BloomBars “Seed of the Week” eNewsletter + BloomScreens “Food Matters” Film Flyer (Featuring Yours Truly!)

Back in October, 2011, I sent out an email that BloomBars asked me to be the featured speaker for the National Food Day screening of “Food Matters” they did on October 25, 2011. The week before, Gowri Koneswaran … Program Director of BloomBars, also honored me by asking me to be their “Seed of the Week” for their weekly eNewsletter and to highlight the upcoming speaking engagement for them.

Featured here is the email they sent out to their group (and passed along to mine). Further down is the BloomScreens Film Night flyer promoting the screening of “Food Matters” and me as featured speaker. Separately, I’ll post my expanded featured article (“Life is About Growth: The Right Ingredients Help!“) from their website here on this blog (or click highlighted article). Also, BloomBars did a blog post promoting the upcoming event on their website, which can be found here.

I can definitely say the film screening and after discussion was fabulous!! I look forward to doing more to support the growth of this great community space!! Please check out more about BloomBars when you get a chance (and donate to their wonderful and worthy cause!!).

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

Cherylyn L. Tompkins Dear Cherylyn L., Life is about growth. As we evolve, our lives too will grow from people, places and experiences that planted metaphorical “seeds” within us to expand our lives exponentially. It’s about blossoming from a deeply rooted purpose within all of us so that we too can plant and share with others. BloomBars’ mission, people, activities and very name inspired me to write about why we all must “Bloom,” therefore encouraging growth in others. In commemoration of National Food Day, I invite you all to join me atBloomBars for a screening of the film “Food Matters.” As soy-free vegan and raw food expert, I know that having the right ingredients help us all grow and keep us living healthy lives as we evolve with age. This documentary analyzes the proliferation of chemical additives in “natural” foods, looks at the relationship between the lack of nutrients in the American diet and the nation’s rising health care costs, and offers tips for system detoxification. BloomBars plants seeds daily, and it shows. Love blossoms through Art, Community, Joy and Beauty – the necessary nourishment for growth! Thanks BloomBars … your “Garden” is quite lovely indeed! Peace & Love, Cherylyn L. Tompkins Eco-Conscious Lifestyle Maven & CEO of FabuNOLA :: in this issue :: BloomBars News This Week at BloomBars Blooming Soon BloomTV Art Blooms in the City Bloom for Thought :: latest news :: Volunteer Opportunities atBloomBars Did you know BloomBars is entirely run by volunteers? As a startup, we rely on the passion and commitment of our volunteers to operate our organization, ensuring the performances and classes you enjoy will continue every single week.BloomBars volunteers have created an invaluable network of artists, activists and professionals through their work with us! Currently we are looking for two key volunteer roles: Volunteer Coordinator - aka the person who can meet with, train, and schedule volunteers Bookings Manager - aka the person who gets to book performances at BloomBars Online Marketing Volunteer - help us create the newsletter and website! Greeters – aka the person you meet at the front door who welcomes you to BloomBars As always, if you have the time and passion to volunteer with us but do not fit in the above roles,please email us at info@bloombars.com! Include your availability and what area of expertise you think would help grow BloomBars further. Donate to BloomBars Those doors aren’t free! Help us defray the costs of our beautiful new front doors by donating toBloomBars online! By donating online, you will automatically receive a receipt so you can deduct your charitable donation on your taxes! >> Donate Today to Keep BloomBars Growing! << :: this week at bloombars :: Wandering Souls returns for 2 more all-new shows! Wandering Souls presents “Reflections” Friday, October 21st at 8 pm After three stellar (and standing room only) performances last fall,BloomBars is happy to welcome back Wandering Souls for their all-new theatre production: Reflections: Plays from Saint Elizabeths Hospital. Since bringing their production of Twelfth Night to Saint Elizabeths Hospital last fall, Wandering Souls has developed a unique relationship with this historical DC institution. Over the course of the summer, Andy Wassenich (Wandering Souls company member) with the help and guidance of the Saint Elizabeth’s staff has been leading a playwriting intensive with a handful of individuals in care at the hospital. At the end of the 8-week course, each of the students wrote a ten-minute play on the themes of recovery, overcoming adversity, and hope. Learn More about the Play and Wandering Souls! Nila Kay The Garden Open Mic featuring Nila Kay and Aaron Samuels Monday, October 24th at 9 pm Nila Kay speaks a musical language that blends acoustic pop with funky neo-soul to create her own avant-garde dialect. While her sounds may be hard to define and her compositions difficult to conveniently box into a single genre, her passion is straight up. Raised in a Black-Jewish household in Providence, Rhode Island, Aaron Samuels is an award-winning poet, educator, and community organizer. Aaron has competed on performance poetry teams for the last six years, consistently ranking among the top poets in the youth, collegiate, and national competitions. Score a Free Download of Nila Kay’s “Serial Love” Food Matters BloomScreen Film: “Food Matters” Tuesday, October 25th at 7 pm In commemoration of National Food Day, Bloombars is happy to present our screening of the film “Food Matters,” followed by a discussion with local Vegan expert, Cherylyn L. Tompkins Food Matters by directors James Colquhoun and Carlo Ledesma – is a hard hitting, fast paced look at our current state of health. Despite the billions of dollars of funding and research into new so-called cures we continue to suffer from a raft of chronic ills and every day maladies. Watch the Preview for “Food Matters” More Events This Week at BloomBars Thursday, 10/20: Samba Classes with Zezeh, every Thursday at 6:30 pm. Friday, 10/21: Wandering Souls presents “Reflections” at 8 pm Saturday, 10/22: Bachata class every Saturday at 3:30 – 4:30 pm. Sunday, 10/23: Capoeira class is cancelled this week but resumes as usual next week. Drum up a storm in Drumming Class at 1 pm. Monday, 10/24: Poetry in the Morning at 7:30 am. Belly Dance class starts at 6:45 pm. The Garden Open Mic featuring Nila Kay begins at 9 pm. Tuesday, 10/25: BloomScreen Presents: Food Matters at 7 pm Wednesday, 10/26: Wednesdays at BloomBars - meditation class at 7 pm. Blooming Soon: Be on the lookout for these upcoming events! Poet-Tree in Bloom Writing Group Wednesday October 26th at 6:30 pm Youth Open Mic featuring Ella Friday, October 28th at 1:30 – 3:30 pm BloomScreen Presents: Adams Morgan The Movie Tuesday, November 1st at 7 pm Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League’s (SMYAL) Evening of the Arts Friday, November 4th at 5 – 8 pm Unspoken Heard Reunion with Asheru and Blue Black Friday, November 4th at 9:30 – 11 pm King Tubby’s Tribute Tour: Original Jamaican Dub Music Saturday, November 5th at 8 pm – 11 pm :: art blooms in the city :: Learn how to use all your senses to open doors to creativity! Open Eyes, Open Voices : 5 Senses of Creativity When: 1.30 PM, Sunday, October 23 Where: The Hirshhorn Museum Attend Knowledge Common DC’s groundbreaking class with playright Caleen Jennings! Open eyes allow visual art to inspire character narratives using all five senses. Open voices bring those characters to life in performance. The Hirshhorn becomes a playground of the imagination for this interdisciplinary class. Start with a meet, greet and enjoy at the fountain, then adjourn to the museum basement to warm up with two interactive installations. In the Lerner Center, discover how physical responses to shape and color inspire free associations, and how those blossom into narratives. Then hunt for a piece on the museum’s third floor that arouses your passionate response, create an original performance piece, and reunite with the group for rehearsal and culminating performance. BloomBars volunteer Neha Misra , who took this class in KCDC’s summer session says this class has been the single most transformative class in her creative life – don’t miss it! Register here Meet Mid City Artists! Mid City Artists 2011 – Fall Open Studios Tour When: 12 to 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday, October 22 and 23. Where: Across the Mid City corridor, in various Artists’ studios from Dupont Circle to Scott Circle and Logan Circle and North to Florida Ave. NW, Washington, DC 2000 Twenty-one artists who are part of the “Mid City Artists”collaborative, will open their studio doors on Sat/Sun Oct. 22-23 as part of The Mid City Artists Fall Open Studios Tour. This bi-annual event in DC’s “Mid-City” – in and around the Dupont Circle and Logan Circle neighborhoods – enables art-lovers to connect personally with artists and learn more about how and where they make art. Their diverse works include: drawings, sculptures, paintings, prints, photographs and mixed media. Plan your studio visits by mapping your route on the downloadable Tour Map, which also features personalized “open” times at each studio. More information here Broke: A film about music Broke: A Film About Music When: 8 PM, Saturday, October 22 Where: Artisphere, 1101 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 2220 Following on-the-verge artist Will Gray through the recording of his debut album (featuring production by Grammy Award-winning producer, T Bone Burnett), Broke chronicles the stories of artists and executives searching for ways to thrive in the face of today’s music industry challenges. Featuring candid interviews with industry insiders and intimate profiles of some of the brightest emerging musical talent in the country, the film digs beneath the clichés and standard storylines to reveal an industry struggling to find a new identity and an artist who’s simply trying to establish one. Q&A following the film. Learn more here :: bloomTV :: Ella sings “Adult Education” 12-year-old Sensation Ella Sings “Adult Education” BloomBars was excited to host Ella’s first feature performance at “The Garden” open mic (every Monday atBloomBars recently. She wowed us again at Playing for Change Day. Next up: Ella’s headlining our Youth Open Mic on October 28th. Watch the Video! From a book lover to a writer Are great writers book lovers as well? Perhaps. Award winning poet Mary Jo Bang has worked as a commercial photographer, a research assistant to a geneticist, a welfare caseworker, a sweatshop garmet worker, a writer, and a teacher, among other things. She connects the dots between her love of reading and transition as a writer. She explains, ” I don’t know when reading slid over into wanting to be a writer. There was the love of the story, the love of the poem, then, rather seamlessly, the wanting to write the story, write the poem. If that desire is strong enough, and persistent enough, you do whatever you have to do to teach yourself how to cross over from being a reader to being a reader who is a writer. For me, the crossing over took a very long time and there were many interruptions but the desire never lessened. But I first had to learn how to learn.” Are you fond of reading? Are you open to learning? Are you ready to open a door to new or old stories? If so, perhaps it is time to experiment in some creative writing! Learn more about Mary’s many creative incarnations here courtesy 99percent. :: about BloomBars :: BloomBars is working to inspire and unite communities through the arts. Our goal is to help foster personal and collective growth, and cultivate a legion of artists to be the catalyst for community transformation across the globe. BloomBars is a safe space for creative expression, honest conversation, personal health and wellness, and entertainment in a rich cultural environment. We redefine the perception of a bar, and provide a space for a multi-generational community to gather in an alcohol-free environment. BloomBars hosts a wide variety of arts classes for people of all ages and experience levels. Every day of the week, professional instructors lead community members in dance, theater, visual arts, music, poetry, and film.       ©2011 BloomBars’ The Weekly Bloom | 3222 11th St NW | Washington, DC 20001

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BloomScreen 'Food Matters' Film Nights Flyer 10-18-11

‘Food Matters’ Film Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4DOQ6Xhqss

 

I’m Co-Hosting 2011 Common Folk Awards (Dec. 6, 2011) @ Historic Gala Hispanic Theatre in DC ~ Benefiting One Common Unity Org

Hi FabuFolks!!

Here’s a note & reminder that I’m Co-Hosting the 4th Annual Common Folk Awards on Tues, Dec. 6, 2011 (6-10pm ) at the Historic Gala Hispanic Theatre (Tivoli) in Wash, DC, along with my Co-Host, Mikuak Rai. Proceeds from tickets sales for the VIP Reception & Awards Concert will benefit One Common Unity Organization (http://www.onecommonunity.org/). Full details written below (plus event flyers attached).

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Fabulous 2011 CFA Promo Video (including performances from last year’s event):

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Purchase Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206466.

Online tickets now $15 with this discount code: Special OCU Price (online ordering ends at 3 PM)

Ticket Update:

There’s been an issue with receiving the discount code online. If you experienced this, just come to the event and pay at the door. Let them know you had an issue & the $15 ticket price will be honored!!! Yay!!

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Hope you can join us. Please share with others as well (especially if you live out of town … I included you because I know you know people in this area)!! We’re sure to have a Fabulous Night!!

Peace & Love, Cherylyn

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When:  Tue, December 6, 6pm – 10pm

(VIP Reception starts @ 6 pm; Concert & Award Event starts @ 7 pm)

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Where:  GALA Hispanic Theatre, 3333 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20010 (map)

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Description:

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the historic Gala Theater in Washington DC, One Common Unity presents the 4th Annual Common Folk Awards showcase and concert; recognizing stories seldom heard, of those changing the world through peace education, arts, and media. The evening includes live performances from nationally recognized artists, poets, and musicians, as well as dynamic speakers and award presentations.

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Performers include: Aco-Yogis, Urban Artistry, Colie Williams, Princess of Controversy, Andrew Adair Trio, ReadNex Poetry Squad, Sonya Renee, HawaH Everlutionary, Maimouna Youssef and others.

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Award Honorees include: Civil Rights Activist Delores Huerta, Humanitarian Elisabeth Hoffman and non-profit Critical Exposure

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Special Appearances by The Saartjie Project, Keanna Fairloth (WPFW), Marcus J. Moore (Washington City Paper), & Dextor Nixon (Filmmaker).

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The 2011 CFA Event is Hosted by Mikuak Rai and Cherylyn L. Tompkins

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Tickets for the Main Event (7 – 10PM)

$25.00 (At the door)

Online tix are now $15 with this discount code: Special OCU Price (online ordering ends at 3 PM)

Ticket Update:

There’s been an issue with receiving the discount code online. If you experienced this, just come to the event and pay at the door. Let them know you had an issue & the $15 ticket price will be honored!!! Yay!!

Purchase Tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206466.

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VIP Reception (6 – 7PM): Light fare & wine while mingling with local celebrities and change-makers begins at 6pm (official program commences at 7pm).

Tickets for VIP Reception $50.00 – $100.00

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Proceeds from ticket sales benefit One Common Unity. Event sponsors include Clif Bar, Flow Yoga Center, LiberatedMuse.com, Live Green, and more. Email us at onecommonunity@gmail.com for more information.

Purchase your tickets here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/206466

Online tickets are now $15 with this discount code: Special OCU Price (online ordering ends at 3 PM)

Ticket Update:

There’s been an issue with receiving the discount code online. If you experienced this, just come to the event and pay at the door. Let them know you had an issue & the $15 ticket price will be honored!!! Yay!!

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As always, wishing you all and only the best.

Be & Live Well,

Cherylyn

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2011 Common Folk Awards

2011 Common Folks Awards

Many THANKS & Continued LOVE (for my Father & my Family) ~ Along with my OWN Personal Updates!!

Hi Everyone,

It’s been a while since I last posted (although I’ve been adding video footage and written articles recently since I changed the theme/look of my Blog). As some of you may already know (and as some of you are just finding out), my dear Father, Charles L. Tompkins, recently transitioned to a more peaceful place on July 15, 2011. My 40th Birthday was also on July 19th so this birthday celebration shifted to the celebration of joyous memories of my Dad.

Although this has been a truly challenging time for myself and all of my Family members and our Friends, I feel it’s important to focus on moving forward … positive. Recently I posted on FB (the day after my Father’s Burial on Sept. 8th in Arlington National Cemetery) that now begins the next chapter in “My Book of Life.” It seemed challenging to move ahead, especially with the timing between Dad’s transition to his Funeral & Burial (Sept. 7th & 8th, 2011). Because of Dad’s distinguished service in the Navy (27 years, retired as Naval Capt.), then on Capital Hill as a Civilian Staffer for the Navy (appointed by Pres. Clinton) and then at the Pentagon (as Dept. Asst. Secretary of the Navy for Personel Programs), Dad was to be buried with Full Honors at Arlington National Cemetery. As we found out, it takes a while (although we were told it could take up to 3 months so we were very thankful that it took about half that time). Dad’s Funeral (ast Mount Olive Baptist Church) and Burial were 2 beautiful days of celebration for my Dad. It was perfect and he would’ve been so touched and overjoyed by the outpouring of people and LOVE that arrived to be a part of it all.

My Mom, Sister & I want to express a great deal of LOVE in return to all of you. The LOVE & support you’ve given us all has been immense. We so greatly appreciate everything you’ve done for us. For any of you wanting to send donations (in lieu of flowers) to any of the organizations that my Father dedicated so much of his energy towards, please go to the Facebook page created for Him (Charles L. Tompkins ~ Celebrating His Memory): http://www.facebook.com/Charles.L.Tompkins.CelebratingHisMemory. Please feel free to also go and see loving posts from Family & Friends plus pictures of Dad and our Family.

As we move forward, especially focusing on greater healing for my Mom’s health concerns right now, I am continuing to harness the strength and power to help many others move forward with healing … and LOVE!! That’s what we all need right now. We honor those who have made their transition by connecting to joy in the present (existing in the here and now) and linking to our greater purpose in Life. A greater LOVE connection to Self & Source to guide us all to a much more peaceful place (which I know is where my Father now exists).

For those of you still wondering … yes, I’m still up with my Family in the VA/DC area. I was already scheduled to be Emcee & Master of Ceremonies for this year’s DC VegFest. I so hope you can make it out this weekend for greater support (and to show some Veggie Love). See DC VegFest Page I posted on Blog for details (or go to www.dcvegfest.com). Also, I’m still working on connecting in this area on other projects I’ve working on creating for some time now. I’ve just recently updated many more pages showcasing the work I’ve collaborated on with other media outlet and organizations too (Tulane Environmental Law Clinic PSA, VegNews Magazine Article & Healthy Food Happy You TV show). They include videos, articles, recipes and more (plus dance videos) because everyone has been asking them to send/email … so, they are finally getting posted here (more to come so keep checking back). And, as I stated … I’m ready to move forward positively to the “Next Chapter in My Book of Life.” I hope you are all doing so as well.

Well, until the next post … I’ll see you in person or on the page (or video). As always, wishing you only and all of the best. Sending you much joy in my heart and many blessings of Love & Light.

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

Thanks for the LOVE, Dad …

 

FabuNOLA eNewsletter: My Special FabuNOLA Update & Fabu Yard/Moving Sale Details & LOVE!! ~ 5-27-11

FabuN♥LA eNewsletter “Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously” (May 27, 2011)   Update Notice for  FabuNOLA (and Me ~ Cherylyn) & Special Fabu Yard/Moving Sale Info THIS WEEKEND (yes … see details and flyer below)  Hi FabuNOLA Family!   I know it’s been a while since I was last able to send out a FabuNOLA message to you all. It’s been about 11 months actually. A lot of you have been asking/wondering about my whereabouts … I greatly appreciate the appreciation. Some of you saw me at Jazz Fest and possibly out since I got back to New Orleans a month ago. Yes, I was away with my Family in the VA/DC area for 10 months helping to care for their health needs. Some of you now receiving this email for the first time met me at some point during this time while I was in VA/DC/MD, NYC or ATL.   This is now the first chance I’m finally getting to give you an update. A lot of you knew about my Father having Stage 4 Prostate Cancer. Shortly after I arrived in July 2010 to celebrate my birthday with my Family, I was told about my Mother also having Cancer … CLL. Between the two of them and also assisting with caring for my 93-year old Grandmother (who fell twice while I was there), I decided it was best to stay and assist (which meant that I literally dropped everything else going on here).  There have been many challenges … the tests in Life to prove we are stronger than we sometimes give ourselves credit for.  The type of inner strength gained that aides you to root an unshakable foundation for more challengtes to come.   I’m back currently in New Orleans to get things in order, as well as to purge, sell and pack up in order to go back to Alexandria, VA to assist. For those of you who have been asking for updates or who were possibly looking for a follow-up from when we initially met … a lot has shifted. My Family had to call 911 for my Dad the week after I left (1 month ago) and he went into ICU. This was also to be the very same day that Mom was to start her treatment. Thankfully Dad stabilized and was finally moved out of the hospital and into a Rehab Center last week. Although he is weak and not able to walk yet, he is sounding much better so this is a great thing. Mom was finally able to start her treatment on Tuesday of this week (4 days of treatment this week … then 2 days next week … she will repeat again each month for the duration of her treatment). I spoke with her day before yesterday and her spirits sound upbeat. Please send out loving blessings in their directions.   So, for those of you saying that you’ve been wondering what’s been up and/or where I’ve been and/or that you felt like you were ‘missing’ my energy in our FabuCity (which is why I LOVE you) … there it is. This is the update it’s taken me a while to share (although I may have shared personally with some). This and a whole lot of other details that aren’t really necessary to explain right now (and would take more time than I have). All of it too much to want to write out before now. It still is.   If we met in VA/DC/MD either working or attending an event (say, DC Environmental Film Fest, PowerShift, DC VegFest, DC Green Fest, DC Salsa, etc) when I was able to get out and you didn’t know all of this, I’m still including you in this email to give everyone an update for future reference when I’m able to reconnect at some point. I know it’s a lot of mixing of personal and professional info. However, that’s the balance we have to do in Life. That’s me … that will always Be. I’m very happy to welcome you into the FabuNOLA Family.   For those of you in New Orleans, I’m also actually reaching out because I’m having a kick-off for my yard/moving sales starting this weekend (both Saturday & Sunday from 12 – 5 pm). I have a lot that has to be sold so I’m going to do this in stages. First, clothes, shoes, accessories, household & kitchen items, etc. My goal is to hopefully find a sublease or corporate rental in order to keep my place (and most furniture) in New Orleans so I can eventually come back (which wasn’t able to happen for the 10 months I was gone) or continue to go back and forth between here and the East  Coast regularly. If not, I’ll send out a notice to do another yard/moving sale later in June and see what else I need to release. Right now is about release of the past… to gain greater inner growth and rewards to come.   It would be great if you can come out this weekend … especially to show and receive some FabuNOLA LOVE (really needed right now). Also, please spread the word and let friends know so I can do as much as I can as soon as I can. I’m in the purge phase right now so I really want to release what can go to a new place … and I would prefer it be to loving friends.   If you are not able to make it and still interested in what I have to sell, please contact me to set up and appt.  Also, if you have any tables and/or clothing racks I can borrow for set-up this weekend or if you can assist me before/during/after … that’s greatly appreciated too. And, if you are friends that are musicians and want to gather to play/jam/rehearse in front of folks … invite folks and bring a tip jar (I’ve got a front porch and a back courtyard!!). I would love the musical love therapy!   Although I’m happy to be back in FabuNOLA to replenish my energy, it’s important for me to go back to continue to assist during this truly challenging time for my Family. I appreciate all of the blessings and prayers so many of you have already shared and sent in my Family’s direction. Please keep that up (including for my Sister, Uncle & Grandma taking care of things in VA right now and being strong for Mom & Dad). I do so greatly appreciate it.   For those of you who haven’t seen me personally but sent me emails, texts, calls, etc., if I haven’t been able yet to respond yet, I do hope you understand this has been a challenging time.  If I haven’t been able to get back yet … you now know it wasn’t personal … just doing my best to handle what I can when I can. I have much LOVE for You!! We will connect again soon enough. Keep your heart open for it. If you are on Facebook with me, it’s a bit easier to connect on my Wall(s) to see updates that I can send out to many at once.   As far as some positive achievements for myself I’d like to share since I left, there were a few exciting things that happened and were released while I was gone that I didn’t get to tell you about (though some of you stated you saw). A great article that VegNews Magazine asked me to write about being Vegan in New Orleans called, “Big Easy Eats” which you can find here on my Blog; the 28-minute PSA for Tulane Environmental Law Clinic that I’m the Narrator & Spokesperson for called “The Citizen’s Guide To Environmental Protection in Louisiana” is currently airing weekly throughout the year on local tv or click here (uploaded in 9 segments); 1 of 4 segments on various topics that WDSU asked me to do for their Sunday Morning Show Live from N.O. Jazz & Heritage Fest 2010 ~ this one is about finding Vegan Options at Jazz Fest 2010 (not posted before); and, a recent appearance in for the Vegan TV Show (VA/DC/MD area), “Healthy Food Happy You”, which has info & pics on my episode (#8) which aired this month but video isn’t linked yet. I also collaborated with the “HFHY” show Director/Producer, Jorge Mera, to host several other interviews (for both of our media outlets) that I’ll post when available.  I’ll share more good news when I have the opportunity. Right now, got to stay focused on very important priorities and healing through LOVE.  Speaking of LOVE, many beautiful blessings of Love & Light in your directions as well. Once again, please send healing LOVE for my Family (not sure if I can say this enough right now).   For those of you who are new to FabuNOLA (either living/visiting in New Orleans or I met you while in VA/DC/MD, NYC, ATL or somewhere else along my journeys), this isn’t necessarily how the regular posts have gone in the past (read old posts if you have the time). However, the LOVE connection is ever flowing and transitioning for a greater future (and being in the NOW). Although I would normally ask everyone to check out my Blog regularly for info, please understand that there are several things that just might be out of date now and might not be updated during this time (for those of you asking for recipes and nutritional info). I know that everyone wants to know what’s Fabu in New Orleans (and beyond … because this is definitely reaching way beyond now). However, YOU are what’s Fabu in New Orleans (or wherever YOU are) so make great choices that are in harmony with you and be happy. That’s what this was all about in the first place.   I normally write in the form of encouragement, enlightenment and inspiration towards our FabuNOLA and Global Communities moving forward … positively. Look for it to continue and blossom in some media form … at another time … transitioning to another place. Please see below if you are looking for dance info because I have updated who you should connect to about it. Happy Feet … Happy Heart!! If you are looking for Food, Health and Nutritional Therapy info, I’ll be getting to that eventually ( video appearances/interviews may be posted sooner). And if you are looking for LOVE Therapy, just stay connected from within … you can always feel it flowing from Me to You.   So, thank you to my FabuNOLA Family (old or new … which is ever growing … no matter what FabuCITY I seem to be in). You are a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are fully loved and supported here. Remember that always!!   Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … whether I’m able to see you ‘Out & About’ or not … I’m sending you LOTS of LOVE!! Wishing you the best and the brightest.   Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins.II (For new people not on my 1st personal FB page) “FabuN♥LA presents (okay it’s really just ME presenting) … Fabu Yard/Moving Sale May 28 & 29, 2011 12-5 pm  (see detailed flyer below) ~♥~  Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC (Design Is Our Function) for her Fabu design of my Yard Sale Flyers (Smooches Honey!!) and for being such a beautiful friend!! ~♥~   Peace & Love (’cause we can use as much of it as possible), Cherylyn FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!)   For those of you who continue to ask me about the dance scene (Salsa and/or Swing) in FabuNOLA, please find links to blogs/websites on my site that are keeping that info currently up-to-date. Go to:   http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fabunola-it-list/fabudance-spots/ Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn  CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more Love!!)   Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing in order to insure this continues to happen. Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions     Peace & Love, Cherylyn For  regular updates on other great Happenings, Causes & Inspiration in FabuN♥LA (& beyond), follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn. Stay Connected Positively Folks!! About CLT and FabuNOLA  Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Conscious Lifestyle Maven: Eco, Holistic Wellness & Nutrition, Arts, Culture & Entertainment · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Writer & Motivational Speaker · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. www.FabuNOLA.com Email: Fabu@FabuNOLA.com (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT)   I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.”   Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda   FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥  FabuN♥LA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time. ♥  Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!!  ♥♥♥  The FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!!  FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info.

 

Ignite “Raw Emotions” with Elizabeth’s Gone Raw in DC this Valentine’s Weekend (Friday, February 11, 2011)

Since I’m still up in the VA/DC/MD area for Family, there are a number of SuperFabu events going on for those of you living/visiting here this Valentine’s Weekend. Are you looking for something new and uniquely special to do this year to celebrate Valentine’s Day (Weekend)? How about a little raw passion? Or, to be more specific, how about some “Raw Emotion?” Well, Elizabeth’s Gone Raw in Wash, DC is aiming to please with their “Raw Emotion” Dinner & After-Party on February 11, 2011.

For those of us who are Raw Foodies, it’s a delicious way to connect with others who have a love for Raw Cuisine and also want to experience more lively gatherings that support these efforts. For those of you not yet into Raw/Living Cuisine, or if you’ve been interested and just haven’t taken the plug, here’s a great event for you too! So, let’s help share the Love by discovering the pleasures of “Raw Emotion” at Elizabeth’s Gone Raw this Friday!!

The Special Valentine’s Day Menu will feature Raw Cacao in each its 5-Courses. The Prix Fixe Menu (click link below for full menu listing) also includes boxed Chocolate Dessert Truffles and complimentary entrance into the Raw Emotion After-Party; $75 pp. Reservations from 5:30-9:30 pm.

Not able to make it to dinner? Still highly interested in sampling high-end Raw Cuisine in a fun, party atmosphere? Then, the Raw Emotion After-Party, from 10:30 – Midnight, will be a fabulous way to ignite that Raw passion. Music by French DJ Pulse (dancing encouraged!!), Raw Hors d’oeuvres & Organic Wine included in the $40 cover (Bloggers receive special 2-for-1 entrance, so spread the good word).

For full details on the Raw Emotion Valentine’s Dinner and/or the Raw Emotions After-Party, go to: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=8d17ed2a07426aefcbb9d100c&id=b5b0d3fd8e

To make reservations or connect to EGR for more info, call 202-347-8349 or email reservations@elizabethsgoneraw.com (to make reservations).

Elizabeth’s Gone Raw is the only Raw Cuisine fine dining experience in the Washington, DC area. Weekly, they create a new Prix Fixe, multi-course Raw Menu to tantalize the senses. In January 2011, E.G.R. kicked off a presentation of their Special Speakers Series monthly. Go to www.elizabethsgoneraw.com to find out more and sign-up for their eNewsletters. Facebook: www.facebook.com/EsGoneRaw.

Wishing you a healthy, happy, loving and scrumptious Valentine’s Day!! As always, here’s hoping to see you … out and about.

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

Sending Lovely Blessings for the New Year & Beyond 12-14-2010

Hello all of you Lovely FabuNOLA Friends,

I wanted to send you another update before the end of 2010. I’m still up with Family on the East Coast spending essential time together and assisting with health matters. I’m also getting myself focused for 2011 and beyond … as I know so many of you are too.

I did want you to know that I have an article featured in the current VegNews Magazine (November + December issue). Please pick up a copy and check out my article, Big Easy Eats (p. 70), when you can (and I’m in the front on the Contributor’s Page too). You can find it at Whole Foods and other retail outlets. Although the article is not online, you can check out the VegNews website for other great resources at www.VegNews.com. I was thrilled when they asked me to write the article and honored to be featured for their VegEscapes travel column they wanted me to write about New Orleans. I’ll eventually post here on my Blog too.

Not sure when I’ll be back to FabuNOLA (sometime in 2011). As I stated in my last post, until I return, please seek out all of your fabulous positive inspirations, entertainment and resource needs through many of the great people and sites that are always there to point you in a phenomenal direction.

Sending Love & Light in your directions (always)!!

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

FabuNOLA Update — 10-7-10

Hey all of you Beautiful FabuNOLA Folks,

I know it’s been a while since I posted or sent you an email. I’m still up on the East Coast taking care of Family and their health matters, while also connecting for business opportunities here. Due to the need to spend more time here, my FabuNOLA “Sexy Salsa Sundays” is no longer happening at the Blue Nile and is currently on hold until further notice.

I know A LOT of fabulous things have been going on in FabuNOLA during the summer. However, because of current circumstances, I felt it more important for me to spend the time to assist and take care of my Family … as well as connect to what I truly need to focus on. I know you all can fully understand.

Until I return back to FabuNOLA, please seek out all of your fabulous entertainment and resource needs through many of the great people and sites that are always there to point you in a phenomenal direction.

I hope you’ve all been amazingly well. Sending you many beautiful blessings of love and light along your journeys. And … as always, wishing you the absolute best with all of your greatness!!

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

FabuNOLA eNewsletter: FabuNOLA: Encouragement, Slight Change in Birthday Celebration Plans & Sexy Salsa Sundays is Still ON (just with Me only being there in Spirit)!! ~7-18-10

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(July 18, 2010)

Slight Change in Birthday Celebration Plans
(See Below)

&

Sexy Salsa Sundays is ON Tonight!!!

(just with me only being there in Spirit!)

FabuNOLA’s …

Sexy Salsa Sundays
featuring
Armando Leduc instructing & DJing TONIGHT!!

FREE Salsa Dance Class @ 7pm
Social Salsa Dancing @ 8 pm
Clean Air Event
Blue Nile

~~
and there’s still MORE (listed below) …

Hey my FabuNOLA Family!!! I hope all is amazingly well in your World!! I’m sending you a note to let you know there is a slight change of plans this weekend for the Birthday Celebration I spoke of in my last eNewsletter. I have an opportunity to work on the East Coast this coming week and next weekend so I’m now on the road and driving up to be with my Family first in VA to celebrate my Birthday on Monday, July 19th (and, I think you all can understand that priority comes first), then hopefully heading up further North for during the week to work on a great project. However, I’ve made arrangements with one of my Fabulous Friends, Armando Leduc, to step in for me while I’m gone tonight and next Sunday to make sure that “Sexy Salsa Sundays” is lively and jumpin’. Well, I just had to find someone phenomenal to be there because so many of you expressed how much you wanted everything to continue while I was gone on my last biz/family trip last month (and apparently some of you were showing up without checking my Blog to see what was going on … you’re so Salsa eager … I love it). Armando will be teaching the class at 7 pm then DJing through the night (Salsa Dance Social starts at 8 pm). And if you would like to connect to Armando for his group or private lessons during the week, please call 504-312-9196 or email him at armandoleduc@yahoo.com directly. And yes, Armando is one of the band members of Rumba Bueno (okay and awesome Thespian). So, if you are in FabuNOLA tonight, please go out to show Sexy Salsa Sundays some major support (which I would love to hear about later) and welcome Armando. I know he will take good care of you while I’m away. And remember that he will be stepping in for me next week too so I’m not going to send out another notice about Salsa (unless I have to give you an update). Just know that it is ON unless you hear from me. And, no food will be sold inside the venue tonight (not sure about next week … however, I’ve got some other things to focus on right now). So, this is basically a special note to say that the Salsa Celebrations will continue this weekend and next … just not with me present. I’ll plan some FabuFestivities to celebrate my B-Day when I return. Because, you know my motto … “I like to celebrate EVERY day as if it is my Birthday. With great joy, cheer, passion, inspired purpose, honor and respect for Self. Every day is a great opportunity to celebrate your Life to the fullest!!” I sincerely hope that you will do the same for you too. And, if you were hoping that we could spend some FabuBirthday cheer together in FabuNOLA during this special time, and you feel so inclined to share some Birthday cheer with me from afar this year to make things even more enjoyable (yes, for me ;D), please feel free to contribute to FabuNOLA in lieu of birthday gifts (if you were wanting to). That would be much appreciated (and I already thoroughly appreciate you). If you would like to make a special contribution (in any size) to me through FabuNOLA, please click here: FabuContribution!! (or see info below). I hope that all the blessings you could ask for manifest in your FabuWorld. I’m about to make some more manifest in mine. And, if you are near the Philly area (or along the East Coast and wanting to make the trip), stay tuned for some special news for you to be able to participate in next week (Jan. 21 & 22). I’ll keep you posted on this exciting opportunity!! And, a special Hello to my fellow July 19th Babies:  Giovanni V., Hope K., Lester P., Aisha, Leslie T. & Edgar Degas (yes, he’s past … however, the Degas House mentioned me last year during his special 175th Bon Anniversairre event they invited me to) and anyone else who is celebrating. Happy Birthday to you all and to all of my other Cancerian and July Birthdays (okay, and ALL the other days/months too). I celebrate you always!!! Here’s a cute birthday song I found for you: Robots Happy Birthday!!. And here’s a classic: Animated “Happy Birthday” by The Beatles. Okay, I’ve got to get back on the road. I’m in ATL and have about 10 ½ more hours to go (with only a few hours of sleep). So send me some positive energy to get through the ride safely, quickly and pleasantly … and in time so it’s not too far into my Birthday (because I wanted to get to my Parents BEFORE midnight (oh well … as long as I get there safe). Many beautiful blessings of Love & Light in your directions. If you are new to FabuNOLA, please check out my Blog with past postings so you can read more about what I normally write in the form of inspiration towards our FabuNOLA and Global Community moving forward … positively & successfully. Please, go there directly to check out the “FabuNOLA It List” and “Eco-FabuNOLA”  that you can see posted regularly (also please direct new people here instead of contacting me personally because it is very challenging for me to get back to everyone individually nowadays … and ask them to sign-up for this eNewsletter too). My Blog lists Music, Dance Spots & Lessons, Wellness & Eco Happenings and more. More will be posted/updated as I can get to it. If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family (which is ever growing), welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are fully loved and supported here. You will always mean so much to Me!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins.II (Only for new people not on my 1st personal FB page)

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) A Clean Air Event!! http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to take part in the SEXY SALSA SUNDAYS PARTY in FabuNOLA!! ♥ Every Sunday ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥FREE Dance Class ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Armando Leduc AND ♥Music, Dancing & FabuFun starts @ 8 pm♥ (Salsa, Merengue & Bachata music played) DJ ~ Armando And for those of you who haven’t already seen the WDSU clip featuring Sexy Salsa Sundays, here it is: Salsa from FabuNOLA & NOSD on WDSU Please connect to Armando directly for his group or private lessons during the week by calling 504-312-9196 or emailing him at armandoleduc@yahoo.com. ~♥~ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter (I know, I’ve been wanting to shorten them for quite a while now … there just so much though), I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

Newly Fabu: CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much more positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the many years so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of any size). Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing (whatever you can) in order to insure this continues to happen. Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Send a great FabuNOLA Gift of Love to Spread even more the Love!! You are so greatly appreciated in so many FabuWays!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥  FabuN♥LA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time. ♥  Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!! ♥♥♥ The FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others. ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!!

Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

FabuNOLA eNewsletter: Sexy Salsa Sundays is BACK this Weekend & Celebrating World Cup Finale Viewing Party flowing into Dancing!!! ~ 7-10-10

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(July 10, 2010)

Sexy Salsa Sundays
is BACK this WEEKEND
(starting a little EARLIER)
along with
The World Cup 2010 Finale
Viewing Party

@

The Blue Nile
Doors open @ NOON;
TV Coverage starts @ 12:30 pm

Salsa Dancing will start after game
(see below for full details)

~~
and yet, there’s still MORE (listed below) …

Hello My FabuNOLA Family!!! Hey all of you Fabulous Folks!!! Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve decided kick Sexy Salsa Sundays into gear again tomorrow … with a special twist. I had some divine inspirational thought late yesterday to figure out how to bring together 2 of my favorite passions in Life … Dancing and Futbol (Soccer to those of you not in the know)!!! So, I’ve decided this weekend to start just a bit earlier AND have a World Cup Finale Viewing Party that will flow right into the return of Sexy Salsa Sundays (no dance class this weekend). And Chef Kevin is back again to do a FabuFood menu & special pricing (see menu & other event details below) throughout both events. The Blue Nile doors will open at NOON; World Cup TV Coverage starts at 12:30 pm (CST). Music and dancing will start once the World Cup 2010 commentary, closing ceremony, etc. ends (not sure when … might be around 4 or 5 pm depending on overage time and/or possibility of goal shootout). I’ll keep the doors open for dancing into the night as long as there’s a good crowd. So come on in … bring the family … bring the friends … bring people who want to gather together for some fun!!! This is the perfect start for my Birthday Festivities that will start up next weekend. I know that so many of you have been feeling the weight of challenges lately (and so many of us have). I hope you decide to come out tomorrow to celebrate positively with us. All are welcome (whether you appreciate Salsa dancing and/or Futbol … or just want to be in a social setting where you can gather just for the shear fun of it). And remember … it’s a clean air event (no smoking) and the food menu accommodates those of us who are “conscious foodies” too. I’m also listing some other great special events going on this month (after the Salsa listing). Plus, mark your calendar for celebrating next weekend. As mentioned above, my Birthday is coming up on July 19th (a Monday) so I’m putting the thinking cap on to figure out how to celebrate the Birthday Weekend Extravaganza (some of you might remember this from last year ;D). You can definitely count on celebrating next Sunday, July 18th for Sexy Salsa Sundays (back to 7 pm start). And if you can’t make it out next weekend, please come tomorrow to celebrate Life with Me!! You know how much I LOVE to celebrate Birthdays in this way. And, by the way, I just want to say Thank You to all of you who read my emails and check out my Blog (and catch up constantly with me on Facebook and Twitter too). Even if I don’t always get the opportunity to respond to your highly supportive emails, I just wanted you to know that I read them and they inspire me as much as you share with me that I’ve inspired you by writing them. That’s the constant unconditional flow of Love that was meant in the first place. And, even if you aren’t able to make it out and about, the fact that you just enjoy reading them and that you’ve opened yourself up to the possibility of doing something SuperFabu in your own world … is enough. Always remember that. Now, if you are new to FabuNOLA, please check out my Blog with past postings. The FabuNOLA Blog has a brand new look (which I’m still tweaking a bit). Also, go there to check out the “FabuNOLA It List” and “Eco-FabuNOLA”  that you can see posted regularly (please direct new people here … and ask them to sign-up for this eNewsletter too). My Blog lists Music, Dance, Wellness & Eco Happenings. More will be posted/updated as I can get to it. If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family, welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. I greatly appreciate you for the support you’ve always shown me in return!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com ~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter)

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” is BACK this Weekend and Celebrating the World Cup 2010 Finale Doors open @ NOON (TV Coverage starts @ 12:30 pm) for World Cup Finale Viewing Party then Salsa Dancing immediately after (no dance class this week) … at The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St). This means we are starting the Sexy Salsa Sunday Dance Party earlier this week (could be 4 or could be 5) to keep the celebration flowing (great news for those of you who have been wanting to come … and just need an earlier start). http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Chef Kevin from Edible Alchemy is back with a Special FabuFood Menu & Pricing: Veggie Paella, Cucumber Dill Gazpacho, Black Bean & Roasted Corn Quesadillas (non-dairy), and Mango-Avocado Salad. $4 ea or 3/ $10. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

FabuNOLA’s FabuHappenings (July 2010) ♥ It’s my friend, Suzaune’s (Yee McKamey-Rees) Birthday this weekend so I hope you can come out to celebrate for a few special shows she’s filling in for (not with her usual “Suzaune & Company” Band). She will be performing this weekend (Saturday & Monday actually) with: The Sazarac Sunrise Jazz Band, at the Balcony Music Club (BMC), on the corner of Decatur and Esplanade, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm tonight (Saturday) AND on Monday evening at The Maison, 508 Frenchman St. down in the Marigny, from 7:00 to 9:45 pm; And since Suzaune’s performance already started, I think it’s safe to say this (since it’s a secret for her) that Bonnie Broel of House of Broel (on St. Charles Ave) is throwing a little party for Suzaune, our friend Ken, Myself (yes, they’ve included me and any other July Birthdays who want to come celebrate) afterward (around 10 pm). And thanks to Bonnie & Don for all you do!! Happy Birthday Suzaune!! Many wonderful blessings to YOU and I hope you’re very surprised (gosh, I hope she doesn’t get this on her phone)!!! ♥ My dear Salsa friend, Rocio (who is apparently my twin according to everyone … although there is a 16 year age difference … yay for me!!), gave me tickets (thanks Sweetheart) to the NOLA Bull Run Pre-Party event last night (and congrats to those of you for getting up and actually doing it at 8 am this morning). At the great event last night, my friend John Lawrence (hello to John & Nubia) was performing Flamenco Guitar with Ven Pa’ Ca (and they were beyond AWESOME!!). The beautiful Leticia Jimenez was Flamenco Dancing (one of my other favorites) to their amazing music. This is a must catch performance tonight only. They are having a Flamenco Show tonight (Saturday, July 10th) at Chickie Wah Wah (2828 Canal St.) at 9 pm. Hope you can make it. ♥ And, Javier and Darlene are having their Salsa Night tonight at Club Silhouette (3505 N. Hullen, Metairie) at 9pm. $6 Cover. ♥ New Orleans Film Society presents … a couple of great offerings this month (okay, every month): July 14th at 7 pm, there will be a special screening of Cyrus at The Prytania. Cyrus Wednesday, July 14, 2010 7:00 p.m. Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St. The film will be followed by a Q&A at the theatre and by a benefit reception at the Tchoup House with writer/director Jay Duplass in attendance. Reception tickets are $10 for NOFS members and $12 for general admission and will admit you to the screening and Q&A. Tickets available at theprytania.com or at the door. For more details: http://www.neworleansfilmsociety.org/events/detail/11/Cyrus AND NOFS & The Porch are going to be screening one of my FAVORITE Films on July 17, 2010: The Color Purple 7:00 p.m. 7th Ward Neighborhood Center, 1943 Pauger St. This screening is FREE of charge. http://www.neworleansfilmsociety.org/events/detail/6/The-Color-Purple AND New Orleans International Children’s Film Festival The NOFS in conjunction with the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival and the Contemporary Arts Center are happy to announce the 3rd Annual New Orleans International Children’s Film Festival. The festival will take place July 31 and August 1 at the CAC from 10:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. The daily schedule is available here. Stay tuned for the French Film Fest coming up in August 6-8 (find on their site)!!! The New Orleans Film Society has just recently been re-branded and has a great new website (featuring the past 2 years of all the films they’ve screened … and hoping to eventually list the past 20 years from their Film Fest). For more details on these & many more great screenings throughout the year, becoming a member of the NOFS and wonderful Film Festivals year-round, please go to New Orleans Film Society. ♥ “Wednesdays at the Point” is still going strong. Check out their website for their schedule because A LOT of my talented musical friends are performing every Wednesday at the Point this Summer. I so hope you’ll be able to join in the fun!! You’re only a Ferry ride away! 2010 Summer Festival Concert Series June 16 – September 1 Every Wednesday from 6-9PM (Free Admission) www.wednesdaysonthepoint.com Brought to you by Algiers Economic Development Foundation ♥ WORN AGAIN nola4 Jury: Sat July 17thth Worn Again Event: Sat July 24th Please contact with any questions: wornagainNOLA@gmail – 504-284-8871 For full details, please go to: www.facebook.com/wornagain.nola ♥ Wishing you all only and all of the best. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter, I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

Newly Fabu: CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all created, operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the years now so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of ANY size). Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing in order to insure these efforts continue to happen. Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥  FabuN♥LA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time. ♥  Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!! ♥♥♥ The FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others. ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!!

Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

FabuNOLA “Spotlight ON”: Special Encouragment from Me & Reminder Notice for MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge Event during Essence Music Fest (July 2-3, 2010) ~ 7-1-10

FabuN♥LA

eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(July 1, 2010)

FabuNOLA Spotlight ON:

Motions “SHINE” VIP Lounge
Special Event
during
Essence Music Festival
July 2 – 3, 2010
(12-6 pm @ Harrah’s Hotel)

(Reminder Notice & Some Special Encouragement)

Hey FabuNOLA Folks!!! I’m back in FabuNOLA and it’s great to feel the energy of this Fabulous City again. I hope you’ve been very well while I’ve been away. And I certainly hope that all of you outside our FabuCity are enjoying Life wherever you are. I woke up today with “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone in my head and thought I would share this song with you (click link): “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone. No matter what you had going on yesterday, just remember today that … “It’s a New Dawn … It’s a New Day … And I’m Feeling Good.” Remember that whatever challenges you are going through, you can turn things around by changing your perspective and decide to FEEL GOOD. Align to the things YOU need to in order to make this so. You’ll be so thankful you did this for YOU. Well, it’s that time of year again … 4th of July Weekend. And in FabuNOLA, you know what that means … HUGE celebrations going on all over the city. Fireworks, BBQ Cookouts … and, because of Essence Music Festival … Thousands of FabuFolks joining the celebrations. And there will be A LOT of celebrating going on (just be sure to celebrate responsibly ;D). And here’s a reminder of the Fabulous event starting TOMORROW that I let you know about last week. This very special event during Essence Music Festival is only on July 2 – 3, 2010, so be sure to be a part of this “shining” experience because the spotlight is definitely ON: The MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge Essence Music Fest Event (flyer below) I can definitely assure you, this will be a pampering experience like no other to get you in an even better (and beautifully shining) mood for the nightly concerts and any other great parties going on around town. And the greater news is that this is a FabuFREE VIP experience event that’s a MUST for all of you (yes, you Fellas can surely attend and have LOTS of fun too … hint hint … where else are you going to find so many beautiful women in one location at once). And if you are still wanting to manifest Essence Concert Tickets, this is the event to be at to win them. Here’s what’s up at the MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge this year: -Hosted by Kandi Burruss (ATL Housewives) -Music by DJ D-NICE (NYC) … www.d-nice.com -Complimentary Hair and Make-up -Complimentary Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres -EMF Ticket giveaways -Additional prize & product giveaways courtesy of Motions, Dollhouse, FHI and others … Event will take place on Friday (7/2) and Saturday (7/3) from 12p-6p @ Harrah’s Hotel on Poydras St. RSVP to reserve your VIP appointment now by sending your name and number of guests to RSVP@MotionsVIPLounge.com or text 312.566.1937 for your time and location. (also see flyer & more details below) Please check out my FabuNOLA Blog with past postings and other great info. The FabuNOLA Blog has a brand new look (which I’m still tweaking a bit). Also, go there to check out the sections, “FabuNOLA It List” and “Eco-FabuNOLA,”  that you can see posted regularly there. And please direct new people here … and ask them to sign-up for this eNewsletter too. The FabuNOLA Blog lists Music, Dance, Wellness & Eco Happenings. More will be posted/updated as I can get to it. I’ve also had to start a new personal Facebook page for the overflow of new FabuFolks I’m always meeting and connecting to. Go to www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins.II if you are NOT already connecting to me on my first personal Facebook page. You can also find posts from me on the Facebook FabuNOLA, Twitter (both ending in /FabuNOLA) & LinkedIn (under Cherylyn L. Tompkins) Pages. If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family, welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. I greatly appreciate you for the support you’ve always shown me in return!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com ~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter)

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

♥ MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge During Essence Music Festival July 2 – 3, 2010 @ Harrah’s Hotel 12-6 pm Be sure to RSVP for this Fabulous FREE VIP Event to get your “special” Beauty Appointment Time & Location (see below for specific details) Motions VIP Lounge during Essence Music Fest 2010 -Hosted by Kandi Burruss (ATL Housewives) -Music by DJ D-NICE (NYC) -Complimentary Hair and Make-up -Complimentary Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres -EMF Ticket giveaways -Additional prize & product giveaways courtesy of Motions, Dollhouse, FHI and others … Event will take place on Friday (7/2) and Saturday (7/3) from 12p-6p @ Harrah’s Hotel on Poydras St. If you are anywhere near this downtown area (going to or leaving the Convention Center before heading to the nightly concerts) during these hours, please email or text to receive your definite “IN” to this fabulous experience. RSVP to reserve your VIP appointment now by sending your name and number of guests to RSVP@MotionsVIPLounge.com or text 312.566.1937 for your time and location. ♥ Wishing you all only and all of the best. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn (this is a paid advertisement)

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter, I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing in order to insure these efforts continue to happen. FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all created, operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the years now so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of ANY size). Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (connect at www.FabuNOLA.com). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. www.FabuNOLA.com Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥♥♥ The Positive FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others. ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!!

Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

FabuNOLA “Spotlight ON”: MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge Event during Essence Music Fest (July 2-3, 2010) ~ 6-24-10

FabuN♥LA eNewsletter “Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously” (June 24, 2010)   FabuNOLA Spotlight ON: Motions “SHINE” VIP Lounge Special Event during Essence Music Festival July 2 – 3, 2010 (12-6 pm @ Harrah’s Hotel)

Hello My FabuNOLA Family!!! As you know from reading my last email, I’ve had a break from writing my FabuNOLA eNewsletter for a while to take care of things I must focus on right now for myself. I’ve also been out of town recently for work so Sexy Salsa Sundays has continued to be on hold until I can return to get things back into the FabuSwing (or should I say FabuSalsa) again. And, due to the re-routing of my connecting stand-by flights, I’m now in VA and able to visit my family for several days … an even bigger blessing since I haven’t seen them since last October. I hope you’ve all been very well since I last connected with you. We all need time to turn within and to focus on self (and what you really want to manifest in your Life) as much as you possibly can. And, although you know how much I LOVE FabuNOLA, sometimes you have to get away to gain a greater appreciation and perspective … allowing for greater clarity to push ahead victoriously in the right directions. Truly needed for my energy to shine brightly again from within. And speaking of shining, I’m taking a break from my writing break to reach out again and tell you about a very special event coming up during Essence Music Festival, July 2 – 3, 2010 (yes, it’s already that time magical time of year again). This a special message and part of my FabuNOLA “Spotlight ON” Series. And the spotlight is definitely ON: The MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge Essence Music Fest Event (flyer below) Some of you might remember that I got the opportunity to work this event as a Local Co-Host & Emcee to Celebrity Host Keisha Knight Pulliam (who was a great delight) and Celebrity DJ D-Nice (and Derrick is so very nice … Hey D!!! ~ www.d-nice.com) for last year’s MOTIONS VIP Lounge during Essence Fest Event. This year, DJ D-Nice will be back again spinning some magical tunes to keep your energy pumped to enjoy fabulous festivities throughout the weekend. Host Kandi Burruss (ATL Housewives) will be joining this special event this year to keep you entertained while the MOTIONS Krewe will UP your beauty & fun factor (see more details below). I can definitely assure you, this will be a pampering experience like no other to get you in an even better (and beautifully shining) mood for the nightly concerts and any other great parties going on around town. And the greater news is that this is a FabuFREE VIP experience event that’s a MUST for all of you (yes, you Fellas can surely attend and have LOTS of fun too … hint hint … where else are you going to find so many beautiful women in one location at once). And if you are still wanting to manifest Essence Concert Tickets, this is the event to be at to win them. Here’s what’s up at the MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge this year: -Hosted by Kandi Burruss (ATL Housewives) -Music by DJ D-NICE (NYC) -Complimentary Hair and Make-up -Complimentary Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres -EMF Ticket giveaways -Additional prize & product giveaways courtesy of Motions, Dollhouse, FHI and others … Event will take place on Friday (7/2) and Saturday (7/3) from 12p-6p @ Harrah’s Hotel on Poydras St. RSVP to reserve your VIP appointment now by sending your name and number of guests to RSVP@MotionsVIPLounge.com or text 312.566.1937 for your time and location. (also see flyer & more details below) Now, if you are new to FabuNOLA, please check out my FabuNOLA Blog with past postings. The FabuNOLA Blog has a brand new look (which I’m still tweaking a bit). Also, go there to check out the sections, “FabuNOLA It List” and “Eco-FabuNOLA,”  that you can see posted regularly there. And please direct new people here … and ask them to sign-up for this eNewsletter too. The FabuNOLA Blog lists Music, Dance, Wellness & Eco Happenings. More will be posted/updated as I can get to it. I’ve also had to start a new personal Facebook page for the overflow of new FabuFolks I’m always meeting and connecting to. Go to www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins.II if you are NOT already connecting to me on my first personal Facebook page. You can also find posts from me on the Facebook FabuNOLA, Twitter (both ending in /FabuNOLA) & LinkedIn (under Cherylyn L. Tompkins) Pages. If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family, welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. I greatly appreciate you for the support you’ve always shown me in return!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well,   Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com ~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!) ♥ MOTIONS “SHINE” VIP Lounge    During Essence Music Festival July 2 – 3, 2010 @ Harrah’s Hotel 12-6 pm    Be sure to RSVP for this Fabulous FREE VIP Event to get your “special” Beauty Appointment Time & Location  (see below for specific details) Motions VIP Lounge during Essence Music Fest 2010 -Hosted by Kandi Burruss (ATL Housewives) -Music by DJ D-NICE (NYC) -Complimentary Hair and Make-up -Complimentary Cocktails and Hors D’Oeuvres -EMF Ticket giveaways -Additional prize & product giveaways courtesy of Motions, Dollhouse, FHI and others … Event will take place on Friday (7/2) and Saturday (7/3) from 12p-6p @ Harrah’s Hotel on Poydras St. If you are anywhere near this downtown area (going to or leaving the Convention Center before heading to the nightly concerts) during these hours, please email or text to receive your definite “IN” to this fabulous experience. RSVP to reserve your VIP appointment now by sending your name and number of guests to RSVP@MotionsVIPLounge.com or text 312.566.1937 for your time and location. ♥ Wishing you all only and all of the best. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn (this is a paid advertisement) New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter, I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to:  Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~ CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing in order to insure these efforts continue to happen.   FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all created, operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the years now so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of ANY size). Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~ For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (connect at www.FabuNOLA.com). Stay Connected Positively Folks!! About CLT and FabuNOLA  Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!!  · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. www.FabuNOLA.com  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love,   Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement:   “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.”   Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥♥♥ The Positive FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others.   ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!! Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

NO Sexy Salsa Sundays Tonight & FabuNOLA Shifts Focus (And Other Events) ~ 5-30-10

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(May 30, 2010)

NO Sexy Salsa Sundays Tonight
&
FabuNOLA Shifts Focus
(Hope You Do Too!!)

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and yet, there’s still MORE (listed below) …

Hello My FabuNOLA Family!!! I wanted to connect to let you know about a few updates for this weekend, as well as some new upcoming events I’ve listed for this month. First, Sexy Salsa Sundays is taking a break (okay, I should just say that I’m really getting the opportunity to shift my focus back to all the many other things I have to take care of) this weekend/tonight because the venue is being used for a private event tonight. Also, Filming is going on downstairs next weekend so I have to decide during the week whether or not it’s feasible to move things upstairs or just continue with the break since I’ll be heading out of town the following week for work. This summer is heating up indeed. Although I didn’t want to take off this long, I think it’s okay to admit when to take some well needed time for self is in order for relaxation, reflection and rejuvenation (and I think it’s safe to say that we’re all feeling this right now). Shifting the focus back to what is in total alignment with true happiness is the main priority. And, of course, I’ll keep you posted. And, with the exception of anyone wanting to pay to advertise/sponsor FabuNOLA right now, I’m going to take a little break from sending out emails (unless I’m giving you the Salsa updates I mentioned). I did list several events in this issue to hold you over while I take this time to focus back within, in order to move forward … positively. So I hope you enjoy what I’ve listed on the June FabuNOLA Happenings List (below). Plus, on July 7, 2010, mark your calendars for a FabuNOLA pairing with “Wednesdays at the Point” to present Fredy Omar con su Banda performing LIVE. See details below. Since we are recognizing the Memorial Holiday this weekend in this country, I hope that everyone getting the opportunity to participate utilizes this time for greater reflection from within, especially with so many transitions going on. All of the conversations I’m having with individuals now entail a need for deeper internal connection (to themselves & others) while overcoming many challenges … gracefully. And yes, we are all going through many challenges. This is a good thing though (no matter how challenging the challenges seem) as we are shifting towards greater heights coming in the near future. What’s making things more challenging is that a lot of this means releasing things that are no longer working for us (no matter how much we think they mean … or have meant to us). Letting go in order to gain deeper inner clarity, perspective and purpose as we move forward is key. Making room for the greater gifts of abundance to come, even if that means getting more time for YOU right now is okay … actually, it’s essential. It’s time to move forward for a brighter future to be uncovered and, in some cases, discovered (and awakened for the first time). So what are you waiting for? Take the leap of faith in order to lift yourself up and out of the challenges being presented to you (yes, to all of us) right now. I created this quote while giving advice for a friend going through challenges earlier this week: “Make Your Move … Make Your Mark!!” And I hope you do this as well. The time for all great things to be created, uncovered, discovered, awakened, manifested … is NOW. Time is of essence. Your Life is waiting on You to catch up with YOU!!! If you are new to FabuNOLA, please check out my Blog with past postings. The FabuNOLA Blog has a brand new look (which I’m still tweaking a bit). Also, go there to check out the “FabuNOLA It List” and “Eco-FabuNOLA”  that you can see posted regularly (please direct new people here … and ask them to sign-up for this eNewsletter too). My Blog lists Music, Dance, Wellness & Eco Happenings. More will be posted/updated as I can get to it. If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family, welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. I greatly appreciate you for the support you’ve always shown me in return!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com ~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter)

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” is Taking A Break This Tonight/Weekend due to Private Event at the Venue. The following week, we may be able to move upstairs while the venue is being rented for filming. However, I have to check with everyone to see how feasible this will be. I’ll keep you posted, of course. Check out the FabuNOLA Salsa Blog Page during the week for details of whether or not things will be up & going again next weekend. http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Until then, check below for some updated FabuHappenings going on in June. Many blessings until we dance again. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

FabuNOLA’s FabuHappenings (June 2010) ♥ WornAgain Designer Submissions Time Again: WORN AGAIN nola4 Rev up your sewing machines, ladies and gents, WORN AGAIN nola4 wants you! WORN AGAIN designers take the random recycled materials we give them and have 6 weeks to create original recycled masterpieces. Jury then judges each design to the highest standard of wear-ability, technical sewing skills, innovation and overall creativity, selecting 30 pieces to rock our infamous runway. The jury’s Top 10 designs will be previewed at the exclusive WORN AGAIN Patron Party and all designers are eligible for great prize packages. Participation in past years has resulted in private commissions, consignment deals with local boutiques and high profile press coverage. This is a unique opportunity to flaunt your skills and support a worthy cause while enjoying one of the most socially conscious social events of the season! Please contact with any questions: wornagainNOLA@gmail – 504-284-8871 Important Dates: Registration Deadline: Tues June 1st Material Pickup: Sun June 6th Jury: Sat July 17thth Worn Again: Sat July 24th For full details, please go to: www.facebook.com/wornagain.nola ♥ On June 3rd, New Orleans Film Society & CAC present: ART & COPY A powerful film about advertising and inspiration, Art & Copy introduces the cultural visionaries who revolutionized advertising during the industry’s golden age by creating slogans to live by and ads we all remember. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation. Directed by Doug Pray. USA. 2009. 89 min. THURSDAY JUNE 3, 7:30PM Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. NOFS and CAC members $6, general admission $8 Tickets at cacno.org or at the door/CAC box office: 504.528.3800 For more details on these & many more screenings throughout the year, becoming a member of the NOFS and wonderful Film Festivals year-round, please go to New Orleans Film Fest. ♥ On June 5th, from 8 am – 1 pm, Allied Waste Monthly RECYCLING DROP-OFF every 1st Saturday of the Month. Located at L & A Road, Metairie, LA 70001 DIRECTIONS: Take Airline Drive to LaBarre Road, turn towards the Mississippi River, then turn left on L & A Road, go approximately 1.8 miles. Items Accepted: Paper, Cardboard, Newspaper, Magazines, Junk Mail, Aluminum Cans, Plastic Soda & Water Bottles, Liquid Detergent and Bleach Bottles, Milk Jugs, Tin, Steel & Metal Cans No Glass Accepted (Note from Cherylyn: Take glass to Target Stores for drop-off in their Recycling Kiosks located in their Customer Service Areas (also accepting cell phones, batteries, plastics, paper, etc). And for Daily Recycling Drop-Offs at Euterpe Recycling Ctr & The Green Project, please go to: Eco-FabuNOLA/Recycling-Info-In-FabuNOLA) ♥ On June 5th, A Studio In The Woods is having a FORESTival!: The woods will come alive with the sound of music, artistic performances and lively bidding at the auction planned for FORESTival, a celebration of art and nature at A Studio in the Woods Saturday June 5th 11:00 am – 5:00 pm SITW is located at 13401 Patterson Road Music by: Panorama Jazz Band Beth Turner and friends Artist presentations including: ArtSpot Productions, Mondo Bizarro, and Raymond “Moose” Jackson present an excerpt from Loup Garou Jane Hill sculpture demonstration Poetic installation by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts Tours of the woods with botanist David Baker. Food and drink for purchase. Art activities with Kids in the Woods summer camp instructors Lisa Sirgo and Laura Richens. For the listing of Artist’s works being featured in the Silent Auction, as well as other Auction Items and generous sponsors, please go to www.astudiointhewoods.org/sitw for full details. ♥ I was speaking with Herreast J. Harrison today and she let me know there are having a book signing for “Big Chief Harrison and the Mardi Gras Indians” with the author, Dr. Al Kennedy and Mrs. Herreast J. Harrison at the Stella Jones Gallery, located at 201 Saint Charles Ave., NOLA 70170; (504) 568-9050; www.stellajones.com. The book event will take place on Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 6 – 9 pm. All are very welcome. Big Chief Harrison and the Mardi Gras Indians ♥ And here’s a great weekend event to tap into next weekend for a great cause, FairPlay Foundation. My friend, Alphonse Martin, sent me this info to pass along to you for the New Orleans Celebrity Open Golf Tournament on Monday, June 7th (with activities starting June 4, 2010) Please check out the info Alphonse sent me below and check out the full details at the FairPlay Foundation’s website to find out how you can get involved: www.fpfno.org REGISTER NOW, 2010 is the year of champions in New Orleans!  We invite you to become one of the city’s champions by joining your fellow golfers, corporate friends and celebrities from the worlds of sport and entertainment for a very special championship weekend in June. This championship year marks the 12th time that civic-minded golfers and businesses have shared the vision of the FairPlay Foundation by taking part in the New Orleans Celebrity Open golf tournament.  This very special, unique event is dedicated to one cause, and one cause only!  The future of the city’s most important asset – our youth.  Since 1997, the non-profit foundation has sponsored the most exciting event pairing your golfing friends with celebrities from around the country, with all of the proceeds going to the city’s schools and playgrounds. We dedicate this year’s tournament, with the help of our very special tournament ambassador Branford Marsalis, to improving the lives of our city’s kids through your participation in this fun-filled event. We encourage you to review the attached tournament brochure for the 12th Annual New Orleans Celebrity Open and signal your support for our kids by registering today! ♥ Kicking off, June 16th, “Wednesdays at the Point” swings into full gear with great musical acts throughout the Summer. AND, on July 7, 2010, my dear friend, Bethany Lemanski, asked me (and FabuNOLA) to participate in the “Latin Dance Party” featuring LIVE musical performance by Fredy Omar con su Banda!! And there just might be some Salsa dance lessons going on in between Fredy’s performance. Mark your calendars now because A LOT of my talented musical friends are performing every Wednesday at the Point this Summer. I so hope you’ll be able to join in the fun!! You’re only a Ferry ride away! 2010 Summer Festival Concert Series June 16 – September 1 Every Wednesday from 6-9PM (Free Admission) www.wednesdaysonthepoint.com June 16th Kick-Off: Big Sam’s Funky Nation Brought to you by Algiers Economic Development Foundation ♥ And Kim Prevost & Bill Solley sent me a quick note to let me know they will be performing in FabuNOLA again in June (YAY!!!). Everyone mark your calendars for them!!! “We are performing at Snug Harbor, Thursday June 24th, 8 and 10pm. If you could mention us in your newsletter that would be great!!! Hope to see you in June!!!” All our Best. Kim Prevost & Bill Solley www.kimprevost.com ♥ Wishing you all only and all of the best. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter, I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

Newly Fabu: CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are all created, operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the years now so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of ANY size). Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing in order to insure these efforts continue to happen. Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥  FabuN♥LA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time. ♥  Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!! ♥♥♥ The FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others. ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!!

Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

FabuNOLA eNewsletter: NOLA Veggie Fest, WWOZ Gulf Aid Concert & Sexy Salsa Sundays AND So Much More!! ~ 5-16-10

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(May 16, 2010)

2nd Annual NOLA Veggie Fest

&

Gulf Aid Benefit Concert to
Support Gulf Relief Efforts

&

Sexy Salsa Sundays is ON Tonight

FabuNOLA’s … Sexy Salsa Sundays
FREE Salsa Dance Class @ 7pm
Social Salsa Dancing @ 8 pm
Food Sold by Holly’s Tamales
Clean Air Event

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and there’s still MORE (listed below) …

Hello My FabuNOLA Family!!! How are you all doing today? I always hope amazingly well!! This is going to be a quick note because I have to get myself together super quick to catch as much of the 2nd Annual NOLA Veggie Fest (which ends at 7 pm) before heading to my Salsa night tonight (FabuNOLA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays) … which I hope to see many of you tonight!! Mike Griffin with NOSD will be back tonight teaching the free class (which starts at 7pm). There is no cover for the Salsa Social that is from 8 pm (until). Chef Holly of Holly’s Tamales is back tonight too. Her menu this weekend will be a Roasted Veggie Tamale with Cuban Black Bean Sofritos & Rice + Fried Banana … so YUMMY!!. For those of you new to FabuNOLA (and there are MANY of you that just got entered onto my list from before Jazz Fest), please see below or on my FabuNOLA Blog for details about Salsa. I mentioned the NOLA Veggie Fest (going on right now)!! You will see this event along with lots of others I listed below too (like the Gulf Aid Benefit Concert going on now too). There’s so much going on right now and into next week. Gris Gris Lab has it’s 1st film screening (along with Cuban Food & after-party) for “Inventos Hip Hop Cubano” then, the 2nd Annual Metro Bicycle Coalition Bicycle Second Line, as well as, HBO’s Treme is presenting “One Night Only … Frank’s Place.” These are all some of the special highlights I’m listing in this issue (all listed below after the details for Salsa event). And please check out the upcoming June happenings below so you can mark your calendars early. Also, you’ll see the listing for Alliance For Affordable Energy’s 25th Anniversary Campaign to raise $25,000.00 by the 25th of May. I’m on the Board for the Alliance and would appreciate you clicking on their site to see ALL of the phenomenal things they are doing for ALL of us. Please consider a donation (big or small) to help them get ever closer to their goal this week. I would greatly appreciate it. I know I usually write a bit more to give you greater encouragement to focus on from within. However, you know this is always being shared by me every time I get a chance to connect with you in some way, shape or form. I’m always hoping for the best for you … because I believe in your greatness and unique offerings to our society as a whole. If you are new to FabuNOLA, please check out my Blog with past postings so you can read more about what I normally write in the form of inspiration towards our FabuNOLA and Global Community moving forward … positively & successfully. The FabuNOLA Blog has a brand new look to it so please check it out (which I’m still tweaking a bit). Also go there to check out the “FabuNOLA It List” and “Eco-FabuNOLA”  that you can see posted regularly (also please direct new people here instead of contacting me personally because it is very challenging for me to get back to everyone individually nowadays … and ask them to sign-up for this eNewsletter too). My Blog lists Music, Dance, Wellness & Eco Happenings. More will be posted/updated as I can get to it. If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family (which is ever growing), welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. You will always mean so much to Me!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com ~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter)

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) A Clean Air Event!! http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to take part in the SEXY SALSA SUNDAYS PARTY in FabuNOLA!! ♥ ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥ FREE Dance Class ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin of NOSD, INC. AND ♥Every Sunday ~ Music, Dancing & Fun starts @ 8 pm♥ (Salsa, Merengue & Bachata music played) And for those of you who haven’t already seen the WDSU clip with Mike & myself recently talking about Sexy Salsa Sundays, here it is : Salsa from FabuNOLA & NOSD on WDSU For info on regular Salsa Dance lessons during the week (specifically for info on group/private lessons), please click on NOSD to be taken to their site. Here’s a FabuDance Video of Mike & Me dancing at one of his GREAT Salsa Socials. It’s improvised and fun. Click here. Also go to the NOSD, Inc. YouTube Channel to view their video postings. ~♥~ Holly’s Tamales will be kicking up her culinary heels with us this weekend!! Holly will be offering a great selection of Specialty Tamales weekly, along with some more treats that you have to check out in person to really appreciate. Tonight’s FabuMenu: Roasted Veggie Tamale, Cuban Black Beans & Rice & Fried Banana Hearty & Healthy Food to satisfy even those of us “Conscious Eaters” ~♥~ To connect with Chef Holly of Holly’s Tamales directly, please contact: hollystamales@gmail.com; 318-613-5027 ~♥~ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” In cooperation with The Blue Nile & NOSD ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

FabuNOLA’s FabuHappenings (May – June 2010) ♥ 2nd Annual NOLA Veggie Fest is coming up on May 16, 2010 from 11am – 7 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church (2903 Jefferson St., NOLA 70115). There will be Restaurants, Food Samples, Cooking Demos, Films & Speakers, Vendor Booths, Raffles & Auction plus Live Music. $10 Adults, $5 kids 12 & under, under 2 free. www.NOLAVeggieFest.com. I had the honor of attending this phenomenal event last year to cover it for press (and as a Vegan Supporter). In the pouring rain, over 500 people came out ~ proof positive that our Veggie lovers need to be “catered” to more in our FabuCity!! I hope you will check it out to find out more ways to move yourself along the path of “Conscious Eating.” ~ Peace & Love, Cherylyn A project of the Humane Society of Louisiana – HumaneLA.org ♥ Gulf Aid Benefit Concert to Support Gulf Relief Efforts Sunday, May 16, 2010 from Noon ~ 10 pm at Mardi Gras World ~ River City Location Benefit concert to raise funds for wetland recovery efforts, fishermen and their families. This fundraising concert has an all star line-up. Lenny Kravitz, Allen Toussaint, Mos Def, Ani DiFranco, John Legend, The Voice of the Wetlands Allstars (featuring Tab Benoit, Dr. John, Cyril Neville, George Porter Jr., Waylon Thibodeaux, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Sansone, and Johnny Vidacovich), Zachary Richard, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Irvin Mayfield’s Playhouse Review, Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, Jeremy Davenport, Rebirth Brass Band, MyNameIsJohnMichael, Big Sam, and more to come! Tickets are available at www.elevate.com (VIP packages will be available). Kids 12 and under get in free. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the door. Donations may be sent to the Gulf Aid, a 501 C3 non-profit corporation located at P.O. Box 6917, Metairie, LA 70009. The site is being donated by Joe Jaeger and Barry Kern, partners in the Mardi Gras World Facility. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage radio station WWOZ 90.7 FM will broadcast live from the concert (www.wwoz.org), which will also be streamed live on the internet: wwoz.org. Rehage Entertainment, producer of the Voodoo Experience and the Essence Music Festival is producing GULF AID. Sidney D. Torres, IV, owner of SDT Waste and Debris, LLC is a concert financer and organizer. Food and beverages from more than 20 New Orleans area restaurants will be available for purchase. Wolfe’s, Galatoires, G.W. Fins, Bourbon House, Palace Cafe, Rib Room at OMNI Royal, Broussards and more… ♥ A multitude of magical delights are occurring this (and every month) at Gris Gris Lab (2245 Brainard St.). This Tuesday (May 18th), Gris Gris Lab will host their 1st Film Screening: Gris Gris Lab & Haus of Vigilante welcome photographer & filmmaker Kahlil Jacobs-Fantauzzi and Eli Jacobs- Fantauzzi for the screening of the film: INVENTOS: HIP HOP CUBANO Movie starts sharp at 7 pm; $3 Cuban Dinner Plates and $2 Gris Gris Lab Brews & Elixirs (MEMBERS FREE ~ $3 OTHERWISE) Please view film trailer here. More details of film and even, click here. Gris Gris Lab is always cookin’ up a special mix of events, rituals and gatherings. This week they will start the week off on Tuesday with a Film screening, DJ N#MBER 9INE & Cuban Dinner for their first ever Film screening: Inventos Hiphop Cubano,a Clenched Fist Production at 7pm (doors open at 6pm).  Meet the Director and chill out to some rare grooves.  Gris Gris Lab is a membership based organization so if you like what they produce … spread the word, sign-up for their newsletters, bring a friend to their events, become a member and JOIN THE MAGIC!!! Other Gris Gris Lab Events this Week/Month: Primal Sensuality Burlesque Playshop w/ Dorian Faust @ 6 pm (5/21/10); Family Gardening Day from 11am-1pm (5/22/10)~ $5 per family; Full Moon in Sagittarius Ritual from 7 – 9 pm (5/27/10); & L’espirit d’Haiti, work of Haitian photographer, Christopher L. Mitchell @ 6 pm (5/29/10). For more details, please go to the Calendar section of www.GrisGrisLab.com. ♥ As mentioned in a prior email, Alliance For Affordable Energy is in the middle of the Alliance’s Sustainability Campaign “celebrating 25 years by raising $25,000.00 in 25 days!!” As a Board Member & the Co-Chair for the Fundraising Committee, I’m asking You to do all you can (big or small) to keep this great organization moving forward … positively!! For more info & to donate as well, please go to www.all4energy.org. ♥ 2nd Annual Metro Bicycle Coalition Bicycle Second Line 2nd Annual Metro Bicycle Coalition Bicycle Second Line Saturday, May 22nd, 2010 formation at 10:00am; departure at 10:30am WHERE: Commencement at Magazine Street and Zoo Drive; After party at Avenger Field (Tchoupitoulas and Exposition Blvd.) Bicycle Rodeo at Audubon Charter School (428 Broadway) WHY: To show cycling enthusiasm for New Orleans, and learn about cycling improvements in the city WITH: New Orleans EMS & National Safety Council hosting Bicycle Rodeo starting at 8am. 1st 50 families to either join or renew MBC will receive free helmets for their children. And Featuring the Crescent City Stompers. ALSO: $25 for membership or membership renewal and 1 free t-shirt *note: free t-shirt is for full paying members only, not discounted student memberships; $15 for just a t-shirt, and $5 for an existing member who wants a t-shirt For more details, go to http://www.mbcnola.org/SecondLine.html ♥ WORLD RENOWNED HAITIAN BAND, TABOU COMBO, COMES TO NEW ORLEANS FOR HAITIAN RELIEF BENEFIT The world renowned Haitian Band, Tabou Combo, will perform a gala relief benefit concert on Saturday, May 22 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Tabou Combo, together for 42 years, is widely regarded as the ambassador of Haiti’s national dance music genre known as Compas (con-pa).  Tickets are available through Ticketmaster for a 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. event. All proceeds from this benefit performance will go to Haiti Relief and will be administered by the New Orleans Haitian Relief Task Force, a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed less than 24 hours after the January 12th earthquake devastated Haiti.  Working with Dr. Sylvain Francois, Haiti’s Honorary Consul to New Orleans, the Task Force will now turn its focus to direct coordination with other responders to address critical and immediate needs in the areas of education and healthcare. For tickets, go to Tabou Combo Tickets. ♥ HBO’s TREME presents … Open for One Night Only: “FRANK’S PLACE” Monday, May 24, 2010 from 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM (Thanks to Lolis Elie for sending me this info. “Frank’s Place” was my Mom’s Favorite Show) HBO’s TREME presents Open for One Night Only: “FRANK’S PLACE” During the 1987-1988 television season, Tim Reid and Hugh Wilson brought CBS viewers as close to New Orleans as any television series had ever done. In the first episode Frank Parrish, a reluctant restaurateur, plans to sell Chez Louisiane, the family restaurant he inherited. But soon he finds himself elbow deep in food, family debt and eccentric characters. The show is not available for home viewing. But through special arrangements with the show’s creators, HBO’s “Treme” will present two episodes of this New Orleans classic, along with a panel discussion featuring Reid, Wilson, “Treme” writer Lolis Eric Elie and moderated by Gambit Weekly editor Kevin Allman. Tickets are $20. Please click http://franksplace.eventbrite.com/ to purchase online. Frank’s Place Pic Proceeds from the evening will benefit the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Hosted By The NOCCA Institute The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts is a world-class educational institution that has been changing the lives of young people since 1973. Every year, this professional arts training center provides intensive instruction in creative writing, dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design) , and visual arts to students from public, private, and parochial schools across Louisiana through schoolday, after-school, weekend, and summer sessions. The NOCCA Institute is NOCCA’s nonprofit support and advocacy arm, providing numerous programs for the benefit of students, faculty, and the general public. ♥ Upcoming June Happenings: WornAgain Designer Submissions Time Again: WORN AGAIN nola4 Rev up your sewing machines, ladies and gents, WORN AGAIN nola4 wants you! WORN AGAIN designers take the random recycled materials we give them and have 6 weeks to create original recycled masterpieces. Jury then judges each design to the highest standard of wear-ability, technical sewing skills, innovation and overall creativity, selecting 30 pieces to rock our infamous runway. The jury’s Top 10 designs will be previewed at the exclusive WORN AGAIN Patron Party and all designers are eligible for great prize packages. Participation in past years has resulted in private commissions, consignment deals with local boutiques and high profile press coverage. This is a unique opportunity to flaunt your skills and support a worthy cause while enjoying one of the most socially conscious social events of the season! Please contact with any questions: wornagainNOLA@gmail – 504-284-8871 Important Dates: Registration Deadline: Tues June 1st Material Pickup: Sun June 6th Jury: Sat July 17thth Worn Again: Sat July 24th For full details, please go to: www.facebook.com/wornagain.nola ♥ In June, New Orleans Film Society & CAC present: ART & COPY A powerful film about advertising and inspiration, Art & Copy introduces the cultural visionaries who revolutionized advertising during the industry’s golden age by creating slogans to live by and ads we all remember. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation. Directed by Doug Pray. USA. 2009. 89 min. THURSDAY JUNE 3, 7:30PM Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. NOFS and CAC members $6, general admission $8 Tickets at cacno.org or at the door/CAC box office: 504.528.3800 For more details on these & many more screenings throughout the year, becoming a member of the NOFS and wonderful Film Festivals year-round, please go to New Orleans Film Fest. ♥ And Kim Prevost & Bill Solley sent me a quick note to let me know they will be performing in FabuNOLA again in June (YAY!!!). Everyone mark your calendars for them!!! “We are performing at Snug Harbor, Thursday June 24th, 8 and 10pm. If you could mention us in your newsletter that would be great!!! Hope to see you in June!!!” All our Best. Kim Prevost & Bill Solley www.kimprevost.com ♥ Wishing you all only and all of the best. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter (I know, I’ve been wanting to shorten them for quite a while now … there just so much though), I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

Newly Fabu: CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much more positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the many years so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of any size). Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing (whatever you can) in order to insure this continues to happen. Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Send a great FabuNOLA Gift of Love to Spread even more the Love!! You are so greatly appreciated in so many FabuWays!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

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FabuNOLA eNewsletter: Happy Mom’s Day, Sexy Salsa Sunday is ON tonight (with a FabuMom Instructing) & Other FabuHappenings ~ 5-9-10

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(May 9, 2010)

Happy Mother’s Day

&

Sexy Salsa Sundays is ON
with
SexyFabuMom
Julie Banks Mims
of GumboSalsa
instructing tonight.

FabuNOLA’s … Sexy Salsa Sundays
FREE Salsa Dance Class @ 7pm
Social Salsa Dancing @ 8 pm
Food Sold by Holly’s Tamales
Clean Air Event

~~
and there’s still MORE (listed below) …

Hello My FabuNOLA Family!!! Here’s a note to wish all of you FabuMom’s a very Happy Mother’s Day today. Thank you for all of the beauty within you guiding the way for greatness around you … including your own greatness!! Let’s also celebrate Mother Earth again because she nurtures us too … just as all of our fabulously phenomenal Moms have all these years. Thanks to my Mom, Esther Carita Tompkins, for giving me Life (and to my Grandmother, Esther Margaret Daugherty, for giving my Mom Life … and so on and so forth). And to my loving Godmother, Winnie Ward, for always being there for me as well. Smooches to all of You!! AND … be sure to bring your FabuMom (and anyone else you choose) tonight for FabuNOLA presents … Sexy Salsa Sundays (at the Blue Nile). FabuMom and SalsaDanceQueen, Julie Banks Mims of GumboSalsa, will be instructing tonight (while Mike G of NOSD spends time with the lovely Moms in his world … including his beautiful wife, Nasha, who will give birth in a couple more months). I’m looking very forward to see as many of you as possible tonight. The Free Class starts at 7 pm. The Social Salsa Dancing (no cover) starts at 8 pm (until). Chef Holly of Holly’s Tamales is back tonight too. She sold out of her delectable delights last time so be sure to get to her early in the evening. Her menu this weekend will be a Honduran Veggie Tamale with Cuban Black Bean Sofritos & Rice + dessert Tamale … so YUMMY!!. See below for more details on Sexy Salsa Sundays (and thanks to those of you who have been supporting so positively), as well as other great events going on this week or upcoming. There are a bunch of great ones I’ve listed below so be sure to check them out!! As stated in the prior FabuNOLA eNewsetters, please go to the FabuNOLA Blog link to see the info on the “FabuNOLA It List” that you can see regularly. Below I’m listing some special things going on this weekend to tap into (and that I’m a part of). If you are new to the FabuNOLA Family (and we just keep growing!!), welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. You will always mean so much to Me!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA.com ~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter)

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) A Clean Air Event!! http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to take part in the SEXY SALSA SUNDAYS PARTY in FabuNOLA!! ♥ ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥FREE Dance Class ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Julie Banks Mims of GumboSalsa gumbosalsa@gmail.com (for more details) (filling in for Mike Griffin of NOSD, INC.) AND ♥Every Sunday ~ Music, Dancing & Fun starts @ 8 pm♥ (Salsa, Merengue & Bachata music played) And for those of you who haven’t already seen the WDSU clip with Mike & myself recently talking about Sexy Salsa Sundays, here it is: Salsa from FabuNOLA & NOSD on WDSU For the many of you who have been wanting to find out how to get further Salsa Dance advancement & are asking more and more about Mike’s weekly dance classes (specifically for info on group/private lessons), please click on NOSD to be taken to the site. They also have their brand new “Salser-eaux” T-Shirts for sale!! They look so SuperFabu!! Here’s a FabuDance Video of Mike & Me dancing at one of his GREAT Salsa Socials. It’s improvised and fun. Click here. Also go to the NOSD, Inc. YouTube Channel to view their video postings. ~♥~ Holly’s Tamales will be kicking up her culinary heels with us this weekend!! Holly will be offering a great selection of Specialty Tamales weekly, along with some more treats that you have to check out in person to really appreciate. Her price range is around $7/per plate. Hearty & Healthy Food to satisfy even those of us “Conscious Eaters” ~♥~ To connect with Chef Holly of Holly’s Tamales directly, please contact: holly.hawthorne@gmail.com; 318-613-5027 ~♥~ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” In cooperation with The Blue Nile & NOSD ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

FabuNOLA’s FabuHappenings (May 2010) A multitude of magical delights are occurring this (and every month) and Gris Gris Lab (2245 Brainard St.). This Thursday (May 13th) will host the New Moon in Taurus Ritual from 7-9 pm; Primal Sensuality Burlesque with Resident Artist Dorian Faust at 6 pm on May 21st; Children’s Neighborhood & Gardening Day on May 22nd from 11 – 1 pm; Full Moon in Sagittaruis Ritual on May 27nd from 7 – 9 pm; and L’espirit d’Haiti, work of Haitian photographer, Christopher L. Mitchell at 6 pm on May 29th. For more details, please go to the Calendar section of www.GrisGrisLab.com. ♥♥ 2 Great Films are being presented by the New Orleans Film Society soon: GOOD HAIR Presented by NOFS and the Porch 7th Ward Cultural Org. Good Hair is a documentary by Chris Rock; directed by Jeff Stilson. Released in 2009 (96 min.). This screening is FREE of charge on Saturday, May 15. Doors open at 6:30 pm/Film at 7 pm. 7th Ward Neighborhood Ctr: 1943 Pauger St. An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock. AND ART & COPY Presented by NOFS and the CAC. A powerful film about advertising and inspiration, Art & Copy introduces the cultural visionaries who revolutionized advertising during the industry’s golden age by creating slogans to live by and ads we all remember. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation. Directed by Doug Pray. USA. 2009. 89 min. THURSDAY JUNE 3, 7:30PM Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St. NOFS and CAC members $6, general admission $8 Tickets at cacno.org or at the door/CAC box office: 504.528.3800 For more details on these & many more screenings throughout the year, becoming a member of the NOFS and wonderful Film Festivals year-round, please go to New Orleans Film Fest. ♥ As mentioned in a prior email, Alliance For Affordable Energy is in the middle of the Alliance’s Sustainability Campaign “celebrating 25 years by raising $25,000.00 in 25 days!!” As a Board Member & the Co-Chair for the Fundraising Committee, I’m asking You to do all you can (big or small) to keep this great organization moving forward … positively!! For more info & to donate as well, please go to www.all4energy.org. ♥ 2nd Annual NOLA Veggie Fest is coming up on May 16, 2010 from 11am – 7 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist Church (2903 Jefferson St., NOLA 70115). There will be Restaurants, Food Samples, Cooking Demos, Films & Speakers, Vendor Booths, Raffles & Auction plus Live Music. $10 Adults, $5 kids 12 & under, under 2 free. www.NOLAVeggieFest.com. I had the honor of attending this phenomenal event last year to cover it for press (and as a Vegan Supporter). In the pouring rain, over 500 people came out (proof positive that our Veggie lovers need to be “catered” to more in our FabuCity!! I hope you will check it out to find out more ways to move yourself along the path of “Conscious Eating.” A project of the Humane Society of Louisiana – HumaneLA.org ♥ NOMA has the beyond incredible “Beyond the Blues: Reflections of African America in the Fine Arts Collection of the Amistad Research Center” Art Exhibit that started on April 11th and will run through July 11, 2010. You’ll definitely want to check this one out (I saw a special sneak preview and loved it!!) . Go to NOMA for more details. ♥ What: The Lower Depths (a play) Where: MICA – 527 Julia St., New Orleans When: May 14-30 Fri. 9pm, Sat. 8pm., Sun. 6pm Tickets: $12 online or at the door Bridget Erin directs a modern-dress production of Maxim Gorky’s classic play. Co-produced by M.I.C.A. & Karmic Foundation. More info at www.micanola.org This compelling 1902 play, considered Gorky’s masterpiece, centers on a group of wretched souls who congregate to play cards, tell stories, and debate whether it is better to live without illusions or to maintain a romanticized worldview. A powerful, influential drama, hailed for its realistic and memorable characterizations. ♥ WORLD RENOWNED HAITIAN BAND, TABOU COMBO, COMES TO NEW ORLEANS FOR HAITIAN RELIEF BENEFIT The world renowned Haitian Band, Tabou Combo, will perform a gala relief benefit concert on Saturday, May 22 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Tabou Combo, together for 42 years, is widely regarded as the ambassador of Haiti’s national dance music genre known as Compas (con-pa).  Tickets are available through Ticketmaster for a 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. event. All proceeds from this benefit performance will go to Haiti Relief and will be administered by the New Orleans Haitian Relief Task Force, a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed less than 24 hours after the January 12th earthquake devastated Haiti.  Working with Dr. Sylvain Francois, Haiti’s Honorary Consul to New Orleans, the Task Force will now turn its focus to direct coordination with other responders to address critical and immediate needs in the areas of education and healthcare. For tickets, go to Tabou Combo Tickets. ♥ Upcoming Event: WornAgain Designer Submissions Time Again: WORN AGAIN nola4 Rev up your sewing machines, ladies and gents, WORN AGAIN nola4 wants you! WORN AGAIN designers take the random recycled materials we give them and have 6 weeks to create original recycled masterpieces. Jury then judges each design to the highest standard of wear-ability, technical sewing skills, innovation and overall creativity, selecting 30 pieces to rock our infamous runway. The jury’s Top 10 designs will be previewed at the exclusive WORN AGAIN Patron Party and all designers are eligible for great prize packages. Participation in past years has resulted in private commissions, consignment deals with local boutiques and high profile press coverage. This is a unique opportunity to flaunt your skills and support a worthy cause while enjoying one of the most socially conscious social events of the season! Deadline for registration is Wednesday June 2nd, submission details at site below. Please contact with any questions: wornagainNOLA@gmail – 504-284-8871 Important Dates Registration Deadline: Tues June 1st Material Pickup: Sun June 6th Jury: Sat July 17thth Worn Again: Sat July 24th For full details, please go to: www.facebook.com/wornagain.nola ♥ Wishing you all only and all of the best. ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter (I know, I’ve been wanting to shorten them for quite a while now … there just so much though), I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

Newly Fabu: CONTRIBUTE to FabuNOLA (share in spreading even more love!!) FabuNOLA eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc. are operated and maintained purely by my efforts to spread as much more positive Spirit throughout our FabuCity (and Globally). Through the many years so many of you have received my FabuNOLA emails, funding has not been involved (only recently has there been minimal advertising while transitioning towards greater advancement in this direction). As the outreach numbers continue to expand (which is so beautiful), I want to be able to grow with you and offer a better experience. The only way this will happen is by opening up to more funding sources (Investors & Sponsors are always welcome … as well as gifts of any size). Would you like to be a BIG part of the growth & expansion of a positive movement in New Orleans (and beyond)? If so, please consider contributing (whatever you can) in order to insure this continues to happen. Please go to: FabuNOLA Contributions Send a great FabuNOLA Gift of Love to Spread even more the Love!! You are so greatly appreciated in so many FabuWays!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com~ (Links to FabuNOLA Blog, Facebook & Twitter) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥  FabuN♥LA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time. ♥  Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!! ♥♥♥ The FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others. ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!!

Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

Quick FabuPost for Bill Cosby’s TV Show Filming at NOMA, Cinco de Mayo Celebration & Sexy Salsa Sundays are BACK!!

Hey FabuFolks!!

Here’s something really Fabu that I hope you’ll want to do tomorrow (May 6, 2010). Bill Cosby is in town tomorrow filming his new Children’s show at NOMA. He’d LOVE to have you in the audience (kids and/or adults). 2 audience opportunities (9-Noon AND/OR 1-4 pm) being filmed. I’ll be there working with the production (thanks Nikki!!) so let NOMA know you are there to be a Cosby audience member & look/ask for me. Hope you can make it! It’s a once in a lifetime experience!

Be sure to check out “Beyond The Blues” Exhibit @ NOMA when you get a chance too.

And Happy Cinco de Mayo! Taquero’s has Cafe con Leche Band tonight doing Live Music & they’ll be dancing too (8-’til). Tomatillo’s has their Block Party Celebration until 11 pm on Frenchmen then Lazziza’s (around the corner on Chartres) has DJ Javier spinning from 11 pm – ’til.

And a quick reminder that Sexy Salsa Sundays is BACK this weekend at the Blue Nile!! Holly’s Tamales will be back with us too!! Fun starts with class at 7 pm!!

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

FabuNOLA & NOSD Appear on WDSU Sunday Morning Show for FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays (Free Class starts at 7 pm/All of FabuNESS starts at 8 pm)

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter
“Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously”

(March 21, 2010)

Fabu N♥LA & NOSD, Inc.

appeared on

WSDU Sunday Morning Show

regarding

“FabuN♥LA presents …

FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays”

Chef Kevin

(of Edible Alchemy)

is back

selling FabuFood TONIGHT!!

~~
and MORE (listed below) …

Hello My FabuNOLA Folks!!! We are definitely back ON for Salsa dancing tonight at The Blue Nile with FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays (Free Class starts at 7 pm) . AND, if you just saw Mike Griffin and me on the WDSU Sunday Morning Show this morning and are heading to this site (or out tonight) to find out more details … thanks and welcome to the FabuNOLA Family. You’ll find more details about information and resources to connect you to the positive side of New Orleans … Fabulously. And, Chef Kevin of Edible Alchemy is back (weekly now) with a fabulous & scrumptious Latin Food menu that will keep you quite satisfied in between dances (I’m attempting to find a way to eat and dance simultaneously). Check below for tonight’s new menu (updated weekly) that will be for sale during our event. One Word:  Yummy!! So, if you’ve just found FabuNOLA because of seeing us today on WDSU (thanks again WDSU), I hope you will sign up at www.FabuNOLA.com (or below) to receive my regular FabuNOLA emails, plus come to visit my FabuNOLA Blog on a regular basis to find out more details regarding info on Arts, Community, Culture, Entertainment, Environmental Awareness & Holistic Wellness (and continuing to grow). Please read past posts and content listed to find out more details. Please also check out Mike Griffin’s site (NOSDINC.com) for Salsa details. And you’ll also find Chef Kevin’s info to reach him about Edible Alchemy. Oh, and while I’m connecting folks, go to Blue Nile’s site (BlueNileLive.com) to check them out too. When you have a minute, look through this site to find out what’s going on in our FabuCity and get engaged … positively. If you are interested in Salsa (or Swing) Dancing, please go to the tab above (FiestaNOLA for my Salsa event and FabuNOLA IT List for mulitiple FabuDance Spots and music venues). Check back regularly for info and updates, be sure to sign-up for the eNewsletter, and if you are interested in advertising and/or sponsoring FabuNOLA, please email me at Fabu@FabuNOLA.com. I feel the positive expansion growing (reaching 10,000+ through various social media now ~ find out where is to follow FabuNOLA below) and going in the right direction to provide you with greater resources and awareness of all the fabulous things that continue to flow in our great City. We are all positively connected in a truly unique way that blends the beauty of our FabuCommunity. I LOVE it!! And you know how much I LOVE & appreciate You!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. You know where to find me tonight at The Blue Nile. I’m looking forward to seeing you there. Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well,

Cherylyn
~aka Miss FabuNOLA~
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“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) A Clean Air Event!! http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to be a part of this NEW SEXY SALSA SUNDAY PARTY in New Orleans!! ♥ ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥FREE FabuDance Class ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin ~ compliments of NOSD, INC. AND ♥Every Sunday ~ Music, Dancing & Fun starts at 8 pm♥ (Salsa, Merengue & Bachata music played) And here’s a FabuDance Video of Mike & Me dancing at one of his GREAT Salsa Socials. It’s improvised and fun. Click here. Also go to the NOSD, Inc. YouTube Channel to view their video postings. ~♥~ And … March 21st welcomes another week of Chef Kevin S of Edible Alchemy to sell FabuFare (a new weekly feature). Hearty & Healthy Food to satisfy even those of us “Conscious Eaters” ~♥~ FiestaNOLA FabuMenu Offering for Sale tonight (menus will vary weekly) *Mango Avocado Mango Salad  ~ $5 (Fresh Avocado, Mango, Apple Matchsticks & Bell Pepper Julienne with Sevilla Orange-Ginger Vinaigrette) *Black Bean Tostadas with Vine-Ripe Tomato Salsa Fresca ~ $4 (Add Avocado ~ $1) * Plaintain Paninni ~ $3 (Tostones filled with Spinach, Artichoke Hearts, Bell Peppers & Chimichurri) * Wild Mushroom Paella ~ $5 (Button & Oyster Mushrooms, Bell Peppers & Red Onion, in a Saffron & Fresh Herbed Rice with Green Garnish) ~♥~ To connect with Chef Kevin of Edible Alchemy (the newest FabuCatering Wonder of the Block) directly, please contact: Chef Kevin Smith, Chefkevins@gmail.com; 504-782-3420 Edible Alchemy Catering ~♥~ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” In cooperation with The Blue Nile ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter (I know, I’ve been wanting to shorten them for quite a while now … there just so much though), I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~

For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!!

About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com (Web Page . . . Full Site Coming Soon!!) www.FabuNOLA.Wordpress.com (FabuNOLA Blog ~ FabuNews & Notices) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn(Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

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FabuNOLA eNewsletter: FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays welcomes Chef Kevin of Edible Alchemy & Oscars on Screen @ The Blue Nile TONIGHT (3-7-10)!!

FabuN♥LA eNewsletter “Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously” (March 7, 2010) “FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” welcoming Chef Kevin (of Edible Alchemy) selling FabuFood TONIGHT!! (and Oscars playing on Big Screen TV) ~~ and MUCH, MUCH MORE (listed below) …

Hello My FabuNOLA Phenoms!!! I have some very exciting news to share with you about tonight. However, I’ll get to that shortly. I first want to share that I feel Spring has Sprung for Me … and I’m Sprouting (literally … I’m learning to Sprout Zesty Mix Seeds, Lentils & Mung Beans … Yummy!!). Let’s just say that I’ve been ready for Spring since November. I just finished doing a 10 Day Cleanse (yes, my 10th time in 3 years with The Master Cleanser). 10 Days is short for Me (last one was 15 Days in September). However, I had to come off my cleanse earlier than expected because of what I’m going to announce for tonight with FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays (I’ll get to that). Cleansing of the Mind, Body & Spirit is so necessary right now because I feel that so many of us have been pushing to move ourselves along to the next levels of success … the next phases of our Lives. We are all constantly evolving. Cleansing all allows you to release what’s no longer working for you … in order to welcome in the newness (the Greatness) you’ve been asking for all along. I needed to shed layers of the past to move forward … positively. To move into the ever thriving mode that we should all be transitioning into right now. I’m springing into action … I’m bouncing into boundless reaches of positive flow … leading to the newly, upgraded Me!! This should be something we are all continuously striving & reaching for. Allowing for greater abundance to align with us at all times. Remember my Mantra from earlier this year: “Only Greatness … Awaits Us … in 2010 & Beyond!!” Before I get to the big news about tonight (yes, awesome!!), I want to wish my Father, Charles, and my Godfather, Uncle Emmett, very Happy Birthdays tomorrow. I’m blessed that they both share the same Birthdate (March 8, 2010). I’m blessed that I get to share them in my world. They have given me great support and love through my many years and I would like to honor them at this time. I would love you all to send them loving wishes (also for continued healing in their directions) at this time and always. I know they will appreciate it so. Okay, here’s my very special announcement for tonight with FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays: I’m welcoming Chef Kevin of Edible Alchemy (the Newest FabuCatering Wonder Kid on the Block!!) who will be selling FabuFood during our event. AND, the Oscars will be playing silently (sigh) on the screen in the background (hey … my background is in acting … The Oscars are MY Super Bowl!!). Chef Kevin and I worked very closely this week to create a special FabuMenu that even us “Conscious Eaters” will be highly pleased with. The menu sampling is listed below (along with links to my blog … which is how it will start being listed). All prices will range between $4-7 (which will make your stomachs AND your wallets very happy). So, for those of you “shy” folks who have been looking for the extra gentle nudges from the Universe to learn Salsa (or just do something new), I’m giving it all to you. Learning or getting to dance Salsa, Social Newness, FabuFood, Oscars, Clean Air Event (yes, no smoking at The Blue Nile on this night!!) …. Fabulocity!!! Yes, I do all I can to guide you towards your own inner Fabulousness & remind you it’s still all in there waiting to emerge exquisitely. We’ll all get a little break and be off next weekend due to the Fobourg Music Fest (off from Salsa on March 14). Good thing too. I’ll be in Atlanta for work next weekend (so get ready FabuATL for FabuNOLA coming your way). It’s been a minute since I’ve had the opportunity to hang with my ATL Folks (and so many of you are NOLA Folks too). Looking forward to seeing you then. You will also see a change in look of things as I go forward. I will start driving you to the links of the pages on my FabuNOLA Blog where I’ve updated and listed the regular FabuNOLA Offerings (now called the FabuNOLA IT List … check to see if you’re on IT!!) throughout our FabuCity. This will keep the length of these emails shorter (which I always wanted) and get you used to checking the Blog on a regular basis. Of course, advertising through FabuNOLA is always available and emails will be tailored accordingly (email me for rates). If you are a new member of the FabuNOLA Family (and we just keep growing … now 10,000+ through my various social media outlets … WOW!!!), welcome to the FabuFamily!! You are amongst a FabuKrewe of Great Beings … all striving for greater happiness from within. We are all beautifully inter-connected in this way. You are always loved and supported here. You will always mean so much to Me!! I’m wishing you only and all of the best. You know where to find me tonight at The Blue Nile (why do I feel like this is a message directly being sent to George Clooney … mmmm, Clooney … ;D). Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA Blog Other FabuSocial Networks To Find Me: www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Twitter.com/FabuNOLA LinkedIn: Cherylyn L. Tompkins www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins (capacity currently full … will get back when available again). FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!) “FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) A Clean Air Event!! http://fabunola.wordpress.com/fiestanola-sexy-salsa-sundays Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to be a part of this NEW SEXY SALSA SUNDAY PARTY in New Orleans!! ♥ ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥FREE FabuDance Class ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin ~ compliments of NOSD, INC. AND ♥Every Sunday ~ Music, Dancing & Fun starts at 8 pm♥ (Salsa, Merengue & Bachata music played) (except March 14 for Fobourg Music Festival) And here’s a FabuDance Video of Mike & Me dancing at one of his GREAT Salsa Socials. It’s improvised and fun. Click here. Also go to the NOSD, Inc. YouTube Channel to view their video postings. ~♥~ And … March 7th welcomes Chef Kevin S of Edible Alchemy to sell FabuFare each week. Hearty & Healthy Food to satisfy even those of us “Conscious Eaters” ~♥~ FiestaNOLA FabuMenu Offering for Sale tonight (menus will vary weekly) * Baked Plantain Chips with Spinach-Artichoke Dip ~ $4 *Avocado Mango Salad with Key-Lime Ginger Vinaigrette ~ $5 *Black Bean Soup with Vine-Ripe Tomato Salsa Fresca ~ $ (Add Avocado ~ $1) * Tropical Fruit Salad with Cayenne Spiced Dark Chocolate & Coconut Creme ~ $6 ~♥~ To connect with Chef Kevin of Edible Alchemy (the newest FabuCatering Wonder of the Block) directly, please contact: Chef Kevin Smith, Chefkevins@gmail.com; 504-782-3420 Edible Alchemy Catering ~♥~ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” In cooperation with The Blue Nile ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn New FabuNOLA IT List: (love you!!) To save length in this FabuNOLA eNewsletter (I know, I’ve been wanting to shorten them for quite a while now … there just so much though), I’m now linking you directly to my FabuNOLA Blog for ALL of the MANY Fabulous Listings I share with you!!!! For My New FabuN♥LA IT List, please go to: Fabunola.Wordpress.com/FabuNOLA-IT-List You will be linked to the FabuMusic Scene Listings, FabuDance Spots (including Salsa & Swing) and FabuNESS ~ Mind, Body & Spirit (including FabuCommunity Offerings). More will evolve as I do … as we all do. Check back regularly to see how it all unfolds. For those of you not yet knowing how much our FabuCity has to offer, this is merely a fraction (and even it will have you wondering how to balance all of it into your schedule) of things to do in FabuNOLA. Remember, You have to go to it, just in case it hasn’t already come to You!! Enjoy the Beautiful Celebration of Life … That’s what this is ALL about!!! That’s FabuNOLA! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ aka Ms. FabuNOLA ~ For Other Great Happenings & Causes in FabuN♥LA regularly updated during Week, follow me on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn (listed above). Stay Connected Positively Folks!! About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com (Web Page . . . Full Site Coming Soon!!) www.FabuNOLA.Wordpress.com (FabuNOLA Blog ~ FabuNews & Notices) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at links in first section: Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda FabuN♥LA  eNewsletter, Blog, Facebook & Twitter (and beyond): ♥  FabuN♥LA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time. ♥  Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!! ♥♥♥ The FabuN♥LA Revolution continues … ♥ Be inspired to share the FabuN♥LA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuN♥LA Newsletter with others. ♥ Spread the positive movement along! Everyone’s always welcome in the FabuN♥LA Family!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! If you email to your contact list, please let your FabuFolks know they can join too by clicking this mailing list button!! I appreciate the LOVE!! Connecting the Positive Side of New Orleans . . . Fabulously!! FabuN♥LA!! Are You interested in Sponsoring a FabuN♥LA eNewsletter and/or Advertising with FabuN♥LA? Let my Connections . . . Connect You Positively. Contact Fabu@FabuNOLA.com for FabuN♥LA Rates and further info. (Thanks in advance for your fabulous consideration!!)

FabuNOLA eNewsletter: Bill Summers & Jazalsa at Blue Nile this Saturday PLUS FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays this Sunday & MORE!

FabuN♥LA eNewsletter (February 26, 2010) Featuring The BLUE NILE Winner of OffBeat Magazine’s “Best Club of New Orleans 2009″ ~~ Bill Summers & Jazalsa this Saturday Feb. 27th @ 10:30 pm plus “FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” @ The Blue Nile 7 pm ~ until ~~ and MUCH, MUCH MORE …

Hello My SuperFabu FabuNOLA Family!!! So much has been going on since I last reached out to you. Too much to discuss right now. However, I want to thank ALL of you for the continued support. I LOVE you all dearly. You mean so much to me. I wanted to let you know of a few phenomenal happenings this weekend that I’m involved with. Some of you have started hearing of my involvement with 2 great powerhouses. The first is my collaboration with Jesse Paige & The Blue Nile on a few endeavors. Which leads me to the 2nd powerhouse mention: Bill Summers. Jesse & I have been in discussion for quite some time about boosting some of the nights earlier in the week at The Blue Nile. I kicked off my “FabuNOLA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” in January with great success!!! We have been so pleased with the turn outs. It’s been tremendous amount of fabulous fun for everyone. This also occurred the same week that Jesse & The Blue Nile discovered they were named “Best Club of New Orleans of 2009″ by OffBeat Magazine. SuperFabu timing … indeed!! We were off for Super Bowl & Mardi Gras and are now back into FULL SALSA SWING again so I hope you mark FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays on your calendar EVERY SUNDAY. Both the Dance Instruction at 7 pm and Salsa (and Merengue & Bachata) Social Dancing are Free/No Cover. Even if you don’t dance, this is the best way to learn (that’s how I did it). And you’re always welcome to come by and watch (you know, until you are ready to jump in). Either way, it’s about having fun … so come out and enjoy!! I also wanted to mention my collaboration with Bill Summers and his phenomenal new group, Jazalsa. Bill and I have been friends for a while now. However, Bill started taking a closer look last year at what I could do to assist him with ALL of the great things he has in the works (and there are a lot ;D). Bill formed this new group (Jazalsa) less than a year ago and spoke with me last year about many things he wants to take flight with his newest creation. Bill is also constantly creating, growing and expanding. It’s present in the energy in his music. It’s present in everything he does in his Life. He has a long history of great musical encounters & connections. To see/hear him LIVE is beyond amazing. Something you truly want to experience in person. Jazalsa is just the next stage of Bill’s energy and he is ready to take this to another level. I watched this personally as he formed the group originally last year after Jazz Fest. I’ve seen it evolve to where it is now. He has formed some of the brightest young talent New Orleans currently has to offer and is taking to the boundless heights that Bill’s vision wants it to expand to. Bill has asked me to be a part of this vision (as you already know, my vision is boundless as well). Bill and I have similar energy (both Cancers … both thriving off of artistic, energetic, youthful bliss … both SuperFabu ;D). Along with other FabuFolks (Hi Ebony and Jazalsa Krewe and new SuperFabuKrewe I’m pulling together), the Future is very Bright. The Future is Now (how you like that, Jesse!)!!! You will be hearing many more great things about these new collaborations and 2010 unfolds. This weekend will be one that you’ll be able to witness first hand. Bill Summers & Jazalsa will be performing at The Blue Nile at 10:30 pm (until 2 am). This AWESOME Live musical performance will also be a WWOZ LIVE Broadcast Show and part of the LetsBeTotallyClear.org Concert Series. So if you live out of the FabuNOLA area and are not able to be present at the show this Saturday … listen to it LIVE atwww.wwoz.org. We are truly excited by all of this. Things are definitely moving in the right directions. I’m so happy to see how things are evolving. There is a lot of great energy swirling in the air now. Make sure you are picking up on it and becoming a part of it (no matter where you are) … there’s so much to go around and share. And I do all I can to share it with you. I’m wishing you only and all of the best. You’ll know where to find me this Saturday night (and now every Sunday) … at The Blue Nile. This weekend, we’ll have you movin’ to the Latin Rhythm FOR SURE!!! Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA Blog Other FabuSocial Networks To Find Me: www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Twitter.com/FabuNOLA LinkedIn: Cherylyn L. Tompkins www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins (capacity currently full … will get back when available again). FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!) Bill Summers & Jazalsa LIVE This Saturday @ The Blue Nile (Winner OffBeat Magazine’s Best Club of New Orleans 2009) (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) Bill Summers & JAZALSA performing LIVE from 10:30 pm ~ 2 am. Master percussionist BILL SUMMERS and his hot Latin and World music with his ensemble JAZALSA. This show will be a WWOZ LIVE Broadcast (during 1st set) and part of the LetsBeTotallyClear.org Concert Series. 2 sets: 10:30 pm – 2 am Doors at 9:30 pm $10 Cover ~~~ A great performance of Bill Summers & Jazalsa on WWL TV last month: Bill Summers & Jazalsa performing LIVE on WWL TV ~~~ SATURDAY (Feb. 27, 2010): WASHBOARD CHAZ BLUES TRIO performs from 7 ~ 10 pm. Then, at 10:30 pm we are very excited to have master percussionist BILL SUMMERS & his hot Latin and World music with his ensemble,JAZALSA. Bill has brought together some of the very best musicians the city has to offer to create a high energy celebration of life through music. This show will be a WWOZ LIVE Broadcast (www.wwoz.org) and part of the LetsBeTotallyClear.org Concert Series. 2 sets: 10:30 pm – 2 am Doors at 9:30 pm $10 Cover ~~~ Also this Weekend, SUNDAY: FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays presented by FabuNOLA FREE FabuDance Class at 7 pm featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin ~ compliments of NOSD, INC. (NOSDINC.com) Music, Dancing & FabuFun starts at 8 pm (NO Cover) EVERY SUNDAY (except March 14 for Music Festival) Full March Schedule for The Blue Nile listed below Have a safe and exciting good time this weekend. We hope to see you! – JESSE ROBERT PAIGE *Creative Director,Talent Buyer & Manager of THE BLUE NILE music and entertainment club www.bluenilelive.com ~~~ “FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to be a part of this NEW SEXY SALSA SUNDAY PARTY in New Orleans!! ♥ ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥FREE FabuDance Class ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin ~ compliments of NOSD, INC. AND ♥Every Sunday ~ Music, Dancing & Fun starts at 8 pm♥ (Salsa, Merengue & Bachata music played) (except March 14 for Music Festival) And here’s a FabuDance Video of Mike & Me dancing at one of his GREAT Salsa Socials. It’s improvised and fun. Click here. Also go to the NOSD, Inc. YouTube Channel to view their video postings. ♥ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” In cooperation with The Blue Nile Clean Air Event!!! ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn The Blue Nile Entertainment Schedule for March 2010: Tue 2nd CJ Boyd Sextet (Blue Nile Balcony Room) 10 pm Wed 3rd United Postal Project 8 pm Khris Royal and Dark Matter 10 pm Thurs 4th Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T ROY10 pm Fri 5th Mykia Jovan and Jason Butler 7 pm Flow Tribe with The Local Skank 10 pm The Abney Effect 10 pm (Blue Nile Balcony Room) DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sat 6th Washboard Chaz Blues Trio 7 pm Vivaz! 10.30 pm DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sun 7th Free Salsa Dance Lessons 7pm Fiesta NOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays 8pm (No Cover) Tue 9th Ryan Lemoine (Blue Nile Balcony Room)  10 pm Wed 10th United Postal Project 8 pm Khris Royal and Dark Matter 10 pm Thurs 11th Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T ROY10 pm Fri 12th Givers, The Bears of BlueRiver, One Man Machine, Dirty BourbonRiver Show 10 pm DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sat 13th Revivalists, High Tide Blues, Flow Tribe 10 pm DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sun 14th Peelander Z, Consortium of Genius, The Local Skank 10 pm Tue 16th Ed Barrett Trio (Blue Nile Balcony Room)  10 pm Wed 17th United Postal Project 8 pm Khris Royal and Dark Matter 10 pm Thurs 18th Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T ROY10 pm Fri 19th TeTe  (Paris, France) 9pm Soul Rebels 12 am The Abney Effect 10 pm (Blue Nile Balcony Room) DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sat 20th Washboard Chaz Blues Trio 7pm Snarky Puppy and The Brian Coogan Band 10 pm DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sun 21st Free Salsa Dance Lessons 7pm FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays 8pm (No Cover) Tue 23rd Gordon Grdina (from NY) (Blue Nile Balcony Room)  10 pm Wed 24th United Postal Project 8 pm Khris Royal and Dark Matter 10 pm Thurs 25th Bayou International Reggae Night with DJ T ROY10 pm Fri 26th Mykia Jovan and Jason Butler 7 pm OTRA! 10 pm DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) The Abney Effect 10 pm (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sat 27th Washboard Chaz Blues Trio 7pm Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes with 500 Miles to Memphis 10 pm DJ Real and Black Pearl 12 am (Blue Nile Balcony Room) Sun 28th Free Salsa Dance Lessons 7pm Fiesta NOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays 8pm (No Cover) Tue 30th Brad Walker (Blue Nile Balcony Room)  10 pm Wed 31st United Postal Project 8 pm Khris Royal and Dark Matter 10 pm – JESSE ROBERT PAIGE *Creative Director,Talent Buyer & Manager of THE BLUE NILE music and entertainment club www.bluenilelive.com ~~~ Paid Advertisement by The Blue Nile Gris Gris Lab offers Healing Services such as Massage, Reiki Healing & Acupuncture They have a phenomenal Multi-Use Space available for Rental for your specific needs. Gia@GrisGrisLab.com Vignette@GrisGrisLab.com Tara@GrisGrisLab.com ~~~ International Healing Arts Space 2245 Brainard St@Jackson Ave. (504) 654-1927 www.grisgrislab.com ~~~ Gris Gris Lab Weekly/Monthly Calendar Offerings: 1. Grits & Gardening at The Lab 11 ~ 4pm.  Garden, Art Studio open, Potluck brunch in a healing and creative environment.Membership is encouraged. Donations Accepted. 2. Release negative emotions at the Full Moon Ritual 7 ~ 9pm. Free February 28th Sunday (5:30 – 7:30 ~ Special Time); March 29th Monday (7 ~ 9 pm) 3. Soul Tempo Sundays ~ Be the BLISS we wish to see in the world …  presented (weekly) by Odile Nicole Del Giudice (odilenicole@gmail.com). Soul Tempo Sunday Meditations are now being presented at the Gris Gris Lab (free ~ donations to the space are welcomed). STS is an ongoing experiment in New Orleans ~ Gathering in community to foster the experience of peace and expand awareness. * Guided Breath Work  * Sitting Meditation  * Walking Meditation (loosely based on Slow Tempo Practice) Join Us on Sundays ~ 3 – 4:30pm ~ free This will be the LAST Soul Tempo Sunday Meditation for the year while Odile heads off to India Many blessings along your beautiful journey, Odile. We LOVE You!! (Peace & Love, Cherylyn) 4. Celebrate New Moon with a Magical Ritual (monthly) 7 ~ 9pm. Free March 15th Monday ALSO, Coming in March … is the Phenomenal Special Event: Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Gris Gris Lab Across the Waters Closing featuring the work of Sarah Dearie and Spread the Love for Haiti – 7pm-9pm CLOSING/ 9pm-11pm After Party 2245 Brainard Street New Orleans LA 70113 504.654.1927 Price: $5 Donation- Join Gris Gris Lab for the closing of Sarah Dearie’s work:  Across the Waters.  Sarah Dearie will exhibit his new piece for Haiti  entitled “Erzulie”.  All proceeds of the sale of  “Erzulie” will go to Hope for Haitian Children and Konbit Pou Edukayson. Melodic sounds by the New Orleans songstress  Michaela and special appearance by Bill Summers DJ Manga Rosa will spin Haitian Classics and Worldbeat LIVE silk screening with Artist Sarah Dearie (I heart Haiti and NOLA loves Haiti designs) Bring a shirt, pay ten dollars and support two local Haitian Organizations ~~~ Trade Advertisement by Gris Gris Lab More Weekly Music/Dance FabuNOLA Friend Offerings: (love you!!): Anais St. John ~ The Polo Lounge (Windsor Court Hotel) ~ 9 pm – 12 am ~ No Cover; every Friday & Saturday Jeremy Davenport ~ The Davenport Lounge @ The Ritz Carlton (3rd Fl.) ~ 9 pm – 1 am ~ No Cover; every Friday & Saturday ~ Valet Parking Validated in the Bar Lounge (you heard me!!) ~ Jeremy Davenport Link DJ Javier Olondo ~ spinning FabuMusic for great multiple weekly Salsa Nights (whoo hoo!!): Thursday @ Felipe’s (301 N. Peters St ~ Upstairs @ 9 pm) & Fridays @ Lazziza’s (corner of Chartres & Frenchmen Sts.) @ 11 pm (until they shut it down ~ late with great food too!!!) Micheala Harrison ~ Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club Sunday Brunch ~ 11 am – 3 pm ~ Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club Link ~ 504-945-9654 MamboMundo.com‘s SPANGLISH Salsa Sundays ~ Bank St. Bar (4401 Banks St.) ~ 9 pm Gal Holiday & Her Honky Tonk Revue @ BMC (Balcony Music Club ~ 1331 Decatur @ Esplanade) on Sundays ~ 9 pm – 12 am ~ Gal Holiday Link Gumbo Salsa ~ Free Salsa Classes & Social Dancing ~ Mondays & Tuesdays ~ LePhare (523 Gravier St ~ btwn Camp & Magazine St). Beginner Classes start at 7:30; Intermediate @ 9 pm; Salsa Social at 10 pm (until) Riccardo Crespo ~ South Brazilian Acoustic Guitar ~ Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles Ave) ~Riccardo Crespo Link Swing Night ~ Wednesdays ~ Rock N Bowl ~ 8 pm ~ 12 am ~ $5.00 Cover Johnaye Kendrick ~ Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel ~ 300 Bourbon) ~ 8 pm – 12 am ~ every Thursday Jenn Howard Jazz Set (with David Mahoney) ~ The Rusty Nail (1100 Constance ~ www.therustynail.org ~ Wednesdays ~ 7:30 ~ Jenn Howard Music Link The Kid Chocolate Quartet performs at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel) on Fridays from 8 pm – 12 am … THEN is joined by … Burlesque Ballroom with Trixie Minx & Bella Blue (with Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown & Band) at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel) starting @ MIDNIGHT on Fridays; FREE ~ MUST RSVP ~ burlesqueballroom@gmail.com or call (504)553-2331 (limited space available). For mature & select audiences. Or stick around after seeing Kid Chocolate’s Show). Fredy Omar con su Banda ~ performs LIVE Latin Music ~ BMC ~ Fridays ~ 10:30 pm – 1 am (or so) ~ $5.oo Cover ~ Fredy Omar Link Troy Sawyer & DJ Mechanic ~ DJ & Live Trumpet mix every Friday at The Precinct (1377 Annunciation St.) ~ 10 pm – until ~  $5.00 Cover ~ Troy Sawyer Music Link FabuNOLA Friend Offerings for the Community: Cultivating a Better Life in Unity, Community and Equality! O.C. Haley Community Gardening Day VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO RESTORE COMMUNITY GARDEN WHERE: 1406 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (Corner of Thalia Street) WHEN: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. WHAT: Preparing soil, building raised-beds, removing weed, composting NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED – JUST SHOW UP WITH LOTS OF ENERGY Please contact kathia@LatinoFarmersCoop.org. or (504) 333-3611 Weekly FabuNOLA Friend Offerings for the Soul/Body: (love you!!): Academia de Capoiera Onda Nova ~ Professora Onda (Rhonda Coleman) ~ Classes Mondays & Wednesdays from 6 – 8 pm and Saturdays from 10 am – 12 pm. 1st class FREE for New Students. Please go to Academia de Capoiera Onda Nova Website for full details, per class/monthly fees AND VIDEOS (incredible … this is the other way I must get in the best shape every … coming at you this year, Rhonda!!) ElTahra Ibrahim is back in town and ready to get moving ~ She’s kicking off Modern-Jazz Dance Workshop for Beginners/ Advanced Beginners next week. Class will be 2x weekly, most probably Wed. and Fri. from 6-8pm. Classes are $ 10 for TWO HOURS.  The goal is to solidify technique and acquire a solid foundation in lyrical, modern Jazz Dance. Please refer to website more info.  www.eltahra.com, or stageclick.com. Email her atsandrasinc@yahoo.com. Nathalie Gomes ~ Dance Quarter ~ www.dancequarter.com ~ Skilled instructor (SWING, SALSA, TANGO & MORE) and all around FabuPerson. Her Biz Motto is one of my FAVORITES:  “If you can walk, you can dance!” Sooooo true!! Let her show you how. Check her site for schedules, rates, social & fun! DIVINE at NINE (Divine Yoga ~Kundalini Yoga Ctr ~ this is by Donation; whatever you can) ~ Divine Yoga NOLA (1223 Baronne St.) ~ 7 days a week ~ 9 am (no mat needed ~ they pad the floor). Special Friday Sadhana Yoga at 5 am every Friday. Tea & light Vegetarian snacked served every morning after as well. Lovely community space. When warmer, they have a lovely pool/cabana area for lounging (Thanks for all you do, Elizabeth & Gary). Melissa DeOrazio’s Kundalina Yoga Schedule: Thursdays 7:15 am – Swan River Yoga in the Marigny (Chartres @ Port Sts. ~ across from Sound Cafe); Tuesdays 11:15 am – Life Yoga (Magazine @ Jefferson ~ next to PJ’s Coffee) For more Yoga details for Melissa, contact her at melissadeorazio@gmail.com. She also happens to be a phenomenal Vegan, Soy & Gluten Free Chef & Baker, if you are in need … indeed!! Free Medical Clinic Screenings, Reiki & Acupuncture ~  St. Anna’s Episcopal Church (1331 Esplanade Ave.) ~ 5:30 – 8 pm (Healing Mass at 6 pm). Go to www.stannanola.org for more details. ~~~ See Gris Gris Lab Listings above for their weekly/monthly offerings. Massage, Reiki & Acupuncture Available too. 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FabuNOLA Events: Haitian Relief, plus “FabuNOLA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” kicking off THIS Sunday @ The Blue Nile @ 7 pm!!

FabuN♥LA
eNewsletter

(January 16, 2010)

Featuring

Haitian Earthquake Relief Info

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“FabuN♥LA presents …

FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays”

@ The Blue Nile

7 pm ~ until

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Bill Summers & Jazalsa
Blue Nile
Saturday ~ 1/16/10 ~ 11 pm

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and MUCH, MUCH MORE …

Hello My Fantastic FabuNOLA Family!!! I hope you’ve been very well since I last reached out to you. Well, I wanted you to get some VERY good news about a brand new and exciting event that I’m kicking off this weekend. It’s called “FabuNOLA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” at The Blue Nile starting with a Free FabuDance Class (courtesy of NOSD, Inc ~ www.NOSDINC.com) at 7 pm and Music/Dancing/FabuFun starting at 8 pm. Yes, this is one of my very own offering to you. An official “FabuNOLA presents …” Event. Jesse Paige (GM & Exec. Director of The Blue Nile) and I have been discussing a partnership between “FabuNOLA presents …” Events and The Blue Nile since the Fall of 2009 to create some exciting new happenings there. “FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” will be the first you will see there so I hope you will come out in Full FabuNOLA Family Force to support. I would love to see your smiling faces (and dancing feet) there!!! And it’s okay if you don’t know how to Salsa dance yet (because I didn’t at one point either) … that’s what the classes are for. And if you still aren’t sure yet … just come to listen to the music, watch, socialize and have FUN (because that’s what this is all about)!! I am reaching out to the Latin Dance & Music Collective in New Orleans to create a place for everyone to come together happily. There will be a rotation of various dance instructors/groups, dj’s and eventually live bands (although … any of my friends wanting to bring your instruments and create jam sessions … with/without the djs is SuperFabu too!!). My love for the music, dancing, culture and community grows and grows in FabuNOLA (and you know I love to Swing Dance too!!) so I wanted to do what I can to enhance the already rich cultural scene in FabuNOLA with some more positive events. AND … this event will be a Clean Air Event (Smoke Free!!! Thanks Jesse!!!!). I hope you’ll be inspired to share with us!! Everyone is always welcome in FabuNOLA!! Okay, there are a ton of other events going on, lots of info and resources I’m listing here so I’m going to list as many as I can (there are just so many … AND Bill Summers & Jazalsa are performing at The Blue Nile tonight too at 11 pm. It’s going to be AWESOME!!! Love ya, Bill (and all the rest of Jazalsa too!). And here’s something that I came up with this week. I hope you will use it as a Mantra to carry you through your day positively: “Only Greatness … Awaits Us” … in 2010 and Beyond!!! You are the key to bring all the great abundance you’ve been asking for into your lives every day. If you are still looking for it … start shifting some things around inside to make it so!! Change your perspective positively and you’ll be amazed what will show up … just how you’ll be rewarded. And I should know ;D. Continue to grow your Love from within … for all. So in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Birthday/Holiday (much respect to Dr. King’s beautiful legacy that still continues today), I want to send a special note and prayers to the people of Haiti (along with family, friends and concerned people globally). Dr. King preached that he had a dream. In essence it was about all people coming together … globally in Love, Peace & Compassion … especially in truly challenges times … especially to make this world a better place. This is our time to honor Dr. King’s Legacy again by reaching out across the waters to help others so greatly in need … lovingly. Give of yourself … give Love … give whatever is needed. Sending you all Love & Light from FabuNOLA. And I just received a note from my dear friend, Alain Joseph, in NYC on Facebook. Many of you might remember Alain who lived here for many years (and just moved away last year) and continues to work with Emeril. Alain let me know that his cousin, Wyclef Jean (the recording artist & humanitarian who is Haitian), has an organization called Yele Haiti. Below I am listing a way to donate $5.00 by phone (TEXT: YELE to 501501) along with web info. Please give them funds right away. I just did it and it was extremely simple!!! Alain also sent me a text on Thursday stating that Red Cross needs Creole speaking volunteers fro a 24 Hour Phone Bank. Please call B. Wilford at 305-776-6900 if you can assist or pass this on to someone who can. Sending Haiti Love to bring you through this. Make them stronger!! Please do what you can to reach out to another in need and be of great assistance to them. Below you will also find just a few organizations here leading the efforts to gather supplies needed (drop-off points) to send. Find out how to get more involved. Okay, that’s it for now (although it’s packed with SO MUCH info). Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA Blog Other FabuSocial Networks To Find Me: www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Twitter.com/FabuNOLA LinkedIn: Cherylyn L. Tompkins www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins (capacity currently full … will get back when available again).

YELE for HAITI!!! Give needed funding & aide for Haiti! Wyclef Jean’s helping hands reaching out to Haiti!! TEXT: YELE to 501501 $5.00 will be Donated from your Cell Phone (charged to your phone bill) Larger contributions can be made at: www.yele.org For status updates also see: www.wyclefjean.wordpress.com

Gris Gris Lab is leading a number of efforts locally to help with Haitian Earthquake Relief They are raising funds and a benefit will be on February 13th. Stay tuned for more info & please go to www.GrisGrisLab.com for updated info. Until then, Gris Gris Lab is a local drop-off site for supplies & to send funds directly to specific groups in Haiti (see below for a couple listed). They are a healing center and can also provide healing guidance to heal you cope during these emotional and challenging time (allowing your emotions to be utilized for the greater positive good of everyone). Gris Gris Lab c/o Gia Hamilton or Vignette Ching 2245 Brainard St. New Orleans, LA 70130 504 654-1927 gia @grisgrislab.com ~or~ vignette@grisgrislab.com ~~~ Hope for Haitian Children, Inc. (see below) Yele Haiti (which Vignette also let me know of ~ listed above) ~~~ Gia Hamilton & musician Troy Sawyer have also provided me with info about the organization, Konbit Pou Edikasyon (which in Haitian means “coming together for education.”). Please go to the KPE Website to find out more and how to give donations. KPE’s goal is to help as many of Haiti’s children as possible by providing them with the opportunity to attend school. KPE works to provide children with a satisfactory education, school supplies, food, medical care, and any other resources that they can to ensure that children are able to function at the same level as their colleagues of similar age attending the same school. ~~~ Also, a few Facebook Friends of Gia’s posted this info on her FB Wall and I would like you to look into to help: Paulette B.L. posted: AMERICAN AIRLINES is taking Doctors & Nurses to Haiti for FREE. Please call 212-697-9767. Spread the word. Allison B.LC. wrote: UPS is shipping for FREE to the area!!! ~~~ Please see below for other Gris Gris Lab Offerings this Month!! Gris Gris Lab is an international healing/arts movement. We redefine the archetype of healthy living by building an intentional, multi-generational community of people organized around inherent incentives such as healing, art, food & social events.

Hope for Haitian Children, Inc. Drop-Off Points for Items Needed: from Marie Jose Poux (Founder of Hope for Haitian Children, Inc.) at Ground Zero in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Money & Medical Donations can be mailed or dropped off to Community Book Store (see info below). Until full website is up, please join Facebook Page for Hope for Haitian Children, Inc. by clicking here. You can also make donations here too. NEEDED ITEMS: Lots of Food; Children’s and Adult Tylenol; Ibuprofin; Motrin; Bandages; Vitamins; Sugar; Flour; Can Goods; Pots; Pans; Bedding Supplies; Disinfectants; Detergent; Clothes (for all ages); Tents; Tarps; Toothbrushes; Toothpaste; Underwear (for all ages); Matresses. Drop Off Points: Call 504-948-0159 to Arrange Community Book Store c/o Mama Vera Warren-Williams 2523 Bayou Rd New Orleans, LA 70119 Gris Gris Lab c/o Gia Hamilton or Vignette Ching 2245 Brainard St. New Orleans, LA 70115 (Zip?) The Warehouse at: 3101 Erato St. New Orleans, LA ~~~ Hope for Haitian Children, Inc. is a Non-Profit Organization devoted to the humanitarian aid of orphaned children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Thank You for Your Contributions.

Also helping Hope for Haitian Children, Inc. with their relief efforts is Shon “Sable” Gipson. (Offers Therapeutic Healing & Counseling) If you are a Haitian Family wishing for guided assistance during these challenging times or yet another concerned member of the Community who would like guidance, please connect here: Ori Counseling Services of New Orleans Multicultural Counseling for All Ages Shon Sable Gipson, LPC & PT Licensed Clinical Therapist/Counselor Play Therapist & Child Custody Evaluator 1799 Stumpf Blvd, Bldg #5, Ste. #4 Gretna, LA 70056 shongipson@yahoo.com 504-460-4193 Call/Email to Schedule an Appointment

FabuNOLA News & Events (and LOVE … always!!)

“FabuN♥LA presents … FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays” 7 pm ~ until @ The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) “Tambien!!! Come out and CELEBRATE the Cultural Diversity of the Latin Dance & Music Scenes in New Orleans (with FabuN♥LA at The Blue Nile)!!! Live it!!! Love it!!! Celebrate & Be a Part of IT!!! Whether you know HOW to DANCE, want to LEARN or just ENJOY watching … EVERYONE is WELCOME to be a part of this NEW SEXY SALSA SUNDAY PARTY in New Orleans!! ♥ ♥FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays!!!!!♥ Live … Love … and Salsa!! ♥Every Sunday (starting Jan 17th) ~ Music starts at 8 pm♥ (except Super Bowl & Mardi Gras weekends) Featuring DJ MG … spinning the tunes to get you movin’ to the latin rhythms!!! ♥ Special FabuDance Class for the Kick-Off Weekend ~ @ 7 pm♥ Featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin ~ compliments of NOSD, INC. (30 Minute Salsa & 30 Minute Dominican Style Bachata Lessons) And here’s a FabuDance Video of Mike & Me dancing a few months back at one of his very own and GREAT Salsa Socials. It’s improved and fun (okay … need to know the basics … you get it though). It’s on my Facebook page though so I’m not sure if all can see it (try anyway… here). You can also go to the NOSD, Inc. YouTube Channel (since I haven’t posted mine on the FabuNOLA YouTube Channel yet) to view their many video postings. ♥ This is an official “FabuN♥LA presents … Event” In cooperation with The Blue Nile This is a Clean Air Event (Smoke Free)!!! ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

SuperFabu Musical Offerings from The Blue Nile (532 Frenchmen St ~ BlueNileLive.com) Here’s a great performance of Bill Summers & Jazalsa on WWL TV just last week: Bill Summers & Jazalsa performing LIVE on WWL TV I LOVE You, Bill ~ I’ll see you there!! Peace & Love, CLT ~~~ Blue Nile Weekend Line-Up message from Jesse Paige : Good day to all! With all of the wonderful events going on in the city this weekend, we at THE BLUE NILE want to remind you of the incredible weekend of entertainment we have scheduled for you at 532 Frenchmen Street. 1/15/10 FRIDAY night starts off right with our cocktail hour from 7 to 10 pm featuring THE BOTTOMS UP BLUES GANG playing bar side. This is a fantastic blues duo visiting from St. Louis and doing a residency cocktail hour with us on Thursdays and Fridays for the remainder of January. Then at 10.30pm: THE SOUL REBELS BRASS BAND. This is the most explosive entertainment any Saints fan could ask for as a pep rally the night before the biggest game of the year to date! 1/16/10 SATURDAY brings us the WASHBOARD CHAZ BLUES TRIO following the game at about 7.30 pm. Next, at 10 pm we are very excited to have master percussionist BILL SUMMERS and his hot Latin and World music with his ensemble JAZALSA. Bill has brought together some of the very best musicians the city has to offer to create a high energy celebration of life through music. 1/17/10 SUNDAY we are very excited to announce a new addition to our weekly line up: FiestaNOLA ~ Sexy Salsa Sundays presented by FabuNOLAat 8pm This will feature DJ MG on our debut weekend. He will be spinning the tunes to get you movin’ to the Latin rhythms!!! There is also a special FabuDance Class for the Kick-Off Weekend that starts at 7 pm featuring Dance Instruction by Mike Griffin ~ compliments of NOSD, INC. (NOSDINC.com) (30 Minute Salsa & 30 Minute Dominican Style Bachata Lessons) Have a safe and exciting good time this weekend. We hope to see you soon! – Jesse Robert Paige -Executive Director & Talent Buyer for The Blue Nile Nightclub and Bar www.bluenilelive.com -Soul Rebels Brass Band Management www.soulrebelsbrassband.com -Percussionist for Dr Gonzeaux www.drgonzeaux.com New Orleans, Louisiana United States of America ~~~ Also, Khris Royal (Hey Boo!! Love You!!) & Dark Matter http://www.myspace.com/khrisroyalmusic (check out the full schedule & see great video too) EVERY Wednesday @ The Blue Nile ~ 10 pm

CubaNOLA Art Collective highly recommends ¡Sí Cuba!, a citywide presentation of Cuban art, music, and culture, the Newcomb Art Gallery celebrates the opening of Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works From Cuba. Please check out www.sicubaneworleans.com (or click flyer) to see the full schedule of all the Cuban art events going on this month as part of the Si Cuba extravaganza. And see further below for film screening of I AM CUBA film with New Orleans Film Society at CAC. Join us for a night of Cuban art, food, & music and celebrate the Saints’ victory over the Cardinals! In conjunction with, ¡Sí Cuba!, a citywide presentation of Cuban art, music, and culture, the Newcomb Art Gallery celebrates the opening of Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works From Cuba. Guests will enjoy special Cuban-inspired hors d’oeuvres from Rio Mar and Cuban music performed by the Javier Olondo Quartet. Polaridad is a joint exhibition presented by the Newcomb Art Gallery and New Orleans Museum of Art. The show, toured by International Arts & Artists, features more than 50 works by 27 Cuban artists working in various media that highlight the latest trends in contemporary Cuban art. Also on Saturday, Tulane’s Latin American Library celebrates the opening of their exhibition, See Cuba: A Century of Images from the Latin American Library, 1859-1959, with a copa de champaña from 5 to 6 pm. Both events are FREE and open to the public. On-campus parking is available on Saturdays. 504.865.5328 | hours: Tues – Fri 10-6 (Wed open until 8); Sat – Sun 11-5 Vamos Saints! Additional information is available at www.sicubaneworleans.com Funding for ¡Sí Cuba! and Polaridad Complementaria: Recent Works From Cuba comes from the Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust, Robert C. Cudd III and Carol Downes Cudd, the Newcomb Institute, Julie McCollam, and Dorian Bennett. Additional support comes from CubaNOLA Arts Collective and Tulane University’s Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies and Cuban & Caribbean Studies Institute.

Gris Gris Lab Weekly/Monthly Calendar Offerings: 1. Community Heal-a-Long (weekly): Introduction to alternative healing modalities Reiki & Reflexology.  Wednesdays (starts Jan. 13)10am-2pm at Gris Gris Lab- International Healing Arts Space 2245 Brainard St. and Jackson Ave. (504) 654-1927 Registration is encouraged. $20 for hour long sessions www.grisgrislab.com 2. Make Your Own Magic Lifestyle Design Conference calls with founder Gia  Hamilton- Lifestyle Design Coach & Urban Shaman.  Tuesdays at 8pm CST Dial-in Number: (616) 597-8000 Access Code: 1076067#  January 12th- Living Without a Safety Net/January 19th- Micro steps to your Dreams/January 26th- Creating Intentional Community-Free 3. Celebrate New Moon with a Magical Ritual (monthly) 7pm to 9pm at Gris Gris Lab, International Healing Arts Space at 2245 Brainard St and Jackson Ave. (504)654-1927 www.grisgrislab.com Free January 14th Thursday; February 13th Saturday; March 15th Monday 4. Grits and Gardening at The Lab 11-4pm.  Garden, Art Studio open, Potluck brunch in a healing and creative environment. 2245 Brainard Ave. and Jackson Ave. ( 504) 654-1927 www.grisgrislab.com Membership is encouraged. Donations Accepted. 5. Release negative emotions at the Full Moon Ritual 7pm to 9pm at Gris Gris Lab, International Healing Arts Space at 2245 Brainard St and Jackson Ave. (504)654-1927 www.grisgrislab.com Free January 29th Friday; February 28th Sunday; March 29th Monday 6. Soul Tempo Sundays ~ Be the BLISS we wish to see in the world …  presented (weekly) by Odile Nicole Del Giudice (odilenicole@gmail.com). Soul Tempo Sunday Meditations are now being presented at the Gris Gris Lab (free ~ donations to the space are welcomed). STS is an ongoing experiment in New Orleans ~ Gathering in community to foster the experience of peace and expand awareness. * Guided Breath Work  * Sitting Meditation  * Walking Meditation (loosely based on Slow Tempo Practice) Join Us on Sundays ~ 3 – 4:30pm ~ free ~~~

Gris Gris Lab Special January Calendar Offerings: Across the Waters Art Opening ~ showcasing the work of local artist Sarah Dearie opens Jan.23rd ~ 6-9pm at  Gris Gris Lab ~ 2245 Brainard Street & Jackson Ave. Free “Across The Waters” An Exhibition featuring the works of Sarah Dearie Opening: Saturday, January 23 Art Exhibition displayed January 23 – February 13 WHEN: OPENING RECEPTION: 6 to 9 p.m. ~ Jan. 23. Musical Guests DJ Manga Rosa, Tedo Oliveira (Sarah Dearie’s Husband), and Marcio Pereira will be performing. WHAT: Gris Gris Lab presents”Across The Waters,” an exhibit featuringthe expressive works of native New Orleanian painter Sarah Dearie. Dearie’s paintings focus largely on the female Orishas, which have their root in the Yoruba spiritual canon. Each female Orisha deity corresponds to a body of water, and in this symbolism, Dearie has found visual inspiration and artistic resonance. After adopting Salvador, Bahia, Brazil as her second home in 1999, Dearie found tremendous inspiration from Salvador’s African culture. Following Hurricane Katrina, Dearie and her family moved to Salvador full-time, returning to New Orleans in 2007. The convergence of her New Orleanian roots, Salvador’s cultural influences, and the ever-present water flowing between these locations prominently define Dearie’s artistic style. OTHER: “Across The Waters” is curated by Gia M. Hamilton and Tara Foster. For more information, call Gris Gris Lab at (504) 654-1927 or email: Gia@grisgrislab.com tarafoster@grisgrislab.com. # # # More Gris Gris: Gris Gris Lab, located in the Lower Garden District, is a premier international healing/arts movement that produces leading-edge, multidisciplinary cultural projects, wellness events, creative consultation, educational playshops and eco-tourist work exchange programs that concentrate on healing through intentional community.  Healing services offered by appointment at The Lab include Reiki, fasting support, Ionic foot baths and body.  Ground has been broken at the “MagicGarden” and is readily available for community participation on Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Please contact Gris Gris Lab for you next Magical Occasion!!!

Help St. Bernard Rebuild Project Reach $1.MM Help St. Bernard Rebuild Project with just a click to vote on Facebook click this flyer to make a simple (AND GREAT) difference That’s right … all it takes is going to the website and clicking a button. The more of you who vote for them … the more they will reach there goal. I was one of the FabuFolks with did this recently AND they WON $25,000 plus the opportunity to go for the $1 Million. NOW … you know THIS group needs it so take just a few moments to make it happen. This is the great organization that Neshama Carlebach supported for her “Go YOU Forth” Concert back in October of 2009 that I sent you info about attending. Neshama also got out there to help with building one of the houses (hey boo!! love you!!!). Neshama (along with David Morgan … hey Dave!!) will be back in town this week to perform a special Shabbat too!!  www.neshamacarlebach.com So click away and help with the Rebuild of our beautiful FabuCommunity!! They are the only ones from this region (Louisiana & Gulf Coast) to reach this round (I voted for both them and Make It Right Fdn). Peace & Love, Cherylyn Here’s a note emailed to me by Allie Wilmes of the St. Bernard Rebuild Project: Hi Cherylyn: Hope you enjoyed the holidays! I originally met you at the Neshama event which supported the St. Bernard Project. Now I would like to ask you a quick favor. The St. Bernard Project has an opportunity to win $1MM from Chase bank! Chase is holding an online voting competition from January 15-22 on Facebook and the organization that gets the most votes will win the $1MM. We made it through the first round and won $25K and now we are up against 99 other organizations for the $1MM. If we win we’ll use the money to: rebuild 66 homes, create 21 construction jobs (for veterans and other LA residents) and provide over 2,000 hours of mental health services. Lots of good for the people of New Orleans! SBRP is the only organization in Louisiana or the Gulf Coast to make it to the final round of voting! I’m wondering if you’d be willing to spread the word about voting among your list serve.  (We have text/widgets ready to go!) The best part is that it only takes people about 30 seconds to vote. I don’t mean to be a pain or overly asky but with the support of your network there’s a very good chance we’ll win. I have an email blast ready to go as well. I will send it to you following this email. Please let me know if you have time today to discuss. Or we can communicate via email — whatever works best for you. Voting starts tomorrow (actually Friday, Jan. 15)  and ends Friday, Jan 22 so we only have one week to get as many votes as possible! Thanks in advance for your support. Look forward to hearing from you. And … here’s the 2nd part that Allie sent me: Click. Vote. Rebuild NOLA. Help the St. Bernard Project win $1million on Facebook. Vote now at www.4nola.org/facebook. With your support and $1 million the St. Bernard Project can rebuild 66 homes for Katrina survivors, create 21 jobs for veterans and provide 2,000 hours of mental health services. The St. Bernard Project has rebuilt more than 258 homes, with help from 18,200+ volunteers. Visit www.stbernardproject.org or www.4nola.org for more information.

New Orleans Jam RELOADED Workshop Jan. 29 – 31, 2010 Mambo Orleans & NickiiJammzz presents this Fabu Salsa Workshop Go to www.MamboOrleans.com to register (or click flyer & pics) Tumay Tunar (One of the FabuInstructors of Mambo Orleans & creator of New Orleans Jam Reloaded) let me know that they will donate half the profits to HAITI!!! ~~~ Yep Yep!!! This is going to be HOTTT!!!!!! Dancing … it’s just one of the most Fun & FabuExercises you could think of (okay … I have many … this is so wonderful Fabu though). Yes, it’s one of my “Shortcuts to Happiness!!! AND … here’s a pic of the BODY you are all looking for (in one way or another) in 2010 (and Beyond!!) … I know I’ll be dancing towards this goal!!! WOW!!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn ~ Ozlem Sevimka, who is a gorgeous dancer from Turkey. (Info provided by Tumay Tunar of Mambo Orleans)

More Weekly Music/Dance FabuNOLA Friend Offerings: (love you!!): Anais St. John ~ The Polo Lounge (Windsor Court Hotel) ~ 9 pm – 12 am ~ No Cover; every Friday & Saturday Jeremy Davenport ~ The Davenport Lounge @ The Ritz Carlton (3rd Fl.) ~ 9 pm – 1 am ~ No Cover; every Friday & Saturday ~ Valet Parking Validated in the Bar Lounge (you heard me!!) ~ Jeremy Davenport Link DJ Javier Olondo ~ spinning FabuMusic for great multiple weekly Salsa Nights (whoo hoo!!): Thursday @ Felipe’s (301 N. Peters St ~ Upstairs @ 9 pm) & Fridays @ Lazziza’s (corner of Chartres & Frenchmen Sts.) @ 11 pm (until they shut it down ~ late with great food too!!!) Micheala Harrison ~ Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club Sunday Brunch ~ 11 am – 3 pm ~ Sweet Lorraine’s Jazz Club Link ~ 504-945-9654 MamboMundo.com‘s SPANGLISH Salsa Sundays ~ Bank St. Bar (4401 Banks St.) ~ 9 pm Gal Holiday & Her Honky Tonk Revue @ BMC (Balcony Music Club ~ 1331 Decatur @ Esplanade) on Sundays ~ 9 pm – 12 am ~ Gal Holiday Link Gumbo Salsa ~ Free Salsa Classes & Social Dancing ~ Mondays & Tuesdays ~ LePhare (523 Gravier St ~ btwn Camp & Magazine St). Beginner Classes start at 7:30; Intermediate @ 9 pm; Salsa Social at 10 pm (until) Mario Abney ~ Jazz Trumpet & Band ~ @ BMC (Balcony Music Club) on Mondays ~ 10 pm Riccardo Crespo ~ South Brazilian Acoustic Guitar ~ Columns Hotel (3811 St. Charles Ave) ~ Riccardo Crespo Link Swing Night ~ Wednesdays ~ Rock N Bowl ~ 8 pm ~ 12 am ~ $5.00 Cover Johnaye Kendrick ~ Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel ~ 300 Bourbon) ~ 8 pm – 12 am ~ every Thursday Jenn Howard Jazz Set (with David Mahoney) ~ The Rusty Nail (1100 Constance ~ www.therustynail.org ~ Wednesdays ~ 7:30 ~ Jenn Howard Music Link Burlesque Ballroom with Trixie Minx & Bella Blue (with Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown & Band performing) at Irvin Mayfield’s Jazz Playhouse (Royal Sonesta Hotel) starting @ MIDNIGHT; FREE ~ MUST RSVP ~ burlesqueballroom@gmail.com or call (504)553-2331 (limited space available). For mature & select audiences. Or stick around after seeing Kid Chocolate’s earlier Jazz Show (starts at 8 pm). Fredy Omar con su Banda ~ performs LIVE Latin Music ~ BMC ~ Fridays ~ 10:30 pm – 1 am (or so) ~ $5.oo Cover ~ Fredy Omar Link Troy Sawyer & DJ Mechanic ~ DJ & Live Trumpet mix every Friday at The Precinct (1377 Annunciation St.) ~ 10 pm – until ~  $5.00 Cover ~ Troy Sawyer Music Link Sunday Swing & Swingin’ Wednesday in the Canteen ~ National WWII Museum ~ No Cover ~ Live swing music & dancing on Sundays from 4 – 6 pm AND Free dance lessons (all levels welcome) on Wednesdays from 5:30 – 7 pm. Stage Door Canteen Link ~ 504-528-1943

Weekly FabuNOLA Friend Offerings for the Soul/Body: (love you!!): Academia de Capoiera Onda Nova ~ Professora Onda (Rhonda Coleman) ~ Classes Mondays & Wednesdays from 6 – 8 pm and Saturdays from 10 am – 12 pm. 1st class FREE for New Students. Please go to Academia de Capoiera Onda Nova Website for full details, per class/monthly fees AND VIDEOS (incredible … this is the other way I must get in the best shape every … coming at you this year, Rhonda!!) ElTahra Ibrahim is back in town and ready to get moving ~ She’s kicking off Modern-Jazz Dance Workshop for Beginners/ Advanced Beginners next week. Class will be 2x weekly, most probably Wed. and Fri. from 6-8pm. Classes are $ 10 for TWO HOURS.  The goal is to solidify technique and acquire a solid foundation in lyrical, modern Jazz Dance. Please refer to website more info.  www.eltahra.com, or stageclick.com. Email her at sandrasinc@yahoo.com. (And thanks ElTahra … I’ve been wanting to get back into Modern-Jazz Dance since I was 4 so this is the perfect timing!!!). Nathalie Gomes ~ Dance Quarter ~ www.dancequarter.com ~ Skilled instructor (SWING, SALSA, TANGO & MORE) and all around FabuPerson. Her Biz Motto is one of my FAVORITES:  “If you can walk, you can dance!” Sooooo true!! Let her show you how. Check her site for schedules, rates, social & fun! DIVINE at NINE (Divine Yoga ~Kundalini Yoga Ctr ~ this is by Donation; whatever you can) ~ Divine Yoga NOLA (1223 Baronne St.) ~ 7 days a week ~ 9 am (no mat needed ~ they pad the floor). Special Friday Sadhana Yoga at 5 am every Friday. Tea & light Vegetarian snacked served every morning after as well. Lovely community space. When warmer, they have a lovely pool/cabana area for lounging (Thanks for all you do, Elizabeth & Gary). Melissa DeOrazio ~ Kundalini Yoga Instructor (and wonderful Vegan, Gluten & Soy Free Chef) ~ Mondays @ 9:15 & Wednesdays @ 7 am (Swan River Yoga Shala ~ 2130 Magazine); Thursdays @ 7:15 am (Swan River Yoga Downtown ~ 2701 Chartres); Tuesdays @ 11:15am (k.y.) & 4:30 pm (pre-natal) – (Life Yoga – 5422 Magazine St.). Love ya, Melissa (and Matt too!!). You can reach Melissa at 504-444-7431 or melissadeorazio@gmail.com. Free Medical Clinic Screenings, Reiki & Acupuncture ~  St. Anna’s Episcopal Church (1331 Esplanade Ave.) ~ 5 – 7:45 pm (Healing Mass at 6 pm). Go to www.stannanola.org for more details. ~~~ See Gris Gris Lab Listings above for their weekly/monthly offerings. Wild Lotus Yoga (bless see NOHC section for info).

Weekly FabuNOLA Friend Offerings from NOHC (New Orleans Healing Center) 2372 St. Claude @ St. Roch (old Universal Furniture Bldg.) www.neworleanshealingcenter.org (love you!!): The New Orleans Healing Center grew out of a salon think tank, whose members met to explore creative solutions to New Orleans’ vast recovery challenges following Hurricane Katrina. MISSION STATEMENT To provide a holistic, safe, sustainable center that heals, fulfills and empowers the individual and the community by providing services and programs promoting physical, nutritional, emotional, intellectual and spiritual well-being. VISION STATEMENT Adaptively reuse the 55,000 sq. ft. former historic Universal Furniture Building at St Claude and St Roch in the City of New Orleans into a Healing Center. The center will include among other uses yoga, pilates, a cooperatively owned organic grocery, a hydroponic rooftop garden, a street university, a health food café, juice bar and coffee shop with a youth training program, emotional and alternative healers and visiting master healers and teachers, environmental offices and related retail bazaar and a New Orleans police substation… Click on NOHC Website to find out more and see how you can get involved as this community offering grows. Weekly: Wild Lotus Yoga Ongoing Drop-In Community Yoga Classes @ New Orleans Healing Center ~ Yoga by donation ~ Mondays – Thursdays: 6:30 – 8 pm and Saturdays: 10:30 – Noon. Please see the WLY website for full schedule/special seminars at their main Wild Lotus Yoga Studio Uptown ~ 4842 Perrier St. ~ www.wildlotusyoga.com ~ (504) 899-0047 ~ teamlotus@wildlotusyoga.com). ~~~ New Orleans Food Co-op @ New Orleans Healing Center:  Offering natural, organic and just great things for the body and soul ~ Every Sunday ~ 12 – 6 pm. See their grocery list (for sale items). www.nolafoodcoop.org and info@nolafoodcoop.org A community group who believe in healthy, affordable groceries, and who support local and regional food production. We operate a Buying Club, and will soon open our first cooperative store. The mission of the NOFC is to open a community-owned grocery store that: - provides access to healthy food at a fair price - is a center of community activity - promotes local and regional food production - keeps capital and jobs in our community - practices environmental responsibility and sustainability - reflects our unique and diverse community (click on flyer to go to full website) ~~~~ Also, remember to support your local Farmer’s Markets too … wherever they are. AND there are several GREAT vendors now up and offering FRESH produce at The French Market again … support them … they are LOCAL too (the oldest Market in the country)!!!

Orisa Song Classes Offerings: (many blessings!!): YORUBA/AFRO-CUBAN CEREMONY WITH SONG, DANCE & DRUMMING Instructed by Bill “Eshubi” Summers 7729 Jeannette St. billsum10@yahoo.com Now Sundays ~ 1 – 2:30 pm (Donations can be made to Haitian Relief)

Neighborhoods Partnership Network Offerings (FabuNOLA celebrating all your GREAT Efforts here too!!): Trumpet Magazine Release Party/Third Birthday Party January 20, 2010 You won’t want to miss this extra special Trumpet Release Party! New Orleans Mayoral Candidates will be helping us celebrate – by serving as celebrity bartenders for the event. So come out and chat it up – one of them will be your next mayor! The Trumpet Release Party welcomes people from neighborhoods throughout New Orleans, non-profits, young professionals and local businesses. Feel free to bring your kids. Cash Bar (wine donated by UnCorked wines ) Fresh Produce provided by Hollygrove Market and Farm Birthday Cake provided by Fancy Cakes The dress code is casual to business casual and all are welcome to attend. Email rsvp@npnnola.com to R.S.V.P. or megan@npnnola.com if you have any additional questions! Location: Hollygrove Market and Farm (8301 Olive St.) Time: 5:30 ~ 8:30 P.M. Cost: FREE! (but bring cash for drinks – there will not be a card machine) ~~~ A Few Other Great Listings on the NPN Event Site: (And you can also link directly to these organization’s sites to find out more): Green Incentives Workshop ~ Global Green USA ~ January 26, 2010 Have you ever wondered what sort of incentives there are to go green? Not only can you save money on your electricity bill by going green, but you can also take advantage of rebates and tax credits as well. Join Global Green’s “Build it Back Green” program for a Tax Credit Workshop at the Broadmoor Improvement Association’s office. Location: 4520 S Derbigny St, NOLA 70125; Time: 6-8pm; Cost: Free ~~ Volunteer Training-Ambassador Corps ~ Global Green USA ~ January 30, 2010 Interested in becoming part of the Global Green Team? Build it Back Green’s Ambassador Corps is recruiting for volunteers to assist with outreach events. We are an environmental non-profit seeking to spread the word and assist with green building and sustainable practices. A free training will take place at the Holy Cross Project Visitor Center (409 Andry St. New Orleans, LA 70115) on January 30 from 2-4 pm which will teach volunteers how to give tours of the Visitor Center as well as how to be a representative at events. For more information, please contact John Dorsey at jdorsey@globalgreen.org. Location: 409 Andry St.; Time: 2-4pm; Cost: Free Native Now: The Wooded Swamp ~ Longue Vue House & Gardens ~ February 6, 2010 Learn about the native plants of Louisiana, which are better adapted to the extreme conditions of our area. These sessions take place in the Wild Garden, a garden devoted to featuring native plants in an idealized setting. After each presentation, participants will receive a complimentary native plant. This program is free, thanks to a generous grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation Environmental Fund, but reservations are required. Contact Hilairie Schackai at 504.488.5488, ext. 401 or hschackai@longuevue.com. Longue Vue House & Gardens, 7 Bamboo Rd, NOLA 70124 Times: 8, 9, 10, and 11 a.m. ~ Cost: FREE ~~ Native Now: Spring Flowering Trees & Shrubs ~ Longue Vue House & Gardens ~ March 6, 2010 Learn about the native plants of Louisiana, which are better adapted to the extreme conditions of our area. These sessions take place in the Wild Garden, a garden devoted to featuring native plants in an idealized setting. After each presentation, participants will receive a complimentary native plant. This program is free, thanks to a generous grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation Environmental Fund, but reservations are required. Contact Hilairie Schackai at 504.488.5488, ext. 401 or hschackai@longuevue.com.Longue Vue House & Gardens, 7 Bamboo Rd, NOLA 70124 Times: 8, 9, 10, and 11 a.m. ~ Cost: FREE

Backbeat Foundation & H-Soul January Offerings: James Andrews Trio ~ Hermes Bar in Antoine’s Rest. (713 St. Louis St.) ~ 1st Set: 10 & 2nd Set: 11 pm ~ No Cover ~ www.antoines.com New Shows Big Sam’s Funky Nation: 1/22 @ Mid City Rock N’ Bowl w/ Brint Anderson 8:30pm $10 1/29 @ Blue Nile 10:00pm $10 18+ Backbeat Presents An evening with: Jerry Joseph (solo-acoustic) January 23 @ Blue Nile (upstairs) 532 Frenchman Street 10pm/18 & up/$10 Tix: www.backbeatpresents.com & through Ticketweb.com and (866) 468-7619 more info: http://www.jerryjoseph.com

New Orleans Film Society January Offerings (thanks NOFS for all you do!!): I’m a member of the New Orleans Film Society and support all of their efforts to build a stronger film community here every year. Besides the great New Orleans Film Fest (2009 marked the 20 year Anniversary) every October, the New Orleans Film Society offers special screenings & experiences throughout the entire year. Here’s what’s going on tonight (with a free screening at The Porch). Also, there’s a call for Entries for the Film Fest this year along with Jurors & Screeners needed (I have done both and it is a really wonderful way to be a part of the Film Festival). This is from their current eNewsletter they sent me (whole email used for sake of time). Go to their website to find out more info and become a member: www.neworleansfilmfest.com and info@neworleansfilmfest.com. Peace & Love, Cherylyn Dear Cherylyn, Our first Porch screening of 2010 will be happening TOMORROW at the 7th Ward Neighborhood Center.  We hope you will join us! A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES Presented by NOFS & the Porch 7th Ward Cultural Organization A Village Called Versailles is a feature documentary about Versailles, an isolated community in eastern New Orleans originally settled by Vietnamese “boat people”. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Versailles residents impressively rise to the challenges by returning and rebuilding before any other flooded neighborhood in New Orleans, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill just two miles away. Formerly content to stay within their own “village” and below the public radar, the Vietnamese community rallies to oppose the landfill and become an effective force in local politics. A Village Called Versailles recounts the empowering story of how this group of people, who has already suffered so much in their lifetime, turns a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future. Winner of the Documentary Feature Audience Award at the 2009 New Orleans Film Festival Directed by S. Leo Chaing. USA. 2008. 68 min. SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 Doors open at 6:30PM; Film starts at 7:00PM FREE Hosted by the 7th Ward Neighbothood Center, 1943 Pauger St., on the corner of Urquhart St. JURORS AND SCREENERS NEEDED! For the 2010 New Orleans Film Festival Competitive Division. It’s that time of year again! Submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 New Orleans Film Festival, to be held October 14-21, and we are on track to receive more than 500* entries! All submissions are judged by either a jury (which meets as a group) or individual screeners (who view the films privately).  We are now accepting applications for these volunteer positions. We hope you will join us this year and help us spread the call to all your film-loving friends. Jurors are needed for the categories of Narrative Short, Documentary Short, Animation, Experimental and Louisiana Filmmaker.  Screeners are needed for the categories of Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature. The criteria for both jurors and screeners are: Member in good standing of NOFS, currently living in the New Orleans metro area. A demonstrated interest in film. A proven ability to judge films by the established criteria. A willingness and ability to describe and support your view of the film. Strict adherence to the confidentiality guidelines established by NOFS. An open-minded, generally positive approach to film and respect for the commitment, work and vision of every filmmaker. The ability and willingness to judge the specific piece of work that is before you, disregarding all other issues such as who made the film etc. No involvement in any capacity with any of the entered films in your category, including: financial or production involvement in the production, relation to the filmmaker. Deadlines are as follows: February 8 – Applications must be in the NOFS office February 22 – Judging will begin May 28 – All results in Click here to view the application – please fill it out and return it to the NOFS office by Monday, February 8. PLEASE NOTE: All prospective jurors and screeners must fill out the form, even those who have been jurors before. Please note that submitting an application does not guarantee you a place on a jury. If you would like to be a juror but are not yet a member please click here to join online. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to call us at 504.309.6633, or email us. BRIGHT STAR Presented by NOFS & the Prytania Theatre Written and directed by Academy Award winner Jane Campion (The Piano), Bright Star is a riveting drama based on the three-year romance between 19th century poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), which was cut short by Keats’ untimely death. London, 1818-a secret love affair begins between 23-year-old English poet John Keats and the girl next door, Fanny Brawne, an outspoken student of fashion. This unlikely pair started at odds; he thinking her a stylish minx, she unimpressed by literature in general. But when Keats’s younger brother falls ill John and Fanny are drawn together. Keats, touched by Fanny’s efforts to help care for his brother, agrees to teach her poetry. By the time Fanny’s alarmed mother (Kerry Fox) and Keats’s best friend Charles Armitage Brown (Paul Schneider) realize their attachment, the relationship had an unstoppable momentum. Directed by Jane Campion.  UK/Australia/France.  2009.  119 min. SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 & SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 3:15 PM Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St. NOFS members* $6, general admission $8 Visit the Prytania’s website or box office to purchase tickets. *NOFS members you can use your punch card for this screening I AM CUBA Presented by NOFS and the Contemporary Arts Center Started only a week after the Cuban missile crisis and designed to be Cuba’s answer to both Sergei Eisenstein’s propaganda masterpiece, Potemkin and Jean-Luc Godard’s freewheeling romance, Breathless, I Am Cuba turned out to be something quite unique – a wildly schizophrenic celebration of Communist kitsch, mixing Slavic solemnity with Latin sensuality. The plot, or rather plots, feverishly explore the seductive, decadent (and marvelously photogenic) world of Batista’s Cuba – deliriously juxtaposing images of rich Americans and bikini-clad beauties sipping cocktails poolside with scenes of ramshackle slums filled with hungry children and gaunt old people. Using wide-angle lenses that distort and magnify and filters that transform palm trees into giant white feathers, Urusevsky’s acrobatic camera achieves wild gravity-defying angles as it glides effortlessly through long continuous shots. But I Am Cuba is not just a catalog of bravura technique – it also succeeds in exploring the innermost feelings of the characters and their often desperate situations. Shown unsubtitled at the San Francisco International Film Festival, I Am Cuba received two standing ovations – during the screening. The first movie ever jointly presented by master filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, I Am Cuba is one of the great discoveries in cinema. It will change your view of cinema forever! Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov. USSR/Cuba. 1964. 141 min. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 7:30 P.M. Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp Street. NOFS and CAC members* $6, general admission $8 Tickets at cacno.org or at the door CAC box office: 504.528.3800 This film is presented in conjunction with ¡Sí Cuba!. *NOFS members you can use your punch card for this screening 2010 CALL FOR ENTRIES for the New Orleans Film Festival – October 14-21, 2010 Don’t miss your chance to be a part of NOFF 2010!  Please enter your film today! IMPORTANT DATES withoutabox exclusive Early Bird Deadline – January 29, 2010 Regular Deadline – Friday, March 5, 2010 Late Deadline – Friday, April 9, 2010 withoutabox exclusive Extended Deadline – April 30, 2010 CATEGORIES · Narrative Feature – Fiction films 40 minutes or more. · Narrative Short – Fiction films 39 minutes or less. · Documentary Feature – Non-fiction films 40 minutes or more. · Documentary Short – Non-fiction films 39 minutes or less. · Animation – Films of any length, animated by any means. · Experimental – Films 30 minutes or less that explore new and creative uses of film and video, whether in technique, form or both. AWARDS Awards, plus prizes of cash, services or in-kind, will be given in the following categories; · Narrative Feature · Narrative Short · Documentary Feature · Documentary Short · Animation · Experimental · Louisiana Filmmaker Click here to visit our website for more details. Laissez les bons films rouler! New Orleans Film Society

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About CLT and FabuNOLA Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!! · FabuNOLA (Creator, Writer & Conscious Community Connector) · Eco, Holistic Wellness, Arts, Culture & Entertainment Lifestyle Maven · Entertainment & Media (TV, Film, Radio, Voice, Print, Fashion, Web … and wherever else WE go) · Motivational Speaker · Writer · Event Production, Marketing & P.R. · Board Member ~ Alliance For Affordable Energy ~ www.All4Energy.org · Board of Advisors ~ LA Green Corps ~ www.LAGreenCorps.org www.FabuNOLA.com (Web Page . . . Full Site Coming Soon!!) www.FabuNOLA.Wordpress.com (FabuNOLA Blog ~ FabuNews & Notices) (Thanks to Jessi Delgado for this Fabu Pic … left) … (Pic Right … And thanks to Scott Simon with www.IHeartNOLA.com, Ben Reece with www.Deltree.org AND Robert Fogarty with www.Evacuteer.org for this one from the Fabu Evacuteer.org Benefit; click on my picture to be taken to Evacuteer.org) Thanks to Lidya Araya of Vizual, LLC for the Fabulous NEW FabuNOLA Logo!!! Love You, BOO!! Please email her for any of your Fabu Graphic Design needs at laraya@vizual.biz. Once again, you can also Find Me at: www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins (Always Fabu!) www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA (Brand New & Super Fabu!! … Thanks to Patrick Grayson!!!) www.Twitter.com/FabuNOLA (Regularly Fabu Too!! ~ Now linked to FabuNOLA Facebook Page!) LinkedIn: Cherylyn L. Tompkins (Professionally Fabu!!) And … First & Foremost … The Universe: Always … No Name Needed (Where We’re All Connected Everywhere & To Everyone … You really don’t have to go Looking) Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Peace & Love, Cherylyn (Cherylyn L. Tompkins ~ CLT) I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement: “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

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“FabuNOLA Spotlight ON”: STEPPING ~ Sprite Step Off in Baton Rouge this Saturday!! Featuring Ludacris and Mario!!!

FabuN♥LA ~ (January 13, 2010 email) “FabuN♥LA Spotlight ON” . . . STEPPING: Sprite Step Off in Baton Rouge This WEEKEND!!! featuring Ludacris & Mario!!!! GET TIX NOW!!! Special $5 off Coupon Code Below!! Saturday, January 16, 2010 Southern U in B.R. Show starts @ 7 pm

Hello My Happy FabuNOLA Family!!! Happy Newness for a New You in 2010 (and beyond)!!! I’ve been thinking A LOT about you all lately and will send you a new FabuNOLA eNewsletter (soon … hopefully tomorrow) to let you know about some SuperFabu events going on (including a new “FabuNOLA presents …” Event). If you’ve been following me & FabuNOLA on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn, your’e very up to date with what’s been happening with me on a regular basis. Here’s one spectacular event that I just had to get the word out about right away though. I was fortunate enough to work with Chris Bridges (aka Ludacris) a few years back at Essence Music Festival. He is one of the nicest people around (along with his Krewe … and his Mom and daughter, Karma, are super sweet too). Well, I saw him and their FabuKrewe last week at the Hornets game and again for the Hornets after party. Chris (okay … aka Ludacris) comes often to our FabuCity (and surrounding parts) and supports us dearly. They were here in FabuNOLA last year to shoot the Eco TV Series (Battleground Earth) that Chris and Tommy Lee did for Planet Green Channel. Yep Yep!! He’s a fellow Eco-Warrior too so I gotta spread the EcoLOVE!! AND I just found out today that Ludacris (okay … aka Chris Bridges) will be back THIS very weekend again in Baton Rouge with Mario to be featured in a LIVE SHOW for the SPRITE STEP OFF NATIONAL COMPETITION going on at Southern University in Baton Rouge this Saturday, January 16th!!! AWESOME!!!! This is to kick-off the Final Rounds of the Largest National Step Competition in History. WOW!!!! Be there to SEE the Best College Step Teams perform in your City!!! Now that sounds truly Fabu! See the GREAT flyer below … so much FabuEnergy!! Love IT! And the Alpha’s (A Phi A) won in DC … and I’m not being partial because my Dad is an Alpha (Love you, Daddy). If you are outside the FabuNOLA & surrounding areas … check out the schedule coming to a FabuCity near You (coming at You … Charlotte, Chicago, NYC, Houston & San Fran)!! AND … there’s a Special Deal!! A $5 Promo Coupon Code is being given to you off the regular $15 ticket price when you use ordering tix online!!!!! Oooohhhh … A good deal AND a FabuShow … Bring IT!!!! The code for the $5 Off Online Coupon (also see below) is C1E524BA. Please go towww.SpriteStepOff.com/TICKETS to get yours NOW and join in all of the FUN!! Plus, you will be supporting a college tradition that’s been going on for quite some time (I remember it all from WAY back in my day ;D!!). If you haven’t seen one of these phenomenal shows … this would definitely be the one to catch!! And … if you don’t know what it’s all about (yet!!) … time to Google it ;D! OR just go to the website www.SpriteStepOff.com to look at the schedule, buy tix, see videos, join their Facebook page AND also learn more about something else pretty special … “The Sprite Step Off Service Challenge … Step With a Purpose. See how The Sprite Step Off inspires and enables young people across the country to aim high and achieve more through scholarships and community service.” Yes, giving of yourself to help others makes you and this world a better place. When you click here: www.spritestpoff.com/service-platform to see what it’s all about too, you’ll see exactly why I’m so charged up about supporting this positive movement!! Wishing all the much Love and only Happiness for all the experiences Life is offering You … are you taking part? I sure hope so. Loving you every STEP (I just couldn’t resist) of the way!! Okay, that’s it for now. Until the next time … I’ll see You on the Page or in Person! And tell them FabuNOLA sent YOU. As always … here’s hoping to see You … Out & About!! Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA Blog Other FabuSocial Networks To Find Me: www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Twitter.com/FabuNOLA www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins (although my personal page is almost full) LinkedIn: Cherylyn L. Tompkins “FabuNOLA Spotlight” is ON . . . STEPPING . . . and especially ON: SPRITE STEP OFF (www.SpriteStepOff.com) with a LIVE SHOW by Ludacris & Mario (original flyer below) ON Saturday, January 16, 2010 Doors open @ 6 pm ~ Show starts at 7 pm at Southern University in Baton Rouge in the F.G. Clark Activity Center (at 798 Harding Blvd.) Get TIX NOW at www.SpriteStepOff.com/TICKETS $15 Tix Get additional $5 off NOW with Online Promo Code: C1E524Ba ~~~ Peace & Love (spreading through us all), Cherylyn

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Save $5.00 Off $15 Regular Ticket Price ~ Get $5 Off with Online Promotional Code. Use C1E524BA at www.SpriteStepOff.com/TICKETS. Enjoy!!

Fabu Pic with Me & Chris Bridges (okay … Ludacris) at Whiskey Blue ~ W Hotel New Orleans for Hornets Game After-Party on January 8, 2010 Thanks again to Chris and his ENTIRE Krewe (love you guys!!) for always showing New Orleans LOVE by supporting our FabuCommunity and Economy. Many blessings always. And thanks to Jesse P for taking me to the FabuGame!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn .

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“FabuNOLA Spotlight ON”: GREEN ~ South Coast Solar Holiday Solar SALE ~ $1,200 OFF Solar Savings!!! Dec 2009

FabuN♥LA (December 9, 2009) “FabuN♥LA Spotlight ON” . . . GREEN: South Coast Solar Holiday Solar Sale $1,200 Off Solar PV System ONLY through January 1, 2010 Hello My SuperDuper Phenomenal FabuNOLA Family!!! I’ve got some pretty exciting Eco-Fabu News for YOU!!! My friends at South Coast Solar have asked me to share something very special with you … it’s the gift of solar savings this holiday season. They are offering you a very special discount that can be applied towards your purchase of solar system (off any solar electric PV system over 3kW) until the 1st of January, 2010. This savings of $1,200.00 is remarkable because Louisiana Residents/Businesses already receive PHENOMENAL solar tax credits for Federal (30 % ~ like everyone else in the country) AND State (50 % which makes us THE BEST in the country) … that’s 80% FabuFolks. Okay, now that’s just making it easier and easier for you to help yourself environmentally AND economically for the New Year … helping our eco-community and planet as a whole as we rebuild our FabuCommunity … together. Now that’s mighty nice of them, if I do say so myself!! So, in doing your part to be more Green … you’ll definitely get to save some Green (yes, corny … and yet, I still felt compelled to share it). Check it out so you can be one step closer to the “Eco-Evolution” (yep, just came up with that too) of New Orleans (that’s FabuNOLA to Me and You!)!!! And definitely let them know FabuNOLA sent you!! They’ll be so pleased that you did. Connect with them before January 1, 2009 and set-up a FREE Consultation/Estimate. $1,200 Off is a SuperFabu!!!! Check out their info below. Wishing all the best of Holiday Love, Cheer and Light this season and into the New Year. As always … Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ FabuNOLA Blog Other Social Networks: www.Facebook.com/FabuNOLA www.Twitter.com/FabuNOLA www.Facebook.com/Cherylyn.L.Tompkins LinkedIn: Cherylyn L. Tompkins “FabuN♥LA Spotlight” is ON . . . GREEN . . . and especially ON: South Coast Solar South Coast Solar is giving you the GIFT of Solar this Holiday Season ~~~ South Coast Solar is having a Holiday Solar Sale $1,200 Off ~ This Month Only until January 1, 2009 and with the 80 % Solar Tax Credits … THIS is a holiday special you’ll want to take advantage of!!! Peace & Love (“Powered by the Sun”), Cherylyn South Coast Solar “Worship The Sun … Geaux Solar Louisiana” 100% Locally Owned & Operated The only authorized SunPower Dealer in Louisiana Please click on pictures below to be taken to interactive eNewsletter for South Coast Solar: South Coast Solar Holiday Solar SALE!!!! $1,200 Off any solar electric PV system over 3kW That’s it for now. As always . . . 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“FabuN♥LA Spotlight ON” . . . ART: NYC Artist Michael Gambino ~ “CommUNITY” ~ Debut Solo Art Exhibit in New Orleans on Nov. 14, 2009 ~ 8 pm @ Maison Post (1240 Esplanade)

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“FabuN♥LA Spotlight ON” . . . ART: Big Apple Artist Michael Gambino’s Work Featured in Big Easy Solo Exhibition

“CommUNITY” Exhibit

8 pm on November 14, 2009 @ Maison Post (1240 Esplanade)

Hello Phenomenal FabuNOLA Family!!!   So you’re starting to see me on page (if not in person now) a little more again. That’s because I’m doing all I need to do in order to make some great positive changes occur. And it’s good timing. Fall weather is in effect (okay . . . as much as it can be in FabuNOLA). This also means that people’s mindsets start to shift a little. Cooler weather = cuddle weather for some (or maybe most . . . everyone’s just used to the heat).You hear/read me talk about Love all of the time . . . ALL types of Love. However, Fall was always a time for Love . . . especially Romantic Love. I think that cuddling I mentioned earlier has something to do with it. I put this all out there to discuss an event coming up that is now part of a new and special FabuNOLA Series I’ll produce for “Special Fabu Clients” wanting “Special Fabu Attention” called “FabuNOLA Spotlight ON . . . “ This FabuFeature is Focused ON . . . ART . . . and especially ON:   Artist Michael Gambino The reason why I decided to get a bit provocative earlier and bring up romance is because that’s the first thing that came to mind after seeing one of Michael’s pieces and reading the title called “A Fine Romance” . . . by Michael Gambino (and you’ll laugh when you see the actual photograph in the context of my writing this). And all of us Jazz lovers out there should especially LOVE this title. I think you’ll love discovering that Michael is the son of a Jazz Musician too. His Dad played with Lionel Hampton for 8 years . . . so I think he should know a lot about that title. Although Michael is a New Yorker, he has a Love for our City . . . a love that started when he first visited 20 years ago (hmmm, that’s when I moved here). As you read his Bio below, you’ll discover that Michael and I also share an ability for juggling many hats too (hmmm, we might have been separated at birth ;D). Along with his paintings, photography & sculptures, Michael’s also a noted commercial artist & director who has won many awards with his work. I Love it!! Letting his creative side be his successful guide. Another title that REALLY struck me is the brilliant title of this exhibit: “CommUNITY” . . . one which you know I write often about (just last week). I LOVE the emphasis on “Unity” because I always talk to people about Unity in our Community. So many people strive for it. It’s up to US to make this happen. I’ve always felt that art and the artistic/creative community are the ones especially moving this forward. Thank goodness for that. Kudos to all of you amazing artists out there!!! Thank you for your vision. Below find the news release of Michael’s upcoming exhibit. I’ve also included the bio from his website, where you can also find out much more about him, see galleries of his artwork and video clippings of commercials he has created. That’s how we like ‘em in FabuNOLA . . . Super Talented!! Please also take note as well of Maison Post (a production house). “MAISON POST is the latest high-concept company to land in New Orleans on the waves of the Louisiana film renaissance.” Located in the Treme Neighborhood, you will definitely want to take a closer look at this group (love the look of their website . . . too Fabu!!). Thanks to my always phenomenally FabuFriend, Andre Jones, for connecting to me on this . . . and wanting to connect you too. Michael Gambino’s exhibit and the Maison Post building will be a MUST see event indeed next week. I know I’ll be sure to be there. And if you see a camera following me around and I come up to talk to you . . . just talk, act natural and go with it (because you are SuperFabu!!) . . . I’ll tell you why later . So, in Celebration of Cooler/Cuddle Weather, “A Fine Romance” (along with other Fabu M. Gambino Artwork) and Michael Gambino (the Person). . . BIG Cuddle Hugs from Me to YOU!! As always, here’s hoping to see you . . . Out and About. Be & Live Well, Cherylyn ~aka Miss FabuNOLA~ Click Here for FabuNOLA Blog ~~ I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement:   “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

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Michael Gambinowww.mikegambino.net Artist “CommUNITY” Exhibit of Art: Paintings & Photographs Saturday, November 14 @ 8 pm Exhibition @ Maison Post (1240 Esplanade Ave.)

Big Apple Artist Michael Gambino’s Work featured in Big Easy Solo Exhibition “CommUNITY” Exhibit @ Maison Post (1240 Esplanade) November 14 @ 8 pm   Big Apple Artist Michael Gambino’s Work Featured in Big Easy Solo Exhibition NEW ORLEANS, LA (Oct. 14, 2009) – He’s part advertising guy, part photographer, part painter, part filmmaker. New Yorker Michael Gambino is wholly an artist and will be displaying an array of his work in his first solo show in New Orleans. Gambino’s creations will be on display in his exhibition “CommUNITY” at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 at Maison Post, located at 1240 Esplanade Ave. The opening will feature live music by the Robert Snow Trio. The exhibit will run throughout November and is available for showing by appointment. “Gambino’s work reflects his keen interest in the characters around him, from the man on the street photographs to the large Koi paintings. We’re all social beings whether we’re fish in a pond or the everyday guy on the streets of New Orleans or New York City. We all have a need to be part of a community,” said Kyle Curry, editor and executive producer of Maison Post. “There’s a synergy between Gambino’s work and what we do at Maison Post.” Maison Post is at state-of-the-art postproduction house, and the latest high-concept company to land in New Orleans on the waves of the Louisiana film renaissance. The principles of Maison Post bring more than 20 years of experience in all genres of filmmaking including episodic TV, commercials, feature films and documentaries. GAMBINO THE RENAISSANCE MAN: Gambino is a noted commercial artist who has developed creative campaigns for many of the world’s mega-conglomerates including Coca-Cola, AT&T and Visa. He’s won virtually every advertising award, including Gold Cannes Lions and Gold One Show Pencils. His Visa commercial, Broadway Tribute, is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)in New York City. Gambino has exhibited his work at galleries in New York, Seattle and Washington D.C. “New Orleans is a place where people can bring the best of who they are, and the best of where they come from, and feel immediately comfortable,” he said. “The events of recent years only underscore the importance of community, there, here and everywhere. I think people fully understand, now, better than ever, that we are all in this together.” Gambino is the son of a jazz musician. His dad, a saxophone player, was the token white guy in Lionel Hampton’s big band for eight years. He has more than an appreciation for the birthplace of jazz. He has a kinship with the city he first visited 20 years ago. “I just love New Orleans. Nobody can visit this city without falling in love with it. And if you can’t love New Orleans, well, than I probably don’t want to know you,” said Gambino, a musician himself playing percussion in various types of groups over the years. “New Orleans is like visiting Paris. It changes you, and changes you in ways that you will never really know.” Gambino’s love for music oftentimes surfaces in his creative approach. He paints with such rhythm and speed it can at best be depicted as a visceral encounter. “Looking at a canvas, I can see mood and tempo,” he said. “The pieces for this show are large ranging from 3 feet x 4 feet to 9 feet x 12 feet. I love big gestural works. A viewer should fall in to the painting when she stands before it.” “CommUNITY” will include sculpture, drawings, paintings as well as black and white images from his photography series, New Yorkers, While They’re Not Looking.  This ongoing project documents the most diverse collection of human beings on the planet Earth, all inhabiting a space merely 23 square miles, many of whom enjoy sleeping on public transportation. To view Gambino’s work, visit www.mikegambino.net. (This News Release written by our very own Lovely Literary Lady of New Orleans, Jewel Bush of jewelThinks. http://jewelthinks.blogspot.com. Love you, Jewel ~ Peace, CLT) ~~~ For any questions about this exhibition, Maison Post or Michael Gambino (and definitely regarding purchase of Michael Gambino’s Artwork), please contact: André A. Jones ~ (985) 519-4049 or andre@nomdeguerre.tv ~~~ Now this is a “CommUNITY” I definitely want to be a part of. Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Artist Michael GambinoBIO www.mikegambino.net for full details and gallery of artwork Michael Gambino BiographyMichael Gambino was born and raised in Queens, New York, the son of a jazz musician and a computer programmer. He began private Art study at the age of seven, and had his first exhibition of paintings when he was ten years old. While attending the High School of Art and Design in New York, he formed the band Concrete Jungle, and released the album Wear and Tear on ICBM Records. While in college, he played percussion for the Umano Orchestra, a 30-piece rock-jazz big band, as well as drums in the Cajun-influenced heavy metal band Hip Joint Chamber. The music business was a cesspool of degenerates and scam-artists, so Michael decided to go into the advertising business. He was naive, okay. Before graduating summa cum laude from FIT with a BFA in Advertising, Michael participated in a student exchange with the London Printing Academy (Elephant and Castle). Michael continued his studies at NYU (cinematography), the Cooper Union (art business), and the Art Student’s League (composition and sculpture). For the past ten years, Michael has been employed principally in advertising, creating campaigns for many of the world’s super-mega-conglomerates including Coca-Cola, Verizon, AT&T, FedEx, and Visa. He’s won virtually every advertising award, including Gold Cannes Lions and Gold One Show Pencils. His Visa commercial, Broadway Tribute, is in the permanent collection at MOMA, in New York City.   Michael has exhibited his paintings and sculpture at galleries in New York, Seattle, and Washington DC. He had his first large solo exhibition of 20 paintings at the Alliance Gallery, New York, in April 2009. An exhibition of film, sculpture, paintings, photography and drawings is scheduled for October 2009, in New Orleans, at Maison.New Yorkers, While They’re Not Looking is an ongoing personal photography project which documents the most diverse collection of human beings on the planet Earth, all inhabiting a space merely 23 square miles, many of whom enjoy sleeping on public transportation. Michael also directs one short film every year. His first short, MENDELBAUM!, was considered weird by everyone who saw it. It didn’t seem weird to Michael at all. But his last film, THINGS WORSE THAN DEATH, was an official selection for the West Chester Film Festival, where it will premiered , April 2008. That did seem weird to Michael. He is currently working on a third film, which will shoot in August, 2009.   Michael lives in Manhattan and Yulan, New York. ~~~ Artist with TWO KOI (74″H X 84″W X 2″) oil on canvas — 2007 This and other Artwork by Michael Gambino, can be found by clicking here, directly linking you to his gallery page.

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FabuNOLA eNewsletter for FaBooNOLA Halloween Events & Haunts PLUS Music, Dancing through the Week & Eco-Event Preview (next weekend)!!

FabuN♥LA eNewsletter (October 31, 2009)

FabuNOLA eNewsletter for FaBooNOLA Halloween Events & Haunts PLUS Music, Dancing through the Week & Eco-Event Preview (next weekend)!!

Hello Phenomenal FabuNOLA Family (or should I say “Paranormal FaBOONOLA Family)!!!   Well, YOU know what time is is if you are in FaBooNOLA right now . . . it’s HALLOWEEN!!! A Major Holiday like Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest!!! Well, I guess I’m not helping one bit by giving you a HUGE list of FaBOO things to get into. Let’s just say that I know you are going to be out and about anyway so I’m just giving you some things that will be totally enjoyable AND keep you sane!! Another necessary prescription in everyday Life right now ;D. As you know, there’s always LOTS of FaBOO things to do this weekend (and beyond) in FaBooNOLA (okay, I’m going to stop doing that now ). . . making my job very busy indeed!!! AND I’ll see you on Frenchmen St. (LATE) on Saturday Night.Here’s a special note I want to send out to mark a special time for me that I want to honor: I know A LOT of people celebrating their birthdays during this season and I especially know A LOT of people celebrating their birthdays TODAY & TOMORROW. Happy Halloween Birthday to all of you Zigaboo Birthday Babies today from FaBooNOLA ~ You know who you are !!! I want to make a very special mention to one particular person today (if you will indulge me) for her birthday and that’s Jessi (Jessica) Delgado . . . One of the truly Special Angels in my World. You see, this Halloween Weekend marks the 3 Year Anniversary of me coming back to New Orleans after moving away to Los Angeles in 2004 (10 months before the Storm). I jumped in my car and I drove all that distance to celebrate her Life . . . her true Joyful Spirit. I celebrate you again today (and every day) … Jessi … and send you all of my Love with all of my Heart!! I also want to give special thanks to Jessi because had it not been for her Lovely Spirit hosting me and letting me stay with her (for a very, very LONG time), than I would’ve have made the decision to move back to FabuNOLA. She afforded me that opportunity. The opportunity of time to discover what I needed to within me and figure out what I needed to for my greater purpose. Jessi, I owe you a great debt of gratitude for this. While I’m on the “thanking folks kick,” I’m definitely going to have to thank ALL of you in the FabuNOLA Community (then and now … including those just visiting). If it had not been for another show, gig, gallery exhibit, party, play, educational resource, meeting, workshop, session, Salsa/Swing Dance Social, child’s birthday event, Birthday Blowout, movie screening, business/organization launch, Second Line, musical/food/art/film/culture fair & fest, art/farmer’s market, eco-activism event, community gathering or (fill in the blank) that continued to be never ending, well . . . would I have stayed? I continued to hear . . . “Wait, you can’t leave just yet because I have such and such going on tomorrow (or this weekend) and you HAVE to stay and come.” And I did. And I continue to. I felt the Love them . . . I still do to this very day. You see, New Orleans is really about Community . . . actually a rather LARGE Family that keeps getting bigger day by day . . . moment by moment. We gather for any reason/purpose . . . now that’s special. No Storm will EVER take that away. 4 Years after Katrina, they are still going (and growing) stronger than ever. These events . . . these Community Gatherings are really about LOVE. That’s the main thing I recognized about New Orleans and New Orleanians (that’s what brought me here 20 years ago and continues to bring me back). Although I’m not originally from here (in August, I marked my 20 Year Anniversary of moving here from VA with my Parents just a couple of months AFTER High School), you have always made me feel a part of your special Family. A bond that cannot and will not Ever be broken. These gatherings I speak of (if you’ve never been to FabuNOLA) are really about all of us “connecting” here in the Community because of it . . . because of that Love. That’s the truest reason why we throw the BEST Parties/Gatherings on Earth . . . because of our Love for a fellow person and wanting EVERYONE to have a Fabu time. That’s why I Live here . . . That’s who I Am inside. It’s because the New Orleans Spirit connects us ALL together (no matter where we Live). I appreciate now more than ever my return 3 years ago. I look back on the time when I came for what I thought would be 2 weeks . . . then 2 months . . . now well over 2 years. I’ve found a greater sense of purpose now more than ever before because of all of my experiences. I found the true Me. My Spirit and Passion reside here . . . no matter where I go. And it makes me so very Happy. And people always feel it from Me because I choose to Live my Life with this Purpose. I’ll share a quote again from writer and friend, Chris Rose, that I listed a long time ago and continue to share with people as much as possible. He so eloquently stated , “New Orleans is the Center of the Universe for Those who have a Lust for Life.” I have that very special “Lust for Life”!! I feel We all do, really . . . it’s just that some of You just haven’t fully discovered it yet. Please do!! Do what you MUST to awaken your true Passion in your Life. YOU will thank YOU for that. This I know for sure. It’s the only way to truly Live. So today I thank Jessi, my Parents & Family (because they are SuperFabu), my Landlord (thanks again, Mike), countless Friends (who are also Family) for countless reasons, even strangers and a cast of Billions I still have yet to meet. I thank Everyone really because you’ve been with me along this phenomenal journey. This path of discovery in finding my true Purpose in Life. You’ve allowed me into your world with open arms and such unconditional Love. That is so magical and precious . . . so indescribable unless you’ve been here and connected to it. You’ve led Me . . . to Me. That’s what New Orleans does for us. If you’re not from here, You don’t just come here . . . you are drawn here. How can something like that ever be repaid? Well, I must say that I do it every chance I get when I get to tell people about how very lovely you are . . . how very lovely our Community is (our FabuNOLA). And I thank you for drawing me into your lives on a regular basis through my special Love Letter to you . . . FabuNOLA. Thanks for reading/listening and letting me share FabuNOLA with You. Thanks also for letting Me share Me with You (that’s what FabuNOLA is too). You honor me every day . . . in so many ways. Okay, now that I’ve stopped crying now (not really ) immense tears of joy & love, I’m going to list just a few (I always say that and it doesn’t happen) things going on because I know you already are swamped with LOVE from every super duper party invite (and person) out there. Here are some FaBOO things going with a few that you may not be aware of and might want to know about. They also flow into activities this week and the following weekend with some special Eco-Activities that you might want to participate in. That, and I’ve got the Tambo Salsa Workshop to be at now (oops!! write about events or live them ~~ gotta balance both ). From my Spirit to yours . . . Thank You . . . I LOVE YOU!!! As always, here’s hoping to see you . . .  Out and About. Be  & Live Well, Cherylyn aka Miss FabuNOLA   ~~ I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement:   “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

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Tambo-Ween Salsa Workshop (presented by NOSD, Inc.) This is going to be AWESOME!!! I know you have many choices in FabuNOLA for Halloween. However, if you Love Salsa as I do OR you are looking for something NEW to do that won’t have you out in the streets during Halloween, check this out for today AND tonight (Okay, technically, you can go to the workshop AND …the parties . . . plus still make other parties around the city . . . like I’ll be doing ;D). I hear Troy & Jorjet will also be in town for it!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn New Orleans Salsa Dancers would like to announce that Mitchell Provence and Monica Melito of Tambo Project (Germany) will be coming to New Orleans to teach workshops and perform October 30th-31st. October 31st, 2009: (Club Silhouette 3505 N Hullen St, Metairie, LA) 1. Workshops: 10am – 4:30pm   2. Party: 9pm – untilTo REGISTER please visit http://www.nosdinc.com/register Walk-ins also welcome!!! Tell them FabuNOLA sent you!! Mike@NOSD http://www.nosdinc.com

Sweet Jones performs today (Oct. 31st) @ Whole Foods ~ Arabella Station (1 – 3 pm ~ Note from Melissa: Happy Halloween!!): www.SweetJonesMusic.com Hey Melissa and Matt!! I won’t be able to make it out but KNOW LOTS of people will hear you playing there. Congrats!!!! Sweet Jones is a Blues and Funk band you are sure to want to check out!!And Melissa . . . I’m definitely in need of your yummy Gluten & Soy Free Baked Yummies ~~~ I can’t get your Blueberry Muffins out of my head (or my tummy whenever I have them). Must have your Granola too. When are we going to bake together . . . sigh . . . balancing a busy schedule. Soon though! Love you both!! Many blessing. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Halloween Salsa Dance Party (presented by NOSD, Inc.)(Saturday, October 31, 2009 from 9 pm to 2 am) (Club Silhouette ~ 3505 N. Hullen St., Metairie, LA): Come out and get your dance on at New Orleans Salsa Dancers’ (NOSD) Halloween Party! Special Guests – Mitchell Provence & Monica Melito from Germany will be performing a freaky salsa routine to blow your minds!!!Time: 9pm – until the ghosts put us out!!! Where: Club Silhouette 3505 N Hullen St Metairie, LA Cost: $10 with no costume. $7 with a costume, $5 with workshop participation http://www.nosdinc.com/register.php (Or just show up . . . everyone is welcome ~ tell them FabuNOLA sent you. Peace, CLT). Mike@NOSD   Come out and get your dance on at New Orleans Salsa Dancers(NOSD)’ Halloween Party! Peace & Love, Cherylyn

“Invasion of The Booty Snatchers Party” Invading you Booty with Funk-The Dynamite Dave Soul Spinning at Lazizza’s on Halloween Night: The Dynamite Dave Soul spinning That Gritty Deep Nasty Funk all night long !! 2nd annual World Swirl Halloween Extravaganza!Invading Your Booty with Funk!!!   Costume Contest Special Guests Lazizza’s-2106 Chartres (corner of Frenchmen ~ NOLA ~ side of Cafe Brazil) HALLOWEEN NIGHT ~ 9:30 pm – until Don’t miss it!! Tonight’s the Night Folks! The Dynamite Dave Soul Live at Lazziza’s!!Be there or just hear about it and feel lame later! See you tonight!!   Tondrae   ~~~ This is a Super Duper Party my close friends (Lidya, Tondrae & Matthew) are putting on. I hope you can come up because they always throw the best parties!!! Matthew’s Band is also playing at Dragon’s Den tonight too (and you’re an amazing artist, photographer & videographer too . . . what don’t you do?)Many Blessing. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Dr. Gonzeaux performs Live @ the Blue Nile on Frenchmen on Halloween Night with Gravity A & Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle (October 31, 2009 ~ doors open at 9 pm): www.DrGonzeaux.com Rock out on Halloween Night with Dr. Gonzeaux!  Make the Blue Nile one of your stops on this year’s fabulous Saturday night Halloween.  They will be upstairs so enjoy the view from the balcony and the wild costume party on the dance floor. Hey Jesse & Mike (and thanks to Bethany for sending), I can’t wait to hear you again!! You guys are Super Fabu & Phenenomenal!!!!!! LOVE IT and YOU!! OMG!!! I’m so happy you will be playing tonight. It’s perfect. And, yes, Jesse . . . I know you are still awaiting my call. I’ll patch a telephone can call in from the audience to the stage while you play ;D!! Okay, I’ll just blow you all kisses while I dance with Bethany and give you a call this week. Many Blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

AND for ALL of you Uptowners or those in The Point . . . Algiers Point (that is) Here’s something Big, especially for You!!! In Algiers Point @ Old Point Bar (545 Patterson Dr): Marlon Jordan Jazz Show @ 5 pm (hey Marlon ~ You cooking too ;D?) Ghouls & Goblins & The Jesse Moore Band from 9:30 pm – 12:30 am (October 31, 2009 ~ www.oldpointbar.com ~ 545 Patterson Dr.) Then Uptown @ Tip’s, and a land far, far away (okay, that’s left over from me seeing Star Wars In Concert this week ~ thanks again, Robert): Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Live @ Tipitinas Come out and have a great time Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:00pm Tipitina’s  501 Napoleon Ave. Come celebrate your Halloween right. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave live @ Tipitina’s. Also featured will be the Hot 8 Brass Band. This is a show that you don’t want to miss. Door open @ 10pm Admission: $20 Tickets may be purchased online @ http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&pl=&eventId=2243804 **It is recommended that you get your tickets early. This show is sure to sell out. (Uh, Duh!!! ;D ~ Peace, CLT)

Other Great Causes & Happenings in FabuNOLA this Week (Stay Connected Positively Folks):

Sunday Brunch featuring The Pfister Sisters @ Marigny Brasserie 640 Frenchmen St. (@ Royal) 11:45 – 2:15 pm Presented by The Pfister Sister for FREE!! www.pfistersisters.com/index.htm Enjoy Brunch with the Pfister Sisters every Sunday! The Pfister Sisters have delighted audiences with their sweet hot jazz harmonies since 1979. They were singled out in 1981 by Variety as one of the best new acts of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and 20 years later, their 2001 Jazz Fest appearance was dubbed “sublime” and “sparkling.” Holley, Debbie, Yvette and Amasa comprise one of the few groups that represent the New Orleans swing era, with their recreation of The Boswell Sisters arrangements, and the only act featuring vocal jazz harmony. The Pfisters have sung with the Neville Brothers at Angola State Prison, with Linda Rondstadt and Jimmy Buffet at the New Orleans Artists Against Homelessness and Hunger concerts, and with Maxene Andrews (yes, of the Andrews Sisters) on the wing of an airplane. They are equally at home fronting a large orchestra as they are in an intimate cabaret setting, regaling audiences with the stories behind the music they lovingly bring to life. ~~~ Here’s some lovely to do to start your day right after all of your FaBooNOLA (okay I’m going to stop doing that) Halloween Parties. I’m guessing that MOST of you will still be roaming around on OR literally waking up on Frenchmen when Brunch is just starting at Marigny Brasserie. You should stop on by to listen to the lovely vocal harmony of the always lovey Pfister Sisters. Hey Ladies . . . Smooches!!! Thanks for the Love . . . right back atcha!! Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

29th Annual Day of the Dead Celebration3319 Rosalie Alley, NOLA (Sunday, November 1, 2009 starting at 7 pm for event above ~ 504-948-9961 for more details) PLUS MORE with Dias de los Muertos @ The Old US MINT (all week long): Dias de los Muertos ~ Day of the Dead Festivites @ The Old US Mint A weeklong celebration of Mexico’s Day of the Dead traditions with authentic arts, music, food, and family fun presented by the Mexican Consulate of New Orleans, The Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University, and the Louisiana State Museum. All events are free and open to the public. When & Where: October 27 through November 7, 2009 at the Old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade (between the French Market & Frenchmen St.) Exhibits: Traditional Day of the Dead altar by artist Cynthia Ramirez and photography exhibit of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Mexico. Ground floor gallery, October 27 through November 7, 10 AM to 4:30 PM, closed Mondays. 3rd Annual Family Fiesta: Mariachi band, folkloric dancing, taqueria truck, family-friendly fun. Outdoor courtyard, Barracks St. side, Sunday, November 1, 2 PM to 4 PM Go to www.stonecenter.tulane.edu for more details. Yes, we celebrate Everything here in FabuNOLA ;D!! Here, a Celebration of Death is still a Fabulous Celebration of Life. Too Cool!!! Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Gal Holiday & Her Honky Tonk Revue @ BMC(corner of Decatur & Esplanade) Every Sunday from 9 pm ~ 12 am   Hey Vanessa,I so need to visit you all again for some dancing and your lovely music!!! Can’t wait!! I bet Doug has been dancing up his heels while I’m not there (hey Doug ;D). Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Here’s something of interest to Me that I found out. This takes places on November 1st around the Globe: It’s World Vegan Day!!! The 65th Annual World Vegan Day . . . to be exact! Happy 65th!! (www.worldveganday.org)

Brewstock Teaches You to Make Your Own “Brew” (Tuesdays in November ~ Brew It Yourself “Playshop” presented at Gris Gris Lab): I got to sit down with Aaron Hyde from Brewstock and Vignette Ching from Gris Gris this week to discuss this great workshop!! I don’t drink anymore so Aaron let me know that most of the mixtures can be made non-alcoholic (like the Mead & Ciders). He told me all about the process (which is so fascinating) and how he can show you how to stop the Yeast from fermenting after a couple of days so it becomes carbonated (like a soda) and therefore non-alcoholic. Since this falls under the category of “Learning a new Fabu Skill that will help save you Fabu Money,”  I just have to let you all know about it. In this economy, do you really want to continue spending all of your money on beverages (listen up New Orleans ~ and all of my Lushy Friends ;D), when you can learn to make it yourself? Okay . . . that makes sense AND it’s doing something that will give you an edge over the guy standing near you in line waiting to buy something he could’ve just made. And how interesting would that conversation be at the next party you show up at . . . “Why yes, I did make this bottle of (fill in the blank) for you and your guest. It’s a special recipe though . . . It’s made with LOVE ;D!! Plus, Aaron showcases all natural and special flavorings to give your beverages a unique taste that no one else but you will create!! Super Fresh . . . Super You! And Aaron shared a special Father/Son bonding moment with me. His Father initially taught him how to make beer. And now it’s his passion and his company (love that). So his Father didn’t go out and buy him his first beer . . . he made it for him. (Okay, touching, heartfelt musical moment here) Awww!!! I’m being told that they will re-schedule the “Meads, Cider & All-Natural Soda” Playshop at the end of this series. YAY!!!! Just what I want and Aaron had Satsumas with him. “WHAT?!?!? Did I hear someone say “All-Natural Satsuma Soda”? Why YES . . . And it was made with LOVE ;D.” Aaron’s store, Brewstock, is located Uptown on Oakstreet (www.Brewstock.com). However, this very special workshop . . . I mean Playshop (I just love saying that), will be located at the Super Phenomenal new Gris Gris Lab (www.grisgrislab.com). Connect with them . . . and, as always, tell them that FabuNOLA sent you!! Peace & Love, Cherylyn BREWSTOCK “BREW IT YOURSELF” BEVERAGE MAKING PLAYSHOP!! NEW RECESSION FRIENDLY PRICES! $15 if you RSVP ahead of time, $20 at the door!! (space is limited to 10 people ~~ ohhh, so intimate and lovely ;D ~ Peace, CLT) 3 upcoming Tuesdays in November, 6-8 pm November 3: Beer! November 10: Wine! November 17: Roast your own coffee! TBD (hopefully the following Tues. ~ will keep you posted but if enough people RSVP, they will DEFINITELY set it RIGHT away ~ Peace, CLT): Meads, Cider & All-Natural Sodas!! Each Brew It Yourself playshop will offer hands-on experience, sample libations, as well as take-home guides and recipes for all of your magical creations. Contact Vignette@grisgrislab.com for more info. Conjure your own concoctions with the Brew It Yourself series led by Aaron Hyde, owner of Brewstock Homebrewing Supplies. Aaron has been brewing for over 12 years; having studied brewing, wine making, and viticulture at UC-Davis and Texas Tech. He has taught beginning and advanced home brewing classes in Wisconsin and New Orleans-both at Brewstock and the Southern Food & Beverage Museum. Aaron opened Brewstock in January 2009, and he currently brews wine and beer, roasts coffee and makes his own meads and sodas. www.brewstock.com

Lady Festwww.LadyFestNewOrleans.com (Beginning November 4th for 5 Days @ 5 Different Locations) LadyFest, New Orleans, a non-profit music, spoken word and arts festival organized by local women of all identities to showcase, celebrate and encourage the music, poetry, art and activism of women in New Orleans and to benefit local organizations that support women presents their third annual festival.   The festival runs for five days at five different venues.  It will begin on Wed., Nov. 4, 6 pm at St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, 1313 Esplanade, New Orleans, with a Homily by Deacon Joyce Jackson, the first and only black woman Episcopal deacon in New Orleans.  This will be followed by gospel music from Tonia Scott and the Anointed Voices who were the featured choir in “Skeleton Key”.  The Queen Clarinet of Louisiana, Doreen Ketchens, will close out the evening with lots of hot music from Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans.   The festival moves to Snug Harbor on Thur., Nov 5 with two shows 8 and 10 pm at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro, 626 Frenchmen, featuring Cindy Scott, Leah Chase, Megan Swartz on piano, Cori Waters on drums and Cassandra Falconer on bass.   On Friday, Nov. 6, Sweet Lorraine’s, 1931 St. Claude is the place to be with Charmaine Neville, David & Roselyn, Estelle Compagne on flute, GaBrilla Ballard, Lynn Drury & the Pfister sisters accompanied by Amassa Miller on Piano, Cori Waters on drums and Cassandra Falconer on bass.   Sat, Nov. 7th the show moves to the Marigny Theatre, 1030 Marigny at St. Claude to enjoy blues with Beth Trepagnier, hear Gina Forsyth, dynamite on guitar or fiddle, and be amazed by Kayne Reznick’s lusty irreverent folk songs, Lindsay Mendez performing music from her new CD, Olivia Green bringing a fresh slant to jazz accompanied by Cori, Cassandra and Estelle. Then Some Like It Hot tears up the evening.   Sun., Nov. 8th, LadyFest New Orleans 2009 has its final performance at the Ashe’ Cultural Arts Center 1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., from 11 am to 6 pm with 30 X 90, Dixie Rose, Hazel and the Delta Ramblers, Kelcy Mae, Margie Perez, Olga and Troi Bechet with Mimi Geste on Piano, Cori Waters on Drums, Cassandra Falconer on Bass and Estelle Campagne on Flute. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 504-949-3001  504-949-3001 , LadyFestNO@gmail.com www.LadyFestNewOrleans.com LADYFEST 2009 SCHEDULE   WED, NOV 4TH, ST. ANNA’S 6:00 to 9 pm   Deacon Joyce Jackson’s Homily on “Women of the Bible” Tonia Scott and the Anointed Voices Doreen’s Jazz New Orleans   THURS, NOV 5TH, SNUG HARBOR 8:00 pm & 10:00 pm   Cindy Scott, Leah Chase, with Meghan Swartz on Piano, Cori Walters on Drums & Cassandra Falconer on Bass   FRI, NOV 6TH, SWEET LORRAINE’S 7 pm to Midnight   Charmaine Neville, David & Roselyn, Estelle Campagne, GaBrilla Ballard, Lynn Drury& the Pfister Sisters, MoLasses:New Orleans’(mostly)Women’s Brass Band With Amasa Miller on Piano, Cori Walters on Drums & Cassandra Falconer on Bass,   SAT, NOV 7TH, MARIGNY THEATRE 7pm  to Midnight   Beth Trepagnier, Gina Forsyth, Kaye Reznick, Lindsay Mendez, Olivia Greene, Toni O, Meghan Swartz Piano, Cori Walters on Drums, Cassandra Falconer on Bass & Estelle Campagne on Flute   SUN, NOV 8TH, ASHE’ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER Noon to 6pm 30 X 90, Dixie Rose, Hazel-The Delta Rambler, Kelcy Mae, Margie Perez, Olga, Troi Bechet, Cori Walters on Drums & Cassandra Falconer on Bass, Estelle Campagne on Flute & Mimi Geste on Piano ~~~ Gotta Support My Lovely Ladies!!!! Too many good friends here to list . . . just get out and see them. Although, I know Nov. 1st is your Birthday, Troi!! Special Birthday Wish to you, Boo. We go too far back to not mention that ;D Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

NOSD, Inc. Hump Day Salsa Social at Galvez Restaurant (FREE ~ Every Wednesday ~ Now at this PHENOMENAL New Location) (see my Salsa dancing video from this week on Facebook to know what I’m talking about) I recently read that this quote: “Dancing is a Short Cut to Happiness!!” I so agree and it is DEFINITELY one of my Short Cuts to Happiness!! That’s why I’m always dancing . . . and why so many of you say that I’m always Happy ;D!! Gotta find your short cuts . . . I hope you have!! Well here’s one possibility to discover:New Orleans Salsa Dancers, Inc. HUMP DAY SOCIAL TONIGHT at GALVEZ RESTAURANT (914 N Peters.) 6:30pm-7pm FREE Cha-Cha/Bachata Class. 7:00pm-10pm Dance Social. ALL FREE!!!! Come out and get over the hump with salsa.http://salsaneworleans.com/index.php. Here is video footage Kenneth Braxton took of me and Stephen dancing from his iPhone last week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRtix_fR2g. I didn’t realize that people cleared the floor to watch us. This totally looks like a Salsa New Orleans Ad with the Cafe Du Monde drink cups visibly placed ;D. Here are some clearer videos I asked friends to take of me dancing (since I always take of others) with my camera. It’s on my Facebook Page now so if this doesn’t work, please go there to see: Dancing with Ted George on Oct. 28, 2009 for NOSD Salsa Social Dancing with Mike Griffin (NOSD Creator & Salsa Instructor Extraordinaire) on Oct. 28, 2009 for NOSD Salsa Social @ Galvez Restaurant Hope you all can come out. Even if you don’t know how to dance yet, the venue is gorgeous. The view is spectacular (see Old Algiers from across the River, Downtown New Orleans and the French Quarter all from the Balcony or even just dancing in the middle of the room (magical). Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn   Fabu Continental Spanish Cuisine & Tapas if you are hungry too (and one of the most phenomenal views in the city). Do you all know the story of Galvez Restaurant yet (www.galvezrestaurant.com)? Yes, it’s the former Bella Luna Restaurant but I mean the choosing of the name? I found this so interesting so I really felt moved to share with you (Peace ~ CLT): (Taken from the Galvez Restaurant Website) The history of New Orleans cuisine began with the discovery of Louisiana by Spanish Explorers. On February 1st, 1777 at the tender age of 29, Bernardo De Galvez became the first Spanish Governor of Louisiana. Part of his mission (along with keeping an eye on the British in Florida) was to befriend the native peoples and encourage immigration. Two principle groups he invited to make Louisiana their home were Spanish settlers from Canary Island, Spain (Los Islenos) and the French Acadian (Cajun) immigrants who the British expelled from Canada’s Maritime provinces. As the French and Spanish cultures integrated, and melded with the local Native and African Americans, they exchanged meals and recipes. In fact, it’s rumoured that the first Gumbos and Jambalayas that we enjoy today had their origins in the classic Spanish dishes of Caldo Gallego and Paella. At Galvez Restaurant, we’re proud of the roll Spanish cuisine played in making New Orleans a globally recognised destination for foodies. In fact, it’s with this fine heritage in mind that our sumptuous dishes are prepared from scratch to the highest standards of authenticity. …and we think Bernardo de Galvez would have loved this place! Pretty Cool History, huh? I think so . . . Peace, CLT

Khris Royal & Dark Matter @ Blue Nile (523 Frenchmen) Wednesdays starting @ 10:30 pm Hey Khris (my Boo) . . . got only Love for YOU!!! Tell you folks I said Hi too!!! Many blessings.Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Swing Dance Night @ Rock-N-Bowl Every Wednesday from 8:30 pm – 12 am ($5 Cover) Haven’t been able to go in a little while. Focusing on work and Salsa. You all know how much I love you though (Robert . . . save me a dance and thanks again for taking me to see “Star Wars In Concert . ..  so COOL!!) so I’ll be back soon. You know how much I LOVE to Swing Dance. Many blessings.Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown’s Thursday Night Jazz Jam @ The Rusty Nail (1100 Constance St., NOLA) Every Thursday @ 10 pm www.kidchocolate.soundvisioncreative.com www.therustynail.org Leon & Pam, thanks for all you did for the 350.org event last Sunday (October 25th). Leon great to walk beside you and Kid Merv in the Second Line. You are now and forever my Eco-Brothers in the Global Eco-Community!! And Kudos to you and Pam for riding you bikes down to the celebration and Second Line from Congo Square to Frenchmen. Okay . . . that was Super Spectacular!!! I’m ready to do it again!! Just let me know when and where ;D!! Hey, you both need to come out to Salsa on Wednesdays. I’ll come by you on Thursdays!! After all, you are just down the street from my house (thanks Pam for offering to let me sleep in the spare room if I can’t make it home . . . too cute!!). Much Love . . . One of the cutest couples in FabuNOLA!!!Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Fredy Omar con su Banda @ BMC Every Friday @ 10:30 pm – 1:30 am (1331 Decatur St @ Esplanade) www.FredyOmar.com LOVE YOU, FREDY!!!! We are forever connected through our Positive Spirits and from your Phenomenal Music making my Feet just have to Dance!!!!   Many blessings.Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Get Ready for Major Eco-Activities in FabuNOLA next weekend . . . Do your part . . . Do Something!!

Allied Waste Monthly Recycling Drop-Off Saturday, November 7, 2009 (8 am – 1 pm): ALLIED WASTE OF NEW ORLEANS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE REOPENING OF OUR RECYCLING FACILITY.ALLIED WILL BE HOSTING A MONTHLY RECYCLING DROP OFF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY 1ST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH WHEN: NOVEMBER 7, 2009 WHERE: 804 L & A RD., Metairie, LA 70001 TIME: 8:00AM-1:00PM DIRECTIONS: Take Airline Drive to LaBarre Road, turn towards the Mississippi River, then turn left on L & A Road, go approximately 1.8 miles. We are located on the right side of L & A Road. JOIN OUR TEAM AT ALLIED WASTE AS WE STRIVE TO Reduce… Reuse… Recycle… Please call us for any Commercial & Industrial needs at 504.837.8950 ext 245 Items Accepted: Paper, Cardboard, Newspaper, Magazines, Junk Mail, Aluminum Cans, Plastic Soda & Water Bottles, Liquid Detergent and Bleach Bottles, Milk Jugs, Tin, Steel & Metal Cans No Glass Accepted   ~~~   Okay, this is a major step FORWARD in the right direction. Drop offs before where every 6 weeks to 2 months and between different locations when Recycling Foundation of Baton Rouge would generously drive all of their trucks down to help us out. That went away several months ago leaving a BIG recycling void for those of us not willing to pay for something that MUST be provided for FREE to our FabuCommunity!!! Until the City of New Orleans figures it out how to bring citywide recycling back to FabuNOLA, I’m very pleased to announce that Allied Waste of New Orleans will be doing this EVERY 1st Saturday of the Month. And THANK GOODNESS for the longer hours!! Support their business.Also, check my FabuNOLA Blog for other 24/7 Drop-Off points and Free Home Recycling for Lab Recycling. By Everyone doing their part to make a difference . . . we ALL make a difference . . . Together. Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

Register NOW for “The Green Rebuilding of New Orleans” Conference November 8 & 9, 2009 http://rebuildnolagreen.wordpress.com/registration Thanks to a generous donation made by the City of New Orleans and the Go Green NOLA Program, we were able to LOWER OUR REGISTRATION FEES for ”The Green Rebuilding of New Orleans!” Register now for the first annual post-Katrina conference to discuss green building efforts that have occurred throughout the city since the infamous 2005 storm. WHAT: “The Green Rebuilding of New Orleans” WHEN: Sunday and Monday, November 8-9, 2009 WHERE: Doubletree Hotel in Downtown New Orleans, 300 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130 (map) REGISTRATION: General admission is $25; Sierra Club members and students $20; Early Bird Professional Registration (for those who plan to apply for continuing education credits) $60.  Click here for more information and to register: http://rebuildnolagreen.wordpress.com/registration. CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Book signing and speech by award-winning author, Rebecca Solnit Bus tour of current and past New Orleans green building projects 16 educational sessions with over 40 speakers Reception/mixer with a silent auction and live local music And much more!   Local organizations working on-the-ground in New Orleans will give attendees a well-rounded picture of the green building scene and how the city is rebuilding strategically.  Architects and other technical professionals will provide educational information on how to conduct innovative sustainable building practices.  The event is the first of its kind, and it will be divided into three simultaneous tracks: Green Building, Urban Farming in Metro New Orleans, or Green Jobs. For more information about the conference including registration, a detailed list of speakers and organizations as well as an hour-by-hour schedule, please visit our conference website. Yours in the struggle, Darryl Darryl Malek-Wiley Regional Representative Environmental-Justice Organizer Sierra Club P.S. All are welcome — please forward this email to your friends and family! ~~~ I’ll be there with you, Darryl. Supporting the Green Movement in FabuNOLA and Beyond!!! Many blessings. Peace & Love, Cherylyn

That’s it for now. Until the next time I see You on the Page or in Person! Many blessings. Peace & Love!!

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·  Creator, Writer & Socially Conscious ConnectorFabuNOLA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time.

 

Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!!Be inspired to share the FabuNOLA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuNOLA Newsletter with others.

 

Spread the positive movement along! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!!

Global Green’s 1st Annual Jobs/Career Fair, 350.org & Other Eco-Events (plus Music) This Weekend (Oct. 23, 2009)!!!

This was originally sent out on October 23, 2009 from my FabuN♥LA eNewsletter (emailed to the FabuNOLA List on October 23, 2009). If you are not yet receiving these emails, please sign up at www.FabuNOLA.com. Some of the images/flyers didn’t copy over (you’ll get the gist though) so I will have to add them later when I have some time.  ~ Thanks. Hope you enjoy the re-post. Peace & Love, Cherylyn:

FabuN♥LA eNewsletter (October 23, 2009)
 
FabuNOLA Eco-Weekend:  Global Green’s 1st Annual Green Job/Career Fair (and other Great Events!!!)

Hello Lovely & Phenomenal FabuNOLA Family!!!
 

I sure hope all has been quite amazing in your world since last week. We’ve had a weather shift (YES!!) and I believe a conscious shift as well. We are all consciously flowing in the right direction for ourselves. If you don’t feel like this has happened for you yet, start moving you Life . . . you actions accordingly.
 
This weekend definitely is keeping things Eco-Fabu in FabuNOLA!!! Several events are going on to keep you well informed and well connected with our dearest source . . . Mother Nature.
 
1. Global Green’s 1st Annual Green Jobs/Career Fair (see details below below).
 
2. 350.org International Day of Climate Action on Saturday (official internationally recognized day) and on Sunday (New Orleans Musicians coming together for the cause).

 
3. “Haynesville” Documentary Film at CAC on Monday, October 26th.

. . . and several more (just to keep it flowing)

As you know, there’s always LOTS of Fabu things to do in FabuNOLA . . . making my job very busy indeed!!! Keep up the GREAT work everyone with the wonderful events, causes and resources as we move forward positively together. Because . . . Together We Can Make a Difference in Our Community!!!
 
As always, here’s hoping to see you . . .  Out and About.
 
Be  & Live Well,
 
Cherylyn
aka Miss FabuNOLA

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I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement:
 
“One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.”
 
Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda 

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Global Green’s 1st Annual Green Jobs/Career Fair:

FREE EVENT:  Saturday, October 24th from 8:30 am – 3:45 pm @ Walter Cohen High School (3520 Dryades St.)
This phenomenal event is FREE (please see link below about registering) and open to the public and, in addition to free breakfast, lunch and transportation, will showcase Jerome Ringo, founder of the Apollo Alliance, as keynote speaker, and almost 50 local professionals representing 24 green careers who will give sessions on their jobs and career path.

EVENT DETAILS:
 
FREE EVENT
-Global Green’s First Annual Green Jobs/Career Fair
-Saturday, October 24
-8:30am to 3:45pm
-Walter Cohen High School
-3520 Dryades Street (enter Baronne at Foucher)
-Keynote Speaker: Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance
-Free Breakfast & Lunch from La Divina Gelateria
-Over 45 professionals representing 24 green careers will speak to participants in small groups about their job and what steps they took to get there.
- Please register at www.globalgreen.org/events/90 or call 504-525-2121
(clicking on this link will take you directly to the page with FULL details of the event and a quick registration link)

I’m pretty excited about this event (was supposed to be heading out of town and now staying so I will be on hand for all of the Eco-Fabu Events around town). I originally met and spoke with Jerome Ringo (a Lake Charles native & resident) in March at the Power Shift ’09 event in Washington, DC. Besides splitting his time in San Francisco (where the Apollo Alliance is based . . . http://apolloalliance.org), Lake Charles, LA and Wash, DC to further the Eco-Movement in this country and globally, this dynamic speaker and environmental powerhouse is quite impressive.

I could go on and on. However, I’ll let you read his bio on the Apollo Alliance Staff Page (http://apolloalliance.org/about/staff/) to see for yourself. Let’s just say that his appearance, along with the 45 other presenters will be a definite MUST on your Eco-List (and for those of you in the job/career shift search . . . Green Jobs at Work!!) this weekend.
Thanks to my friend and colleague, Linda Stone, at Global Green for sending me this info and wanting to spread the Eco-Word!!!

Many blessings.
 
Peace & Love,
 
Cherylyn

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International Day of Climate Action ~ 350.org

(350.org Strong Climate Action this Saturday & Sunday in FabuNOLA):

I had the very distinct pleasure of meeting and interviewing Bill McKibben earlier this year at Tulane’s Environmental Law Summit in April. Bill was kind enough to let me interview him for the WBOK eTalk Radio Show, as well as a great filmed interview I conducted with him. He is amazing. You should know all about Bill, after all, he did write the first book on Global Warming. His latest book, Deep Economy, is revolutionary as well. Bill is amazing because he is just one guy who started several powerful movements. This weekend is another one you’ll want to be a part of . . . no matter where you are. Instead of giving it away, I’ll let you go to www.350.org to see what special event your city has concocted to recognize this history making experience in your Eco-Community.

In FabuNOLA, 350.org International Day of Climate Action will have 2 major events on Saturday (official internationally recognized day) and on Sunday (New Orleans Musicians coming together for the cause). We seem to be making a weekend of it . . . as usual . . . stretching out the party ;D. And THANK GOODNESS!!! This means I can attend the day long workshops and presentations (and speakers) for Global Green’s exciting event (1st Annual Green Jobs/Career Fair listed above) THEN still be a part of the 350.org cause on Sunday (with my musical peeps and fellow eco-warriors ;D).

So I received info from several sources (Christian Roselund at Alliance For Affordable Energy, Jordan Marcha with Sierra Club and Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown (see special under this one) . . . just to name a few). I’m going to list the info that Christian sent me first since I was on the phone with him today (that and I’m on the Board for Alliance for Affordable Energy … ;D!!) discussing the Global Green event we are all attending tomorrow then the 350.org event on Sunday. Christian promises to wear his Alliance for Affordable Energy shirt under his business suit tomorrow. I’ve already re-named him, “Eco-Superman.” No, really . . . he has the glasses and all ;D.

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

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For immediate release
October 23, 2009
Media contact:
Christian Roselund
phone: (504)905-5676
email: christian@all4energy.org

The most recent science tells us that unless we can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to 350 parts per million, we will cause large, profound and irreversible damage to the earth.  On October 24 and 25, New Orleanians will hold demonstrations to call for strong climate legislation, joining thousands of other actions across the globe sponsored by the organization 350.org.

“Places like southern Louisiana are at special risk from the stronger storms, drought, and weird weather associated with climate change,” says Alliance Climate and Clean Energy Director John Atkeison.  “Humanity is pushing up the concentrations of greenhouse gases when we should be pushing them down beyond the key number of 350 parts per million, the level where science tells us we may have a chance to avoid the worst of the climate changes from Global Warming.”

On Saturday, October 24, students and community members will come together for a demonstration led by the Tulane Green Club and Repower Louisiana on St. Charles Avenue near Tulane University.

On Sunday, October 25, at Congo Square, Kid Chocolate and 350 musicians will come together for a rally sponsored by Gulf Restoration Network, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, 1Sky, Repower Louisiana, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, FCUMC, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, the City of New Orleans, Young Audiences and Gulf South Solar.  The rally will be followed by a second line to D.B.A. On Frenchman Street.

Saturday, October 24 event:

Who: the Tulane Green Club, Repower Louisiana, Alliance for Affordable Energy, Tulane and Loyola students and community members.

When: 12:00 pm

Where: St. Charles Avenue across from Audubon Park, New Orleans

Sunday, October 25 event:

Who: Kid Chocolate and 350 other musicians, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Gulf Restoration Network, 1Sky, Repower Louisiana, LA Bucket Brigade, FCUMC, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, City of New Orleans, Young Audiences and Gulf South Solar.

When: 12:00 – 2:30 pm

Where: Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park, Rampart Street, New Orleans

About the Alliance for Affordable Energy
Founded in 1985, the Alliance is a non-profit, public interest, membership organization dedicated to creating fair, affordable, environmentally responsible, community-based energy policies for Louisiana and the nation.

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International Day of Climate Action ~ 350.org

(Special Note to Call for Musicians for 350.org Event this Sunday, October 25th from Leon “Kid Chocolate” Brown):

Leon sent me a Facebook message asking for any musicians/artists/etc. that can get involved to do so. I remember Bill McKibben coming up with this idea for New Orleans to do this (he originally said Trumpet players but you know that no one could be left out ;D) at the Tulane Environmental Law Summit during his Keynote Speech.

Well, New Orleans Musicians (as well as all of you who LOVE New Orleans Musicians) . . . step it up and get involved. Did somebody say SECOND LINE?!?!? Contact Leon to “Be In That Number!!”

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

~~~

 ”No Wetlands, No Music” NOTE from Leon “Kid Chocolate’ Brown (leonkidchocolate@aol.com):

If you haven’t done so already, can you send me your email address and anyone else who’d be interested in donating some music/art and time to save the wetlands October 25th, 12pm-3pm. There’ll be a rally and some speeches from some 350.org reps. at Congo Square from 12 til about 1:45pm then we’ll second line from Congo Square to the D.B.A. N.O.L.A. Brewery has donated a few kegs of beer and they’ll be showing the Saints vs Miami game there.

I need to get together as many musicians as possible to play as one big band for the line. I appreciate any help you can give me with that. Remember, “No Wetlands, No Music”.

Peace.

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International Day of Climate Action ~ 350.org

(350.org New Orleans Celebration):

Of course you know that we do things a bit differently in New Orleans . . . plus, we know how to stretch out a party and/or special event like no other place around. So I thought I would list the details to this event separately too.

This is from Jordan Macha @ the Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org). Thanks for sending Jordan!!

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

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Do You Want to Be in That Number? Join us Sunday! (contact Jonathan at 350NOLA@gmail.com for more details).

On Sunday October 25th, come be in that number as 350 musicians come together to send a clear message that we need action on global warming NOW. Join us at Congo Square in Armstrong Park to send a message that we must defend our climate to protect our coast!

350 musicians will play “When the Saints Go Marching In”! The rally will begin at noon with music and speakers.  Then at 1:45pm we will second line through the French Quarter to Frenchmen Street. Folks are invited to gather at DBA on Frenchmen Street where the Saints game will be televised. We hope you can join us!

The Sierra Club is joining their allies at the Gulf Restoration Network, Alliance for Affordable Energy, and many, many more in taking part in an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis–the solutions that science and justice demand. Over 4,000 events are scheduled around the globe this weekend.

The mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis-to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet. 

The focus is on the number 350–as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number–it’s a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.

The mounting effects of global warming that have been reflected in the increased intensity of tropical storms, coupled with sea-level rise, have devastated Louisiana’s coastal communities, and makes saving our coast even more difficult.  As we take up the challenge to rebuild the state’s communities and economy in light of global warming and a rapidly vanishing coast, we’ve seen amazing efforts around green building, energy efficiency, community resiliency, wetlands restoration, and green jobs creation.  Those efforts must continue, and the scope and scale must expand!

To tackle climate change we need to move quickly, and we need to act in unison-and 2009 will be an absolutely crucial year. So, please when the Saints go marching in, come be in that number!

On Sunday, October 25, at Congo Square, Kid Chocolate and 350 musicians will come together for a rally sponsored by Gulf Restoration Network, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, 1Sky, Repower Louisiana, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, FCUMC, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, the City of New Orleans, Young Audiences and Gulf South Solar.  The rally will be followed by a second line to D.B.A. On Frenchman Street.

Sunday, October 25 event:

Who: Kid Chocolate and 350 other musicians, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Gulf Restoration Network, 1Sky, Repower Louisiana, LA Bucket Brigade, FCUMC, Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, City of New Orleans, Young Audiences and Gulf South Solar.

When: 12:00 – 2:30 pm

Where: Congo Square, Louis Armstrong Park, Rampart Street, New Orleans

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“Haynesville, a documentary”
(Free Screening @ CAC on Monday, October 26th @ 7 pm):

FREE SCREENING: Haynesville, a documentary

Contemporary Arts Center (900 Camp St., NOLA 70130)
7pm screening (cash bar opens at 6:30pm) on October 26, 2009

Q&A and discussion follows the screening.

Called “an incredible story” and “a piece of brilliant independent filmmaking,” Haynesville documents the momentous discovery of the nation’s largest natural gas field. The film explores the affect of the energy boom on the lives of three people as they try to find their place in the middle of this feverish time. “Haynesville” also explores the current U.S. energy picture and what this vast natural gas find could mean for a brighter, cleaner and greener energy future. October 26, 7pm screening (cash bar opens at 6:30pm)

Special panel guests:

Gregory Kallenberg, Director and Producer of “Haynesville”

Christopher J. Fettweis, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Tulane University

Dr. Mary Blue, Tulane Film School

Marjorie McKeithen, ex-secretary of the Minerals Management Board

Discussion will be moderated by Eric Smith, Associate Director of Tulane Energy Institute

***Admission is free, but seating is limited and you MUST RSVP for seats

Contact Fran Wild to reserve your ticket

(504) 865-5427
fwild@tulane.edu
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This looks super phenomenal so I’ve already received my confirmed reservation for this Free Screening (yes, you must RSVP since seating is limited). Hope to see you there.

Many blessings.

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

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Other Great Causes & Musical Happenings in FabuNOLA this Weekend

(Stay Connected Positively Folks):

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NoLA Rising, Deutches Haus and National Art & Hobby Block Party to benefit New Orleans’ Children’s Hospital (Saturday, October 24, 2009):

NoLA Rising is proud to announce a collaboration with Deutches Haus and National Art and Hobby to benefit New Orleans’ Children’s Hospital. 

On Saturday, October 24th, National Art and Hobby will have a block party on the Eleonore side of the business with food and drinks and a live art demonstration as National Art & Hobby gets a new side mural as a collaborative effort.  Paint donated by Montana.

All proceeds from the art store that day will go to support our local Children’s Hospital.  For other details, pls see the flyer at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarisingproject/4002032745/in/photostream/

Saturday, October 24 from 2pm-5pm @ 800 block of Eleonore St.

All money from this day’s sales to benefit Children’s Hospital.

For upcoming NoLA Rising events, pls check out the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolarisingproject/4036423239/

Hope to see you there,

Rex
NoLA Rising

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www.michaeldingler.com
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www.twitter.com/rexdingler
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Thanks to my friend and colleague, Michael Dingler (Rex of NoLA Rising), for this sending this info AND especially for all that you do in our FabuCommunity!!! Keep that positive movement flowing creatively!! Umm!! I’m still in need of a sign (work of art really) from you, Sweetheart . . . soon I hope ;D!!

Many blessings.
 
Peace & Love,
 
Cherylyn

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Lu & Charlie’s Revue featuring “The Healers” at N.O. Jazz National Historical Park (Free Concert on Saturday, Oct. 24th from 2 – 3:30 pm):

Okay, so I couldn’t resist throwing in a musical event, especially because several of my friends are involved. This should be great!!! If any of you are missing out on these FREE concerts, you’ve just got do something in you Life to change this.

Thanks to my friend, Tiffay Powell, for sending me this info!!! Rest assured, Tiffany . . . you’ll be seeing me dancing again soon!!

Many blessings.
 
Peace & Love,
 
Cherylyn

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We are proud to announce another in a series of programs with the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park on October 24, 2009 . 2-3:30 p.m.

 Lu & Charlie’s Revue featuring /*The Healers*
 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
*Join us for a concert celebrating the legacy of the famed New Orleans Contemporary jazz club, Lu & Charlie’s Potables, Sustenance, Jazz with /The Healers/
 *The personnel are:*
* *Carl LeBlanc – guitar
Brian Quezerque – bass*
*Cedrick Marshall – drums*
*Alfred Roberts – congas*
 *Ruben Watts – percussion*
*Michaela Harrison – voice on Can It Be Done and Come Sunday*
*AumRa Frezel – alto saxophone*
*Guest:*
 *Marcus Akinlana – muralist*
 *Kirk Joseph – sousaphone*
*Saddi Khali – poet on Transition*
*to be named – dancer on Lights On A Satellite*

If you have caught our programs before you know that they are informative, interesting and we have an incredibly great time. We invite all to join us for this new an exciting group. The Healers ~ Alfred, Kirk Carl and Aumra, all played at the club. Saddi had the experience** as a womb baby ,**.  Brian, a student of the great Clyde Kerr has participated in former shows with his esteemed teacher. Cedrick, Ruben and Michaela have been schooled in the legacy of the greatest of musicians who played at Lu and Charlie’s. We anticipate a “really great show.” Hope to see you there. Please let others know about this Free and surprisingly wonderful concert. To those of you that are out of town we want to keep you up to date on what’s happening and you just may be visiting or know someone that is.

Thanks for Your Support
Keeping Jazz Alive,
Lu and John Lewis
Lu and Charlie’s Preservation Society

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First ever Magazine St. Blues Festival

(Saturday, Oct. 24th from Noon – 8 pm):

Okay, couldn’t resist again. Saw this on a drive-by sign and just had to list. Music AND supporting our local stores and economy . . . win win!!! And it’s the First Ever so you know you’ll want to check it out (okay, plus several of my friends are performing). BE SURE to go to Eco-Events first though to support the cause, become involved and learn how to take action. . . this is just Lagniappe ;D!!

Yes, too many things to do ALL in the same day . . . that’s how we do it in FabuNOLA. That’s why I’m only going to list one thing on each day on Sunday and Monday so you can take a break ;D.

Many blessings.

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

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Check out full details here or go to http://www.magazinestreet.com/?news:

Magazine St. Blues Fest Features Local Bands

The First ever Magazine Street Blues Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 24, from Noon-8pm. The event takes place at the intersection of Magazine St. and Napoleon Ave. in Uptown New Orleans. Festival goes can enjoy New Orleans-style cuisine, listen to live music, and participate in a second line which starts at the Corner of Magazine and Valence to kick off the event.

Participating restaurants include:

Boucherie
Nacho Mama’s
Nirvana
Reginelli’s
Salt Water Grill
Sucre
and many others

The musical lineup is:

12:15 pm – 2 pm Joe Krown Trio
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters
4 pm – 5:45 pmThe Soul Rebels

6 pm – 8 pm Sunpie Barnes & the Louisiana Sunspots

The Magazine Street Blues Festival is sponsored by the Magazine Street Merchants Association, Southern Eagle Sales & Service, Hornitos Tequila and Don Q Rum, The Azby Fund, Coca-Cola, Elio’s Wine Warehouse, Crescent Sound and Light Members, and Friends of COPS II.

The goal of the festival is to bring citizens and businesses of the 2nd District (NOPD) together to enjoy food, music and art. The fundraising efforts of the Festival will be used to support the men and women of the New Orleans Police Department’s 2nd District, and the Festival aims to highlight the importance of Magazine Street to the City of New Orleans and the vitality of the 2nd District.

For more information, please call Shelley Rote, Signature Destination Management, at 504-962-7260.

Get Ready for Halloween in FabuNOLA next weekend . . . It’s sure to Please!!

Peace & Love,

Cherylyn

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FabuNOLA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time.

Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!!

Be inspired to share the FabuNOLA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuNOLA Newsletter with others.

Spread the positive movement along! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! 

“A great inner revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of an entire society and, further, will cause a change in the destiny of humankind.”

Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

Go You Forth Benefit Concert TODAY (10-15-09) with Neshama Carlebach & Friends at Touro Synagogue (4238 St. Charles Ave.) at 8 pm to Benefit St. Bernard Project & N.O. Area Food Banks!!!

This was originally sent out on October 15, 2009 from my FabuN♥LA eNewsletter (emailed to the FabuNOLA List on October 15, 2009). If you are not yet receiving these emails, please sign up at www.FabuNOLA.com. Some of the images/flyers didn’t copy over so I will have to add them later when I have some time.  ~ Thanks. Hope you enjoy the re-post. Peace & Love, Cherylyn:

Hello My Dear & Lovely FabuNOLA Family!!!    How are you? I hope you’ve been amazingly well. Just really busy working out some major life challenges and finding balance (as I know you are all going through similar situations). However, I wanted to take this time to tell you a couple of things and also let you know about this phenomenally fabulous benefit concert going on tonight that I’m involved with (info below).   I first wanted to address concerns that some of you have had in regards to not receiving my FabuNOLA eNewsletter regularly over the past few months. Some of you thought you were “off” the list (not happening). Others just didn’t know what the deal was. And yet, some of you just kept telling me how much you LOVE receiving my emails (like you were still getting them weekly ~ I LOVE YOU!!!).   Due to a beyond busy schedule (including Family members health concerns ~ thanks to all of you for your many blessings), the extreme need for transitioning to a fully interactive website and the even more extreme need to bring in advertising (which many of you have been asking to do with me & FabuNOLA already), I’ve had to take a break from sending out the emails for a while so I could focus, find clarity & balance a lot of things out. I’ve been updating info on my FabuNOLA Blog so please go there to find out info you are looking for regularly.   Also, if you and/or a friend are interested in finding out info about FabuRecycling Finds or FabuDance Spots, etc., please go directly to the FabuNOLA Blog. Many people have been contacting me personally (calls, texts & emails) and I just can’t handle the volume of people anymore (plus, it’s all on my site now readily available to connect you when you are ready).   It is one thing to connect and say hi . . . it’s another to ask about Salsa/Swing dancing & instructors who have been listed for your dancing pleasure for many months now. Or Recycling info, which is getting updated too.  There is a brand new monthly drop-off spot that just started up on the 1st Saturday of this month. I will have the newer info up shortly but there is still good info listed there right now (FREE HOME RECYCLING through Lab Recycling plus drop-off points).   Because I’ve personally funded FabuNOLA on my own for the past few years, I have to move forward successfully towards a steady stream of income generating business (through advertising or donations . . . you know, the way everyone else does it) in order to keep it going (i.e., gaps in emails going out due to working on other projects). If you and/or anyone else you know would like to advertise, please connect with me so I can send you information.   I never expected FabuNOLA to grow to the volume of numbers it has in such a quick period of time when I first started it. I am grateful to ALL of you who care so much about our FabuCommunity and who appreciate my small contribution to a FabuCity we all LOVE so dearly. Smooches again and again!!!   For those of you who have been saying how much you “miss” getting your FabuNOLA eNewsletter, I appreciate you dearly too. I’ve replaced the term, “I miss you” in my world, with “I appreciate you” because that’s what it really is. So really, I appreciate the appreciation. As you know, whether you see an email regularly or not, I love you all more than any of my words could ever truly express. My heart pours out to you and I am thankful to call you my FabuNOLA Family.   I’ll keep this short (I always say that) so I can send out an email to you about an AMAZING event going on tonight. You will most definitely want to be in attendance for this one. Even if you had other plans this evening (and I know President Obama is in FabuNOLA . . . I think he’s following me because he showed out at the DC Convention Ctr over the weekend when I was there for the DC Green Festival), consider popping in just to hear a song or two (and give to some very worthy causes). Your soul will be stirred tremendously even for just a brief moment. If you can stay longer than that, you will be in for one of the greatest musical treats you’ve could imagine.   And if you aren’t personally located in FabuNOLA but still want to be a part of this magical experience, I’ve asked the amazing Krewe over at WWOZ 90.7 FM to record this particular concert LIVE. You can listen globally on their website (experience it with us at: www.wwoz.org). The GO YOU FORTH Benefit Concert tonight will surely be on the lips of all of those who attend. Be sure to be one of them.   Please consider sending a donation wherever you are for Neshama’s causes (see below). Also, WWOZ’s Fund Drive ends today . . . they are listener supported so think of them too. Remember NO amount is too small . . . especially when multiplied by a global community working together to make a difference.   Okay, back to phenomenal movement in the right direction . . . positively. I’ve got to run so if there are any typos today . . . you know the deal . . . at least I’m getting this out to the masses in time, right? It’s not about typos today . . . it’s about sharing info for a beautiful experience (such as the concert listed below).   And, in the immortal words of my dear friend, Rep. Jared Brosset, from his posting on his Blackberry on Facebook today in anticipation of President Obama’s appearance in New Orleans, “Waiting on the Pres. Obama!! Geaux Bama.” That’s a Louisiana reference for all of you outside of FabuNOLA!!   As always, here’s hoping to see you . . .  Out and About.    Be  & Live Well,   Cherylyn aka Miss FabuNOLA ~~ I’ll leave you with these Words of Encouragement:   “One of the fascinating things about human beings is this:  Believe for long enough that you are not as smart as others and this will actually lead to intellectual ineptitude.  But, confronted with the same doubts, if you choose to believe that your mind is merely dormant for now, lacking in exercise, once you begin to train it, there are no bounds to what you can achieve.”   Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda

 

 

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GO YOU FORTH BENEFIT Concert: with Neshama Carlebach & Friends featuring very special guests Ellis Marsalis, The Green Pastures Baptist Choir (Lady Tambourine also to perform & WWOZ to record LIVE) tonight @ 8 pm CST @ Touro Synagague (4238 St. Charles Ave.) I’ve been having some major technical issues all day, I’m just going to post the flyer here to make it easier for all, along with the email I sent with Neshama’s eNewsletter that I sent to media & some friends who spread the word to their lists earlier this week.   Hello FabuNOLA Family & Friends:   I wanted to send this to you so you could spread the word about this phenomenal concert event going on tomorrow. Neshama has asked me personally to help her out. I was at the teaser event they did about 6 weeks ago. My friend, David Morgan, said he contacted 3 people that morning of the teaser concert when he got in town: Harold Batiste, Ellis Marsalis and Me. Ellis was on one side of the Synagogue and I was on the other. David was the first graduate student for Ellis Marsalis from the UNO Jazz Program that started back in 1989 (when I first moved here then met him in 1990. . . yes, that far back).   I felt so blessed to be hearing the amazing music and experiencing the soul embracing message . . . a unified message of peace, love and healing. Neshama is especially passionate about the causes the proceeds of this concert will benefit: The St. Bernard Project & several food banks in New Orleans through MAZON (can buy tickets through www.MAZON.org or at the door). Besides the Benefit Concert with Guest Ellis Marsalis starting at 8 pm at Touro Synagogue.   This is definitely an event you will want to make. I’ve asked WWOZ to be on board to do a Live Recording from the Synagogue. I’m attaching the updated flyer with the Student/Senior/Group discount not on this first flyer. Also, Neshama’s new CD, “Higher & Higher”, was also just released on October 13th. You can find more details/purchase at www.SojournRecords.com   Neshama is very passionate about helping with the Rebirth & Regrowth of our Phenomenally Fabulous City and just felt a great calling to do something to help out. This is the Spirit we know and LOVE so dearly in New Orleans so I wanted to do what we could do to help her back. Coming to this concert is the first step.   Neshama hopes this will just be the kick-off to more events in the future and wants to come back several times again to do more. She was even building one of the houses yesterday with the St. Bernard Project. I find her caring and spirit to be quite exceptional and am so thankful to call her and friend . . . a Sister in Spirit, really.    Together we can make a difference in our community.   Many blessings.   Peace & Love,   Cherylyn   From Neshama Carlebach: September 18, 2009 Dearest friends, Tonight is the beginning of a New Year, a new chance to discover, to grow, to love. My prayer is that this year we all get it right: that we forgive ourselves and each other, that we open our hearts and souls to all we can be, that we see the reasons to sing, dance and celebrate every day, and that we find G-d in every corner, even when there are shadows. Thank you for being a part of the fabric of my life… With love, Neshama   NEW ORLEANS, USA Neshama Carlebach Hosts Benefit Concert October 15th Featuring Ellis Marsalis, Green Pastures Baptist Choir and Others Proceeds to benefit the food banks of NOLA through MAZON; Rebuild homes through St. Bernard Project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 16, 2009 (New York, NY) – In an effort to focus national attention on New Orleans, still in need of repair four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the region, international musical sensation Neshama Carlebach has announced an ambitious project — GO YOU FORTH — which will take place at the historic Touro Synagogue on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8 p.m. A joyous interfaith celebration of song, GO YOU FORTHwill feature Neshama’s band, the soulful Green Pastures Baptist Choir, together with the one and only Ellis Marsalis and other local musicians and artists. Please check neshamacarlebach.com/soul.journey for the latest schedule of performers. “Music is not only the true universal language, it is our greatest means of healing,” said the singer. “New Orleans is the soul of our nation, the heartbeat and pulse of the greatest American creative energy. Through GO YOU FORTH, I’m hoping to bring forth a complete healing for this great city.” GO YOU FORTHwill take place immediately following the Harvest the Music festival in the French Quarter, where Neshama will perform and then lead a Second Line in a symbolic direction towards Touro Synagogue at 4238 St. Charles Avenue. It also hopes to attract participants in the Women’s Rebuild Week, who will be in New Orleans from October 12-17, through the St. Bernard Project. PROJECT BENEFITS FOOD BANKS, REBUILDING OF HOMES Through GO YOU FORTH, Neshama hopes to raise capital to benefit important local institutions – the St. Bernard Project and various local food banks through MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. These organizations include Second Harvest; Just the Right Attitude; Feeding the Multitude; and the New Orleans Food and Farm Network. Touro Synagogue has taken a leadership role in this effort, not only by hosting the concert but by plugging into the social and philanthropic network that they already have in place, owing to their well-known religious and cultural programs. “This concert truly illuminates the sound of the soul – inward, outward and upward,” said Rabbi Alexis Berk of Touro Synagogue. GO YOU FORTHis soliciting sponsorships for the rebuilding of homes through the St. Bernard Project and with a month to go until the event, there are already commitments for the building of several homes, said Neshama Carlebach. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations at the October 15th concert will go benefit the local food banks in New Orleans through MAZON. The concert organizers are encouraging people to donate above and beyond the $18 advance ticket price ($20 at the door) and to organize their communities to help St. Bernard Project rebuild homes that were devastated by the storm. The cost of home renovation is between $12,000 and $15,000, due to volunteer labor, said Zach Rosenburg, director and co-founder of the St. Bernard Project. The promotion effort has been conducted through grassroots and informal methods, by reaching out to local and national organizations, houses of worship, schools and individuals. Neshama Carlebach has urged participation and support through her website, NeshamaCarlebach.com and a Facebook group for GO YOU FORTH has been created. For further information about GO YOU FORTH, please email info@mjprods.com. To donate towards the rebuilding of a house through the St. Bernard Project, please visit firstgiving.com/goyouforth. For ticket sales, please visit Mazon.org and click on the GO YOU FORTH ticket link on the homepage. GO YOU FORTHalso coincides with the release of Neshama’s new CD, Higher & Higher, which she recorded with the Green Pastures Baptist Choir. Produced by Sojourn Records, Higher & Higher is being distributed by Sony Records. ARTS OR ENTERTAINMENT WRITERS:A launch party for Neshama Carlebach’s new CD will be held in the French Quarter of New Orleans on October 15th, immediately following GO YOU FORTH. For information about the launch party or to request information or a review copy of Higher & Higher, please contact Cara Wodnicki at cara@pressherepublicity.com or 212.246.2640. FEATURE OR RELIGION WRITERS: To request press tickets to GO YOU FORTHor arrange an interview with Neshama Carlebach, to request permission to cover GO YOU FORTH or for further information about this event, please contact Shira Dicker at shira.dicker@sd-media.com or 917.403.3989. ABOUT NESHAMA If there is a tenet central to Neshama Carlebach’s life and career, it is that from brokenness comes strength. Whether it’s the tragic circumstances that led to her status as a superstar in the Jewish music world, or the brutal natural disaster in New Orleans that inspired the soulful, heart wrenching vocals on her upcoming release, Higher & Higher (October 13 – Sojourn Records), with the Green Pastures Baptist Choir, Carlebach is no stranger to anguish, nor the opportunities contained therein for unity. It’s no surprise that Neshama is the daughter of a man considered by some to be the father of Jewish Music, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Revered the world over for his celebration of religion through music and his ability to unify people through song, Neshama found her inspiration in his words and music and maintains the perfect balance between respecting his voice and incorporating her own. Higher & Higher is the intersection of faith and talent, an album written from the perspective of a particular belief that applies to all. Written predominantly by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach and performed by his daughter with a Baptist choir, the ten songs that make up the phenomenal release share an incredible message of unity and hope.

 

FabuNOLA  eNewsletter & Blog   Promoting the Positive Side of New Orleans … Fabulously!!!   Please check the FabuNOLA Blog regularly for new notices (www.FabuNOLA.Wordpress.com). To get regular newsletter, sign-up at www.FabuNOLA.com.   Follow me on Facebook (daily): Cherylyn L. Tompkins Twitter me (occassionally): FabuNOLA   Email me:  Fabu@FabuNOLA.com Thanks & Peace,  Cherylyn

 

 

FabuN♥LA Cherylyn L. Tompkins ·  Creator, Writer & Socially Conscious Connector FabuNOLA . . . Consciously Connecting New Orleans Globally . . . one person at a time.   Celebrating the Fabulous New Orleans we live in … and the Fabulous People who live here (and beyond)!!   Be inspired to share the FabuNOLA Spirit within you with others. Then watch the positive seeds you plant as they grow! I hope you feel inspired to share this FabuNOLA Newsletter with others. Spread the positive movement along! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!! ~~ “A great inner revolution in just a single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of an entire society and, further, will cause a change in the destiny of humankind.” Wisdom for Modern Life – Daisaku Ikeda