Last year I was walking around Union Square Park in my sports bra… and I wasn’t alone. Together, we were 200 shirtless men and women supporting The S.E.A.K. Foundation’s Annual Sports Bra Challenge—an event that promotes confidence, boosts self-esteem, and funds year-round programming to support young teens who struggle with various social issues, including but not limited to, bullying and obesity. Read More

If you haven’t heard Christian Scott’s music, you are in for a unique, extraordinary experience with a true innovator in the world of jazz. The two-time Edison Award winning and Grammy-nominated trumpeter and composer, is celebrating his 30th birthday (with his twin, Kiel!) with two performances at Ginny’s Supper Club on March 30th. Read More

Macy’s Herald Square sure is delicious. Marcus Samuelsson recently headed to the De Gustibus cooking school located inside of Macy’s on the 8th floor for an evening of cooking, laughter, and a great cause. Marcus: Yes, Chef: Charity Event  was an evening of demonstration class and tasting, showcasing Marcus’s journey through life and food in Sweden, Ethiopia and the hustle and bustle of New York City. De Gustibus recreational cooking school, founded in 1980, hosts demonstrations by the most superior international chefs and wine experts, and Marcus is no stranger to superior food. Read More

Awesome book exhibition at Gagosian Gallery featuring iconic pop artist Ed Ruscha. The exhibition, which includes over 100 pieces, created by other artists in direct response to Ruscha’s “Twenty-Six Gasoline Stations”, is sure to be beautiful, interactive and varied. Read More

Chefs go tete-a-tete menu planning before dinner.

It was delicious magic in Baldwin Hills last night when Master Chefs Marcus Samuelsson and Govind Armstrong shared the kitchen at Post & Beam Restaurant to benefit the Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP). A long way from Harlem, Chef Samuelsson took the flavor and flair of Red Rooster across the country to team up with Chef Armstrong to celebrate Black History Month through a culinary lens, while reaching out to help the next generation of chefs realize their dreams though C-CAP, which helps underserved high school students train to enter professional kitchens and ultimately compete for culinary scholarships. Evidently, this event was years in the making and the kitchen was filled with very lucky and hard-working students dressed to the nine’s in their chef’s coats, standing proud and ready to work alongside the chefs. Read More

This past Sunday night, beneath the icy streets of Harlem, Ginny’s Supper Club hosted “Le Vogue A La Mode Folie”. It was part fashion show, showcasing fresh lines by Tyrell Collection, Ballantyne, Katrina Lankova and shoes by RebelSeven and part old-school, New York vogue ball, “Le Vogue A La Mode” celebrated Fashion Week in electric, genuine, uptown style.
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On February 3rd, the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers are kicking off just in time for dinner, at 6:30pm. The only questions bigger than “Which Bay are you backing?” is “Where are we watching it?” or “What are we cooking?” We’ve got sibling coaches manning opposing, bay city teams from two coasts, neither of which has ever lost a Super Bowl game. Original Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis plays his final game, the 49ers are the designated home team, and it’s going down in Louisiana. Read More

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Guests of Rooster know Thelma as our dear friend and our patron of the arts, and we’re so excited for her conversation with MoMA director Glenn D. Lowry on February 7th.

Topics discussed will include their take on how our galleries and institutions capture artistic communities and history, held in conjunction with MoMA PS1′s exhibition Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960–1980, which will be on display through March 11.

If you haven’t gotten a chance to see the exhibit yet, it’s worth checking out to see this examination of a pioneering group of African-American artists whose individual as well as collaborative talent with other artists helped shape a large part of Southern California’s art scene today. As well as viewing at least 140 works by over 30 artists, this exhibit also examines the increasing political, social and economic power of African Americans throughout the U.S.

For more information and tickets, click here.

Photo: Jeannette Park

Recently, I attended a panel discussion at the Natural History Museum between Marcus, Dr. Molly Jahn of the University of Madison, and activist and author Dr. Raj Patel on the topic of how climate, politics, and economics effect our food systems, and how we will feed the people on this planet in the future. According to Jahn, “There is more than one answer to why we experience famine and food insecurity around the globe.”  However, it is clear that it is not a lack of food that is the problem, but a insufficient infrastructure that leaves millions of people malnourished.

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On Thursday, January 10th, Marcus will be speaking on a panel at the American Museum of Natural History on the topic “How to Feed a Growing Planet.” Joining author Raj Patel (Stuffed and Starved) and geneticist Molly Jahn, the trio (moderated by NBC Chief Science and Health Correspondent Robert Bazell) will speak on the issues of food security vs. hunger, highlight the breakthroughs and perils of cutting-edge technology in the food space, and how what we eat affects the planet. Read More