Posts Tagged calabar imports
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
Re-Invention, Mission and Risk in hard times
July 8, 2010 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton After spending four days at the International African Arts Festival in Brooklyn as the business Calabar Imports, I observed an interesting phenomena and came to the conclusion that some black retail businesses and other businesses these days are stuck in a rot. And rot is not polite word these days. The economy [...]
2010 - articles, Working Your Creative Enterprise|1 Comment
Tags: Brooklyn, calabar imports, down economy, International African Arts Festival, retail business, small business
Launch Editorial
January 9, 2010 by Administrator
Dear Reader: Welcome to CALABAR, a new publication about home décor, fashion, culture and the arts in the hottest borough of the greatest city in the world. Why Brooklyn? Look around – Brooklyn is booming … not just with new construction everywhere, but with creative energy and entrepreneurial verve that we haven’t seen in ages. [...]
Departments, Editorial|1 Comment
Tags: African, American, Asian, Bonnie Sandy Sterling, calabar imports, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, patricia spears jones
Reflections in the midst of a recession
December 29, 2009 by Administrator
by Atim Annette Oton, June/July 2008 After my last article on Food 4 Thought, a Brooklyn restaurant, I was thrilled to see their re-emergence in the same space with a slew of partners that included Brother Solomon, the guy who created Solomon’s Porch and the Sankofa Collective, a locally based Bed-Stuy organization. My wish for [...]
2008 - articles, Columns, Working Your Creative Enterprise|No Comments
Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn restaurants, calabar imports, Food 4 Thought, Harriet's Ego, Pieces, recession
Social Media: The 2010 Business Rules
December 28, 2009 by Administrator
An experience with Social Media – Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
2009 - articles, Columns, Working Your Creative Enterprise|No Comments
Tags: 2010, calabar imports, calabar magazine, facebook, linkedin, small business, social media, twitter
A Brooklyn Shopping Escapade
December 26, 2009 by Administrator
A Summer Shopping Experience by Atim Annette Oton and Bonnie Sandy Sterling Summer is here and already the traffic is hectic and in full blast. Who’s coming? Who’s going and what to take with you for vacation? What can you get? And more importantly, where can you find it? The age-old shopping questions prevail. This [...]
2007 - articles, Fashion|2 Comments
Tags: black designers, Bonnie Sandy Sterling, Brookkyn Shopping, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Boutiques, brooklyn fashion gallery, Brooklyn's creative industry, calabar imports, Fashion, fashion industry, moshood, Pieces, Tribal Truths