Media: Jamaica Times

We made the front page of the Jamaica Times! Check out pics from the amazing Mardi Gras fundraiser here

new Mardi Gras raffle prizes

Feeling lucky? You can now win tickets to see Sugartone Brass Band and Jambalaya Brass Band on Fat Tuesday (2/16) in our raffle. Also available: food baskets, gift certificates to local Cajun eateries, original art and authentic King Cake.

Q: What is a King Cake?

A: It's a traditional Mardi Gras pastry that's sort of a fried danish, shaped like a giant doughnut and topped with purple, green and yellow frosting, which tends to pool in the center of the cake ring, where the frosting colors get mixed together and turn a complementary-colors swamp color. If you really have no shame, you can get it filled with cream cheese or jelly.

King cakes usually have a little plastic baby stuck inside. With the number of drinks usually downed while eating King Cake, this seems like a terrible choking hazard, but there you go. Whoever gets the baby in their slice gets good luck. SO, if you win the King Cake in a raffle AND get the baby in your slice, you will be double lucky all year!

plug in Time Out New York

Our event got a plug in TONY!
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Gearing up for Mardi Gras

We're well under way with preparations for the Mardi Gras fundraiser at Wonderland in Astoria. We are happy to be partnered with a cool artists' collective that exemplifies community, idealism and resourceful living/working. Check them out at www.wonderlandny.com

Monday night found us hot gluing, glittering gessoing, and mutilating vintage garments to prepare for the fashion portion of the party ("think Parlaiment Funkadelic, carnivale, and Rocky Horror"), whilst enjoying wine, pizza and football-shaped cookies.

Pictured:

Danielle Williams, Wiliam Mwazi and Judy Warren (left)

Babatunde Ajiboye (right)