You are invited to a great event supporting a great charity next Wednesday, February 17th from 7-10pm at Studio 385 (385 Broadway between Walker and White). Please rsvp to info@lolanewyork.com For press and any questions please email info@girlsoldiercharity.com
Last night was the final game in the history of the Meadowlands, a stadium the New York Jets have called home since 1984.
The weather was unfathomably cold as the NFL decided to move the game from 1 pm to 8 pm, and the stadium was unfathomably dry, as the Jets decided it was not wise to sell alcohol in an environment that could have become chaotic at the drop of a hat. As if there wasn't enough emotions running through all the frozen fans, if the Jets won the game, they are in the playoffs, if they lose, they're out, and have shamed the stadium, like some not to be named team did a week before.
The LOLA Shirts are in and available online for purchase. Five new designs hand-printed on Peruvian cotton. Limited availability. Enjoy.
After months of planning and preparation, the Third Annual Art Rocks charity silent auction benefit took place on Thursday evening at The Bowery Hotel. Over 750 guests came out to dance, drink, and bid on the two dozen pieces of artwork James and I put together.
LOLA New York will be releasing five limited designs online next month. Each shirt is hand screenprinted in Atlanta on LOLA'S custom body Peruvian Pima cotton T-shirts.
JAY-Z & Alicia Keys performing "Empire State of Mind" Last night before game 2 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies.
Let's face it, you need to work on your book collection...
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What's better? Pork or Beef? Frozen Margaritas or rocks? This past Tuesday, Tasting Table took over my favorite NYC BBQ spot, Hill Country, and held the most epic social-food-booze event of the season: an exquisite marriage of cured meats, pork, cupcakes, oysters, cheese, and Tequila.
On Wednesday night we went to Spade and Partners for the opening of Gordon Hull's new show. The crowd was jubilant as the start of fashion week had begun, and the crisp cool air of fall had arrived. Highlights of the evening: onetime LOLA intern Derek holding it down behind the bar, giant green dinosaur balloon parading through the crowd, and of course the stir of confusion that overcame the employees of Spade and Partners (we love you) when party-goers approached the register to purchase the limited stock of Downtown STATionary cards that were mysteriously omitted from their computer system's checkout...how odd...
Jay-Z's 11th solo and 20th total album, The Blueprint 3 comes out September 11th with a massive charity concert at MSG. A lot of the music was released yesterday. Go buy the album but enjoy the selected songs below. Also included is a great video of Jay-Z recreating his album cover photos, and the recent interview on (Roof's favorite) Bill Maher.
The world premier of the play Losing Sleep is a portrait of loss and recovery that takes place in a sleep lab, where people come for diagnosis and treatment. Over the course of a few nights, John and his slacker assistant (me) encounter unusual patients, such as a truck driver who suffers from sexual urges. They must face their fears and reconcile with their future, or they may never fall asleep again. Click here to read more.
LOLA New York is named in honor and loving memory after an abandoned, overgrown plot of land known as Lola Prentice Memorial Park. Using stolen wood from construction sites of nearby houses, a home-made skate-park rose out of nowhere within a month. It was organized, run and enforced by dozens of twelve and thirteen year olds. The park became a legendary refuge and playground for unsupervised youths. Around 1998 it became too popular and boisterous and the police decided shut it down unannounced; destroyed the ramps, dumping gravel over the park and building a police station on the grounds.
Through the designs, music, artwork, events & clothing the values of Lola Prentice Memorial Park: loyalty, freedom, creativity and camaraderie are able to live on and blossom.
