Projects tagged
Natural Resources & Energy
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Wirikuta Fest
Read more: Wirikuta FestIt was a long time coming – but it was worth the wait. Nearly two years ago, more than a dozen of Mexico’s biggest performing artists came together in a mega-event aimed at saving Wirikuta, one of the country’s most…
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Rockers Unite for Haiti Benefits
Read more: Rockers Unite for Haiti BenefitsJay-Z rapped alongside side Bono, the Edge and Rihanna; Coldplay’s Chris Martin moonlighted as Beyoncé’s piano player; Justin Timberlake covered Leonard Cohen — and those performances, from January 22nd’s multinetwork, $66 million-grossing telethon for Haitian earthquake victims, were just the…
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A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas
Read more: A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas“A Night of Philosophy and Ideas is a thinker’s lollapalooza. The free, 12-hour weekend lyceum at the Brooklyn Public Library includes spirited debate, live music, theater, performance art pieces, and film screenings. At any given hour, five or six different…
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Monopoly
Read more: MonopolyMonopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well in a game of Monopoly, the bestselling board game that…
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The Democracy Wall in Carroll Gardens
Read more: The Democracy Wall in Carroll GardensThe “Democracy Wall” in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York was established in 2009. This wall is a long-term, community art activist project that is part wall mural, part past information archive. The project features paintings, photographs, newspaper…
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Occupation of Alcatraz Island
Read more: Occupation of Alcatraz IslandThe beacon flashed incessantly. On. Off. On again. Like some sort of traffic light gone crazy, it pierced the thick nighttime mist hovering over San Francisco Bay. The light sent a message five miles across the dark waters from Ghirardelli…
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Bread and Puppet Theater
Read more: Bread and Puppet TheaterThe Bread and Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side. Besides rod-puppet and hand puppet shows for children, the concerns of the first productions were rents, rats, police, and other problems…
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Why Prince is a Powerful Example of Artistic Activism
Read more: Why Prince is a Powerful Example of Artistic ActivismFrom calling out poverty in his lyrics to his support of coding, the legendary artist pushed the world to care about more than music. With the sudden, tragic passing of Prince on Thursday, people are taking to social media to…
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Camión / Galeria de Arte “Gente de Corabastos”
Read more: Camión / Galeria de Arte “Gente de Corabastos”Se sacuden la desconfianza y entran al camión. En él no hay frutas, ni verduras, ni carnes. El piso, igual que el techo y las paredes están inmaculadas y pintadas de blanco. Solo ellos y algunos compañeros inmortalizados en fotos…
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Wake Up Masoala
Read more: Wake Up MasoalaIn an endeavor to raise awareness at the local and international level, Razia organized the Mifohaza Masoala (Wake Up Masoala) music and environmental festival, which took place at the edge of the Masoala Rainforest in October 2011. The concert featured…