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Live From the Grand Lodge brooklyn | usa
So I'm down at the main Con Ed office looking to pay my power bill. As I have a bike and hate the idea of wasting forty cents when I can get the arrow to the target faster on my own, it just made more sense. I just happened to forget what time of the day it was. Lunchtime. The place was packed! more
A couple of years ago, I met Blek Le Rat, AKA Xavier Prou, at a private view in London – his private view. While we had a little language issue – his English is about as good as my French – I couldn’t help but to like the guy. He had this cheeky glint, as if he were permanently amused. And who could blame him? There was some heavy action going on at the view; I have never seen such a serious amount of sales. The gallery could hardly keep up with demand.More
Iranian Bloggers Write Letters to Christ
tehran | iran
It may seem surreal, but several Muslim bloggers have written letters to Jesus Christ in their blogs complaining about Western insults against Muslims, and particularly Dutch MP Geert Wilders‘ anti-Islamic film, Fitna. Meanwhile, young Islamist Basij paramilitaries demonstrated in front of the Netherlands embassy in Tehran condemning Wilders' film. more
While reading a Newsweek interview on the recently named 2008 Pulitzer prize winner, Junot Diaz (the Domican wonderkid who I've had the pleasure to work with at the writer's workshop for people of color VONA a couple of years ago), about life since penning his award-winning debut novel, The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,
I happened into this interesting little article on the history of Adidas and Puma sneaker empire: More
Designed in support of National Crime Victims Rights Awareness Week and now in its second year, Violence Transformed represents a unique collaboration among artists, activists, museum professionals, academics, and community service providers working in the greater Boston area. We share a belief in the transformative power of art and art making, and in artists’ ability to confront, mediate and challenge the prevalence of violence in contemporary society. Violence Transformed celebrates the diversity of visual cultures engaging with issues of political, sexual, domestic, and community violence that exist in New England.
