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Looks like Lena Dunham won't be responding to Jezebel's controversial $10,000 bounty offered for untouched photos from her Vogue cover shoot. She tweeted the above last night. [@LenaDunham]
Slate offers a defense of Jezebel's 10K reward. "While Wintour and co. don't need to show their cover girl braless in sweats at the diner, they also could have taken a cue from her words and work."
There's a new dog training service in Park Slope that uses the principals of Zen Buddhism. [DNAInfo]
What are the most photographed places on earth? Of course there's a map for that. Zoom in and explore what's fueling all those Instagram accounts.
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Artist Shawn Hawkins' The American __tier series combine classic American imagery with internet slang and it's glorious. [Flavorwire]
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The mannequins in the window on the Houston Street American Apparel are now sporting full bushes. [Gothamist]
Funny! A new study by the University of Oxford says comedians have high levels of "psychotic personality traits." [Gawker]
Another humongous concert venue (might) be coming to Williamsburg. The New York Daily News claims that Bowery Presents has a 2,000 capacity spot is in the works over on Frost Street in a factory building that is currently a steel fabricator. They've already applied for a liquor license.
Watch buzzy UK band London Grammar cover Chris Isaak's 1989 hit "Wicked Game"at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn. Hot Damn. [via According 2G]
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This weekend marks the final shows at DIY venue 285 Kent and they've got a doozy of a send-off lineup planned, with sets from Fucked Up, White Lung, Wolf Eyes, DJ Dog Dick, Dan Deacon and mooooore. $15.
Disclosure, Princes of Electronic Music's "middle ground" perform Saturday at Terminal 5.
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Paige Powell's "John Basquiat Reclining Nude" is now open at Suzanne Geiss through February 22nd.
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It's the last weekend to see Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Frick.
Jay-Z brings his Magna Carter World Tour to Nassau Coliseum Sunday. [Tickets here]
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Thought Inside Llewyn Davis was dark? The Coen brother's brutal thriller Blood Simple screens at midnight tonight and Saturday at Nitehawk.
Has David Bowie's music seemed real down in the dumps to you as of late? There's a "cheer up" party for him tomorrow night at Wiliamsburg's Viceroy, complete with cake, an Aladdin Sane face painting station and tunes from his peppier days. [Brokelyn]
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The two-day Black Comic Book Festival kicks off today at Harlem's Schomberg Center.
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Normally we don't go out on Sunday night, but this Sunday's different since Monday is Martin Luther King Day. So we might just check out the Body & Soul party at Webster Hall, and Nouveau York at the Standard is always nice; or maybe we'll even subject ourselves to standing line for Horsemeat Disco at Output. [Via Resident Advisor]
FREE! Janelle Monae is playing a free show in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on June 4. OK, it's a little soon to start think about summer, but we love Janelle and this announcement made our day.
Looks like Lena Dunham won't be responding to Jezebel's controversial $10,000 bounty offered for untouched photos from her Vogue cover shoot. She tweeted the above last night. [@LenaDunham]Slate offers a defense of Jezebel's 10K reward. "While Wintour and co. don't need to show their cover girl braless in sweats at the diner, they also could have taken a cue from her words and work."
There's a new dog training service in Park Slope that uses the principals of Zen Buddhism. [DNAInfo]
What are the most photographed places on earth? Of course there's a map for that. Zoom in and explore what's fueling all those Instagram accounts.
Artist Shawn Hawkins' The American __tier series combine classic American imagery with internet slang and it's glorious. [Flavorwire]
The mannequins in the window on the Houston Street American Apparel are now sporting full bushes. [Gothamist]Funny! A new study by the University of Oxford says comedians have high levels of "psychotic personality traits." [Gawker]
Another humongous concert venue (might) be coming to Williamsburg. The New York Daily News claims that Bowery Presents has a 2,000 capacity spot is in the works over on Frost Street in a factory building that is currently a steel fabricator. They've already applied for a liquor license.
Watch buzzy UK band London Grammar cover Chris Isaak's 1989 hit "Wicked Game"at Baby's All Right in Brooklyn. Hot Damn. [via According 2G]
TIPS FOR THE WEEKEND:
This weekend marks the final shows at DIY venue 285 Kent and they've got a doozy of a send-off lineup planned, with sets from Fucked Up, White Lung, Wolf Eyes, DJ Dog Dick, Dan Deacon and mooooore. $15.
Disclosure, Princes of Electronic Music's "middle ground" perform Saturday at Terminal 5.
Paige Powell's "John Basquiat Reclining Nude" is now open at Suzanne Geiss through February 22nd. 
It's the last weekend to see Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at the Frick.Jay-Z brings his Magna Carter World Tour to Nassau Coliseum Sunday. [Tickets here]
Thought Inside Llewyn Davis was dark? The Coen brother's brutal thriller Blood Simple screens at midnight tonight and Saturday at Nitehawk. Has David Bowie's music seemed real down in the dumps to you as of late? There's a "cheer up" party for him tomorrow night at Wiliamsburg's Viceroy, complete with cake, an Aladdin Sane face painting station and tunes from his peppier days. [Brokelyn]
The two-day Black Comic Book Festival kicks off today at Harlem's Schomberg Center.
Normally we don't go out on Sunday night, but this Sunday's different since Monday is Martin Luther King Day. So we might just check out the Body & Soul party at Webster Hall, and Nouveau York at the Standard is always nice; or maybe we'll even subject ourselves to standing line for Horsemeat Disco at Output. [Via Resident Advisor]
FREE! Janelle Monae is playing a free show in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, on June 4. OK, it's a little soon to start think about summer, but we love Janelle and this announcement made our day.
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1. Hint: Though she looks like she might be the president of Kappa Alpha Theta at Southern Methodist University, just think of the exact opposite.
2. Hint: This musician would go on to trade his J. Press duds for some white-on-white flair.
3. Hint: This is a rare image of this singer's hair de-poufed.
4. Hint: This baby-faced footballer went from playing on the green to smoking it.
5. Hint: Something tells us this might be the last time this English Rose got a blowout.
6. Hint: Those lips!
7. Hint: This church girl went on to shoot whipped cream out of her boobs.
8. Hint: Do a visualization exercise and picture this young man with long hair and eyeliner.
9. Hint: Don't let the Sweet Valley High vibes throw you off -- this one has spent her entire adult life out of the sun.
10. Hint: This kid's caterpillar 'stache didn't prevent him from getting laid in life. A lot.
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1. I was able to plan a 26-hour layover in Istanbul before heading on to Tanzania. Because food is not only my job but also a big part of my life, I make eating a priority when I experience a new place. I have wanted to visit Turkey for most of my life, so I took full advantage of my short time there: I tried simit (a Turkish savory bread sold on every street corner); ayran (a staple drink made from yogurt, water and salt); a traditional chicken kebab; and baklava. I also really enjoyed sitting on a little stool at a sidewalk cafe sipping black Turkish coffee. The added benefit of an extended layover like this: It helps with jet lag, since it's the same time zone as my destination.
3. One afternoon, I met with a secondary cocoa farmer group we've been working with at the foot of Mount Livingstone on Lake Nyasa. The members of this group -- which is led by a woman, a rarity in Tanzania -- were eagerly waiting to show me the beans we purchased. Typically there are some issues to troubleshoot (usually having to do with mistakes in storing and harvesting) but the beans were stunning and the group was supremely well organized. This was a huge relief. Together we performed a cut test on a random sample of cocoa beans, where we cut the beans in half, examine the inside and grade each sample with a special system we have developed in Swahili.
4. I spent one night in the home of one of our farmer families at the foot of Mount Livingstone. My hosts prepared a wonderful dinner of Kyela rice, beef and fish and they bought bottles of orange Fanta for the occasion, which they could not afford, but that's what they do here -- something I call radical hospitality. I set up my mosquito net around a mat on the floor and as I was falling asleep I could hear drums in the distance, and the mother singing a lullaby to her baby in Swahili in the next bedroom. I was humbled, not because of the conditions here, but because of the attitude with which my hosts thrive in them. I was reminded yet again of why it's important that I travel to see our farmer groups. It's not just so that we can teach them, but so they can teach us.
5. The next morning I woke up to a rooster crowing, along with more songbirds than I could count, and then a group of farmers took me on a bicycle tour from one small farm to the next. We rode on trails, as roads do not exist. There is something so freeing and joyful about a bike ride under a cocoa tree canopy.
6. One day I led a workshop for the farmers on how to roast the cocoa beans and make cocoa liquor, hot chocolate and tea from the cocoa bean shells. Compared to countries in South America, Tanzania does not have much of a cocoa history, so this is not only fun, but important. Now this group can develop a fuller understanding of flavor possibilities, which depend on how they treat the bean post-harvest.
7. One afternoon, I met with about 200 Mwaya students under a huge shade tree. Most are in their mid-teens. We spoke in English, not Swahili (which was a good thing considering I speak very little Swahili, although I'm learning). Since this was my third visit, the kids and teens seemed really comfortable around me. We basically just sat and talked. One student told me that he wants to become a doctor and come back to his village. He is the top student (or what they call "Head Boy") in the school. I was inspired as I listened to him speak and I asked myself, "Is our partnership with this school helping remove these obstacles to his success?" That is our hope.
9. I typically ate the school lunch of corn, hominy and beans -- the same meal prepared for 900 students who now have lunch everyday thanks to a self-sustaining lunch program we started at the Mwaya Secondary School in June. The PTA of the school harvests delicious Kyela rice, which we buy to sell in the States, and then we return 100 percent of the profits to them so they can purchase and prepare local food for the students' lunches. We all agreed on a timetable for the Mwaya PTA to take over the project completely. We've basically been providing them with access to the market for their product, and now we are teaching them how to do it themselves. This is what sustainability is all about. By 2016, we will serve in an advisory capacity only.
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In 2011, after working as an editor for fashion magazines like Instyle, Harper's Bazaar and Lucky, El Salvadorian-born Ariela Suster founded Sequence, a jewelry line inspired and handcrafted by local artisans, in Tepecoyo, El Salvador. In just two short years the Sequence workshop, which offers work and classes as a positive alternative to local gang culture, has become a second home to its employees and surrounding community.
From the moment you arrive in El Salvador, you are immersed in its culture. The airport perfectly describes the country. It's one of the craziest places! When a visitor is coming from abroad, one person doesn't pick them up, 10 people pick them up, so when you walk off the plane, it's a sea of people waiting for their one person to arrive. It's scorching hot, totally packed and not an easy place to be, but there is so much happiness that you just embrace it.
Spending time with family is big here. I have a large family, so any meal can include around 50 people. We'll get together at my mom's or my uncle's house, have dinner and spend the night at home. It's the same on the weekends, but you go into the town where other families are gathering. It's a big party.
Once everyone arrives, we'll have breakfast, which is usually coffee and pupusas, a traditional El Salvadorian dish made of thick corn tortillas filled with beans and topped with coleslaw and some red sauce. I eat one, but some of the kids eat like six or eight of them. It's very easy to eat like crazy here! The town is full of artisanal shops that sell local candy and food. In the afternoons we'll have this local bread called semita. The food is simple, but really fresh.
We also offer our artisans classes in computers, English and cooking. On the weekends, we open up our workshop for the local community and give classes based in the arts like jewelry making, painting and theater. The whole vision is to transform community through art, so once my artists learn these skills, they can teach them to other people in the community.
The most inspiring thing about El Salvador is the people. People are always attentive to what you need, and there's always that feeling that somebody will help you out. Nobody feels above or beyond anyone. Even in the really, really poor areas you see people smiling and willing to help, even if they have absolutely nothing to offer you. That is El Salvador.
Each week in our Chefs Off Duty series, we talk to some of our
favorite chefs and industry folk around the country to find out their
secret late-night spots where they like to grab a bite and a pint when
their kitchens are finally closed. Next up: John Seymour, co-owner of Williamsburg fried chicken and waffles emporium, 
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