Despite the rise in costs for basically everything nowadays, I’m pretty sure sparing 6 cents won’t do much to your wallet. With just 6 cents out of your pocket, you can help save those who don’t have access to safe and clean water in the developing world where approximately one billion people suffer because of this. However, there has been a simple treatment being used recently called oral rehydration salts (ORS), which saves 1 million children annually from diarrheal diseases. The ORS is a simple combination of salt, sugar and clean water and costs just 6 cents per →

The Breakfast Club Special Screening
Hollywood, CA
08/25/09
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The Breakfast Club is one of those classic American movies that every other American teenager can relate to and finds themselves identifying with one of the five characters in the film: the Jock, the Princess, the Brain, the Criminal, or the Basket Case. The coming-of-age comedy directed by John Hughes features an all-star 80s cast including Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, →

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., both leaders of important House caucuses supporting a public insurance option, will join health care expert Jacob Hacker and Campaign for America’s Future co-director Roger Hickey on a conference call on Thursday to discuss a new report that details the reasons why growing blocs of House members refuse to support a health care bill without a public insurance option. →

Skylight Books is Proud to Present Dave Eggers
Skylight Bookstore – Los Feliz, CA
8/19/09
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The young critically acclaimed author will be at Skylight Bookstore for a reading and signing of his new nonfiction book, Zeitoun, about the trials of one man, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, during and after Hurricane Katrina. The founder of groundbreaking publishing house, McSweeney’s and novelist will be reading at Skylight for the very first time!

Here’s an excerpt from the glowing review by Timothy Egan in The New York Times →

Detroit Music Scene Maven Plays to the Brooklyn Crowd
BKLYN Yard – Brooklyn, NY
8/23/09
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This Sunday we present the last part of our Detroit trilogy with Theo Parrish taking over the party for an extended 4 hour set. The Kyle Hall and Omar S parties were very special days this summer, representing the last two generations of the Detroit sound. This Sunday we take it back one more evolution with one of the most talented and enigmatic producers to come out of that unique city. Sunday Best is proud to present Theo Parrish. →

Bringing the Spanish-Harlem Soul Back to Los Angeles
El Cid – Silverlake, CA
8/20/09
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Formed in Los Angeles from the ashes of the rock-steady machine Ocean 11, latin-funk pioneers Five Degrees of Soul, ska stalwarts See Spot, Chris Murray Combo and even LA’s favorite Vallenato Cumbia superstars Very Be Careful, the Boogaloo Assassins are here to get down Spanish-Harlem style. →

I guess this is what happens when you fall out of the shoe game, you totally miss that sneaker companies like Creative Recreations are expanding. And what an expansion it is. Not even a hint of sneaker or streetwear culture in these fem offerings for Spring 2010. Branching pretty far out into flats, wedges, lace-ups, and sandals, the company’s first stab at the women’s shoe market is right on point. Simple silhouettes, cool color schemes and just the right amount of trendiness, I think this move will see Creative Rec gaining a whole new demographic of dedicated followers. Kudos on raising the bar, yet again.

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A new series of personal essays about job loss, mental health, and the undying pursuit of art.

When I arrived that morning, the magazine offices were nearly vacant. Nothing but the dull hum of a thousand overhead florescent lights and the distant clicking of a few phantom keyboards registered a sound. A stack of empty boxes had been left on my desk. Looking at them, they seemed to tell the true story of the last 24 hours: We care, we really do. But please take your shit and leave, it’s time for us to move on (Read: ‘Fear & Self-Loathing…’ Part I). I looked at the boxes, then over at the woman from Human Resources →

Cerasoli Gallery
Culver City, CA
8/22/09
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Cerasoli Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Roy Nachum, which will open starting August 22nd and will remain open until September 16th. The opening reception for the public is Saturday, August 22nd from 6-9 P.M.
Roy Nachum’s texturized, surrealist paintings are scaled to life size but his images resist the conventions reality imposes on both wilderness and civilization. Partially nude women crouch next to kneeling elephants to peer into their eyes and stroke their nubile trunks. A boy, blinded by the heavy crown which has slipped over his ears to cover →

New Era Limited Edition Artist Series
Santa Monica, California
08/24/09
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New Era and The Seventh Letter Collective have teamed up to launch a limited edition series of custom-designed caps and tees which will be unveiled on August 24th. This collaboration is only the first of a series of partnershps New Era wll be launching with various artists. Products will only be available for purchase in select boutiques and New Era retail locations. →