Join l'etoile for the premiere of Project Runway Season 9 tonight!

Join l'etoile and Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen each Thursday as we host weekly 8 p.m. screenings of Project Runway Season 9 in the Caterpillar Lounge!

This season features one of our very own: talented local designer Danielle Everine! Cheer Danielle on whilst sipping stylish drink specials (including the $6 special "Everine Fizz") and noshing upon Pham's delectable bar menu. Danielle herself, as well as season six contestant Christopher Straub, plan to flatter us with appearances from time to time, so bring your autograph books, eh?

During the show, Tweet your reactions along with the hashtag #projectrunway. Former Minneapolis contestant Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman (@ramonlawrence) will be live Tweeting for the show @projectrunway during the premiere episode this week!

Show up early to get a good seat (screening starts at 8pm sharp!) then stick around afterward for a DJ set by Plain Ole Bill and more drink and app specials beginning at 10 p.m.

LOL/OMG grows up and gets its own Twitter account

We've cut the Twitter-umbilical cord with our momma, @letoilemagazine, and have set up our VERY OWN account. l'etoile will re-tweet us 4-ever, but now you can follow us exclusively if you'd like. It'll be fun!

Follow us at @LOLOMGblog

The MIA & l’étoile SCVNGR hunt is ON!

Play the MIA & l’étoile Art & Fashion App to win and iPad!

How to Play:

1. Download the free app SCVNGR for your iPhone or Android.
2. Under “Treks,” look for MIA & l’étoile Fashion.
3. Complete challenges at participating locations to rack up points. Challenges can be done once a day at each location, so play often!
4. Come to Third Thursday on November 18, where the person with the most points wins an iPad! You must be present to win.

Participating Locations-

MIA- www.artsmia.org
Cliché- www.clichempls.com
Electric Fetus- www.electricfetus.com
Blacklist Vintage- www.blacklistvintage.com
Design Collective- www.designcollectivempls.com
Jasmine 26- www.jasmine26.net

For more info on SCVNGR and to download the app, visit www.scvngr.com

WAMarchy has been declared!

OMG! This is going to be E-P-I-C.

Join our sister site l'etoile magazine and the Weisman Art Museum as they declare WAMarchy! They'll be celebrating the year-long closing and impending expansion of the Frank Gehry-designed museum with a art-tastic blowout that will break all the rules!

Music from punk rockers Off with Their Heads and the God Damn Doo Wop Band; participatory graffiti wall led by artists Rogue Citizen, Claire Monet, Biafra, Metrik!, Hellmouth, and Erin Sayer; a vivid, Weisman-inspired projection art installation by local artist, Clement Shimizu; complimentary appetizers and free red wine tasting, complimentary Surly Beer (while supplies last), a cash bar and more!

Full details on Facebook HERE.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, November 3rd and are $20 ($16 for WAM members and students). Visit weisman.umn.edu or call 612-624-2345. Tickets are limited, so act fast!

l'etoile releases Fall 2010 photo editorial

This just in, via l'etoile magazine's blog, (or our big sister, if you will): An absolutely gorgeous preview shoot with photographer Chris McDuffie was just released, including looks featured at multiple events during MNFashion Week.

"From looks suited for a Minnesota prairie girl to pieces with a street-smart '70s bohemian influence, Twin Cities fall fashion offers plenty of relaxed, romantic options for the country mouse and city mouse alike."

Check it out below:

Open publication - Free publishing - More mnfashion week

Submitted by @marrina.

Jeremy Messersmith jumping on beds

This is awesome.

Also, check out Rob Callahan's new interview with Jeremy on l'etoile, here. The interview includes a lengthy piece on Jeremy's clever approach to self promotion and album sales in a digital world.



Via jeremymessersmith.com

Submitted by @letoilemagazine

Shameless plug: l'etoile Night at the Guthrie!

Please join our sister site, l'etoile magazine, for another fantastic night at the Guthrie Theater for "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Wednesday, July 7th! For the discounted price of $25, you'll not only get a ticket to this amazing play, but also a ticket to attend a l'etoile-hosted post-show party at a NEW event space at the Guthrie, complete with complimentary drinks and appetizers. The cast of Streetcar will be in attendance at the party as well! Tickets are EXTREMELY limited on this one, so get yours now. *Meet in front of Target Lounge on Level 4 post-show
to be escorted to the reception. $25 includes ticket to the play and post-show cast party featuring DJ Matt Perkins!

Call the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224 and ask for the "l'etoile night special"

Not valid online or on previously purchased tickets. Availability is very limited. Handling fees may apply.

Click HERE for the Facebook event!

l'etoile 'special edition' now online

Today our sister site, l'etoile magazine, announced an exciting new feature -- a news blog! After reading the first batch of breaking stories, we think it's safe to say that l'etoile definitely has its finger on the pulse!

From l'etoile...

"In efforts to broaden our readership, we've expanded l'étoile to focus not only on arts, fashion and events, but also important local news! Today's special edition is the kick off of what we're sure will be an informative and cutting edge news source for the Twin Cities and beyond. "

Click HERE to check out the Special Edition!

l'étoile posts a new photo shoot

Our blood bros over at l'étoile are back with more stylish hijinx! Today they released a new fashion photo shoot over various social media networks using Issuu as their presentation format. We're totally clicking the 'like' button!

For the shoot, the l'étoile team travel to Crosby Park in St. Paul to bid adieu to Winter with a lovely model who we expect was very, very cold. The intro to the editorial goes something like this:

As March advances, the Snow Queen's icy grip lessens and our longest season fades into the past. Though we rejoice for the sun and spring, it is impossible not to mourn the loss of the winter's royal majesty. Master storyteller Rob Callahan weaves a fantastical tale following the Snow Queen's ascendance and fated waning as she melts away.

Click to enlarge the spread and page through the photos

Ra'mon-Lawrence to design a limited edition l'étoile shirt?

Our sister site, l'étoile magazine, an award-winning online art/fashion/event hub, has long been an instigator and hands-on supporter of the local fashion scene. When former Twin Cities designer and Project Runway alum, Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman, moved from Chicago to Minneapolis many years ago, l'étoile immediately took an interest in his amazing talents, and they even helped him make his last minute Project Runway audition video and then threw a big party when he got on the show!

Well, Ra'mon, being the sweetheart that he is, didn't forget us once his career took off! A cute Facebook exchange Monday night indicated a possible "j'adore l'étoile" limited edition t-shirt in the works by the rising star designer, who will be collaborating with one of our favorite local graphic artists, Mike Cina, in 2010. We die!!!

What are you doing this NYE?

Our crew will be out and about at numerous soirees, including the l'etoile co-sponsored party at the 501 Club and the Secrets of the City party at the Red Stag! Not to mention Crystal Ball at IMS and Transmission NYE at Jager.

l'etoile has a great, comprehensive guide to the coolest events going on tomorrow night. Check it out, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Submitted by @letoilemagazine

Ra'mon Lawrence Coleman dishes to l'etoile

And in local fashion gossip...former Minneapolitan and Project Runway fashion designer, Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman gave some serious scoop to l'etoile fashion editor, Jahna Peloquin.

As you may have heard, Coleman and fellow PR alum, Christopher Straub, will be special guests at International Market Square's annual Crystal Ball New Year's Eve bash. Coleman tips Peloquin off that both he and Straub will be debuting holiday capsule collections at the event, including a jacket by Coleman that " looks like something Lady Gaga would wear."

He also dishes some juicy tidbits including...

"I will be on television again next year. It has nothing to do with Project Runway. I’ll be involved with two other reality-based programs, one of which is of The Real Housewives franchise."

"Ultimately in 2010, you’ll see ra’mon-lawrence as a label carried by a major U.S. retailer, which I cannot name at the moment. It’s a pretty, pretty major opportunity. I’m really excited about it."

"I'm set to do a graphic t-shirt collaboration with (local graphic designer and co-founder of YouWorkForThem) Mike Cina."

Read the entire interview HERE

photo by Eliesa Johnson for METRO Magazine

Submitted by @letoilemagazine

l'etoile munitions dump blog?

We got a very entertaining Google alert for l'etoile today that sparked a funny convo on Facebook (see image below). l'etoile editor Kate Iverson posts: "Just got a google alert for l'etoile that linked to a really weird remix of last week's edition that has a bunch of words replaced in a really nonsensical fashion. It's titled "l'etoile munitions dump blog." It looks like it was translated into Chinese, then back into English, Ikea instruction manual-style. LOL. Oh, internetz."

TC Daily Planet arts editor, Jay Gabler chimes in with an awesome story about submitting an AIM conversation that had been translated multiple times to his grad school's literary journal as a poem. He went to Harvard, which makes the story even better.

The best part? In regards to LOL/OMG, the re-post translates "daily gossip" to "unimaginative clishmaclaver."

Click to enlarge

submitted by @letoilemagazine

Twin Cities art/fashion/music scene elite party at the Rogue Buddha Gallery!

If you didn't rsvp to get on the guest list for this super-secret 1950s-themed holiday soiree hosted by l'etoile and Blacklist Vintage, you certainly missed out! Held at the Rogue Buddha Gallery, local favorites like Christopher Straub of Project Runway, Mark Mallman, and Jeremy Messersmith showed up, as well as a bevy of fashion designers, models, media-types, writers, artists and more. An open bar and tunes from Transmission's Jake Rudh kept the crowd lively well past 2am.

Check out l'etoile HERE for more pix from the party!

Vision Model Agency director Teqen Zéa Aida poses with photographer and fashion plate Ben Frederickson

Submitted by @letoilemagazine

Who's that girl?

Lookie, lookie! Our own Kate Iverson made it to the list of Twin Cities Top Ten Titans in Social Media compiled by Judy Grundstrom of JustJudyJudyJudy blog.

Kate was nominated for her work with l’etoile magazine, Secrets Of The City, the651.com and several awards she got this year for being totally kick-ass. Some pretty clever peeps made it to the list which makes this recognition even more relevant.

But you know what the best thing about it is? This sketch:
How cute is that?? Congratulations Kate!

Submitted by @marrina