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]]> 42.350281 -71.130594 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-12-04 21:20:42.463692+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037471 March 29, 2007
Thursday 07:00 PM

Tickets: $9

Danish Poet, Maestro, Little Matchgirl, and No Time for Nuts.

Additional Academy Award qualifying and shortlisted films include One Rat Short, The Passenger, The Wraith of Cobble Hill, Guide Dog, and Gentlemen's Duel.

April 19, 2007
Thursday 07:00 PM

Tickets: $10

2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
In this documentary, Ludin’s family grapples with the legacy of their father, a prominent Nazi executed as a war criminal in 1947. Co-presented by National Center for Jewish Film’s 10th annual film festival, Jewishfilm.2007, and the Goethe-Institut, Boston.

May 10, 2007
Thursday 07:00 PM

Tickets: $10

Zidane, a 21st-Century Portrait
Seventeen synchronized movie cameras focus on legendary halfback Zinedine Zidane during a 2005 soccer match between Real Madrid and Villarreal. Co-presented with the Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Boston.

23 May 2007
Wednesday 07:00 PM

Tickets $9

Experimental Film and Video by Leighton Pierce
A longtime influence in the realm of experimental film and video, Pierce has recently moved into the museum and gallery world, with work at the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the Centre Pompidou. Co-presented with the Department of Film & Television at Boston University.
Tags: culture, movies, short films, good stuff

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]]> 42.352412 -71.044662 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-04-25 11:21:39.011335+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037567 Tags: evolution, lecture, interesting

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]]> 42.310776 -71.107718 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-04-25 14:09:35.285854+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1321026 Tags: opening, interesting, art exhibit, art interactive

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]]> 42.360671 -71.088068 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-04-27 06:22:29.197442+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1325997 Tourfilter

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]]> 42.361761 -71.091654 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-04-26 09:33:09.417763+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1320936 superDraw takes live video manipulation to new territory by returning to basics...drawing. The visceral act of sliding a pen across a computer drawing pad suddenly opens up a world of animated possibilities. Audiences see the direct correlation between drawing and generating amazing visuals, in real-time to the live electronic music being generated by Morgan Packard. Morgan Packard has numerous albums under his belt. From bouncy dance floor music to abstract compositions commissioned by dance troupes, Morgan Packard is a very well respected electronic sound master craftsman. He often starts with natural sounds, and then manipulates them beyond recognition to create songs that are as natural and organic as they are electronic. Having performed together for many years, he and superDraw compliment to each other perfectly with sound and visuals. Residents DJ Flack and DJ C will also be spinning experimental party music from their laptops.
Tags: drawing, video, performance, art, fun, hang out

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]]> 42.36264 -71.09904 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-04-27 05:35:54.956366+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1320977 tried to go to this during the art festival. Unfortunately, the gallery was having a PRIVATE EVENT and I couldn't go in. Incredibly lame. I was so annoyed! Three recent interactive drawing installations by Camille Utterback, Untitled 5 (2004), Untitled 6 (2005), and Alluvial (2007), invite playful interaction using a mirroring device that allows visitors to recognize an abstract representation of their own movements within a projected picture plane. The algorithms required to successfully render the desired effects are anything but simple. Utterback’s flawlessly designed interfaces do not allow the technology to overshadow the aesthetic quality and content of the work. By limiting the scope of each project to a finite range of exceedingly well-structured parameters, the artist ensures that her installations are easily accessible, revealing their complexities over time. Curated by Lisa Dorin, the Art Institute of Chicago.
Tags: drawing, fun, exhibit, interactive, cyberarts festival

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]]> 42.366644 -71.103626 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-05-31 13:45:06.063098+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1320990 12-8pm Media Installation 8pm Lumen Eclipse: The program will feature works that celebrate creative motion through animation, video, film, & motion graphics - all exemplifying the natural cohesion of art and technology in the motion arts sphere. 9pm Screening Independent Videos: Future and Imagined Transportation: The AstroDime Transit Authority presents “Will Pandabears Ride Free on the Handlebars of Bicycles in 2092?” A collection of video and animations related to future transportation systems, gender and transportation, feminism and transportation, and social aspects and construction of transportation systems, real and imagined. Contributions from artists, scientists, scholars, and technologists. This has been organized by artist Bebe Beard, curator Mary Ann Kearns, and think tank operator for ATA, wannabee astronaut Sam Smiley. 10:30pm-midnight: Perky Pat Layouts- a Space Opera Perky Pat Layouts is a multimedia performance art piece, which combines elements of free improvisation, distributed composition, dance, performance art and live video manipulation. The story is about the origins of a game played by settlers on Philip K Dick's Mars used to fight off the desperate boredom of living on an uninviting planet. Exploring themes of human isolation, cybernetic intelligence and the fluidity of reality, Perky Pat Layouts traces the voyage of the first Martian settlers to their new home and the life they find there.
Tags: fun, hang out, installation, screening, boston cyberarts festival, so close to home

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]]> 42.341456 -71.066955 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-13 08:34:23.580011+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2126404 Tags: event, fun, gay, queer, horror movies

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]]> 42.373799 -71.121338 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-10-10 10:10:20.746885+00:00 http://platial.com/post/927669 Derrick Rossi is going to be in town from San Francisco. Just as I suspected, I did not go to this. We went out to dinner aith Derrick and some friends and then sat around my living room drinking gin and tonic until 2 in the morning. Sex Work Tuesday, February 6 @ 7:00PM At CNW, 7 Temple Street, Cambridge What could be better than smart talk, swell people and sweet food? This month we’ll come together to discuss the many feminist implications of sex work, with a href="http://www.spreadmagazine.org/contact.htm">Eliyanna Kaiser & Astrid Allen from a href="http://www.spreadmagazine.org/">$pread Magazine as our guides. Feminism & Dessert, the first Tuesday of every month, is our monthly series of engagingly informal talks about subjects that impact our daily lives. Feel free to bring your dinner, but dessert’s on us!
Tags: prostitution, sex work, feminism, interesting, i should go but i probably wont

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]]> 42.366099 -71.104561 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-02-12 13:33:50.703413+00:00 http://platial.com/post/3667039 Tags: 3d

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]]> 45.529922 -122.691134 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2008-07-03 07:53:19.45039+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2269673 Tags: music, show, quintron, miss pussycat

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]]> 42.363963 -71.101276 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-11-05 15:50:39.993372+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1662697
Many researchers perceived chimpanzees as primitive, simple creatures, but Jane saw something else altogether. The animals she observed displayed high intelligence, emotional responses, and complex social behavior. In fact, Goodall found striking similarities between chimpanzee and human behavior. In everything from warfare to parenting, facial expressions to displays of affection, the two species appeared to be closely related.

Watching the Gombe chimp clan interact at close range in Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees, it's hard to deny the connection. Poignant footage captures the great apes in their natural environment: playing games to pass the time, fighting with family members, vying for attention, and lounging in the grass on a hot summer day. Surprisingly humanlike, their mannerisms and interactions are so familiar as to be remarkable.

This film recounts the story of Goodall's inspirational journey, from those first months of doubt and struggle to the breakthroughs that placed her among the luminaries of modern science. Informed by an open mind and years of close study, Goodall's work redefined human understanding of chimpanzees and, ultimately, of mankind itself.

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]]> 42.36733 -71.06956 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-07 08:01:43.807788+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2054648 Fallen Angels at 5:30, 7:30 Buy Tickets
(1995) dir Wong Kar Wai w/Leon Lai, Michelle Reis, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Charlie Yeung [96 min]

One of Wong Kar-Wai’s most purely enjoyable films, FALLEN ANGELS follows Leon Lai as a cool-as-ice hit man who receives his faxed assignments from his agent, Michelle Reis. When the agent isn’t planning the killer’s next hit she's cleaning his apartment or rolling around fantasizing about him even though the two never meet. The genre aspects take a back seat to Chris Doyle’s fantastic camera work and the amusing subplot surrounding Takeshi Kaneshiro as a mute who breaks into closed lunch stands and forces passersby to be his patrons.

Area Premiere! Hannah Takes The Stairs at 9:30 Buy Tickets (2007) dir Joe Swanberg w/Greta Gerwig, Kent Osborne, Andrew Bujalski, Ry Russo-Young, Mark Duplass, Todd Rohal, Tipper Newton [84 min] The much-touted new wave of independent filmmaking continues with this outstanding, intimate romantic comedy. The alluring Greta Gerwig stars as the precocious Hannah, a fresh college graduate who falls for one, and then the other, of a pair of friends at a Chicago company where she is interning. HANNAH sports all of the hallmarks of the so-called “Mumblecore” movement: wry dialogue, improvised performances, a frank depiction of modern relationships and a wistful realism. Something of a romantic shaggy-dog story HANNAH is episodic, rambling and funny as it follows Hannah on her quest to end her ‘chronic dissatisfaction’ and find a boyfriend worthy of her.

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]]> 42.374353 -71.122023 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-07 08:57:25.956925+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2087982 Tags: somerville, music, fun, union square, craft fair

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]]> 42.321201 -71.110397 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-19 09:04:46.69643+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1751141 Radical Jesters is a film about pranks and jokes that taunt and question the mainstream media. (from Somerville News)



The artists who are interviewed and have lent documentation of their work to the film include:

The Surveillance Camera Playershe Guerrilla Girlshe Living Theaterilan Kahout (Mobius Performance Artist)mprov Everywhereyke Action Machine
rancisco Billboard Liberation Front
tute for Infinitely Small Things (Boston)ocal Prankster John Hargraveoaxer Alan Abelohn King (Gang of Four)

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]]> 42.39744 -71.10695 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-06-30 07:29:43.868418+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1752329 Tags: somerville, community, party

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]]> 42.39777 -71.10734 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-06-26 19:08:51.320284+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1781338 http://www.viceland.com/77boadrum/

Shannon Mayers
718-802-0603 x19
smayers@bbpc.net
Tags: outdoor, music, park, party, concert, hanging out, percussion, boredoms

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]]> 42.363963 -71.101276 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-07 08:00:44.534441+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1932589 Update This was just too far away. Bummer. ************** My friend Ariel is in this show.
The closing of the first exhibit at sevengaits will take place this thursday from 7-11 pm. Artists will be present along with the musical accompaniment of Boston musician Scott Slocum on accordion. Please click here to see photos from the opening reception.



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]]> 42.34477 -71.054156 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-07 08:27:12.20266+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2054665 update: I really was going to go to this, but then when my friend called to get tickets they were already sold out! We went to a yoga class instead. ***** Discussing The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Tickets are $5 and are available at Harvard Book Store or over the phone with a credit card at 617-661-1515.



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]]> 42.373718 -71.121247 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-12 07:58:24.624181+00:00 http://platial.com/post/917433 I'm a loser. Didn't make it out of the house. But I did get a nice night of sleep. I like Dave a lot and I still have never been to hear him or his band play. He also used to be in a band with my landlord, Tim. All the more reason to go check it out. (Dave's Blog) His invitation reads: It’s going to be COLD outside. Come in out of the cold and hang out at the Abbey Lounge pub tomorrow after work (7pm). I’m playing a free 21+ solo show. Hope to catch you there. DAVE ALPERT Wednesday, January 17, 7pm Abbey Lounge (pub) 3 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA (Inman Sq) NO COVER. 21+. It’s hump day and you need a drink!
Tags: fun, see a friend play, concert, music, show, hang out

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]]> 42.37455 -71.101762 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-02-12 13:30:11.430142+00:00 http://platial.com/post/939779 and Rowan to the dance so none of the other parents had to go. Extra kisses for Erik! Healey School K thru 4th Grade Dance! Friday, February 9, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Healey School Cafeteria $2 per person (paid at the door) All children must be with an adult at least 18 years old Pizza and drinks will be provided bake sale for dessert Donations of baked goods encouraged

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]]> 42.397226 -71.095716 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-02-12 13:32:30.496892+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037539 Revealing the Universe with Hubble 7:30 p.m. (CfA) Anil Seth, CfA. Observing through telescopes follows the presentation, weather permitting. (617) 495-7461
Tags: astronomy, telescopes, stargazing

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]]> 42.381728 -71.126431 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-03-06 10:17:04.513809+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037545 Tags: free, lecture, cool, fascinating

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]]> 42.34477 -71.054156 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-03-06 10:29:54.551568+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037549 [view all Lecture listings]
Lemelson-MIT website

A vital new framework for invention is arising. Worlds created for movies spring from real-world science research, and in turn, science and what is built in the real world are influenced by the movies.

John Underkoffler has been at the heart of this feedback loop with the human-machine interfaces he's devised over the past two decades — first at the MIT Media Lab, then as science and technology advisor to motion pictures, and currently as developer of the world's first commercial gestural interface. He and his company are creating a glove that is faster and more logical than a mouse and keyboard, which will give new meaning to the phrase "point and click."

This behind-the-scenes look at technology in the entertainment industry is an activity of EurekaFest, a celebration of the inventive spirit produced by the Lemelson-MIT Program from May 2-5, 2007.

A free reception will follow the program.

This event is free thanks to the generosity of the Lowell Institute and Lemelson/MIT. Seating is limited. Free seating tickets are available to the general public in the Museum lobby beginning at 5:45 p.m. the evening of the program. First come, first served.

Museum members may reserve a limited number of free seating tickets in advance. Ticket availability is limited to the number of Exhibit Halls admissions permitted with your membership card. For member reservations, call between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 .pm. Monday and Tuesday during the week of the lecture only: 617-589-3169.

Fee: Free
Tags: lecture, natural science, cinema, scifi

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]]> 42.34477 -71.054156 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-04-27 10:19:46.18542+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037565 Tags: film, discussion

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]]> 42.34477 -71.054156 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-03-06 10:37:51.270724+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1091730 all the way from Sri Lanka. They'll talk about their Free and Open
Software Disaster Management System, inspired by the 2004 Asian Tsunami.
Their system has progressed tremendously since 2004, and is currently in
use in several countries, including Pakistan, Philippines and Sri Lanka:

http://www.sahana.lk/overview
http://www.linux.lk/~chamindra

We'll be particularly interested in how Sahana's integration with
Google Maps might be enhanced to support more resilient offline access :)

Chamindra personally would love to meet Boston locals interested in
open source for NGOs EG. balancing true information security/privacy,
better maps, and data sharing with on-the-ground realities...

Particularly as disaster response matures, the challenge is
protecting data in networks of trust (sometimes bound by legal
agreements between relief agencies, government and spontaneous
volunteers). The implication of wrong data in wrong hands, or at
the wrong time, during disaster response can result in things like
panic, identity theft and even have implications on national security.

In summary, Chamindra and his team would love to meet you, and hope
you'll share any thoughtful ideas on how Sahana might evolve new
solutions, promoting adoption among larger NGOs and Government,
giving them more confidence in their ability to share data, in turn
improving timely relief to victims!

2) Allan Doyle of http://museum.mit.edu/mwow has made tremendous progress
with the MIT Museum project's demo Nokia 770 handheld over the last
few months, providing a self-guided walking tour of MIT's core,
where you can choose from nearby polished videos to watch along your
way, based on Wifi-tracking of your location. Allan can talk about his
recent presentation explaining this, at the SXSW conference in Texas,
possibly to be followed by a more formal presentation early this spring ;)

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]]> 42.131566 -70.912844 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-12 08:18:03.427142+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2087969 Tags: spooky, haunted, cemetery, kid-friendly, theater, theatre, halloween, fun, play, ghosts, somerville rocks

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]]> 42.381565 -71.100719 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-19 08:15:17.927176+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2087970 Tags: yummy, nice, somerville, food, ethnic, union square

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]]> 42.3738272399 -71.1152422428 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-09-20 08:00:47.733195+00:00 http://platial.com/post/917495 I'm a loser. Didn't make it out of the house. But I did get a nice night of sleep. I don't go out to see enough of Cleve's gigs, and he works so much that is pretty much the best time to see him. Maybe I can see Dave and Cleve on the same night. Cleve's email read: After years of vinyl archeology in the bazaars of India, Br. Cleve has morphed into his alter-ego DJ Sharaabi Kapoor, and, at Redline on January 17th, will be presenting the dopest, deepest sitar beat tracks from some of the wildest movies ever made. This Wednesday is the official launch party for DJ Deano Sounds "Mood Mosaic" party, to be held each and every Wednesday night at Redline. Come weekly for your dose of Northern Soul, rare groove, deep funk, jazz dancing, acid jazz, dub, reggae, brasilica, soundtracks, and much more. It's a pleasure to have been invited to be the Guest DJ for this opening night. Music starts at 9pm, and there's no cover charge.
Tags: cleve, dj, dance, hang out, see old friends

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]]> 42.371819 -71.120805 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-01-22 08:20:34.247396+00:00 http://platial.com/post/927810 Tags: writing, discussion, lecture, interesting

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]]> 42.388994 -71.118499 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-02-12 13:34:26.994916+00:00 http://platial.com/post/927866 I'm a loser. Didn't make it out of the house. I just didn't feel in the mood for it and too lazy for the bus ride/subway ride/bus ride out to the ica. They may not have tickets anymore. I've seen it before, but never in a proper setting. It's pretty gruelling, but could be fun, too. Tickets: $9 general admission; $7 members, seniors, and students The climax of Barney’s six-and-a-half-hour cycle of lush, allegorical imagery. Tickets go on sale week of December 10.
Tags: barney, art, video

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]]> 42.352412 -71.044662 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-01-26 07:52:34.58169+00:00 http://platial.com/post/927893 I'm a loser. Didn't make it out of the house. I made dinner for 12 people instead. Elizabeth Streb has thrilled audiences with her choreography for the past two decades. With her latest work, STREB vs. GRAVITY, she challenges gravity as her dancers leap, spin, and fly. Gasp as they leap from impossible heights, thrill as they dodge flying cement blocks, and feel your heart in your throat as they spin around and around. They dance—youll sweat. Tickets: $30. Tickets on sale Tuesday, January 2. Purchase tickets: 617-478-3103 or online at www.icaboston.org
Tags: dance, lecture, awesome, modern, thumbs up

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]]> 42.702489 -73.113726 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-01-29 10:22:22.007027+00:00 http://platial.com/post/931393 I'm a loser. It would have been greast to see this, but it's pretty hard to get out on a week night, and the 25th was my birthday. I had a drink with friends rather than going to the movie. Show times 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 Screens with A CHRIS MARKER BESTIARY, recent short films by Marker featuring animals both large and small. In the same vein as Agnes Varda's The Gleaners And I, Chris Marker's THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT, begins with simple curiosity, in this case, the urge to investigate some intriguing graffiti, and ends with an engaging socio-political exploration. The French documentarian and cinema-essayist reflects on politics, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001, Marker became intrigued, as did many other Parisians, by the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats on various public surfaces. Marker's cinematic efforts to document the mysterious materializations of this charming feline throughout Paris are a recurring theme of GRINNING CAT. This record of Marker's cinematic peregrinations throughout the city - visually energized by his free-association montage style - chronicles strikes, demonstrations, memorials, election campaigns, celebrity scandals, international political incidents, and a seemingly endless variety of political protests. The personalized commentary running throughout GRINNING CAT offers the simultaneously learned and witty reflections of the filmmaker, now in his early eighties, on both the contemporary and historical implications of these varied events and personalities. And, as the mysterious cats begin to appear amidst the banners and signs in political demonstrations, Marker concludes the film with thoughts on the vital importance of such expressions of imagination in our public lives, echoing the May ‘68 slogan that "La poésie est dans la rue" ("Poetry is in the street").
Tags: french, film, novie, politics, graffitti

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]]> 42.374353 -71.122023 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-01-26 07:55:45.898996+00:00 http://platial.com/post/1037326 265 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA directions
Most of the Instructables & Squid Labs founders built things at MITERS when they were in school; it's a neat clubhouse full of people who love to make fun things. They've got an Instructables group to show some of them off. NOTE: Please don't bring beer or wine as this event is on the MIT campus.

Tags: diy, fun, networking, projects, inspiration

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]]> 42.361834 -71.097659 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-03-20 08:22:05.370441+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2563776 Tags: drawing, cabaret, fun

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]]> 42.350281 -71.130594 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2008-01-11 11:25:08.654706+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2577641 Tags: lecture, natural science

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]]> 42.378187 -71.116421 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2008-01-19 16:26:02.450287+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2605553 Tags: kid-friendly, art, kids

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]]> 42.350252 -71.130623 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2007-10-10 10:07:24.555402+00:00 http://platial.com/post/2605583 Tags: museum, event, mfa, first friday

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]]> 42.352412 -71.044662 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2008-01-31 07:05:16.971676+00:00 http://platial.com/post/3068910 Dr Sketchy on Flickr Nope--never once made it to Dr. Sketchy.

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]]> 42.350281 -71.130594 platialUser:tracy_the_astonishing 2008-04-23 13:58:25.732972+00:00 http://platial.com/post/3068940 update I was right on about that. Didn't make it.

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