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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Stereotype Co., CD Skateshop and John Exit are teaming up to bring the second annual "Staten Island Givemas," a night of giving, music, art, food and charity at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13.

The event gives you a chance to buy art for yourself or as a holiday gift, with many of the proceeds going to the "Secret Sandy Claus Project," an organization that provides gifts for children still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. There will also be photo opportunities, custom ornaments from local street artists, a raffle, and music by DJ U-Kno (of Projectivity).

Donate a toy and get a picture with Milk and Honey Tattoo Parlour's "Tattooed Santa." You can also donate toys throughout the day (starting at noon) at the shop on 1760 Victory Blvd. The toys will be distributed through Toys for Tots.

The art reception begins at 8 p.m. There will also be performances by Paul Marz, Eddy Scott Infante, William "Starda" Perry, Brand-Nu and MDXV. Food and drinks will be sold. For more information, email stereotype2us@gmail.com. - Staten Island Advance/ S.I. Live

Starda Interview with Social Intercourse - On Wave Street

Location: Grand Plaza, 23 Nelson Avenue, SI NY 10308
Date/Time: Thursday, October 17; 6:30pm-10:30pm
Buy Tickets: $125
Staten Island Arts Ga.La*
*Give to Art. Love Art.
Support and celebrate with Staten Island Arts as we prepare to make a space for community art at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal!!
From 6:30 to 8:00 pm, mingle and enjoy cocktails with hors d’oeuvres.
Then from 8:00 to 10:30 pm, revel in a buffet feast followed by a presentation of awards to this year’s honorees.
And don’t miss out on a special trunk show featuring affordable art and goods by Staten Island artists!

Honoring:
Casa Belvedere For SERVICE TO STATEN ISLAND ARTS and THE ARTS COMMUNITY
Vito Picone For ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS and HUMANITIES
William “Starda” Perry For EMERGING YOUNG ARTIST AWARD - Staten Island Arts

William ‘Starda’ Perry-Pratt: The Starda Kit
Starda’s performance will feature approximately eight to eleven songs, curated into a timeline tracing details about my life, starting with songs about my home and leading all the way to songs about where I am currently in my career. He will perform songs from older records that first got him recognition, as well as new material from his up coming debut album to represent the growth that comes along with staying true and working hard at the craft. Starda will demonstrate how Hip-Hop can be fused with many genres of music by collaborating with diverse artists like Laya LayRoche (local R&B queen) and drummer Charlie Rock (local rock artist). - Staten Island Arts

Fashion Brand Spotlight - Robert Daley founder and William Starda Perry PR bring you Forever Live Fly. They will be showcasing their latest gear in our fashion show at the Ninja Party. Each fashion line will have 1 ninja inspired outfit so make sure to come out and see what they shock the world with.
Forever Live Fly represents a lifestyle. A state of abundance and prosperity. Fashion that lives beyond materialism. A profound statement in which we all wish to live. It represents a individual style, essence, and character.
Mission statement- Forever Live Fly mission is to embed a lifestyle and mindset of abundance to the people. Inspirng to reinvent and/or discover their state of mind to it’s fullest potenial. Helping develop creative expression within various avenues of work. - Tumblr

The graduation’s keynote address was presented by William “Starda” Perry Pratt, an alumnus of Concord High School. (Staten Island Advance/Joe Vitale) - S.I. Live

Need a rap fix? Check out S.I. Local Starda and how the island influence his start.

“William “STARDA” Perry born December 7th 1990, a Staten island native is a Hip Hop recording and performing artist; (the performing aspect is a guaranteed and charismatic experience) as well as a songwriter, actor, model, and if you will-visionary. Like any artist, such greatness cannot be aspired unless there is first inspiration. STARDA’s inspiration being legends such as Run DMC, Mos Def, Biggie Smalls, Outkast, Pharoahe Monch, Jay Z, Jean Grae, the likes of Quincy Jones and so many others. What many don’t know about William “STARDA” Perry is that on top of all that he is as an artist he is also a very savvy businessman; so much so he has quite a unique and artistically indifferent approach at branding himself. With established cultural arts umbrellas such as “The Snug Harbor Cultural Center” bringing him press and building many other local business relationships has helped him to expand vividly in his career as not only an artist but as an entrepreneur.” - foreverlivefly.com - S.I. Local

William Starda Perry and Councilwoman Debi Rose talk during coctails at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden 29th annual Neptune Ball. (Staten Island Advance/ Bill Lyons) - S.I. Live

Stereotype Co., CD Skateshop, John Exit have teamed up to bring Staten Island Givemas. Back for the 2nd year in a row on the same date. Please join us for a night of Giving More this holiday season!!

Givemas is a movement that breathes off the energy of giving more. It may sound like Christmas but it stems deep within the soul. The feeling of giving is one of the best gifts you can truly receive so we have reached out to over 30 of our favorite artists to participate and help spread love this holiday season.

This all aged event welcomes anyone to come in eat, drink , get their photo taken, grab a custom ornament from your favorite street artists, buy some very generous raffles, vibe out to music by DJ U-Kno (of Projectivity) and become owners of 1 of kind artwork by some of NYC’s best artists to help benefit those in need this holiday season.

This day of giving starts with our friends at Milk and Honey Tattoo Parlour where you can donate a toy and get your photo with Tattooed Santa !!! and with an All Day Toy Drive and All Day Raffles at CD Skateshop starting at 12p.

The event will then begin at CD Skateshop starting at 6pm with Santa, Miss Claus and their wonderful elves with the art reception kicking into gear at 8pm.

The night will feature:

-Art Gallery curated by John Exit featuring List coming soon

*All art sales will help benefit the Secret Sandy Claus Project putting gifts in the hands of children still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Please visit them at SSCPNY.ORG

*Hundreds of dollars in raffle prizes that are guaranteed to please with all proceeds benefitting the cause!!

*Toy drive to benefit Toys for Tots

**Stereotype Co hoodie & hat drive (any purchase made Stereotype Co will donate the same product in YOUR name to New York Cares)!!!

-Photo Opp Station

-Ornament Workstation by Stereotype Co

-Music by DJ U-Kno

-Performances by Paul Marz, Eddy Scott Infante, William Starda Perry, Brand-Nu & MDXV

-Holiday jam session by Alice Laurissa

-Food

-Drinks

-Special Invited guests and surprises

Need More Info? email stereotype2us@gmail.com or call CD Skateshop Inc

Please join us this Saturday, December 13th in celebrating Givemas at CD Skateshop and the act of Giving More this holiday season.

Proceeds from the event and Toy Drive will benefit the Secret Sandy Claus Project..

SSCPNY.Org - Staten Island NYC Living

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Staten Island Arts -- formerly known as the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) -- will host its annual Ga.la* (*Give to art. Love art.) on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Grand Plaza, Great Kills. Cocktails and hor d'oeuvres will be served from 6:30 to 8 p.m., and a buffet feast begins at 8 p.m., followed by a presentation of awards to this year's honorees. Music will be provided by Joan Caddell & The Midnight Choir, and there will be a special trunk show featuring affordable art and items created by Staten Island artists. Admission is $125 per person ($60 tax-deductible). Tickets are available online at statenislandarts.org, For information, contact Melanie Cohn at 718-447-3329, ext. 1002.

The Service to Staten Island Arts and the Arts Community Award will be presented to Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation, Grymes Hill, in recognition of its innovative programs, exhibits, and events, which help to preserve and promote an appreciation of Italian language, arts, literature, history, fashion, cuisine, and commerce while also celebrating Italian heritage and the contributions of Italians and Italian-Americans to the fabric of the United States.

The award for Achievement in the Arts and Humanities will be given to Vito Picone, who formed the Staten Island based doo-wop group The Elegants in 1956, and co-wrote their #1 hit single "Little Star." The record sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide and solidified the group as the #1 R&B and the #1 Pop artists of that year. The group toured throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

The Emerging Young Artist Award will go to William (Starda) Perry for his self-starting entrepreneurship. A Hip Hop recording and performance artist, and a song writer, actor, model, and aspiring visionary. Starda is the co-founder and senior public relations officer of the emerging clothing line, Forever Live Fly. He is also the accounting executive for 'Making MemorEase,' a high-end event planning company.

The mission of Staten Island Arts is to cultivate a sustainable and diverse cultural community for the people of Staten Island by making the arts accessible to every member of the community; supporting and building recognition for artistic achievement, and providing artists and organizations wotj technical, financial, and social resources to encourage the creation of new work. - S.I. Live/ Staten Island Advance

William “Starda” Perry-Pratt – Forever Live Fly presents The Let’s Start With Art Concert
The Let’s Start with Art Concert will celebrate and encourage the freedom and unity of creative expression among youth, on Staten Island. The event will feature three visual artists, Arjuna Routte- Prieur, Tina Bowman and J. REAL, and a live concert featuring Jessie Kuffner, Laya LaRoche, and Starda at the Alice Austen House. This free public program will be a way to create a platform that encourages creative expression and collaborations to open young people’s minds to art as a positive outlet. - Staten Island Arts

FOREVER LIVE FLY REPRESENTS A LIFESTYLE. A STATE OF ABUNDANCE AND PROSPERITY. LIFE BEYOND MATERIALISM. A PROFOUND STATEMENT IN WHICH WE ALL WISH TO LIVE. IT REPRESENTS A INDIVIDUAL STYLE, ESSENCE, AND CHARACTER. - Forever Live Fly

Attending the Staten Island Arts gala at the the Plaza Grand, Great Kills, are honorees, from left, Gina Biancardi, Vito Picone and William (Starda) Perry, with event chair Jeff Beyer, Patrick Jordan, board president, and Melanie Cohn, executive director. Read the story here. (Bill Lyons) - S.I. Live/ Staten Island Advance

Staten Island Arts hosted its annual gala Thursday at the Grand Plaza in Great Kills and honored three Islanders for their contributions to the arts. Among the honorees were Gina Biancardi, founder and president of Casa Belvedere, The Italian Cultural Foundation, Grymes Hill. She received the Service to Staten Island Arts and the Arts Community Award.

The award for Achievement in the Arts and Humanities was given to Vito Picone, who formed the doo-wop group, Vito Picone and The Elegants, back in 1956. And the Emerging Young Artist Award was given to hip hop recording and performance artist William (Starda) Perry. - We The Italians

William “Strada” Perry-Pratt: The Starda Kit
June 22, 2014 @ 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
Great Kills Train Station, Nelson Avenue & Brower Court, Staten Island, NY 10308 United States
Enjoy the free musical performance as part of Family Fun Day. - S.I. Parent

Sunday June 22, 2014
Art in the Towns Festival – Great Kills
Nelson Avenue and Brower Court; Great Kills Train Station
4pm – 5pm

William ‘Starda’ Perry-Pratt: The Starda Kit

Starda’s performance will feature approximately eight to eleven songs, curated into a timeline tracing details about my life, starting with songs about my home and leading all the way to songs about where I am currently in my career. He will perform songs from older records that first got him recognition, as well as new material from his up coming debut album to represent the growth that comes along with staying true and working hard at the craft. Starda will demonstrate how Hip-Hop can be fused with many genres of music by collaborating with diverse artists like Laya LayRoche (local R&B queen) and drummer Charlie Rock (local rock artist). - Staten Island Arts

The Art Display will be at 5pm and the Concert will begin at 7pm. This event celebrates and encourages the freedom and unity of creative expression among youth on Staten Island. Three visual artists, Arjuna Routte-Prieur, Marcus Allen and J.REAL will present a pop-up exhibit. - S.I. Parent

This event will celebrate and encourage the freedom and unity of creative expression among youth on Staten Island. Opening with a celebration of three visual artists, Arjuna Routte- Prieur, Marcus Allen and J.REAL will place their artwork on easels. A live concert featuring a mix of different musical genres will showcase the music of Jessie Kuffner (Folk/Pop), Laya LaRoche (R&B) and close with Starda (Hip-Hop). - Brooklyn Parent

Stereotype Co., CD Skateshop, John Exit have teamed up to bring Staten Island Givemas. Back for the 2nd year in a row on the same date. Please join us for a night of Giving More this holiday season!!

Givemas is a movement that breathes off the energy of giving more. It may sound like Christmas but it stems deep within the soul. The feeling of giving is one of the best gifts you can truly receive so we have reached out to over 30 of our favorite artists to participate and help spread love this holiday season.

This all aged event welcomes anyone to come in eat, drink , get their photo taken, grab a custom ornament from your favorite street artists, buy some very generous raffles, vibe out to music by DJ U-Kno (of Projectivity) and become owners of 1 of kind artwork by some of NYC's best artists to help benefit those in need this holiday season.

This day of giving starts with our friends at Milk and Honey Tattoo Parlour where you can donate a toy and get your photo with Tattooed Santa !!! and with an All Day Toy Drive and All Day Raffles at CD Skateshop starting at 12p.

The event will then begin at CD Skateshop starting at 6pm with Santa, Miss Claus and their wonderful elves with the art reception kicking into gear at 8pm.

The night will feature:

-Art Gallery

*All art sales will help benefit the Secret Sandy Claus Project putting gifts in the hands of children still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Please visit them at SSCPNY.ORG

*Hundreds of dollars in raffle prizes that are guaranteed to please with all proceeds benefitting the cause!!

*Toy drive to benefit Toys for Tots

**Stereotype Co hoodie & hat drive (any purchase made Stereotype Co will donate the same product in YOUR name to New York Cares)!!!

-Photo Opp Station

-Ornament Workstation by Stereotype Co

-Music by DJ U-Kno

-Performances by Paul Marz, Eddy Scott Infante, William Starda Perry, Brand-Nu & MDXV

-Holiday jam session by Alice Laurissa

-Food

-Drinks

-Special Invited guests and surprises

Need More Info? email stereotype2us@gmail.com - Stereotype Co

June 22: The Art in the Towns Festival, now in its second year, in Great Kills, Eltingville and Annadale is linked to Summerfest 2014. It seeks to combine artists, business districts and residents in a mutually rewarding fashion.
This year, a cross-section of Island musicians will perform on town stages: Singer-songwriter Cat Cosmai; musician/singer and songwriter Jessie Kuffner, Hiroko Otani, Cadre and Tonic Stapleton Sound, and William "Starda" Perry Pratt, who fuses hip-hop with other musical genres in unexpected combinations.
The stages are located in Annadale Park, at the Great Kills SIR station and on Amboy Road in Eltingvile, (across from the Stop and Shop store).
Deep Tanks Studio, the alternative art showcase and performance space at 150 Bay St., in Tompkinsville, will present its a Second Saturday music-and-visual-art program June 14, but it'll go on hiatus for July and August. - Zeta Boards

Best Advice:

"I really thought I had figured things out but I was following the saying 'Fake it 'til you make it.' But in reality, it's 'Learn it, so you'll earn it.'" – William "Starda" Perry Pratt, keynote speaker - S.I. Live

This event will celebrate and encourage the freedom and unity of creative expression among youth on Staten Island. Opening with a celebration of three visual artists, Arjuna Routte- Prieur, Marcus Allen and J.REAL will place their artwork on easels. A live concert featuring a mix of different musical genres will showcase the music of Jessie Kuffner (Folk/Pop), Laya LaRoche (R&B) and close with Starda (Hip-Hop).

5-7p.m. Visual art display
7-9p.m. Concert

FREE
This program is made possible (in part) by a DCA Premier Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. - Alice Austen House

This event will celebrate and encourage the freedom and unity of creative expression among youth on Staten Island. Opening with a celebration of three visual artists, Arjuna Routte- Prieur, Marcus Allen and J.REAL will place their artwork on easels. A live concert featuring a mix of different musical genres will showcase the music of Jessie Kuffner (Folk/Pop), Laya LaRoche (R&B) and close with Starda (Hip-Hop).
5-7p.m. Visual art display
7-9p.m. Concert

FREE

This program is made possible (in part) by a DCA Premier Grant from Staten Island Arts, with public funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Forever Live Fly Presents: The Lets Start with Art Concert – Celebrate and encourage the freedom and unity of creative expression among youth on Staten Island with the New York Harbor as a backdrop - Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance