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Niche List: In The Flesh, Blak Girls and Score!

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:04:10 -0500

I will be down in Atlanta this weekend, so I will be missing some stuff. Hope you have a wonderful pre-Thanksgiving weekend.

Thursday, November 19. Rachel Kramer Bussel’s erotica reading series, “In The Flesh” is celebrating its fourth anniversary with a star-studded reading including Abiola Adams, Lily Burana and Isobella Jade.

Friday, November 20. Shelley Nicole whose song, “Blak Girls” in the free BoldAsLove compilation is celebrating the release her EP with a show at Littlefield. $10adv $20 door

Saturday, November 21. Score! Clothing swap at 3rd Ward.

Niche List: Obsolete, Cello and Red

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:58:28 -0500

The calendar is high octane until the middle of December.

Thursday November 12. Is it Obsolete? Debate about it at Word in Greenpoint. Anna Jane Grossman’s book about Obsolete objects is sparking a fun debate. Faye Penn from Brokelyn moderates. 7:30PM FREE

Friday November 13. Erin and Her Cello begins her residency at Rockwood Music Hall. New Songs. Special Guests. 7PM FREE

Playing until Thursday 19. The classic movie, The Red Shoes, is playing at The Film Forum

Niche List: Collander For Your Calendar "No-Hallo" Edition

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:37:00 -0400

Paint The Town Red pretty much covered most of the upcoming events this week, but here’s a few eclectic things that are actually NOT Halloween-related.

Thursday, October 29. Meet the real star of The September Issue, Grace Coddington. Grace will be doing a book signing of The Catwalk Cats at Clic Bookstore & Gallery 255 Centre Street 7PM.

Friday, October 30. Housing Works New York Spelling Bee. Ward off a witch’s spell by spelling some tough words. Jen Dziura hosts. 8PM $10

Monday, November 2. After drinking out of Red Solo cups at the Halloween and the NYC Marathon parties on the weekend, by Monday you will want a real drink. @SweetBlogOMine has put together a fancy cocktail tweetup which includes a Chartreuse tasting at Astor Wine. 399 Lafayette Street $35 6-9PM

BTW, Matt’s birthday is November ~~3rd~~ 2nd, so next ~~Tuesday~~ Monday @mcaldecutt or poke him on Facebook.

10.22 Niche List: The Collander For Your Calendar

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:01:00 -0400

It is the high tide of the fall social season so take your vitamins and buckle up. Since you may need to rest up for next weekend’s Halloween parties, here’s three things I recommend for this week.

Thursday, October 22 There’s a global hip hop CMJ showcase at the 92YTribeca 7PM.

Saturday, October 24 Vernon Reid will premiere a multimedia piece commissioned by WNYC called “Artificial Afrika” at the Winter Garden. FREE 8PM

Wednesday, October 28 is The Rejection Show. Hosted by Jon Friedman, the show features Wyatt Cenac who starred in the excellent movie, Medicine for Melancholy. 9:30PM $5

Related: Last week’s Niche List

People for Pepsi

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:21:31 -0400

People for Pepsi :

The We Inspire portal is centered around blogs. Short posts (that can be no longer than 255 characters) can be written by any one and can even include pictures. The only catch? The author/user must ‘connect’ through Facebook and become a fan of the Pepsi We Inspire page. Once she does this, her Facebook user profile appears on the Pepsi website beside any post she writes. It also connects both Facebook and the campaign website so that the user can log in to one of the sites and see all of the Pepsi updates. (This is a good example of how utilizing two aspects of social media can be more convenient for users).

"Nichelle Stephens What makes me a lady: I enjoy hosting events, making introductions and connecting..."

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:38:41 -0400

“

Nichelle Stephens
What makes me a lady: I enjoy hosting events, making introductions and connecting people. Hopefully my efforts make New York City seem more like a friendly small town than a big scary city.
Favorite guilty pleasure: Cupcakes.
Three things on my life list: Owning my own home, meeting Oprah Winfrey and visiting Hong Kong.
If I could have a superpower, it would be: To teleport myself down to Atlanta whenever my Dad makes his famous chili.

Ladies I admire: My mom (Regina Stephens), Santigold (recording artist) and First Lady Michelle Obama.

”

- Ladies We Love: Rachel, Nichelle and Stacie of Cupcakes Take the Cake | The Ladies’ Lounge

Niche List: Collander For Your Calendar

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:03:30 -0400

Years ago, I had an email newsletter, then a blog named “Nichelle Newsletter”. Both of those extinct vehicles were used to spread the word about cool, FREE stuff and promote events that I love. It seems that a list is needed again, if only to keep up with events I may be going to. Hopefully I will run this weekly on Tuesday nights/Wednesday mornings since that is the best time for me and I will only post up to five things. So here goes!

Friday October 16 Royal Flush party at Crash Mansion. Open Bar. 4 bands. (Sounds like a clusterf#@k, but I am a sucker for parties thrown by obscure magazines.) Topic? Animal? Anyone?!
Tuesday October 20 Emily Farris’ 5th Annual Casserole Crazy Party at Brooklyn Label. I will be judging the casserole contest along with Tom Mylan and Rachel Wharton. 6:30PM
Tuesday October 20 Erin and Her Cello performing at Googie’s (Upstairs at Living Room) at part of CMJ 11:30PM [Client]
Wednesday October 21 #140Conf Meetup at MSNBC Digital Cafe. I will be speaking. 5PM.
Friday October 23 New Work City First Anniversary Party. 200 Varick is my second home. 8PM

If you know me, then you may know Matt, so check out his Consortium List
which usually comes out on Sunday nights.

SXSW 2010 PanelPicker - The Broke Diaries: Using Blogs And Twitter To Live Cheaply

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:33:49 -0400

SXSW 2010 PanelPicker - The Broke Diaries: Using Blogs And Twitter To Live Cheaply:

Friday, September 4 is the last day to vote for your favorite SXSW panel. Thumbs up!

We Inspire

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:09:00 -0400

We Inspire:

I am the editor of We Inspire, a new microblog geared toward Black women, but hopefully will be fun for all.

An incredibly luscious tomato sauce - Home Cooking - Chowhound

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:28:41 -0400

An incredibly luscious tomato sauce - Home Cooking - Chowhound

Jeff Tobe interviewed me about Social Media. Click to listen.

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:44:00 -0400

Jeff Tobe interviewed me about Social Media. Click to listen.

rkb: New Yorkers: Join the Cupcakes Take the Cake Meetup Group...

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:03:49 -0400

rkb:

New Yorkers: Join the Cupcakes Take the Cake Meetup Group for our monthly (and sometimes more than that) fun cupcake events!

pork belly and green apple at Tailor (via nichellest)

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:18:45 -0400

pork belly and green apple at Tailor (via nichellest)

Zombies love cupcakes!

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:48:03 -0400

my first impulse is to run and hide; but I will probably offer the zombies cupcakes.

brianvan: jendunlap: April Showers Bring May Flowers Here are...

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:47:48 -0400

brianvan:

jendunlap:

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Here are our amazing costumes, designed by Lindsey Hornyak

This brings me such joy.

Back From South By: Moments in Love, Hate and WTF

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:16:05 -0400

This post is a recap of things that I loved, hated, and WTFed?! about SXSW.

First, I hated that I missed the Food Blogging Panel because I wanted to see my blog buddies Rachel, Cathy, Zach, Addie and Kalyn rock SXSW. I booked my flight before knowing what time the panel was scheduled, so I was at the airport while the panel was going on.

I loved that Saul from Freshbooks set up a lunch so I could meet the founders of Outright, Shoeboxed and Batch Blue.

I loved that I ate cupcakes in the morning with Rachel in the lobby of the Hilton.

I loved laughing with Rachel, Twanna and Zach. [We could have our own reality show]

I loved that I got a HARO sticker from Peter Shankman. I WTFed that a girl from Phoenix came up to me just because I wearing the sticker at The Onion party.

I WTFed that the VIP section of the Onion party only had Miller Lite for Free. I loved that a guy asked, “Didn’t I meet you at Likemind in Brooklyn?”

I hated that I got called a racial slur on the street by a homeless man. It dampened my mood for partying, but I loved that I didn’t wake up with a hangover on my last day.

I loved that I got a free ice cream sandwich from the Ice Cream Man.

I loved that I met Austin food bloggers like the TipsyTexan and Addie Broyles. I loved the goodie bag from Whole Foods food bloggers event. I hated that I couldn’t bring the lovely lotion from the goodie bag on the plane.

I loved doing a panel about Finance 2.0, and people coming up to me afterward to ask me questions.

I loved meeting Anya Kamenetz.

I hated that I missed some panels that my friends were on.

I loved that I ran into friends that I didn’t know were going to be at SXSW.

I hated the word “privilege” being thrown around at panel discussions.

I loved using Tweetdeck and Twickie while twittering the panel discussions.

I loved that I rocked three parties Sunday night.

I loved eating cupcakes at the Cupcake Social.

I loved meeting Babette from BakeSpace after knowing each other for years online.

I WTFed the Austin Convention Center. That place is a weird maze.

I loved that I met the guys from Lost Zombies.

I WTFed that a drunk cougar tried to pick a fight with me at the hotel bar.

I WTFed that bars put on the ugly lights at 8PM when the sponsored open bar ends.

I hated the ATM Fees which were $3 and up.

I loved that iPhone and Mac users were fascinated by my Peek and HP Mini.

I hated that it was hard to get something to eat at lunchtime.

I loved that I didn’t have a breakfast taco.

I loved that I want to come back next year. I am already thinking of SXSW panels to pitch in June.

92YTribeca: Music. Film. Comedy. Talks. Classes. (via...

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:02:35 -0500

92YTribeca: Music. Film. Comedy. Talks. Classes. (via 92ndStreetY)

Tub of Cupcakes (via nichellest)

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:44:58 -0500

Tub of Cupcakes (via nichellest)

Cadbury: Eyebrows Dance (via macethinho)

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:09:21 -0500

Cadbury: Eyebrows Dance (via macethinho)

coops: Two Chrimbo card ideas - not for work, just for me. These...

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:38:33 -0500

coops:

Two Chrimbo card ideas - not for work, just for me. These are works in progress. Once I decide which one to go with I’ll nice em up a bit.

Saw these cards at PSFK’s Good Ideas Salon last night.