interview with JC MOORE

1. What industry do you work in? I work in entertainment design, predominately Lighting Design. I am currently the Technical Director/Lighting designer for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Ailey II ), I also design lighting for concerts, night clubs, fashion shows, special events, video and film, restaurants.

2. What excites you most about the work that you do? I am highly stimulated by my work and all the traveling I get to do. Everyday is different and there is never a dull moment. It's great to be a creative force. It's never the same. Not to mention the great amount of celebrities I get to meet and work with. Most of all being challenged is always exciting and stimulating.

3. What is your ultimate goal, where do you see yourself a year from now? My ultimate goal is to open my own event space. Not a night club, but a venue that I can change into what ever I want. So when I am tired of traveling I can just stay in one place. A year from now I see myself traveling out of the US more often.

4. Have you ever had your heart broken or broken any hearts? Explain. I must say that I have had my heart broken I hate it when guys just disappear and give up with no explanation. No call, No Show, No Nothing... They just quit. THAT HURTS! If I have broken any hearts it was never on purpose. But I'm a cupid at heart naturally.

5. What do you like about New York? What do you dislike? You mean what I love about NY. What I love is the of variety of people, jobs, lifestyle & opportunities. What I dislike are some of people's funky attitudes. Most people are not from here, so they don't care. I feel that they have to prove that they are so fierce, and put it on extra thick. I'm like be your self, be real, all that other stuff don't work for me. I call it dramatics!

6. Where are you from? I am from Berkeley, California. Better known as the Bay Area. That's in Northern part of California. Not to far from San Francisco and Oakland. I have to say that because when I say Cali most people think L.A.

7. How would you describe your ideal mate? My ideal mate is loyal, passionate, sexy, fun, hardworking, honest, creative, educated (Street Smarts count), free & open-minded, friendly and outgoing. With an appetite to get more out of life. I like guys that live life and not let life live them.

MUSEWORKNY Showcase Women's History Month

this past sunday at the MUSEWORKNY Showcase the women were running the show. things continue to heat up as NEW YORK'S HOTTEST monthly showcase continues to flourish with amazing talent. be sure to catch us for the APRIL 2nd showcase..

interview with CLAY CANE

1. Are you excited about the production of your play Sex, God & Heels?
I'm extremely excited. We've been rehearsing since the first week of January so to finally be on stage in front of a real audience will be great. I think people are going to really dig it -- laugh their asses off and maybe get a lite-lite tear in the eye.

2. I'd like to know what inspired you to write the play and when did it hit you that it needed to be produced?
I took a playwriting class last semester and had these plays developed. Each play had a theme of God and I've always been interested in ideas of religion and spirituality, which is something I constantly explore on my blog – more than celebrities. It's funny, some people think all I do is talk about celebrities, but the majority of my entries are on sex, God and race! Anyway, after the semester ended I looked at the plays, took some elements from my blog and watched several John Waters film and had this collection of work. I had some writers read over it and I really felt that I had interesting, provocative stories to tell with social commentary. I have some great friends who are working actors -- they read the scripts and we all committed. Now on Friday, March 17th we're really ready to give it to you all! From hookers to preachers -- it's going to be hot!

3. Tell me about your relationship with God.
My relationship with God exists in art, music and writing. When I hear the voice of Janis Joplin, I feel closer to God. When I read James Baldwin, I see the words of God ... those experiences let me know God exists for me.

4. You’re also pretty versed on the ball scene -- tell me what to expect from your upcoming novel Ball-Shaped World?
I think people can expect something different, uninhibited and real -- as my literary agent said, "There’s nothing like this book out there now." When it does come out I think people will be moved. Also, and I can't stress this enough -- Ball-Shaped World is a fictionalized account of the black/Latino ballroom scene -- NOT a historical account. I have been going to balls since 1996, but I didn’t write a non-fiction book, breaking down the history of the scene. I don't write about any ballroom legends, or names, there are no photos or timelines – I’m writing about ONE person's experience in the ballroom scene in a novel. I wanted to discuss the emotionality of in the scene that goes beyond being a “ballroom diva." Ball-Shaped World is a story told through the eyes of an 18 year-old so it isn't the same for everyone, but for this particular character he experienced rejection from family, religion and his community -- the result is him looking elsewhere for acceptance even though he's still young, insecure and searching for love. At the end of the day, anyone who has ever felt like they weren't accepted can relate to this book -- whether it s a girl from Idaho who gets involved in the Goth scene, or a young man from Los Angeles who gets involved in color gangs – it’s the universal experience of wanting to be loved.

5. I know that you are a musician -- should we expect musical performances from this play?
Not anything from me, but there will be singing from all of the cast members and music to transition from one play to the next

6. What has been your greatest accomplishment to date?
Probably just still being here.... I'm from the gutter of poverty. People who grew up with adversity aren't "suppose" to make it ... we're suppose to give up. I think of the crossroads in my life and how I always believed that I wanted to do more, so I’m still here. That's a great accomplishment considering all the people I know who are strung out, dead, or died, but still have a heartbeat. When it comes to my professional life -- I still have so much more work to do and I don't feel like I’ve really done anything, but created a blog and interviewed some celebrities. Sure, I have worked hard as hell, but until Ball-Shaped World is published I won't feel like I've even scrapped the proverbial surface of what I should be doing. I damn sure ain't satisfied yet.

Be sure to check out Clay Cane's play - "Sex, God & Heels" THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 17th!

FLAWLESS - MARCH 2006 - DARNELL

1. What do you do for a living?
I'm a model, hustling going on auditions and castings like every other day. I also work at an Insurance Company, got have that guaranteed check! until things really pay off.

2. How old are you? I'm 23 years old, I know I look younger. What 3 major things do you wish to accomplish before turning 30?
I would like to have my own place and vehicle, have a major endorsement deals and on some television network as a television host/co-host or acting on a television series and or film...and maybe have that special someone in my life, let me just through that in there.

3. How did you feel when you first saw yourself on the billboard in Harlem?
Man, it was a dream come true. Growing up as a child I never thought about being a model seriously but after recommendations from my peers I said what the heck give it a shot and I have say its going quite well.

4. Would you ever consider moving to Europe to model?
If the opportunity is brought my attention I would definitely consider it.

5. If you could spend the day with anyone in the world past or present, who would it be?
I will have to say Nelson Mandela. He still remains an iconic figure in South Africa. I would love to go to South Africa and spend the day with him and also even do an on-camera interview with him.

6. Tell me 3 of your favorite artists (current).
Wow! There are so many. I love Janet Jackson she's a veteran performer who keeps surprising her fans time and time again, watch out she's about to pop off this year. I also like Mariah Carey and Mario.

7. Who is your role model and why?
I have to say my role model is CBS 60 Minutes Correspondent Ed Bradley. He is a well respected broadcast Journalist, I admire his work ethic, dedication, persistence and having achieved a certain level of notoriety doing what comes natural to him with his earring hoop in his ear.