NativeRemix.com has a new logo!

Thank you to everyone who entered my logo design contest at 99designs.com!  And, thank you to everyone who gave me their input on the designs I was considering! Here is the design I have chosen…I hope you like it! NativeRemix.com is a multimedia arts + culture news site for Indigenous youth of the U.S. and Canada [...]

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A chance to win $200! & New Indigenous Arts + Culture News Site Launching Soon!

As some of you may (or may not) know, I’m a Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism fellow (please excuse the horrid photograph- I didn’t get to choose it!) and am creating a multimedia arts + culture Indigenous news site for Indigenous youth of the United States and Canada called NativeRemix.com. Below is a video about [...]

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Just Announced: “A Tribe Called Red” Summer Tour Dates!

Ottawa-based Aboriginal DJ group, A Tribe Called Red, has just announced their upcoming Summer ’12 tour dates!  I am thrilled that they will be returning to New York City on May 31st for a performance at SOBs!  (I will definitely be there…let me know if you will, too!) Here are the dates the group has [...]

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Artist Profile: A Tribe Called Red

Check out my work-in-progress… Ottawa-based DJ Trio, A Tribe Called Red, holds what they call “Electric Pow Wows” in various cities around Canada and the U.S. in an effort to celebrate and preserve their culture. We recently caught up with the group during a performance in Toronto. Here is Amy Stretten with the story. -NativeJournalist

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I’ll be at this year’s ImagineNative film + media arts festival next week!

I can’t wait to attend this year’s ImagineNative film and media arts festival in Toronto next week (October 19-23)!  It’s my first time going and I’m really looking forward to what’s in store.   I really miss Canada and my Aboriginal peeps up there! While in Toronto, I’ll be filming the amazing DJ trio “A [...]

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First Nations Performers Open 2010 Winter Olympics

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Canada’s Indigenous communities helped open the 2010 Winter Olympics Friday night. Aboriginal performers danced during the entire march of nations for the games (which have been dedicated to luger Nodar Kumaritashvili of the country of Georgia, who died on impact in a horrific crash on the sliding track during a practice [...]

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Native American Women in Film Series

LOS ANGELES, CA – This is SO exciting!! The Autry National Center and UCLA Film and Television Archive are holding a film series dedicated to the work of Native American women in film! I am SO going to this! Native American Women in Film series Sunday, January 24 2010, 2:00pm – 4:00pm The Autry National [...]

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Google (and the world) celebrates Michael Jackson’s birthday

The King of Pop is again remembered by what is decidedly the most well known search engine on the world wide web: Google.com! Google changed the double-Os in it’s name to an image of Michael Jackson’s feet with his famous sparkling white socks and black penny loafers On a side note…Yesterday I had the chance [...]

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Sunset Strip Music Festival to be held Saturday, Sept. 12 @ 2pm

This looks like a fun event for the whole family! Check it out…here’s some information from the event website: The street festival will include two outdoor stages on The Sunset Strip between Doheny Drive and San Vicente Boulevard from 2-9 p.m. as well as performances in the music venues within the closure – Cat Club, [...]

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Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” tour will be presented in a threatre near you!

Ahh! Is it really true?? YES!! Read the announcement on Michael Jackson’s blog. According to the press release: Beginning October 30th, the world will have a front-row seat for Michael Jackson’s final concert, as Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment release Michael Jackson’s This Is It. This Is It is being produced with the [...]

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