Emily Davidow

NYC Asian Art Contemporary Week 3.15-3.24 Asian Contemporary Art Week (March 15-24, 2008, NYC) features awesome line up of receptions, exhibitions, viewings, screenings, artists’ conversations and walkthroughs all over the city. Most events are free. (tags: nyc asian art events schedule asianart contemporaryart contemporary)

Episode 1: All Over the Map | Titlepage.tv Site fostering passionate conversations about books. Hosted by Daniel Menaker, aims to be 21st century version of “Algonquin Round Table.” (tags: books writers conversations)

Poems and notes from a delightful talk with Jon Kabat-Zinn and Bokara Legendre (filmed for her “Conversations with…” series for LinkTV, so surely you can see it soon too.)

NZ dolphin rescues beached whales When a group of pygmy sperm whales repeatedly beached themselves off Mahia beach, people tried over an hour and a half to get them to sea. Just when humans were about to give up, a dolphin appeared, communicated with the whales and led them to safety. (tags: interspecies altruism animals [...]

To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs (What to Plant this Spring) Gardeners could slow the rate of extinction by planting natives in their yards. In the NE, a violets feed fritillary caterpillars. Phlox supports 8 species of butterflies. Blueberry bushes (like the one above from White Flower Farm) support 288 species and thrive [...]

1,000 True Fans by Kevin Kelly — The Technium A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author – in other words, anyone producing works of art – needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans to make a living. (tags: longtail truefans digitaleconomy economicsofabundance abundance)

Want to Save a Coral Reef? Bring Along Your Crochet Hook The Institute For Figuring‘s Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project embodies “conecptual enchantment,” the “beauty and creativity that comes out of scientific thinking.” As it turns out, the gorgeously crenellated and undulating corals, anemones, kelps, sponges, and slugs that live in the reef have what [...]