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    Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present.  Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.

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Sat. Nov 14th: Alan Semerdjian’s book signing in Huntington

Posted on November 8, 2009 by kwilder

Alan Semerdjian is a musician and poet whose work Ian and I both admire. Alan had been the caretaker at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington, and he led a multi-media arts event there called “The Body Electric”, the likes of which Long Island has never seen before or since. Alan is a musician as […]

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Tonight! Fri., Nov 6th: PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse

Posted on November 3, 2009 by kwilder

This month…Sonny Meadows, Alan Semerdjian, Maxwell Wheat and Bob Westcott…

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LI Concert Notes #47 9/23/09

Posted on September 23, 2009 by iwilder

Music is a basic need of human survival. Music is one of the ways we make sense of our lives, one of the ways in which we express feelings when we have no words, a way for us to understand things with our hearts when we can’t with our minds.”  — The Power of Music […]

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How do a blogging couple spend their 10th Wedding Anniversary?

Posted on August 30, 2009 by iwilder

We re-design our website, of course.  You can compare screen shots of the old and new at the bottom of this post. This re-design has been a long time coming.  Kimberly probably would not have talked Ian into spending the day on it it, if it hadn’t been a rainy day.  Moreover, a drive out […]

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Meet in physical space: Upcoming Rev Billy for Mayor events

Posted on August 21, 2009 by kwilder

Vote Rev Billy For Mayor Of NYC It’s our Democracy, stupid! All problems can be traced to our inability to convene, to meet – physically – in public space. Meeting in public, the oldest form of Democracy, is also the most modern.  It is resisted by a byzantine system of police permits, insurance, surveillance.  Our […]

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Patti Smith recommends a youtube…

Posted on August 16, 2009 by kwilder

On Saturday, August 15th, Patti Smith performed in Westhampton Beach Long Island. Among her blessings and suggestions for the audience was to check out the song “Vecchia Zimarra” (which Smith described as “Ode to an Old Overcoat”) from La Boheme as performed in a Pavrotti Master Class on youtube.

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LI Concerts Summer 2009

Posted on July 24, 2009 by iwilder

Letter and listings from Richard de Bruin… Dear Folk Music Fans, The next Our Times Coffee House www.OurTimesCoffeehouse.org is on Friday September 15 with Gathering Time (Glen Roethel, Stuart Markus & Hillary Foxsong) www.gatheringtimetrio.com and LUCKY 13 (Marci Geller, Cathy Kreger & Susan DeVita) www.lucky13.fm Our Times Coffeehouse, Ethical Humanist Society, 38 Old Country Road, […]

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Princess Leia and R2-D2 poem, with music

Posted on May 22, 2009 by kwilder

KW: Ian and I are friends with David Kirschenbaum, a poet who also runs BOOG Press and BOOG City. David was the featured poet at the Geraldine Page Salon in May. He did an awesome set of poems based on Star Wars stamps. He was accompanied by Jess Schoen on guitar and Preston Spurlock on […]

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A Mini Film Festival on LNG: Spectacular Anti-LNG Videos

Posted on April 18, 2009 by kwilder

Here in Long Island, there have been LNG projects proposed for Eastern Suffolk/The Long Island Sound and for Nassau County/Long Beach area. The Eastern Suffolk project, called Broadwater, had a recent setback in court. In Nassau County, environmentalists and activists are still having to get the message out to the public (and for the Environmental […]

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The Life and Work of Rachel Carson 4/26/09

Posted on March 28, 2009 by iwilder

CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT EVENT ALERT! The Life and Work of Rachel Carson A one-woman play presented by Homecoming  and The Office of Mission at Molloy College “A Sense of Wonder” By Kaiulani Lee What: Kaiulani Lee performs “A Sense of Wonder” When: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:00 PM Where: The Hays Theater at […]

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League of Women Voters/Cinema Arts Event: America’s Victoria!

Posted on March 26, 2009 by iwilder

Composer/conductor Victoria Bond played scenes from her opera “Mrs. President” at an event to celebrate Victoria Woodhull, first woman candidate for President of the United States.

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In Long Island…”The Vagina Monologues” in Spanish on Sat. March 28th

Posted on March 7, 2009 by kwilder

OLA of Eastern Long Island Presents… the Premiere East End Benefit Performance… in Spanish of… The Vagina Monologues written by Eve Ensler On Saturday, March 28th at 7pm, Eve Ensler’s award winning compilation of monologues finally comes to the Latino Community of The Hamptons. V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and […]

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Local artist: Wolfgang Vann

Posted on March 2, 2009 by kwilder

Ian and I have admired the paintings of Wolfgang Vann for awhile. We are excited to be helping him try to make a new leap in getting his artwork out into the world. Hope you will enjoy the video and share it around. There is a web-site under development. It is currently at: www.vanwolfgang.wordpress.com.

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Poem for Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, the eloquent shoe-tosser

Posted on February 18, 2009 by kwilder

I found this poem in a chapbook, on a table at the Poetry Project New Year’s Marathon Reading. I was startled with the resonance an old poem had with a new situation. And, I purchased the book. I thought it was a beautiful tribute and reflection on that moment when Iraqi journalist Muntadhar Al-Zeidi met […]

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