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Weaning New York from Fossil Fuels
Ashok Gupta, Air & Energy Program Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, will moderate a discussion on practical near-term opportunities and barriers associated with the deployment...
03.01.09 -
Masters of Mid-Century California Modernism: Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman
The exhibition will offer an overview of the Ackermans' 50-year collaborative partnership, focusing on their work in decorative art and design, and their contribution to California mid-century...
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Photographic Memories
The photographs on display date mostly from 1850–1910, and the subjects range from formal portraits of princes to picturesque views of palaces and temples to depictions of dancers and tightrope...
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Renegade Craft Fair 2009
The Renegade Craft Fair is accepting applications for its Los Angeles and San Francisco shows, each of which will be happening in mid-July. All handmade items are welcome to be submitted, from...
03.01.09 -
The Founders of Ecoshack and Materials & Applications
Stop by for an informal talk between Stephanie Smith of Ecoshack and Jenna Didier and Oliver Hess of Materials & Applications.
03.01.09 -
Green Urban Living Event
Stop by the first mixed-use building within the Triangle district for a weekend-long open house showcasing sustainable design. Four out of the ten lofts will be open to the public; each has been...
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Art Talk: Erich Heckel
The Hammer's curatorial department leads a free 15-minute discussion on Erich Heckel's 1916 work, Irrer Soldat (Mad Soldier). Heckel (1883-1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding...
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The Voyage of the Beagle
In celebration of Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, the Academy's adult book group will meet to discuss the naturalist's 1839 work, which he wrote during the course of his five-year worldwide...
03.01.09 -
From Plaster to Stone
Isamu Noguchi began using small paper models in the 1940s to help visualize his larger sculptures. He continued doing so for the rest of his career, transitioning into plaster maquettes in order to...
03.01.09 -
Fire as Grassland Management
The Aldo Leopold Foundation will lead a two-day workshop at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Estate about fire ecology, fire behavior principles, and how to begin preparing for using fire in managing...
03.01.09 -
Design in the Age of Climate Consequences
The discussion will be led by author David W. Orr, ithe Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics in the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College. He is best...
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Fashioning Felt
This exhibition will explore the varied new uses of felt—an ancient material, believed to be one of the earliest techniques for making textiles. Made by matting together wool fibers with...
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Modern Times (1936)
One of Charlie Chaplin’s classic films pits humans against a modern, industrialized, impersonal city. The main character breaks down while working on an assembly line, but fights to maintain...
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Friedlander
Born in 1934, Lee Friedlander gained fame in the early 1960s with off-balance street photographs that evoke the complexity the modern world. This exhibition gathers some 375 photographs plus...
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Screening: Objectified
Presenting the regional premiere of Objectified, the new feature-length independent documentary about industrial design from the director of Helvetica. Exploring the creative processes of some of...
03.01.09 -
27th Annual Asian American Film Festival
The Center for Asian America Media presents the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF) every March. The SFIAAFF is the nation’s largest showcase for new Asian...
03.01.09 -
Scaling Up: From Green Buildings to Green Cities in the US and China
This one-day conference is the first to bring together leading green design specialists from the fields of research, technology, architecture, business, and policy from the U.S. and China to build...
04.03.09 -
Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop
In this hands-on workshop from Slow Food Chicago, you will graft and take home a low-maintenance fruit tree that can produce fruit organically without harmful spraying. There will also be fruit...
03.19.09 -
Karim Rashid at the MAD
The designer and guest curator of Mad's current exhibition Totally Rad will speak about innovations in contemporary design, as part of a conversational exchange with MAD chief curator David McFadden.
03.19.09 -
Energy Alternatives: Weaning New York from Fossil Fuels
Ashok Gupta, Air & Energy Program Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, will moderate a discussion on practical near-term opportunities and barriers associated with the deployment of...
03.20.09
