Archive for the 2011- articles Category
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 [...]
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 [...]
2011- articles, Columns, Culture. Identity. Root|No Comments
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
2011- articles, Cover Model|No Comments
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 [...]
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Tags: A Belle in Brooklyn, Anthony Mackie, brooklyn museum, Grace Jones, Huffington Post Black Voices, Inkwell Deals, Iphone 5, NoBar, Sanford Biggers
Phoenix Rising: Our Rebirth and Change
September 11, 2011 by Administrator
It has been three months since I decided to re-launch this magazine in this compact form. In June, our store on Washington Avenue closed until December 2011 for renovation due to a fire and we opened one in Dumbo this September. For me, the loss represents opportunity, and a rebirth. The return of this publication to [...]
2011- articles, Editorial|No Comments
Tags: atim annette oton, Brooklyn, calabar magazine, Cassandra BromCalabar Magazine, Cassandra Bromfield, Ezinne Adibe, Krystal Deville, Patricia Spears, Phoenix Rising, the Hotness List
The Silence Factory: It is a fun place.
August 1, 2011 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton Every other day, I have the same discussion with someone: an African, a Caribbean or an African-American person. It goes like this: When will we get it together? They complain about how little progress is made and how we as black people are not ready and why? I listen, nod and [...]
2011- articles, Departments, Editorial, Working Your Creative Enterprise|No Comments
The Re-Launch: Old Stories and Phoenix Rising
July 10, 2011 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton My father was a story-teller and my mother a people gatherer. This is my heritage and my calling. Last month, I decided to re-launch Calabar Magazine, to be released September 2011. It is necessary, again, to be the distinctive black Brooklyn’s voice. Calabar Magazine is a place for story-telling, a [...]
2011 – A New Year, New Spirit and Events in the Brooklyn Area
January 2, 2011 by Administrator
2011 is the year of the Rabbit according to the Chinese Calendar. Here are some key events: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Weekend Birthday Bash! Saturday, January 15 – Monday, January, 17, 10am-5pm The Museum’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Weekend will feature a variety of classic Museum programs created to educate, enrich, enlighten, and [...]
2011- articles, Culture, Travel & Heritage, Departments, Editorial, Features|No Comments