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Flags Made Out of Food, Clever Advertising for the Sydney International Food Festival
WHYBIN/TBWA created a clever advertising campaign for the upcoming Sydney International Food Festival 2009 using flags made out of food representing native cuisine for each…
xkcd Book Tour & Room to Read Fundraiser
xkcd: volume 0, the first xkcd book has just been published by BreadPig and xkcd creator Randall Munroe will be going on a book tour,…
Squid Dreams Tiny Art Grant at Balsa Man 2009
photo by Pete Knife photo by sandwichgirl Colin Fahrion has posted an event wrap-up of Balsa Man 2009 and one of this year’s Tiny Art…
The Expo for Independent Arts 10th Anniversary
The Expo for Independent Arts celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The event takes place on Saturday, September 26th at the Music Concourse in Golden…
Jim Carroll (1950-2009), Poet & Punk Rocker
photo by Eric Thompson Jim Carroll has died at age 60 from a heart attack at his home in Manhattan. In 1978 he released “The…
Plastic Antinomy Magazine Issue #3
Plastic Antinomy, a quarterly magazine published by Layla Lyne-Winkler that focuses on visual art in the San Francisco Bay Area, is releasing its 3rd issue…
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA) Inaugural Exhibition: OPEN
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts (GAFFTA), a San Francisco based nonprofit dedicated to building social consciousness through digital culture, is having their inaugural exhibition…
Renegade Art and Democracy, Art Auction & Fundraiser for Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey
Renegade Art and Democracy, an art auction and fundraiser for Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, takes place October 4th at The Gardens at Cornerstone in Sonoma. The…
Defenestration Building To Be Sold
SFAppeal is reporting the old Hugo Hotel at 6th and Howard in San Francisco, the building that Brian Goggin transformed into the Defenestration, is being…
The Cat Piano, Narrated by Nick Cave
The Cat Piano, a marvelous animated short film by The People’s Republic of Animation, directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson and narrated by Nick…