In honor of the 100th Anniversary of International Women’s Day, three globally conscious salons will be donating 100% of their proceeds to Next Aid on March 8th, 2011. Next Aid’s Beauty and the Beats supports projects in Africa, including the construction of a facility for a street youth project in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya and the establishment of maternal health programs for women and girls in Sierra Leone.  Here in NYC, ... Read More

Congress will be home on recess this Saturday -- the perfect time to Stand Up for Women's Health with Planned Parenthood in NYC! Come join us in the fight against the elimination of family planning funding (Title X) and funds for Planned Parenthood, which would leave millions without affordable health care. RSVP for Stand with Planned Parenthood -- Rally for Women's Health! Help spread the word on Twitter with hashtag #feb26 and through the ... Read More

Catherine Breillat, provocative French auteur, presents Elia Kazan’s controversial classic, Baby Doll, at The IFC Center in NYC on March 7th, 7pm. The ground-breaking writer-director, Breillat, is responsible for acclaimed films Fat Girl, The Last Mistress, and Bluebeard, among others. Breillat appears in person as part of The IFC Center’s guest curator “Movie Night” presentations. The screening is part of this ... Read More

Looking at Music 3.0, an exhibit at The Museum of Modern Art, is the third part in a series of exhibitions exploring the influence of music on contemporary art. This part of the exhibit focuses on New York in the 1980’s and 1990’s.  In this time period, forms of street-art spread through-out the five boroughs articulating the counter-culture climate of the times. Graffiti, media, and performances artists took advantage ... Read More

Glee character, Lauren Zizes is my new idol. She has a don’t-give-a-fuck attitude reminiscent of Daria, and exudes self-esteem and confidence. Zizes, played by Ashley Fink, started out as a background character in season one.  She gained more air-time when she agreed to join glee club in the latest season, so they can qualify for sectionals, even though she thinks “show choir is lame”. She still remained in the ... Read More