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10 Bamboo circle: the efforts Boston chinatown neighborhood center are coming full circle

e n t e rta i n m e n t16 actress tonye Patano makes every role count

18 Guatemalan singer/songwriter Gaby moreno on her new, bilingual album, illustrated songs

23 the Painted man in: half and half

L i f e st y L e19 a Guide to Family Wine Vacations

22 Everything i ever really needed to

know about fashion i learned from WomEn by jay calderin

di a LO G u e s5 What Women (still) Want by mimi Gonzalez

6 the op-Ed Project turns up the Volume on Women’s Voices

Be nc h m a r k s6 Justice fernande duffly: Q&a with the first

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trond arne undheim is an entrepreneur, speaker and author. He lives between Boston and london, speaks six languages and has a Ph.d. in sociology. He writes frequently on wine and society.

Jay calderin is the author of Form, Fit & Fashion, the upcoming Fashion design Essentials,and an instructor and director of Creative Marketing at the school of Fashion design. Jay is currently the Regional director of Fashion Group international of Boston and the Executive director of Boston Fashion Week which he founded.

desmond Williams is a freelance writer and JUno magazine columnist. He lives in Brooklyn, nY, is half of a mixed-race couple and father to a rambunctious, comedic and inquisitive kinder-gartner. desmond is currently working on a graphic novel, the Painted Man.

Joanne choi is a freelance journalist who also regularly contributes to Asian-Boston Magazine. Her passion is staying up-to-date on people and society. she is working on her first novel.

mimi Gonzalez is a stand-up comedian actively touring since 1998. she’ll go anywhere to make people laugh, including iraq and Afghanistan to entertain the U.s. military. she’s also a part-time black-walnut farmer in between comedy shows and writing assignments.

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nJOyinG my cuP Of café con leche with my mother this morning, I couldn’t help but embrace the thought of how many women have supported, carried and guided me throughout my life. Yikes... stop! I am not going down memory lane here, I promise.

The reality is that that we all need inspiration and this is often found in the accomplishments and successes of others, women such as Nina Vaca. Color Magazine’s Women of Color Leadership and Empowerment Forum creates an opportunity to hear success stories firsthand. While I can’t promise a step-by-step guide, this forum helps create a gateway between where you are, and where you aspire to be. It is also wonderful to hear that you are not alone in your quest – just knowing that has power. I am looking forward to seeing you there!Josefina

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iT’S WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH – a month captured from a calendar filled to the brim with designations, holiday celebrations and everybody’s birthday. Is anyone aware of the Socialist implications of acknowledging women? In spite of how charged a word it’s become in this heated political climate of accusation, let’s look a little

closer at the commemoration for those of us who “hold up half the sky.”¶ Women’s Month is rooted in an established recognition of the vast amount of labor contributed by women from the beginning of global industrialization. The Russian Revolution of 1917, overthrowing the Tsars, was launched from a demonstration during an International Women’s Day observation – six years after the first IWD was marked.¶ And still, in 2011, the Equal Rights Amendment has never passed in the United States. Not that there haven’t been baby steps that look like leaps along the way.

President John F. Kennedy’s signing of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 denounced gender discrimination and aimed to abolish wage im-balance based on sex. However, enforcement was rare. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 fought the extra battle to include language banning workplace bias on the basis of sex.

By the time Gloria Steinem made her historic speech before the 1970 Senate, women’s wages were little more than half of men’s. A button bearing 59¢ was the shorthand statement of what a woman’s wage was by comparison to every dollar earned by her male counterpart. Today, that amount has climbed to 78¢ for every dollar. Sort of looks like progress, doesn’t it? We’re only 22¢ and fifty years away from total parity.

The first bill President Obama signed into law in January 2009 was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It approved equal-pay legislation that he said would “send a clear message that making our economy work means making sure it works for everybody.”

We’ve certainly “come a long way baby,” with women surpassing men as the majority of college graduates and the steady rowing of wives whose income and role as bread-winners are keeping their families afloat in the Great Recession.

So why are women still not able to answer the age-old mystery question of what a woman wants? Perhaps because so many times when we begin to answer, we’re stiff-armed by the accusation that we’re too shrill, demanding or pushy in our response.

Think this comedian is joking? I wish I were. A recently published book entitled Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotia-tion – and Positive Strategies for Change details how women fail to ask for higher salaries or raises because of a fear of negotiating.

Authors Linda Babcock and Carnegie Mellon economist Sara Laschever cite numerous studies revealing how women are socialized to feel “too aggressive” or “demanding” in pursuing their just remuneration. Women perceive negotiation, the authors argue, as a fight instead of a chance to get what they deserve. In one study, both men and women are asked to recite the same script to request a raise. Respondents viewed the men as deserving while considering the women to be pushy pariahs. The same script.

The unfortunate paths to success for women are still fraught with stereotypical “feminine attributes,” such as statements including: my team leader suggested I ask for this raise, or how much those around her benefit from her input and how that input serves the greater goal and should be rewarded.

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Justice Duffly is of Chinese and Dutch ancestry. She was born in Indonesia, spent her early childhood in the Netherlands, and then immigrated to America at the age of six. Because she spoke Dutch, she had to learn English.

During her career she has received numer-ous awards including the Trailblazer Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the Probate Judge’s Association, the Distinguished Jurist Award from the Mas-sachusetts Association of Women Lawyers and was recognized as a Diversity Hero by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly.Joanne Choi: What unique insights do you bring as a woman and an immigrant?Fernande duffly: I am proud of my Chi-nese/Dutch heritage and believe that my upbringing was enriched by having such a diverse family life, both in terms of the cul-tural contributions and my family’s unique histories. My parents’ desire to immigrate to this country was fueled by their separate experiences during and after WWII, and their conviction that they would find here freedom and opportunities not available elsewhere. I feel deeply connected to all Americans, including those with Asian heritage, who share a common history of dislocation and discrimination. I have worked with Women’s Bar Associations, the National Association of Women Judges, American Bar Association, Asian American Lawyers Association and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Associa-tion for increased opportunities for advance-

Supreme Judicial Court’s newest addition is the first Asian-American to serve

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WHEN FERNANDE “Nan” R.V. Duffly was officially confirmed to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on January 26, she became the first Asian-American member in the history of the Court.¶ “I have met Judge Duffly on a couple of occasions over the last three or four years. I have been consistently

impressed,” said Gov. Deval Patrick during a conference call with members of the media. “I think that increasing the diversity of the court is also important. Because it adds a depth and breadth to the quality of their work.”

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ment in the legal profession for women and minorities. JC: can you describe the process – from what you recall – of learning a new culture, language and identity?Fd: I left Indonesia when I was a year old, and lived in the Netherlands until I was six-and-a-half, so I grew up speaking Dutch. I never felt different until I started school and realized that I was not understood and could not understand what was being com-municated to me. I learned that little girls did not wear pants, even when it was cold, and that our daily breakfast of cold cereal and canned milk was not as “good” as a hot breakfast served with milk and juice. With my mother’s help, I learned to speak English and to read it, and quickly realized that being a good student was satisfying and a way to earn good will. JC: in your official press release, you said, “it is a privilege and honor of the highest magnitude to be given the opportunity to serve the interests of justice on the commonwealth’s highest court.’’ What is one pressing issue that you would like to address as a judge and why?Fd: The Supreme Judicial Court decides a wide range of legal issues, both criminal and civil. It is challenging and demanding work, and I am pleased to be able to contribute to and participate in the collaborative decision-making on many important issues before the Court. JC: to paraphrase Gov. Patrick, he referred to serving on the highest court as the highest ambition for a lawyer, but it is like lightning striking. do you agree with this assessment?Fd: It does feel, at times, that having been ap-pointed was like having lightning strike. But I also know that I would not have been ap-pointed if I had not applied, more than once, for each position to which I was ultimately appointed. I always tell lawyers that you have to try, and try again, if you want to be a judge. Of course, you need to have the qualifications to be considered, but after that, whether or not you are nominated may depend on others in the same pool and additional factors over which you have no control. You won’t be nominated if you don’t apply.JC: What are some of your hobbies outside of the bench?Fd: My family has always enjoyed food – eat-ing it and cooking it – as well as theater, so it’s no surprise that our children are involved in both professionally. We continue to enjoy these things with our children and their families whenever we can.


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socialization? If you actually look at the major media outlets and the gatekeepers who run those outlets, most of them are really concerned with having diverse voices and more women. But [not enough] women submit pieces.”

In a recent interview with 85 Broads (a global network for women), Orenstein recalls that her editors at The New York Times told her that 3 out of 4 outside-submitted op-ed pieces were from men as of just a few years ago; at The Washington Post, about 9 out of 10 op-eds were submitted by men. “Very early on, our notion was that we could help,” Orenstein said.

Today, The Op-Ed Project works with uni-versities, nonprofits, corporations, women’s organizations and community leaders and offers public workshops in several major cities. As of early 2010, more than 3,000 women have attended writing seminars. In addition, the organization connects participants and top alums with “mentor-editors” — a group of ap-proximately 80 high-profile women and men in media who volunteer to mentor one writer per month — statistically doubling these writers’ odds of getting published. They’ve also formed mutually beneficial partnerships with The Christian Science Monitor and PBS’s weekly newsmagazine Need To Know; both venues publish pieces by alums with a note “via The Op-Ed Project.” In so doing, The Op-Ed Project

turning up the Volume On Women’s VoicesThe Op-Ed Project tackles the “imminently solvable problem” of too little diversity in the media

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op-Ed Project participants at a February seminar in Boston

At least in the case of media, Katie Oren-stein, founder of The Op-Ed Project, considers the relative lack of women’s voices in the public discourse an “imminently solvable problem.” The Op-Ed Project, a national initiative aimed at expanding the range of voices we hear from, launched in 2008 with seed funding from Echo-ing Green with the focused goal of getting more women published in the op-ed pages of top newspapers, online sites and other key forums of public debate. By running seminars teaching women how to write and pitch op-ed pieces as one of its main programs, The Op-Ed Project of-fers a strategic approach to changing the nature and scope of the world’s conversation.

A writer herself, Orenstein learned early in her career that a major part of the problem is the fact that women don’t submit op-eds with anywhere near the frequency that men do. “The debate about why there are so few women voices often focuses on blame or handwringing,” she said. “Is it sexism, biology,

WHERE ARE THE WOMEN? In business, technol-ogy and media, among other fields, this is

the big question we seem to be asking ourselves again and again as a society. It’s the headline of more than a few articles and columns. Despite an appreciation for women’s unique skills and strengths — let alone our right to sit at the decision-making table —women aren’t showing up in positions of power as much as we’d hope. Take politics: with women holding 17 of 100 seats in the Senate and 72 of 435 seats in the House, women make up just 16.6 percent of the 112th U.S. Congress. In 2011, how can this be true?

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has created something of a feeder system for op-ed, radio, television and other media, a “de facto diverse wire service,” as Orenstein describes it — giving women the skills, infor-mation and connections they need to get their voices out there and heard.

So who are some of these writers? Brooklyn-based Courtney E. Martin, an alum, advisor and mentor-editor with The Op-Ed Project is a widely published freelance journalist, editor at Feministing.com and author of Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists and Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: How the Quest for Perfection Is Harming Young Women. Zeba Khan, an alum and mentor-editor in training to lead Op-Ed Project seminars, is a social media consultant at Harvard University’s Law Lab at The Berkman Center for Internet and Society and writes columns for The Huffington Post, among other publications. With op-eds on work/life balance and social networks respec-tively, both Martin and Khan ended up being finalists in The Washington Post’s Next Great American Pundit contest in 2009. Of 4,800 entrants, both made it to the final four.

Zeba Khan’s story with writing may sound familiar to many women. “I knew I had opin-ions about things going on and my areas of interest professionally but had never thought to write publicly or had the confidence to do so.” She described the seminar she attended in early 2009 as transformative, an experience that strengthened her desire to see a greater diversity of voices in print. For her first column, “Muslim Americans Missing From the Political Fray,” she said she aimed simply to write from what she knew, sharing her thoughts on faith and civic engagement.

The Op-Ed Project held a training seminar in Boston in February. Poet and Op-Ed Project newcomer, Yarimee Guiterrez said, most valu-able was how the seminar affirmed everyone’s unique voices. “There’s nothing magical about getting published,” she said,”It’s really a mat-ter of believing your ideas have value enough to just write and submit.” Guiterrez left the seminar aware of the fact that we can’t advance our ideas without a certain amount of power. “Power includes things that sometimes make us uncomfortable: a sense of personal gain, exposure, money.”

Katie Orenstein recalls that The Op-Ed Project was originally founded with practical, concrete and measurable results in mind. This is still true for the organization, but now The Op-Ed Project’s aim is more vocally far-reaching: “We want to advance the idea that our world will be much smarter, richer, and more interesting if we can hear the best ideas from all different kinds of people, especially more women.”

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“We see it as the future of our community, the future leaders of our community. We we want to instill in them, and engage them in, giving,” said Joann Lu Yung, development as-sociate at BCNC.

The venture marks a departure from the Center’s usual programs, which focus on helping children and families “achieve greater economic success and social well-being.” But while the participants of Bamboo Circle usually don’t need the established services BCNC as been providing since 1969, Yung believes the endeavor is integral to BCNC’s mission.

“Most of our programs are really childcare, teaching adults, education, and english as a second language. So I think that leveraging alumni is a strength of Bamboo Circle,” said Norman Eng, deputy director at BCNC.

Some of the current staff at BCNC are “graduates” of BCNC programs and returned to give back to the community and the Center. Wendy Lee, now a consulting analyst at Ac-centure and member of the board of directors at BCNC, is one of them.

“I wouldn’t be the person that I am today without going through the BCNC programs growing up. I just wanted to see that they continue offering these services to the families in the Chinatown community,” Lee said. “There’s definitely a handful of people who have returned to BCNC work. So it’s been a full circle.”

Bamboo Circle encompasses those who are inclined to rejoin the Center, like Lee, and those

who want to make their initial connection. At the group’s kick-off event, at the Hong Kong Restaurant in Cambridge on Feb. 8th, more than 40 professionals engaged in network-ing events and participated in a fundraising raffle with prizes donated from various local businesses. “It’s a group of caring, dedicated individuals who want to give back to the Chi-natown community, get involved, and have fun at the same time,” Eng explained.

The program is still taking shape, but it could provide a new base of BCNC supporters and a meaningful setting for young profession-als to network with peers.

“Who knows what it will be? I don’t want to really predict. Ten years from now maybe they help us start a new program,” Eng said, “The opportunities are limitless.”

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ina Vaca’s story is a textbook one, literally. In the college text, Understanding Business (McGraw Hill) a recounting of the rise of Pinnacle – an information technology service provider for fortune 500 companies, which she founded in 1996 at the age of 25 – opens the chapter on entrepreneurship, and with good reason. Her company’s growth has been meteoric, already boasting $200 million in revenues, 3,000 consultants across the United States

and Canada, and multitudes of awards and recognitions. Her parents (who emigrated from Guatamala to Los Angeles) were both entrepreneurs, and just as entrepreneurship is in her blood, Vaca has kept it at the heart of her company.

Color magazine: What kind of values did your parents instill in you that helped you in your career?nina vaca: Among many values, the ones that stood out were the value of faith and the value of perseverance. Those are the two that stand out in my mind, at least right now. Watching them be entrepreneurs I learned about the hard work and commitment and perseverance that it really takes. Not all businesses succeed. There were peaks and valleys within their entrepre-neurial ventures, and I got the opportunity to witness them all. I think what that taught me was very profound. Cm: What’s written in the section about you in the mcGraw hill textbook understanding Business?nv: It’s the Pinnacle story. It talks about how I got started, what the company does and what we’ve achieved. It’s a beautiful write-up on the company and the people in it. That was really just an honor, to have our story as an example taught in universities nationwide.

Cm: What made your story textbook worthy?nv: I think what the publishers liked was that Pinnacle started from basically nothing. It started with a vision and a commitment to ex-cellence, and it became a leader in its industry by the power of surrounding yourself with the right people. It’s just a real depiction of entre-preneurship: starting from nothing and getting to be one of the most recognized companies in the industry.Cm: has being a woman in the largely male industry of information technology affected you and your business?nv: It really hasn’t. I’m one of these people, my father taught me a long time ago, let people judge you for your true potential and whether you are a man or a woman, a small business is a small business. I don’t think being a woman or an Hispanic has limited me in any capac-ity. I have to see myself as equal, and I have conducted myself in that manner.Cm: has it given you advantages?nv: I think being a minority-owned business there are some advantages in terms of visibility, but in the end you have to deliver. I wouldn’t say advantage, it’s opened some doors. But then you have to have the ability and the value to ac-tually walk through the door and actually attain the business. I don’t believe I’ve been slighted by my race, and I operate that way. Everything I do I just commit to excellence and let that speak for me, as opposed to anything else.award and my last award and everything in between. If I

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had to pick one, I would highlight the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year [2005], and the reason is because I share that award with a lot of household names. People like Michael Dell, Herb Kelleher [co-founder Southwest Airlines], like Kathleen Mason, she runs Tuesday Morn-ing. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year is the most coveted business award you can achieve, and it’s not based on anything else other than business excellence. The fact that I can share those awards with household names is a privilege and an honor.Cm: of the numerous awards you and your company have received, is there one that sticks out?nv: I’m really proud of every single one of them because they all mark a milestone in the company’s history – my first award and my last award and everything in between. If I had to pick one, I would highlight the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year [2005], and the reason is because I share that award with a lot of household names. People like Michael Dell, Herb Kelleher [co-founder Southwest Airlines], like Kathleen Mason, she runs Tuesday Morn-ing. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year is the most coveted business award you can achieve, and it’s not based on anything else other than business excellence. The fact that I can share those awards with household names is a privilege and an honor. Cm: you started your business at a young age and there must have been some fears and doubts in your mind. can you talk about overcoming them?nv: The biggest fear is always that things aren’t going to work out. [Laughs.] But I don’t know that I ever had any doubts. I go back to my upbringing. I knew exactly what I was getting myself into. I didn’t go into this entrepreneurial venture with my eyes closed; I brought my entire childhood of watching my parents persevere. So I knew there were going to be obstacles. I knew that there were going to be rough times. I knew that there would be challenges. Knowing that ahead of time really prepared me, mentally, for the entrepreneurial venture. Cm: starting out, and as you continued, you must have needed support. Who do you go to and how did you create that support structure?nv: Absolutely, no one does anything on their own. I have been surrounded by people who genuinely want to see me succeed. And I have actually positioned myself to be surrounded by people who want to watch me succeed. I leveraged my family, in particular, my mother. My brothers and sisters, my husband has played a very big role, and a lot of mentors. I have had a lot of wonderful business mentors in my life and people who want to see me succeed.Cm: Why serve as chairman of the board of the hispanic chamber of commerce [ushcc]? how are you delivering on

their mission?nv: The reason I’m involved with the USHCC is really to help my community. It’s an oppor-tunity to leverage my leadership skills and help the organization grow. My goal is to help do my part in turning that organization into an institution. The way that we have been able to do that so far – I’ve only been in office since December and we’ve already changed history. We’ve added new Hispanic business enterprise memberships, we’ve added new programs and services. We’ve added a new training university sponsored by Notre Dame, who trains the chambers of commerce throughout the country, that helps and affects 3.1 million Hispanic-owned businesses. So being the chair of USHCC really provides me that opportunity to help others reach new heights within their business. I’m pleased to have a great board and a wonderful president who help me execute that mission.Cm: What specific challenges do latino businesses face in america?nv: Well I think the challenges again, are the same challenges for businesses in general. The USHCC advocates for businesses and what is good for businesses to grow. Our goal is to create wealth in the Hispanic community via entrepreneurship. We’re really business focused. We address business issues that af-fect any and all small businesses, some may be particular to the Hispanic community, but mostly it’s anything that would affect small business in general. The USHCC is looking to grow prosperity for all Americans, because they’re American businesses that we advocate on behalf of and there’s 3.1 million of them across the country.Cm: Why sit on the boards of Kohl’s corp and comerica inc.? What opportunities does that provide?nv: I think it provides two opportunities, a

personal one and a community one, if you look at it that way. It’s an opportunity to utilize my leadership to help guide and have input to these major corporations, and there’s a lot of personal growth in that. But, moreover, it provides an opportunity to create a path for others to follow. I am one of the few – I shouldn’t say few – one of the small percentage of Hispanics who serve on corporate boards. So in that context, I’m proud to serve as one of them and lay the foundation to follow.Cm: clearly, you are very busy. How do you make time for your personal life? nv: What personal life? [Laughs.] You know when things are important to you, you make the time. Spending family time is important to me, so I make time for it. In fact, when you and I are done, we are going to go bike riding. It’s about time management. I really, really enjoy swimming, biking and running, preferably in the same hour – I’m a triathlete. So, I wake up at the crack of dawn and train. If you are com-mitted to it and, it’s important to you, then you find the time to do it. Sometimes its 5:30 in the morning, but I’m committed to that. I actually just ran my first marathon in November, the ING New York City Marathon.Cm: your company’s rise seems to have been both fast and graceful. What were the key strategies to help you grow successfully and steadily?nv: It’s not a complex strategy, it’s a very sim-ple one. That is to be best in class. The second is to surround yourself with the right people. Whether you are in the vendor management business or the manufacturing business, or any other business for that matter, it’s people who run organizations. As a services organization, people are a critical part of the organization. So getting the right people on the bus, getting the right people in the right leadership roles, has been the secret to our success. And then having all those people commit to being the best in class.

We have an ambience in our office of en-trepreneurship. The people in our firm don’t view me as the only entrepreneur, they view themselves as the entrepreneur. So the ability to create a business by embracing entrepre-neurship and having everyone show off their entrepreneurial talents, I think is what has really made Pinnacle very successful in the marketplace.Cm: When you look back on creating Pinnacle, would you have done anything differently?nv: I’m one of those people who believes that who I am today is directly related to everything that has happened to me. So, I’m going to say no, because everything that has happened to me, both positive and negative, has been a building block or a milestone in our success. To change anything might be changing the out-come and the outcome to me is, wow, there’s days where it’s almost surreal.

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yOU MIGHT KNOW HER from TV shows ranging from One Life to Live to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to Weeds. You may have seen her in movies like The Company Men or The Taking of Pelham 123. If you were lucky, you got to see her riveting performance as Mama Nadi in Lynn Nottage’s

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“I really don’t make a distinction between doing the lead role or if I’m only going to be seen for a minute or two. I want the audience to see something they’ve never seen before,” Patano said. “I never want anyone to look at my

small – for black actresses in Hollywood or on Broadway, so it’s important to her to make the most of every opportunity that comes her way.

“I’ve been a cop and I’ve been a homeless woman and just about everything in-between, and I feel a great responsibility with each woman I play,” she explained. “I am part of the tradition created by the black actresses who came before me and who inspired in me a desire to follow their path, and it’s my respon-sibility to do the kind of work that inspires the women who come after me.”

Another driving force for Patano comes from being diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 35. “Any illness changes you, but diabetes is unique because it’s a health issue that you have to manage every day of your life,” she said. “When I was doing Ruined, it was a real chal-lenge because it’s a very long, very emotional play and I needed all my energy to take Mama Nadi on her journey. Roles like Mama Nadi don’t come along very often, particularly roles like this for a black woman of my age range. She’s epic, like Willy Lohman is epic. There are so many layers to her that it was exciting to go out on the stage every night and see where she would take me. It took a lot out of me, but it was worth it every night.”

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BORN AND RAISED in Guatemala, the story goes that it was a fateful trip to New York City that first sparked Gaby Moreno’s musical interest. “I heard an African American woman singing a blues song on the street,” Moreno said. “I went to the nearest record store, saw they had a blues aisle and bought a bunch of CDs: The first song I put on back home was Koko Taylor’s ‘Wang Dang Doodle.’ When

we play live, it’s one of my favorite covers.”¶ It’s been a long time since that first taste of the blues, and Moreno has gone on to do some incredible things – like write the theme song for NBC’s Parks and Recreation (co-written with Vincent Jones) which earned an Emmy nomination and being named Best New Latin Artist 2009 by Latina magazine – but at heart little has changed. She’s still looking for music that tells her, and her listeners, a good story.

Color magazine: could you talk a little bit about the difference between recording illustrated songs and your first cd, still the unknown? did you feel more confident as a songwriter? as a singer? any thoughts on why?gaby moreno: This second record sounds quite a bit different from the first one, which was recorded mostly in the living room of my producer’s house. For Illustrated Songs I asked Ryan Freeland to produce and engineer so we all went over to his studio and spent four days recording the whole record. Also, my friend Paul Bryan arranged and conducted a horn, string and woodwind section for a few songs. So, they are definitely more dressed up this time around. As far as feeling more confident as a songwriter and singer, I would say not much has changed since the first record. Maybe some people will hear a more mature sound this time around, but I’d like to attribute that to the actual production of the songs.

Cm: the title, illustrated songs, is perfect because there’s a real cinematic quality to your songs. you can’t – at least i can’t – listen to them without running a film in my head. is that something you strive for when writing, to paint a kind of picture with your songs?gm: Oh yes, without a doubt! The actual title refers to a type of visual art form from the early 20th century, where they would project still images from glass slides and have live musicians accompany them. Sort of a really early music video if you will. I’m very inspired and influ-enced by that whole vaudeville era and early silent films. I feel every song in this record is a

Gaby morenoGuatemalan singer/songwriter discusses her new, bilingual album, Illustrated Songs

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little world of its own and this is why I thought the title would be so fitting as well.

Cm: the way the cuts on the new cd switch back and forth from spanish to English gives listeners a great way to discover your musical range and heritage, even if they don’t speak the language that some are sung in. can you talk a bit about making a bilingual cd? how would lejos de aqui be different if sung in English? and what do the blues sound like in spanish?gm: Over the last 4 years I’ve been writing more and more in Spanish, which is my native language. It’s kinda funny that I wasn’t doing it earlier. I think it was due to the fact that I was into blues, jazz and soul and would not dare explore what that would sound like in Spanish. Until I told myself I finally should do it a few years ago! And it opened up a new world for me. I still love to sing the more bluesy songs in English and particularly on this record you will hear the softer songs in Spanish. There’s more of a romantic element to them when sung in this language, I feel. I don’t necessarily like translating songs from Spanish to English, or vice versa, because I feel they lose their original emotion and the poetry of the words get lost in translation. This is true!

The blues sound good in Spanish, but I still prefer to sing them in English. In its authentic language. There’s no way a lyric like ‘I’m troubled, I be all worried in mind’ would sound good in Spanish!

Cm: on your website bio, you say your goal is ‘to become a successful singer/songwriter mixing spanish and English vocals while retaining total artistic and creative control.’ how do you define success?gm: I know this will sound very simple, but as long as I’m making music for a living and I’m happy with my life, I will always consider that a success. Of course I would love to travel the world and bring my music to a wider audi-ence, but I already feel very blessed with the opportunities I’ve had so far.

Cm: you tell a great story about meeting an african american woman singing on the street in new york city. When you asked her what she called that music, she looked at you and said, ‘that’s the blues, honey.’ if you could go to new york and meet her today, what would you tell her?gm: I would thank her a thousand times for changing the course of my life. And ask her to sing for me one more time!

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mY WIFE tells me winery visits are not interesting for toddlers. I disagree. Wine trips are not only for connoisseurs, you can bring your spouse, brother, kid, parent or even your pet along. But remember two key plan-ning tips: 1. Reading wine books that describe vines, wines and grapes

will not help you much. 2. Every vacation should provide each participant non-wine, peak experiences, so anchor your trip in an independently attractive city that has options for the whole family.¶ There are many cities that could serve as a base for wine country exploration – such as Cape Town, Christchurch, Mainz, Mendoza, or Porto — but for their combination of size, sheer beauty, family friendliness and versatility, I recommend San Francisco (Napa Valley), Bordeaux (Bordeaux region), Florence (Tuscany), and Bilbao (Rioja). They all have wineries nearby, and offer something else, as well. For connoisseurs, spouses and kids alike, the importance of wine as such is vastly overrated. What matters to most of us is having memorable experiences, and, in the end, wine sets the scene.

Napa, Bordeaux, Tuscany and Rioja offer more for your family than just great wine

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san Francisco (Napa Valley)San Francisco, with its architecture, cultural and business life, is only an hour or so away from Napa Valley. For kids, animals, public parks and ice cream are key vacation features. Napa Valley and its sur-roundings have it all. For starters, taking the Napa Valley Wine Train in restored vintage cars is fun. Just 20 minutes out of Calistoga is Safari West, an African wildlife refuge, where you get close to lemurs, warthogs, cockatoos and elephants in a customized Land Rover. Bothe State Park between Calistoga and St. Helena is a beautiful place where the whole family can go together. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo is close to Napa Valley. For a Whole Foods fanatic, Mendocino county in northern California has plenty of organic wine. As for high end food, French Laundry in Yountville and the Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena in and around Napa Valley both have three Michelin stars.

Bordeaux (Bordeaux region)Beyond being a center for wine, Bordeaux is a truly magnificent port city on the Garonne River in south-west France that looks like a smaller and cleaner version of Paris. In fact, the historic part of the city is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an outstanding urban and architectural ensemble of the 18th century. The Bordeaux wine region is made up of more than 8,500 producers or châteaux spread out on dozens of small, traditional villages such as Pomerol, Margaux, and Saint Julien. There is enough to see. Outside the city you will find The Winery, an extravagant and slightly un-French wine expo. In the village of Pauillac, the fabulous restaurant at Chateau Cordeillan-Bages comes to mind as an excellent high-end dining and accommodation choice. My slightly excited Tweet on June 12th last year says it all: “Chateau Cordeillan-Bages deserves the two Michelin stars! I shall starve for one year and then I shall return with my favorite wife.”

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Obsidian ridge cabernet sauvignon napa Valley (2007, $28, 89/100)mexican-american winemaker alex Beloz has produced a smashing cab which, believe it or not, seems like good value for money if you are in the habit of buying napa wine. Blackberry and cinnamon sticks direct the spicy, dried herbal aroma that evolves into cherry on the palate, ending with hints of clove, cinnamon and cedar and a delightful finish. alex tells me the 2007 growing season provided unparalleled ripeness and new levels of intensity. the sweetness comes from fruit off the steep slopes that rise from 2300 to 2640 ft., and the aromatic nuance and structure comes from fruit off the lower-angle blocks at the bottom of the vineyard (2200 ft.). a small percent of my favorite grape cabernet Franc was included to add further aromatic intensity to the blend. aged in Kádár hungary oak barrels for 18 months and, i would say, ready to drink already.

ruffino ducale chianti classico riserva (2006, $25, 89/100)a typical wine from the chianti region in tuscany made with the sangiovese grape. characteristically ruby red in color, fragrant, sweet cherry and raspberry fruit notes. nicely wrapped spiciness with hints of tobacco, white pepper and rose petals. Balanced on the palate with velvety tannins and lemony acidity, with a dry finish. chianti ruffino, followed by riserva ducale, was one of the very first wines to cross the italian border and introduce italian wine to the world. Present in over 85 countries covering five continents, ruffino is part of the definition of great, affordable italian wines.

conde de Valdemar rioja inspiracion (2006, $19, 89/100)surprising freshness together with the potent and intense aromas of ripe black fruit and hints of smoky oak, tobacco and minerality exude from this award winning wine. this wine is produced from special bins among the highest quality vineyards. With this range, Bodegas Valdemar supports rare indigenous grape varieties, achieving the maximum expression of the terroir and variety. the new generation of riojas called alta Expresión, are more terroir driven and spend much less time aging in oak and bottle and complement strong cheeses, grilled meat lamb or osso bucco as well as chocolate and berry-based desserts.

Bilbao (Rioja)The northern city of Bilbao is the tenth largest city in Spain, and home to the Rioja wine district. The valley of the Ebro river creates a series of micro climates as it provides much needed water for the vines and shelters it from the Atlantic. Marqués de Riscal, a stunning 21st century chateau designed by Canadian-American architect Frank O. Gehry might strike your fancy, given its vinotherapy spa. At the Guggen-heim Museum Bilbao, a museum of modern and contemporary art, entry is free for kids under 12. You will be floored by its design, which resembles a gigantic metal flower. Take the kids on a ride up the Funicular to the top of Artxanda Mountain, where the little ones can let off some steam in the park, enjoy the sports complex or simply be swept away by the incredible views over the city. A typical Rioja wine visit could start with the harvest festival in Logroño, filled with parades, music and wine. At this festival, opera singers, pop bands and folk dancers perform on the newly erected stages while balloon sellers do a roaring trade with inflatable pink unicorns and on demand requests from kids.

Florence (Tuscany)Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. The city lies on the River Arno and is known for its history and its importance in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture. The old city wall, squares, museums (particularly the Uffizi), and the cathedral (Il Duomo) are easy to reach and enjoy in this walkable city. Having said that, all of my visits have been without kids or strollers. Florence lays claim to the invention of gelato by Bernardo Buontal-enti, so have an ice cream or two. Running around the Boboli Gardens should be

fun. The indoor Central Market (Mercato Centrale) is chock full of multi-colored pastas galore. Florence is nowadays also known for the fine wines of surrounding Tuscany: Brunello di Montalcino, Chianti, Montepulciano and the so-called Super Tuscans. The latter is a set of innovative wines that do not follow Italy’s strict ap-pellation laws. The result is exciting wines with grape combos and methods that, at best, blow the rest away, and at worst, de-serve to be ignored. Florence is attractive because of its combination of options for amusement, relaxation and cultural activi-ties. Moreover, it is a fabulous place for a honeymoon, anniversary or birthday. Upon request, some hotels offer babysitting, too.

Wine tourism links

Whether you are dreaming, planning

or traveling, following this list will potentially provide a peak

experience for at least a few of your family members:adler thermae spa

resort (tuscany) www.adler-thermae.

com

Bodegas Valdemar (rioja)

www.valdemar.es/inicio

delluva Vinotherapy day spa (new york)

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dinastia wine museum (rioja)

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Great Wine capitals Global network

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la Winery (Bordeaux) www.winery.fr

les sources de caudalie (France)

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marques de riscal (spain)

www.marquesderiscal.com

meadowood (california) www.meadowood.com

ruffino (tuscany) www.ruffino.com

the carneros inn (california)

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the French laundry (california)

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Walkscore www.walkscore.com

Multi-colored pasta in the Central Market, Florence

Panoramic view of the Guggenheim Museum Bilboa


BEING A MAN I’m certain that I have benefited from many advantages, some that I wasn’t even aware of, due to my gender. Hindsight, however, has helped me realize that my biggest advantage as both a man and a fashion pro-fessional was living in a woman’s world. At every formative stage of my life, I

was surrounded and influenced by incredible women. Each woman’s unique relationship to fashion taught me how complex fashion actually is. That process is ongoing. It has helped me evolve, remain relevant and allowed my work to accurately reflect my times.

knows about Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, but it was two of her contemporaries who had greater influence on my design aesthetics. Madeleine Vionnet was a true innovator who first intro-duced the bias cut as a central design element, expanding the ways a garment could be draped. Elsa Schiaparelli was wit personified. Her col-laborations with artists like Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dali and Man Ray elevated fashion to the level of art and social commentary.

Contemporary CoutureEstablished designers like Diane von Fur-

stenberg, Donna Karan and Betsey Johnson continue to do exemplary work. The Mulleavy sisters are responsible for reinvigorating the Rodarte brand. Stella McCartney makes a dif-ference and fashion with a company culture that includes organic materials and cruelty free products. Gwen Stefani infuses fashion with celebrity, music and style in her L.A.M.B collection. Anna Sui artfully combines culture, color and pattern in collages of couture. Isabel Toledo is now known for dressing First Lady Michelle Obama, but those who have followed her career appreciate her work for innovative pattern-work and singular vision.

learn From studentsA teacher always learns from their pupils.

Very few days pass that I don’t learn something from my students. I understood early on that I needed to design situations in which learning can flourish, while allowing students to express themselves. This provides an environment in which they contribute to keeping the subject alive, relevant and more often than not deliver the unexpected. With each semester comes a new group of women who bring youthful vigor, passion and curiosity to the study of fashion. Experience has proven that the subject is at its best when balanced by situations that empower them with knowledge and encourage positive self-esteem.

You Are Woman…Everything I ever really needed to know

about fashion, I learned from women. The women behind this man were instrumental in many of the important decisions throughout his career. (Sometimes they even let him think these choices were his idea.) Never doubt that there are men and other women listening, so be encouraged, as women, to find and share your unique fashion voice. Teach them a thing or two about what fashion means to you. Let your style roar.

Everything I ever really needed to know about fashion I learned from WOMENby Jay Calderin

Always in the service of othersEven as a teenager when I was training to

become a fashion designer, my mother mea-sured my work with questions like, “Would anyone other than a model wear something that theatrical?” or “Have you thought about how comfortable that will be?” She challenged the way I looked at fashion and taught me one essential lesson about my work: If I was sin-cerely interested in dressing women, the work must serve a purpose to the consumer that goes beyond the designer’s personal creative expression.

keeping Control of QualityMrs. Garofalo, Miss Trottman and Ms.

Sweet were just a few of my instructors at the High School of Fashion Industries in New York - each a talented and seasoned industry professional. These ladies were the behind-the-scenes heroes in developing a new generation of fashion talent ever year. They encouraged us to always strive for excellence inside and out – a relationship based on respect for our work, the industry and ultimately the client. Being one of two male students in a class of thirty also helped me to appreciate fashion through the eyes of women.

Historic HeroinesHistory provided me with a powerful

foundation of fashion visionaries. Everyone

Jay Calderin and former student Victoria dominguez-Bagu in a 'pop-up' fashion design studio at Peabody Essex Museum, salem MA PHoto BY RoBERt FRYE


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Maybe this is why Amazon’s compatible suggestions in this genre include the titles Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and The Girl’s Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch).

For the women tempted to buy into the rote tracks of that horse race, might I suggest the provocative memoir of Salon Makeover’s Ta-batha Coffey? In her book It’s Not Really About the Hair: The Honest Truth About Life, Love and the Business of Beauty, Coffey reclaims the “B” word by redefining it as: Brave, Intelligent, Tenacious, Creative and Honest.

The price of demure, passive, coy feminin-ity is costing women in the workforce a pretty

penny. By not asking, a woman employee leaves an estimated one million dollars, or more, on the table over the course of her working life.

Economist and former Lt. Governor of Massachusetts Dr. Evelyn F. Murphy, leads the Women Are Getting Even WAGE Project and is the author of Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men and What To Do About It. The WAGE Project aims to eliminate the gender wage gap through workshops training women to effectively negotiate. Because not only are women short-changing their financial futures by not asking, we’re leaving, for someone else to follow, a well-worn track to expect less for ourselves.

Gail Evans is one of CNN’s executive vice

presidents who’s failed to accept the rut worn down by crouching under the “glass ceiling,” a concept she states is a tired myth. In her book Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman: What Men Know About Success that Women Need to Learn, Evans asserts the ceiling idea implies a woman is a “person-who’s-done-to instead of a person-who’s doing.” Through accepting that, men are trained to win as competitors while women suffer the disadvantage of instead hav-ing instilled the value of cooperation, teaching women the game begins to level the playing field.

So all we need to do is get in the game. And play like a man without hurting our feelings or someone else’s. Good thing we’re masters at multi-tasking.

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