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fashion
Heavy Metal Treasures :: Acid Queen Jewelry
The next time you’re driving down Falls Rd. headed north, pay attention after you pass The Avenue. About a half a…
Heavy Metal Treasures :: Acid Queen Jewelry
The next time you’re driving down Falls Rd. headed north, pay attention after you pass The Avenue. About a half a…
nightlife
Commissure At The Contemporary Museum
I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…
Commissure At The Contemporary Museum
I felt disembodied, as if I were floating, watching people react to the news of my own death. I got…
social innovation
Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat
Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people's interest in learning by thinking about…
Crossing Cultural Divides in a Rowboat
Bruce MacKenzie is a shipwright. He builds boats. But he also builds young people's interest in learning by thinking about…
artist profiles
A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali
All photos by Philip Laubner. What better atmosphere to interview a rising star than at a photo shoot? Right? This…
A Brief Conversation with Abdu Ali
All photos by Philip Laubner. What better atmosphere to interview a rising star than at a photo shoot? Right? This…
sustainability
Farmageddon
On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…
Farmageddon
On Halloween nothing’s more frightening than a bobble headed Mr. Boh hanging out with the Gorton’s fisherman guy. Over the…
technology
Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot
Part 3 of a multi-post film about how innovation, creativity and prevailing cultural ideas about it in the US. This…
Intuitive Insight: The Hot Spot
Part 3 of a multi-post film about how innovation, creativity and prevailing cultural ideas about it in the US. This…
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