ROCK THE VOTE!!! i just spent some quality time watching these classic political commercials from 90s MTV icons like madonna, en vogue, red hot chili peppers, megadeath  & more! the 80s and 90s were huge for political activism within creative communities that  into pop culture! where is that energy now?? we better see you...
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I’ve been avoiding the internet lately in exchange for real life encounters. It’s AWESOME, you should try it! Here’s a list of exciting real life adventures happening this weekend … hope to see you all out and about! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2012 Design Night at Autodesk! This month’s theme is From Idealism to Realism:...
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It’s almost here…WORLD PARTY DAY! Join BIG THINGS, the party experts at The Adventure School, Sydney-based crafter extraordinaire, Kitiya Palaskas, and Asterisk San Francisco Magazine in SAN FRANCISCO this Tuesday, April 3, 2012 for the ultimate synchronized worldwide celebration! Don your very best PARTY OUTFIT… Impress us with your PARTY TRICKS… Decorate a festive PARTY BUTTON… Make...
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I have always been a big fan of the orchestra- the history of the music, the physical experience, all the beautiful instruments and the musicians! In the fall, I went to several performances at the SF Symphony in an attempt to try and figure out how to get more of my readers interested in...
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I AM SO EXCITED to share the next BIG THINGS project with you guys…. we are teaming up with the party experts at The Adventure School & Australian crafter-extraordinaire, Kitiya Palaskas, to throw the ultimate synchronized world-wide celebration for WORLD PARTY DAY on APRIL 3 2012! We asked friends from around the globe to come up with brilliant new ideas...
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ric leichtung and i went to camp together as kids in frankfurt, michigan. ric was always the entertainer- singing, dancing, cracking jokes, and generally being the goofiest kid of summer, while i was probably off somewhere working on a nerdy art project. since our hazy days of pre-teen summer, ric has continued with his...
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ITS TIME FOR CHANUKKAH!!!! there are 8 nights to celebrate the festival of lights, but this year the big one is going to be the final night, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27TH. the kitchen, the adventure school & BIG THINGS have joined jewish forces to put together an awesome chanukkah party for you all: SPECTACULOUS MIRACULOUS! come...
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my friend ashley is performing at mills college this week on the glass armonica! im so excited to get to see this elusive instrument played in person and thought i’d do a little research about it first. little did i know that the story behind it is just as eerie as the sound itself…...
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first came photographs, then came film, and then along came a combination of still and moving images in a single picture!!! gjon mili was the first photographer to work with an electronic flash, capturing movement and action in a single photograph in a way no one had seen before. trained as an engineer at...
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NINA HAGEN IS SO FREAKING COOL!!!!!!!! images thanks to forthedishwasher, planet nina,
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