WEDNESDAY 8

NYC-based urban-funk singer FARRAD is releasing new album The Time is Now tonite. Take the offspring of New Jack Swing, infuse with funky rock, add high energy performances, and you’ve got the sound. Farrad’s a potent performer and songwriter who leaves crowds mesmerized, inspired, and bumping in unison to the beat. Spank Djs Sean […]

“It was only a matter of time for art to jump on TV’s reality bandwagon. A cable series focusing on the contemporary art scene is in the works at Bravo. The show (whose title has not yet been announced) is being produced by Sarah Jessica Parker through her company Pretty Matches, along with the Magical […]

SUNDAY 5

The Brooklyn Is Burning exhibition features work that explores sex, identity and the body. Whether they are defying normative categories of gender or exploring the unconventional, these artists will certainly arouse your curiosity. Videos include Londoner Lennie Lee‘s extravagant food orgy that vividly illustrates the effects of excess and consumption, New York-based Kathryn Garcia‘s […]

Beth Ditto has a new collab with UK plus size bland brand Evans, owned by Arcadia group, who also own Top Shop. The collection of skin-tight hipster looks will be available starting July 9th. Ditto has been known to stich up a frock from time to time for her on stage persona looks. Now every […]

Betsey Johnson is eyeing up retirement after next September’s show.
The designer recently said that she wants to go traveling, and that she and her business partner, Chantal Bacon, are working on a succession plan which will allow her to hand over the reins and become a “megaconsultant” instead.
“I should be retired. I’m basically screwing up […]

FRIDAY 3

Germany’s Marcel Dettmann is one of the top visionary techno DJ/producer in the biz. With a residency at Berlin’s infamous Berghain and his own label MDR, Dettmann explores the undiscovered and undefined worlds where electro and dance music collide. Fellow Deutscland partner Move D spins in front room. Plus, resident DJs Spinoza and […]