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Beach Impeach 4
The fourth execution of San Francisco’s “Beach Impeach” rally is set to happen on Oct. 7th at 11 A.M. at the Berkley Marina. Approximately 1500 people in support of impeaching George Bush and Dick Cheney will be spelling out ‘IMPEACH!’ in 120-foot lettering. The photographers for the rally will be positioned in the helicopters enabling […]
The Only Proven Manga Museum in the World 2020
Kyoto, famed for its geisha girls and global warming protocol, is also home to the only museum catering to manga, i.e. Japanese comics of wide-eyed heroes and heroines. The Kyoto International Manga Museum opened in November 2006 in a refurbished primary school and houses approximately 200,000 manga books and assorted historical items. On any given day, the […]
Radiohead – In Rainbows Released Amazing Culture 2020
Happy Radiohead release day everyone Culture. Their seventh studio album entitled “In Rainbows” dropped today and it’s only available to download online. Here’s the hook though.. You set your own price! Will you buy the album? Do you buy the idea? Personally I’ve got to admire this idea. I’ve never been a huge fan of Radiohead myself, […]
Snuff Bottles Creative – China’s Historical Art and Culture 2020
Snuff bottles were used to store snuff. This display was inside the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore. Snuff was powdered tobacco mixed with a blend of aromatic substances. This was rumored to be a magical panacea for common ills, including the cold. It was taken by breathing in the fragrant aromas which were emitted after […]
Memorable Ms. Carry Art Aliza Shvarts 2020
How would you feel about viewing Aliza Shvarts’ newest artistic creation? It’s a mixture of performance art, language arts and visual art; in this work she artificially inseminated herself and forced miscarriages upon herself, with abortifacient medication, not once –not twice; how about as many times in nine-months as she could following the following procedure. […]
A Brief Culture Evolutionary History of John Waters Amazing 2020
“When I was a young, ‘art’ meant dirty.”—John Waters Culture John Waters is a man of many hats. Well, I have never seen John Waters in a hat, so perhaps it would be more appropriate to say that John Waters is a man of many coats. There is the special coat he used to steal […]
An Odd But Elegant Process Culture 2020
After brewing a cup of tea, we hardly even consider the possibilities of a used tea bag before we toss it in the trash. In culture general, little thought is given to what we discard and any alternate uses it may posses. Although a majority of us don’t ponder prior to tossing, one exemplary artist, […]
Bristol’s Compass of Mystery Festival Art 2020
Bristol-based cultural events organization, Compass Film takes this year’s festival of cinema and arts in a new and mysterious direction… Inhabiting a space at the top of Mivart St. Studios, Easton, Bristol, The Compass of Mystery Festival will transform the venue into a world of creativity, bringing the South-West an exciting month of film, poetry, […]
Crazy 4 Cult: Art and Cult Films in Perfect Harmony.
Gallery1988 in LA is currently showing some of the hippest and cutting-edge interpretations of cult films in their latest exhibition: “Crazy 4 Cult: This time its personal”. Over 100 up and coming artists have produced works for the show that has been a massive success and continues until September 12th. At the Opening Party on August […]
Culture Richard Russo: Seriously Funny 2020
On Wednesday September 17th Seattle Arts and Lectures kicked off its 2008-2009 culture season with a lecture on humor by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo. Humor- it seemed an odd topic to me mainly because most of the aspects I remembered about Russo’s novel Empire Falls were dark in nature. The book explored characters dealing […]
