• Hair Consultation
• Scalp Massage
• Shampoo & Conditioning Treatment
• Twist-Out Style
• Latin-inspired Hors d’oeuvres by Abba-Cole Catering
  
• Caipirinhas made with Leblon Natural Cane Cachaca
• Back Massage by Just 1 Touch
• Gift Bags filled with Anu Essentials, Curls, Jane Carter Solutions, Hair Rules! and Mizani!

About Khamit Kinks:
For over twenty-one years Khamit Kinks has reigned as one of the top natural hair care salons in New York City. The salon has a roster of loyal clients and high-profile devotees that have included Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, Terry McMillan, Angela Bassett, Lenny Kravitz, Queen Latifah and many others. Known for introducing some of today’s most popular natural hair styles—Senegalese Twists, Goddess Braids, Trini Braids and Baby Curl Twist—their images have graced the cover of Essence magazine and interior pages of Sophisticate’s Black Hair, as well as for television shows such as The View and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.

About Maya Azucena:
Visit: Mayaazucena.com
Brooklyn singer/songwriter Maya Azucena believes that music is a tool for healing and activism, and supports humanitarian causes with her voice.  Recently a Grammy winner for her duet on Stephen Marley’s “Reggae Album of the Year,” named Best Alternative Artist by AllHipHop.com, winner for three awards including Best Female Vocal in the international competition for ABC Radio Network’s Fame Games EFFIGY Awards, and two-time nominee for Best Female Vocalist of the Year at the Reader’s Choice Soul Tracks Awards; Azucena has shared bills with an impressive list of new and legendary artists such as Roberta Flack, Roy Ayers, Vernon Reid, Stephen Marley, Joss Stone, Leon Ware, Nona Hendryx, Richard Bona, J*Davey, Jaguar Wright, Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, Big Daddy Kane, Immortal Technique, Isley Brothers, Gladys Knight, Mayer Hawthorne, Anthony Hamilton, Platinum Pied Pipers, and John Legend. Among many, many benefits, Maya sang on Washington DC's historic Mall at the Save Darfur Rally against genocide in the Sudan, in solidarity with national activists and celebrities such as Barack Obama, Al Sharpton, John Prendergast, Russell Simmons and George Clooney.  She has toured extensively in the U.S., as well as throughout Europe and Croatia where her recording collaboration with Croatian super star, Gibonni, garnered two Croatian Grammys.

Maya was commissioned to write two original songs for IFC documentary Lockdown USA; has contributed music to Emmy-winning UN documentarian Lisa Russell’s latest film “Not Yet Rain,” regarding the advancement of Women’s Health laws and reproductive rights in Ethiopia; was invited two years in a row to be the official post-race entertainment at the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in NYC's Central Park; and produced Hope Night, a concert night of domestic abuse awareness which brought together four nonprofit organizations, and included NY's Governor David Paterson as a one of the speakers.  Maya and “Hope Night” earned a Proclamation from the House of Representatives.  Her most recent production, Dance For Brooklyn brought together a community of Brooklyn dancers and artisans with her band, and was attended by Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke, who announced the show.

In the Spring of 2008, Maya and her band did a 5-week US State Department-sponsored tour of Burma, China, Philippines and Sri Lanka, as part of The Rhythm Road/American Music Abroad program, and another US State department sponsored tour of Honduras and El Salvador in November 2009, at the direct invitation of the US Embassies. Maya and her group did concerts, national press, as well as music workshops in an effort to create cultural exchange.  Based upon tours of this nature, Maya was invited by The White Housein early January to a breakfast celebrating the Global Cultural Initiative. Most recently, Maya has partnered with Emmy-winning director, Lisa Russell, on a campaign to raise greater awareness and resources for worldwide Women’s Health.  They will found an interactive website that brings international artists and relevant creative content together with activists in local communities, in support of the cause.  The site, www.MDGFive.com, reflects an initiative by the UN to improve eight major points of poverty known as the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), maternal health being MDG #5.

As Performing Songwriter Magazine puts it: "Maya Who?! won't be a question people ask for long."

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

· Grammy Award for collaboration with Stephen Marley on Mind Control, Best Reggae Album of the Year
· 40 Under Forty Achievement Award: The Network Journal’s 13th Annual list of outstanding business, leadership, and community service
· Best Female Vocal: ABC Radio Network’s Fame Games EFFIGY Awards
· Best Female Vocalist nominee: Soul Tracks Readers Choice Awards
· Album of the Year nominee: Soul Tracks Readers Choice Awards
· Best Live Performer of the Year: Agape Indie Soul Awards
· Best Alternative Artist of the Year: AllHipHop.com

PRESS QUOTES:

“…storytelling lyrics and soulful, soaring vocals.” – Billboard Magazine

“...like Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack.” – NY Post

“...soul superstar in the making” – SoulTracks.com (World’s #1 soul website)

“...a remarkable new singer” – Recording Magazine

“...voice is so sensuous and sultry...with inspirational themes.” – Washington Post

“Armed with a powerfully compelling voice...” – Village Voice

MAYA AZUCENA BAND “has the power to ‘penetrate blocks’ and to touch people from different cultural backgrounds.” - Chinese newspaper, April 2008

Photograph of Maya by 24K Photography