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Photos from New Orleans Lower 9th. Ward one year later. The destruction that still remains is really unbelievable.

9th. Ward, New Orleans Photo set @ Flickr
Notes from the Photographer

Every year the small town of Bunyol in Valencia Spain gets ready for it’s population to quadruple when a army of 30,000 converge for La Tomatina. 275,000 pounds worth of tomato battle later a lot of people are really messy.

30 August 2006 (final Wed of every Aug)
11am, Free
Spain
Comunidad Valenciana
Valencia, Bunyol

La Tomatina the Video Guide
Official Tomatina Site

Warm summer nights in New York City are radical. So watch a movie on a roof.

Thursday 24 August 2006
Brooklyn Bridge Park
The Warriors
Underneath the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn
Music starts at 6pm; movie starts at sunset.
Free

Friday, 25 August 2006
Home Movies (selection of short films)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Live Music by ULI at 8:30pm; film at 9pm.
$8 available at the door or online from Roof Top Films

Saturday, 26 August 2006
Summerscreen
Style Wars
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Events (DJ Spooky, Worange Drexler, Agora II) at 5pm, movie starts at 8pm.
Free

Virtual treasure trove of California history and full res photos.

Calisphere is the University of California’s free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts — reveal the diverse history and culture of California and its role in national and world history. Calisphere’s content has been selected from the libraries and museums of the UC campuses, and from a variety of cultural heritage organizations.

Calisphere

Some picks:
Frida n’ the boys
Mickey Mao
Waterfall in the mountains of Izu

Tim Barber’s first New York solo show is a selection of photos spanning the last eleven years. He runs the online gallery tinyvices too. Check out the opening at the Journal Gallery this Friday, August 25. After party at Hotel QT.

A Pile of Shit has a Thousand Eyes

Giant Robot in SF is gearing up for it’s Kitazawa, PCP, show at it’s gallery/bookstore off of Haight street. Check out the opening shindig August 26th.

Giant Robot San Francisco
Fecal Face Calendar Date
Design Taxi interview with Heisuke

The Guardian observes the one year anniversary of hurricane Katrina with a stunning slideshow of New Orleans damaged, but not dead, legendary music scene.

The Day that Music Died

The Museum of Modern Art, ala New York City, is exhibiting an extensive collection of Dada works. Over fifty artists are represented including Marcel Duchamp, Hans Arp, Max Ernst and more.

“This major museum exhibition, which premiered at the National Gallery of Art, is the first in the United States to focus exclusively on Dada, one of the twentieth century’s most influential avant-garde art movements. Responding to the disasters of World War I and to an emerging modern media and machine culture, Dada artists led a creative revolution that profoundly shaped the course of subsequent art.”

MoMA.org Dada Exhibit

Burning Man is back and soon all of those closet hippies and hipsters from the cubical next door will be packing up their buses with drugs and generators for a couple nights out in the desert. Here are some guides that might help you make it out alive:

Burningman.com’s Required Reading Guide for 2006
Black Rock Rangers Survival Guide
Wikipedia Burning Man article
Google Maps view of Black Rock City
Packing List
Piss Clear: Favorite Black Rock City Newspaper
You’re bringing a bike right?

“One of the hottest music festivals to grace the lakefront, the ¡Viva! Latin Music Festival gets those culos shaking, swinging, and swaying to Latin rhythms from around the globe — from cumbia, merengue, salsa, and charanga to reggaeton, hip-hop, and pop. Featuring salsa legend Johnny Pacheco, pop group Morrison, Xtreme, Son de la Habana, and NY newcomer Anais, among others, ¡Viva! serves up more than music; enjoy a multitude of tasty traditional cuisines, along with Hispanic art, clothing, jewelry, and instruments from international and local vendors.”

Sat 8/26 & Sun 8/27, 10:30am-9:30pm FREE
via Flavorpill Chicago

Nothing better than storming the streets on a hundred pound cruiser bike. It doesn’t hurt when it’s around one our favorite cities on the globe, Barcelona, either. The Fat Tire Bike Tour crew (not to be confused with our favorite Colorado brewing company) provide a sweet ride and tour of the not so obvious around the streets of Barcelona.

Berlin has one, so you know the New York City subway system has to have a custom Google Map.

NYC Metro Google Map
Berlin Metro Google Map