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Monthly Archives: February 2012
3rd Annual Urchie Award Winners!
Welcome to the 2012 Urchie Awards! The Urchademy has been in deliberation for weeks, Heming(way) and Haw(thorne)ing over this year’s wonderful nominees. After many late nights of heated discussions over choc bikkies, tea, and Skype, here they are, world! Your … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel, Urchin Eats
Tagged Atlas Cafe, Band of the Year, best bookstore, best high noon picture, Best Performance by an Actor, Best Performance by an Actress, Best Restaurant, best television show, Book of the Year, Briton of the Year, carey mulligan, dilettante, Exemplary Human Being, film of the year, gary oldman, Green is the New Red, greenlight bookstore, john steinbeck, Merrill Garbus, Meryl Streep, Musical Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, st vincente, the artist, The Daily Show, The Iron Lady, the urchies, tinker tailor soldier spy, Travel Destination of the Year, tune-yards, Urchie Awards, Will Potter, writer of the year
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Pinterest: The Next Evolution of Social Media
By Margaret Hedderman The latest and greatest of social media is, you guessed it, Pinterest: the virtual pin board. If you haven’t visited Pinterest yet, you’ll soon find it visually obnoxious and highly addictive. It’s also the fastest growing site … Continue reading
2012 Academy Awards Recap: Winners, Losers, Dresses, & More
By Sarah Jost Oscars night has always been one of my favourites of the year, right up there with Halloween and…well, any excuse to get dressed up, have a party, and vote someone best dressed. This year, unfortunately, I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Television, Sarah
Tagged 2012 oscar winners, academy awards, Anne Hathaway, art direction, Best Actor, Best Actress, best picture, billy crystal, bret mckenzie, cameron diaz in gucci, cinematography, Colin Firth, directing, film editing, george clooney, glenn close, gwyneth paltrow, host, hugo, j. mendel, James Franco, kristen wiig, lanvin, louis vuitton, man or muppet, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, msuic, Oscars, oscars best dressed, sound editing, sound mixing, the artist, The Descendants, The Iron Lady, the urchies, tinker tailor soldier spy, tom ford, visual effects, zac posen
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High Noon Urchins
This week’s theme: Look Book Geo Margaret Sarah Next week’s theme: Helping Hands. UMail us your handy dandy hands for next week’s High Noon Urchins.
That’s What He Said
American cities are like badger holes, ringed with trash – all of them – surrounded by piles of wrecked and rusting automobiles, and almost smothered with rubbish. Everything we use comes in boxes, cartons, bins, the so-called packaging we love … Continue reading
Posted in Margaret, That's What They Said
Tagged john steinbeck, travels with charley, urban sprawl
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Flash Activism: Bank of America ATMS Converted to Automated Truth Machines
By Sarah Jost On the night of January 12, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) activists converted all 85 Bank of America ATMs in San Francisco into Automated Truth Machines. Special non-adhesive stickers designed to look just like Bank of America’s normal … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Politics & Global Issues, Sarah
Tagged ATMs, Automated Truth Machines, bailout, bank of america, bank of america atms, Bankrupting America, bonuses, Charlotte, coal, flash activism, foreclosure, global carbon emissions, jobs, new york city, Rainforest Action Network, san francisco
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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
By Margaret Hedderman Last week I wrote about Canada’s proposal to cull thousands of wolves in an effort to save threatened caribou whose population has deteriorated after tar sand development in Alberta. Unfortunately, Canada isn’t alone in its condemnation of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Environment, Margaret
Tagged little red riding hood, tar sands, the big bad wolf, wolves alberta
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The Oscar Nominee That Wasn’t: J. Edgar
By Sarah Jost I went into J. Edgar with high hopes. All the variables are there: an age-bending portrayal of an historical figure, complete with accent and period costuming, by three-time Academy Award nominee and critic’s darling Leonardo DiCaprio; directing … Continue reading
Ann Patchett and Independent Bookstores Get the Colbert Bump
By Geo Ong Ooh, independent bookstores! I should buy one of those on Amazon! —Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, 20 February 2012 Stephen Colbert, how we’ve missed you. While the other Urchins and I wish you and your family much … Continue reading
Essential Reading According to Your Friendly Neighbourhood Urchins
Let’s take a look at what have officially and unofficially been deemed the most widely read books of all time. The Bible, the Harry Potter series, Stieg Larsson’s Millenium Trilogy, and the Twilight series. Of those four, we ourselves can … Continue reading
