Hustler of Culture

Brighton Beach - Shul's Out for Sumemr (08/19/06)

Culture Cleanse.

Dear Five Readers,

Please bear with me while I clean up this site. If anyone wants to make a banner for me, rock! I'll rotate them until I finish a new one. Banner dimensions are 900 x 175. My color palette is what you see now but I'm open to whatever you want to make up. And of course I'll give a shout out if I use it. Thanks, yo!

Schmuck Road Warrior.

SCHMUCK RD
Originally uploaded by david.

Mel Gibson is walking down this road right now. Ay yi yi. What a public relations disaster. I mean, we knew dude was crazy. But like, I didn't think anyone could top the Tom Cruise train wreck. I guess I was wrong. All fanatics of any sort are cuckoo for coco puffs.

Fresh URL. Sort of.

To all the nice people who link to Hustler of Culture, please update my URL to http://www.hustlerofculture.com. And dump the old hustlerofculture.typepad.com addy. Thank you for your continued support and for helping me out with this OCD issue. Peace out.

Philly - Celestial Nights: Visions of an Ancient Land Exhibition (02/11/06 - 04/08/06)

Celestial Nights: Visions of an Ancient Land Exhibition

Photographs by Neil Folberg
Saturday, February 11, 2006 — Saturday, April 08, 2006

Free admission
Gershman Y Galleries
The Borowsky and Open Lens Galleries
401 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
215-446-3027

Neil Folberg, former student and colleague of the late Ansel Adams, is widely known for his large and medium-format color photographs that infuse landscapes and “built environments” with great drama and beauty. Born and raised in the U.S., Folberg has lived with his family in Jerusalem since 1976. In this new series and exhibition of compelling black-and-white night images, Celestial Nights, the ancient land and skies of Israel are offered to the viewer as mystical points of entry and departure. Folberg emphasizes the singular and poignant presence of objects against the backdrop of the infinite. His photographs describe and underline places where the spiritual is at once near, imprinted in the forms of the arid landscapes, and far away in the dark, starlit recesses of space.

Rock of Ages.

February 4, 2006 - 8:26 p.m. PST - Pacific Palisades

Tessa became a bat mitzvah. Mazel tov Tessie! Friends and family celebrated by rockin' out. My cousin Ari naturally follows in his family's musical footsteps.

Chicago - Shopocalypse Tour Revival at United Church of Rogers Park (12/08/05)

Thursday, December 8, 2005
7:00p

The Shopocalypse Tour Revival at United Church of Rogers Park...FREE OFF SITE PERFORMANCE
Mess Hall is proud to sponsor Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping's Chicago performance on the Shopocalypse Tour! Doors open at 7 pm tonight at our neighborhood's friendliest reconciling congregation hall...the United Church of Rogers Park.

Join us to see the Reverend preach, the choir sing, live music, and stop shopping! This performance is free and open to the public.

The United Church of Rogers Park is about 4 blocks west of Mess Hall at 1545 W. Morse. Go to their website at http://www.ucrogerspark.org for directions and parking information. And check out what Reverend Billy is all about at http://www.revbilly.com.

If the crowd is willing, everyone is welcome to come back to Mess Hall after the performance for potluck snacking action and a chance to chat to the choir "out of the robes and collar". Join us!

LA - "The Way Things Are" (11/21/05)

The Way Things Are by Lama Ole Nydahl

A Living Approach to Buddhism for Today’s World
Monday, November 21, 8-11pm

The Olympic Collection Banquet and Conference Center
11301 Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90064
$15 suggested donation

Lama Ole’s topic will teach participants about meaningful view and the inner workings of mind. Instructions on meditation will be given, through which the direct experience and wisdom gained can be actively applied in all life situations. Science has shown mediation’s benefit to mind and body; and has been the subject of many current articles appearing in such diverse magazines as Scientific American, National Geographic, Time, and Oprah Magazine.

18th Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1/19/04)

Monday, January 19 at 10:30AM

Hosted by:
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York

Presenting Sponsor: Target

Keynote Speaker: Wynton Marsalis

Featuring:
The Boys Choir of Harlem
The Persuasions
The Lafayette Inspirational Ensemble

BAM Rose Cinemas, 1PM
Free screening of Citizen King, a documentary presented in association with the National Black Programming Consortium.

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn,NY

First come, first seated.

FREE!