By James Lane World Tai Chi and Qigong Day is an annual event independently organized by local Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong schools, groups, and associations on the last Saturday of April each year to promote the related disciplines of these practices around the world since 1999. The annual April event is open to...
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By James Lane Hundereds of New Yorkers rallied against fracking outside of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s birthday fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria on Monday night. They greeted the Cuomo donors arriving at the event, providing them with information on the dangers of fracking and urging them to persuade the governor to protect New York from...
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By James Lane The 7th annual New York Comic Con officially opened yesterday at the Javits Center in Manhattan. This sold out annual event, which runs through Sunday, will feature some of the biggest talents in movies, TV, music, comic books and is even offering livestreaming for the countless fans that were not able...
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By Kye Lee Chilling at the Rock Shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn on a muggy Saturday night, I nursed a beer while waiting for the band WYATT to arrive so I could get a quick interview before they went on stage. Maddy, Paul, and Alex are the Wyatt siblings, who play with bassist Zach...
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By Stephanie Quinn Shonen Knife, which loosely translates as “Boy (for their cute side) Knife (for their dangerous side),” is an all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981. Heavily influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, The Beach Boys, and early punk rock acts, such as the Ramones, the trio crafts...
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By Stephanie Four years ago something extremely significant and massively historic happened. Barack Obama came on the national scene and his message of hope in his election campaign for the United States Presidency was so enormous it took Glen Campbell away from his small architectural company. Glen explained, “Just the idea that an African...
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By James Lane Live streaming video links appear below the following list of NYC May Day 2012 Actions. 99 Picket Lines Midtown Manhattan Community groups, unions, affinity groups and OWS 8am – Chase Building (NYCC) – 270 Park Ave (@48th St) 8am – New York Times Building (UAW) – 620 8th Ave (@41st St)...
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By James Lane Eljuri’s new album “Fuerte” was released today in the United States and Mexico with the hopes of empowering people to become activists. This socially conscious release is Eljuri’s reflection of what’s going on in the world today and should act as a reminder for people to remain strong (Fuerte) and rise...
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By James Lane Over 3,000 people gathered at Liberty Plaza in the pre-dawn hours yesterday morning to defend the peaceful Occupation near Wall Street. The crowd cheered at the news that multinational real estate firm Brookfield Properties will postpone its so-called “cleanup” of the park and that Mayor Bloomberg has told the NYPD to...
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By James Lane What/Who is Occupy Wall Street? Occupy Wall Street is a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing they all have in common is that they share the mantra “We Are The 99%” that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the...
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