Art Is the Memory of Mankind
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Posted on April 15, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have architect Gregory Ibanez talking about the importance of public art. Greg is the current Chair of the Fort Worth Public Art Commission and a former member of the Historic and Cultural … Continue reading →

Celebrating Life on the Spectrum
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Posted on April 10, 2014 by

Back when I inherited Storied Nights: An Evening of Spoken Word in late May 2013, I might have had no clue what I was going to do for programming in the short-term, but I knew I wanted to do an … Continue reading →

How to Know Your Life Purpose in Five Minutes
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Posted on April 8, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we have film and theater producer Adam Leipzig talking about finding your life purpose in five easy steps. Adam has overseen more than 25 movies as a producer, executive, and distributor. He also has produced … Continue reading →

It’s My Birthday and I’m Not Crying
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Posted on April 3, 2014 by

I have been a very, very bad blogger. After a year and a half of nonstop blogging, somehow, without meaning to, I stopped writing. And in the blink of an eye, one week turned into two months. I’m not quite … Continue reading →

Adventures in Twitter Fiction
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Posted on April 1, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Andrew Fitzgerald who is shaping new ways for Twitter and writers to work together. In the 1930s, broadcast radio introduced an entirely new form of storytelling; today, micro-blogging platforms like Twitter are … Continue reading →

The Stories We Tell Ourselves
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Posted on March 25, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching film director Shekhar Kapur who asks where does creative inspiration spring from? He talks about the stories we tell ourselves and shares a powerful way to unleash your inner storyteller. Kapur, … Continue reading →

Poems of War, Peace, Women, Power
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Posted on March 18, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching poet Suheir Hammad perform two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: What I Will and break (clustered) — meditations on war and peace, on women and power. She blends the stories and sounds of … Continue reading →

The Web As Art
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Posted on March 11, 2014 by

Welcome to another Tuesday with TED. Today we’re watching Brooklyn-based artist and computer scientist Jonathan Harris who collects stories: his own, strangers’, and stories collected from the internet, including his amazing project, We Feel Fine, which works to make sense of … Continue reading →