Excecutive Chef Chris Coleman's SPRING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN Feast

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

May 10, Petaluma Restaurant — Influenced by Top Chef Ross Siragusa and chef Cecilio Matos, Executive Chef Chris Coleman served a dazzling array of Spring Mediterranean dishes for a party of Journalists, an International Designer, a Director and a Supermodel as part of a warm up in preparation for his new television show and book in development.

VOICES OF GOTHAM Fund Raiser

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Jay Gurewitsch

On February 4th, Voices of Gotham, the New York men's chorus group, was the beneficiary of Arcadia Spa & Home’s First Mondays Fundraiser.

Happening the first Monday of each month, First Mondays are free afterwork socials that benefit grassroots, local and NYC based charities. Over the evening, 10% of the evening’s sales and 100% of raffle proceeds are donated to the featured cause—part of Arcadia’s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility.

Housing Works, Broadway Cares, Angel on a Leash, Trinity Place Shelter, GMHC and the PTAs for both Lab School and PS11 have benefited from First Mondays and shared almost $3,000 raised since May.

“Our First Mondays events benefit local charities that have real and positive impacts on our community,” says owner Jay Gurewitsch. “We want to foster those relationships and encourage connections between our customers and these causes.”

SCOOTER LaFORGE Art Exhibit

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Scooter LaForge with Munch

On October 26th at the Munch Gallery, Scooter LaForge had his one man show. His popularity and reputation, greatly enhanced by his hand painted T-shirts and other fashion accessories, which are carried by the Patricia Field Boutique are such, there was as much of a crowd out on the sidewalk as there was inside the gallery.

Even though I was having loads of fun, It was kind of difficult for me to get good photos of his art on the walls, with such a large crowd blocking the view. To see more of his art, click on his name link above and also on his portfolio page at the Munch Gallery web site.

PRETTY MASCULINE APP: A Look Behind The Scenes

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Celebrity Photographer Mike Ruiz partnered with Echo Interaction Group to transform his coffee table book, Pretty Masculine, into an interactive photographic gallery for the iPad. The Pretty Masculine App will offer access to Mike’s creative process. “As an artist and photographer, I've always been interested in peeling back layers and portraying people out of context,” says Mike. The Pretty Masculine App will introduce an Innovative way for people to enjoy art. It is a photography showcase with interactive functionality, the first of its kind to be published by a photographer.

Couture Fashion Week: ROBERT FLORES

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Robert Flores escorted by his models

Winner of  the “Best Menswear Designer” at Miami Fashion Week in 2008, Dominican designer Robert Flores presented a mostly formal line up for Spring 2013 on September 15th, at the Couture Fashion Week event that took place at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel ballroom.

GLAAD Manhattan

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On August 7 at Humphrey, located at the Eventi Hotel, the National Board of Directors of GLAAD, President Herndon Graddick, this year's Planning Committee and Co-Chairs Jessica Resler and Ted Shields presided GLAAD's annual casino-themed fundraiser.

BEFORE WE WERE QUEER Art Exhibit

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Hugh Ryan, founding Director of The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History

The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art had the opening reception on August 11 of the multimedia community installation "Before We Were Queer", presented by The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History.

GOING DOWN IN LA LA LAND Film Premiere and DVD Sale

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Photo essay. No information has been provided to go with the images.

Going Down in LA LA Land Film Premiere took place at the Cinema Village on April 20th.

LIPSTICK LEGENDS by Angela Bowie Book Signing

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

Angie shows off her new book

June 8th was a Champagne Night celebration, when Angela Bowie showed up at Lair Lounge & Restaurant for the signing of her latest book Lipstick Legends, which is about the trend setters who redefined sexual mores in the 1970s. From London, to Japan, Los Angeles, New York, and Switzerland, Bowie talks of her own personal experiences and along the way she passes on the thoughts and ideas of some of the most compelling voices of the decade.

Angela Bowie has been writing articles in British Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, and on the internet magazine Frock. She is the author of three previously published books: Two autobiographies, Free Spirit (1981, which includes some of her poetry) as well as the bestseller, Backstage Passes: Life On the Wild Side with David Bowie, published in 1993 and updated in 2000. It detailed her alleged drug-fueled and openly bisexual lifestyle with her former husband and many other well-known musicians. She also wrote The Pocket Guide to Bisexuality.

The movie Velvet Goldmine was loosely based on her life with David Bowie. She was fictionalized as a character named "Mandy", portrayed by Toni Collette.

Also on display were copies of her CD Moon Goddess

FRUITS GONE WILD

reporter: Miguel Dominguez

On July 21 at the Wild Project Theater, 195 East 3rd Street, New York City, Fruits Gone Wild, the comedy show of the 10th annual Fresh Fruit Festival took place, hosted by Lady Clover Honey of NYC Life Television's Under the Pink Carpet.

Fresh Fruit is an inclusive International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Culture & Arts Festival held in New York City. All Out Arts' most exciting ongoing event, The Fresh Fruit Festival feeds the spiritual and artistic souls of the LGBT and artistic communities.

The All Out Arts mission is to "Fight discimination through the arts." To that end, Fresh Fruit is presented by All Out Arts to celebrate the LGBT community's unique perspective, creativity and diversity and to build links between the LGBT artistic communities, be they local or international.