a local theater

"Edgar" has been a tractor driver in Salinas CA for 20+ yrs. Each October, he prepares the soil for strawberry planting. Then black plastic is placed to protect the plants from the wind & keep the soil warm. The strawberries are harvested from April to July. #WeFeedYou

Can’t wait!

www.sfcinematheque.org/screening/j-...

Everything is Now in San Francisco
SF Cinematheque presents/J. Hoberman introduces
Jack Smith's Scotch Tape (c 1959)
&
Ron Rice's The Flower Thief (1960) w Taylor Mead

Fri, Oct 3 @ 7:30 pm
GRAY AREA / GRAND THEATER
2665 Mission Street

Alcestis/Euripides

2 excellent ice creams, straight from the van, for me and the Mrs . I have 4 flakes (with chocolate sauce), she has 2 flakes (raspberry sauce ) . She gives me her flakes too . Been a wonderful Saturday evening so far . Spurs beat West Ham away 0-3. LOVELY JUBBLY!

Why So Many MIT Students Are Writing Poetry A professor at the Institute discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. What might it mean for the future of AI?

An MIT literature professor discovered that his students were quietly meeting outside class to write verse. Joshua Bennett on what this means for the future of AI and why poetry matters in a world ruled by tech:

And Israel killed every one of them

Minneapolis Institute of Arts (1976)
2400 3rd Ave. S
Source: Hennepin County Library

Full newspaper page photo essay with eight photos of Director Ida Lupino with cast and crew of “Never Fear” (1949). Published in early 1950, the photographs are from the previous September. Text: Hollywood has succumbed to the modern woman. The ladies, who formerly were content to parade in front of the cameras, have now taken over many of the chores behind the lenses—script writing, producing, and even directing—which formerly were considered strictly male prerogatives. Latest recruit is lovely Ida Lupino, who spent quite a few years as a top-ranking star herself. Miss Lupino, who produced the film "Not Wanted," recently turned her talents to directing a new romantic drama titled "Never Fear." Her directing of the new picture is shown here.

1950 photo essay on Ida Lupino directing “Never Fear” (1949).

“The ladies, who formerly were content to parade in front of the cameras, have now taken over many of the chores behind the lenses… which formerly were considered strictly male prerogatives.”

#IdaLupinoFOTW

Photograph of my mother and grandmother at my mom's worksite

A story my mother tells, relayed for Octavia Butler's birthday:

Throughout the 1970s and 80s, my mother was one of a handful of women construction workers. She was also a member of several radical leftist groups. As a woman, she was totally alienated on the job...

YouTube video by Edwin Starr - Topic War

War! What is it good for? Absolutely nuthin!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZJR...

A worker bending over to harvest lettuce

Juvenal works in the fields of Salinas CA he says: At this time of year I'm harvesting lettuce by hand. It's very tiring work. I have to spend 8 hours a day, 5 days a week bent over harvesting the crop. #WeFeedYou

If your response to this video is, “That’s what I voted for”—
Fuck you. Fuck you very much.

You’re heartless.

National Lutheran Council Films Show Relief Work Overseas (1946)
Source: Hennepin County Library

Bilkstad and Curby (seated) check over a new 16 mm projector. They are in charge of the film library.

It's like being summoned by the Gestapo or KGB. According a stat mentioned in last night's debate, 40% of NYC population is foreign born. ICE attacks us.

"What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity."

- William S. Burroughs

S9 E8: In the Driver’s Seat with Chey Car, founder Chey Eisenman Podcast Episode · The View In Your Mirror · 05/30/2025 · 1h 13m

I did a fun interview a couple of weeks ago with Katie Harms and Lisa Rubin on their podcast The View in Your Mirror.

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Remembering Tom Robbins, Journalist Who Crusaded for New Yorkers in Need A stint on THE CITY’s investigations team capped a career exposing the corrupt and the criminal on behalf of tenants, workers and incarcerated people.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/r...
Another tribute by former VV editor Marty Gottlieb, VV grad Alyssa Katz & The City's investigative reporter Greg B. Smith. They cite Tom's early stint as an organizer for the Taxi Rank & File Coalition. He himself belonged to the Salt of the Earth international.

Everything Is Now Like Paris in the 1920s, New York City in the 1960s was a cauldron of avant-garde ferment and artistic innovation. Boundaries were transgressed and new forms created. Drawing on interviews, memoirs, a...

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Coming, May 27

YouTube video by Mark Larson beneath 87

youtu.be/TT0fUR-3oc8

Grabbed this photo of Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go’s tonight at Cruel World. She absolutely ROCKS and her guitar says it all. ✊🏽

Today is a good day to take a bunch of disconnected scenes and fragments and make them into complete and coherent chapters