Among the ample works the Museum offers, it recently hosted the exhibition WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, curated by Cornelia H. Butler, which will be traveling to P.S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center in Brooklyn in February of 2008. New York P.S. 1 was founded by Alanna Heiss in 1971, when she took a dilapidated…
by Madeline Zinn butter LONDON, a nail care company based out of Seattle, is determined to “reshape” the nail industry by providing, natural polishes, cremes and other nail treatment completely free from formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP. These days everyone is concerned with labels. Not Prada or Marc Jacobs, like hormone-free, organic, and natural. Products like…
by Madeleine Zinn Prom is a right of passage among many high school students. An integral part of the prom experience is The Dress. While the boys merely don a generic suit or perhaps a tuxedo tee (p.s. 1985 called and it wants its shirt back), girls can spend months searching for the perfect…
by Madeleine Zinn We all know U2. The band has been putting out music for the past two decades, and without doubt (unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past twenty years), you’ve heard a song or three. At the very least, you’ll likely recognize this influential group’s front man—he of the ubiquitous…
by Madeleine Zinn When my lovely editor at Tango Diva suggested I cover San Francisco Fashion Week, I jumped at the chance. The closest I came while in New York was trolling the outside of tents at Bryant Park. I saw no clothing, no models or designers. But it was exhilarating nonetheless. So to actually…
by Madeleine Zinn It’s easy to miss A La Folie if you’re not looking for it. The upscale lingerie store is mysteriously tucked away in a rather nondescript area of Oakland, CA. Far enough from the hustle and bustle of Cal Berkeley’s main campus and not quite in Rockridge or Temescal, A La Folie is…
by Madeleine Zinn In considering my first article for Tango Diva, I contemplated writing about my time spent abroad or perhaps in New York, but finally settled on a subject much closer to my heart—my home. I hail from New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment: home to aliens, nuclear test sites, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Growing…