TUESDAY 5
Stella McCartney Trunk Show

Brit designer Stella McCartney, known for her leather-free products, is in NYC doing a trunk show of her Fall 09 designs. Get a frock and check out the Q&A hosted by legendary Barneys window designer Simon Doonan.
Barneys New York, 660 Madison Ave, NYC, 212-826-8900, 1-3pm, www.barneys.com
Lady Sovereign + Chester French + […]

MONDAY 4

Electric Six have often been confused with being some freakish, euro-trash band. But in actuality, they’re basically a garage band from Motown. Known for whimsically disturbing videos like Danger! High Voltage, which explores feelings of gerontophila, and Gay Bar, the ode to everything homo (later covered by Peaches), E6 have managed to muster up […]

SUNDAY 3
Times Talks Sundays

Talk show host and executive producer Tyra Banks talks with New York Times Magazine editor-at-large Lynn Hirschberg, about her career, her future, her weave, her butt – and asking Barack Obama to gaze into a crystal ball when he appeared on her show…should be very in depth!
The Times Center, 242 W 41st […]

The highly collectable and coveted Visionaire, multi-format album of fashion and art, is back with latest edition Visionaire 56 Solar, in collaboration with Calvin Klein Collection.

This time around, the creatives have come up with a book that appears to be all white, with black & white imagery. Take this baby outside, and watch it go […]

FRIDAY 1

Santigold is performing an intimate gig tonight to benefit The Art of Elysium‘s arrival in NYC. The Art of Elysium is a non-profit organization which encourages actors, artists, and musicians to volunteer their time and talent to children battling serious medical conditions. Tickets and RSVP nyrsvp@theartofelysium.org.
The Jane, 113 Jane St, NYC, 212-924-6700, 9pm, $100, […]

SATURDAY 2
Buraka Som Sistema

Portuguese electro group Buraka Som Sistema are known for their brand of kuduro- an upbeat sound from Angola that has elements of punk and deep tribal house. Tonight BSS play tracks from new album Black Diamond, featuring hit tracks Sound of Kuduro with M.I.A. and Aqui Para Voces.
Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St […]