ShakesSpearDark

CANDY ROCK -COUTURE Nakita Estrada

Couture Funk Fashion

June Issue

NO MATTER WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK-WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER-MAKE THE RIDE FUN!

ShakesSpearDark photography ratessend requests to shakesspeardark@gmail.comCourtesan One look shoot where you come to me in New York and provide all your own styling $50 Lady Includes one look and a minimum of 4 retouched images $85 Princess Includes two looks and a minimum of 8 retouched images $150 Woman King Includes three looks and a minimum of 12 retouched images $215 Makeup Add On Using your own foundation and my products from MAC, Urban Decay, Smashbox, ect $25 Wig Add On Color/style depends on current stock, can have a particular style available if notified 14 days in advance. $25 Wardrobe Add On I have an extensive collection of cloth-ing, accessories, and costumes as well as hand made items. $40

To book me please send a pm or email with the following information: Name: Email: Shoot Package: Add On{s}: Desired Date:

Jeff Casutto Photography

Andrew (Pttbaw Photography)Two Flash

CHOOSE LIFE - NOT STRESSIt seems the world we live in has gone a little mad, so much death and destruction, it could really make you sad. Gun violence, rapes, murder and such, is not for the civilized, the burden is too much.Man does not have to act this way, it is a choice of the mind, and as it is a choice, it can change at any time.The will of the world, is a will to be better. Not a broken will, will there is chesse but no cheddar. Think

about it, can we not get a long or are we being forced by others to play the notes of this sad, sad song.Are we destined to destry ourselves, or is there another way, to preserve our health. Collectively and individ-ually, lets fight the virus of injustice, innoculate ourselves will love, and make life better for the kids.Renew our principles, stand for what's right, and the world you de-sire, will appear over night.By Saadiq Busby

Feelings are like the wind tucked deep inside. You can't even see them, but they can make you cry. Feelings are bananans, exciting, pleasurable and nice, but the wrong feeling at the wrong time could cause you to pay a hefty price.Feleings are your backbone-your guide in the dark -your comforter-your soul mate-the knowledge that you spark. Catching feelings is only for the weakest of man, but only the strongest of feelings can help you to win. Can you feel me-am I clear-Do you feel where I'm com-ing from. In other words embrace your feelings con-front them-but make sure you have fun. For imagine a world with no feelings at all-I wouldn't want to be here, but I can't speak for yall!Stay true to your feelings -don't be afraid to be-cause deep down in you is the feeling of life's greatest mystery. (CAN YOU FEEL ME NOW)By Saadiq Busby

(CAN YOU FEEL)

NOW

Five people have died in Seattle last night as a result of a gun man. According to Police, Gunfire erupted at an apartment complex in a city south of Seattle and five people were shot to death, including a suspect who was shot by arriving officers. There was no immediate word what set off the shooting. At this time the police have killed one of the killers, but at least one more gun man remains on the loose.By Lucky ShakesSpearl

Police have caught the two men responsible for shoot-ing a teenager in the Bronx, stashed out in Rhode Is-land. Do to the video that cops had released, someone in Rhode Island identified the two suspected killers. One of the men, Raul Pacheco tried to run when he saw the police, but he got caught. Eric Landron was found trying to hide in the Rhode Island home.By ShakesSpearDark

US officals are feeling assured that China does not want N. Korea to have a nuclear program. China is North Korea's main diplomatic and financial backer and fought alongside the North in the 1950-53 Korean War. It has always been reluctant to apply pressure on the North, fearing a flood of refugees into China if North Korea were to collapse. While they are allies on the one hand, all the prococations by N. Korea are threaening China's economic relationships. North Korea's move are making the markets nervous and that is not good for business.By Saadiq Busby

The official IRNA news agency quoted Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi as saying talks are underway between Tehran and Pyongyang on oil exports. In September, they signed a scientific and technological cooperation agreement. A delegation from North Korea's oil minis-try is currently visiting Iran. Iranian and North Korean officials have said in the past that their nations are in "one trench" in the confrontation with Western powers.By Lucky ShakesSpear

Chris Kelly of the rap duo Kris Kross is dead. The 34 year old was found with a drug overdose at his Atlanta home. He was half of the rap group who went plati-num with there hit single "Jump." They toured with Michael Jackson, appeared on TV shows, and even had their own video game. By Lucky ShakesSpear

Manchester United confirmed Wednesday that Alex Ferguson would retire later this month after 27 years as manager of the world’s most iconic soccer club. He will stay at United as a director . Manchester United is considered the NY Yankess of thr soccor world. Fergu-son has managed and coached Manchester United since 1986.By Saadiq Busby

Hezbollah has sent fighters to Syria to defend the Holy Shrines. On Tuesday Rebel soldiers reported killing Hezbollah fighters, but now the black clad Hezzbol-lah warriors are locking down the area. Recruited and trained to battle Israel and defend Lebanon, Hezbollah’s Lebanese Shiite guerrillas are pushing more and more deeply into a very different fight: in neighboring Syria, against fellow Arab Muslims trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad. Their leaders have made it increasing-ly clear that Mr. Assad’s war is their war, too.By Saadiq Busby

CANDY ROCK -COUTURE

CANDY ROCK -COUTURE Designs by Harmony Corbett

(The Messenger)By Judy Warren

Carry the message Don't carry the manOur fan club is burningAs long as it can.

Ride beside me Ride with meRide Into the nightRight Behind meFight with meWhen your ready to Fight.

Heated discussions Hatred aside

Burning with anger Undoing these lies.

Love is like wild flower Love smells like life Unmanageable feelings Unmanaged life.

Am I alone in all this Sometimes We seem so alone.

Fighting with passion Let the hatred go home Let the lovers stay merry With wonder and cheer With it I'll carry Love

Burning with anger Undoing these lies.

Love is like wild flower Love smells like life Unmanageable feelings Unmanaged life.

Am I alone in all this Sometimes We seem so alone.

Fighting with passion Let the hatred go home Let the lovers stay merry With wonder and cheer With it I'll carry Love

Hatred and fear.

Some times there's no reason Why People do bad things Some times there are reasons Why someone is insincere.

I didn't mean to love youI did it by mistake I didn't mean to hate you Though hate Is what me make.

Make love Make upShake up Break up

Hey my little Kinkettes ! I have been missing in action for quite some time now and just like this story my little lover girl has been in prison. Unfor-tunatley I was out of commis-ion untill this fateful day when I went to visit my older brother in the county jail.At first I was making conversation about miscellaneous topics untill I made eye contact with this 6 foot 2, 220 pound, green eyed papi chulo. This man screamed FREAK ME from those peirc-ing eyes down to those size thirteen feet. Looking at those big pecks of his made me won-der what else on this hispanic hercules was big ? I wasn't looking to bad myself with my look at me I'm a d-cup bra on, and my peek-a-boo booty skirt, no panties of course. I took one more look at that deviant grin and thought I had to have this man. But how was I getting back there ? As I took a look around the sceenery, I noticed that the bathroom was right next to the door where the in-mates were kept and then an idea was formed. I went into

Hey my little Kinkettes ! I have been missing in action for quite some time now and just like this story my little lover girl has been in prison. Unfor-tunatley I was out of commis-ion untill this fateful day when I went to visit my older brother in the county jail.At first I was making conversation about miscellaneous topics untill I made eye contact with this 6 foot 2, 220 pound, green eyed papi chulo. This man screamed FREAK ME from those peirc-ing eyes down to those size thirteen feet. Looking at those big pecks of his made me won-der what else on this hispanic hercules was big ? I wasn't looking to bad myself with my look at me I'm a d-cup bra on, and my peek-a-boo booty skirt, no panties of course. I took one more look at that deviant grin and thought I had to have this man. But how was I getting back there ? As I took a look around the sceenery, I noticed that the bathroom was right next to the door where the in-mates were kept and then an idea was formed. I went into

the bathroom untill all gaurds and officers were busy securing the area.I ran past the doors undetected, and followed the numbers till I hit the one that read the same number on his jumpsuit. I crouched into the corner untill he reached the room which was immediately after me. He didn't take to kind to my suprise, yelling at me asking "What the fuck are you doing" ? His deep baritone scared and excited me even more and I tried to quiet him with my mouth, placing soft kisses on his pink lips untill I bit the bottom one. "So this is what you want ?" He asked me, while holding onto his manhood which was holding on to some size of its own. He then grabbed me by my hair, flipped me around putting my face towards the bed which maden my peek-a-boo booty make its full apperance. "So you snuck all the way in here to see daddy, so daddy ain't gonna dissapoint", he said while pull-ing out his girth placing at the opening of my naughty purse. "Aye Papi !" I screamed out

feeling the width of his john-son. Well I said it had been awhile ! Steady and hard were his strokes and deeper he went making it seem like he was trying to take out his agression and opression out my bad kitty cat."Conjame un papi mas duro !" I pleaded. He grabbed my bouncing twins and squeezed on the nipples. He caressed them with every stroke mad-dening me with an iminenet orgasam. I wasn't the only one at my wits end as he started to pump harder and faster mak-ing his legs shake and the hairs stand up on his neck. We al-most made it there, untill I heard "mami are you ok ?" "Yo you good?" Then I looked up from my trance to see my older brother waving in my face.By Kinky

LIFE'S JOURNEYLife can be good, but some times bad. Things will be go-ing swell, then ALL OF A SUDDEN; it all goes to hell. Straight lines turn curvy and the curvy stops be-ing straight, is this the way of the future, or is healing food still left on the plate.See Life flows like amnesia not wanting to re-live her past-but she keeps on swirl-ing, because we forgot how important it is to laugh. See you have to be serious in life, but you can't take it to se-riously, because before you know it, it will be time to pack up and flee.Life is a funny place, but their is no where

else I would rather be, wrapped up in life, liv-ing happy and danger-ously. See my type of life lives between the legs of rebel culture, sophisticated hood-lums, who expose verbal voltures. See I ain't affraid of life, I have smacked him in several places, so life doesn't bother me, he knows I have real pa-tience. I'm going to continue my ride with life and enjoy the rest, I sug-gest you do the same, allow your self to be your best. Pack up your sorrows, drink the elixer of life, be-cause you were born to be happy, you have already paid the price! By Saadiq Busby

DangerousDamn/ you so dangerous / melodic essence of your voice / stoke my em-bers to flames / you ignite me / with words distinguish to build pictures in my minds eye / giving me a taste of heaven sky / dangerous / it makes me quake with anticipation of your magnet kiss interpretations / of life / you / open me with your intellectual tongue / damn / it swung / hit home on my cerebral cortex / I almost flat lined / dangerous / you bring me back from the edge with / as / i hear the melodic essence of your voice / dance with my subconscious of woman-ness / my body reacts / tension / tight / warmth...I want to get so dangerously close to you that i can't be seen as separate /deep down the essence of your words speak so profoundly to my inner soul / that i just want to let go / you teach me all that i can be / for you to me / let us be / dangerous / you have this mind wrapped up / burn-ing / wanting / needing / to be.....damn / you so dangerous / melodic es-sence of your voice / stoke my embers to flames

words by me.Tamika Layton

FAT| Fashion Art To-ronto is annual event founded in 2005 by executive director Vanja Vasic who stud-ied Fashion Design at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada and

Visual Arts and Design at Westmin-ster University in London, England. |FAT| is the first event of its kind ever created in Toronto, it’s a non-profit organization dedicated to building greater interest in inventive, pioneer-ing and contemporary Canadian de-sign and artistic practices. As execu-tive director during that last 8 years Vanja Vasic continues to pave the way for talented emerging artists in the art and fashion industries. She has cu-rated, promoted and presented over more than 1000 artists from Canada and abroad.

|FAT| - Arts & Fashion Week con-nects fashion with art and working with organizations to build public in-terest in interdisciplinary design and art practices. Through FAT along with college lectures and several other col-laborative projects Vanja main objec-tive is to engage the public as well as the youth to build greater interest in fashion and the arts. |FAT| April 23-27 in Toronto held in a historic industrial warehouse located

in Toronto’s new up and coming arts district on Sterling Rd. For tickets http://fashionarttoronto.ca/buy-tick-ets/ I caught up with |FAT founder Vanja Vasic for an interview and here’s what she had to say: Tammy Beckman: |FAT| Arts & Fash-ion Week features over 50 runway shows from the best emerging and es-tablished, national and international designers How did FAT come about?

Vanja Vasic: |FAT| Arts & Fashion Week was born 8 years ago. I founded the event in 2005, while I was a stu-dent of fashion at Ryerson Univer-sity. As an aspiring designer, I felt the need to create a platform that encourages and fosters young talent in the art and fashion industries. At the time I felt that a lot of talented people in art, fashion and other cre-ative industries were leaving Canada to go to more recognized fashion cit-ies like London, New York and Paris, and I wanted to create new interest and excitement locally about Cana-dian fashion and art. |FAT|’s vision and mandate is to feature artists and designers from Canada and around the world in order to create a global dialogue and international exchange. Since 2005, the festival promoted and presented over more than 1000 artists

from Canada and abroad.

Tammy Beckman: With so many ar-tistic disciplines rooted in fashion how did you choose the categories and designers?

Vanja Vasic: We chose to feature de-sign, photography, film, performance and installation because they are me-diums that can be used as a vehicle to express and explore ideas around fashion. We wanted to create a more conceptual approach to fashion by incorporating an artistic perspective, as well as to explore fashion from a broader standpoint. By presenting many artistic categories we can ex-plore how people express and or de-fine themselves through fashion, how fashion can be related to broader so-cial, cultural, environmental and po-litical issues, in addition to presenting the beauty of the clothing that hits the runway.

Each year we put forward a theme, and this year we explore “Fashion Therapy – Drama, Craving, Crisis, Escape and Euphoria” We select art-ists and designers based on their rel-evance to this year’s theme, their ap-proach to presenting fashion in any of the mediums we present as well as the merit of their work.

Tammy Beckman: Who is your target

audience for the event?

Vanja Vasic: |FAT| Arts & Fashion Week reflects the diversity of the city of Toronto. Our audience ranges from students to professionals in the arts and fashion industries as well as the general public from all walks of life who are interested in creativity, fash-ion and entertainment.

Tammy Beckman: What do you want people to take from the event?

Vanja Vasic: |FAT| is about taking in all the different perspectives on fash-ion, and presenting diverse visions. We want people to come away with a unique sensory experience. |FAT| is not just about watching the show pas-sively – it’s about being engaged in all the aspects of the festival – which is a visceral, live, dynamic and exciting experience.

Tammy Beckman: Where can we find out more info on the event and the artists?

Vanja Vasic: More info can be found on our website at http://fashionart-toronto.ca/ but the best place to see and experience the art and fashion is LIVE at |FAT|

Through four generations, the Sonnenalp has grown into a world-class hotel and unique among Vail lodging, offering the finest in luxuries and comforts, as well as our renowned personal service. Exceptional dining, outstanding shop-ping and the pristine slopes of Vail are only steps away in the heart of Vail Village. With our pampering spa facility, private 18-hole golf course and superb concierge service, we strive to make your visits to Vail and the Sonnenalp as relaxing and effortless as possible.

One of the top producers and writers in the game has to be Doug Ellin. Doug Ellin is a New York-born writer and producer with an estimated net worth of $40 million dol-lars. Doug Ellin is the head writer, producer, and creator of the hit series, "Entourage". He has also written for other series and films, and has been nominated for multiple Emmy Awards, among other honors. He has won a BAFTA and a Producers Guild of America Award.By Lucky ShakesSpearDark

Kerry Washington has started to blossom at the right time. She has played many successful roles in Hollywood. Her roles has in-cluded playing: Ray Charles's wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray (2004), as Idi Amin's wife Kay in The Last King of Scotland, and as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm/The Thing in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007. She has also starred in the critically acclaimed inde-pendent films Our Song and The Dead Girl, and is the lead actress in the 2012 ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series in which Washington plays Olivia Pope, a former crisis management expert to the President.[2] Her most re-cent role was as Broomhilda von Schaft. As a rising star on the small and big screen, Kerry is showing the world, Denzel is not the only Washington in town. By ShakesSpearDark

Mekhi Phifer is an American actor. He por-trayed Dr. Greg Pratt on NBC's long-running medical drama ER and had a co-starring role opposite Eminem in the feature film 8 Mile. He was a regular on the Fox crime show Lie to Me in the role of Ben Reynolds, before season 3, and also starred as CIA agent Rex Matheson in Torchwood: Miracle Day. He is truly a star in the hood.In 1995, Phifer attended an open casting call for director Spike Lee’s Clockers, beating over a thousand others to get the lead role as a narcot-ics dealer embroiled in a murder cover-up. He followed that role with another in the comedy spoof feature High School High (which also starred his former wife Malinda Williams) and continued by co-starring in the fright flick I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, star-ring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze, Jr.He portrayed Dr. Gregory Pratt on the medical drama ER, which he started in April 2002. Phi-fer left the show in September 2008, in the first episode of Season 15. His character died during the conclusion of the season 14 finale cliffhang-er involving an ambulance explosion that was rigged to kill an injured FBI informant (Steve Buscemi). During his 6 years in the show, he was nominated twice for an NAACP Award.Phifer’s television credits include the movies The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), HBO's Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997), and Brian's Song (2001) (as former Chicago Bear Gale Sayers). He received additional no-

tice for his performance opposite singer Beyon-cé Knowles (from Destiny's Child) on MTV’s alternative take on the Carmen legend with the movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001). Phifer guest-starred in the series Homicide: Life on the Street and New York Undercover. Likewise, he earned an NAACP Image Award nomina-tion for another TV movie, A Lesson Before Dying, opposite Don Cheadle. In 2009, Phifer began a guest-starring arc on the Fox drama Lie to Me. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full and direc-tor Curtis Hanson’s 8 Mile, opposite Eminem. He is mentioned in the Grammy and Academy Award winning song "Lose Yourself " by Emi-nem.Mekhi Phifer will appear as a guest on Season 2 of Top Chef Masters.In June 2011, Phifer starred alongside John Barrowman and Eve Myles as CIA agent Rex Matheson in Torchwood: Miracle Day, the fourth series of the BBC/Starz Entertainment television show Torchwood.Phifer stars as Agent Collins in the fourth sea-son of White Collar.Phifer made a guest appearance on the sitcom series Husbands in its second season

Mekhi Phifer

tice for his performance opposite singer Beyon-cé Knowles (from Destiny's Child) on MTV’s alternative take on the Carmen legend with the movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001). Phifer guest-starred in the series Homicide: Life on the Street and New York Undercover. Likewise, he earned an NAACP Image Award nomina-tion for another TV movie, A Lesson Before Dying, opposite Don Cheadle. In 2009, Phifer began a guest-starring arc on the Fox drama Lie to Me. Among Phifer’s other big-screen credits are Soul Food, The Biography of Spud Webb, Hell’s Kitchen, NYC, Tears of a Clown, O (as the titular character Odin a.k.a. O), and the thriller Uninvited Guest (as Silk). He appeared in Impostor as well as Paid in Full and direc-tor Curtis Hanson’s 8 Mile, opposite Eminem. He is mentioned in the Grammy and Academy Award winning song "Lose Yourself " by Emi-nem.Mekhi Phifer will appear as a guest on Season 2 of Top Chef Masters.In June 2011, Phifer starred alongside John Barrowman and Eve Myles as CIA agent Rex Matheson in Torchwood: Miracle Day, the fourth series of the BBC/Starz Entertainment television show Torchwood.Phifer stars as Agent Collins in the fourth sea-son of White Collar.Phifer made a guest appearance on the sitcom series Husbands in its second season

Shakes-SpearDark's Couture Funk Fash-ion Show at The Sky-Room In Manhattan NY. De-signs by Lawrence Pizzi & Crist Yes Designs

Shakes-SpearDark's Couture Funk Fash-ion Show at The Sky-Room In Manhattan NY. De-signs by Lawrence Pizzi & Crist Yes Designs

All Photos by Andrew (Pttbaw Photogra-phy)

Photos by Two Flash (Photographer's of the Month)

Amansara, the former guesthouse of King Sihanouk, is situated on the edge of Siem Reap just 10 minutes from the entrance to the Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site. It derives its name from the twinning of two Sanskrit words – aman (peace) and apsara (the heavenly nymphs of ancient Hindu mythology). Set in a gar-den compound, the 24-suite resort has the ambience of a private home and is the ideal base for travellers seeking to explore Khmer culture and the majestic ruins of Angkor. A variety of temple tours and cultural walks is available as part of the guest experience.

A Triple Threat (Mind-Body & Soul)

Winners of the Shakes-SpearDark Model of the Month & Pho-tographer of the Month Awards: Two Flash, Zoe Monique Cross & Sim Simah

P.F. Chang's

10 Port Imperial Blvd.West NY, NJ 07093(201) 866-7790P.F. Chang's

Lisa Ann & Friends at HQ

Lisa Ann & Friends at HQ

Phots by Kevin Kolosky

The Doubletree Paracas Resort offers two stories of luxurious, spacious and modern Paracas hotel suite ac-commodations on the south Peruvian shore. Each suite features a terrace or balcony with magnificent views of the tranquil azure waters of Paracas Bay or palm gardens.Rooms: private bath, balcony, kitchenette with micro-wave and refrigerator, hair dryer, air conditioning, free Wi-Fi , in room safe, cable TV and phone.Services: restaurant, lounge, bar, spa, swimming pool, WiFi internet (free in public areas), laundry, luggage storage, room service and watersports equipment (kay-aks, pedal boats, sunfish, kite surfing, wind surf).