Entries Tagged as 'Culture'

Get Stoked

July 21st, 2008 by Jerri Chou

What if someone told you you could change the world by skateboarding? Would you be Stoked? That's the idea behind stoked Mentoring, a non-profit action sports organization with the mission of de...
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Body Power

June 30th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

We thought we were the only ones who might look at a club full of people bouncing to Talib Kweli and think "what if you could harness all that booty shaking?" Nope. Turns out Andrew Charalambous ha...
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Governers Island Emerges

June 13th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

New York is nothing without its islands, Manhattan, Staten.. hell even Brooklyn and Queens are on an island (though you'd never get anyone from there to admit it). But while rich in culture, these m...
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What is Behance?

June 5th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

"Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare but Vision with action can change the world" - Japanese proverb We've been talking a lot about "Make Good Ideas...
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Warchild

May 20th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

A powerful example of where creative and social worlds collide comes from Emmanuel Jal, a former child-soldier of Sudan who has incorporated his experience into his hip hop lyrics, and his solo albu...
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Behind the Boombox: a Chat with Dgenetics

May 9th, 2008 by Jerri Chou

After hearing Pumpkin Patch spin at the NYC CFD, we had to find out a little more about the label behind the beats. And we’re not the only ones. Dgenetics Musics, comprised of four artists, Fior...
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PLANET B-BOY

March 21st, 2008 by Jerri Chou

Every body loves to watch breakdancing (it's unavoidable, like cats to a laser), but unless you know about the battles or live near hubs like Union Square, you're left to watch it on crappy camcor...
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