Backstage: True Beauty II    04.18.2008  


Check out the gorgeous girls who graced our True Beauty issue cover! Exclusive backstage footage right here from the cover shoot with photographer Marc Baptiste.

Olafur Eliasson    04.18.2008  


Flashing lights, eclipses, fog, ice and moss — it is not the coming of destruction, but Olafur Eliasson’s rather pleasant exhibit, “Take Your Time”, opening this weekend at MoMA and PS1.

“Take Your Time” is the first show in the U.S. to exhibit a wide range of Eliasson’s projects. In addition to the retrospective, six new works will debut among the 40+ installations, photographic and print series on display between the two museums. The large-scale pieces use nature’s elements and technology to, according to MoMA, “create unique situations that shift the viewer’s perception of place and self.

”Step into the spectrum this weekend and experience it for yourself.

Sunday April 20 – June 30 at

MoMA

11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

E or V train to Fifth Avenue/53rd Street

PS1

22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens

E or V train to 23rd St./Ely Ave. stop. While still in the station, follow signs to the 7 train to exit onto Jackson Avenue. Walk right one block to 46th Avenue.

All That Jazz    04.18.2008  

04.18.08MelodyGardot
She’s only 22, but she’s got the flow of a hot shot diva. Since she first started singing in Phillie’s jazz clubs when she was only 16, Melody Gardot has perfectly borne her name. But ask Melody and she’ll tell you that music means more to her than that. Music, she’ll tell you, saved her life.

After a very serious bike accident, it was thanks to her music therapy sessions that Melody got back on her legs. She still bears repercussions from her accident, walking with a cane and wearing tinted glasses. Writing her first songs during a convalescence, Melody’s first album, Worrisome Heart, is the perfect reflection of those past days, mixing pain and uncertainty with classical but audacious style and creating an intimate atmosphere at the intersection of jazz and blues.

Check her out on tour now in Europe.