Lime Rock Historic Festival, 2013: Every year on Labor Day Weekend, the four-day event offers racing, picnics and a vintage car parade

Lime Rock Historic Festival, 2013


by Katharine Erwin One of the most beautiful race tracks in the country, rich with history and free of corporate plastering, Lime Rock Park is tucked beneath luscious mountains in northwest Connecticut. The precious 1.5 mile…

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Forest for the Trees NW: International street artists take over Portland with a public mural project led by Gage Hamilton

Forest for the Trees NW


by Hunter Hess The brainchild of Portland, Oregon-based artist Gage Hamilton, public mural project Forest for the Trees recently brought together over a dozen artists from five countries to…

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The Conference, Part Two: Phones with feelings, our multiple media personalities and more at Scandinavia’s largest technology and innovation conference

The Conference, Part Two


In Part One, we wrote about The Conference’s theme of taking grassroots action in media—people doing it for themselves. Another persistent subject, which kept rearing its futuristic head, was the concept of expressive technology. In contrast…

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The Conference, Part One: “Power, Disruption and Lies” in Malmö at Scandinavia’s largest technology and innovation conference, presented by Media Evolution

The Conference, Part One


Last week The Conference was held in Sweden’s southernmost city of Malmö and Cool Hunting was in attendance. The centerpiece of this exciting five-day media smörgåsbord was an intense 48 hours of conferences and parties, sandwiched…

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[wherever] Magazine: The new print publication’s literary approach to travel

[wherever] Magazine


Taking a different approach from destination-heavy travel publications like Suitcase Magazine or Wallpaper* City Guides, newcomer [wherever] gets more literary; choosing to gather personal essays on experiences, cultures and politics, loosely tied together by the…

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Interview: David Levithan: A discussion with The New York Times best-selling author on his newly released novel “Two Boys Kissing”

Interview: David Levithan


10 years ago, one book re-imagined how a gay love story could be told. Deft, honest and straightforward, The New York Times’ best-selling author David Levithan’s book “Boy Meets…

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Cool Hunting Video: The Lunchbox Museum: From the Lone Ranger to Rambo, we visit the largest collection of vintage pails in the world

Cool Hunting Video: The Lunchbox Museum


While recently rambling through the rolling hills of Georgia, CH ended up on the outskirts of Columbus at the world’s largest Lunchbox Museum, situated in the back of the ); return…

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Conventional Wisdom: BronyCon: Photographer Arthur Drooker mingles with My Little Pony enthusiasts in his series on convention attendees

Conventional Wisdom: BronyCon


BronyCon, the annual convention for fans of Hasbro’s animated television series “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,” took over the Baltimore Convention Center for four days this August and photographer ); return…

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Interview: Takehiro Ueyama of TAKE Dance: The baseballer-turned-choreographer on the role of dance within the art world

Interview: Takehiro Ueyama of TAKE Dance


For over eight years, Takehiro Ueyama has brought athleticism and physicality to an oft-overlooked art form. The Japanese-American choreographer, creative director and founder of TAKE Dance (pronounced “tah-keh”)—a New York-based, world-traveling contemporary dance company—is leading a…

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theFINproject by Timothy Hogan: Celebrating the beauty and role of the fin and its creators throughout surfing history

theFINproject by Timothy Hogan


Sometimes the most integral aspects of a craft receive the least attention. This rings especially true in surfboard design where the fin is often overlooked. But theFINproject, a new photo series and upcoming documentary by still-life…

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