Tag: festivals
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Sights and Sounds from the Bees and Seeds Festival
There were more March(es) Against Monsanto all around the world last weekend, but here in Portland, Oregon, organizers put down the protest signs and set up booths with bands, brochures and brother/sisterhood for a solutions-based event called the Bees And Seeds Festival. This short compilation features sights and sounds from O&D Railroad, Julia DeGraw, The…
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Detroit Holds Parade to Rid City of Evil Spirit
Detroit is nearly broke, and the mayor is recovering from surgery. Maybe it’s because of an evil red dwarf suspected of casting a spell centuries ago.
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#BingeAndPurge: Official Dismissal, Doomsday, Debris and more
Food Safety Official’s Monsanto Ties Spur Petition for Ouster // Judge Dismisses Organic Farmers’ Case Against Monsanto // The Smiths’ Andy Rourke to DJ at Choice Eats NYC // BP Seeks Settlement with Oil Spill Plaintiffs // Keeping an Oregon eye open for tsunami debris
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‘Frozen Dead Guy Days’, A Festival In Colorado, Stays Put
Frozen Dead Guy Days are staying put in the small town of Nederland, about an hour northwest of Denver, as are the mortal remains of one Bredo Morstoel, a Norwegian man whose strange and unlikely saga in death — and long-term storage — inspired the whole thing.
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food fest called off due to #OccupyBoston tent city
from boston herald: The sprawling Occupy Boston encampment in downtown has forced the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy to call off a food fest long planned for this weekend. The “Greenway Mobile Food Fest” set for Saturday has been canceled and won’t be held until the spring, the conservancy announced today. “Saturday’s event was to…