Cleveland’s favorite DJ Steph Floss and his Eighty81 crew will be celebrating his birthday this Friday March, 5th at Dream Nightclub. Also, Eighty81 will be bringing a special guess out, DJ Lissa Monet from Toronto to let Floss enjoy his party. I know I won’t miss this, so Cleveland lets party hard for the homie DJ Steph Floss.

The Cleveland Institute of Art opened its Student Independent Exhibition on Friday February 26th. The gallery show is organized and curated entirely by students as an opportunity for all majors to showcase their talent, creativity and passion in media ranging from paintings to sculpture to video work.

Where:
The Reinberger Galleries
CIA Gund Building
11141 East Boulevard
Cleveland OH 44106

When:
Juror panel Feb 19, 4:30–5:30pm
Opening night Feb 26, 6–9pm
Exhibition Feb 26–April 3, 2010
Gallery hours 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, until 9pm Fri

More info

Thursday March 4th Eighty81 presents the official Antawn Jamison welcoming party at the Anatomy Night Club. Its going to be crazy so don’t miss it.

How fun it is to play dress up, lol. In this past week’s photoshoot we decided to do a spin off of the theme “The Housewives of Cuyahoga County” and outfit a few of our favorite customers ( Kelly B, Kelly R, and Tracy P) in the newest selection of Ark & Co. The conversation during the shoot was salacious enough to create our own reality show, or catfight I’m not sure which……nonetheless it was fun.

If you want a taste of these faux-housewives you can check us out during our Mimosa Friday events at Next Beachwood Mall from 10-1pm….and if you stop through you may just appear in one of our next “Housewives” photoshoots.

Next Beachwood had a nice event with some local female bloggers and wanted to send out appreciation and link love to these wonderful ladies! Check out their sites:
Yo Mama Morris
Classy Chaos
Clevelands a Plum
Living with the Boyfriend
Managed Chaos
I Heart Cleveland
Chefs Widow
I’m not talking about it, I’m just saying

This past week Rob, Steve, Ahryn and I traveled to Las Vegas for the Magic, S.L.A.T.E, Project, Capsule and Workroom trade shows. This is where we hunt down the clothes and shoes that keep you coming back for more.

Overall, the show was very productive for us. From the hard work we put in at the trade shows, to the relationships we continue to build with all of our brands. We want to keep on bringing Cleveland the best street/contemporary men’s and women’s clothing and shoes.

Honestly, we have some great products coming for all of you this fall. Throughout the rest of this week, I will have some sneak previews of certain lines. Including 10 Deep, Orisue, and Mik Cire. Both 10 Deep and Orisue have progressively grown as clothing brands. They both have some exciting concepts lined up for Fall 2010. Mike Cire, could be a new brand for us, and may appear to be to a bit forward, but part of Next’s philosophy is to push some of the fashion boundaries in Cleveland. I can’t wait to hear what you, our customers, think about our product previews. Nothing is more important to us than our customer’s honest opinions, so don’t be shy.

Blessed Label will be in Las Vegas during MAGIC this year showing at a private exhibition. The showing will be February 16th & 17th from 10am until 6pm by appointment at Planet Hollywood’s Luxurious Living Room. Showing along with Blessed Label are the highly respected Dee & Ricky Lego masters and the Meister watch brand.

A night of music to  benefit Haiti! Hit the click for the rest of the flyer…

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DJ Steph Floss is still on his vlog quest, and in this edition films the Iron Fresh competition and our owner Rob. Congratulations to Duck, who took home the first place prize. The real winners were the Cleveland Food Bank, as over $1000 were raised to help feed those in need. Thanks to everyone who came out to support!

Make sure you come out and support this very special event benefiting The Cleveland Area Food Bank!

Young Yonny gives some insight into how he started producing and dishes out advice for aspiring producers. The video is a bit long, but it is definitely worth your time. For those who don’t know, Yonny has produced tracks for artists such as Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Twista, Trina, Mya, Trey Songz, Birdman and Jim Jones.