Sweet Honey in the Rock: Tuesday, 3/5/13 in NYC

Posted on March 1, 2013 by iwilder

We are running a contest to give away one pair of tickets to the 7:00pm show at BB King Blues Club in New York City on March 5, 2013. Post in the comments section below your favorite Sweet Honey in the Rock song, and why.

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LIMHoF, DMC, and Public Enemy Announce Spoken Word Winners

Posted on December 14, 2010 by iwilder

The Long Island Music Hallof Fame  with DMC and Public Enemy are Proud to Announce the Winners of the 1st Spoken Word Poetry Contest The Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF), Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Public Enemy announce the winners of their first spoken word poetry contest. The contest called for entrants to write a long […]

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A Multipartisan Contest: Who does Dem. Senate Leader John Sampson mean by “we”?

Posted on December 21, 2009 by kwilder

The Wilderside’s “We Want More Than Bipartisanship Contest” Political blogger Elizabeth Benjamin caught a great line from an editorial that NY State Senate Majority Leader John Sampson (D) wrote: “Bipartisanship is the only tool that will help fix New York’s problems.” Bipartisanship. Harumph. Why is the word “bipartisanship” such a pet peeve of mine? Because, […]

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LI Wins Video Contest and Immigration Reform Blog Series

Posted on August 20, 2009 by iwilder

Hi everyone- Earlier this month, we learned that Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy doesn’t take immigration issues seriously, after he cracked a joke about deporting kitchen workers during a Bay Shore roast.  Levy’s spokesman dismissed the fury over the county executive’s comments, saying that advocates were being too politically correct, but last Saturday, we saw […]

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