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As the publisher of Melrose Heights Magazine, my only goal is to offer our readers the very best of Culture, Art, Fashion, Beauty, Fine Living, and most of all—a lot of Love. I feel as if this issue in particular has hit the mark, featuring some of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents, and the world’s most renowned artists. In addition to that, our personal looks at great contributors to society such as musician Quincy Jones, Explorer Dr. Allen S. Counter, The Nethercutt Collection and fashion designer Marco G. I like to promote people who make positive contributions to our society and inspire all our readers to live a better life. Our Melrose Heights’ beauties strut the latest in upbeat fashion, and how everyone else can feel good wearing it too. We’ll also introduce you to some people you’ve never heard of, even though their products and work are household names. The whole issue and everyone in it announce that “the American Dream is still alive “-- as well as my love for people. Curtis Williams, Publisher
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Q Meeting a Legend by Eleonore Hansson
When you read the latest book “ My Journey and Passions” by Quincy Jones, with personal notes and pictures never previously released, you are truly in for a “treat” whether you are a music lover or not. In January 2009, I had the great pleasure of meeting with Quincy Jones himself and receive a personally signed copy of the book. Even though I’ve been given recognition for my work as a photographer around the world, and I’ve worked with countless of celebrities, no one has ever impressed me quite like Quincy Jones. Reading the book, you will soon find yourself immersed in the world of a legendary career, a life filled with passionate work and endless love that he continues to give to all around him. This man has so much passion and love for people, I would refer to him as the “walking love boat”. Reading Quincys’ book and meeting with him in person helped me develop a tremendous admiration for his high spirit, humanity and views upon how the world could and should be: A world where people live, work and treat each other with respect and understanding and that overcomes the strife of pre-judgment and hate.
Q In 1968
, Quincy became the first African American to be nominated by the Academy of Arts and Science for “Best original song”, and he was appointed as the first African American Vice President at Mercury Records. He composed the musical score for Steven Spielberg’s “The Color Purple”, in 1990 he established “Vibe” magazine, and in 1991 “Quest Broadcast”. In 2008 he received an honorary doctorate from Princeton and Washington Universities. His achievements truly speak for themselves, as the work of a true genius does. Spending his early years in Chicago, at age ten Quincy moved with his parents to Seattle. He quickly started his musical career playing the trumpet, which he mastered to perfection in a short period of time. He then received a scholarship in Boston, and later moved to New York City, where he worked with count Basie, Duke Ellington and many others. One of his greatest joys was becoming close friends with Ray Charles, a legend himself. One could not deny Quincy’s passion for music and him inspiring others, with his abilities and expressions of different forms. His sense of humor and willingness to try new things led to the producing of the notable TV show “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”. Working with, at the time rapper Will Smith, Quincy recognized the talent and believed in young Will. With Quincy’s mentoring and support, Will Smith became the major star that he is today, which is just another example of the unselfish greatness of the legend Quincy Jones.
THE NETHERCUTT COLLECTION Though
the items at this museum are worth an article each, we decided to mainly focus on the cars, 250 to be exact, and they are all mainly from the late 1890’s to the late 1960’s. Rolls Royces to Pierce-Arrow, Packard to Duesenberg and many more, you will discover all the wonders of the last century.
Every single car is in perfect condition and surprisingly ready to take for a drive. As J.B. Nethercutt, the founder of this collection, used to say: “These cars are functional fine art”. This is all possible thanks to the sixteen passionate full-time employees working at the museum, in order to maintain each car but also restore the new acquisitions. Visiting the museum you will learn that each one of these cars has an interesting story of its own. Some of the cars used to belong to some at the time’s biggest Hollywood names, such as Rudolph Valentino or Cecil B. Demille and many more. Others cars have been acquired in catastrophic condition and restored virtually to perfection. Another thing that will amaze you is, that the most of the cars are custom bodied. Back in those days, the chassis were made at factories, and the body was built by specialists so you could order the finest details in order to customize your car.
1915 Packard model 548 Touring
The North Pole Discovery Centennial By Dr. S. Allen Counter Harvard University
The North Pole was discovered 100 years ago by
Mathew A. Henson (an African-American), U.S. Navy Commander Robert E. Peary (a European-American) and Ootah (a Polar Inuit [Eskimo] from Greenland). The American explorers Henson and Peary reached the North Pole by dogsled with four Inuit assistants (Ootah, Egingwah, Seegloo and Oqueah) on April 6, 1909. Attaining the North Pole in the early 1900s was viewed by world leaders of that period as tantamount to reaching the moon in our lifetime. This monumental achievement of being the first human beings to stand at the top of the planet was praised by nations around the world. Unfortunately, Peary alone was credited with this momentous discovery, and Henson, who by some accounts reached the North Pole first, was ignored by the press and left out of the history books because of the racial attitudes of the time. Peary went on to receive numerous accolades, such as the National Geographic gold medal (that was reserved for White men), while Matthew Henson, who had served with Navy Commander Peary in Arctic exploration for eighteen years, and about whom Peary had said, “I cannot make it without him,” was deliberately excluded from the medals and other national honors given to the white men on the celebrated 1909 North Pole expedition. The Inuit men who enabled both Peary and Henson to reach the North Pole (and who traveled with them because of their admiration for Henson) were also excluded from awards of recognition for their role. Also left out of the history books was the fact that Commander Robert Peary and his associate Matthew Henson both fathered sons with Polar Inuit mothers in 1906 in Northwest Greenland. In the late 1980s, I led expeditions to Northwest Arctic Greenland, a thousand miles above the Arctic Circle, where I discovered and befriended the surviving 80-year-old Inuit sons of Henson (Anaukaq) and Peary (Kali), still living in remote Inuit villages north of Thule Air Base. Before I departed from Greenland, I was asked by the sons, Anaukaq and Kali the following: “We were left here by our fathers in 1909 when they abandoned our mothers, never to see them again. Since we were small boys, we have wanted to visit the land of our fathers, to place a wreath at their graves, and to touch the hand of a living relative. Can you help us, Allen?”
Dr. S. Allen Counter joins Inuit/ Eskimos in the village of Qaanaagin in Northwest Greenland. The northwest inhabited village on earth Left to right: Olivia Counter, Simisar Hanson, wife of Ussarkiag Henson, 73 year old grandson of Matthew Henson.
Marco-G Design: Three Tiered Orange Fringe Mini-Dress Photography: Curtis williams Make-up: Eva Antoniadou Stylist: Kasha Model: Mesha
Marco-G Designs: Champagne Floral Crochet Dress with Chevron Pointelle. Photgraphy: Curtis Williams Make-up: Eva Antoniadou Stylist: Kasha Model: Melinda
Slices of fresh italian buffalo mozzarella, basil, roma tomatoes, and ďŹ nished with a drizzle of basil oil
Crab cakes with spicy pineapple corn
Breaded and fried meat ravioli
fresh sundried wild salmon pizza topped with Osetra caviar and 24 k. gold
CURTIS WILLIAMS
Williams Collection: Girl against Fence Italy
“I owe a great deal to Rubens”, these words sums up the work and vision of Curtis Williams a talented Fine Art / Advertising photographer based in Los Angeles. His images has been published and seen around the world,
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Williams Collection: Malibu Pinic 3
Curtis has been working for many prestigious clients as Young & Rubicam, Grey, Foote, Cone & Belding,
Vogue, Elle, Viva, Marie Claire,People,Coca Cola, 7-Up, Kraft Foods, Mc Donald’s, Good Year, Michelob Beer and many more.
WAYNE SCHOENFELD HUMANITARIAN Wayne Schoenfeld “The Humanitarian Visionary” by LARL
From the sunny sandy beaches of Southern California to the desolate arid plateau of Ethiopia, Wayne Schoenfeld with his photographs and video documentary of global humanitarian projects brought his passionate quest to alleviate the human suffering of the people in that region of Africa plagued by war, famine, drought and illness,through the spreading of joy and happiness with the universal language of pantomime at the hands of Dawish the Clown, a Chaplinesque performer that after following a volunteer surgical team from the West operating in the hospital of Addis Abeba, is drawn beyond to the rural villages of Africa, where life is almost unbearable due to numberless difficulties people face everyday.The poignant photographs bringing out to life the tragedy of the ugly present but also the hope for a better future are displayed in the colorful book “Through This World But Once” (part of the “Eye To I” series), there are compassionate moments as well in the beautiful video documentary “The Memory Box”, in which he is the executive producer in co-production with Exeko and AuerFilms.
“Icon and Iconoclast”, one of his latest work about recreating as “tableau vivant”, the circus life and its characters during the Depression era was shown successfully in Montreal Cirque du Soleil ‘s headquarter. A man of creative visionary force, Schoenfeld has pursued such diverse careers as psychotherapist and co-founder of Los Angeles Guidance and Counseling Service, talk show host, and international airline president of Air L.A.. He served as the entrepreneurial force behind a partnership for innovative motion picture technologies including the Sarnoff Research Center and Technicolor. He is a member of the photographic art councils of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Santa Barbara Art Museum. Schoenfeld’s images are found in galleries, museums and private collections throughout North America, Asia and Europe, they are part of the permanent collections of the National Museum of Contemporary art in Seoul, Korea, the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission and the Cirque du Soleil. He has been profiled in television programs on American networks such as BRAVO and MBC Network Television.. Wayne Schoenfeld continues to document in photographs and film/video the work of great charitable and volunteer actions around the globe to raise awareness, concern and change for the benefit of the have not, he is a courageous example to follow.
WAYNE SCHOENFELD
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