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Styles of Imagination fashion show set for NBA All-Star Weekend

Kristen S. Sykes

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Styles of Imagination fashion show is scheduled to take place during NBA All-Star Weekend.

The event is 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19. NBA All-Star events take place Feb. 18-20, with the game on Sunday, Feb. 20.

The show – hosted by veteran Cleveland fashion designer Diane Linston – is set to take place at Embassy Suites, 3775 Park East Dr., Beachwood.

Emcee is scheduled to be radio personality Rickey Smiley.

Linston – who owns boutiques in Cleveland and Beachwood – is bringing in more than a dozen designers from all over the world to showcase their collections. From Atlanta to Africa and many from Cleveland, designers cover a range of locations and styles, including:

• Jonathan Anderson, Puerto Rico

• Hiari Strong, Atlanta

• Willette Battle, Huntsville, Alabama

• Theresa Jones, Milwaukee

• Kayla Wright, Visions of Drama

• Natural Roots Collection

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Online Shopping
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New COVID stimulus checks are coming in 2022 to some US workers

Kristen S. Sykes
New COVID stimulus checks are coming in 2022 to some US workers

New COVID stimulus checks are coming in 2022 to some US workers

Almost two years after the start of the pandemic, some of the hardest-hit workers in essential industries are in line for some new federal help for their expenses when they worked through the crisis.

Many had to dip into their own pockets to pay for employment essentials, including protective equipment and child care. The government has announced up to $700 million in financial relief — essentially a new type of stimulus check. The payments will be targeted to eligible applicants.

Those who qualify will have the chance to cover household expenses or pay down debt — and you’ll need to apply in 2022.

Funding for essential workers who keep America fed

Workers handle meat packing shipment at plant.

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Farm and meatpacking plant workers will be able to receive money through a new Farm and Food Workers Relief grant program, announced this

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Fashion & Shopping
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‘Beauty is a brand new space’: OPI teams up with Xbox for global nail polish collab

Kristen S. Sykes

On Tuesday, global nail brand OPI launched a product collaboration with Xbox, strengthening the notion that 2022 will be a banner year for all things gaming in the beauty world.

The collaboration consists of a 12-shade range of polishes with game-inspired names like “Pixel Dust” (shimmery dusty pink) and “Sage Simulation” (sage green). Through January, the complete collection will be exclusively available at Ulta Beauty in the U.S. It will roll out globally to other major retailers like Target.com and Amazon in February. This is the first gaming collab for OPI, though the brand has a long history of unique collaborations, including with Hollywood films. As 2021 closed out with gaming, the metaverse, and NFTs taking the central stage in beauty marketing, the collaboration suggests that the momentum will continue this year.

“Several OPI staffers are avid gamers, and we’ve been watching the world of gaming expand its audience

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