Independent Cuban Filmmakers invite you....

The Gabriel Project
and independant Cuban Filmmakers
invite you to band with them on

TUESDAY
May 15th 2007
6-10 PM

at the LOWER EAST SIDE CAFE
on the 1st Floor of
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
at 107 SUFFOLK STREET (at Rivington Street)
New York, NY 10002*

DINE: Authentic and Traditional Cuban Food

DANCE & DELIGHT: To the live Cuban dance music of la Bola

DRINK: Beverages, Wine & Beer (cash bar)

and DISCOVER: The Mystery of the power---

Discover the mystery of the power within the legendary tradition of
the cigar and its Cuban origins in SMOKESCREEN A CUBAN MYSTERY in a
new film by MARILYN PEREZ.

In the latest film by FRANK RODRIGUEZ, ANIMAL TROPICAL IN MONTREAL,
original music by PAQUITO d RIVERA, we meet PEDRO JUAN GUTIERREZ, the
prolific and charismatic Cuban writer living in Havana. He is the
author of the international sensation, DIRTY HAVANA TRILOGY.

Come DINE, DANCE, DRINK space(cash bar), DELIGHT AND DONATE while you
enjoy previewing selections from these films which will be shown
throughout the evening.

SMOKESCREEN A CUBAN MYSTERY the film gives a wistful look upon Cuba.
By doing this, we hope that others pass through the metaphorical smoke
and reclaim our former good relations, symbolized by the cigar, lost
for almost half a century. What divides is a smokescreen. Who will
cross this divide?

ANIMAL TROPICAL IN MONTREAL is a documentary film shot in Montreal
where this controversial Cuban author is invited to visit and in
Havana, where PEDRO JUAN GUTIERREZ writes his books. Is it pornography
or is it prose and who cares and why?

Your attendance at this event and your donation will continue the
support for these impactful films. The post-production completion
dates rest on raising an additional $50,000 in total.
Admission: Minimum $25.* donation.
All admission and contributions may be prepaid through Paypal at
http://www.marilynperez.com. For info and future events, contact
917-538-2276 *(Contributions of $100. or more is fully tax deductible.)

DIRECTIONS: By Subway, take F, J, or M train to ESSEX/DELANCY
(Neighborhood Parking Convenient.) Walk to corner of SUFFOLK &
RIVINGTON enter half block in at 107 SUFFOLK STREET.

Dulce Pinzon "Superheroes" Show at BPL

APRIL-JUNE 2007 EXHIBITIONS AT BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY
On display from Tuesday, April 24, through Saturday, June 16

Brooklyn, NY, April 18, 2007 — The following exhibition at BPL’s Central
Library, located at Grand Army Plaza, are free and open to the public. For
more information on this location, please call 718.230.2100.

The Real Story of the Superheroes, in the Grand Lobby, features photos of
Latino immigrant workers in New York dressed as superheroes. The artist,
Dulce Pinzón, believes they are unrecognized heroes. They work hard for very
low wages, which they save at great sacrifice to send to families and
communities in Mexico who rely on it to survive. Pinzón was born in Mexico
City and has exhibited her work around the world. She was the winner of the
Jovenes Creadores grant in 2002 and a fellow in photography from the New
York Foundation for the Arts in 2006.

Allice Roi Pop Up Store

If Alice is your thing, you may want to stop by the pop-up store, open through Sunday. The invite says nothing over 350.00 and you can get a free Max Factor gift bag with purchase. We checked it out yesterday. Cute stuff, but don't expect sale prices.This isn't a sample sale. Highlights: Some Cute Vests, Babydoll Dresses and White Shirtdresses...



If you want to get a deal, stop by MODERNICA where they are having a huge FURNITURE liquidation sale. I hope they aren't moving!!!!!! On Friday, there were still some really nice pieces and most are 75% off or more.

Red Toe Nails Knotia Dress on Daily Candy!!!!

New Shop in the LES!!!!!!! Travessia's Grand Opening Party

WHAT: Travessia's Grand Opening

WHERE: Travessia
105 Eldridge St. between Broome and Grand

WHEN: Thursday May 3rd

WHY: Travessia is a gallery and boutique fusing visual arts and creative apparel in an
interactive experience

The Canal Chapter presents Sex, Drugs and Violence

New York, NY (April 2007) – With the cultural influence of writers such as J.G. Ballard and Cormack Mc Carthy, the films of David Lynch and Quentin Tarantino, the rise of ultra-violent first person shooter games such as the Grand Theft Auto franchise and Doom, the onset of Gangster Rap as the accepted theme music for urban culture, and the graduation of unarmed fighting on broadcast prime-time TV to mixed martial arts, anything goes bloody submission matches, it must be realized that the ideas of the 60's that were previously represented by the love and peace axiom, Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll, has been replaced by a culture heavily saturated with violence, pornography and war. Violence has become the new rock-n-roll in a culture where even the last great rock star of our time, Kurt Cobain who headed his super-group Nirvana in the 1990's, decided to end his life by blowing his head off with a shotgun. This, coupled with the ramifications of the political constructs created by the 9/11 terrorist attacks on international political spheres of influence, has produced new forms of fear and lust in the modern human. These factors add up to produce the maxim of this show, Sex, Drugs and Violence as an anthem to be used as a defining slogan of the 21st century. The artists represented here in this show have created new work for this exhibit using such diverse media as drawing, painting, video, sound art, photography, collage and sculpture in order to delve deeply into the chaos that is our modern existence.

Curated by Michael Anderson

www.chamuconegro.com

May 2nd – May 25TH, 2007

Opening Reception, Wednesday May 2nd 6 – 8pm

RSVP to rsvp@thecanalchapter.com

CHERRY BLOSSOM CIRCUS

CHERRY BLOSSOM CIRCUS **
FRIDAY, MAY 4th at Secret Project Robot...
Greetings!
Cherry Blossom Circus Mayhem and Delight!!!!!!

Come one, come all to the first night of Williamsburg Fashion Week! Treehouse and fellow local boutique Sodafine are joining forces to bring you "Cherry Blossom Circus", the fashion show to dazzle all fashion shows. This japanese-inspired circus will tempt with fire-dancers, performing poodles, lion-tamers, stilt-walkers and more that we aren't at liberty to divulge... and they'll all be wearing wares from designers found at Sodafine and Treehouse. Watch them reveal the handmade and one-of-a-kind creations that make both of these Williamsburg boutiques such unique destinations...in the most delightful way! Participating designers include Feral Childe, Laurel Wells, Bobbi, Hubris and Homefries, Popomomo, Margarita Saplala, Sirius, Hodge Podge and more!

Marvel at the explosive color, sights and sounds!
Celebrate all the mad creativity blossoming in Williamsburg this spring!!!

When: FRIDAY, MAY 4th at 7:30 pm, fashion show starts at 8:30
Where: Secret Project Robot at Monster Island
210 Kent Ave at Metropolitan Ave
MAP: click here

p.s.: it's free! and there'll be drinks! and bellydancing fashion and after-party dance-party afterwards.... so super-duper enticing... bring a hot date! or find one!