How do I describe Vashtie Kola in five words? Classy, artistic, and down for the set. Okay, that’s more than five words but she’s one hot mama. She has worked as the Director of Creative Services at Def Jam and has a passion for the retro 80s and 90s. She has worked with big name artists such as Jadakiss, Solange, Kid Cudi, Faith Evans, and US Placers and hopes to one day work with Bjork and Kings of Leon. A Nike-lover and creative-minded girl with big dreams, Vahtie Kola is just getting started and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Watch out now, she’s one tough cookie.

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*”What’s Up Docs” is Cinefamily and Cinema Eye Honors’ ongoing showcase of non-fiction features that are both innovative and firmly dedicated to artistic craft – not just those that are “good for you” or feature “an important cause,” but ones that create a lasting resonance and kick ass. A 90 minute spectacularly gripping documentary that unspools like a great political thriller, The Oath, from Oscar-nominated director Laura Poitras (My Country, My Country), is the cross-cut tale of two men whose fateful meeting propelled them on divergent courses with Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, 9/11, Guantanamo Bay Prison and the U.S. Supreme Court. Abu Jandal →

Guggenheim Museum is proud of present Julie Mehretu: Grey Area presented as part of the Deutsche Bank Series. This exhibition consists of six new large-scale paintings by American artist, Julie Mehretu, who has had international exhibitions and has received international recognition for her work. Mehretu’s work includes historical photographs, urban planning grids, modern art,and graffiti and explores the intersections of power, history, dystopia and the built environment as well as their impact on the formation →

Bleicher/Golightly and Hamilton Galleries are proud to present an exhibit by Mike Saijo which will feature recent works by Saijo which meshes the Contextualist ideal of deriving meaning in art from socio-cultural and historical context. Saijo is known for his “book pieces”, where he deconstructs pages of books and interplays them with images upon text. He will be attempting new areas including on-location installations, sculpture and incorporate painting, glass and sculptural elements into his work. Saijo’s work will →

Design in the Blood
Design Opinion

On April 19th the geek-central tech-blog Gizmodo posted earth-shattering news regarding the next iPhone. Now nearing 10 million hits the post included video and photos of what is apparently the forthcoming 4G model of Apple’s wildly successful smartphone. Unfortunately for Apple however, this is several months before Steve Jobs’ planned smoke-and-mirrors unveiling that gets everyone so damned excited. In the design world  anytime Apple so much as sneezes it triggers speculation about what it could mean. In fact rumors about their next ‘it’ products abound no matter what, so an un-planned leak was like an early Christmas for many. Except me. →

Koot Hoomi
Velvet Fallopian Tube/Luria Music
(2010)

I’ve never been much of a Hall & Oates fan. I missed them by a generation. By the time I was born they were about to release their twelfth album. I’m not going to be someone who proclaims a strong affinity for the 80′s when I was still enjoying graham crackers and milk in-between finger-painting and nap time as the decade was coming to a close. Still, I see and hear the effects of Hall & Oates more than I probably realize. Moving 40 million albums will do that. →

Legendary Japanese Artist Eikoh Hosoe
Aperture Gallery-New York City, NY
05/05/10

Aperture is pleased to present a talk and book signing with Eikoh Hosoe following Aperture’s recent publication of the trade edition of Hosoe’s groundbreaking Kamaitachi, and the day before the National Arts Club in New York presents him with The Medal of Honor Presentation for Lifetime Achievement in Photography.   →

Hollywood Forever Cemetery-Hollywood, CA
Starting 05/15/10…

Summer is fast approaching, and Cinespia starts soon. Expect a summertime of movies, music, and drinks by starlight. →

The Getty Museum-Los Angeles, CA
The Echoplex- Echo Park, CA
05/08/10 & 05/09/10

Les Savy Fav jams to hard-core, noise -rock and everything guitar-related in between. →

“Yo Gabba Gabba!” Origins
Cinefamily Theater- Los Angeles, CA
05/11/10

Just when you thought kids’ television had become devoid of vision and verve, Nickelodeon’s “Yo Gabba Gabba!” exploded in radiant rainbows onto the sets of unsuspecting cable TV viewers everywhere. →