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Revitalization Through Street Art

Charlie Todd — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:13:19 +0000

Bay Area artist Jeremy Novy has a cool project where he places stencils of payphones in now vacant phone booths. Might as well put something there!

In a similar series, he renovates boarded up buildings by adding pretty windows. Check out his renovation of the State Street Theatre in Milwaukee.

Subway Swings

Charlie Todd — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:25:00 +0000

photo by Audrey Penven

Some urban pranksters out in San Francisco recently installed swings on a few BART train cars. The resulting photos are awesome.

Caroline Woolard did a project like this in New York back in 2006. Check out her video:

Previously: Statue Swing, Bus Stop Swing

(thanks Rob)

Mp3 Experiment Tour Dates Confirmed

Charlie Todd — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:04:15 +0000

Details are starting to come together for Improv Everywhere’s upcoming Mp3 Experiment Tour. The tour has now expanded to include Toronto. Note the new date for Chicago.

Tour dates:

The Mp3 Experiment 5: New York City
Saturday, September 27 at 3:15 PM at Governor’s Island [directions]

The Mp3 Experiment Toronto
Sunday, September 28 at 2:00 PM at Riverdale Park

The Mp3 Experiment San Francisco
Saturday, October 4 (time and location TBA)

The Mp3 Experiment Chicago
Sunday, October 5 (time and location TBA)

Complete instructions for each city will be online next week.

SFZero Profiled by WSJ

Charlie Todd — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:54:51 +0000

The Wall Street Journal put together this profile of SFZero.

SFZero is a Collaborative Production Game. Players build characters by completing tasks for their groups and increasing their Score. The goals of play include meeting new people, exploring the city, and participating in non-consumer leisure activities.

Cool project and a nice video, but we’re not sure why the WSJ scored the video with such annoying music.

Mp3 Experiment: NYC, Chicago, SF

Charlie Todd — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:37:14 +0000

The date of Improv Everywhere’s annual Mp3 Experiment has been announced. New York City will be hosting its fifth annual event and the fun is touring this year to Chicago and San Francisco. For now only the dates have been released, but more information will be released the week of September 15.

9/27 – NYC (Governor’s Island)
9/28 – Chicago (Location TBA)
10/4 – San Francisco (Location TBA)**

Mp3 Experiment 5 – Save The Date at Improv Everywhere

**Chicago date may change. More info soon. We also may add one more city to the tour!

Events This Weekend

Charlie Todd — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:46:31 +0000

Here’s a roundup of the interesting free public events we know of going on this weekend:

- Saturday in San Francisco: Zombie Mob
- Saturday in New York: Pandamonium
- Sunday in New York: Silent Rave Strikes Back

Know anything else going on? Let everyone know in the comments.

John Wayne Memorial Balloon Fight

Charlie Todd — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:54:01 +0000

Last week we posted a notice about a water balloon fight in San Francisco. Geek Entertainment TV has a video shot on location, above. Looks like it was lots of fun, despite a relatively small turnout.

Upcoming: Public Marching Band in SF

Charlie Todd — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:07:03 +0000

Someone from the San Francisco chapter of The Cacophony Society tipped us off about this event, happening Sunday. We don’t know anything about it other than what can be deciphered from the flyer above. Looks like fun!

Water Balloon Fight in San Fran Tonight

Charlie Todd — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:03:19 +0000

There’s a water balloon fight being organized in San Francisco tonight, June 11.

Laughing Squid has the details.