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Salvage Supperclub
Read more: Salvage SupperclubLast month, a graduate student by the name of Josh Treuhaft set up the Salvage Supperclub in New York City—an establishment where diners pay US$50 to eat a six course meal made from food scraps salvaged from the dumpster. Chefs…
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Jews for Palestinian Right of Return
Read more: Jews for Palestinian Right of ReturnJews For Palestinian Right of Return January 1, 2013 “For Palestinians, the right to return home and the right to live in dignity and equality in their own land are not any less important than the right to live free…
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Above’s Blood Diamond
Read more: Above’s Blood DiamondAfrica has had a devastating history of blood diamond wars. Blood diamond refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and then sold to finance an invading army’s war efforts, usually in Africa where more than two-thirds of the…
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John Luther Adams: Inuksuit – A Border-Crossing Presentation
Read more: John Luther Adams: Inuksuit – A Border-Crossing PresentationThe San Diego Symphony performs John Luther Adams piece “Inuksuit” at the U.S.-Mexico border. Premiered in the Canadian Rockies, John Luther Adams’s outdoor masterpiece, Inuksuit, is a mirror of the landscape in which it is performed. We’ll play the piece…
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India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivor
Read more: India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivorA new comic book with a female rape survivor as its “super hero” has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India. Priya’s Shakti, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of Priya, a…
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UndocuNation gathers artists at International House
Read more: UndocuNation gathers artists at International HouseUndocuNation, a performance and visual art conglomeration, took place this past Friday at International House. The Center for Race and Gender at Berkeley, CultureStr/ke, and the Theater and Dance Performance Studies department here at UC Berkeley helped put on the…
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Untitled
Read more: UntitledIn May 1992, a series of 24 billboards displaying an identical image began appearing throughout New York City. They featured a giant close-up black-and-white photograph, without text, of a rumpled bed, pillows still indented from the heads that had rested…
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Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque
Read more: Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueChlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueYou’ve never taken a sex-ed class like this one!First performed in the 2009 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, followed by a run in Washington, DC in 2010, and in New York in 2012, CHLAMYDIA DELL’ARTE: A SEX-ED BURLESQUE is…
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Veterans Peace Team, face to face with police on May Day
Read more: Veterans Peace Team, face to face with police on May DayUnlike some of Occupy Wall Street’s iconic actions in recent months, May Day did not include a scene of mass arrest. Several dozen arrests were scattered throughout the day and night during various marches and actions. But, as never before in…
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Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in Seville
Read more: Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in SevilleHorror stories about treacherous boat journeys from Africa to the Mediterranean far too often make headline news. The men, women and children fleeing their homes to start a new life in Europe become faceless numbers in the media, and are…
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In Tamir Rice’s death, artists found inspiration to carry on his legacy
Read more: In Tamir Rice’s death, artists found inspiration to carry on his legacySamaria Rice, left, and Terrence Spivey welcome the crowd at the Tamir Rice Sweet 16 event to raise funds for a new youth oriented cultural center Thursday, June 14th, 2018, at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo…
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Platform
Read more: Platform“As of October 2009, Retznei boasts a new centre. In the middle of the square the black contours of a concrete surface stand out, reminiscent of the shape of a pond. If you step on the Platform, you notice that…