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- Utopia is valuable not as an ultimate goal but as a sort of horizon: moving towards Utopia can be progress even if you'll never make it there ( Read more... )

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So in addition to the things I mentioned a few weeks ago, I'll probably also be attending this tomorrow, albeit with some trepidation:

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Anarchist Book FairSaturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12, 2009; New York, NY ( Read more... )

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Courtesy the Guggenheim and Exit Art:

The Institute for PostNatural History - ongoing installation project (@ Exit Art)


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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

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They're a seven-piece in this video, but when I saw them recently they were a nine-piece - eight brass instruments (saxophones, trumpets, trombones, tuba) and a drummer. They're actually based in Chicago and come out of that sort of artsy-progressive Chicago jazz tradition. They've apparently performed with Mos Def and ( Read more... )

I saw some art last weekend, and felt like there was an unusually large amount of really good stuff to see. Perhaps it's true what they say, about art generally being better in harsh economic climates (or in this case art shows, as most of the actual art was made years or decades ago).


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Octavia Butler Conference

Saturday, March 28; Brooklyn, NY

http://www.mec.cuny.edu/spcd/caddi/cbl_nbwc.asp"Butler is considered a master storyteller in the genre of speculative fiction. Her work explores themes such as race, gender, power, sexism, and spirituality. This symposium is dedicated to exploring her work in particular and the impact of ( Read more... )