The New York Coffee Festival hosted the hottest beverage brands under one roof at the Metropolitan Pavilion. Coffee, tea, and other crafty creations brewed all weekend long. Here’s some of the hottest trends spotted at The New York Coffee Festival. Coffee & Tea Combos Local Long Island favorite, Sail Away Coffee, showcased their newest creation, a Pumpkin Chai Nitro, by combining the best of both worlds, coffee and black tea. The Pumpkin Chai Nitro is filled with fall flavors including cinnamon, cardamon, ginger, black pepper and natural pumpkin flavoring. This is the perfect dairy-free, gluten-free, and vegan alternative for your pumpkin…
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Clearwater Beach Florida has wonderful white sand beaches and spectacular sunsets, but it’s also the perfect place to visit if you love art and craft beverages. Craft Beer in Clearwater The St. Pete/Clearwater Craft Beer Trail runs from Tarpon Springs to St. Pete, about an hour’s drive, from end to end. If you don’t want to rent a car or grab an Uber, Badfins Food + Brew is a short walking distance from the beach and has 34 beers on tap including several local Florida brews. If you’re craving fall flavors, try 3 Daughters Brewing Key Lime Cider, a Florida…
Paula Abdul, legendary dancer, choreographer and singer launched her residency, “Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl,” at the Flamingo Las Vegas. After being an entertainer for over 30 years, Abdul flocked to Las Vegas to showcase her signature dance moves, share success stories, and talk about how positivity helped her deal with life’s most difficult challenges. Abdul kicked off her show proclaiming “I know I’ve been out of the spotlight for a while, now I’m back.” However, the Forever Your Girl residency was almost postponed because Paula didn’t have all the costumes, props, and technologies to give the show its Vegas…
Despite Warped Tour ending, Silverstein isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Tuesday, Silverstein announced ‘When Broken Is Easily Fixed’ Anniversary Tour with Hawthorne Heights, As Cities Burn and Capstan. “Fall is for looking back on nostalgia and reminiscing with some stuff we’ve done in the past,” said frontman Shane Told. In April, Hawthrone Heights released Bad Frequencies on Pure Noise Records, their first full-length album since 2013. Told said, “Their new album is awesome. I think it’s the best album they’ve ever done.” As for Silverstein, they will be performing two albums this upcoming tour: When Broken Is Easily Fixed and Decade…
Frank Zummo, best known as the drummer for Sum 41, teamed up with SJC drums to mentor young drummers on The Loyal to the Craft Tour. SJC co-founder Mike Ciprai stated, “I’m so excited to bring this show on the road with Frank and a sponsor like Vans, whose ethics, culture and creativity and outside the box thinking they foster is so impactful. “ https://youtu.be/H7jUf902CTw What questions about drumming do you get asked the most during your clinics? Zummo: The #1 question always asked is advice for aspiring drummers. The goal of these clinics is to inspire and I hope…
When Nico Tortorella was invited to be a keynote speaker at Her Conference, a career development event for college women and recent graduates, he asked himself “Why me? I am not a traditional “her.” Even Tortorella’s partner, Bethany Meyers initial reaction was, “how dare the Her Conference invite you to speak, let alone keynote.” Tortorella’s mom responded with, “I can deal with your sexuality but why must you always take it to the next level,” which was not surprising since they are known for having a complex relationship. She even boldly asked Nico, “Just fucking tell me, are you Caitlin…
The day before Saint Patrick’s Day, Story of the Year rocked the stage at Gramercy Theatre in NYC for their Wolves Release party. Before New York, Story of the Year had release parties in Chicago and their hometown, St. Louis. Fans received good news when Story of the Year posted a video prior to the show announcing that their former bassist, Adam Russell (aka Adam the Skull) was back in the band and playing his first show back at Gramercy Theatre. Russell told fans he’s been working at the mall because of the benefits, a 401k plan and a…
Hump Day is the hardest day of the week to get through; luckily The Get Free Tour graced the stage of Irving Plaza. Tonight Alive and Silverstein’s energetic performances gave the audience a boost to make it through the rest of the week with a smile. When Jenna McDougall, lead singer of Tonight Alive, stepped onto the stage, the audience came to life. McDougall repped Def Leppard by wearing an oversized band shirt with bell sleeves safety pinned on. Wearing safety pins is a way to show solidarity for marginalized groups and is also a cornerstone for the punk rock…
Josh Bradford- Silverstein Josh Bradford, rhythm guitarist for the post-hardcore band Silverstein, sat down with LIB Magazine at the Vans Warped Tour ’17 to talk about Dead Reflection, Silverstein’s eighth full-length record, Warped Tour and more. Dead Reflection “We’re so excited, we put together what I think is our best record. That is for you guys to decide, but we feel very strongly about it. Some of the biggest changes this time around are we took a really long time before we even entered the studio, just tearing the songs apart and putting them back together, fine tuning every little element…
The Vans Warped Tour music festival has toured the US and Canada since 1995. Here are 5 facts about the 2017 Vans Warped Tour you probably didn’t know. No crowd surfing allowed. Hard to believe a music festival built predominately around punk rock music does not allow crowd surfing, it’s probably to help minimize injuries. A Buddhist monk might try to sell you a book. Just a heads up, Buddhist monks are walking around the festival and might hand you a book that they will try to sell you. The Festival starts later than previous years. Doors are at 12:30pm and…