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Room available in my awesome Fort Greene apartment

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

Just a reminder that I am still seeking a roommate to share my lovely two-bedroom apartment in Fort Greene, Brooklyn starting on July 1st.  Tell them what they get, Don Pardo! A goodly sized furnished, two-bedroom pad in a modern apartment complex Full kitchen with gas range, oven, dishwasher Access to several major subway lines…

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Final stages of “Discovered” — serious machinima film on child sex trafficking

Posted on June 18, 2009 by

We are in the final stages of post-production for "Discovered," the serious issue machinima created by the youth filmmakers in our "Virtual Video Project" at Global Kids.  The difficult subject our youth have chosen is child sex trafficking, and they did an amazing job crafting a short film from the issue.  I'm really impressed with…

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Lindy hoppers in Sean Kingston music video “Fire Burning”

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

Toni Duguid sent out news to the swing community that there are four lindy hoppers in the new Sean Kingston music video "Fire Burning." You can see them exit a convertible at the beginning, and perform some swing aerials at the 2:20 and 3:40 marks. Toni identifies the girlies as twin sisters Christina and Jessica…

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Tour of “Awesome Philippines” virtual island in Second Life (video)

Posted on June 12, 2009 by

Here is a quick video tour of the "Awesome Philippines" island in Second Life, a joint project of the Philippine Department of Tourism and MTV.  Sorry about the low volume on some of my audio, and all of my "ums".  All of the ambient sounds you hear come from Second Life.   You can also check…

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Digital recreation of Al Minns doing the charleston in Maya

Posted on June 11, 2009 by

This is a neat 3D digital animation recreating Al Minns awesome charleston steps from a film in the 1950s. Don't know how this was done exactly, but the character does seem to mimic quite well a lot of the subtle styling of Al Minns. I'd love to get this animation for my Second Life avatar!…

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Global Kids teen Sabienne featured in NY Daily News!

Posted on June 10, 2009 by

The New York Daily News has a sweet article about five New York teens who beat the odds by graduating.  The story features Global Kids teen leader Sabienne Brutus! In 2005, the High School for Global Citizenship student and her siblings moved to Crown Heights from Haiti to escape the country’s political  instability and to…

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PBS documentary about Frankie Manning online!

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

PBS channel 13 in New York has put online a sweet 30 minute documentary about legendary lindy hopper Frankie Manning called "Never Stop Swinging." From the website: The documentary features the last major interview of Frankie Manning before his death, as well as precious archival footage of his dancing from the 1930’s to 2009 in…

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Draxtor interviews Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about “SOS-Slaves” game on sex trafficking

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

This is the second in a series of interviews conducted by citizen journalist / machinimatographer Draxtor Despres with participants in the BAVC Producers Institute.  In this interview, Draxtor talks with Chelo Alvarez-Stehle about her project on sex-trafficking, called "Sands Of Silence." I was one of the mentors on this project at the Producers Institute.  Looking…

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Appreciating my role as a “Connector”

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

Post-processing my experience being a "mentor" at the BAVC Producers Institute in San Francisco last week, I've been realizing some of the unique aspects of my own personal journey and how that has shaped me into the odd amalgamation of activist / technologist / educator/ dancer/ Quaker etc. This past week has helped me to…

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Lindy hopper gives shoutout to Frankie Manning & dances with Adam Shankman on SYTYCD! (video)

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

I have to give mad props to California lindy hopper Calico Sequeira for her appearance on Episode 3 of Season Five of "So You Think You Can Dance."  Not only does she mention that Frankie Manning is her inspiration in her intro, she also gets choreographer / judge Adam Shankman to lindy hop with her! …

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