Tag: event
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Juzcar: The Smurf Town
Hollywood takes over the small town of Juzcar and paints it blue to promote their film The Smurfs 2. See Metro Square http://metrosquare.blogspot.com/2011/12/juzcar-smurf-town.html#more In 2011, Sony Pictures convinced the residents of Juzcar, a small town in Malaga Spain, to let them paint the entire town blue including the town church and gravestones, to celebrate the…
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1,100 Dead in Dhaka Building Collapse
More than a thousand people are dead in a Dhaka garment factory; world’s worst industrial disaster since 1984 Bhopal Tragedy. The question is who is responsible for the death of 1,100 people in Dhaka, Bangladesh? A several-story building filled with garment factory workers collapsed in Dhaka killing more than a thousand people. This is not the first…
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Happy 4th of July!
Best holiday wishes to all our readers! May you keep hydrated and be free of sunburn on July 5th! 2012 might be a year when our founding father’s opinions are being tossed around like they were sitting next to my father’s cousin’s best-friend’s neighbor on the bus this morning, but that is no reason…
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EVENT 7/2/12: The Critical and Activist Practice
The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is hosting an event that explores “what it means to be Critical and Activist in the context of design/art/architecture/urban practices.” When: MONDAY JUL 02, 06:30 PM Where: Austrian Cultural Forum 11 East 52nd Street New York, NY 10022 Why you should go: Perhaps you want to tap into…
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The Urban Event Planner: Jackson Heights Garden Tour, June 9 & 10
The problem for the Urban Planner is that there is nothing really to do in your free time. At some point, even the most downtrodden urban decay neighborhood is explored, the latest coffee place with a twist discovered and the craziest gelato flavor tasted. Nothing left but boredom and New York summer lethargy… But wait!…