it seems lot of narrowly avoided the road to shame so massacre plus the initial chainsaw arts festival was just about to begin. some long run. there's nothing subtle about this form of sculpture and that suited me down to the ground and once i sliced off a bit here in the plot starting work on freeing the statue from the feature. and it wasn't long before something with a wintry feel to it became to take shape. sort of cool coffee a foil and hopefully you can make out a beautiful family penguin portrait here. for the lessons without will. but with most of the school leaving glad to put the finishing touches to our run talk to friends i headed back into the city to visit some more crossman working on a slightly larger scale. one company bigger better than the largest employer in the city that territory is boss and the product may make just about fits. in that. this is the cross production association surface. and inside this tank six brand new i am one forty eighth's of a line for space. there ukrainian jet plane that's been around since two thousand and seven each one's worth around tw

yesterday a modern art festival in helsinki was set to screen what it believes is the world's longest film with a running time of 240 hours. that means they will still be screening it this time next week. thanks, but no thanks. >>> coming up, the magic cast a spell over the knicks, the grizzlies gobbled the shamrocks and some last-second heroics for the ducks. >>> plus detroit looks to quench the heat. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> the storm system that brought wild weather to the ohio valley exiting the east coast today. now our focus goes to the west coast. your forecast is coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, new york city sports fans and sports writers are not known for their patience. what little they do have may have run out with the knicks. here's nbc's fred roggin with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>> good thursday morning. it's hard to believe that a team could get worse with the addition of a superstar, but that is exactly what happened with the new

united states of asian american festival has events here every career as does the national career arts festivalin recent years homies organizing the empower youth had one of their first large scale neighborhood events. >> i think of it as multi-generational i see artists who are emerging and young and community members that may be from in college to, you know, some of the old-timers that have been around a long time. i think that is special about this organization. >> it shows work by more than 1,000 bay area visual artists each year and collaborates through the programs with between 60 and 90 nonprofit cultural organizations each year. we host weekly figure drawing sessions every saturday morning. there is an accurate dojo with classes they nights a week and people can drop in. we have a free drop-in print maki making class. and print making workshops for adults a want to learn the craft. we have an open studio. >> how do you see it as distinguishing itself as a unique place and organization? >> i was just reading an interview with elizabeth streb and she was talking about her vision for the s

are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential example of what is happening with the intellects in our community. he is a brilliant brother. if you have not gone on youtube and seen him offering his insight on any number of social political issues -- i mean geopolitical issues, what is happening in afghanistan and iraq, what is happening with education in this country. his analysis -- the death of his insight and analysis i think is just undeniable -- the debt -- the depth of his insight and analysis is just undeniable. it is a reflection of how comfortable and dist

central market arts festival. bockscar theater. the original joe's restaurant, and john dugan senior year to date. showed odds restaurant. archetype boutique. -- show dogs a restaurant. pearl's restaurant will be opening in a couple of months. daniel hertado is here from central market community district. urban solutions is supportive. spur is supported. there may be people here who i have not seen. we have alexander quinn, an economic consulting firm. we have support from san francisco beautiful. we have some residents of the soma grande who have submitted a petition. we have the holiday inn civic center. we have group our development, which owns a building on mcallister. we have davis realty. we have troika construction. byron ye, who owns the renoir hotel. kim bender, a resident. john and michael are both here. marlon word. we have kate of sfmade, who is supporting the proposal. there are other folks who i think will speak for themselves today, and i'm just going to turn this over to regina to make a couple of comments in closin

comedy arts festival, and i've got this program in my hand. and here we go. "freedom in the arts, honoring norman lear, gary trudeau, oliver stone, matt stone, and trey parker." was that pretty much your intent, become a living legend in free expression here? yeah, i think-- this is pretty heavy company here. do you like that picture of us? yeah, when matt and i were, like, 20, i said, "matt, how can we be honored someday for anything?" and we figured, "let's do a cartoon and go that route." so it's-- "how can i be in the same room with oliver stone-- and not at the playboy mansion?" [laughter] where would i be? norman lear was here earlier and talked about how much he enjoyed your show. and he sits down with a nephew, i guess, and he says the bonding experience-- and it was the highest praise he said what he felt most positively by your show is that it's evocative and people talk about it afterwards. and he said that's all he ever hoped for with his programs. and that's the highest praise possible. yeah-- no, and it was really-- and coming from him, because w

outside the land music and arts festival will be selling tickets to the three day event there will bell on noon on friday there 14 $9 per ticket$149 per ticket. the linep for the festival be announced next month. a quick look outside as we go from mount tam, back with more in just a moment. >> mark:

festival is the arab cinema is talent. it is beautiful. the stories have that they represent are good stories, beautiful stories. also, the art form is beautiful and well made. >> for a complete film schedule and to learn more about the arab film festival, visit >> welcome to "culture wire." today we're headed to smpling f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working in photographer, video, and digital media. the latest exhibition lists clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities that it is behind the sphere of dominant gay and lesbian culture. the curator fills us in on the process of creating this thoughtful exhibition. and what she would like you to take away from it. >> i co-cureated with danny, a chicago-based writer and curator. the conceptual framework is what it means to be clear and radical for our generation. clearness as a set of political alliances and possibilities, not necessarily related to institutions of gender and swam formativity. danny and i wanted the show to feel funky and to have a really tangible quality to it. so part of that was incorporated handmade objects and installations a

. >> the san francisco arts commission held celebrates -- helps celebrate, and we do that with many festivals throughout the city. one of those festivals is celebrated in december by the filipino community. joining me today to talk about this festival is the coordinator of that festival. you work with the cultural center, do you not? >> yes. >> in 2003, you helped to establish this in san francisco. >> that is correct. >> what motivated you? >> i come from a town where this is rich and very much popular in our hometown, so we important the tradition and we can do it in san francisco. >> this is -- and rekindled it in san francisco. >> there is the story of inactivity -- >> here in san francisco, many different community groups come together to create things for the festival, is that correct? >> yes, that is correct. it is coming from different villages. it is only during before christmas where they show all of their lanterns, and then they have the competition among the different villages, and the villages will determine which of those will be the man turn of the year -- the lantern of the ye

festival is at roxy theater. >> baciaenga and fashion is art.t the de young museum. >>> mike has a final check on were they. >> anyway, let's talk about a lot of sunshine. low to mid-80s and 70s. this weekend, up to 45 mile-per-hour winds and waves up to 20 feet at the coast. >> that is it for now. thanks for joining us. >> "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> have a great day. bye-bye. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me and asking me how they could help. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime.

festival gets better and better. it continues to tell the story of our community and change people's minds based on our -- on art. it is with that pleasure that i bring of our awardee for this year's arab heritage month certificate. michel, could you come up real quick? [applause] his work every year really changes people's hearts and minds. if you could just speak for a few minutes about the festival and the success you faced this year. here is the award for this year's fair of heritage month. thank you. [applause] -- this year's arab heritage month. thank you. [applause] >> find the executive director of the arab festival. -- i'm the executive director. will i accept this proclamation on behalf of the arab-american community in sentences go with deep gratitude and affection -- the arab-american community in san francisco with deep gratitude and affection. allow me to thank our mayor, gavin newsom, for establishing arab heritage month, which will always be proudly remembered by our community and future generations. [applause] our thanks and appreciation also goes to mike farrah, a community member, leader, and r

arts. to me, it is more than just protecting electronic music festivals. it is also protecting other competitions like beat juggling and scratching. they use pre-recorded music and make new music. i also want to restate that closing these town will only hurt the community, making more underground events. these events are not permitted. they do not have medical staff there to help. thank you very much. >> my name is tony. i am here today to talk to you about my experience going to these raves and how i think there are a positive thing for our community and our area. a good environment for people to meet each other. i personally like going to raves because i like being able to walk around and listen to all this music that are playing. some of the music may be a little bit not my type of music to listen to. still, it has a beat and i enjoy going there. it is a lot of people having a good time and meeting each other. i support raves. thank you. [applause] >> i am 22 years old and a resident of san francisco. i was a former youth commissioner. seven years ago,

. >> anirs art form that now has fans the world over and can be seen at the festival in jerez. >> falou designer who is really going places. sebastian won a prestigious red doss award las yr. this year he's just been named as best new come herb in the german design awards. he has ao produced practical and popular and as you may expect, he is a bit of a stickler for detail. >> sebastian takes aersonal interest in the production of this particular table. it wasis bell table design that gave him his major break through. so he often visits the manufacturer often responsible for reproducing it. >> the idea was to create something surprising. a table that would initially confuse me. normally the eeh part of a table, the steel is on the bottom and the top part is made of glass. i have turned this upside down, making the foot a materials that transrent and fragile. >> it's made in a workshop not far from where she lives. the technique stp same as a pottery wheel. >> the great thing about this profession is you have direct contact to many areas of craftsmanship. leading up to the table. you se

festival, ella baff. the 2010 national medal of arts to jacob's pillow dance festival for contributions to the development of dance in the united states. as america's longest running international dance festival, thousands of people of all ages from across the united states and the world have jacob's pillow to thank for opening their horizons to dance. [applause] quincy jones. the 2010 national medal of arts to quincy jones for his extraordinary contributions to american music as a musician, composer, record producer, and arranger. as a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has mixed pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, african, and brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including records, live performances, movies, and television. [applause] sonny rollins. the 2010 national medal of arts to sonny rollins for his contributions to american jazz music. widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of the post- bebop era, mr. rollins' melodic sensibilities, playing style, and solos have delighted audiences and influenced generations of

festival. [applause] the 2010 national medal of arts to jacob's pillow dance festival for contributions to developmentf dance in the united states as america's longest-running international dance festival. thousands of people of all ages from across the united states and the world have jacob's pillow to thank for opening their horizons to dance. [applause] quincy jones. [applause] the 2010 national medal of arts to quincy jones for his extraordinary contributions to american music as a regent -- musician, composer, record producer and arranger. as a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has mixed pop, soul, african and jazz music to virtually every medium. [applause] sonny rollins. [applause] the 2010 national medal of arts to sonny rollins for his contributions to american jazz music, recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians, his playing style and solos have delighted audiences and influenced generations of musicians for over 50 years. [applause] james taylor. [applause] the 2010 national medal of arts to james taylor for his remarkable contributions to american music.

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