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#OWS – Just the Beginning

October 27, 2011
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By: Patricia Wilkie It is difficult to say exactly how Occupy Wall Street started as we are witnessing a web of global interconnectedness with social movements in the 21st century.  With rising global inequality, there are also protests globally. For example, thanks to the technological age, we were able to [...]

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Branches Mobile Gallery

October 27, 2011
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Branches Mobile Gallery is a creation from the inventive minds of artists Jordan Quintero and myself, Luke Holden.  Our mission is to enrich event experiences with our multimedia gallery which exhibits art of all mediums, 2D and 3D.  The participants’ experience of the gallery environment is as important to us [...]

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Jack Azar

August 31, 2011
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Jack Azar is a Lebanese-American born artist from Santa Barbara, California. Jack experienced a moment of self-awakening in 2002 – an already existing reality emerging with the aid of scissors and glue. Magazines have become a valuable contributor for his creativity, collecting and reconstructing images to create a unique kind [...]

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Sustainable, Organic, and Local

August 1, 2011
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Saturday, October 1, 2011 Plaza Vera Cruz Park (across from Saturday’s Farmers Market) 10am – 6pm www.solfoodfestival.com By: Alison Hensley Whether we are aware of it or not, each one of us is actively engaged in a revolution.  The well being of our species and planetary environment depends on which [...]

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In Need of a Minsky Moment: Evolving People, Evolving Policies

August 1, 2011
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By: Patricia Wilkie The debt ceiling debate continues in Washington. As the saga unfolds, bargaining, compromising (or lack there of) and arguing continues. The clock ticks, and political posturing continues with unprecedented displays of partisanship.  On August 3rd, around 70 million people may not receive checks from the federal government, [...]

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Stateside Magazine, Issue #14

June 14, 2011
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Reduce, Reuse, Up-cycle, Recycle, Share-cycle. Would you recycle if there were no recycle bin at the ready?  At Stateside Magazine we are trying to change the industry so it is easy to get more from less.  Don’t recycle your Stateside, shaRE-CYCLE it!  Give it to a friend or return it [...]

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Thought for Food:

June 14, 2011
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Written by: Patricia Wilkie Imagine a world where a gene found in a cold-water fish is placed into a potato in order to produce a new organism that has the desired trait of surviving a freeze.  It looks like a potato, tastes like a potato, but it is not genetically [...]

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The Art of GONE

June 14, 2011
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I paint to survive, not out of fiscal need but out of fear, the fear of life’s degenerative cadence. I flounder and fly to capture any amount of beauty or tragedy in the face of infinity.  Death is the final masterpiece. Perhaps this is why many artists take it upon [...]

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The Art of Amy Buchanan

June 14, 2011
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Creating art is my way of expressing myself and how I see the world.  I enjoy using a variety of different  brushes and materials especially oil paint because of it’s elasticity and smoothness. When I work in mixed media I use a variety of paints, my photographs, drawings, patterns and [...]

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Stateside Magazine, Issue #13

May 1, 2011
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Stateside is your local art and entertainment hybrid publication. We do things differently and have a couple rules for you to follow. Only pick this up and enjoy if you will respect it. We want you to take it and enjoy it, but pass it on. We print only a [...]

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The Art of Jimmy Bell

May 1, 2011
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Jimmy Bell won a “sponsor free” spot in the magazine because we chose his front cover! I am available for commissioned or custom work in any medium. I do murals, paintings, tattoos, album artwork, etc.  You can check out more of my work at JIMMYBELLART.COM or e-mail me at jimmybell83@msn.com [...]

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ZOMBIES AND BUDDHAS

March 15, 2011
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By: Jill Littlewood Why zombies? That is what I wanted to know. My sons and their friends talked about them incessantly, creating elaborate scenarios for evacuation and defense when they attacked. Each scenario had to take into account the exact nature of the zombie population, as different kinds were incapacitated in [...]

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The Anatomy of a Movement

March 15, 2011

By: Patricia Wilkie In Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Wisconsin, something is happening, people are coming together in the name of change. Revolution is in the air, and moving like pollen in the wind, waiting to be carried where it can stick. People are asking for change, even in our own Madison, Wisconsin. [...]

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Stateside Magazine, Issue #12

March 15, 2011
Stateside Magazine Front Cover Issue 12 2011 Ken Knox

Stateside magazine is now one year old! It has been a long hard year, but thanks to people like you, we are still your official glossy, trade-sized, art and culture hybrid magazine! We are interested in celebrating our birthday with you, the people who have made it happen. Come join [...]

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The Art of Michael Heltebrake

February 1, 2011
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The Art of Michael Heltebrake

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Stateside Magazine, Issue #11

February 1, 2011
Stateside Magazine Front Cover Issue 11 2011 Michael Heltebrake

We have been asking Santa Barbara and the surrounding areas what they would like to see.  We have some new changes, but kept everything you like. What’s new for you to expect: We are now printing every 45 days – because we do what we want. We now have a [...]

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The Invitation

December 15, 2010
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By Marian Musmecci You are invited, during these days between holidays based on the ideals of giving thanks and giving tokens of appreciation to give in another way that has no price tag or gift wrapping involved. In these modern times when the reality of what we cannot see is [...]

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Stateside Magazine, Issue #10

December 15, 2010
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- Featured in Issue #10 of Stateside Magazine – Psychic Warrior Shields Leonard Goldstein Jimmy Bell The Invitation SB Youth Music Drive Dragonfly Why Compost is so essential Local Trumps Organic The Art of Solana Foo Umbrellaman by: Steve Fields Bike Builder: Rex Stephens

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The Art of Jes Wilde

November 1, 2010
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Art and Poetry By: Jes Wilde  Photography by: Emily Weinberg walking through a hallway of pictures.. mirror images.. of my minds life.. clip by clip.. a life lived, a life adored.. a life left behind.. a blue green mystic… .. a total trip out reality.. a mind blown.. and blowing… [...]

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Stateside Magazine, Issue #9

November 1, 2010
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We would like you to help us create something you would like to see for others to enjoy. Create a cover, showcase your artwork, write poetry, come up with a fun game, almost whatever you would like. You can express your creativity and get yourself published. Of course it’s not [...]

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