SOPA and PIPA have been thrust onto public consciousness with a sudden sense of urgency that has some of the most significant technology, information sharing, and social networking platforms, as well as the general public up in arms. SOPA and PIPA are legislations that if passed will give the U.S. Government supreme authority in enforcing [...]

Who: Tristan Millay Reginato. What he does: Concubine to the art world. Where: NYC Photo by Nicole Casanova What’s on his mind today: Thinking about various different subjects matters. One was deciding whether I was going to eat Japanese food or Italian food for dinner, as well as debating whether to eat dinner with a [...]

Who: Rosa Ruey,Visual artist Where: Madison Square Park, NYC Photo by: Nicole Casanova What’s on her mind today: I need to get some new books from the library. What she’s currently working on: I have 2 projects going on simultaneously. One is a continuation of my collaged drawing pieces of fantastical machines. The structures inhabit [...]

Every now and then a band comes along whose music somehow becomes ubiquitous in everything we are doing, all of the time and everywhere, no matter what. This has happened with Live Footage, an electroacoustic band led by Mike Thies on drums and keyboard, and Topu Lyo on Cello and Effects. The Brooklyn-Based duo whose synchronistic lives led [...]

Who: India Salvor Menuez Where: my room/studio ( about to move!) What she does: school, art, acting… constantly making! Photo By: Nicole Casanova What’s on her mind today: How to make films, cats & how much I want to make films… warm liquids & the sky. What she’s currently working on: Flying out to Florence [...]

As the political turmoil in the Middle East continues to grow, the designing geniuses behind Threeasfour showed us that multiculturalism, combined with artistic value, can all come together into a harmonious and beautiful collaboration. For their spring/summer 2012 collection titled “InSHALLOm, the Lebanese, Russian, and Israeli designers, created a line full of religious symbolism, weaving [...]

For her spring/summer 2012 collection, superstar jewelry designer Pamela Love stepped away from her love of angular, gothic shapes, and sought out inspiration from Moroccan and North African – inspired designs. The line consists tribal bib necklaces, large cuffs, and chunky finger-candy. For her presentation at Milk studios this past Saturday, Love featured five smoky-eyed [...]

On Saturday night, cult fashion darling, Cody Ross, invited us to a one-of-kind show held at Hotoveli in the West Village.  Priestess’s Spring/Summer 2012 Presentation, which was inspired by the duplicitous nature of contemporary culture, “explores the relationship between commercial and avant-garde art/fashion and redefines the relationship between body, clothing and identity.” In line with [...]

Victoria Bartlett stepped outside the box with her VPL Spring 2012 collection. Bright colors, bordering neon, complimented neutral hues of beige, grey, and black. The line also featured many slouchy, asymmetric sweaters, which were nicely complimented by high-waisted bikini bottoms. Volcanic prints were also featured on dresses and tops. Other pieces mimicked sportswear, as models [...]

After week long engagements leaving many of New York legislators both disheveled and weary, and by the hair of their chins, they have managed to hear the voice of the people: New York State is now approving Same-Sex Marriages!  WE DO!  Take a moment to write a thank you note to senator Grisanti, who after [...]

On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a statement saying that he had no alternative but to send police to forcibly end a peaceful anti-graft protest by Swami Ramdev and almost 50,000 followers. The government led attack on protestors included over 500 hundred police that hurled tear gas and used batons to quell the [...]

Who: Elisa Goodkind, Founder and Editor in Chief of StyleLikeU Where: NY, NY Photo by: Nicole Casanova On her mind today: how far SLU has come and what herculean efforts it has taken to get it here and how far we have to go to make a true cultural difference in the world. With whom [...]

Farms that produce good, clean and fair food have nothing to hide. Well apparently some have… America’s powerful agribusiness lobby is pushing legislators in Minnesota, Florida, and Iowa to make taking photos or videos of their facilities illegal. But pictures don’t lie. Bad farming practices are present in our food system, and if that information [...]