Sarah met pianist Hiroko Sasaki at Blue Ribbon Brooklyn, where the kitchen is open late and the staff is always as sweet as Sauternes. Hiroko will perform the gorgeous Debussy Preludes this Wednesday at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. Tickets are still available. Do your dreams a favor and come. Sarah: It’s rare to play both … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Hiroko Sasaki
Sarah met Cristina Guadalupe for burlesque and beer at the Galapagos Art Space. Cristina is an architect and artist who recently moved to Brooklyn from her native Barcelona. Her short film Moose Youth will screen at Powershovel Art Space in Tokyo this May and in Los Angeles in July. She is currently working on a … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Cristina Guadalupe
This week’s Diva is Indigo Street, guitarist/singer/songwriter, who performs solo as well as with Shahzad Ismaily/101 Crustaceans/Landlady. Sarah met Indigo at the wonderful Walter Foods in Williamsburg for some lobster rolls and strong drinks. Sarah: Tell me about your travels as a kid. Why’d you run away from home at fifteen? Indigo: I grew up … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Indigo
Sarah met singer, composer, and instrumentalist Judith Berkson at Barbes to talk about her beautiful new CD Oylam, due out next month on ECM Records. Stay tuned for news about her upcoming shows, including a May record release at Joe’s Pub. Sarah: What was your earliest exposure to music? Judith: My dad is a cantor, … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Judith Berkson
No one embodies the principal of “a sound mind in a sound body” more than this week’s diva, Alicia Villarosa. Sarah Deming chatted with the Pilates instructor, author, competitive speed skater, and bargain-finding genius over scrumptious mint juleps at the Vanderbilt. To experience Alicia’s tougher side, show up for her Boot Camp Fitness Class in … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Alicia Villarosa
Sarah Deming met with filmmaker Robin Hessman at Restaurant Tatiana on the Brighton Beach boardwalk. Over shots of vodka and tasty snacks, we discussed Robin’s feature documentary My Perestroika,which will debut in NY March 25 and March 28 as part of the film series New Directors/New Films, curated by MoMA and the Film Society of … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Robin Hessman
Sarah Deming met vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Jen Shyu at the Tea Lounge to discuss her composition “Red Sands, Raging Waters,” which she will perform at McCarren Hall in Williamsburg on Friday, March 26. Based on an ancient Chinese narrative form called Shuo-chang (literally, “talk-sing”) and Brazilian poetry, “Red Sands, Raging Waters” features Portuguese, Mandarin, … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Jen Shyu
Over Aviations at Prime Meats, Sarah Deming talked with the enchanting Andrea Weber about her career in modern dance and the legacy of the great Merce Cunningham. Sarah: When did you know you wanted to dance? Andrea: At my first dance recital at age four. I was mad because I wasn’t the tallest so I … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – Andrea Weber
Divas love the Clover Club! This week’s featured diva, producer, director, and Carnegie Mellon-trained actor HaJ, also chose the chic Carroll Gardens cocktail lounge as the spot for our interview. Over whiskey sours, HaJ told Sarah Deming about her new blog, the Home of the Urban Chameleon and her video content site Tickles TV. Sarah: … Continue reading Drinking With Divas – HaJ
This is the second in a series of interviews with Brooklyn women artists at their favorite bars by Sarah Deming. This week, she met modern dancer Julie Worden for a delicious martini at the magical Clover Club in Carroll Gardens. Julie has been dancing with the Mark Morris Dance Group since 1994. You can catch … Continue reading Drinking With Divas: Julie Worden
by Sarah Deming This is the first in a new series of interviews with Brooklyn women artists at their favorite bars by Sarah Deming. She met the magnificent burlesque dancer Peekaboo Pointe for a Manhattan at Quarter Bar in Brooklyn’s South Slope. Peekaboo leaves this week for a month-long tour of Australia, but when she … Continue reading Drinking with Divas: Peekaboo Pointe
DIVAS (Digital, Interactive, Visual Arts & Sciences) for Social Justice is a grassroots community organization that wants to help bridge digital divide by combining media literacy, cultural awareness and an understanding of technology to encourage young women of color to pursue careers in computer science and new media. Next week they're sponsoring a lecture/benefit called … Continue reading DIVAS For Social Justice Robbed!
These amazing short videos were created in a workshop at DIVAS for Social Justice called Imaging Ourselves. This 8-week workshop teaches young women in underserved communitites the basics of digital production and Adobe Photoshop.
DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice is a grassroots community organization in Bed-Stuy that aims to: bridge the digital divide teach media literacy + cultural awareness amongst young women of color Founders, Sha Sha Feng and Clarisa James decided to form DIVAS after collaborating during graduate school. James received her BA in … Continue reading DIVAS For Social Justice: Bridging the Digital Divide
I've been following the work of Louis Rosen and Capathia Jenkins since 2005 when I first went to hear them at Joe's Pub. Back then they were performing songs by Rosen set to the poems of Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. It was an exhilarating performance of indescribably beautiful and soulful art songs that tapped … Continue reading Louis Rosen and Capathia Jenkins: The Ever Evolving Duo at Joe’s Pub
Today is Diwali, a major Indian holiday; it also means you don’t have to move your car. Here from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Diwali (or Deepavali) is a major Indian holiday, and a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. [3] Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains … Continue reading Today is Diwali: Alternate Side of the Street Parking Suspended
Here’s this week’s Smartmom from the Brooklyn Papers: Smartmom was so impressed with the Annie Leibovitz show at the Brooklyn Museum — with its ravishing shots of Demi, Brad, Scarlett and a host of family and friends of the photographer’s — that she decided it was about time she had her very own digital camera. … Continue reading SMARTMOM WANTS HEPCAT FRAMED