February 2010 Blog Posts (9)

Slow Art & Slow Travel

I'm philosophizing today friends. Maybe you've heard of the Slow Food movement and it's mission to protect heritage and traditions (as they relate to food). Nico & I have frequently discussed the basic tenants of this movement as we've developed ideas for Create Culture. So I was intrigued when I recently read about other Slow movements - particularly Slow Art & Slow Travel.

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Added by Create Culture on February 25, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

AFAR - a magazine for "Experiential Travel"

I just received my copy of the new travel magazine AFAR in the mail. I was intrigued because the editors of the magazine say they are focusing on "Experiential travel [which] connects you with the authentic essence of a place… Continue

Added by Create Culture on February 22, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Making his Bubbe and Zayde Proud! - Interview with Seth Kibel

CreateCulture.org interview with Seth Kibel

The Alexandria Kleztet leader - who is not an average attorney- February 2010

Tell me a little bit about yourself

I am a freelance musician based in the Washington/Baltimore region. One of the truisms of…

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Added by Create Culture on February 18, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

Theatre Without Borders - Interview with Roberta Levitow

CreateCulture.org interview with Roberta Levitow

Director, Dramaturge, Teacher and Co-Founder of Theatre Without Borders - February 2010

Tell me about yourself

I was born in Los Angeles,…

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Added by Create Culture on February 15, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Top Music Experiences from your Travels

There are top 10 travel song lists all over the internet. Favorites like Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again" and Roger Miller's "King of the Road" litter lists found on many popular travel sites. And there are not many among us who don't love these songs. In fact, I can distinctly remember several long road trips taken in my '87 Honda Accord that involved me singing in a wonderfully horrible off-key voice:

Trailers for sale or rent

Rooms to let, fifty cents

No phone, no pool,… Continue

Added by Create Culture on February 11, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Support the new series "Sound Tracks - Music Without Borders"

For members in the United States, there is potentially a new TV series on PBS called "Sound Tracks - Music Without Borders". The pilot aired at the end of January and is available on the program's website for viewing. You can also check out the Video section here for the trailers of some of the segments, including… Continue

Added by Create Culture on February 8, 2010 at 7:00am — No Comments

Identity

I am not Assyrian or Chaldean or Akkadian.

I am not a Christian or Muslim or Buddhist.

I am human.

I was born in Mesopotamia, Uruk, Nippur, Shuruppak, and…

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Added by PAUL BATOU on February 7, 2010 at 4:46pm — 1 Comment

A Sweet Lullaby for World Music?

Over lunch with Culturalist@s Kaoru Watanabe and Mari Nakano on Tuesday I started discussing some of my discomfort with the term "World Music". One of the paradoxes of the term is that while it is supposed to express an openness to the diversity of the world it simultaneously groups every "other" culture together. Are… Continue

Added by Create Culture on February 4, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Excerpt from Creative Tourism: A Global Conversation

Excerpt from Creative Tourism: A Global Conversation

Available on Amazon

INTRODUCTION AND COMMON THEMES

By

Alex Pattakos , PhD

Author, Prisoners of Our Thoughts

As suggested in the introduction to this book, Creative Tourism is as an idea whose time has come. The contributions to this section, each of which is based on a keynote presentation delivered at the Santa Fe International Conference on Creative Tourism,… Continue

Added by Santa Fe Creative Tourism on February 1, 2010 at 6:39pm — 2 Comments