GREAT DAY IN BROOKLYN AMAZING ORGANIZER, PRODUCER, AND SOON TO BE BIG BUSINESS WOMAN: KALALEA,... A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO SHE OPENED UP THE CUTEST LITTLE ORGANIC FOOD RESTAURANT IN BROOKLYN NAMED "SMOOCHES",... IT WAS A REAL HAPPENING PLACE,... THEY HAD LIVE MUSIC,... INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS,... POETRY READINGS,... A REAL NICE FUNKY CHIC DECOR,... CYBER CONNECTION,... GREAT FOLK DROPPING IN THE FROM THE "HOOD",... REAL HEALTHY FOOD & GREAT VIBE. AND SMILING ON HER SHOULDER IS NATURAL HAIR ENTREPRENEUR: ANU PRESTONIA OF KHAMIT KINKS (AMERICA'S PREMIER NATURAL HAIR CARE & STYLIST, SHE BRAIDED STEVIE WONDER'S AND OPRA WINFREY'S HAIR, TERRY MCMILLAN AND ALL OF OUR HAIR.)
GREG TATE: CULTURAL CRITC, VILLAGE VOICE WRITER, AVANT CARDE MUSICIAN AND "BURNT SUGAR" BAND LEADER.
DJ REBORN: WRITER/FILMAKER
DWAYNE RODGERS: PHOTOGRAPHER
JOAN VAN HEES: STYLIST & VINTAGE CLOTHING MAVEN, AND ME.
I BORROWED THIS FROM MY DEAR FRIEND & STYLIST SHARON PENDANA'S BLOG:
"few Sunday's ago, on the monumental steps of Fort Greene Park, photographer and restaurateur, KalaLea assembled a large gathering of Brooklynites who have impacted the Brooklyn arts community for the documentary project, A Great Day in Brooklyn, inspired by Art Kane’s iconic A Great Day in Harlem. I was honored to take part in this group of creatives and entrepreneurs including MoCADA’s Laurie Cumbo, Selma Jackson, Carl Hancock Rux and DJ Spinna".
I WAS REALLY HONORED THAT KALALEA HAD ASKED ME TO BE A PART OF THIS HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT... IT WAS REALLY GREAT BEING ON THE SET,... IT WAS HELD RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM SOUTH PORTLAND, WHERE I USED TO LIVE IN BROOKLYN, BACK IN THE DAY WHEN SPIKE LEE WAS ON THE BLOCK MAKING HIS "HOLLYCOULD" TYPE MOVIE'S. SPIKE HIRED JUST ABOUT EVERY BODY IN THE HOOD TO WORK ON HIS FILMS THAT HE AND MONTY ROSS'S PRODUCED.
IT WAS GREAT SEEING MY OLD HOOD, THE FOLKS,.. SEEING ALL THE CHANGES... VERY INTERESTING.
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