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Giant Steps believes music can inspire social change. Operating out of Impact Hub San Francisco, they’re bringing together musicians and their fans to connect online and do good in the world. It’s a really creative concept and a big freakin’ deal, because the passion of artists and their community is the stuff movements are made of. This nonprofit is building…
What do a NYC fashionista and a Pakistani millennial have in common? Ali Hassoun is ready to show ya. He’s a juxtaposition wizard whose paintings cut to the root of what makes us, well, us. Take the fashionista and the young Pakistani out of context, paint them side by side and BAM! You’re left with two women who look a…
Mindy Abovitz is a drummer and media executive smashing stereotypes in the music world. She’s the founder of all-girl Tom Tom Magazine and she was sweet enough to share her passion and story with New Sincerity. Cheers, and happy reading! – – – I gravitated toward the drum set most likely because it was a rebellious thing for a girl…
Ali Al Sayed grew up feeling lost and out of place in Israel – stuck between lands and languages, trapped. He learned that to be heard, humor was essential. Sayed’s an Arab-Israeli writer that lives and teaches in Chicago. He wrote Israel’s first prime time T.V. show to feature an Arab family. His biggest success though is his beautiful, evolving…
All over the nation, art galleries are disappearing, and they’re taking a part of America’s creative spirit with them as they go. Luckily, there are people and places like writer/curator Christian Frock and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA). They’re creating solutions to problems facing art and culture, like using art itself to talk about them. ‘Take This Hammer’, which…
That’s a quote by German writer, Bertolt Brecht, and it fits just right with SF’s Yerba Buena Center for the Art’s recent exhibition. Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes – Dignidad Rebelde, collectively – want to put that hammer into the hands of communities struggling under the weight of history. Their posters are beautiful and powerful. They’re framed in museums, coveted…
Maggie Rogers’ single ‘Alaska’ is causing chatter – it’s fresh and edgy, different from what she grew up playing. Maggie, soft-spoken and humble, totally deserves the praise. Inspired by her outdoorsy Maryland childhood paired with a new love for dance music after a trip to France, the piece is its own beast. When artist and producer Pharrell heard…
You should take the subway just for the small chance you may catch this charismatic trio swinging from the bars of a car. These kids take the art of street performance to a whole new gravity-denying level. They’re good, stunningly good, and their dedication to their craft is as apparent in their smiles as it is in their choreography. “When…
Mikaila Ulmer, the 11-year-old behind Me & The Bees Lemonade, took the whole ‘kids selling lemonade thing’ and blew it wide open. After turning heads on ABC’s Shark Tank, Whole Foods signed on to carry Me & The Bees across the country. Hit up one of their stores to taste Mikaila’s great grand-mother Helen’s flaxseed lemonade recipe, sweetened with local honey. Watch…
