RACE/POLITICS

A PLEA to the occupier

“Poetry and beauty are always making peace.  When you read something beautiful you find coexistence; it breaks walls down.”   — Mahmoud Darwish   Palestine Resistance has exposed Colonialism. Refusing to leave, and willing to die, we long proper burials in our own earth that you brutally deny…   Why strip us of this right to sanctify […]

LITERATURE/TRAVEL RACE/POLITICS

VAMIRIC ENMITY: War Poem

Hearts drained of red blood, Sheaths of warmth, love, and sanctity  torn viciously like the formal contracts        binding humanity.   Innocence bewails,  as mothers’ babies are stolen away, like the basic right to hydrate,       eat and dignity.   Crimson that ribboned Israel’s pleasant Saturday,  Anchors Palestinians every day,       in captivity   being […]

ART*Feature ART/FASHION

Chashama: The Wildest Art Gala and Party for Good

The Chashama Art Gala and Party, an ‘immersive’ art event featuring over 200 performers last week was certainly other worldly. Deemed the “most outrageous art party,” (and I will not contest), two endlessly spanning floors equipped with labyrinthine installations, silent auction, food stations, extraterrestrial costumes, ball pit, wild cosmetic and makeup stations kept attendees entertained […]

ART/FASHION

Adelaide’s underground Salon and Apothecary: Awaken your Senses

A Prohibition-style Speakeasy has taken over the underground spot beneath LouLou French bistro in Chelsea, and we are endlessly curious: Adelaide’s Salon. Laden with palatably curated cocktails, light bites, live music, and performances, amid vaudeville, enter the soda pop door downstairs to the 1920’s underground… and prepare to be delighted.   Conceptualized and hosted by […]