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Berlin's graffiti-art underbelly

This is no ordinary romp through Berlin. A transplanted Californian called Summer Banks, a stand-up comic by night and city tour guide by day, leads curious and slightly adventuresome tourists on a search for the finer examples of graffiti art and alternative living in the squats of the trendy and, in some ways, still-divided German capital.

Summer's stand-up routine is called "Comedy Gone Wild" and she's making them laugh every third Saturday at the Comedy Club Kookaburra. After a five-minute introduction there is little doubt that her tour will also be pretty wild. Her show's brochure says the comedy will be "uncensored." Ditto her tour commentary.

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John Bonnar

Video: Art of the Danforth

| May 20, 2012
radio book lounge

Episode 35: Committing Theatre! From caterpillar bouquets to flash mobs

April 17, 2012
| From caterpillar bouquets, to war reenactments, to "state produced agitprop" at the G20, to flash mobs, author Alan Filewod discusses the history and practice of political intervention theatre.

21:02 minutes (19.26 MB)
Steffanie Pinch

Activist Toolkit weekly roundup: Occupy actions, stopping street harassment, trans-positive workshops

| March 22, 2012
Constructing change: the activist toolkit

Constructing Change: Occupy spring

March 22, 2012
| Spring is the perfect time for DIY street art and Occupying your city. I caught up with Occupy Ottawa and activist Obert Madondo to check in.

5:42 minutes (5.23 MB)

Sustainable street art

moss graffiti at it`s finest

Graffiti is a meaningful form of artistic protest that can reach a populous audience who might not otherwise be aware of an issue. But when your issue is the environment, using chemical spray paints as a medium can defeat the message. For many activists, sustainable street art is the answer.

Moss art

To make moss art, get a blender set up and ready to go. Pour 700ml of lukewarm water into the blender, then Crumble three handfuls of moss (can be found between the cracks in pavement, on drainpipe covers, urban backyards, anywhere it's damp and shady) in the water.

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Redeye

Guerilla arting

May 2, 2010
| Artists Carla Bergman and Arlin French of the Purple Thistle Centre talk about what guerilla art is and why they practice it.

10:18 minutes (9.43 MB)

Make Culture Jam!

Mar 31 2010 - 6:30pm
Mar 31 2010 - 8:30pm

Location

Masaryk-Cowan Community Centre
220 Cown Avenue
Toronto, ON M6K 2N6
Canada
Phone: 416-879-7954
43° 38' 26.6856" N, 79° 25' 58.278" W

Gay West Community Network Inc. (Queer West) have initiated a series of monthly community events through the SHOUT Unconference Program for Young Adults.

The Program offers Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersexed, Queer, Questioning and Two-Spirited (LGBTTIQQ2) youth and their friends and allies (ages 20 to 30 something) residing in West-Central Toronto with a focus on Parkdale, an innovative series of live monthly events that aim to stimulate a needed community dialogue on a wide range of pertinent topics to them.

Contact name: 
Jaclyn Alia Isen
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Talking Street Art - A Panel Discussion

Mar 25 2009 - 2:24pm

Location

Signy and Cleophee Eaton Theatre, Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen's Park
Toronto M5S 2C6
Canada
Phone: 416.586.5524
43° 40' 2.1864" N, 79° 23' 36.726" W

A panel discussion examining the interplay between street artists, cultural institutions and the urban landscape. Panelists will include:

Adam Vaughan, Toronto City Councillor

David Liss, Director of Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

Dan Bergeron, artist

Devon Ostrom, Curator, Housepaint

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