Youth Project goes to the auction

This Sunday, the Youth Project will be holding their annual brunch and auction at the Lord Nelson Hotel.

Hosted by the fabulous Candy Palmater, the event is one of the biggest ways the Youth Project raises funds for their programs and services.

The event takes place this Sunday, Nov 18. Tickets are $40, including meal and auction. Contact the Youth Project for ticket info.

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This Monday, Azealia Banks released a new video from her Fantasea mixtape.

One of the tracks from that album, “Fierce,” was made into a fan video, featuring snippets from famed documentary Paris Is Burning.

Well, another version was recently released. This one is a promotional clip for the clothing/shopping site Asos. Unfortunately, this is technically only a bit of a teaser and doesn’t include the wonderful samples used in the original track – Jack & Jill’s “Fierce Talk.”

But we’ll be happy to listen/watch in any case.

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