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playing with strangers : boise flash mobs

fantastic article by Tara Morgan of the Boise Weekly about the Boise Flash Mob scene.

> Read "Playing With Strangers" Flash Mobs expose Boise to the perks of play.

nollifur : the halloween show october 30 & 31

nollifur : the halloween show october 30 & 31, originally uploaded by arecity.

this halloween - this is what's to do.

and not just because i'm participating - but because it's going to be unlike anything you've seen in a long long time.

come.

arecity throws a costume party

at Modern Art 2009, at The Modern Hotel in Downtown Boise, arecity transformed Room 222 into a Participatory Costume Photo Shoot between 5:00 and 9:30pm on May 7th.

 

The Modern Hotel Blog has a post about the project as well.  

More Photos of the entire Modern Art Event are Here
(please forgive the link to F15 - i generally dislike their style/methods - but they have the most comprehensive photoset)

Boise Creative & Improvised Music Festival

quilted couch

lambs and cheer

via festivalrenaissances.com      click to watch the sheep in action

via dmit.com.pl

instead of fog, its raining men

via lilivonstupp

Boise Zombie Walk 08 Video

Michoacan Dance

Chile's President Michele Bachelet, center left, speaks with Josefina Vazquez, Mexico's Secretary of Education, as dancers perform a traditional Mexican dance from the state of Michoacan during a visit to the Pablo Neruda Primary School in Mexico City, Wednesday, March 21, 2007.

Photo by Gregory Bull via DayLife

RNC: DAY ONE IN PICTURES

security line to get inside convention

via Dan Pattersons flickr

reporting outside

inside the convention

attendees with "WE LOVE SARAH" on their backs

apparently every state gets a red phone for 3am calls

one half of the convention space is full

mos def, however, is outside

they cutest krotchety old man ever

the start of the protest

people walking from the statehouse

headed toward the convention

another view

funny float

close-up

why, it's doctor strange mccain!  love the pickled cheney head

public airwaves

loving to love you more

giant bill of rights

ron paul people

vets for peace

how can you be mad at these people?

everyday people

bike-trailer messages

chain-gang bobble-heads of the usual suspects

observers & the observed

lobbyists for mccain.  don't change horsemen mid-apocalypse!

liberty parade band

skuffle with fred phelps people

cooling off with a little pepper-spray

cameras abound, look for footage on youtube

popsicle-colored dog

this guys theme: wear every single political thing in the house

Walker Art Center initiates a Performance Art off

police respond with synchronized dance-off

black block = violence escalators

marching band warms up

marching band, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, in action

code pink guy

a radical chicken

guy in silver outfit

reporter

reporter

reporter

camera guy

vets for peace

zombies in the house

funk the war danceparty

a gum plate or button-riffic art car

the gnome-truck, representing for little magical people everywhere

that is kinda kreepy

counter protesters

MN Peace Team

these protesters obviously need some baton woopin

arriving at the convention, freedom fences greet the people

"DEMOCRACY" on Ice

all images via RNC in St Paul flickr pool and a generalized flickr search on RNC sorted by most recent

FELA OFF-BROADWAY

A new off-broadway play about the legend FELA, who's music is the weapon of the future.

music theater : celia cruz parody

A performatica Phedra de Cordoba interpreta Yo Viviré de Celia Cruz no espetáculo Transex, Teatro dos Satyros, São Paulo, Brasil

La famille s'agrandit...

www.chezjacky.org

new video from Chez Jacky

Michael Jacky Morphing (ChezJacky.org)
find out more at ChezJacky.org & Studio Public.org

kitsune loves chez jacky

Studio Chez Jacky

play : dead

a trailer for an upcoming documentary by arecity

ok not the first in the world

. . . eugene oregon did one last year . . .

BRAINS FOR EASTER!...BRAINS!!

It's an Imprompu Easter Zombie Walk!
This Saturday, March 22nd

jesus, judas, mary, sunday school girls, priests, church-goers,
easter bunnies, eggs, peeps, and all other holiday related zombies come out
"regular human" or other bizzaro zombies totally welcome

this is the first ever Zombie Walk on Easter in the World
(as far as the series of tubes knows)

'tis the season to rise!!  rise!!

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STARTING PLACE:
University Christian Church (corner of University/Lincoln)

STARTING TIME:
7pm, dusk

STARTING SCENE:
when the church bells ring on the hour, the zombies come to life!

COMPLETE ROUTE MAP TO BE POSTED ON SATURDAY
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MARCH 15: Illuminate Downtown Boise

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He-Man Parade Float