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Ad Salespeople Wanted
Calabar Magazine is seeking Ad Salespeople for The International African Arts Festival Edition. Salespeople will be commission based only. Must begin immediately. Please email resume to info@calabarmag.com.
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WNYC Presents In MLK’s Footsteps: Education as a Civil Right
Join WNYC’s Brian Lehrer and Jami Floyd, managing editor of The Global Game, for an invigorating afternoon of discussion, performance and personal reminiscence. Singer-songwriter Toshi Reagonperforms live. Sunday, January 15, 2012 3:00 PM Tickets: Admission is free, bu
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Second Annual Crown Heights Film Festival (CHFF) at Five Myles Gallery
The Second Annual Crown Heights Film Festival (CHFF) will take place Thursday, October 13, 2011 through Sunday, October 16, 2011 at FiveMyles in Brooklyn, NY. The Festival will showcase local and international filmmakers’ documentaries, narratives, animations and fine art/experimental films.
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Re-building a Brand: Moving Beyond Disasters and seeing Opportunities
by Atim Annette Oton Some people experience a disaster and it ends their businesses; I see it as an opportunity. So, in June of this year, when a fire destroyed our store, Calabar Imports on Washington Avenue. My business partner and I took time off – she traveled and I spent th
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Brooklyn’s Oyster Frenzy
by Krystal DeVille Over the summer, I began my journey to find the best oysters in Brooklyn. I searched far and wide from my surrounding neighborhood of Crown Heights, across town into Bedford Stuyvesant, down to the docks of Sheepshead Bay and I ended up at Coney Island. During my restaurant "
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Join us for Afro Fest 2011 in Brooklyn
NY Afrobeat Festival, Inc.’s Afro Fest 2011 which celebrates African rhythms, roots culture and the United Nation’s designation of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. New York Afro Fest will include an African Literary Conference, film screenings and performances fe
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Wired Perfectly. Beauloni Style: Designer Sherri Hobson Green
by Cassandra Bromfield I remember exactly when I met Sherri, it was in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (where I grew up). Two blocks from my house, on Broadway, there was a fabric store, Sutter Fabrics. When I walked in the store there was a young lady who had such a familiar face. She looked like a h
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The Lost and Found Generation
by Ezinne Adibe In this so-called post-racial society and the era of the first "African-American" president Barack Obama, son of a Kenyan father and a white American mother, identity will continue to crop up even more, whether in coffee shop conversation, academia, online, and so forth. Addit
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CALABAR MODELS are REAL people
Name: Tania Molina. Age: 30’s. Work: In Banking Culture: Garifuna. Lives: Crown Heights Food: Ethnic. Bar: NoBar Fashion: WOW WOW by Wunmi at Calabar Imports, Dumbo and Brooklyn Flea Photos: Fredrick V. Nielsen Photography, http://www. featherrock.smugmug.com
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the hotness list: what’s hot in brooklyn Fall 2011
food Oysters drink Witches Brew by nucomme business Inkwell Deals person Anthony Mackie book A Belle in Brooklyn technology Iphone 5 fashion item Fedora music Hurricane CD by Grace Jones bar NoBar on Nostrand Avenue online Huffington Po
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Ad Salespeople Wanted
April 29, 2012 by Administrator
Calabar Magazine is seeking Ad Salespeople for The International African Arts Festival Edition. Salespeople will be commission based only. Must begin immediately. Please email resume to info@calabarmag.com.
WNYC Presents In MLK’s Footsteps: Education as a Civil Right
December 27, 2011 by Administrator
Join WNYC’s Brian Lehrer and Jami Floyd, managing editor of The Global Game, for an invigorating afternoon of discussion, performance and personal reminiscence. Singer-songwriter Toshi Reagonperforms live. Sunday, January 15, 2012 3:00 PM Tickets: Admission is free, but reservations are necessary. RSVP here.
Second Annual Crown Heights Film Festival (CHFF) at Five Myles Gallery
October 1, 2011 by Administrator
The Second Annual Crown Heights Film Festival (CHFF) will take place Thursday, October 13, 2011 through Sunday, October 16, 2011 at FiveMyles in Brooklyn, NY. The Festival will showcase local and international filmmakers’ documentaries, narratives, animations and fine art/experimental films. Details: Where: FiveMyles, 558 St. John’s Place Brooklyn, NY 11238 http//www.fivemyles.org Dates: Thursday, October 13, 2011 [...]
Re-building a Brand: Moving Beyond Disasters and seeing Opportunities
September 26, 2011 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton Some people experience a disaster and it ends their businesses; I see it as an opportunity. So, in June of this year, when a fire destroyed our store, Calabar Imports on Washington Avenue. My business partner and I took time off – she traveled and I spent the summer in [...]
Brooklyn’s Oyster Frenzy
September 26, 2011 by Administrator
by Krystal DeVille Over the summer, I began my journey to find the best oysters in Brooklyn. I searched far and wide from my surrounding neighborhood of Crown Heights, across town into Bedford Stuyvesant, down to the docks of Sheepshead Bay and I ended up at Coney Island. During my restaurant “run” from happy hours [...]
Join us for Afro Fest 2011 in Brooklyn
September 18, 2011 by Administrator
NY Afrobeat Festival, Inc.’s Afro Fest 2011 which celebrates African rhythms, roots culture and the United Nation’s designation of 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. New York Afro Fest will include an African Literary Conference, film screenings and performances featuring live African, African-American, Latino and Diaspora Sacred music, and more. The [...]
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Wired Perfectly. Beauloni Style: Designer Sherri Hobson Green
September 11, 2011 by Administrator
by Cassandra Bromfield I remember exactly when I met Sherri, it was in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (where I grew up). Two blocks from my house, on Broadway, there was a fabric store, Sutter Fabrics. When I walked in the store there was a young lady who had such a familiar face. She looked like a high [...]
2011- articles, FASHIONABLE BROOKLYN|No Comments
Tags: Beauloni Studio, Cassandra Bromfield, Essence Magazine, Harriette Cole, Head Pieces, Sherri Hobson Green, Therez Fleetwood, Wedding Designer
The Lost and Found Generation
September 11, 2011 by Administrator
by Ezinne Adibe In this so-called post-racial society and the era of the first “African-American” president Barack Obama, son of a Kenyan father and a white American mother, identity will continue to crop up even more, whether in coffee shop conversation, academia, online, and so forth. Additionally, race, ethnicity, and culture are not going to [...]
CALABAR MODELS are REAL people
September 11, 2011 by Administrator
Name: Tania Molina. Age: 30’s. Work: In Banking Culture: Garifuna. Lives: Crown Heights Food: Ethnic. Bar: NoBar Fashion: WOW WOW by Wunmi at Calabar Imports, Dumbo and Brooklyn Flea Photos: Fredrick V. Nielsen Photography, http://www. featherrock.smugmug.com
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Tags: Brooklyn Flea, calabar imports, Fredrick V. Nielsen Photography, Tania Molina, WOW WOW by Wunmi
the hotness list: what’s hot in brooklyn Fall 2011
September 11, 2011 by Administrator
food Oysters drink Witches Brew by nucomme business Inkwell Deals person Anthony Mackie book A Belle in Brooklyn technology Iphone 5 fashion item Fedora music Hurricane CD by Grace Jones bar NoBar on Nostrand Avenue online Huffington Post Black Voices broadway Audra McDonald [...]
2011- articles, the Hotness List|No Comments
Tags: A Belle in Brooklyn, Anthony Mackie, brooklyn museum, Grace Jones, Huffington Post Black Voices, Inkwell Deals, Iphone 5, NoBar, Sanford Biggers