Sex, Lies & Secrets Fashion Show Saturday, August 27, 2008 at Spin Nightclub
Minneapolis, MN, August 2008…This Saturday, August 30, 2008 - IAmMoody.com presents “Sex, Lies & Secrets Fashion Show” a fashion show featuring the top Minnesota designers. Showtime is 9:00pm at Spin Nightclub in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The show is produced in cooperation with spark24 and Minnage.com.
Spark 24 is committed to showcasing the award winning Minneapolis Saint Paul arts scene to a global audience.
* A portion of the proceeds from the door will go to benefit flood victims.
Date: Saturday, August 30th
Time: Doors Open @ 7pm
Reduced Cover until 9:00pm
Location: Spin Nightclub
10 S 5th St
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-333-5055
Cliché boutique is a young hip clothing boutique for women located in Uptown Minneapolis. They carry new and locally designed clothes that encourages a slight edge to your wardrobe. Cliché loves to offer unique or one of kind items and are therefore always looking for new artist and designers.
Spin nightclub is a multi-level, state of the art nightclub located in the historic Lumber Exchange Building. The Featuring 40-foot ceilings, giant water wall, and state of the art sound and lights equipment. Spin has been the Minneapolis home to such celebrity guests as Diddy Tommy Lee, Kendra Wilkinson, and others. Expect surprise performances, guest DJs and the local who’s-who are the norm at SPIN, and our theme parties are, in a word, legendary.
IAmMoody.com is your one-stop-shop for custom event planning, branding and coordination. Richard Moody, visionary and founder of I AM MOODY, brings with him 30 years of worldly experience and a team of innovative and motivated liaisons who will ensure your event goes as planned and meets your needs with utmost satisfaction.
Minnage.com is a lifestyle website for people that wants more our of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The focus in on events, class, professionalism, and luxury. Minnage.com features over 10,000 photos of events across the Twin Cities.
More Information check out these websites!
spark24 - www.spark24.org
Richard Moody - www.iammoody.com
Minnage.com - www.minnage.com
Cliche Boutique - www.clichempls.com
Spin Nightclub - www.spinmn.com
The Twin Cities Best 1st of the Month Networking Event - Vive Now!
Minneapolis Urban League 19th Annual Family Day Saturday, August 2, 2008
Saturday, August 2 is Family Day, a day-long, fun-filled festival and parade your entire family will enjoy. Attractions at this year’s FREE festival will include a morning seminar from 9-11:30 a.m. featuring Kelvin Boston, the host of “Moneywise with Kelvin Boston” on PBS and best-selling author of Who’s Afraid to be a Millionaire? and Smart Money Moves for African Americans. Boston, along with several panelists from Freddie Mac, the FDIC and a financial planning firm, will discuss with the audience such issues as wealth building, investing and saving, predatory lending and avoiding foreclosure. The seminar is sponsored by Geico and will be held at the Minneapolis Urban League’s Glover-Sudduth Center, 2100 Plymouth Avenue North, Minneapolis.
At noon following the seminar, guests are encouraged to enjoy an amazing Family Day parade sponsored by ClearWay Minnesota/QUITPLAN Services immediately outside of the Glover-Sudduth Center, at the corner of Penn and Plymouth avenues. Festival and parade-goers will be able to watch our 100-unit parade as it winds through the streets to North Commons Park, where the festival will be taking place. The parade will include beauty queens, zany clowns, antique cars and marching bands that step in time to a rhythmic beat. Within North Commons Park, located at 1801 James Avenue North, the festivities will include an inflatable slide, pony rides, a Double-Dutch competition, and more than 50 local vendors and information booths. On stage throughout the day, local R&B, rap and gospel groups will perform. At 7 p.m., POWER, the evening’s headlining entertainment group will perform their old- and new-school sounds.
The day also includes a 100-unit parade, games and rides, and a headlining live stage performance by POWER
“This year’s Family Day will definitely delight and entertain each person in your family!” said Clarence Hightower, president/CEO of the Minneapolis Urban League, which hosts the event every year. “We initiated Family Day in 1989 to promote the unity and resolve of the inner-city neighborhoods, and provide residents with a FREE event as an alternative to some of the more expensive festivals. This year we’re proud to be able to provide everyone in the community with a truly exciting, entertainment-packed day!” The Minneapolis Urban League Family Day festival, one of the longest- running festivals in north Minneapolis, will be held from 12- 8 pm in North Commons Park at 1801 James Ave N. The Family Day parade, sponsored this year by ClearWay Minnesota/QUITPLAN, is a 100-unit parade and the fourth largest in Minneapolis, is scheduled to begin at 12 pm at Washburn and Plymouth Aves. and will end at Golden Valley Road and James Ave., the entrance to the park.
The following is a list of the Family Day activity highlights:
• Seminar and discussion with Kelvin Boston, host of “Moneywise with Kelvin Boston” on PBS — 9-11:30 am
For the first time, this year’s festival will include a morning seminar featuring best-selling author and financial journalist Kelvin Boston, host of “Moneywise with Kelvin Boston” on PBS. Panelists will include representatives from Freddie Mac, the FDIC and financial planning firms.
• A 100-unit parade — Begins at noon
This year’s parade will feature zany clowns, antique cars, beauty queens, floats and marching bands. The parade will begin at Washburn and Plymouth avenues and end at Golden Valley Road and James Ave, which is the entrance to North Commons Park.
• Main stage entertainment — 12-8 pm
Teen and adults will dance from 12-8 pm to a wide variety of the local rap, R&B, gospel, jazz artists and African dance, which will be featured on this year’s entertainment stage.
Entertainment headlining group POWER—7 pm
Power is a Minneapolis-based vocal group that offers audiences both an old- and new-school feel. Their power-packed stage show and soulful sound is likened to The Temptations, the Whispers, and New Edition, and includes pop, jazz, funk and R&B selections.
• Inflatable rides/games — 12-8 pm
Youth will enjoy jumping and bouncing around in our inflatable obstacle course, bounce castle with slide, and bounce house.
• Double Dutch competition — throughout the day
Double Dutch competitions for ages 8-11, 12-15 and 16-18 will offer prizes to the winning teams of four.
• Pony rides — 1-5 pm
Young children will get a thrill riding ponies around the festival grounds and waving to family and friends.
Each pony ride is FREE.
• Face painting—12– 8 pm
Children from infant to pre-teen can have different designs and shaped painted on their cheeks and nose.
• Food and merchandise vendor and information booths — throughout the day
More than 40 local vendors and community organizations will have booths in the park to sell their products and services, and share their information.
Since 1989, the Minneapolis Urban League has been providing the residents of the north Minneapolis community a safe, fun-filled day that they eagerly anticipate year after year. Today, Family Day attracts nearly 4,000 people who reside not only in north Minneapolis, but are from neighborhoods throughout Minneapolis, as well as St. Paul. For more information about the Family Day parade and festival, please visit the Minneapolis Urban League web site at www.mul.org.
The sponsors for this year’s Family Day festivities include Comcast, Carlson Hotels Worldwide, AstraZeneca, Caterpillar, Prudential and the City of Minneapolis Empowerment Zone.
About Family Day
Family Day is one of the longest-running festivals in north Minneapolis, and the Family Day parade is the fourth largest in Minneapolis. Begun in 1989, by the Minneapolis Urban League, Family Day festival and parade was created to promote the unity and the resolve of the inner-city neighborhoods, and provide the residents with an alternative to the more expensive festivals. The day-long festival, held in North Commons Park, begins with a 100-unit parade, and includes more than 40 local vendors, pony rides for the kids, and entertainment on the main stage. Please visit the Minneapolis Urban League web site at www.mul.org for more information.
About the Minneapolis Urban League
The Minneapolis Urban League is a community-based organization that provides human services and advocacy that will enable African Americans and other people of color to cultivate and develop their individual and group potential on a par with all other Minnesotans. The programs and services that the Minneapolis Urban League offer operate from eight facilities throughout Minneapolis and help approximately 20,000 people each year access quality employment, housing, health care, education and social services. For more information about the Minneapolis Urban League or its programs and services visit www.mul.org.
“And the Beat Goes On” Friday, July 18, 2008 with the Whispers at Trocaderos Nightclub and Restaurant!
The Whispers “Then & Now“
One of R&B music’s most beloved and consistently popular vocal groups, The Whispers will be performing at Trocaderos Nightclub and Restaurant on Friday, July 18, 2008. Tickets are available at the door or by calling (612) 465-0440. This is a 21+ show and the concert starts at 7pm with Special Guests, Power and Black. Trocaderos Nightclub and Restaurant is located in the historic downtown Minneapolis warehouse district at 107 Third Avenue North.
Trocoderos Nightclub and Restaurant has a full menu of some of the best appetizers and entrées in downtown Minneapolis. Come early, eat food and enjoy the music of the legendary group, The Whispers!
About the Whispers
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Four Decades of Pop and R & B Favorites, Seven Gold Albums, Two Platinum Albums, 12 Top Twenty Singles, 40 Charted Hits Since 1970, American Music Award Nominees, Soul Train Award Nominees, Grammy Award Nominees 2003 Vocal Group Hall of Fame Inductees, 2005 Regional Grammy Governors Award, 2002 NAACP Image Award
The Whispers began their legendary and timeless career in 1963. Twin brothers Walter and Wallace Scott joined with friends Nicholas Caldwell, Marcus Hutson, and Gordy Harmon to form a local singing group. They perfected their tight harmonies on the street corners in the Watts section of Los Angeles and in nightclubs in the in the San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area.
They began singing together as “the Eden trio” created by Nicholas Caldwell and Marcus Hutson. Later, they were renamed “The Whispers” by Lou Bedell of Dore Records. The group recorded nine singles for the Dore label between 1964 and 1967. Their fame grew in the Bay Area while performing in a series of what was known as “The Battle of the Bands” where they competed against other local acts for their fans appreciation and affection. In 1969 they released “The Time Will Come” for a small L.A. based label Soul Clock Records, and subsequently recorded their first Top 10 R&B hit, “Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong,” in 1970 when the group switched to Janus Records. By 1971 Gordy Harmon decided to leave the group and was replaced by Leaveil Degree who had previously sung with “The Friends of Distinction”.
Learn about the Whispers!
The Whispers produced a string of hits over the next two decades and emerged as the leading romantic singers of their generation, racking up one gold album after another and charting numerous R&B hits throughout the seventies and eighties. The Whispers were the first artists featured on the newly formed Soul Train label (co- owned by the TV show’s creator and host Don Cornelius and entrepreneur Dick Griffey). They gained national attention with their seventies albums, “One For The Money”, “Open Up Your Love”, and “Headlights” producing two singles that graced Billboard’s Top 20 R&B Charts: “(Let’s Go) All the Way” and “(Olivia) Lost and Turned Out”.
Their first platinum album “The Whispers” (1980) highlighted “A Song for Donny,” a song written by Carrie Lucas in memory of Donny Hathaway, and their biggest hit “And The Beat Goes On.” It was their most successful selling album (double platinum). The neoclassic “Lady,” written by group member Nicholas Caldwell, is still a favorite at concerts. 1987’s “Just Gets Better with Time”, went platinum. It featured the R&B number 1 and US Top 10 pop entry “Rock Steady”, a collaboration with Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds.
Their vocal style harkens back to a more genteel era of crooning, preferring soft pillow talk and songs that speak to heartfelt emotions. They are arguably the most celebrated R&B balladeers of their generation and still make women swoon with their silky yet forceful tenors of twins Walter and Scotty. In the 1990s, The Whispers joined the Capitol Records family releasing more favorites. Expanding their creative horizons, brothers Walter and Scotty cut “My Brother’s Keeper”, a critically acclaimed duet album in 1993, scoring another R&B hit with a cover of the Intruders’ “I Wanna Know Your Name.” “Toast to the Ladies” released in 1995 featured a collection of love songs dedicated to women all over the world. In 1997 the group moved to Interscope Records where they featured the works of Babyface once again with their album, “Songbook, Vol. 1: The Songs of Babyface”.
Marcus stopped performing with the group in 1989 due to ill health, and in 2000, when he passed on, the Whispers vowed never to replace him. In the new millennium the group still performs around the world to thousands of loyal fans. The group has not made any personnel changes and still consists of Walter Scott, Wallace Scott, Nicholas Caldwell, and Leaveil Degree. They have taken Las Vegas by storm, selling out in various casinos and hotels, and they have a tremendous following on the West and East coasts, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, St. Louis, Indiana, and Chicago. On September 23, 2003, The Whispers’ four decades of accomplishments were acknowledged when Charlie Thomas of the Drifters inducted them into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame. On June 12, 2005, The San Francisco Chapter of the Grammy Awards presented the Whispers with the prestigious Governors Award, the highest honor bestowed by an Academy Chapter. They continue to perform to sell-out crowds all over the world, and their popularity continues to grow among youth whose parents “raised” them on the Whispers’ music.
They are also known for their charitable work with youth that participate in the PAL (Police Athletic League) Reading Program, and their ongoing support to domestic violence organizations and cancer agencies. They are one of only a few “old School” groups that can boast of having over 40 years in the industry with a worldwide fan base, maintaining their vocal dominance and original members. The Whispers waited almost a decade to produce a new CD in 2006. This independent product, the first venture of their newly formed company “Satin Tie Productions”, is a masterpiece entitled “For Your Ears Only”. According to Walter, “This title is a way of saying to our fans that we appreciate everybody’s support that has been with us for many, many years.” Nick’s perspective deals with its essence. He states, “In my opinion, the CD represents the musical DNA and artistic expression of what the Whispers were and have become during their 42 years together. It was conceived to please the ears, hearts and minds of our super- supportive and loyal family of fans. It was a labor of love and I believe a body of work blessed by God.
r. Norman’s, the Place; the Taste and the Space!
Website: www.rnormans.com
Special invitation from r.NORMAN’S Bar:
r.NORMAN’S offers appetizers for only $3.00. That’s not all, mixed drinks, domestic beers and red and white house wine is also for only $3.00 and our great selection of tap beers for $5.00 from 4:30-6:30 PM Monday through Friday. What a perfect place to meet up before a show or a concert or just to get together with friends after work without breaking the bank. These great special are only offered @ r.NORMAN’S Bar.
About r.NORMAN’S:
r.NORMAN’S Bar and Restaurant is located at 700 Hennepin Avenue (on the corner of 7th and Hennepin in downtown Minneapolis).
The hours of operation are: Lunch Monday-Friday from 11a-2:30p; Dinner 7 Days a week beginning at 4:30pm Monday-Thursday 4:30p-11p; Friday and Saturday 4:30p-12am.
In the heart of the Minneapolis theatre district the dynamic duo of destination dining are at it again. From the award winning producer of ultimate fine dining and entertainment, David Koch, along with his director Randy Norman, comes a new concept that brings the glamour and hospitality of the past to Hennepin Avenue. Koch, with the expertise of Norman, brought to the Minneapolis scene the smash dining hit, Bellanotte.
The curtain now rises on their latest production. “We believe we have created the next level of fine dining and entertainment in Minneapolis. We have a passion for service, a commitment to quality and an authentic excitement about our vision,” said David Koch. “Guests will be warmly welcomed and will enjoy a service-focused experience that captures the hospitality of the past with the refined expectations of today,” said Randy Norman.
