http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_curiosities

Totally starting one of my own. You should too.

Great Halloween Lantern Parade! YES!!!

If you are interested in getting involved in some amazing community art and celebration making, read on!

Nanaprojects (creators of the annual fantastical Great Halloween Lantern Parade), will be having a variety of workshops in the next few weeks, free and open to the public (that's YOU!)

BEGINNING STILTWALKING sessions will be held:

Oct 3 1-3

Oct 7 6-8

Oct 10 1-3

Oct 14 6-8

It is best to attend all the sessions. If you are interested in having a pair of custom stilts, they will be available for $35 (a steal!). Nanaprojects is located at 4504 Wilmslow Road, off of Cold Spring Lane. About a 10 minute drive from MICA, and about 20 minutes by bike.

JOIN THE BONE BAND!

Make musical instruments out of junk! Then play them in the parade!

Construction workshop: Sunday, October 4th 2-4pm

Bone Band rehearsal: Wednesday, October 14th 6-8 pm

To register, call 443-919-6980 or email info@nanaprojects.com

Also !!! If you want to see the most amazing and inspiring community event, come to the PARADE itself on Saturday, October 24th! Thousands of people, lanterns, stiltwalkers giant puppets and floats, a live shadow projection with live music all outside! You will go absolutely goo-goo, ga-ga! A shuttle will be leaving from outside of the Meyerhoff at 5:45 at get back to MICA at 9:30 that night. Sign up outside of student activities!

YES!!!!!

Something random

A crazy cake!

article

This is a really cool article i found in the ny times a few weeks ago. Its all about this guy who builds affordable housing out of only salvaged materials, like old license plates , wine corks and frame samples. I thought it was really interesting and the houses are beautiful! check it out !

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/garden/03recycle.html?_r=1

egon schiele city

Alexander calder's circus

red room henri matisse

henri matisse -self portrait in striped t-shirt

The Great Handcar Regatta

The Great Handcar Regatta is an annual festival in Santa Rosa, California (my hometown) that my friend, Spring Maxfield along with some other great people I do not know the names of, founded in 2008. Basically, people in the community (groups or individuals) work all summer to build a handcar. The actual festival takes place at the end of September, with several different categories for them to compete in. Here's a list of some of the awards from last year:

Unrivaled Speed
Most Grandiose Feat of Engineering
Darling Award (chosen by one of my favorite little kid's in the world, Spring's daughter, Djuna)
Most Likely to Destruct Spectacularly

There's also a craft fair and live music at the Regatta. The event is free and lasts all day. Many people come in costumes.

here's my friend Neil and his team working on their handcar, "Thennagin Bomber"



here they are the day of the race:





their competitors:



here are some pictures of Spring's husband, Todd's railbike, "Two Penny"



that picture was taken in May! People really do work all summer long.





testing it out:



regatta day



Todd's bike from last year:





team working on "The Lumbering Contraption" in Oakland, California





more photos

Pictures from Philly