Although sports movie don’t usually get us into the cinema, we’re keen to watch the credits roll at Sugar, a new film from Half Nelson directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The film — which, like Half Nelson — is getting stellar reviews, tells the story of a Dominican baseball ace recruited to play in [...]
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First Husbands Flake-Out at G20
Something is missing from the photo above — men! Taken at the First Spouses dinner in London as part of the G20 event this week, the pic shows all of the participating first wives — but no first husbands. Seems as if hubbies like Nestor Kirchner of Argentina and Joachim Sauer of Germany had better [...]
SHOWING IN SAN FRANCISCO: Brian Barneclo at Ritual Roasters
Transracial fave Brian Barneclo is now showing his groovy, graphic, geometric paintings at Ritual Roasters in our hometown of San Francisco. Barneclo — who we discovered during a visit west a few years back — is best-known for his contemporary-cool graffiti canvasses (see above) which along with festooning massive Mission District buildings, have appeared in [...]
ON OUR IPOD: Singer Aurora Barnes
Two weeks ago we had the pleasure of experiencing a concert by young chanteuse Aurora Barnes (above), a NYC native and graduate of the city’s famed High School of the Performing Arts. Tonight Barnes is back, this time with an intimate performance way Downtown at the 169 Bar on the Lower East Side. Although still [...]
DISCOVERED IN COLOMBIA (1): Xoco Puro Chocolate
As loyal Transracial readers know, we were just in Colombia — and have a lot to report, beginning with Xoco Puro Chocolate, a haute chocolatier we found in Bogota’s hip Zona Rosa district. Like New York’s Jacques Torres, Xoco is betting big on the whole single-origin trend, using chocolate entirely sourced from Colombia itself and [...]
MAKE A DIFFERENCE: At The Windrush School
Yes, times are tough across the nation — which is why a quality education has never been more essential. Help talented kids in Northern California get that education by supporting the Day of Service at the Windrush School in El Cerrito, just outside of San Francisco (students, above). Taking place on April 25th, the innovative [...]
TREND ALERT: Afghani Fashions
Fashion Weeks in the US and Europe are coming to an end — and with them an end to the gloomy retail scene worldwide. But one unexpected bright spot managed to emerge from London: The beginnings of a viable fashion industry in the war-torn nation of Afghanistan. Indeed, a trio of Afghani or Afghanistan-produced lines [...]
AFRICAN INGENUITY (2): Self-Propelled Mini Generators in Malawi
Malawian innovator Dr. Cedrick Ngalande has taken DIY to whole new levels. His nifty new gadget — the Green Erg generator — helps people self-generate much needed power in areas far off of conventional electricity grids. Harnessing the literal power of movement, the generator is attached to users as they walk around in their everyday [...]
UPDATE: Noa and Mira Select Eurovision Song
Transracial has been all over the Mira Awad and Noa Eurovision story – which sees Israel sending its first-ever mixed Jewish and Arab musicians to Moscow in May to perform for the nation. When we last checked in on Awad and Noa (above), they were in the studio recording a collection of songs — one [...]
COVETED: YSL's New $300 T-Shirt
In these dark economic times, there is certainly no excuse for spending $300 on a t-shirt. But if we did have a few bills kicking around, we’d dedicate them to the new YSL shirt above. Created to celebrate the French firm’s third anniversary of its updated Japanese operation, a mere 70 of the shirts will [...]