Whitlow’s Bar & Grill, the historic watering hole that got its start in downtown DC towards the end of WWII before eventually moving to Clarendon and closing last summer, is resurfacing inside from the city limits on Tuesday, August 23.

Now called Whitlow’s DC, the relocated neighborhood hangout begins a new chapter at 5 p.m. in the Shaw space that was once home to Echo Park (2012 Ninth Street Northwest). The brothers’ short-lived replacement for Hilton hospitality at Gaslight Tavern opened across the street from the 9:30 Club in early 2020 with a fireplace room, two wood-paneled bars and an airy back patio.

With room for 200, the DC reboot is considerably smaller than its predecessor Whitlow on Wilson Clarendon, which has around 1,000 on its first floor and tiki-style roof.

“Things are going to be different, but the same fundamentals are there,” co-owner Jon Williams told Eater. “Be relaxed, don’t take yourself too seriously.”

And of course, ice cold beer. A 10-point draft roster makes room for plenty of locals like Atlas, Right Proper, and Solace. Cocktails are affordable, at least by DC standards ($10-$12). This includes freshly squeezed crushes with Smirnoff orange vodka and Sprite that cater to its Ocean City-loving regulars. Weekday happy hour also runs later than most (5-8 p.m.) with $5 beers and drinks and $8 cocktails on tap. Promotions run all day on Mondays and weekly events include “Singo Bingo” Tuesdays and Whiskey Wednesdays.

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A $10 “Shaw’t and a beer” whiskey combo — a big boy Budweiser or PBR with a shot of Four Roses Yellow — is a nice nod to his new neighborhood. At a pre-opening training day last week, Williams said members of Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office made a surprise appearance to reinstate the bar in DC. An official welcome letter signed by Bowser is already in place.

The relatively ready-made space has been given a Whitlow-style makeover filled with whimsical decor, retro art, sticker-tagged mirrors, and all sorts of treasured knick-knacks salvaged from its early days in DC until in his last hours in Clarendon. Devoted fans might recall the same Elvis-shaped lamp at the back bar or the ceramic drinking vessels above.

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Neon signs spelling out old-school beer brands like Stegmaier and Meister Brau perch above the back bar. The door connecting the two is framed by an ’80s “Cocktails” sign with winking olives. Unfortunately, says Williams, that iconic vertical “Grill” sign that hung prominently in front of its last two iterations was far too large — at 14 feet tall — to fit indoors or outdoors at Shaw.

Founder David Whitlow opened the original Whitlow’s at the corner of 11th and E NW streets in 1946.

“You would have FBI agents and factory workers sitting next to federal judges. It was all walks of life. That’s what he always instilled in me – to capture that spirit,” says Williams.

The legendary bar has moved across the Potomac River to Arlington, where Whitlow’s On Wilson has sat as a 25-year-old nighttime attraction with live music several nights a week. Whitlow’s 3.0 plans to continue the tradition with DJs and bands playing out front. In a wild coincidence, the existing art deco-style light fixtures in Echo Park hovering above the copper bar are carbon copies of those in Whitlow in Clarendon.

“This place feels like home,” Williams says.

The whole Shaw bar is set to dimmers that go down as the night goes on.

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Framed newspaper articles about Whitlows’ legacy join sports memorabilia displayed like Washington Capitals pendants and framed Nationals prints that honor each DC team’s national championship wins. As an ode to its proximity to the 9:30 Club, artwork in the bathroom features music greats like Lizzo, James Brown and Dave Grohl. Williams says he’s a big fan of the Foo Fighters frontman, and luckily for him, Grohl is considering opening a bar right next to the 9:30 Club.

To start, the hours are 5 p.m. on weekdays and 4 p.m. on weekends (which will extend to noon once the football season begins). Next door pizza Andy’s is providing slices for now, and Whitlow’s will be rolling out its own menu this fall. Look for the biggest hits like wings, burgers, grilled cheese and salads (but the days of its all-you-can-eat buffet, complete with crab legs, are over).

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The 14th Annual Craft Lake City Craft Festival presented by Harmons was Craft Lake’s largest offering yet, with more than 350 local artisans, vintage vendors, foodies, young entrepreneurs, artists and STEM exhibitors, throughout the weekend of August 12-14. These three days? A kind of blur.

A lot stands out, though, and what you saw was partly dependent on the day you came – Friday had Harmonies‘ VIP lounge, offering excellent seats for excellent artists like, XDX, Detzany, Angie Small and headliner Joshua James. Throughout the weekend, outdoor and indoor artisans occupied the entire southern half of the fairgrounds. Participants (and their dogs) browsed through them all, including vintage vendors like Maj MAEKwhich brought upcycled looks and retro patterns, artisans like SoyMurgawhich offered artisanal perfumes, sprays and self-care products, and food vendors like First Corn who showed us the tasty meaning of “pre-Hispanic vegetarian food”.

On Saturday, young entrepreneurs hawked their bespoke products, such as Sydney’s seaside creations, selling handmade jewelry made from shells. It was also Pacific Islands Heritage Day, so we celebrated with artisans love Kalani Tonga, a hafekasi (biracial Tongan/Swedish) artist and published author from Midvale whose works take traditional Polynesian motifs and employ them in unusual ways and with non-traditional colors. Our Google Fiber STEM Building hosted a sustainability day, giving DIY engineers like fungal focus a spotlight to show us how mushrooms are linked to the health of our planet.

On Sunday, many people had participated in at least one of the DIY workshops. The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art offered participants the chance to contribute to a mural, and the Art Museum of Utah let’s all help create a modular landscape design. We even hosted New Town Movementit is Barn Burner Dance Party– because hey, even a family event needs a DJ.

Next year’s DIY Fest (every year the second week of August) has some big shoes to fill. 2022 was the most crafters Craft Lake City has ever had at a craft festival, so our expectations for next year – the 15th year of DIY Fest—are high. We’ll see you then, but enjoy our photo coverage of the event (we’ll update it over the week!), and don’t miss us for holiday market later this winter!

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Mary Gaitskill is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer celebrated by readers and critics alike (this one included) for her uncompromising acumen and lucid vivisection of our mottled human nature. Now she is also something else: a blogger. In June, Gaitskill, who is sixty-seven, began writing a column on Substack titled “Out of It.” Gaitskill has long kept her distance from social media; no one was more surprised than herself to see her dip a toe in the waters of the Web. “A surprised hello! This is how she greeted the readers of her first post.

In no time, however, Gaitskill found his groove online. In “Out of It,” she tackled literary topics like the difficulties of writing political fiction and the “inner consciousness” that creates a writer’s style. She wrote about current events and social trends – incels, the Amber Heard-Johnny Depp lawsuit, the meanness of people, the destabilizing effects of life on the internet – and posted videos that made her happy. It’s free-form Gaitskill, riffing, thinking aloud, freed from the relative formality of the printed word. She is having fun. A few weeks ago I spoke with Gaitskill on Zoom. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity.

You just left a new message about me just a few minutes ago!

I was incredibly prolific.

Why nightmarish?

Well, I just think, who has time to read this shit? When friends of mine say, “I haven’t read your substack,” I’m like, “That’s good. I wouldn’t read it. I couldn’t manage so many things in my mailbox. So if people just come and go, I think that’s fantastic.

People have also said, “You write so much. Did you write any of them in advance? And I actually wrote the first ones ahead of time, because I wanted to make sure they were good. But a lot of it was really improvised. Like the thing with Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. I had no intention of doing this. The memory of the therapist telling me, “People are just awful, and the sooner you realize that, the happier you’ll be.” I just repeated that to someone, and she was like, “You should put that on your sub-stack,” and I said, Yeah!

This seems like questionable advice at best, coming from a therapist.

Oh, I think that’s good advice.

You do?

I think this is some of the best advice I’ve ever received from a therapist. I failed to follow him. But there was a certain fantasy. It wasn’t like he was saying [harsh voice], “People are shit, and the deeper you accept that, the better off you’ll be.” It was like [whimsical voice], “People are horrible and stupid, and they are mean. And the sooner you can accept that, the more fun you can really start having. Do you see the difference ?

Yes. This actually reminds me of something you wrote in your first post. You were summarizing your work, which I think is a very difficult thing for any writer to do. And you said your work had “a brutal but morally ambiguous (read: realist) point of view, emphasizing the weird and granular emotional nature of human experience” – which, to me, sounds a lot like what this therapist says. Once you take a realistic view of humans, you can engage with them more fully.

Yeah, I don’t know. What you just read from my definition of my job was the best I could do.

I think that’s pretty good.

I think it’s morally ambiguous, generally. And I focus on the fine emotional experience of people’s lives. It is certainly realistic. Realism can truly encompass so many things. There is hardly anything unrealistic that a human being can invent.

But, coming back, why do you think the therapist’s advice was not good?

Well, now that you’ve explained it, I mean it the way you mean it. But he seemed almost dismissive of other people who might pull you away from them instead of connecting with them – which to me is something therapy is supposed to allow you to do.

Disdainful of what?

The other people.

I think he took other people very seriously. He said they were a force to be reckoned with and it wouldn’t necessarily be on your terms.

It occurs to me that “others” are really at the heart of what you are doing right now. I know you were nervous about writing publicly in this way, which makes sense, because writing for the internet is really different from writing first for yourself, then for a publisher, then for an audience who is not going to actively respond to you. below the text. Can you tell me a bit about why you were ambivalent about this project, what persuaded you to do it and how it went?

Well, I was ambivalent because I’m uncomfortable around a lot of people. I’m a little suspicious of it. I didn’t want to tweet, although I thought about it when Twitter first appeared, because I could see how powerful and engaging it was. But I was just, like, what do I have to say to so many fasting people? And I could just imagine myself tweeting something incredibly stupid, or drunk, or you know. . . .

I think the weird thing about internet communication is that people don’t – it’s almost unreal. They forget what they say. It’s almost like they’re talking to themselves: you’re sitting in a room and there’s no one in front of you. Like when you’re writing a book, it’s not that direct, the communication. You’re telling a story that you know people can read, or you’re making a point that you know people will read, but it’s not just about talking off the top of your head. And there is something about this improvisation. You reveal your psyche. Unless you are very smart, you reveal your psyche to a lot of people [snaps] like that.

And I didn’t like that. The combination of distance and intimacy troubled me greatly. But, at the same time, there is this huge thing that is very important in people’s lives and I have nothing to do with it. It was just weird. I was uncomfortable with that too.

So when it happened, it seemed like an interesting way to be a part of it without having to expose myself so quickly. At first, I didn’t let people comment, because it’s hard for me not to respond to people. That’s one of the reasons I haven’t been on Twitter. I thought, if I say something and fifty people answer me, I’m going to go crazy, either trying to answer them all or trying to ignore them all. I finally decided to do the reviews, and I got some very interesting ones. Horrible comments don’t really happen that much. The most hostile was someone who was very, very angry because of a grammar mistake I made.

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation’s 13th Annual Unconditional Love Gala returned to the Hamptons on a beautiful summer evening on the legendary Gin Lane in Southampton, NY.

The big night has been one of the highlights of this summer season in the East so far. Chaired by Jean Shafiroff, the event honored Jonathan McCann, Founding Chairman of SASF and William Bratton, former New York City Police Commissioner. The honorary president was Georgina Bloomberg. The annual event was the biggest fundraiser for the shelter in more than a decade with a reception, sit-down dinner and dancing. Additionally, a live, silent auction raised much-needed funds for the animals.

Proceeds from this event have directly supported the more than 5,000 animals that pass through SASF’s doors each year.

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation, an open-membership, non-killing 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is supported exclusively by community donations and grants.

From caring for and finding homes for stray and abandoned animals to providing low-cost veterinary care and training dogs so animals can stay in their homes, the shelter has become a vital resource. in our community. No animal is left behind.

Notable attendees included Bill Bratton, Jean Shafiroff, Jonathan McCann, Martin Shafiroff, Rikki Klieman, Pat Deshong, Rocco DiSpirito, Morgan Oliveira, Southampton City Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, Magdalena Schneiderman, NYS MP Rebecca Seawright, Jaclyn Brunckhorst, Greg D’Elia, Mayor Jesse Warren, Martyna Sokol, Jill Rappaport, Kim and Greg Dryer, Elizabeth Shafiroff, Debbie Bancroft, Ian Duke, Elena Gibbs, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Ann Liguori, Susie Wagner, Greg D’Elia, Nancy Stone, Terry Moan, Dede Gotthelf, Eve Brookville and David Hochberg.

Board members of the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation are Susan Allen, Beau Hulse, Wendy Wegner, Bonnie Klapper, Renee Schlather, Brigid Fitzgerald, Dorothy Frankel, Sarah Freedman, Jordan Lippner, Marcy MacMillan, DMV, William Matuska and Lorraine Egan. Platinum Vice Presidents include Susan Allen, Allen Wyoming Foundation, and Leslie L. Alexander Foundation.

Vice President Diamond Jonathan McCann and Martin & Jean Shafiroff. Corporate President, Stifel. Silver Vice Presidents Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller, Lorraine, Bill & Lynn Egan, Karen & John Ferguson, Paul Herman, Beau & Patricia Hulse, Southampton Hospital Foundation, Bonnie Klapper & Lonny Schwartz, Ms Nicholas D. Mastronardi.

The Foundation’s welcoming committee included Antonella Bertello, John Crawford, Rocco DiSpirito, Kim Renk Dryer, Elena Gibbs, Geri Garvin, Missy Hargraves, Asia Lee, Rolise Rachel, Randi Schatz and Dawn Jessica Strain as well as the team from the foundation, including the executive director. Pat Deshong, Beatrix Parash, Director of Operations, and Nicole A. Tumilowicz, Director of Marketing.

The evening began with a silent auction as well as a cocktail including Summer in a Bottle rosé from Wölffer Estate Vineyards, freshly made Tito craft vodka, Uni Tequila cocktails and appetizers passed by the caterer Robins Wolfe.

Attendees were then treated to a three-course meal featuring award-winning chef James Beard, Rocco Dispirito’s Tindle Chicken Parmigiano, a plant-based gourmet dish.

In her remarks, Jean Shafiroff, Gala Chair, said, “We were delighted to honor Bill Bratton and Jonathan McCann.

This year we welcomed both a number of long-time supporters and many new supporters.

We also saw the presence of many new young juniors – which is wonderful as they represent the next generation of animal lovers and supporters”.

Live and silent auction highlights included: The Boca Raton, Sailhamptons with a Hinckley Picnic Boat, Atlantis Bahamas, Sun Valley Resort, Yacht Kingfisher, The Baker House 1650, London Jewelers and art by Camilla Webster, Leila Pinto, Hakob Hakobian, and George Schulman. Other items included tickets to the New York Knicks, Rangers, Mets and Islanders, as well as tickets to a Billy Joel concert (to be attended at his private booth).

The gift bags included a $250 serum from Clinical Skin, a $100 gift card from Bionova, Aloisa Beauty, socks from Bombas, Petralyte, Cafe Vitoria, Serenity Tea, Kim Renk Jewelry, Burlap & Barrel Royal Cinnamon and gluten-free nut bread from Rocco. DiSpirito.

Generous restaurant donations were made by The American Hotel, Dopo La Spiaggia, Union Steak & Sushi, Union Burger, Page 63, The Bell & Anchor, Lulu Kitchen & Bar, Manna and Sen Restaurants.

SASF

The Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation (SASF) is a non-profit, open-admission, no-kill 501(c)3 shelter that relies on the generosity of its donors and volunteers to care for homeless animals in its community and to place them in “eternal homes”. The number of animals in need of help is increasing every day.

Overpopulation of pets on Long Island is a major problem. Whether it’s caring for stray animals found wandering the streets, rescuing neglected and abandoned animals, or rescuing dogs from the horrors of the puppy mill industry, the shelter is a safe haven for all animals. and for some, a last resort.

Without SASF, these animals could not survive. The shelter provides a springboard for animals to find a loving home. It provides them with housing, food, medical care, training and rehabilitation if necessary.

They not only host community pets, but also partner with other shelters and shelters, located on Long Island, New York, and southern areas including Puerto Rico and Mexico, to rescue animals. who find themselves in difficult situations.

For more information, visit www.sasf.org.

Photo credit: 1) Eve Brookville. 2) Jean Shafiroff, Rebecca S…ht, Elizabeth Shafiroff. 3) Jill Report. 4) Jean Shafiroff, William Bratton. 5) Jean Shafiroff and doggie. 6) Missy Hargaves, Debbie Bancroft. 7) Patricia, Nicole and the cuties. 8) Location. By Patrick McMullan, Society Allure.

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The Morgan Library and Museum
From June 10 to September 11, 2022
New York

Rick Barton’s life is reminiscent of those found in the pages of urban storytellers like Damon Runyon and Studs Terkel. A folio of prints by an impoverished stranger are donated to a museum, an intrepid curator searching for the tenuous threads of his life discovers other forgotten donated drawings in other institutions’ storehouses: the artist receives a stellar museum exhibit and is saved from obscurity. Barton’s drawings are windows into his modest bedrooms, prison cells, religious shrines and the gay clubs of San Francisco. His work chronicles a time when gay men flocked to San Francisco, but he was not part of the famous gay scene around the King Ubu Gallery founded by Jess Collins and Harry Jacobus with Robert Duncan, and he was not known to other San Francisco artists like Wallace Berman and Bruce Conner. His relative anonymity makes him even more fascinating. Barton’s lack of careerism is refreshing in our time of desperate strategies for self-promotion, self-glorification, and the art world. The viewer gazes transfixed into the private world that Barton recorded with his incessant, diaristic drawings.

Many of his drawings like Untitled [Disarticulated draftsman] (May 11, 1960) begin with Barton the cartoonist. In the drawings, we often see his hands on the paper, a notepad resting on his lap, and his feet sticking out like foremen. His own words give us a clue as to his process. Barton briefly ran a gay bar called The Last Resort, where he installed Bach fugues on the jukebox. There, as art teacher he gave lessons in Chinese line drawing to the Hell’s Angels, declaring: “you enter the DRAPERIE through STILL LIFE! You enter the FIGURE through the DRAPERY! » In drawings like Untitled [Bedroom concert] (1960), Rick Barton’s Chinese Line (1960), and Untitled [Bed with reclining figure and musicians] (1962), we see Barton on his bed surrounded by imaginary musicians filling his shabby room. His solitary life opens with a symphony of lines, filling pages teeming with figures, they have a kind of musicality and dance over the pages.

Among the few references to Rick Barton that can be found, the most touching is that of Etel Adnan “Unfolding an artist’s book.” Barton gave Adnan her first folding book, and she describes it as a “mystical transfer”. She depicts him as a fixture in San Francisco cafes sitting at tables drawing incessantly. He had picked up the folded books, the inkpots and an opium habit when he had embarked as a sailor in Asia. Two of his folding books fill long display cases in the exhibition and are diaristic, multi-layered and compelling. Untitled sketchbook (1962) and Untitled sketchbook (1961), use this Chinese literary format with the same level of detail that we find in those historical scrolls which depict an entire village with tiny houses and figures. It’s literature and Barton is one hell of a storyteller. The volume, the number of digits and the amount of detail captivate the viewer. The scrolls are his magnum opus.

Barton was an autodidact and a school dropout from a poor New York family. He practically lived in libraries and spent time at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He may have briefly attended Amédée Ozenfant’s New York art school on the GI Bill, where he may have learned to draw from the model. Some of the most touching works in the exhibition are his interpretations of the Old Masters, copied from art books. Untitled [After Jan van Eyck] (1962) is Barton’s red ink version of van Eyck Portrait of a man (Self-portrait?) (1433). The drawing of the turbaned head on the left is done with various types of hatching, the chin drawn and redrawn with the corrections left in place, a device found in Matisse’s drawings. The version on the right is Barton’s version of the masterpiece, a hauntingly haunting psychological portrait. Barton had no artistic naivety: he also knew the work of more contemporary designers such as Jean Cocteau, George Grosz and Matisse, and is in line with modernist trends.

Barton was periodically incarcerated, usually on drug charges. His prison drawings are among his best. Seeing them, Jarrett Earnest noticed that they reminded him of the work of Jean Genet A love song (A love song) (1950), this great film of homosexual love behind bars. Untitled [Reclining inmates] and Untitled [Inmates] (both from 1959) are masterpieces. The floating figures in the first are drawn in what was probably available in red ballpoint pen and graphite, with alternate figures rendered in each medium. The pathos, character studies, and breadth of psychological portrayal are memorable.

The exhibition has sections: ‘Introduction’, ‘Intimate Interiors’, ‘Ritual and Architecture’, ‘Social Spaces’ and ‘Flora and Fauna’. Each is rewarding and filled with gems. Jung said churches not only act as spiritual containers, but can also function as symbols of the self. Barton drew many church interiors and exteriors, and pieces of them can be found even in cafe interiors, such as an altar behind a coffee pot in one of the scrolls. Here, the sacred and the profane come together for this soul seeker. Barton had a devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe and visited her shrine in Mexico. He taught his friend David Nelson to say in Spanish: “The Virgin of Guadalupe is the queen of the world. She was there to save him from danger and act as his Beatrice. The Queen of Mexico (Queen of Mexico) (1960) is a drawing of his shrine with pilgrims in the foreground. Barton, with his emotional torments, was also a pilgrim who needed a protector and comforter.

It wouldn’t be fair to end the review of this haunting and memorable exhibit without a hats off to Morgan’s Rachel Federman. She was the curator who brought it out of obscurity with real leg work and scholarly research and is currently the only scholarly resource on Barton’s work. His catalog essay is a great work of art and captures the life and spirit of the man; she is also an endearing storyteller. I encourage you to buy the catalog and go to the Morgan Library to see one of the best exhibitions of the season.

90 day fiance Newcomer Jibri Bell recently made headlines after a televised argument with his best friend and teammate, Daveed, turned physical. Daveed questioned Jibri about fiancée Miona’s intentions, which resulted in a duo fight. Viewers are eager to find out if their otherwise strong friendship can survive.

Jibri, who is currently starring in the ninth season of the TLC reality series, is working hard to make a name for herself in the music industry. He’s busy balancing his career, returning to his home state of South Dakota, and his relationship with Serbian beauty Miona, who just arrived in the United States on her K-1 visa. The stylish couple seem to have many dreams and aspirations in common, and they both put a lot of effort into their relationship. Even though Jibri clearly loves the limelight, fans are learning new things about the multifaceted musician every day.

Jibri is a musician

Jibri is the leader of the Black Serbs, a band he describes as “space punk”. The group mixes various musical styles, including hip-hop, punk and electronica. Jibri founded Black Serbs with his high school friend and emcee, Daveed Dacho, originally from Serbia.

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The group is completed by Damn Brandi, a talented rapper, as well as producer and multi-instrumentalist Space Cash. They have toured Chicago, Serbia, and Macedonia, among other places, and regularly release new music.

Jibri is a scammer

Jibri may soon win the title of one of the smartest 90 day fiance husbands. During his short stint on the reality series, he has already found plenty of ways to monetize his fame. He released the latest Black Serbs single, as well as one for his solo musical project, on the same day 90 day fiance 9th season in premiere. He’s also on YouTube and Cameo, and often partners with brands on his Instagram page.

However, one of the musician’s most notable crushes involves the pants he ripped before Miona arrived in the United States. He created an NFT inspired by his wardrobe malfunction, which sold for over $10,000. Eventually, Jibri sold the original ripped pants for a whopping $28,000.

Jibri likes to travel

Jibri and Miona love to travel. They spent time together all over the United States, as well as in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Kenya, Spain, Dubai, Serbia and Thailand, where Jibri proposed.

Constant displacements are one of the many currents 90 day fiance Criticisms. Viewers have wondered how reality stars regularly go on luxury vacations and then claim, like Jibri and Miona, that they can’t afford to live anywhere but Jibri’s mother’s house. However, traveling provides an important opportunity to learn about the world and the young couple should enjoy these experiences while they are able.

Jibri met Miona while touring with her band

Jibri met Miona in 2019 while touring with Black Serbs in her home country Serbia. He was performing at the EXIT Festival and Miona was present. Jibri said they met during her performance and then reunited after the set.

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The couple dated for about 6 months before Jibri popped the question. In a recent Q&A video on the couple’s YouTube channel, Miona revealed that she had been a fan of Jibri’s music and online personality for more than a decade before meeting him at the festival.

Jibri has many significant tattoos

Jibri is covered in tattoos, many of which are deeply meaningful to him. On a recent Instagram reel, he showed off the art on his right leg, which he called “a canvas for my ancestors who fought for my freedom.” Her leg features detailed imagery of civil rights leader Malcolm X and abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

Jibri also has an image of his grandfather on his chest, as well as several animal tattoos, including a lion and a wolf. He often works with the same tattoo artist, Slobodan Pepic of Pepic Tattoo Studio in Serbia, who specializes in realistic artwork. Jibri visits Slobodan’s studio every year to get inked.

Jibri is a fashion designer

Both Jibri and Miona are style icons in the making. The duo’s shared interest in fashion and their support of each other’s passions quickly made them one of 90 day fiance warmest couples.

While living in Los Angeles, Jibri worked as a celebrity stylist. Now he’s teaming up with Miona and her mother, who is a seamstress, to create a unique clothing line. They sell their handmade creations, as well as other items they have purchased, on their Poshmark page. According to Miona, many items for sale were worn on the show.

Jibri is close to his mother

Jibri is very close to his mother, Mahala. He said on the show that his birth father wasn’t in the picture when he was growing up. In an adorable Mother’s Day Instagram post, Jibri thanks her mom for providing for her and explains, “Watching you and learning from you has given me the strength and wisdom to be a great human…”

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Unfortunately for Jibri, Miona doesn’t feel the same way about Mahala. During a recent 90 days episode, Mahala called out Miona for her risque clothing choices and asked her to dress more conservatively. Miona, of course, was offended by the request. Jibri tried to encourage his mother and his future wife to see beyond their differences.

Jibri is a commercial truck driver

Jibri’s best friend and teammate, Daveed, started Strong Group Trucking Company during the pandemic. He encouraged Jibri to get a commercial trucking license and drive for the company. Jibri accepted Daveed’s offer, briefly driving trucks and training drivers for the company.

However, Jibri retired from trucking to pursue her music and her relationship with Miona. Daveed and Jibri have had a strained relationship since then, with Daveed expressing his doubts about Miona. However, the friends seem to have the best intentions for each other. Daveed turns out to be one of many 90 days secondary characters deserving of their own spin-off.

Jibri feels at home in Serbia

Jibri has embraced Serbian culture since befriending bandmate Daveed, a Serbian refugee. He has since learned to speak a little Serbian with Daveed and is now practicing the language with Miona. The musician even occasionally gives interviews in Serbian.

In an interview with Telegraf, Jibri said that Serbia “was my second home”. He continued: “My wife is Serbian [referring to Miona], and my life is Serbian, and everything that is Serbian for me is fair. Jibri said he felt more racially accepted in Serbia than in the United States, explaining, “When I come to Serbia…I’m not black, I’m human.” I’m not human in America…I’m garbage.”

Jibri goes by his middle name

Jibri’s full name is actually David Jibri Ritcherson-Bell but, like many celebrities, he chooses to use his middle name instead. It is not known when or why he decided to go through Jibri. It could be because his teammate’s name is Daveed, and they don’t want to confuse fans, or he may just prefer his middle name.

Jibri has several pseudonyms, in Serbia he is called Jovan Crnovic. Additionally, an Instagram post on the Black Serbs account states that Jibri was “gifted with the name Yovo by his brother Dacho [Daveed].” Jibri is not the only one 90 days star to go by their middle name. Chantel Jimeno’s legal first name is CeAir and her middle name is Chantel.

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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations are unique for several reasons, but at the most basic level they establish a sense of permanence not seen at traditional fixed-route stations that can be subject to route changes and interrupted use. For this reason, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is seeing increased interest in its future BRT stations, especially in the development community.

MARTA’s future stations for its Summerhill BRT corridor aim to provide a modern experience with community programming, as well as stimulate economic development focused on affordable housing. And with these goals, MARTA further strengthens its place as a community asset.

BRT stations boost economic development

As mentioned, developers and investors are already showing interest in funding projects along the BRT corridor. In March 2022, MARTA and the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs) opened the Skyline Apartments, a transit-oriented (TOD) development with 250 units of affordable housing located across from the Southern terminus of the Summerhill BRT line.

This TOD project is made possible through a larger partnership between MARTA and Goldman Sachs which established a $200 million initiative to fund new developments at or within one mile of MARTA stations. Although MARTA has no money in this initiative, it has established the criteria for the program to advance equitable investment and development near transit.

The partnership is part of the Greater Atlanta Affordable Housing TOD Initiative, which is a flexible, multi-product program designed to promote and support the development of mixed-income, TOD, and affordable housing projects that benefit from proximity to the 38 heavy-duty housing units of MARTA – train stations, 12 Atlanta Streetcar light rail stops, and in new transit investment corridors, such as the Summerhill BRT corridor.

MARTA’s Senior Director of Transit-Focused Development and Real Estate, Jacob Vallo, shares that he sees this as an encouraging sign from the development and investment communities, adding that MARTA is just coming to be included in property marketing packages for major development projects if it is close to heavy rail.

“What I’m hoping for is that bus rapid transit gets that same level of respect because it provides that level of connectivity that’s important and that’s a convenience for tenants,” Vallo said. “I think it’s this evolution of permanence. Bus stops are equally critical, but from a dollar investment or the importance of capital investment, the development and investment community certainly sees this permanence and is drawn to it.

In addition to increased investment, the initiative with Goldman Sachs and MARTA also contributes to equity by increasing affordable housing and partnering with Black-owned and Black-led organizations and developers. , and especially led by black women, to build the TOD projects.

“If we have access to capital that could benefit someone’s projects [then] you make those connections because ultimately it elevates the whole community along that corridor,” Vallo said.

Modern equipment for a modern service

The all-new TODs won’t be the only feature of the Summerhill BRT corridor. The service will include 16 stops equipped with modern equipment to improve the customer experience and increase connectivity and safety.

For example, MARTA created an inventory of pedestrian connections to assess the sidewalk infrastructure around several of its future BRT stations. The inventory includes the results of field visits that identified deficiencies such as broken sidewalk pavers, needed ADA ramp upgrades, limited pedestrian lighting, and other connection issues for pedestrians due to level crossings. MARTA is working with the Atlanta Department of Transportation, Georgia Department of Transportation, Norfolk Southern, Atlanta Belt Line, and private owners to address these issues.

Other service features include 85% reserved lanes, transit signal priority, off-board fare collection, real-time information and two hybrid pedestrian beacons. At each station, passengers will experience level platform boarding, station signage and screens with route map information, inclined rails, station telephone with white light, ramps with lattice panels, polycarbonate roof, window, benches and railings with built-in artwork panels.

A larger footprint opens up opportunities

Typical customer conveniences like real-time information and personalized shelters won’t be the only things that improve the customer experience. With a permanent and broader footprint, MARTA thinks outside the box on how it can capitalize on its BRT stations. An example is the expansion of the agency’s Fresh MARTA Market from its heavy rail stations to BRT stations.

Vallo explains that going forward, the agency is focusing on the southern terminus for fresh markets to conceptualize the idea, but will focus on stations with the highest ridership which are likely to have the most customers. who can benefit from better access to fresh produce.

“We want to make sure that, if we pass the first two filters, okay, there’s good traffic, there’s a physical location opportunity for that; we also want to make sure it’s in the area of ​​food insecurity as identified by the USDA,” Vallo said.

Vallo notes that the agency could also consider adding food vending machines to its future transit hubs — which primarily serve bus routes — such as at its heavy rail stations. However, he adds that MARTA could re-examine the options available to promote a healthier lifestyle to better position transit as a public health good, as well as align with its contribution to the wellness agenda. StationSoccer.

StationSoccer is a program run by Soccer in the Streets, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization. The scheme was launched at MARTA’s Five Points station at the plaza level, creating the world’s first football pitch project inside a train station according to the non-profit organization. MARTA hopes to extend StationSoccer to Summerhill BRT termini, but each BRT station can be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Vallo shares these types of programs can add value to stations and other transit facilities.

“As we start to think about early activation, we can talk about the biggest TOD, but how can we have an impact today or tomorrow, because these TODs take a long time,” Vallo said. “So what can we do to help address some of the mayor’s concerns about activating some of these surface parking lots? The arts are a great way to do this.

And StationSoccer isn’t the only community program offered at MARTA. MARTA also hosts dance, theater and live music events at its passenger facilities which could potentially expand to future BRT stations. These live music, dance and theater events are part of the Artbound public art program, which also includes murals and other visual arts. MARTA’s goal with public art is “to bring joy to the experience,” says Vallo, and by working on the Summerhill BRT corridor, project teams are more willing to have an art director around the table to improve the project.

“I think the functionality is expected, but to go beyond that you have to really affect or have a positive visual impact on the senses,” Vallo said. “The customer expects the thing to work. You don’t get credit for that just by working. You get screwed if it doesn’t work, but I think to get back the goodwill we need to focus on some of those sweet things.

Future prosperity

Growing interest in development and investment communities and the opportunity to educate them on how bus service is a convenience to their projects, as well as the introduction of a new mode of public transit service which offers new amenities and a new approach to bus stations have brought Vallo enthusiasm for the region.

“I think our region has a really exciting opportunity to continue to do these projects and benefit the community, but also to do infrastructure projects that are considered important and permanent, and relating to the community of development and investment,” added Vallo. I am optimistic for our region.

Zapotok said he “tried to create confusion and wonder” around the truck before adding his company name, “Okiest Dokiest”, this weekend, then hit the road this spring and summer to sell his works at fairs. Put a hard-to-miss pencil on his 1996 Ford Ranger, who then painted the whole thing yellow, certainly did the trick.

“It gets great reactions,” said Zapotok, 28, who specializes in illustrations and fabrications. “Everywhere I go, people wave at me or smile at me, and people stop me all the time to ask me questions.”

Beyond grabbing attention, the concept behind the pencil aligns with the type of artwork Zapotok strives to produce, he said, incorporating “a lot of puns and comedy, or something fun or positive”.

“I think things that are very surprising are great, and scale has a lot to do with that,” he said.

Zapotok bought the truck used in December after realizing his girlfriend’s Kia was no longer big enough to transporting all the items he wanted to sell and exhibit at festivals and art events.

“I was packing it to the ceiling,” he said. “I wanted to have more and for it to be easier to pack.”

From the start, Zapotok knew that no matter what he bought to replace the Kia, he wanted to do something creative and different, and that it had to have “a giant pencil on it”.

“I really like doodling, and I was doodling one day and I drew a small truck with a pencil on it,” he said. “And that really grabbed me.”

Once he bought the truck, which was originally dull beige and did not have a rear cap to cover the bed of the truck, his vision began to take shape. He realized that with the help of some creative friends, it was possible to make and place a giant pencil on the vehicle.

After fixing the truck itself, which required a lot of maintenance, Zapotok and his friends set to work customizing the vehicle based on his brainchild, a process that took just over two weeks.

Zapotok said it printed dozens of 3Ds components to shape the front and back parts of the large pencil, while someone who works in carpentry built the middle part from hollowed out wood with supports.

“I have four 3D printers and I was running them around the clock,” said Zapotok, who shared many technical details of the project on Instagram.

As for the yellow paint job and the details of the pencil, which weighs about 60 pounds, Zapotok said the parents of a close friend donated the group space in their garage in western Massachusetts for a long weekend, allowing them to finish the job.

“For a lot of these things, I don’t have the knowledge, the skills, the tools, or the space to do it,” he said. “But with [the help of] my friends, I had all that.

In April, what Zapotok calls the “Magic Pencil Truck” began appearing on the streets of Somerville, immediately causing a stir. Because there were no words or logos, people were understandably curious and rushed to find out more online.

“Does anyone know the story behind this custom Yellow Pencil Truck design?asked someone on a Reddit forum for residents of Somerville last month.

Theories varied but generally revolved around puns.

“That’s so if they accidentally hit a bumper they can erase their mistake,” one person joked.

“The first thought was, ‘Is this for a tax/accounting help service?’ And yet, no logos or contact info. Mysterious,” another mused.

The truck has also become a topic of conversation on a second Reddit thread (“Obviously from pencilvania”, someone wrote), as well as Universal hub.

Zapotok said he was aware of the online chatter, but wanted to let it build a bit to create mystery around his project.

The inscrutable design piqued the curiosity of a Globe reporter who left a note on the vehicle’s windscreen on Thursday. The next day, Zapotok responded and revealed the meaning of the striking accessory.

But it won’t be a secret for long. On Saturday, the truck makes its debut as a “company vehicle” at the “Awaken the Earth Festivalin Jamaica Plain, complete with logos and branding.

Looking to find Zapotok at the event? His truck will point you in the right direction.

“It makes everyone smile when they see it,” he said. “It brings joy to people.”

Steve Annear can be contacted at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @steveannear.

This weekend offers a chance to go wild during the Houston Zoo’s 100th anniversary celebration. Speaking of animals, people will gather for the annual furbaby tribute: Puppies for Breakfast (read more).

One of America’s wittiest and most sardonic comedians comes to town, while a local entertainer makes a splash at a beloved brewery. And Tuesdays may be for tacos, but this Sunday offers ultimate taco baking.

Have fun: here are your best bets for the weekend.

Thursday April 28

Holocaust Museum Houston and Kenny and Ziggy’s Present the Ultimate Chef’s Tasting Party
Holocaust Museum Houston and Kenny and Ziggy’s will host this tasting, which will pay tribute to Marty Ginsburg, husband of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Their marriage defied the gender expectations of the time. Marty was an avid supporter of RBG’s legal career and shared child-rearing and household responsibilities long before the men did. This unique event will feature recipes from the book Supreme Leader: Martin Ginsburg. 5:30 p.m.

Moody Center for the Arts presents Hilma
This multi-part opera by Daniel Zlatkin is an invitation to enter the world of Hilma af Klint, the Swedish occultist painter, considered by many to be the first modern abstract artist. Through Zlatkin’s original music and libretto, Hilma embarks on a spiritual journey, aided by her living friends and astral guardians. Across five stages, backed by an all-student cast and orchestra, the realization of Hilma’s artistic vision unfolds. The two-night performances will take place at the Lois Chiles Studio Theater. 7 p.m.

Performing Arts Houston presents David Sedaris
With a sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris (author of books such as Naked, Speak to me nicely one day, The squirrel is looking for the chipmunk and Let’s explore diabetes with the owls) became one of America’s preeminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers dealing with the human condition today. 7:30 p.m.

Friday May 29

The Donkeeboy & Friends art exhibit at the 8th Wonder Brewery
Join Donkeeboy and a few of his friends for an evening of local H-town art. Customers will enjoy the art of Donkeeboy and Donkeemom, Noke, David “Skeez181” Flores, Hop Muncher, M.Clark, Andrea Celeste, L’Eau and Sir Los. DJ Jerry Gshock will spin for the duration of the art exhibit, and Los Jefes Market will feature on-site handmade goods that tell the unique story of the people who created them. The top food trucks Blk Mkt Birria and Seoulside Wings will also be parked and ready to serve. 6 p.m.

HTX Whiskey Weekend
City Place in Spring will host its first weekend full of delicious food, fitness, and fermented fun. The first is the East Meets West Dinner, a ticketed dinner featuring a four-course dinner hosted in partnership with sustainability-focused food group, The Butcher’s Ball. Saturday will have A Taste of City Place, featuring a whiskey tasting area with a variety of distillers. And the outdoor brunch known as Waffles & Wheels will wrap things up. 6 p.m.

Houston Cinema Arts Society presents great freedom
The Houston Cinema Arts Society is teaming up with Goethe Pop Up, Houston MFAH Films and The Big Queer Picture Show to present the Houston premiere of this Cannes winner. In post-war Germany, Hans was convicted of homosexuality, grounds for imprisonment under Paragraph 175. As Hans returns to prison again and again, he develops an unlikely bond with his cellmate Viktor , a convicted murderer. What begins as revulsion blossoms over time into something much more tender. 7 p.m.

Houston Symphony presents Andrés farewell: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
For his last concert as musical director of the Houston Symphony, Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts the monumental Symphony No. 2, Resurrection. Contemplating the meaning of life and the mystery of death and culminating in a blaze of transcendence that shakes the rafters and soars towards the heavens, it’s a concert experience unmatched in any music. More than 200 orchestras and singers will fill the stage for this unmissable event. Saturday’s performance will be available live. 8 p.m. (2:30 p.m. Sunday).

Saturday April 30

Puppies for breakfast in Market Square Park
Celebrating 11 years as Houston’s original and one-of-a-kind dog festival, Puppies for Breakfast returns after a two-year hiatus – the biggest puppy party of the year. The event features dog costume contests, 40 vendors, dog-centric brands, and the world’s largest piñata! The event is free and open to the public (and furry friends in the public, of course), but a $5 donation is encouraged to help local rescues. 10 a.m.

The Texas Beer Experience and Pop Fizz Click Present Puro Pinche Podcasts
Come hang out at Big Owl Craft Brew House with several podcasts – Pop Fizz Click, Nerd Alert with Marty McGeek, nothing matters, TX Beer Experience, and Cold Beer Conversations – will be recording live for a special beer podcast collaboration. Turkey Forrest Brewing Co. will introduce new beers, while Blank Flag FP will serve food and Space City Snax will come with micheladas. Noon.

Community day of the Menil Collection district
Enjoy an afternoon of art, music, poetry and family activities to celebrate the vibrant museum district. Participating organizations include: DACAMERA, Houston Center for Photography, Inprint, The Menil Collection, Pride Chorus Houston, Rothko Chapel, Watercolor Art Society and Writers in the Schools (WITS). Food and drink vendors will be on site: 93’Til (mocktails), Dibi Rapide (West African cuisine), Houston Sauce Co. (vegan comfort food) and Popston (popsicles). Noon-5 p.m. Free.

Mont Art House & Bisong Art Gallery present “In Color”
Mont Art House and Bisong Art Gallery invite you to an open house event as they join in the fun at Sawyer Yards Spring Showcase. This event will feature artwork by Jason DeMeo, a contemporary artist working in Central Florida, creating art that inspires transformation and connection, and Wayne J. Bell, a local visual artist known for abstract expressionism with oil paint and unique brushstrokes on canvas. . 4 p.m.

Backyard Bash Free Radical Record Outing
Free Radicals, a musical, political and cultural force in Houston for more than two decades, released their new album White power failure Vol. II earlier this month. This 25-track project is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut volume, which was named Local Album of the Year by the Houston Chronicle. Continuing their quest to end white supremacy, the Radicals will celebrate the release of the album with a show at the Continental Club. 7 p.m.

Sunday May 1

Houston Area Parkinson Society Presents Blues, beers and BBQ
Blues, beers and BBQ will feature multiple blues bands (including Trudy Lynn, Steve Krase Band and Mean .44s), BBQ from 2 Guys 1 Pit BBQ & Catering, treats from Tete Treats, games and more. Proceeds from this event are used to fund therapeutic exercise and support groups, social services, and educational programs that the Houston Area Parkinson Society (HAPS) provides for people affected by Parkinson’s disease in eight counties in the Houston area. . Noon.

Bobcat Teddy’s Taco Cook-off
Bobcat Teddy’s will commemorate the Cinco De Mayo festivities with a Taco Cook-Off sponsored by Modelo Especial. For $20, guests can taste and vote for their favorite taco while relaxing with a cerveza or margaritas on the Bobcat Teddy’s patio. Live music will play throughout the day. 1 p.m.

Fish 20th Anniversary Celebration
Fish Sushi Restaurant and Bar will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a party giving thanks to the city of Houston and Midtown, its original and current home for the past twenty years. Staff will serve free samples of some of Fish’s most innovative Japanese-inspired dishes. There will also be indoor and outdoor activities throughout the day, including a festive lion dance, giveaways, raffles and more. 4 p.m.

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Keri Sheheen, 31, grew up at a well-known Staten Island bakery learning the trade of cake decorating.

“Mother Moss gave me a unique insight behind the scenes of running a small business and the amount of hard work and dedication it takes to be successful,” said the Ward Hill resident.

Her mother, Joan Sheheen, and her business partner, Teri Rutigliano, “built Mother Mousse from the ground up.” And before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Sheheen was preparing to buy Mother Mousse.

“My mom and Teri were looking to retire and we were just waiting for lawyers. When the pandemic hit, it gave me a moment to really think about what I was getting into,” she said.

Sheheen said that’s when she recognized her passion was creating art — most of which is inspired by the skeleton, superstition and supernatural imagery — and not baking.

“Basically, I didn’t think [baking] was the right person. It was an incredibly difficult decision to make, but I finally decided to close my eyes and start my own business,” said the artist, who is a fan of “everything Halloween.”

In 2021, she officially launched Parlor Trick Prints LLC, turning her hobby as an artist into a career.

“Parlor Trick Prints is an art brand. I create unique wall art and clothing, all with original designs. I also provide illustration and graphic design services, as well as custom printed garments and laser services,” she added, noting that Mother Mousse was taken over by former employee Andrea Lasaponara and Melissa DePalma. .

INSPIRED BY HER PARENTS

While Sheheen was inspired by her mother’s “sharp business acumen” and “unwavering ambition to create unique, quality products”, another role model in her life was her father, Dennis Sheheen, an illustrator and graphic designer. died in 2020.

“[My father] was completely self-taught and always encouraged my creative side as a child. Growing up with two independent parents, with totally different business models, definitely influenced how I viewed career opportunities,” Sheheen recalls.

She said it inspired her to start her own business.

“My mom has business acumen and my dad has creativity, so I feel like I’m torn between the two. My father’s illustration work and paintings are forever an inspiration to me, even after his passing,” Sheheen said.

‘SCARY BUT CUTE’ DRAWINGS

As for how she offers her designs, Sheheen said she grew up in a “modern Addams family” household.

“My father was an avid collector of oddities and strange relics. … Our house was filled to the brim with vintage posters, unique illustrations, skeletons, taxidermy and a whole library of strange information. Growing up in a modern Addams Family home definitely paved the way for my morbid imagination,” Sheheen said.

“I’ve heard people call my work ‘scary but cute’, ‘weird but whimsical’ and ‘macabre.’ Personally, I describe it as ‘the art of the strange and unusual’,” she added.

She said these unconventional designs are often inspired by objects she encounters in her daily routine.

“Sometimes I read a tidbit of interesting or weird history or lore. Much of my work is inspired by vintage pulp art illustrations and magician and sideshow posters. bright colors and graphics accompanied by mysterious or disturbing images.Nautical images/superstitions are also preferred,” Sheheen said.

Her artwork and clothes are sold through Etsyat craft fairs and in stores in the Tristate area.

‘ALWAYS CREATE’

Whether drawing or sculpting, Sheheen was always creating something when she was growing up.

This penchant for art led her to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in Printmaking, with a minor in Film Studies from SUNY New Paltz in 2013.

“After graduating and no longer having access to studio equipment, I slowly began to build my own screen printing studio in my parents’ basement/various apartments while working full time at Mother Mousse as a specialist cake decorator. The path from ‘fine artist’ to ‘baker’ hasn’t been as difficult as you might think – the only difference is that the material you’re working with can be eaten” , she said.

Whatever spare time she had after work at the bakery would be spent expanding her artistic practice and slowly building her studio.

“I did screen prints on paper, wood and clothing. I have also created “wood transfers” of my artwork, which are digital prints transferred by hand onto wood. I was constantly looking for different ways to mass-produce my work, while keeping my hand in the process at the same time,” Sheheen said, noting that she would sell her work at pop-up markets and festivals in Staten Island, Brooklyn. and in New Jersey, even before she officially launched Parlor Trick Prints.

Today, Sheheen owns a color t-shirt printer and a C02 laser cutter that allow him to print designs on everything from clothing to wood.

FREE EXCHANGE PROGRAM

After receiving two scholarships from Staten Island Arts, Sheheen created The exchange of living room impressions — a free program allowing engravers to share and receive work from other engravers across the United States.

“The second grant is for a stop motion animation project in collaboration with my partner, Carl Gallagher. Carl wrote the music and I created the animation. We have a premiere scheduled for June at Makerspace in Stapleton,” she said.

PARLOR TRICK PRINTS AT A GLANCE

Website: parlortrickprints.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/parlortrickprints

Instagram: @parlortrickprints

New Businesses in Focus is a weekly column that chronicles the stories of new Staten Island business owners. If you have a new business in Staten Island, email [email protected].

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