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Friday, May 22, 2009

A Mixed Bag (5.22.09)

Shinique Smith, From the exhibition Ten Times Myself, 2009. Courtesy of Yvon Lambert.

Bundles and Beats: New works by Shinique Smith are on view at Yvon Lambert, with a concurrent exhibiton of vinyl record sculptures by Michael Brown. Through July 31.

The World Tour: The Munchmobile cupcake tour stops in New Jersey.

Making Worlds: Get ready to make the rounds in Italy. The 53rd Venice Biennale opens to the public on June 7.

Garden on Wheels: A planter box for your handlebars. [via Boing Boing]

Olympic Poles: This sweet new competition should ruffle some feminist feathers.

Hard to Beat: A brownie with chocolate mousse filling and a peanut-butter mousse center, covered in a chocolate ganache wins a Virginia taste test.

Tweet the Mona Lisa: Mario Klingemann gives the lady a new look. [via Webmonkey]

Oprah's Got Tweets Too.

Another First: The first African American female rabbi in the world.

Little Things in Life: A small adult was denied a kid size hot chocolate at Starbucks.

Patty Cakes: Four little confections that look like truffles.

Mini Art: Jeremy Mora on Art MoCo.

Eat Sweets for Art: Arty-smarty Joann Kim has organized a bake sale to benefit the India Street Mural Project. Takes place Saturday, May 23.

Art News: A paint machine controlled remotely through a BBC mini-site engages teens in collaborative art making.

Good Gadgets: A Swiss (Chocolate) Knife set.

Llyod's Legos: The Lego Architecture series is on sale at the Guggenheim. [via Arts Journal]

Helen Levitt at The Met.

Furlough at the Baltimore Art Museum
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Economy Crunch: Caramel popcorn, drizzled in chocolate and sprinkled with pink Himalayan salt from Three Tarts Bakery + Boutique. [via Tasting Table]

The Edible Garden: A summer-long exhibition at the New York Botanical Garden. Begins June 27.

Brooklyn Book Deal: Looks like we're getting a cookbook.

NYC Zine Fest '09: Join the fundraising party on May 29 at the Brooklyn Lyceum.

Waffling on WiFi: New talk about free WiFi in NYC parks.

Sun Shines in Seattle: Works by Corin Hewitt and Titus Kaphur are on view at the Seattle Art Museum through late August/early September.

Curio Confections: A new business venture by 22-year old Seattle resident, Maria Friedman.

Seasonal Breakfast: Strawberry Sour Cream Scones with Brown Sugar Crumble.

Clotted Cream: To top the scones, of course.

Pathways to Unknown Worlds: Works by departed artist/musician Sun Ra are on view at the Philadelphia ICA. Continues through August 2.

Remembering Ms. Lopez: The "world's oldest blogger" passes away at 97.

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