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Monthly Archives: June 2011
A Thank-You Letter to DIESEL, A Bookstore
By Geo Ong Alison Reid, co-owner of DIESEL, A Bookstore and my boss for the past two years, once told me a story that I thankfully will never forget. She was, as it were, lamenting the slow demise of another … Continue reading
Skulls, Teeth and a Bit of Mechanical Debris – Fine Art in Colorado
By Margaret Hedderman. Photos by Rory Chapman Recently Rory and I drove four hours up to Pagosa Springs, CO where I was to cover a new show at the Shy Rabbit Gallery for The Durango Herald. “Down To The Bone” … Continue reading
Le Quattro Stagioni
By Sarah Jost When I first moved to LA from Chicago, I thought I would never leave. Thanksgiving of my first year university I stepped off the plane in Chicago, my nose hairs froze, and I thought Oh, hell no. … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Arts, Sarah
Tagged Autunno, chicago, cy twombly, Estate, Inverno, london, los angeles, Primavera, quattro stagioni, seasons, tate modern, Vermont, weather
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Currently on Tap
Welcome to the Skinny Arms, the pub of the future! Quite literally, actually, as one of our goals is to have our very own pub sometime in the future. And you’ve been invited to the first week of its opening … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Urchin Eats
Tagged alcohol, beer, Guinness, hampstead heath, jimmy fallon, lager, long trail, long trail blackberry wheat, Neil Young, new belgium, new belgium blue paddle, pub, samuel smith, samuel smith oatmeal stout, stout, the skinny arms, vegan, whip my hair
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High Noon Urchins
Today’s theme: This Is a Reenactment Laura Margaret Geo Sarah Next week’s theme: This Just In… Snap away!
That’s What He Said
The present is so powerful in New York that the past is lost. —John Jay Chapman
Three Blogs Worth Reading
A week and a half ago, the Urchin Movement received a very kind award (no, we weren’t awarding ourselves Urchies again…). The wonderful blog Sparks in Shadow included us in a list of blogs worth reading, and we couldn’t be … Continue reading
Words of Wisdom: An Extended ‘That’s What They Said’
If Stephen Colbert or Conan O’Brien gave the commencement speech at our graduation, we’d probably all be rich right now. Stephen Colbert – Northwestern University Conan O’Brien – Dartmouth College
Kick Back and Keep it Real with Singer-Songwriter Mathias Olson
By Margaret Hedderman There’s a point when the search for new music feels like combing sand with a bulldozer. The internet, in all its diverse and uncensored glory, generally produces a list of Top 40 hits about as fascinating as … Continue reading
My Slow Spiral into Crazy, As Told through Pictures with Statues
By Sarah Jost Sometime shortly after moving to Vermont, I began hanging out with statues. This was partly because there are not a lot of actual people in Vermont (only 621,760 to be exact), and partly because it made me … Continue reading
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Tagged Bennington Battle Monument, British, Creation Museum, General John Stark, new york city, posing with statues, sarah jost, statues, Vermont
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