Honest Ed Mirvish Celebration

It was a month ago, Toronto’s beloved “Honest Ed” Mirvish passed away at age 93. Today, his family holds a free entertainment event to celebrate his life outside Honest Ed department store at Bloor and...

Zomercarnaval in Rotterdam

This weekend saw the explosion of sound and color that is Zomercarnaval (Summer Carnival) inn Rotterdam. Drumming, beach parties, parades, and the election of a Summer Carnival Queen. According to event...

Friday’s First Amendment rally at Union Square

New Yorkers are fighting for their rights to photograph their city.  If you're around you may want to join the party:"Please join the Filmmaker/Photographer contingent at this Friday’s First Amendment rally...

Illuminares Lantern Festival in Vancouver

The Illuminares Lantern Festival is taking place this Saturday, July 28th, 2007 at Trout Lake park in Vancouver. Presented by the Public Dreams Society, the event draws thousands annually and is a local tradition....

Plane Crash: Lula Advisor "Celebrates" Mechanical Failure Clue : Assessor de ...

My friend, blogger Luis Guilherme, brought this piece of video, taken from Globo Networks in Brazil, that shows the reaction of two Lula´s advisers after hearing news on the clues of mechanichal failure on São...

Car buried in Tulsa in 1957 to be unearthed

UPDATE: The car has been unearthed and is on its way to an unveiling ceremony. Is it lost to rust and time, or will the winner of a contest started fifty years ago be in luck (the person or their heir who is...

Darth Vader Arrested on Weapons Charges

This story starts out funny, but turns creepy: blasters are fictional weapons, so the Darth impersonator surely should not be charged with possessing an "unregistered firearm": how could Darth have registered it?...

KFC uses free video to flog products

"I don’t know whether it is pilfering or if they even saught permission to use the footage, but it seems Kentucky Fried Chicken in the USA has been trawling the net for people’s ‘celebration videos to use in...

Nigerian Civil Society Orgs Give Election Ultimatum

No, it's not over yet: As the "elected" government moves to cement its legitimacy and other nations slowly acknowledge the tainted election results, a host of civil groups have banded together to demand a legitimate poll, on pain of "mass [public] action"."Coalition of Civil...

Segway's 6th Birthday: A Celebration of Under-Achievement

Never been on a Segway, maybe something to be glad about. Happy 6th Birthday anyway, Segway:"The Onion News Network has a short, but hilarious segment up today; a roundtable discussion on how radically our...

Italy celebrates 62nd anniversary of liberation from fascism

Yesterday was the 62nd time Italians celebrated their freedom from brutal fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The national holiday is often greeted with a mixture of festivities and protest of current regimes...

Great balls of fire! Valencia celebrates Las Fallas

I love a good effigy-burning, so I should really be in Valencia this week for their annual Las Fallas (or Falles in Valencian). A whole week of celebrations that leads up to la crema--the burning--with lots of...

St. Patrick's parade organizer in NYC offends gays, firefighters

In the constellation of hyphenated Americans, one of the more sparkly of them has got to be the GLBT Irish-Americans from New York City.  Thye have been accustomed to conflict ever since they were banned from...

St. Patrick's Day party under way

North Americans will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Saturday. Chicago already had it's annual parade, but it seems England's off to a grand head-start. The Birmingham parade kicked off Sunday, city...

Home Improvement Expo 2007

"Want to remodel your home or repair some parts in your home this spring? Representatives from Grand Junction's 125th Anniversary Committee will be launching the Annual Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo today 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from March...

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