RECIPE
0.75 oz Ilegal Mezcal Añejo
0.25 oz Dewar’s Ilegal Smooth
0.75 oz Punt e Mes vermouth
0.75 oz Tempus Fugit Gran Classico
1 dash saline solution
Combine in a tin, stir, pour in glass, express orange oil and discard
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This raw kitchen counter acoustic series digitally brings the artist and their music from their home. The Musician’s Breakfast is back again with beautifully fresh serenades of Tangina Stone – a celebrated, New York based singer, songwriter, activist and producer.
Tangina, a queer woman of color is a dynamic beacon in the International music scene. No matter what country or stage Tangina finds herself, she makes a home. Of course these stages vary, from Japan, to SXSW, to her studio. Go ahead, pour a glass of Joven and help celebrate this young, influential voice.
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About the Work:
‘Head of African American Studies’ is an extension of Marcarson’s ‘Entitled Series,’ reproductions of works taken from The Metropolitan Museum of Art pointing to the outdated, ineffective, and often damaging perspectives that White, cishet men throughout history have perpetuated through their leadership and rhetoric. This work recasts images of powerful White figures into roles that are inappropriate for THEM, yet they often continue to occupy.
About the Artist:
Marcarson, nom de guerre of visual artist Mark Carson, began his career in 2008 under the influence of his admiration for Egon Schiele, Paul Klee, and Andy Warhol. In 2016, Marcarson opened NOT FOR THEM, an art-house/concept gallery in Long Island City located several blocks from MoMA PS1, which quickly gained recognition among artists and collectors. Marcarson’s work has an avant-garde comedy, tongue in cheek approach to exploring cultural references and self experiences.
About the Collab:
NOT FOR THEM designed a limited edition shirt for the Ilegal merch line. All profits from merchandise sales will go to benefit the Compton Cowboys, a collective of lifelong friends on a mission to uplift their community through horseback and farming lifestyle, all the while highlighting the rich legacy of African-Americans in equine and western heritage.
El Patojismo Juan Pablo Romero Fuentes created the Los Patojos school in Jocotenango, Guatemala, to provide a safe environment for children to thrive in and learn the skills to affect change in their community.
As part of Los Patojos’ mission, they intiate projects to help provide access to the tools necessary for success. These are the projects they are working on:
Education – Since 2006, El Patojismo has been creating change in the lives of students through the arts, social emotional learning, community building, sports, and critical thinking techniques. Each aspect of the dynamic program helps students become confident and contributing members of the community.
Online Learning – Due to the Covid-19 lockdown, teachers have pivoted and become highly efficient in delivering classes to students online. For students without internet access, teachers personally deliver weekly learning packages.
Colectivo B’atz – A powerful group of young people who grew up in the project now promote the philosophy of “Dreams and Ideas in Action.” The essence of the project is “serve before being served,” with the goal to transform their community.
For more information about Los Patojos and their projects, check out their website: www.elpatojismo.edu.gt
Our raw kitchen counter acoustic series digitally brings the artist and their music from their home. This week’s Musician’s Breakfast showcases Ishto Juevez – a brilliant, irreverent Guatemalan singer/songwriter who has performed alongside some of his country’s greats.
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RECIPE
1.75 oz Ilegal Mezcal Joven
0.25 oz Aperol
Scant 0.25 oz spiced ginger syrup
0.5 oz grapefruit and lime
1 dash saline solution or pinch of salt
1 dash spicy tincture
Combine, shake, pour on the rocks, top with Jarritos grapefruit soda
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The organization got its start as Hospitality Workers United, which was born in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Hospital Workers in the Bronx were in need of meals to fuel their fight. Due to government orders, many eateries shut down leaving medical & essential workers with little to no options.
For the next two months, Hospitality Workers United was able to help provide 25,000 meals across 8 city hospitals in NYC, partnering with over 10 local establishments and organizations during the length of the mission.
During the last few weeks of the mission, they noticed that the local undocumented community in Brooklyn was still feeling the effects of the Pandemic.
Humans 4 is currently on their second mission in partnership with Mixteca Organization in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, to help feed Latino families affected by COVID-19.
Every week, Humans4 is helping provide 60-70 prepared meals with the help of La Palapa lead by Owner + Chef, Barbara Sibley. As of Nov 1, 2020, La Palapa and Humans4 have provided over 1,600 meals to Mixteca.
Learn more about the organization and how you can help, at www.humans4.org.
The Musician’s Breakfast (noun) – an order special to patrons of the Café No Sé bar in Antigua, Guatemala. Consists of a can of beer + a shot of Ilegal Mezcal.
We’re back with a gorgeous Musician’s Breakfast today – Chicago’s OHMME offers a sweet serenade with intricate guitar interplay.
Celebrated by Noisey as “the Heart of Chicago’s Music Community”, OHMME have several projects and collaborations under their belts, with esteemed artists such as Chance the Rapper, Whitney, Twin Peaks, and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.
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Team Brownsville supports the largest asylum seeking population, which has over 2,500 people at the US/MX border. They supporting and fighting for human beings every single day, doing the much needed work to create change. We are honored and proud to partner with them.
Read more through the links below, about how Team Brownsville found new and safe ways to help during the height of the Covid-19 health crisis.
Chef Karina is a Food Network baking champ finalist and founder of Women Chefs 305, which promotes equality and empowerment for women in the F&B industry in Miami.
To make either of Karina’s Ilegal Mezcal paletas at home, round up this shopping list:
Mango and mezcal paleta:
1 cup mango puree
1 chile de árbol
1 1/2 tbsp invert sugar or agave syrup
1 ea lime juice
1 shot Ilegal Mezcal
Spicy sal de gusano or chili powder
Horchata and mezcal paleta
125 g soaked rice
1 1/2 tbsp cinnamon powder
1 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
1 lt water
150 g condensed milk
150 g evaporated milk
1 shot Ilegal Mezcal