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San Francisco Zine Fest is happening today and tomorrow with all types of crafters and printers. Cheap bookbinding workshops too.

September 9–10, 2006 @ CELLspace (2050 Bryant St, in the Mission)

New acrylic and ink works by Coop going up at sixspace gallery Saturday, September 9, 6 - 9pm.

Washington D.C. is ofcourse known for it’s populous of politicians but few know it as the epicenter for East Coast punk and hardcore. Yellow Arrow documents the scene with maps and quality mini-docs.

Capitol of Punk
Washington, D.C. hardcore @ wikipedia
Banned in DC

Supertouch interviews favorite Adbusters subverter Ron English.

New Jersey based Painter, Billboard hijacker & all-around provocateur Ron English is at the forefront of a modern art movement set to take over the art world by any means necessary.

Culture Jamming with Ron English
Billboards by English
Graffiti.org feature

Brian Barnelco is a San Francisco artist who is lending his paint stylings to the side of FoodCo a grocery store in the Mission district between 14th and 15th Streets on Shotwell. The two hundred-foot piece explores the source of our food from seed to dinner plate. Still in progress if you live in the area and want to stop by.

Food Chain Mural blog
Brian’s previous work
SFGate Culture blog article

Mark Jenkins is a Washington DC based artist, who’s work includes tape babies and lollipop parking meters, may wake you up from that urban everday daze sometime.

Video of Jenkins work on the street
Morning News Interview
Mark’s Stroker Project

Interesting read of a 1964 New Yorker profile of Bob Dylan. Exploring what ‘folk’ meant for the time and place in music.

The Crackin’, Shakin’, Breakin’ Sounds

Now legendary street artist Banksy is opening up a warehouse full of goods starting Friday September 15th. Location to be announced at his website the day of the show.

Wooster Collective posting
Banksy site
Flickr group featuring Banksy street work

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

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