South Florida’s world-class PGA National Resort has unveiled its $100 million transformation – disrupting the image of a one-dimensional golf resort and creating a 360-degree luxury travel experience. Set to launch in early 2022, the revitalization of the iconic resort key featuers include: Fully updated guest rooms and meeting spaces, paying homage to the charm and elegance of 1960s Palm Beach chic Transformed entrance and lobby with ‘60s-inspired pocket seating, period furniture pieces, two grandiose chandeliers resembling upside-down palm leaves, and a bar with a massive replica of a banyan tree featuring over 1,500 LED lights 6 new culinary concepts – including two signature restaurants led by “Top Chef” alumni Lindsay Autry and Jeremy Ford; vibrant, neon ice cream shop; specialty chocolate shop; and a retro yet elegant diner New era of wellness with two new golf courses and a 40,000-square-foot redesigned spa by V Starr (owned by Venus Williams) that features a hair salon, ‘50s-inspired barber shop, outdoor pool deck and bar, Himalayan salt rooms, and more Family-friendly amenities including the new Banyan Buddies Kids Club By ML Staff. Images courtesy of PGA National Resort

Kicking off Art Basel, Maris Raffa hosted five captivating entrepreneur speakers from Brazil at Maris Raffa Art Basel Experience for cocktails, art and revolutionary conversation on Tuesday, November 30th at 3:00PM. The New World Symphony, 500 17th ST, Miami Beach FL, debuted an exclusive art exhibit, Experience Club US honoring the famous street artist Eduardo Kobra known for his massive brightly colored murals with dramatic lines. During the event, the audience had the chance to hear from five well established entrepreneurs: Joel Moraes, Carol Cantelli, Cris Arcangelli, Chistian Barbosa and Thiago Nigro. The speakers discussed a variety of business pro tips and stories of their successes that inspired future business owners. Ending the night with a special rooftop party where guests enjoyed the night with cocktails and Kobra’s exhibit. By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Maris Raffa

Stone Island combines the worlds of motocross and art with ANNEX, an experience curated by Katja Horvat and a film that celebrates the project by director Thibaut Grevet. ANNEX is a group artwork installation on a motocross track on the outskirts of Miami. The event began with a private dinner where attendees were invited to preview work installed along the dynamic contours of the track. Motocross riders rode the circuit during the preview, adding context to the art concept. From curator Katja Horvat: “By placing art onto the motocross track, we display pieces in an environment that is not traditionally a place for high art. In doing so, we highlight the influence of each of the works with a shift from aesthetic to thought. “Re-contextualization in the outdoor environment brings an additional conversation to each piece. While the juxtaposition at the track creates contrast, the objects are presented to co-exist with the place rather than disrupt it. The immersion in a live environment active with moto riders brings functionality to the artworks and introduces a broader narrative to both the track and the art.” The ANNEX film by director Thibaut Grevet is both a celebratory documentation of the event and the director’s own interpretation of the intersection between motocross and art. This short film is premiered during Miami Art Week at the Institute of Contemporary Art, and will be archived for viewing on stoneisland.com and social media channels. ANNEX Presented by Stone Island Curated by Katja Horvat Film by Thibaut Grevet Art by Agathe Snow Alicia Mersy Ana Kraš Bill Kouligas Frank Dorrey ILL Studio Jessy Nite Leo Gabin Lucien Smith Mario Ayala Soft Baroque Yngve Holen 4WorthDoing ABOUT STONE ISLAND Experimentation, function and use are the matrices that define Stone Island: since inception in 1982, the Italian clothing brand has become a symbol of research and treatments in fibres and textiles applied to innovative design. Stone Island’s strength lies in its unique capacity to work on the finished garment, via continuous experimentation with dyes and treatments. Its colour laboratory is a department capable of combining advanced technology, experience, and human capacity that has developed more than 60,000 different dye recipes over the years. For more information please contact: stoneisland@prconsulting.net By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Stone Island

Eva Longoria attended Brian Bowen Smith's DRIVEBYS gallery viewing presented by Casa Del Sol tequila at 1 Hotel South Beach. Guests included Serena Williams, Loren and JR Ridinger and Amaury Nolasco. Eva was spotted behind the bar mixing up Casa Del Sol drinks for long-time friend Serena Williams and other guests as she and the bartenders kept signature cocktails flowing all night. By ML Staff. Images by Getty Images (Cassidy Sparrow)

From the historic charm of a quintessential Connecticut town to the glamour of a famed Rhode Island port, Auberge Resorts Collection’s distinct New England properties, as well as their acclaimed Anguilla resort, offer some of the best holiday destinations to visit during the yuletide season. White Barn Inn, Auberge Resorts Collection | Kennebunk, ME Woodland Dog Sledding Festive Shoppe in the Barn Pantry Holiday Itinerary The Vanderbilt, Auberge Resorts Collection | Newport, RI December Activations Holiday Itinerary Mayflower Inn & Spa, Auberge Resorts Collection | Washington, CT Caroling by Candlelight Friends of Mayflower Ornaments Holiday Itinerary The Key to Longevity Wellness Retreat (For the New Year!) For those looking for a warm-weather option, look no further than Malliouhana, Auberge Resorts Collection, located on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Anguilla. The famed beachside hideaway is also rolling out brand-new immersive experiences & culinary offerings for families for the holidays, details include: Mini-Explorers Kids’ Programming Island Holiday Itinerary By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Auberge Resorts Collection

Miami Beach Botanical Garden is pleased to announce the opening of Hortus Conclusus featuring the art of Aurelio Márquez. The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday, December 9from 6pm-8pm, and will be available for viewing in the Butterfly Gallery through January 30, 2022. Aurelio Márquez, born in Camagüey, Cuba, is a painter who lives and works in Miami Beach, Florida. A life-long artist, Márquez began studying drawing in his early teens. In the 1980s he moved from Cuba to Canada, and in 1990 earned a Bachelor of Art from the Graphic Design Program at George Brown College in Toronto. As a designer, he received First Prize and Honorable Mention at the Cuban National Exhibition of Graphic Advertising, in Santiago de Cuba and First Prize at the First Graphic Design Triennial, in Havana, Cuba –but he never lost his love of fine art. In 2006 he relocated to Miami Beach where he now focuses on painting but his design background is evident in the purpose and precision of his balanced compositions. As an artist, Márquez works in charcoal and acrylics on canvas. His paintings are large format diptychs and triptychs created by his process. Working on natural canvas results in a soft, flowing effect, while the ease of acrylic allows him to achieve a tactile appeal. His paintings have a note of Romanticism and are inspired by his emotions, memories, and the poems he reads daily. His solo exhibition positions his paintings as a garden inside the garden and points to art making in a time of isolation. The public is invited to attend the exhibition opening on December 9 –to RSVP please visit www.mbgarden.org/events. Sponsors of this exhibition include: City of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, and State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture. MORE ON the Garden The Miami Beach Botanical Garden is a 3-acre subtropical garden and event space, featuring a wetland with red mangrove and pond apple trees, an expansive water garden with a cascading oolite fountain, and diverse collections of flowering trees, palms, cycads, orchids, and Florida native species. The mission of the Garden is to promote environmental enjoyment, stewardship and sustainability through education, the arts, and interaction with the natural world. The Garden is a unique, subtropical oasis of beauty and tranquility within an urban setting –a community resource that refreshes, inspires and engages our visitors. The Garden is located at 2000 Convention Center Drive on Miami Beach. For more info please visit www.mbgarden.org. By ML Staff. Image courtesy of Miami Beach Botanical Garden

The renowned Hollywood actress, Priscilla Presley, attended this year’s Miami Art Week to unveil her portrait collection at Red Dot Miami in Wynwood on Friday, December 3rd, among a capacity attendance at one of the week’s longest running art fairs. Portraits of Priscilla have been developed by Florida-based artist Adam Rote, who has specialized in painting renditions of Hollywood legends for the last 10 years. The two portraits unveiled by Priscilla at Red Dot Miami are part of Adam’s “Goddess Collection” presented by Zukunft Galerie and owner John Brandolino, that also feature artistic representations of Farrah Fawcett, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor among others. Since the age of 12, Adam has honed his skills with apprenticeships in the fields of airbrush and portraiture, emerging 45 years later to become the most collaborated painter with Academy Award and legendary performers than any other fine artist. Starting off with classic silver screen black and white paintings of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor, the rare historic sign's metal is meticulously cut into a star and then mounted on two more layers of brushed aluminum and featured prominently in a cascade of shooting stars and transparent paint splashes. These additions brilliantly add more allure to Adam's touch of colored lipstick on each legend he paints. Next, he will add several layers of diamond dust to the painting, then sealing it in a deep crystal gloss, finished strikingly by the addition of Swarovski crystals. This never before realized historic fine art will only put a spotlight on the dreams of those iconic movie stars who once graced the silver screen with their presence. Spectrum Miami and Red Dot Miami, the only two shows under one roof during Miami Art Week, takes place in Miami every year during Miami Art Week which is held during the first week of December. For more information visit redwoodartgroup.com/red-dot-miami/ By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Redwood Art Group

Nestled in a tropical oasis with sweeping views of the Atlantic and Intracoastal, The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour is thrilled to welcome an exclusive popup experience crafted by Gold Standard Omakase. Nestled within the luxurious sanctuary of Bal Harbour Village, The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour is the perfect getaway for those seeking pure relaxation and pampering. To further elevate the guest experience, the hotel has partnered with Gold Standard Omakase to open a popup on-property on December 15th, 2021 and offer an inimitable culinary experience dedicated to the pure flavors and profiles of fresh fish and succulent A5 Wagyu. Spearheaded by successful hospitality entrepreneurs Chef Anderson Osorio, Bill Spector, Raul Sanchez, Gil Elbaz, and Juan Carlos Briones, Gold Standard Omakase is an immersive, Japanese cuisine adventure, which allows Chef Osorio to masterfully orchestrate a 15-course meal for either people at a time across one and a half hour sittings, drawing inspiration from his daily selection of the highest-quality ingredients. The beauty of this unique dining experience is that, because there is no set menu, each guest of Gold Standard Omakase at The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour will have a one-of-kind meal centered around the finest selections of fish, flown in from Japan daily, garden-fresh vegetables, and world-class A5 Wagyu beef sourced locally from exclusive purveyors. Set in an intimate space bedecked in art pieces by Jona Cerwinske and Klass, The Gold Standard Omakase popup will be escalated with an elegantly designed dining room that evokes the spirit of the mouth-watering journey guests will embark on. Accompanying the unparalleled offering will be the finest Japanese whiskeys, sakes, and beers that will complement the symphony of flavors. To learn more about the Gold Standard Omakase popup at The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour, and to make reservations, please reach out to concierge directly at 305.455.5400. By ML Staff. Image courtesy of Gold Standard Omakase

In this eclectic interview, Damon Dash and fiancée Raquel “Rocky” Horn, take me behind the scenes and into their day-to-day life as parents to their one year old son, Dusko, their plant-based lifestyle, and even their son’s guitar lessons (yes, he takes guitar lessons.). They share candid and unfiltered information about their intimate life, their long term engagement, how they’re raising their son, and why Damon chose to participate in the newly released documentary film, They’re Trying to Kill Us, which examines chronic illness and early deaths among underserved communities of color. In the second half of the interview, Dame gets real about living with PTSD, his love of weed, and his thoughts on the recent Astroworld Music Festival tragedy that claimed ten lives and injured hundreds of other concert goers. Allison Kugel: Your son, Dusko, is the cutest! Dame Dash: Thank you. I appreciate that. He has brought so much joy to us, and my whole family. Allison Kugel: Both of you have been on a plant-based journey for a long time. Who led the way on that? Dame Dash: We do everything together. There is nothing we do not do together. Allison Kugel: But who was it that said, “Let’s eat plant based?” Dame Dash: Rocky wanted to go plant based for a while, but I ate very simple things at the time; cheeseburgers, chicken fingers, not very healthy. I was always disgusted by myself for that, so there would be times when she first met me, that I was a vegetarian. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: He never ate anything that looked like an animal, so there was never a meat on a bone situation. Never anything that looked or reminded him of an animal, so no seafood, ever. Allison Kugel: It had to be in a nugget. It couldn’t look like a chicken, right (laughs)? Dame Dash: It was me not exactly addressing the truth, so after a while she was starting to transition off of meat and she was cooking a certain way to transition me. She was sneaking it in, because she is sneaky. We watched the documentary, What the Health, and that day, after I saw the puss and the doo doo, and the cancer, and the diabetes; logically, I could not ever go back to even taking a bite [of meat] once in a while. I remember a week or two, after I tried to take a bite at the farmer’s market… Raquel “Rocky” Horn: No, we went to the Jamaican place and there was oxtail, and he just said, “I’m going to have to order a sample to see it.” He then went and threw up in the bathroom. Dame Dash: I just couldn’t do it. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: We started this network called the Dash Diabetes Network. Damon is a Type 1 diabetic, and in my research of learning about diabetes I just started seeing that it was all going back to dairy and meat products. The information was everywhere, and all of a sudden What the Health came out and just confirmed it. Dame Dash: We had just gotten a bunch of bacon, and I used to love bacon. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: We got rid of everything and changed our lives in 24 hours. From then on, we have had so many of our friends watch that film, and for us it was just logical.” Dame Dash: A plate of food and a just a little bit of animal feces is on it, then I’m not going to touch that food. Or, like, if a rat runs over it, in the food industry there is a certain amount of tolerance for rat hair and tolerance for fecal matter in the food. I just can’t do it Allison Kugel: Damon, you are a Type 1 diabetic as is my father, and that is genetic. But many people are living with Type 2 Diabetes or are what is called “pre-diabetic” due to poor lifestyle choices. What I found interesting in What the Health was when Doctor Neil Barnard said that Type 2 Diabetes is actually created when there is so much fat being stored in our cells that the sugar (glucose) which is our body’s primary source of fuel, can’t find its way into the cells, so the sugar builds up in the blood and that is Type 2 Diabetes. Dame Dash: And what happens is your pancreas produces a certain amount of insulin to bring that sugar down, so if you have too much of it, then your pancreas is not producing enough insulin to cover all those simple carbs in your body and break that down. That is from eating meat and dairy. Allison Kugel: When I spoke with you a few years back about your film, Honor Up, you spoke about losing your mother when you were fifteen. Did she pass away due to chronic health issues? Dame Dash: Yes, from asthma. Allison Kugel: When you look back on that now, do you think diet or lifestyle and environment may have played a role in her condition? Dame Dash: I don’t know, because she was actually pretty healthy. My mom went through different phases with her health, but she always had asthma and a lot of that is hereditary. That is why I have [Type 1] Diabetes. My mom was always conscience of our food, but I did eat some bullshit with her. I do think, along with the anxiety and stress of being a Black woman and alone may have added to it. But I remember her saying to me, “Don’t ever let yourself say you have it, or that it is yours (regarding inheriting his mother’s asthma). It’s not yours.” And I was too much of an athletic guy to be wheezing. Allison Kugel: How did you get involved with this new film, They’re Trying to Kill Us (produced and directed by Keegan Kuhn, who also worked on What the Health)? Raquel “Rocky” Horn: One of our friends is good friends with Bad Ass Vegan [John Lewis]. Dame Dash: A friend of a friend, John Salley, knew them. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: We had a friend who is really good friends with Bad Ass Vegan, and made the interview happen with Damon. From there, we actually got to interview both of them for my show, Health Is Wealth. So we flipped the cameras on them. Allison Kugel: Damon, what are your thoughts on some of the conclusions drawn in the film, They’re Trying to Kill Us, regarding slavery and how a lot of foods and lifestyle choices that Black Americans consider to be part of their culture, are actually detrimental to their health and throwbacks to slavery? What are your thoughts on that? Dame Dash: I think it is strategic. It’s brilliant that the enemy used that as warfare, and how long it has affected us. Now that we are aware of it, we should just break the program. [Corporations and politicians] know how to keep us in a place of distress and keep us unhealthy and arguing with each other and struggling. Keep us hating each other. They know how to keep making us eat to escape the life we hate. Look at what many of us eat while we come out of church, while we are worshiping their God, in the name Jesus, which is a European interpretation of the name Joshua (or Yeshua). So they give us this food to eat after they have given us that religion, and that is the reason most people are depressed. Unless we are happy with being unhappy, why would we not change it? The only way to change something is to do it different, and you have to make a change to be a change. So, what is the change going to be? If you want your circumstances different, you have to do it different. Are you going to eat different? Think different? Love different? Are you going to love yourself different? It has to be different to have a different outcome. Allison Kugel: The film also talks about urban areas devoid of healthy grocery stores, called “food deserts.” Neighborhoods filled with bodegas, liquor stores, fast food, but no healthy options. Was that your experience growing up? Dame Dash: There was always a grocery store. But that little quick fix was also always readily available. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: You mainly ate at the bodegas. Dame Dash: Yes, I ate at the bodegas. That is my point and what I’m saying. I would go to the bodegas instead of going to the grocery store, because instead of spending ten dollars, I would spend one dollar. I would end up buying fast food or potato chips and buying what I could get for that dollar. It was those short fixes and it was unhealthy, but would get you through the day. That is still every day, all day, for a lot of people’s whole life. Allison Kugel: Tell me if you guys agree with this, because I’ve been eating a lot more plant based foods lately, and I find I am not as hungry, overall? You’re eating less calories, but you are eating more nutritionally dense food, and you’re not hungry as much. Is that true for you? Dame Dash: It depends. We are in the house a lot and we are next to a kitchen, so we snack a lot! But while I’m working, I also smoke weed all day, so I’m high. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: I do believe that the good food you eat makes your body feel better, and it also makes you feel energized. You have proper energy rather than empty calories from bad food. Dame Dash: Good food and sex is important. Allison Kugel: I agree (laugh), but food and sex don’t go together. You have to be on an empty stomach. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: Like, a full Thanksgiving belly is… Allison Kugel: Right. Who wants to have sex on Thanksgiving? You can’t. Dame Dash: But every other day, there has to be sex. We have sex in the morning now. It’s been a little challenging having a baby, only because he sleeps with us and he’s definitely monopolized the top part of her body, and he’s a hater. He can sense me touching her. He doesn’t want another brother there. He says, “Mommy” all day. He’s the boss, so I do have a boss now. He’s my little CEO, and he’s better dressed than me. The whole house is him. I have to sing to him. We make songs together. He plays the piano and the guitar. He’s about to have a guitar lesson. He’s stuck on The Beatles and he is very musical because I turned him into a rock star. And he’s pretty much been eating plant based too. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: I wrote a book for him, that just came out, called, Dusko Goes to Space. Allison Kugel: Oh, that is so cute. Raquel “Rocky” Horn: Yeah, it’s about him and his best friend, Governor, traveling, and they are about two. His whole [nursery] is space themed, like his book, with all of the planets. Allison Kugel: Do you want Dusko to go into the music industry? Raquel “Rocky” Horn: I don’t mind it. Whatever he wants to do, I just want him to be creative. Allison: Are you and Dame going to get married? Raquel “Rocky” Horn: At some point, after Covid ends. I want to show you the engagement ring I gave Damon. I gave Damon an engagement ring. I had been wanting to give him that. Damon’s birthstone is emerald, and I love emeralds. I’ve always loved emeralds since I was a little kid, so it was a really special thing. I thought, “Why do girls always get the engagement ring? So I got him one, too. Allison Kugel: Dame, what did you think of Rocky giving you an engagement ring? Dame Dash: I loved it. It was beautiful. Allison Kugel: That didn’t throw you off? Dame Dash: We’re pretty strategic about what we do, so it was just the timing of it all. She had already accepted my engagement. We’ve asked each other to marry each other so many times and my tax problems were in the way, so we are almost there. We have a baby, and we are so in love that we don’t even know when or what, but it just goes without saying. It just represents how fly our relationship is. Allison Kugel: Weird question: Do you consider weed part of a healthy lifestyle? Dame Dash: I think it’s different strokes for different folks. I’m a stoner. I really believe weed is healthy, cannabis. I’m part Anunnaki, and I know the Anunnaki’s brought weed to this planet. Allison Kugel: Can you function and think clearly when you are not smoking? Dame Dash: Yes, but I have more patience when I’m smoking. I’m easily triggered, because I think the rest of the world is dumb. They’re slow, and I just don’t have time for it. Not many people are cut from the same cloth as me. I can’t judge people, because they are not as evolved. I just have to stay away from them. Allison Kugel: Would you say you are outside the “matrix?” Dame Dash: I think I’m more aware. I don’t know why, but I’ve had a heightened level of awareness of self-worth since the day I was born. I know I come from a royal lineage, and I just know I’m meant to be a king and treated like one, and a real king fights for his love. What comes with being a king is not just reaping the fruits, it’s fighting for it. Allison Kugel: What are your thoughts on what happened with the Astroworld Music Festival tragedy? Do you think that would have happened in the music business of twenty years ago? Dame Dash: It did happen twenty years ago. It happened with Puff at the CCNY Charity basketball game put on by Puff and Heavy D in 1991, and I was there. Seven people died, they got smothered. I saw that happen. I actually lost friends in situations like that. I don’t know the homeboy (Travis Scott), and I can’t blame anybody because I don’t know enough about it, but those things have happened, yes, and I’ve been a part of those kinds of tragedies. I’ve seen what it looks like to see people get smothered in the confusion and the chaos that comes with it. I actually know what it feels like to be in that situation, but I was up in the stands, so I got in early, but they all got stuck in the staircase and shit. I lost my friend. Her name was Dawn and she died at that basketball game. Life is so unpredictable, how something that is supposed to be a dream turns into a nightmare. That is why you have to be conscience of things. I would not have had children there. I would not have brought my kids to that festival, that is one thing I would not have done. When I hear about children being there, I think, “Why was a nine-year-old there in the first place?” Allison Kugel: I know, but I feel so terrible to put shame on a parent that is already grieving the loss of a child. You know what I mean? Dame Dash: I’m not putting shame. No shame. Nothing but compassion, but at the end of the day, please don’t take your children, during Covid, to a concert where there are a bunch of adults you know who are going to be getting high. That doesn’t make logical sense. I feel sorry for every single person that had to experience that. What happened thirty years ago still sticks with me. Whether I got affected or not, I got affected. I lost people and I saw people lose their lives. Allison Kugel: Would you say you had PTSD from your experience? Dame Dash: I still have it. I have it from a lot of things. That is why I talk to a therapist and I have a show on my network called Healing is Gangsta. I have had a lot of trauma that I had to deal with. Being from this culture is traumatizing. Being a woman and in this culture must be doubly traumatizing. People think it’s normal, and it’s not. You can’t let your normal be unhappy or being uncomfortable. For me, if I’m bothered, I want answers right now. I’m not internalizing anything, because it causes cancer. If we have stress that we are internalizing it is going to make us sick inside. I couldn’t imagine not having enough courage to speak exactly what I’m feeling honestly, every time I feel it. If I had to hold everything in that I’m feeling, I would be miserable. That is the reason I’m so happy, because there is nothing but honest words coming out of my mouth. Watch the full interview Listen to the extended interview with Damon Dash on the Allison Interviews Podcast at Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and watch on YouTube. Follow Allison Kugel on Instagram @theallisonkugel and at allisoninterviews.com. Watch the groundbreaking documentary film, They’re Trying to Kill Us, featuring interview commentary by Damon Dash about communities of color and health. Tune in to Dame Dash Studios content streaming on Fox Soul every Saturday at 7pm ET/4pm PT. Follow on Instagram @duskopoppington and @raquelmhorn.

On Monday, Dec. 20 at 7 p.m., Dustin Robinson, Esq. CPA, will present his monthly Psychedelic Series at Soho Beach House Miami. The panel will feature Jay Godfrey, co-founder of Nushama Psychedelic Wellness, and Dr. Scott Fisher, advisory board member of Iter Investments. Robinson is Founding Partner of Mr. Cannabis Law – a full service law firm focused on the cannabis and psychedelic industries; Co-Founder of Mr. Psychedelic Law – a non-profit focused on psychedelic legal reform; and Managing Principal of Iter Investments – a venture capital firm deploying capital across the psychedelic ecosystem. Godfrey is a co-founder of Nushama Psychedelic Wellness – a network of legal psychedelic wellness clinics to treat depression, anxiety, PTSD, opioid addictions, alcoholism, OCD, eating disorders and other ailments of the spirit. His fascination and exploration into the therapeutic benefits of plant medicine came with realization that three years of traditional talk therapy was insufficient to get to the root of his stress. After working with physicians, shamans, reading dozens of books and research papers, and talking with thought leaders in the psychedelic ecosystem, he felt the gravitational pull to help others in similar situations. Nushama was born out of Godfrey’s desire to partner with the most experienced physicians and business minds to create novel treatment alternatives and build the infrastructure for the future of psychedelic medicine. Dr. Fisher is an advisory board member of Iter Investments. He is a psychiatrist and Lead Facilitator at Segal Clinical Trials for the Usona Institute sponsored PSIL201, a study of the effectiveness of a single dose of psilocybin for the treatment of major depressive disorder. He is one of the few licensed psychiatrists in the world who has completed a certificate in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy at an accredited institution of higher learning, the California Institute of Integral Studies. Dr. Fisher has completed the MAPS Certificate of Training for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. He also has experience offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, a form of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. He currently serves as a scientific and psychiatric advisor on two different advisory boards for major players in the psychedelic medicine space, offering advice on how psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is likely to roll out and be used in a medical system that currently is not well-adapted to such a novel and revolutionary form of mental health treatment. Moderated by Robinson, each private monthly panel features experts in the psychedelics space from CEOs, doctors, lawyers and celebrities. Past panelists include NBA Champion Lamar Odom, Stanley Cup champion Daniel Carcillo, Psilera Bioscience CEO Chris Witowski, PhD, Silo Wellness CEO Douglas K. Gordon, Michelle Weiner, DO, MPH, and others.

Micah Johnson, Pusha-T, Jerome LaMaar, Kehlani, Aleali May, AJ Mitchell, Haleek Maul, Savannah James, Matt James, Rachael Kirkconnell, Jackson Myles, Yasmine Petty, Kah-Lo and more friends and collaborators across art, music, fashion and tech to celebrate the opening of Aku World: Miami and its star Aku, the digital explorer and crypto-native NFT IP created by artist and former MLB player Micah Johnson. Aku World: Miami is Aku's first introduction to the physical world and brings friends and collaborators spanning from leaders in cryptocurrency, NFT creators, art curators and collectors, fashion and streetwear icons, A-list musicians, and Hollywood execs together in one space to explore NFTs from a range of perspectives with real world conversations that bridge the gap between crypto and mainstream culture. Over three days of programming from 12.2-12.4, Micah Johnson (Creator of Aku) will be joined by: Summer Watson (President, Vol. 1; Exec Producer, Aku World: Miami) Clint Kisker (Co-Founder, Madison Wells Media) Amanda Hendy (Venture Investor) Pusha-T (Musician) Kehlani (Musician) AJ Mitchell (Musician) Aleali May (Style Consultant, Model and Designer) Jérôme LaMaar, (them/them) (Creative Director, Designer and Stylist) Cuy Sheffield (VP, Head of Crypto, Visa) Meltem Demirors (Chief Strategy Officer, CoinShares) Ros Gold-Onwude (Sports Broadcaster, ESPN) Roham Gharegozlou (CEO, Dapper Labs) Kevin Kelly (Co-Founder of Delphi Digital & Partner at Delphi Ventures) Packy McCormick (Founder and Author, Not Boring Newsletter) Sirsu (Designer and Mixed Media Artist) Latashá Alcindor (Artist Community Lead, ZORA) Roger Dickerman (Founder, Artifex Project) Danny Gonzalez (Member of Aku Community) Joel Scinta (Member of Aku Community) Scott Melker (Host, The Wolf of All Streets Podcast) Ronnie K. Pirovino (Art Collector, Curator and Appraiser) Sophia Cohen (Sales Associate and Artist Liaison, Gagosian) Mike Spitz (Founder & CEO, Vol. 1) Haleek Maul (Musician) Hugo Renaudin (Co-Founder and CEO of P00LS) SassyBlack (Catherine Harris-White) (Musical Artist) Kiri Hart (Film Executive, Writer and Producer) Stephen Feder (Film and TV Producer) Logan Coles (Writer, Producer and Director) James Williams (Partner, Arent Fox LLP) The visually-stunning, multilayered event showcases the otherworldly dimension of Aku and allow guests to step out of reality and into the metaverse through carefully curated exhibits that blur the lines between NFT technology and IRL experiences: Unique NFTs: Through a partnership with leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX US, attendees will be able to sign up for their own crypto wallet, collect NFTs throughout the space via hidden QR codes, and purchase digital artworks by legendary 3D artist, Raf Grassetti, as well as unique Aku digital works FTX Minting Room: Top-tier ticket holders will have exclusive access to the Minting Room presented by FTX US, where they can create their own 4D-scanned avatar that lives within the Aku universe and mint them into NFTs, which they can later trade, sell or display in their digital wallets. Aku’s Merch Room: Attendees can shop on-site via the Merch Room, which will host three days of exclusive merch collaborations with VIP guest collaborators Pusha-T, Jérôme LaMaar and Aleali May, with each day dedicated to a single limited time, limited edition collection, available for pre-order at the event and online. PORTL, the holoportation and NFT hologram showcase leader, will present the merchandise in four epic hologram units. Aku’s Collection: Aku’s Collection, curated by Art Angels, will tell more of Aku’s story through an art installation for guests to explore and interact with. A special curation of young Black artists including Jade Yasmeen, Asiko, Floyd Strickland, and Solomon Omogboye will be exhibited alongside two new original paintings by Micah Johnson, as well as three screen prints by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Guests will have the opportunity to view and purchase original artworks on-site. Aku’s Helmet: Conceptualized by renowned creative and experiential studio MATTE Projects, the 30,000 square foot space will house a futuristic lifesize art installation of Aku’s Helmet, where guests can experience three otherworldly dimensions of Aku. Blue Room: The Blue Room will host daily panel sessions and conversations led by leaders in art, fashion, music and crypto. The Patio: The Patio will provide food and beverage activations throughout the three day event. Conceived by Micah Johnson in February 2021, Aku has since become the first NFT to be optioned for film and television projects and is the first NFT to travel to space. Aku is a conduit to empower the next generation of explorers and dreamers. WHEN / WHERE: December 2-4, 2021 Open daily from 12-7 PM Wynwood Arts 29 95 NW 29th St. Miami, FL 33127 For more information please visit aku.world By ML Staff. Images courtesy of Aku World

Arca, a leading supplier of natural stone, hosted an event and an exhibition during Art Basel Miami Beach at their Superflex Studio & Esrawe Studio-designed Wynwood Showroom and Gallery on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021.Co-Hosted by David Grutman with guests including Pharrell Williams, Adam Levine and his wife Behati Prinsloo, Joe Jonas, artist JR, and Isabel Grutman. Participating artists include Hauser & Wirth’s Stefan Brüggemann; Masa Gallery artists including Ewe Studio, Brian Thoreen, Mario García Torres, and Adeline de Monseignat; and OMR arists Gabriel Rico and Jorge Méndez Blake. A special menu was created by Chef Gabriela Cámara of Mexico City’s Contramar and Casa Dragones provided the specialty tequila cocktails. No stranger to working with architects, artists, and designers, Arca has commissioned new works by established and emerging Mexican artists using their marble to present during Design Miami and Art Basel. “Natural stone is a material where there is a lot of variation; we are a company whose DNA is focused on helping artists, designers, and architects achieve their visions,” says Founder and CEO Gerardo Jose Cortina Wiechers. Arca’s current collaborators span an array of designers, architects, and developers, including Ashley Stark, Cara Woodhouse, James Perse, and Meyer Davis. Artist Stefan Brüggemann will unveil his Eroded Paintings series for the first time in front of the Superflex and Esrawe Studio-designed Arca showroom in Wynwood. Eroded Paintings draws on the natural phenomena of sedimentation and erosion to explore environmental and semiotic pollution. The paintings are a series of marble slabs, each engraved with Brüggemann’s poem, ‘Eroded Language,’ which have been spray-painted with the day’s headlines on the subject of climate change, in a process of sedimentation and layering that both obscures and reveals the meaning of our present climate. Marble, formed through a process of sedimentation, is subject to the almost invisible process of erosion. “The stone appears to be static but we know that to be false. It is always in motion, undergoing a very gradual process of transformation that is not so much destructive as it is a process of becoming. This vitality lurking in that which is often thought to be the epitome of inertia and stone alerts us to the agency of that larger mass of stone and earth underfoot. The geological pace of change that we have been used to is giving way to an accelerated reality a sour planet begins to change before our very eyes, ”states Brüggemann. OMR is a leading contemporary art gallery in Mexico City, founded by Patricia Ortiz Monasterio and Jaime Riestra. The gallery will present new works by artists Gabriel Rico and Jorge Méndez Blake. Gabriel Rico lives and works in Guadalajara and his work is characterized by the interrelation of seemingly disparate objects. A self-proclaimed “ontologist with a heuristic methodology,” the artist pairs found, collected, and manufactured objects to create sculptures that invite viewers to reflect on the relationship between humans and our natural environment. Rico frequently uses neon, taxidermy, ceramics, branches and personal pieces from his past to create an equation or formulation. Jorge Méndez Blake draws connections between literature and the visual arts through assemblage, drawing, and environmental interventions. “I think I tend toward the quotation, rather than toward the creation of new writing,” he says. “I prefer to be quoting others constantly.” He manipulates classic literature by drawing it into the gallery space, assembling pages and quotations into installations. MASA is a nomadic gallery blurring the line between art and design. Founded in Mexico City by curator and creative director Age Salajõe, designers Héctor Esrawe, and Brian Thoreen, along with collectors Roberto Diaz Sesma and Isaac Bissu, Masa will present new works by Ewe Studio, Brian Thoreen, Adeline de Monseignat, and Mario García Torres. About Arca Wynwood: Encased in a work of art by Superflex, Arca Wynwood presents a design center with a gallery-like experience designed by Esrawe Studio. Crossing through the colorful exterior art piece, one enters a collection of natural and technological materials and cultural activations. “Unlike its colorful façade, the interior is designed as a neutral space to shift the focus onto the material collections. Arca Wynwood is presented as a museum-grade experience where the materials are showcased as unique works of nature, creating an opportunity for visitors to have an interactive, sensory experience with Arca’s products” says Hector Esrawe. Arca Founder & CEO Gerardo Jose Cortina Wiechers elaborates, “We wanted to provide a space for designers, architects, artists and builders to learn, be inspired, and create. Arca Wynwood offers a new way for customers to select materials by first exploring their nature, origin, and potential.” By ML Staff. Images courtesy of ARCA