September 2011
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Philly Fringe Fest: WHaLE OPTICS {preview}
saw a preview of this play tonight. it runs at 165min. unlike anything ive ever see. really interesting stuff. and if you like carl sagan you will have a blast during a certain part of the play.
http://ticketing.theatrealliance.org/sites/livearts/details.aspx?id=18236
WHaLE OPTICS Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental World Premiere! Live Arts Festival Theater / 165...
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Video: CNN Apologizes After Playing a Lil B “The...
AHHHHHHH! ROFLMAO.
August 2011
justjess84-deactivated20120216 asked: I just wanted to thank you for always portraying people with disabilities in a positive yet accurate light. While the media often likes to throw us a pity party, you document our daily challenges while still capturing the spirit of the individual. :)
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time management is key.
*my daily mantra
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my first narrative short film. details and casting info coming soon. will be shot entirely in philly this fall. *fingers crossed*
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Bring on the Fall...
glad i got tickets to Odd Future & the Watch the Throne Tour. Philly in the fall is nothing short of amazing when it comes to concerts!
looking forward!
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Listen
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Hurricane Irene Tracking Map →
best storm tracker online. its already a mess here in philly and we are just feeling the outer parts of the storm. be safe folks!
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TODAY: PANEL: To Tell The Truth: Documentary... →
tionam:
2011 NLGJA National Convention & LGBT Media Summit *
Location: Loews Hotel *Philadelphia, PA
Time:Friday 2:30 pm
Moderator: Gary Kramer Panelists: Jen Christensen, Tiona McClodden, Louis Wiley
As journalists tell stories, how do they find the truth of a subject and present it in a fair way?…
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At 120 degrees, it was so hot in Australia that...
One Koala entered someone’s house, looking for water and shade, and here’s what happened when the owner gave him something to drink.
*i would have fainted.
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UBLEP on Sipping on Ink radio!
we are on live now!
ubleproject:
If you’re online this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 at 8 pm EST, check out filmmaker Tiona McClodden and publisher Lisa C. Moore on Sipping on Ink. We’re talking about the Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project with host Kat Williams.
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You Must Remember This →
Kevin Jerome Everson’s short films about ordinary African-American life are completely unordinary. Yet despite their frequent appearance in film festivals and on museum film programs, they have yet to sink fully into art world consciousness. Even when Mr. Everson’s striking seven-minute “Emergency Needs” was in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, it was sidelined, as biennial films often are,...
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Pat Summitt has early onset dementia →
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt plans to coach the Tennessee women’s basketball team “as long as the good Lord is willing,” despite recently being diagnosed with early-onset dementia.
“There’s not going to be any pity party and I’ll make sure of that,” she told the Knoxville News Sentinel Monday evening. The News Sentinel and Washington Post...
When the earthquake was happening...
heyfranhey:
fuckyeahxaria:
People on the east coast were like:
People on the west coast were like:
lmfao! I can’t.
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Earthquake rattles East Coast! →
add Philly to that list. earthquake shook my entire apt.
newsweek:
msnbc:
And it was felt as far as New York and Boston! The Pentagon is evacuated. More soon.
So it wasn’t just in our head.
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WatchMLK Jr. Memorial preview: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. is open for a few days before it’s unveiling August 28.
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WatchNila, Bernice, & Christie. Directed & Edited by: tiona.m.
Back in May, I had a chance to film a young girl by the name of Nila and her family. Nila is 12 years old and has Ullrich Muscular Dystrophy. It is an EXTREMELY rare form of MS. She is the only person in SC that has it and as of 2005 and 1 of 96 cases in the world. Her mother, Christie is a single mom and sole caregiver of Nila...
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PANEL: To Tell The Truth: Documentary Filmmaking.
2011 NLGJA National Convention & LGBT Media Summit *
Location: Loews Hotel *Philadelphia, PA
Time:Friday 2:30 pm
Moderator: Gary Kramer Panelists: Jen Christensen, Tiona McClodden, Louis Wiley
As journalists tell stories, how do they find the truth of a subject and present it in a fair way? Moreover, how do filmmakers, editors, and broadcast producers document a story and make it...
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last night.
caught the THEESatisfaction show at the First Unitarian Church. GREAT performance. so much ahead for these two! UPCOMING SHOWS in NY-20th @ Black August Art Show (NYC) 25th @ SOB’s: Black August (NYC), 26th @ Riis Beach (NYC) http://theesatisfaction.bandcamp.com/album/transitions
Met Philly’s own uber-talented Rucyl of Saturn Never Sleeps. Saturn Never Sleeps Record Release Party...
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Baby’s Got Bass →
The contrast between the Esperanza Spalding that you see onstage and the offstage Esperanza, jazz bassist and singer, was not immediately apparent at breakfast the day after her big sold-out show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the kickoff of her summer tour. Onstage she is luminous, a major chord of exuberance, swinging behind her stand-up bass, eyes closed, singing to the...
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im trying to be all up in the 2011 NYFF this year. so many great films screening!
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The Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project.: UBLEP... →
ubleproject:
Hey Folks!!!
It’s been almost a week since the funds cleared the bank, and in that time Lisa and I have had our first post-campaign meeting, where we recorded this video and planned next steps for the film.
We now have a PayPal Donation button up on the UBLEP Blog, {^UP TOP^} for those…
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WatchA webseries and multi platform documentary project
Created by Anna Barsan and Jessie Levandov THE PROJECT: SIGNIFIED is a web-based multi-platform documentary project featuring and highlighting the work of queer identified individuals who are fostering, enriching and sustaining vibrant and diverse communities. The project is comprised of an ongoing web series of short video profiles, an...
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why twitter is magical.
yes im on twitter: @tionam…lol shhh! dont tell nobody…
just got FREE tickets from @dopegirlfresh / http://dopegirlfresh.tumblr.com/ for tomorrow’s Raekwon/Ghostface/Mobb Deep show in Philly at TLA!!!!
late night twitter FTW!
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Watch
Sister Rosetta Tharpe Documentary presented by BBC Four
* Stop what you’re doing. take an hour. and just watch.
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WatchGraffiti Wars
streetartnews.net Graffiti Wars examines street art and graffiti, and the creative tensions and conflicts within this artistic arena
*bit dramatic on the music but definitely a must see for those interested in street art. interesting take on the whole banksy hype as well. very well done!
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“The issues that face African-American women were not kind of Real Housewives of...”
– Melissa Harris-Perry, talking about the messages in the new movie The Help on Lawrence O’Donnell’s show last night. Watch the full clip here. (via thepoliticalnotebook)
Yes!!!
(via blackamazon) 