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CHARITY SOCIAL
Celebs Come Out for The Doe Fund's sweet: New York!
This past week, The Doe Fund held it’s second annual sweet: New York, which featured sweet treats and savory eats from New York City’s top restaurants, including The Doe Fund’s very own Culinary Arts Program. The Classic Car Club in SoHo and upbeat tunes spun by DJ Chelsea Leyland served as the perfect back-drop for an extraordinary evening of tasty delights! Joonbug was most definitely in culinary heaven as we sampled tender Kobe meatballs from Lavo, succulent steak from BLT Prime that literally melted in our mouth, juicy Swedish meatballs accompanied by the perfect sauce from Smorgas, alcohol-infused cupcakes, such as a piña colada creation, from the Cupcake Bartender. The positive vibe was undeniable as the sold-out event was filled with smiles and people having a good time! Glasses were raised as attendees cheered with delicious wines from Polaris and Fox Run Vineyards. Many also enjoyed a great brew from Sierra Nevada.
CHARITY SOCIAL
The Doe Fund's Second Annual sweet: New York Event
The Doe Fund's Second Annual sweet: New York Event is taking place this Thursday (March 7th) at the Classic Car Club in SoHo. Featuring sweet treats and savory eats from New York City's top chefs and restaurants, as well as The Doe Fund's own Culinary Arts program. It's going top be a positive, powerful, and fun night of fabulous food, cocktails, wine with music by Chelsea Leyland. Hosted by Chef Madison Cowan, Wendy Madden, celebrity fashion stylist Derek Warburton, and many more special guests! Warburton, who is well-known for supporting charities, is very excited for the event and spreading the word on how each of us can help one another to become stronger. Featured at the event is a list of amazing food and cocktail sponsors; Tao, Lavo, BLT Prime, Magnolia Bakery, Smorgas, The Dalloway, Lady M Confections, Kopali Organics, Orient Express, Fox Run Vineyards, Spud Vodka, Great Brewers, Sierra Nevada, Smuttynose, Polaris Wines - Nandu & Heritance, New York Distilling Company are among some of the wonderful treats that will be available during this charitable evening. The Doe Fund's mission is to develop and implement cost-effective, holistic programs that meet the needs of a diverse population working to break the cycles of homelessness, addiction, and criminal recidivism. All of The Doe Fund's programs and innovative business ventures ultimately strive to help homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals achieve permanent self-sufficiency. This is a worthy cause that helps so many people in the community in more ways than one. When you give, you get. It's nice to "pay it forward" and make a change in someone's life for the better. For further information, visit the Doe Fund's website.
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New Year's Eve In Sin City


A weekend in Las Vegas always promises nights of bottle-popping debauchery and mischief, but when New Years Eve comes around, this playground for adults takes its musical madness to a whole new level. Party amongst the biggest DJs in the world, Hollywood stars, and Hip Hop's hottest artists around America's playground, Sin City! Check out our picks below and for more hot parties visit here.


Marquee Nightclub New Year’s Eve Weekend

FREQUENCY
Armin van Buuren Gets Candid on Remix Top 30 Countdown Interview

In an exclusive interview with Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton of New York's WKTU radio station, the undisputed king of trance, Armin van Buuren, dishes on some topics that hit close to home. Always an artist to be forthcoming about how he feels, Armin delves into what it is like to be crowned the world's number one DJ, what his favorite hot spots to play around the world are, and how his life has changed since becoming a father.

Additionally, Armin cites some good news for his fans all over the world, but also specifically for those in New York. The last time he graced our fair city was on the northeast leg of the DJ Mag tour, when he spent an intimate evening with a lucky few at Lavo. The first hints of Armin's and Joonbug's New Year's Eve plans were dropped that night and the crowd's enthusiastic response was enough to rumble all across midtown. It just so happens that Armin's highly anticipated new artist album will be also released in the next few months, and the resulting energy that Armin will be wearing on his sleeve will be palpable from miles away. Check out the exclusive interview below to hear more, and grab your tickets for New Year's here while you still can!

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Celebrate New Years with Armin van Buuren

Trance King, Armin van Buuren, has announced he will be headline the biggest and best New Year's Eve party in NYC, Joonbug.com's NYE extravaganza at Pier 36! No bond is stronger than that of the Trance
Fam circle and Armin is sure to deliver a galvanizing performance.

Van Buuren made the official announcement at LAVO NYC while spinning for DJ Mag’s Top 100 Party. The crowd went wild further proving that this is truly going to be one hell of an epic NYE. Van Buuren needs
little introduction after being voted #1 DJ on DJ Mag’s Top 100 poll five times total including four years in a row from 2007-2010 and yet again in 2012.

Producing music for over 14-years, the Dutch trance sensation has been hosting his weekly radio show A State Of Trance (ASOT) since 2001, which has won ‘Best Mix Radio Show’ at the Miami Winter Music
Conference 5 years in a row which is broadcasted on a massive 40 FM stations as well as satellite and internet radio, with over 25 million listeners a week. His third solo album, "Imagine" soared the Dutch
album Top 100 chart to # 1, a first for a dance producer in the history of Dutch music to accomplish. Armin has headlined at major music festivals including Ultra, EDC New York, and toured across the
globe for his ASOT 500 shows and will embark on another ASOT 600 tour within the next year, with a stop in NYC as well!

Nothing short of a dedicated trance lover, van Buuren isn’t confined by a single genre, saying “What makes trance work so well is that it doesn’t stick to one style, and can incorporate electro, minimal, whatever it likes.”

Fans will be blown away by this momentous and phenomenal event to hit NYC in years and there's no better way to spend a New Year's Eve than amidst the progressive and trance sounds of Mr. Armin van Buuren.

For more information about the most electrifying NYE party this year click here!

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Kaskade returns to LAVO NYC Thursday, 9/13

After emabarking on his jam packed Freaks Of Nature Tour this summer, Kaskade is coming back to the Big Apple to bring out the "freak" in everyone at the lavish, midtown nightclub, Lavo.

The Chicago native is a house hold name and has been producing for more than a decade. He has hit the decks of Vegas superclubs, major festivals and is no stranger to LAVO NYC. He got behind the booth last year for co-owner Noah Tepperberg's birthday and is sure to attract a solid crowd to the club this Thursday.

His signature tunes produce flowy melodies infused with pleasant female vocals seen in "Eyes" and "Angel On My Shoulder." Kaskade and Lavo couldn't be a more perfect combination for it's consistent star studded talent appreciated by the music lover in every New Yorker.

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One-on-One with Australia's Stafford Brothers

From DJing and producing, to owning Australian nightclubs and having their own reality show, The Stafford Brothers are taking the EDM scene by force. The Aussie brothers have kept extremely busy over the past few years with releases on labels like Stealth and Cr2, in the midst of touring and filming two seasons of their very own self-titled reality show. We caught up with Matt and Chris Stafford when they were in New York to talk about their Las Vegas residency, their TV show possibly coming to America, and everything else they have planned for the rest of the year.

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NYC: Your Party-Per-Night

MONDAY, JULY 30th

Free Rooftop Live Jazz Summer Mondays

When: 6:30pm-9:30pm

Where: Empire Hotel Rooftop, 44 West 63rd St.




TUESDAY, JULY 31st

Rocky II Movie Night w/ Bacardi Rum at mad46 Rooftop Lounge

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NYC: Your Weekly Party Fix

MONDAY, JULY 16th

Live Jazz at The Empire Hotel Rooftop

When: 6:30 – 9:30pm

Where: The Empire Hotel Rooftop, 22 West 63rd St.





FIRST COURSE
Laurent Tourondel to Debut Arlington Club this Fall

Laurent Tourondel is a classically trained French Chef with an impressive resume. As the Executive Chef of Brasserie Ruhlmann in Rockefeller Center, he is also responsible, along with ex-partner Jimmy Haber, for the BLT and LT restaurant locations all over the world. Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Panama City, Miami and Scottsdale have all had the pleasure of enduring the mark Tourondel leaves and now New York can further experience what Tourondel has to offer.

This fall Tourondel will be opening the Arlington Club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in conjunction with the Tao Group. The Tao Group is a premier restaurant and nightlife group in control of Tao, Lavo and Asellina both in New York and Las Vegas. The Arlington Club will be located on Lexington avenue between 73rd and 74th street where Payard Patiserrie & Bistro was shut down in 2009 for health code violations. Unable to past inspection and reopen, the space has been vacant ever since.