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...pink flamingos and comic books before moving on to Grandpa, Södermannagatan 21, tel: (46-8) 643 60 80; www.grandpa.se. The rustic boutique flogs a curious mix of wares - from his-and-hers outfits and handmade soap to board games and manicure sets - as well as '60s and '70s furniture. If you're feeling peckish and fancy buying a slice of carrot cake or a coffee - as well as your plate and mug - pop into the modish Café String, Nytorgsgatan 38, tel: (46-8) 714 85 14; www.cafestring.com, where absolutely everything is for sale. Are the streets feeling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Cool Up North | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

...rain or snow. We want to start a children's group and would like you to participate! The meeting spot was a playground in Cologne's Chorweiler district, whose high-rise blocks became home to many of the migrants that the Ford Motor Co. recruited into Germany in the '70s. Of Chorweiler's 80,000 residents, 60% have immigrant backgrounds and a third are on welfare. Lale Akgün, a psychotherapist and M.P., knew that the best way to keep the peace in such a culturally diverse area was to start with the kids. So, in 1995, she founded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Many Faces of Europe | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...piece of the chocolate pie. Their equal opportunity marketing gimmick was to come up with "White Day" on March 14th, where the men are obliged to reciprocate for their Valentine's gifts by purchasing candies and cookies. Easy enough? Well, maybe not. Expectations have grown since the 70s. According the polls, what women expect on White Day, in order of preference, are jewelry, watches, and handbags. Van cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Louis Vuitton are not complaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Valentine's Day Conquered Japan | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...Franken has been running for office since the late '70s, when he would appear on SNL's Weekend Update segment and announced, "Vote for me, Al Franken. You'll be glad you did!" In his possibly ironic role as a relentless self-promoter, he proclaimed the 1980s "the Al Franken Decade." In 1999 he published Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency, the myopically prophetic account of how he won the 2000 election and shortly thereafter lost the presidency (though his attempt to personally kill Saddam Hussein sounds like a natural poll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vote for Me, Al Franken | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...website, the program is “an intervention in the circulation and distribution of artists’ video.” It began as a way to broaden the audience for this particular medium and to make video art more accessible.Video art developed in the 1960s and 70s as a cheap and accessible medium for artists and audiences alike. Its nature allows for broad distribution, making video art a preferable way for artists to get their work out. In more recent years, however, it has become less available to the general public and much more expensive for people...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: E-flux: Video for the Masses | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

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