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Entries for February, 2010

Norman Laliberte’ in Sun Valley

Norman Laliberte’ is a North American artist who was born in Massachusetts, raised in Montreal, and educated at the Institute of Design in Chicago where his teachers included the likes of Buckminster Fuller, Groplus, and Mies Van der Rohe. His skills include teaching, painting and illustration. He has written, designed, or illustrated some 35 books, [...]

The science behind flashing for beads

Happy Fat Tuesday! Cities all across America celebrate Mardi Gras but no one does it quite like New Orleans. Huge floats in huge parades attract revelers for one of the biggest parties on the planet. One of the most popular features of these parades is a tradition that dates back to the 1830s: the tossing [...]

The Great Divorce at Taproot Theater

Learn to write songs with Carrie Akre

One of the Northwest’s most talented musicians is Carrie Akre who has a long history of brilliant musical work with Hammerbox, Goodness and her own singer-songwriter career. Carrie has a massive amount of musical intelligence and now you can learn from her: Her six week singer/songwriter course begins February 24 and runs for six weeks [...]

NYICFF

If I were going to be anywhere near NYC in late February or early March, I would totally go to the New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF). If it seems to you like children’s movies are inherently dumb, only appealing to the young and unsophisticated, then you probably only watch mainstream releases which are, [...]

Nature Filmmaking Seminars in Kenya and Panama

One of my coworkers just got back from Kenya, a place I’ve always wanted to visit, so the flyer I just got about filmmaking seminars to be held in Kenya, and in Panama, too, are timely. Well, if I ever get into filmmaking myself, I hope to produce, but wouldn’t it be fun to learn [...]