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  • ‘That's Entertainment' drag show raises over $12,000 for Leeds Center

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Winchester Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Winchester, Kentucky

    A sold-out drag show at the Leeds Center for the Arts in Winchester, Kentucky, raised over $12,500 for the theater and its programs. The money raised came from ticket sale proceeds, performer tips, and donations.

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  • Reproductive justice organization shifts culture in a new film

    March 14, 2023 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A full-length feature film made by a reproductive justice organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is helping to destigmatize and humanize substance dependency and substance abuse recovery during parenthood. The film is based on conversations with women in recovery.

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  • Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science

    March 07, 2023 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit nonprofit Arts and Scraps reuses donated materials like yarn and fabric to teach kids to create art and take care of the environment with free programs.

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  • When Clothes Fly Off, This Intimacy Coordinator Steps In

    March 02, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Entertainment industry intimacy coordinators facilitate the production of intimate scenes in films, television shows, and live performances and ensure the safety and comfort of the actors participating.

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  • New Fire Mountain Fabrics store offers Indigenous fabric and motifs

    March 01, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

    Fire Mountain Fabrics and Supply is a Native-owned fabric shop in Minnesota that sells materials used to make the regalia worn in different ceremonies that can often be difficult to find.

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  • "Please break down the door": How Ivano-Frankivsk women evacuated hundreds of paintings from cities in line of fire

    February 13, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

    The Assortment Room is an art space that serves as both a gallery and a platform to support artists. It also facilitated the evacuation of 600 pieces of art from cities in the line of fire during the war in Ukraine to ensure artists’ work wouldn’t be lost or destroyed.

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  • Can the 'Slow Flowers' Movement Make Valentine's Day Sustainable?

    February 10, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Slow Flowers Movement is educating flower farmers, florists, and consumers about the benefits of local, sustainably grown flowers. The founders are changing perceptions of the floral industry through workshops, a growing membership program, word of mouth, and an online directory of local farmers and florists.

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  • Soomaal House fosters community for Twin Cities Somali artists

    February 06, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Soomaal House of Art is giving Somali artists in Minnesota’s Twin Cities a community to join and easy access to a place to show their work.

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  • How Catholic institutions are building sustainability into aging infrastructure

    January 10, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Instead of demolishing a campus building in need of many renovations Rockhurst University repurposed it. The focus on sustainability during the rebuild made it the most energy-efficient building on campus and prevented the release of the carbon embedded in its concrete.

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  • Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,' queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies

    January 03, 2023 |

    The Forward |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The Tzitzit Project makes Jewish ritual garments typically produced for and worn by Orthodox men in shapes and colors for a variety of bodies and genders to appeal to a more diverse set of people.

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