My friend Amy has a neat article in the Poughkeepsie Journal about the real estate market in Second Life that I have a couple of quotes in. It’s a good summary of how real estate works in virtual worlds from a variety of perspectives — land owner, home owner, university, and non-profit. And she managed…
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Atlanta-based hip-hop band AFAR at Jazz at Lincoln Center yesterday!
I got to catch the Atlanta-based hip-hop band AFAR at Jazz at Lincoln Center yesterday afternoon, which was as amazing as I’d hoped it would be. They were performing the tail end of their world tour sponsored by the US State Department and Lincoln Center called "The Rhythm Road." I got some cool shots of…
Cherry Blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
My friends Swifty, Rafi, Jessica and I converged on the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens very early this morning to catch the magnificent cherry blossoms in peak bloom, before the madding crowds converge this weekend for the Sakura Matsuri festival. It was a lot colder and rainier than we would have liked. But nonetheless it was awesome…
Atalanta hip-hop band AFAR performing free concert at Lincoln Center this Saturday!
For the past few months I’ve had in frequent rotation on my iTunes the album by Atlanta-based hip-hop band AFAR. As far as I’m concerned, AFAR has got the complete package with tight melodies, clever MCing, driving beats, and live instrumentation. They even have a political conscience — check this song they did on the…
Brooklyn Museum’s Japan obsession?
So I just found out that the May 3rd "First Saturday" program at the Brooklyn Museum will again focus on the arts and culture of Japan. This immediately follows their April "First Saturday" program, which also focused on Japan, particularly anime art. So Brooklyn Museum has chosen to focus on Japan for two months in…
Demo of “B-Boy” video game for the Playstation2 & PSP at NY Comic Con
At the 2008 New York Comic Con, I got Will Phillips of SouthPeak Games to do a quick demo of the new breakdance video game "B-Boy," coming out this summer for the PSP and Playstation2. Looks pretty sweet, although I’m not really sure how appealing the game is once the thrill of pretend breakdancing fades. …
Straightening the gravestones at the Quaker Cemetery
Just had a wonderful day at the Quaker Cemetery in Prospect Park, a lovely acre of largely untouched land that we have possessed for 150 years to house our dead. Quakers traditionally have very simple graveyards, with modest, largely unadorned gravestones indicating where the cremated remains lie, and that’s about it. There are no mausoleums,…
Reminder: Breakdance performance next Thursday!
By Nima Farsinejad, used with permission. Just a reminder that next Thursday, April 17 my breakdance performance class will be performing as part of the PMT Spring Dance Showcase in Manhattan. It’s a really fun hip-hop routine, with lots of neat comic moments, some cool power moves, and slick choreography. We’ve been practicing several nights…
The Global Kids’ Annual Conference: drum circles, spoken word, dance and politics
Click to Play So every year, Global Kid’s brings together 500-600 young people from all around the New York area to its Annual Conference. Perhaps it’s more correct to say that every year, teenagers from Global Kids programs invite us to their conference. Because the kids really run the whole show: from deciding on the…
“Undesirable Elements” performing at Global Kids’ Annual Conference today
Click to Play Here’s a video snippet of the Global Kids’ sponsored performance group "Undesirable Elements" doing their thing at the Global Kids Annual Conference today at Baruch College in NYC. I love that I work for an organization that supports this kind of youth-centric expression and energy. More videos: More "Undesireable Elements" footage "Absolute…