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About markweiss86

Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play

Fountains of the Deep: Visions of Noah and the Flood

This gallery contains 6 photos.

Originally posted on Art, the Bible & the Big Apple:
Coinciding with the release of his new feature film, Noah, director Darren Aronofsky presents an exhibition of contemporary art inspired by the biblical story of Noah and the Flood. Fountains…

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Here’s to ya, Pete Douglas

Pete Douglas the founder of the Douglas Beach House in Half Moon Bay took his last bow Sunday, at 85. That’s a tough act to follow.

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Escobar by Carolyn Castano, a Columbian-American also showing at Meridian SF LAST CHANCE

I clicked thru a note about Carolyn Castano show closing at Meridian Gallery on Post in SF — Sunday, July 20, 2 to 4 p.m, 2014 — to rip this salute to Escobar the football player who was murdered after … Continue reading →

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Peace is the only adequate war memorial: ceramics installation by Ehren Tool in Palo Alto

Eight hundred and eighty ceramics mugs comprise a type of Old Glory reference and codex, at Palo Alto Art Center, which I am calling Palo Alto Peace Center for the next eighty eight days or so. Here is my reading … Continue reading →

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Would you really feel any pity if one of those dot coms stopped moving forever?

edit to add: I later decided not only to run for City Council but to double down and apply for ARB; meanwhile I happened on to Rita Varell working on her garden and she added her name to the list … Continue reading →

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Thank you for your service to our art center

I met Ehren Tool about five times during his month residency at Palo Alto Art Center, furthering his project of turning five years as an MP in the Marines into 10,000 or so ceramic mugs. The art of war, the … Continue reading →

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Random Chris Ofili pencil on paper image

I bought Art in America for $11 (June/July 2014) partially because I recognized the name Chris Ofili, who did the cover art. I am a little disappointed there is not a corresponding article on the Nigerian artist in London famous … Continue reading →

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GD concert film Thursday in Mountain View

Click here to get your miracle ticket for a Grateful Dead meet-up at Mountain View Century theaters, 7:30 show, a 1972 Germany concert film. This is probably more fun that the typical Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission meeting, which … Continue reading →

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How deep is your rot?

The building industry term “net zero” is a green-wash term designed to confuse the issue about growth per se. Here is a good article on it, about San Francisco’s first “net zero” building. Web Link To me the context of … Continue reading →

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Belgium: Field trials planned of GM poplar trees for ethanol

Originally posted on chrislang.org:
Why are scientists researching this dangerous, untested false solution to climate change, when other real solutions already exist? By Chris Lang. Published in WRM Bulletin 127, February 2008. Late last year, the Flanders Institute for…

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