say these things in my novels, sure I make up the aliens and all of that, but I don't make up the essential human character."

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Revelocity

2006-05-22T10:56:00.000-07:00

April 29th, 2006

2006-05-22T10:49:00.000-07:00

Digitelle & Miss C. go to the protest in the city (we spend most of the time near Rude Mechanical Orchestra dancing in the streets).

C. Spot : Spring Smiles

2006-04-13T11:00:00.000-07:00

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Darling Cohorts & Dreamers & Urban Explorers,

The warm weather makes us want to stay up all night and go dance in the streets, and all over the city there are reasons small and large to abandon our little corners and go adventure through our thawing landscapes, for this is our city -- it does not belong to the police or the politicians no matter what they do -- this is OUR city and this springtime belongs to us...

*What you will find below:
News + Art + Music + Party + Upcoming +
BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN : Saturday

In the News:
Last weekend we had the honor of leading a Fashion Workshop for "Girls Congress", an inspiring all-day conference organized by the Lower East Side Girls Club to promote women as leaders and empower the hundred young women from public high schools across the city who attended.
Miss C. Spot & our cohort Bella Giana taught the girls how to make stamps and stencils to decorate their own shirts, and prove to the girls that fashion can be a tool to express yourself & your
independence... Pictures can be seen @
http://aaronleefineman.com/galleries/lesgc/girlscongress2006/
and very soon we'll post pix to the C.Spot site...

Swoon Magazine Launch:
The first issue of Swoon Magazine is hot off the presses and available
for purchase! This project is a group effort beginning with two
gorgeous photographers who are working to create a collaboration
between the free-livin', the fashionistas, artists, picture-takers and
independent-minded stylin' peoples of the city... C. Spot Designs is
honored to be one of the featured designers in the spreads. You can
support the cause, get involved & buy your copy here:
http://www.swoonmagazine.com

Thursday: Art + Volunteer Work Party

FREE ART: "The Lost Skins Room"
Opening reception for Art Show @ Safe-T-Gallery
111 Front Street, Gallery 214
http://www.safeTgallery.com

Volunteer BBQ @ Times Up; 6pm
In the newly reclaimed backyard/patio
Meet & Greet and Volunteer, Info @
http://www.times-up.org

Friday: Music + Party

FREE MUSIC: Benicio & the Del Toros
play Parkside Lounge (Houston b/t Aves B & C) 8pm to 10pm
http://www.benicioandthedeltoros.com

FREE SUPERSOUL: Professor Rockwell & Devilish
spinning hip hop, rock, funk, disco and soul
10pm - Free @ Company
242 East 10th St. (at 1st Ave), NY, NY 10003

Saturday:
Rally your tribes & BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN!
@ the Wild Space: Look out for C. Spot interactive art
http://www.wildwildbrooklyn.com/battle
All the info @ http://www.complacentnation.org

Sunday:
ABC Norio: SOS: Sunday Open Series
Every Sunday @ 3pm, Open Poetry Reading; $2
http://www.abcnorio.org

More to Look forward to:

April 21st
Blackout Arts Collective Documentary Premier:
Only $5 for Screening followed by discussion with the filmmaker,
Aishah Shahidah Simmons... Movie starts 7:30pm
RSVP & more info @
http://www.blackoutartscollective.com

April 22nd
Electronics Recycling,9am to 1pm
Brooklyn Heights, Contact 718 624 5466
First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn

Friday, April 28, 7pm
3rd Annual Vegetarian Dinner Party
FUNDRAISER FOR BOOKS THROUGH BARS
ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St
(between Clinton + Suffolk Sts)
Lower East Side, NYC
Three vegetarian courses & Plenty for vegans
Live folk music on piano and accordion
Cost: $10-$20 sliding scale
All proceeds used to send free donated books to people in prison
More info about us at www.abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
RSVPs or more info:
(212) 254-3697, ext 322 or btb@abcnorio.org

I hope this little email finds you all feeling great and inspired and
full of energy and smiles!

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C. Spot (fallen angels rising) / Saturday: New Lost City: Revival

2006-03-24T10:56:00.000-08:00

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To all the Urban Explorers,
the Children of the Wild, and
the Fallen Angels Rising:

It is undeniable, we are slowly coming to the Springtime. Despite
persistant waves of cold, there are buds of new life peeking from
cracked concrete and so very much to explore and to find and to
discover.

Saturday Night -- Come and join us for New Lost City : Revival
...a celebration of our inner sinner and our inner saint...
(we are the fallen angels and we will rise together)

C. Spot Designs will be presenting some costume art at this event --
for complementary angel dust or sinful decorations find Miss C.

You are invited to:
New Lost City : Revival : Saturday March 25th
A night of vice, virtue and everything in between.

7pm to 7am @ 69 West 14th St.
on the corner of 6th Ave., Manhattan
Details: http://www.newlostcity.com

On this night find nirvana with a kiss of liquor, a touch of
beauty and the throb of intoxicating beats. This party is
one part speakeasy and three parts soul stirring revival with
sinners and saints, devils and divas, Reverends and
revolutionaries shaking-ass and cleansing souls on the alter
of beats and dance.

This is how we save ourselves.

This Saturday we are opening up three large rooms and a
rooftop on an otherwise anonymous corner of Manhattan, one
room of vice, one room of virtue and one room to celebrate
the sins we share.

Featuring:
The infamous Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping
at 8:30pm with live gospel from the choir backing stories
from their recent nationwide tour converting consumers
throughout the middle of America. [revbilly.com]

Reverend Vince Anderson & the Love Choir is the originator and
benevolent king of the grime gospel movement. The Rev is back
from his European Tour with a revived spirit and exuberance
that is guaranteed to make you scream Hallelujah. The first
set is at 9:30pm. [reverendvince.com]

God is My Copilot returns with a new twist on their
queercore rock sound. Blending beats with new vocals on top
of their classic sound, they've created an inspired music
beyond anything they've created in their 15+ years of touring.

After midnight you can't help but dance to breaks, house and
intelligent techno from masters of the genre. A bit of
lust, the salt of sweat and the love of groove will move you
to amazing sound from:

Dave Hollands - through his long career as a DJ and mood
conductor, David Hollands has become world famous for doing
what he does best: moving bodies and stimulating the mind.
[ minimalwage.com ]

Wolf + Lamb - The high priests of NYC intelligent techno
made famous at the Marcy Hotel. [ wolflambmusic.com ]

DJ Spinoza - One of the city's best loved DJ's, his beat
shaker sound will move you past sunrise. [ klever.org ]

DJ Ripley - Recently relocated to San Francisco, she returns
for this night to move you to west coast influenced hip-hop and
drum n' bass.

DJ Grimace mixes up old-school hip-hop and electro graffiti
culture into a mix that always pleases the crowd.

Jimmy Jackson - Specializes in collecting eclectic and rarely
heard music from around the world in the gamalon style.

Plus: Winkel presents the harem for lost souls, a cozy lounge
featuring hookas by Balk Tick and Hooka Mike, secret
elixers and video projections. Chai Tea tent built by
wandering Australians. Roving belly-dance and world
influenced spiritual ritual curated by Akim Funk Budha and
costumes designed by C-Spot designs.

This Saturday, bare your soul...

For you, the Angels: Come dressed in your own idea of
angelic beauty, of cherubic mischief, of the virgin you
once were. For the good costumes we have free Angel Elixer:
vanilla gelato mixed with vanilla vodka or Irish cream.

For you the Devils: Come costumed in your visions of the
scandalous, the sultry or the brilliantly corrupt. For this
you drink free from the Elixer of Fire made with hard rum
and flaming fruit.

Only $9 with a ticket bought at:
http://www.newlostcity.com
These are electronic tickets. Print your PayPal e-mail
receipt and bring it to the door as proof of purchase. We
will also have a list of ticket purchasers at the door in
case you lose your receipt or don't have a printer. If you
have any questions feel free to e-mail nation@complacent.org

Or $15 with an RSVP from
http://www.newlostcity.com/rsvp.html

$20 at the door for the stragglers.

Where:
69 West 14th St.
on the corner of 6th Ave., Manhattan
Take the F or L train to 14th St. & 6th Ave. The location
is on the North East corner under the scaffolding, behind
the dark painted door.

7pm to 7am with performances starting at 8:30pm.

Details: http://www.newlostcity.com

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!
WE LOVE YOU AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO PAY FULL PRICE!!!

Make Art Not War
Have a Good Art Party!

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C. Spot Guide to Inspiration (current)

2006-03-16T10:54:00.000-08:00

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To all the Urban Explorers and Adventurous Creatures:

Although my digital dashboard may warn of a precipitous start to this weekend when we often live loudest, the secret pockets of inspiration & creativity are so numerously abounding, continually whispering in my ear that this will soon be a Spring and then a Summer to remember in our bravest hours & deeds to come...

Below you will find opportunities to
experience art + music + media + activism + party

thursday:
--------------------------

ACTIVISM =

NYC Grassroots Media Coalition & Paper Tiger TV present:
"make this netWORK" a networking event for organizers, activists,
volunteers and those who want to get involved
This Thursday, March 16th 7-9pm
This month Hosted at: Citizens for NYC
305 Seventh Avenue, 15th Floor
(at 28th Street)
By Subway: Take the BDF NR or ACE trains to 34th Street
Refreshments will be served

MEDIA =

Chica Luna Productions presents:
F-Word Screening; 7pm @ Julia De Bugos Cultural Center
(1680 Lexington Avenue 2nd Floor)
Launched in January 2005, the F-Word is a multimedia justice project,
for young women of color, whose objective is to build the next Cadre
of socially conscious media makers.
Over the course of the past year, 9 young women poured their hearts
and souls into the creation of film and radio projects each entirely
unique in content.
More at: http://www.chicaluna.com

MUSIC =

Superfine presents: Urban Cowgirl Cabaret
starring Jan Bell and The Cheap Dates
The Roulette Sisters
Jay Stagger Duo from the Carolinas
A Particularly Vicious Rumor from New Orleans
Show starts @ 8pm, $5
(Superfine is located @ 126 Front Street
between Jay St. & Pearl, F to York Street, DUMBO)

PERFORMANCE =

Freestyle Love Supreme @ Ars Nova Theater
(511 W.54th Street bt 10th & 11th Ave); 10pm & $15
http://www.freestylelovesupreme.com

more MUSIC =

Michael Leviton plays Fat Baby with Mia Riddle & The Ivy League;
Show starts @ 8:30 and $5
http://www.michaelleviton.com
http://www.fatbabynyc.com

friday:
--------------------

PARTY =

DumbA Queer Arts Collective presents:
LADY MECHANIX
Art-Music Festival Live Rock Girl Bands
$5 to Save Dumba! All the info @
http://www.myspace.com/dumbacollective
SAVE DUMBA!

MUSIC =

Female Bureau of Investigation
FBI plays Detour Bar (E. 13th Street & 1st Ave);
3 sets between 9:30 and 1am & just $5
http://www.sashasumner.com/

saturday:
--------------------------

FREE MUSIC =

Zealous Records presents: SoulSides
Breakface! a montly raer affair featuring the Soulstrut.com players
from San Francisco: DJ Ferrari & Resident Prof. Rockwell
Mundial (505 E12th bt Avenue A & B); 10pm FREE
http://www.myspace.com/profrockwell

ART =

DC Moore Gallery presents: "Arrivals & Departures"
by Yvonne Jacquette, Opening Reception from 4pm to 6pm
724 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, bt 56th & 57th Streets
http://www.artnet.com/artist/8884/yvonne-jacquette.html

(adventure) =

Are you wild?
http://www.wildwildbrooklyn.com

more:
--------------------------

and COMEDY =

Monday, March 20th
the PIT presents: some works in progress
154 west 29th st.
8PM $5 to support the comedians
http://www.thepit-nyc.com/

and FILM =

Tuesday, March 21st
Screening: "I was a Teenage Feminist" by Therese Schecter
at Bluestockings Bookstore, 7pm; $5 to $10 Suggested Donation
http://www.bluestockings.com

and more ART =

Tuesday, March 21 @ 7 pm
Ke Haas Salon presents:
A very special trunk show~
40 Clinton Street b/w Stanton & Rivington, NYC
~Refreshments will be served~
Featuring the work of:
Jen Ferguson (drawings, sculpture & small art items)
http://www.artinchaos.com/trunk.html
Nicole Gates (fine jewelry) http://www.nicolegatesdesigns.com
Lauren Wimmer (fine jewelry) http://www.laurenwimmer.com/
Ke Haas salon: http://www.kehaassalon.com

That's all for now... Don't forget to check the Calender for more...

Make Art Not War & Have a Good Art Party!

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Wild Wild Brooklyn

2006-03-03T12:50:00.000-08:00

**C.Spot Designs will be creating a live and living art piece at this very special event... Hope to c u all out there**

Blackkat.org, Complacent Nation,
T. Beale, and Nine90 invite you to:

Wild Wild Brooklyn
A real-time exploration of the out-of-control.

This Saturday, March 4th
Arrive after 10pm and stay until much later.
At our new 9,000+ sqft. home of danger:
313 Meserole St. - East Williamsburg Brooklyn
Details: www.wildwildbrooklyn.com

What is it?
Big music; intimate spaces; sultry dance floors; dangerous art; glimpses of nudity; climbable sculpture; fantastic costumes; fire and moonshine; hidden spaces; beautiful stars; floor shaking bass; kisses from strangers; the Brooklyn frontier; the inescapable dream; the sweetness of sweat; the never-expected; the exploration; the free; the you putting the Wild into Wild Wild Brooklyn.

How does is it sound?
A touch of techno and a glimmer of breaks with dub, house and live experiments for flavor. In the Wild you are guaranteed to dance.

In the room of wood:
Lenny Dee [Industrial Strength], David Hollands [Minimalwage.Com], +Liondub+ [Chopstick], Jason Bk [Blackkat.Org]; and performances starting at 10pm from:
Jimmy Jackson [Howie Wreckhords] Spinning vintage rare field recordings from Africa, Asia, and Polynesia then Hopfrog’s Drum Jester Devotional [NightonEarth Los Angeles] A Middle-Eastern inspired lofi dub duo.

In the room of brick:
*Live* tight experiments in sound/dance design from Riipiit: [Riposte Records, Paris], Tzii [NightOnEarth, Belgium], Lance Blisters [Share NYC], David Last [The Agriculture] Madaro [Blackkat.Org], Naked Slice [Renegadevirus].

How does it look?
This is the start of a six week interactive art installation focused on climbable sculpture interactive video nooks, and discreet performance spaces featuring the Village of Shadows by will (nation) with hookahs from Balk Tick, gift costumes and live painting by C-Spot Designs, explore Fort Box built by Bunny, the big visual by Olga Naiman, video projections and the magic laser box by ImageNode, plus the foundation of the big sculpture by Tom Beale the woodsman.

How to get there?
The L train isn’t running this weekend but you love adventure and a bike/cab ride through Brooklyn is as good as it gets.

The location is at:
313 Meserole St.
2 blocks from Bushwick Ave. and the Montrose Stop on the subway (shuttle busses this weekend).
View the map at: www.wildwildbrooklyn.com

From the Lower East Side it is $12 cab ride. But, we will make up the travel cost with the discounts below…

How much?
*Free* if you work at it.
$10 otherwise.

To get in for cheap:
Get $5 off by coming in costume or
Get $7 off by coming in a costume that lights up
and/or get $3 off by coming on bike (free indoor bike parking!)

Arrive on bike with a costume that lights up and the party is free, anything less and you pay something. Just subtract your discount from the $10 base price; for example a non-lighted costume gets in for $5. Just want to drink and dance? Then the cover is $10.

And by costumes, we mean *effort*. Think wild wild, feathers and feathers, Max and the Wolf Suit, the Fastest Draw in Brooklyn, Oscar Wilde, Calamity Jane, The Warriors, Tennessee 1873, Brazil Carnival, the lion tamers, etc…

And this is just the beginning.

C. Spot says: Have a Good Art Party!

2006-02-16T10:51:00.000-08:00

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To you Urban Explorers & Beautiful Dreamers,

This weekend is full of Art, Music and All Good Things in between...
(including:)
BAMcinematek presents the Best of the African Diaspora Film Festival
A benefit party & screening for Radical Librarians (sexy!)
A Call for Submissions from my uptown sisters @ Chica Luna
DJ Dance Parties & Live Jazz
Art Openings & Open Bars
So all you pretty things... Have a good party!

FRIDAY = Music Art & Radical Librarian Party Girls
--------------

Friday, February 17th, 2006:
SUPERSOUL
Prof. Rockwell & Devilish
rocking that hip hop, rock, funk, disco, soul and more
10pm - Free @ Company
242 East 10th St. (at 1st Ave) NY, NY
L train to 1st Ave 6 train to Astor Pl. N/R train to 8th St.

NYC: Beautiful/Decay Issue N Release Party
Friday, February 17, 2006
Time: 9pm - 4am
Location: Libation, 137 Ludlow St (btwn Stanton & Rivington), New York City
Age: 21+ with OPEN BAR 9-11pm provided by Sparks and Bacard
Performances by:
Ursula1000 (ESL Music)
Neil Armstrong (5th Platoon)
The Bangers (Nik At Nite, Jaclyn, Rok One) Synapse (Zulu Nation)
Johnny Cupcakes Catalog Release
$5 cover
http://www.beautifuldecay.com/

Michael Leviton's 3 Days Late Valentines' Show!
Nautically Themed Eukele Love Songs to fall in love to..
Friday, February 17
TONIC (Norfolk between Delancey and Rivington)
http://tonicnyc.com/
Show starts at 8pm with Scary Mansion & The Babyskins(9pm)...
Michael's on at 10pm! All this music for only $8
http://www.michaelleviton.com/

Swerve @ Southpaw
125 5th Ave btw. Sterling & St. Johns Place Brooklyn
Swerve is a mix of good dance music, live canvas painting and live body painting.
The talented DJ Roy Baron will be spinning nothing but the best in hip hop, 80's, reggae, funk, and classic's...
www.swerveistheword.com coming soon!
$10.00 on guest list till 12:30 am
RSVP nycsoundsystem@yahoo.com

Radical Reference NYC Benefit !
Featuring Readings & Music... And the movie:
"Party Girl" starring Parker Posey as a party girl/librarian in training.
Can she master the Dewey Decimal System?
Friday, February 17th, 8pm
$5 Suggested Donation
ABC No Rio @ 156 Rivington St. NYC
$2-$3 beer
**Radical Reference is a collective of volunteer library workers who believe
in social justice and equality. We support activist communities,
progressive organizations, and independent journalists by providing
professional research support, education and access to information. We
work in a collaborative virtual setting and are dedicated to information
activism to foster a more egalitarian society.
http://www.radicalreference.info

SATURDAY = Art + Music + Art Party
------------------
Jeff Soto: Supernova (Solo Exhibit) Feb 18 thru Mar 18, 2006
OPENING RECEPTION - Saturday, February 18th, 6pm-9pm
Jonathan Levine Gallery
529 West 20th Street, 9E New York, NY 10011 ph:212-243-3822
Should be an interesting show, Soto's work is great...
And you know "opening reception" means free wine! Yay!
For more info: http://www.jonathanlevinegallery.com

Saturday, February 18th, 2006:
BREAKFACE!
A monthly raer affaer featuring the Soulstrut Players
this month: Delay, Crazypoprock, and Prof. Rockwell
expect: funk, hip hop, disco, soul - raer!
10pm - Free
The Wreck Room 940 Flushing Ave (at Evergreen) Brooklyn, NY
L train to Morgan Ave, J/M trains to Flushing Ave

Winkel & Dumboluna present:
SAMBODROME: A celebration of Rio's Carnivale
135 Plymouth St, 7th Floor, DUMBO
$5 with Costume; $7 without; Party from 10pm to 8am
Open Bar from 10-11pm & 3-4am
More info @ http://www.sambodrome.net

February 17-22: BAMcinématek Presents:
THE BEST OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL
Featuring a Selection of Black Independent
Films from Around the World...
For a full Schedule, check:
http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=60
**And don't miss the Nina Simone documentary, "Love Sorceress"
This Doc was created from a 1976 concert performance
of the High Priestess of Soul herself... Screenings Saturday & Tuesday!

2006 CHICA LUNA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Now Accepting Submissions!
The second Annual Chica Luna Short Film Festival
will highlight the works of young women of color throughout the United States.
FESTIVAL DATE: April 11th, 2006
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006
All entries must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Chica Luna office by
or before March 10, 2006.
ELIGIBILITY: We will consider films from ALL fifty (50) states and its territories. All
films MUST be made by, featuring, about and/or for Young Women Of Color ages
15 - 30. We will only consider Short Films (30 minutes or less). All
projects must have been completed by no earlier than December 2004. All
genres are welcome.
**Preference will be given to films produced/directed or written by young
women of color ages 15 - 30. Others are welcomed to apply as long as the
subject matter coincides with Chica Luna's mission.
TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM PLEASE GO TO
http://chicaluna.com/film_festival.php FOR MORE INFORMATION.

plus SUNDAY = Jazz + Smile

Every Sunday 1 pm - 4 pm in DUMBO
THE TRIO Eclectic jazz with Chase Steel on vox, Cliff
Jackson on upright bass, & Tara Thierry stretching out on guitar.
@ Water Street Bar (www.waterstreetbar.com)
66 Water Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY

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Backstage @ New Lost

2006-02-09T18:13:00.000-08:00

Lost Sketch

2006-01-28T10:21:00.000-08:00

Preliminary New Lost Sketches

2006-01-28T10:18:00.000-08:00

New Lost City Sketch

2006-01-28T09:23:00.000-08:00

NEW LOST CITY

2006-01-24T08:31:00.000-08:00

Saturday, the Fourth of February
Complacent Nation invites you to:

New Lost City

@ 69 West 14th St.
at the corner of 14th St. & 6th Ave.
Performances start at 9pm
and continue through sunrise
Details: http://www.newlostcity.com

New Lost City is one night of refuge for you, the dreamer,
who desires a New York City as wild as it used to be. Lose
your inhibition in the dark and sultry speakeasy - lose your
religion with the lurid burlesque explosion - lose your
virginity to loin-shaking sound growing from 40's doowop to
infectious break-beats. This is everything we never expected.

In the New Lost City we inhabit our myth...

A city of: Burlesque!
Gemini & Scorpio present seven feats of lost innocence
including: The brilliant blonde bombshell Julie Atlas Muz,
the fearless Amy G of the Daredevil Opera Company, the
bare-chested wrangler Angelo from the Bindlestiff Family
Cirkus, the saucy circus stylings of the Wau Wau Sisters,
and the scandalous Miss Tickle of the Bombshell Girls. All
hosted by Sxip Shirey of The Luminescent Orchestrii. The
Burlesque! begins at 9pm sharp, arrive early to see sights
guaranteed to whip your cream.

A city of: Bravura!
Loud, dancy and full-flavored live music begins at 10pm on
two separate floors featuring Gaijin A Go Go bringing a
deliciously danceable mix of 60's Japanese funk fantasy.
Sxip!Matta will astound you with human beat boxing,
industrial flutes, mutant harmonicas, regurgitated music
boxes and other bio-electro sonic marvels. And the Vintage
DJ is guaranteed to swing you with throwback doowop from the
30's, 40's and 50's.

A city of: Beats!
After midnight the music turns sticky evolving from
classic hip-hop to house to breaks as Camea [Clink /
Clickhaus] dishes sultry ass-mashing [read: tech-house ]
rhythms with live vocals by Rhiannon [The Shift / Subatomic
Soundsystem], and Alex Dirttt and Anthony Parasole [Halcyon
/ All City] drop micro house and minimal beats. In the
late night the Blackkat collective brings funky breaks and
free tekno with dj Chrome, Jason BK and MadAro. All this
builds into an intelligent techno crescendo from the masters
of after-hours Wolf & Lamb.

In the New Lost City everything comes easy...

Roving acts help you find your way featuring costumes by
C-Spot Designs, wooden sculpture and accordion blues by
Thomas Beale along with spontaneous acts of sensual
immersion currated by Akim Funk Buddha. Get cozy in: Bedouin
tents and beds of roses installed by will (nation), 16mm
classic film projections by Alien Resident from Amoeba
Technology, and special drinks by Miss Elixir with well
organized cash bar by Sari of Rubulad.

Where:
Nestled across three expansive loft spaces (and rooftop) at:
69 West 14th St. on the 3rd and 4th floors.
at the Northeast corner of 14th St. & 6th Ave.

$9: Advanced tickets available at:
http://www.newlostcity.com
(cheapest, best, guaranteed entry)

$15: RSVP at: http://www.newlostcity.com/rsvp.html
(cheapish but you may wait in line, tickets are better)

$20: Wander in off the street.
(a bit pricey plus a possible line, for those who fail to plan)

Brought to you by:
ComplacentNation.org, Blackkat.org, GeminiandScorpio.com,
SxipShirey.com, Catalyst Rhiannon, Halcyon, C-Spot Designs,
Miss Elixir, Wolf & Lamb, and The Illusion of Hope.

In this city of dark our visions burn bright,
where if anything happens it happens at night.

New Years Dream

2005-12-29T11:41:00.000-08:00

We've saved the best for last. You are invited to join us for New Years Dream -- blending a dose of music with a kiss of liquor to wake the coming year. Imagine a hidden space just beyond the broken streets of Dumbo Brooklyn, the expansive studio of Complacent Nation,
C-Spot Designs and the Brooklyn Media Lab. Imagine a couple thousand square feet of cinderblock fortress built into three areas of cozy nooks, open dance-floors, and massive light installations.

Escape the trap of the New Years party behemoth and overpriced exercises in desperation. This event is about gathering a few hundred of our closest friends and lovers with champagne, mistletoe, and the best music in Brooklyn. Featuring Reverend Vince and the Love Choir playing soul-shaking funk/gospel to dance away sin and sanctity as we cheer in the New Year. Plus an ass-shaking drum and piano duet by KiEthan with guest vocals from Digitelle. Breaks, house, dub and techno by DJs John S. of Spec4 with vocals by Rhiannon, Jason BK, and Mad Aro.

Marvel to wall-to-wall video projections by Luxz with illbient beat mechanics from Dok, Tomster and Masa of Amoeba Technology along with light installations by Will (Complacent) and installed art by Charlotte C.Spot and Ursula Wing. Find cures for what ale's ya by Miss Elixer, a big cash bar, free goodies for the good and naughty bits for the bad.

This event is for the gutter glamorous and the creatively inspired.
This event is for you dreamers who are broke, beautiful, and deserving of more. New Years Dream will be as thick, full and immersive as every party we host, all for a lot less and all on New Years night. This New Years Dream is yours for $2.99 if you got it, and nothing if you don't.

The catch? First, you and those you arrive with must bring one bottle of champagne to pop, sip, and share at the stroke of midnight. The bottle can be cheap or extravagant, it's for you and your posse.
Second we have only a couple hundred invites available and we are giving them out to the best and brightest. Just make a little effort and RSVP to the website.

RSVP for location, Brooklyn
F train to York
9p-5a; $2.99 if you got it
http://www.complacent.org/newyearsdream

Mainstream Fashion Review

2005-12-19T10:37:00.000-08:00

This is a brief review of mainstream designers we actually like... These moments and folds of fabric that love the body and the world, that use inspiration aesthetically and/or philosophically that make us want to go home and play dress up. The fashion we encounter created by our friends and cohorts in the underground back corners of NYC we know to tingle and tickle the senses and idea organs, but it is a great comfort to think that the truly great and beautiful things are still (occasionally) allowed to succeed in this world...

(above) Alexander Corset by A La Disposition... From an old collection but I like the old collections best. Between war and disappointment and the cold of winter and death, this season is pretty conservative on the runways -- I almost choked when I saw what Imitation of Christ is doing now... Thank god for Vivienne Westwood & Gaultier!
Check out the site @ http://www.aladisposition.com

(above) Gaelyn & Cianfarani are close to my aesthetic heart with their romantic and freakish mix of history and fetish. They are even socially and ecologically conscious and care about their community. Their signature material is even made from recycled bicycle innertubes... How sexy is that?!?!
Check them out & love them @ http://www.gaelyn.com

(above) While we are on the topic, we must mention Linda Loudermilk and her "luxury eco" company. In response to the sustainability question this clothing company uses fabrics made from exotic self-sustaining plants, such as sasawashi, bamboo, sea cell, and soya. At first look, the designs were boring us to tears, until we stumbled upon the Archives where all the gems and exciting experiments are hiding.
Love Linda @ http://www.lindaloudermilk.com

New City Dreams

2005-12-15T00:33:00.000-08:00

Lost City Dreams

2005-12-15T00:31:00.000-08:00

Dreaming of a New Lost City

2005-12-13T13:21:00.000-08:00

Searching the nooks and crannies of this costumer's mind for images and inspiration for something wild and whimsical to bedeck some kind of fairy tale phantasms to wonder our subconscious and mind's eyes on the night of new.
For context to this particular meandering, visit:
www.newlostcity.com

Jay St. Fashion Show

2005-12-12T13:15:00.000-08:00

Sunday some C. Spot Designs made their way over to Superfine for a fitting with models... The fashion show will be this Friday, December 16th and will feature a handful of local designers and artists.
For more info, check: www.jaystreetmarket.com

Antimart Opening!

2005-12-09T13:18:00.000-08:00

Antimart had its grand opening last night in the new shop on Bogart Street. There was no shortage of good people, good cheer and really cool gear...

The work on the space and on display in the space is all awesome, as is the crew that made it all happen!
Check it out & support @ www.antimart.net !

Blue Painting

2005-12-04T14:03:00.000-08:00

This is stage one of a small blue painting with two figures. So far the materials are charcoal and acrylic. The dimensions are 20" X 30" which is smaller than it has occurred to me to paint before, but it is much more reasonable a size of canvas than the 5' X 8' mural in the studio. (Pictures forthcoming.)

Winter Fashion

2005-11-29T13:42:00.000-08:00

We are dreaming of fake fur in neon pink, and cuts like space ninja chicks would sport while planet-hopping in the name of good. We are dreaming of fleece and dresses constructed from layers and layers of vintage sweaters. We are dreaming of layers that complement in color and texture, walking into warmth we shed, one layer at a time... flexible like the seasons.
(Sketches forthcoming.)