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BCU Happy Hour!
Celebrate our recent win and lots of hard work with a well deserved happy hour this Thursday night! Location: TBA
Art: Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile
The museum showcases 70 tin-toy cars (called buriki) created by various Japanese designers in Japan after World War II. Japan Society through 8/16.
Music: Central Park SummerStage 2009
Central Park SummerStage, includes music, dance, word, film, and comedy. Internationally acclaimed for presenting world-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe and New York City’s own backyard, the Central Park SummerStage season promises to be as electrifying as ever.
This week: Pretenders, Cat Power, & Juliette Lewis, Monday, 8/10, 5PM
Culture: Summer Streets 2009
Your City. YOUR STREETS! Your Playground. NYC DOT presents Summer Streets taking place for three consecutive Saturdays in August (August 8, 15, 22) from 7:00 am - 1:00 pm. The route will connect the Brooklyn Bridge with Central Park and there will be recommended connections along low-traffic streets to the Hudson River Greenway, Harlem and Governors Island allowing participants to plan a route as long or short as they wish.
Did You Know…about Nikon Coolpix Dijicam Projector?
The just-announced Nikon Coolpix S1000pj digicam is also a projector. It’s “a very, very clever party trick” that’s sure to get you in the mood to snap pictures and project them onto something.
This Week’s Non-Holidays
Work Like a Dog Day (Today, August 5th)
Work Like a Dog Day honors and recognizes the hardest working among us. Today show your appreciation for those who carry more than their load, and work like a dog.
Wiggle Your Toes Day (Thursday, August 6th)
Wiggle Your Toes Day encourages you to give your little piggy toes some exercise.
National Lighthouse Day (Friday, August 7th)
National Lighthouse Day honors and commemorates a beacon of light that symbolizes safety and security for boats at sea.
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Art: Intersections Intersected: Photography by David Goldblatt
Fifty years of impeccable photographs by the South African artist who has framed, documented, and manipulated images of apartheid and its aftermath, often inserting himself into the perspective. The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Through 10/11
Music: Central Park SummerStage 2009
Central Park SummerStage, includes music, dance, word, film, and comedy. Internationally acclaimed for presenting world-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe and New York City’s own backyard, the Central Park SummerStage season promises to be as electrifying as ever.
This week: M. Ward, Saturday, 8/1, 7PM
Culture: All Points West Music a& Arts Festival
Jay Z, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coldplay, Tool, Vampire Weekend, and more, this weekend at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival. Liberty State Park, 7/31- 8/2
Did You Know…about Desktop Hydroponics?
Everybody knows that the best herbs are the freshest. The Power Plant Mini Herb Garden is a tiny hydroponic reactor, capable of sprouting fresh herbs and veggies from seed and growing them using the included spongy soilless medium and nutrient mixture.
This Week’s Non-Holidays
National Lasagna Day (Today, July 29th)
Celebrate National Lasagna Day by baking lasagna and eating it today. If you don’t have the time, or the weather is just too hot, then head out to your favorite Italian restaurant.
National Cheesecake Day (Thursday, July 30th)
Enjoy the day with a piece of cheesecake, along with your favorite topping. If you have time, make the cheesecake yourself.
Mutt’s Day (Friday, July 31st)
It’s Mutt’s Day. Mutts, also called “Half-breeds”, deserve their day in the spotlight, as much as a pure breed. If you own a mutt then you know this day is for you!
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Art: In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin, 1968–1989
From its inception, Art & Project, an Amsterdam gallery active between 1968 and 1989, supported an international group of artists associated with Conceptual art, both through the organization of exhibitions and the mailing of an information bulletin. Through November.
Music: Central Park SummerStage 2009
Central Park SummerStage includes music, dance, word, film, and comedy. Internationally acclaimed for presenting world-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe and New York City’s own backyard, the Central Park SummerStage season promises to be as electrifying as ever. Through 8/15
Culture: The River to River Festival
Founded in 2002, The River to River Festival is a partnership between the Alliance for Downtown NY arts. The festival boasts world-class performing arts with a broad sweep of programming to enhance the vitality of cultural life in Lower Manhattan. Free through August.
Did You Know…about the Air-Conditioned Bed?
Kuchofuku, makers of air-conditioned shirts, have added a bed to their lineup that gently blows cool air on you as you sleep.
This Week’s Non-Holidays
Hammock Day (Today, July 22nd)
Summer is in full swing, it’s time to slow down and to relax. There is no better place to do this than on a hammock.
National Hot Dog Day (Thursday, July 23rd)
National Hot Dog Day celebrates one of America’s favorite summer sandwiches. It is only fitting that this dog gets its day.
Cousin’s Day (Friday, July 24th)
“What’s buzzin cuzzin?” Cousin’s Day honors your Aunt and Uncle’s kids. If it wasn’t for cousins, family events would not be as much fun!
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Berlin Cameron is looking for a social media intern (we’re calling it a Twitern) for a three month position at our New York office. It’s your chance to put your twitter and blogging skills to good use, learn about the interactive creative world and launch your career in Social Networking.
We’re looking for a student or recent graduate with exceptional writing and web skills to help develop content and personality for a variety of social networking platforms.
You will work closely with our interactive creative team to help build community, drive traffic for national brands and create relationships with consumers. This is a creative position and not just a typical “do our grunt work” type of internship.
Candidates must be able to bring an understanding of how and why social networking can be used, a strong sense of conveying personality online, and a passion for trying new things in the digital world.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast paced creative team of advertising professionals.
If you would like to be considered, please contact Jennifer Blakeslee with resume and relevant links to past and current work. Sense of humor and fun personality strongly encouraged.
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The very first photos of LouLou, the new baby of everyone’s favorite president. Congrats Carla and Phil.
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Art: Sexy and the City
A randy all-star photography show in which 60-plus years of New Yorkers can be seen kissing, canoodling, fondling, and exposing themselves. Through 8/28 at Yossi Milo Gallery
Music: Siren Music Festival 2009
The Village Voice is downright ebullient to announce this year’s Siren Festival, which will take place on Saturday, July 18 at Coney Island rain or shine. Free!
Culture: Brooklyn Bowl
Centered around a 16-lane bowling alley, 600-capacity performance venue, and food by Blue Ribbon, Brooklyn Bowl stakes out expansive new territory, one block from the burgeoning waterfront.
NYC Restaurant Week 2009
Take advantage of these amazing dining deals! The extended event will let you pick almost all of the restaurants you’ve wanted to try - over 250 restaurants are participating! 7/12-7/31
Did You Know…about Nike + SportBand?
The updated Nike+ SportBand packs an improved screen with a white background for better visibility, along with a welded seal for water resistance and all the usual Nike+ features that can be used in conjunction with iPod nano, iPod touch, or iPhone. This watch is pretty rad at just $59.
This Week’s Non-Holidays
Cow Appreciation Day (Today, July 15th)
Our appreciation for cows can be expressed in many ways. Go out and give a cow a big hug and/or a kiss. Have an ice cold glass of milk or fire up the grill, and cook some burgers. Don’t forget to get your fill of cheese. Sorry, goat cheese is not allowed today.
National Hug Week (Thursday, July 16th)
Celebrate National Hug Week by giving lots and lots of hugs this week!
Peach Ice Cream Day (Friday, July 17th)
Today is Peach Ice Cream Day! Peaches are one of the best flavors of the summer season. People wait for about 48 weeks for the peach harvest to ripen, and when it does, for a few short weeks, its ”peach everything”!
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BCU’s planner extraordinaire is featured heavily in Vice’s 2009 photo exhibition in a bunch of shots by Terry Richardson. Check it out.
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“Ahoy”
Featuring (from left to right): Dan, Alexis, Dane, Griff and Dave
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Art: James Ensor
This exhibition presents approximately 120 works, examining the Belgian master James Ensor’s contribution to modernity, his innovative and allegorical use of light, his prominent use of satire, his deep interest in carnival and performance, and his own self-fashioning and use of masking, travesty, and role-playing. Through 9/21
Music: Central Park SummerStage 2009
Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the 2009 season schedule of the free performing arts festival, Central Park SummerStage, includes music, dance, word, film, and comedy. Internationally acclaimed for presenting world-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe and New York City’s own backyard, the Central Park SummerStage season promises to be as electrifying as ever. 6/5- 8/15
Culture: NYC Restaurant Week 2009
Take advantage of these amazing dining deals! The extended event will let you pick almost all of the restaurants you’ve wanted to try - over 250 restaurants are participating! 7/12-7/31
Did You Know…about Exit Strategy NYC?
A New York City startup, Exit Strategy NYC, is releasing a mobile application that provides detailed maps of 200 of the city’s subway stations — in all of Manhattan and in key neighborhoods in the other boroughs. No more guessing which is the right end of the platform. The application goes on sale Tuesday for the iPhone, the Android, the BlackBerry and the Amazon Kindle.
This Week’s Non-Holidays
Video Games Day (Today, July 8th)
Video Games Day celebrates popular video games that stormed onto the market, and changed the way your kids play games. From Atari to Nintendo to Xbox, video games provide all too many hours of playing time on your television set.
National Sugar Cookie Day (Thursday, July 9th)
National Sugar Cookie Day is a day to satisfy your sweet tooth. Popular with young kids, and old kids, sugar cookies are delicious!
Teddy Bear Picnic Day (Friday, July 10th)
It’s Teddy Bear Picnic Day. Spend the lunch hour on a blanket under a shade tree with your Teddy Bear.
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