Toofly NYC

Oh man…still recharging. Last night’s Heart & Soul Party hosted by the Rejuvenation team A-Tone and Jenone and our host on the spot Elvis held it down…and It didn’t rain! The breakers and writers who threw down added flaaaaaavor:) Thanks guys! Here’s some flicks of the madness…

Setting it off… where my crazies at?

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Our homegirl Emilie aka LADY CAPRICE is in NY! She came through to the Heart & Soul closing party yesterday ( flicks coming soon) and brought Issue #11. Dope as ever! this magazine is right on point with what “WE LADIES DO”. Yea you know it! Thanks for the love and support enjoy your stay I’m only a few blocks away;)

Our Sheroes; Rokafella, DJ Laylo, Female Sneaker Fiend, JLove, all inside! Cop it…

In Berlin, Germany for the We B*Girlz Festival; Desdamona, Emilie, Dj Laylo, Toofly and Martha Diaz.

PARIS, NEW YORK, LONDON! GET YOUR COPY!
www.ladycapricemagazine.com

Here’s a sneeky peek…

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 I was invited to showcase my work in this book called “Creators who Base in New York” by the IDEAfried Studio in Taiwan. The book covers various fields such as design, film, photography, graffiti, illustration, comics, and more. I can’t really understand what it says though:( My layout looks dope thanks Chengyi!

www.ideafried.com

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YOUNITY’S HEART & SOUL CLOSING PARTY!
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14th, 2008
TIME:7-12PM

Music by A*Tone ( REJUVENATION NYC)
+ Special guest performances by:   TWEAPONZ (NYC), LadyOSoFly (Brooklyn) and RucyL MiLLS (Elektrocardio)

ALPHABETA
70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11222
G train to Greenpoint

*** Last chance to check out the exhibit! NOV 1st-14th! ***
Younity Heart & Soul Books now available online:younityspace

I got this from one of the news networks yesterday someone had written on a poster board I thought that shit was dope!

ROSA sat…

so OBAMA can run…

so OUR CHILDREN can fly!

How dope is that!!!

I don’t know about you guys but I was pretty teary eyed too…what an amazing time to live in!

Flicks snatched from New York Times website…

We’re about to make history 1 week from today!

Just finished rocking this FLY lady’s DJ logo: JASMINE SOLANO. If you don’t know, now you know! Check her out she’s DOPE.
Hommie and I met back a few years for the FLOW TV graphics project with TRIGGERHAPPY. That was a sweet deal:) Thanks for hooking it up gurl. Special shout out to “T” Tania for linking us up.  YEO let’s roll to the next jam together and support this lady’s skillz, I want to dance!

www.myspace.com/jasminesolano

Jasmine Solano, a Philly Motown girl turned HIP HOPSTER SOUL GAL. Representing on the airwaves and turntables since she was 17, nowadays you’ll find Jasmine Solano DJing in NYC, Brooklyn and on Integrated Radio. Winner of “Best Female Radio Personality” at the New England Urban Music Awards in 2006 and the annual EVVY Awards for “Best Radio On-Air Personality” she owes it all to the Boston community where it began on WERS 88.9FM. Jasmine put a ‘face to the name’ as a VJ for MTV2 and has been the host and MC for concerts featuring Grandmaster Flash, Akfrika Bambaataa, Questlove, Q.tip, De La Soul, GZA, The Platinum Pied Pipers, Dilated Peoples, M1 of Dead Prez, Jaguar Wright and Goapele. Known for her contagious hip hopster spirit and unwavering allegiance to old soul, Jasmine effortlessly combines the cutting edge with the timeless in a mix of R&B, Soul, Electronica, House and Hip Hop. From Armand Van Helden to Nina Simone, this hostess extraordinaire is sure to hit your spot on her show, The Meltdown on Integrated Radio (www.integratedstudios.com).

YOUNITY’S HEART & SOUL BOOK is now available online!

The Heart and Soul book, comprised of 60 visual works by women artists in the realm of fine art, graffiti, illustration, photography, design & fashion.  Formatted as a 5×8 inch postcard-style flipbook, each page is a work of art. Especially if you get the chance to get it signed! This is Younity’s first publication in the collector’s book series that showcases the work of current YOUNITY members.

The Heart and Soul book retails for $19.50
and are exclusively sold at: Younity Space

Here’s a sneek peek of what’s inside!

Maria “Toofly” Castillo
“Rescue Me”
Acrylic on Board, 8.5″X11″ Framed. Year Created: 2008

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YOUNITY is delighted to announce that Martha Cooper’s latest book “TAGTOWN” book launch is this coming Thursday at Alphabeta! Younity’s Heart & Soul will be the event’s backdrop how DOPE is that! We are so honored;) Urban art through the ages has never looked so sweet together. Come check out how far we’ve come!!!

Alphabeta
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY
7-10pm
G train to Greenpoint Ave
DJ Castor
www.dokument.org

BET FLY GIRLS VOTE Hosted by MC Lyte and Moderated by Michaela angela Davis, Town Hall Event “Fly Girls Vote: Hip Hop Women for Change” on Saturday, October 18 at Clark University Explores the Legacy and Future Women of Color Hold in American Politics 

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Would you like a ride to the after party ladies?

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Younity’s Heart & Soul exhibition and book launch was a huge success!!! Shout out to everyone that came thru and supported;) Alphabeta was jammed packed! Heart & Soul books sold out yepeee! No worries Younity artists yours are on the way give us a week or 2 to re-cooperate from the weekend madness. They will be available online very soon, need to re-print! wow…so yea it was a crazy week preparing 6 full days but we rocked it and it came off! check it…

For additional fresh new photos and updates please join us in YOUNITY SPACE!

Stephen Wordie © 2008

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Back from ATL! got a short sweet rest but excited to share the Younity flicks first with ya’ll…

YOUNITY FEMALE WALL COLLABORATION - FRIDAY 8.10.08 - SUNDAY 8.12.08

The 20 minute buffer whew!

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