Just got info about the peace-oriented event from my friend Otenth Paderborn. This Sunday, August 26, from 12-3PM, there will be an Opening Reception for the Caledon Peace Society Sunday at Caledon SteamSkyCity/117/91 (teleport SLURL): The Caledon Peace Society is established to provide a venue for discussion of issues of peace and conflict. While many…
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Global Kids create “best practices in education” Moo cards
GK-bestpractice-moo-8 Originally uploaded by Holy Meatballs The youth empowerment group Global Kids, in preparation for the Second Life Community Convention coming up this weekend in Chicago, have created a cool set of 12 Moo cards illustrating "Best Practices in Using Second Life for Real World Education." They are all great tips that SL…
Knight Foundation offers up to $5 million for the next killer community media app
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced the second year of their "Knight News Challenge," awarding up to $5 million to projects that use new media to deliver news and information to a particular geographic community. Last year they funded a range of interesting projects, from open source software to video blogs…
Schedule for Non-profit / Philanthropy “thread” at SLCC available
For those of you coming to the Second Life Community Convention this weekend in Chicago who are interested in following the non-profit / philanthropy thread, there’s a convenient non-profit schedule, posted by Joyce at Global Kids. Here are the main events in a nutshell: Saturday, August 25 10:00am-11:00am Keynote by Connie Yowell, Director of Education…
Nathan’s Chow Mein Sandwich? WTF?
Cindy, our friends Amy and Megan, and I met up at Coney Island today for some fun and relaxation by the water. Standing on the long, long ordering line at Nathan’s Famous, I spied a very strange food item among the hot dogs, fries, and burgers — Chicken Chow Mein, in both sandwich and bowl…
Nicky the Jazz Cat : jazzy kitty cuteness overload
Someone unknown benefactor left this children’s book, Nicky the Jazz Cat, at Cindy’s place a couple of weeks ago, much to our delight. It’s a fun series of photos of Nicky, the cat of photographer Carol Friedman, posing with various jazz greats, including Lionel Hampton, Lena Horn and Roy Eldridge. There’s also a companion CD…
Japanese earthquake relief concert today in SL
On July 16, 2007 an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted a wide area on the west coast of Honshu Island, killing nine people, injuring more than 900 others and destroying about 780 homes. A relief effort live concert is being held, the funds collected going to the Japanese Emergency Relief Effort at furumachi…
Dinah Washington at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival
Check this amazing video of Dinah Washington singing "All of Me" at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. From the incredible documentary "Jazz on a Summer’s Day."
Italian lindy hop stars Isabella & Vincenzo (video)
Here’s a brief teaser video I did for the Yehoodi Talk Show special edition from the Herrang Dance Camp. I chat with Italian lindy hop instructors Vincenzo and Isabella. Isabella recounts a painful / hilarious story about how she broke her nose while social dancing. Head to http://www.yehoodi.com/talk if you’d like watch the entire…
Excellent article on “Who Controls the Media”
Lefty magazine Toward Freedom has a good summary of the major challenges in the media justice cause in the article "Who Controls the Media and How to Take It Back" by Megan Tady. It scans some of the most pressing problems with the media today, including: the highly concentrated ownership of mainstream media, the fight…