Neighborday: 9 days and counting…
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10 Days Till Neighborday: How Are You Celebrating?
- GOOD HQ in Culture, News and Cities
On April 27, GOOD community members everywhere (in 34 states and 12 countries so far, but our list is growing!) will be celebrating Neighborday. From potlucks to street clean-ups, people have inspiring plans to be social the old-fashioned way—spending quality face-to-face time with the friends and neighbors in their communities.
Will you join us? With only 10 days left, we’re hoping you’ll sign up and create your own Neighborday with our toolkit. It’s easy—check out the map above to see where people all over the country are celebrating and read on for inspiration to create your own.
Illustration by Tyler Hoehne
#NeighbordayCountdown Day 10: An invite from Cameron’s Birthday #Neighborday party. #goodstagram
Illuminating Brooklyn’s Sky in Solidarity With Boston
- Lucky Tran wrote in Community, Creativity and Boston
After the bombings in Boston yesterday, the security response was huge in New York. Manhattan was in lockdown, with police swarming everywhere, and people were told by the authorities to run and hide inside their homes. So we decided to stay in Brooklyn and project on one of it’s most iconic and most loved buildings: the Brooklyn Academy of Music. BAM didn’t know about it, and at first security was suspicious, but as soon as they saw the message, they embraced us with approval. Even police officers who drove by gave us a warm nod and beep. It was a sweet moment when we saw a plea for peace trump the rules…
Offer Spare Room to Someone Displaced by Boston Bombing
- Zachary Slobig wrote in Living, Pray For Boston and Cities
Join the massive and inspiring list of folks opening up their homes in a time of crisis.
If you’re looking for a creative approach in helping, Old Try, a letterpress couple based out of Boston, will be creating a special Patriot’s Day flag print and will donate all procedes to families impacted from today’s tragedy.
Today we were handed an awful blow in our adopted city.
Families here are hurting, and we want to be good neighbors. So we’re making our very first New England print.
All profits will go to help the families of those impacted by the events of Patriot’s Day, 2013.
We’ll print up as many of these as we can. Tell your friends. Help out our community. Cause we in Boston are broken-hearted today.
Thanks for the share, Kim.
I’m sort of thrown off today. it’s hard to be motivated to bring you science when there’s Reality going on.
When something hits us upside the head like the Boston Marathon explosions, we can feel dizzy, disoriented … left swirling in a dust-storm of rapidly beating hearts, furrowed brows, held breath and shaking heads. That’s how I feel, anyway. I’ve been sitting here, repeatedly muttering statements that begin with “What the f…” and simultaneously cheering and cursing the power of social media to communicate painful news. I keep looking through Twitter and blogs, knowing exactly what I’ll see and don’t want to. So powerful, but so unfiltered.
It’s not the first time in the past year that this message from Fred Rogers has been appropriate, and that’s perhaps the ultimate tragedy. But he’s right. Every photo of violence and blood in the streets of Boston that we won’t unsee is full of people running in to help. And if we have to look, that’s what we should focus on.
My thoughts are with Boston.
FJP: Agreed. A very wonderful thought from someone who works on a very wonderful program. Our thoughts are with all those in Boston and all those who have a loved one who traveled there for the marathon. If you’re looking for someone or have information about someone, try Google Person Finder.
Live updates via abcnews.go.com
Let’s Get Neighborday in All 50 States
- Hannah Wasserman shared something to do in Neighboring, Neighborday and Living
Hey GOOD Community!
Help us get Neighborday celebrations in ALL 50 states. Right now we in are 32 different states, which is pretty good, but we can do better. Below are the states which don’t currently have celebrations planned, so if you have friends in these places, tell them about Neighborday. Have them click “to-do” here and fill out the form linked to this post. We’ll be updating this Do as we check states off the list, so you can keep up with how we’re doing.
States that have yet to host a Neighborday:
Personality of Parisian Neighborhoods Explored Through Typography
- Yasha Wallin wrote in in Paris, Creativity and Animation
By now, we all know that Paris is a magical place—whether you’ve been there yourself or paid attention to the countless cultural homages to the city through movies, music, books, and art. While Paris’ personality is romanticized, if you dig deeper, each of the 20 Arrondissements, or neighborhoods, that make up this historical city have their own distinct voice. The Marais has longstanding ties to Parisian Jewish life, and today boasts trendy boutiques, art galleries, and the city’s biggest gay community; the Latin Quarter is bustling with students, cafes, and bars, while Oberkampf boasts more “unpredictable” nightlife; and if you visit Père Lachaise you’ll find the cemetery of the same name, forever home to The Doors’ Jim Morrison.
The creative agency Havas Worldwide Paris in collaboration with Flying V explored this varied iconography and characteristics of each area through this clever animation; depicting each hood through a typography based animation.
What’s your favorite neighborhood in Paris?
![[Updated: Challenge #2] Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together- GOOD HQ wrote in Neighboring, Community and Film
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. We’ll be issuing four video challenges leading up to the big event, in an effort to chronicle all the cool ways you’re gearing up for April 27th. Then, once we’ve collected all the footage, we’ll use it for a documentary we’re releasing in May about Neighbordays across the globe that you can share with your friends and neighbors.
Unleash your inner Wes Anderson while filming the look and sound of your neighborhood. Go out into your street, find some cool shots, and just let the camera run for 5 or 10 seconds on each. You can keep the camera fixed, or you can pan around; now’s your chance to show off that artistic side of yours. Capture a street sign, a row of houses, or even a hallway if you live in an apartment building — it’s up to you!
When you’re done, remember to Go HERE to submit your video!
This one’s easy, folks. All you need to do is introduce yourself on-camera, including your name, what neighborhood and city you live in, and that you’re hosting a Neighborday. Something like this: “Hi, I’m Casey. I live in Echo Park, Los Angeles, and I’m psyched to be hosting a Neighborday this year. Also, I love chocolate.” If your name isn’t Casey and you don’t live in LA or like chocolate, then feel free to change the script accordingly!
THEN WHAT?
Go HERE to submit your video!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/18b6e58f2cff1a358c76e12274a7a800/tumblr_ml3vmyL4ZT1qjq5r9o1_250.jpg)
[Updated: Challenge #2] Let’s Make a Neighborday Documentary Together
- GOOD HQ wrote in Neighboring, Community and Film
Hey GOOD Community,
We want your help documenting the awesomeness that is Neighborday. We’ll be issuing four video challenges leading up to the big event, in an effort to chronicle all the cool ways you’re gearing up for April 27th. Then, once we’ve collected all the footage, we’ll use it for a documentary we’re releasing in May about Neighbordays across the globe that you can share with your friends and neighbors.
Unleash your inner Wes Anderson while filming the look and sound of your neighborhood. Go out into your street, find some cool shots, and just let the camera run for 5 or 10 seconds on each. You can keep the camera fixed, or you can pan around; now’s your chance to show off that artistic side of yours. Capture a street sign, a row of houses, or even a hallway if you live in an apartment building — it’s up to you!
When you’re done, remember to Go HERE to submit your video!
This one’s easy, folks. All you need to do is introduce yourself on-camera, including your name, what neighborhood and city you live in, and that you’re hosting a Neighborday. Something like this: “Hi, I’m Casey. I live in Echo Park, Los Angeles, and I’m psyched to be hosting a Neighborday this year. Also, I love chocolate.” If your name isn’t Casey and you don’t live in LA or like chocolate, then feel free to change the script accordingly!
THEN WHAT?
Go HERE to submit your video!
Absolutely feeling this type-based print of Neighborhoods created by Illustrator/Designer Jordan Kay. You can also buy the print as an iPhone case via Society6.
Badass for sure.
With all of this talk about Jane Austen scarves and apparel with lovely lady novel sentences strewn across the fabric, I thought I ought to even it out with this pattern. Soon to be available in fabric-by-the-yard, and various other products.
Badass neighborhoods across America.
Hi friends! Get an awesome #neighborday fold-out poster in the latest issue of GOOD Magazine and host your very own Neighborday.
http://shop.good.is/product/issue-028-the-good-100 #goodstagram
![Why Dallas Is No Longer ‘The Butt of Everyone’s F*cking Joke’- Patrick McDonnell wrote in Living, Cities and Urbanism
The other day I saw a poster on a friend’s Facebook that said “Welcome to Austin. Please don’t move here. I hear Dallas is great!” The accompanying description read: “My city is the butt of everyone’s f*cking joke.”
That sentiment really gets at the root of how people view Dallas. It’s not an Austin or Portland or Seattle. It doesn’t have that flavor and urban lifestyle where you can walk, bike, and ride public transportation easily, where there’s a diverse city life and robust population density. Interestingly, all three of the aforementioned cities lay claim to the “Keep [your city] Weird” slogan.
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Why Dallas Is No Longer ‘The Butt of Everyone’s F*cking Joke’
- Patrick McDonnell wrote in Living, Cities and Urbanism
The other day I saw a poster on a friend’s Facebook that said “Welcome to Austin. Please don’t move here. I hear Dallas is great!” The accompanying description read: “My city is the butt of everyone’s f*cking joke.”
That sentiment really gets at the root of how people view Dallas. It’s not an Austin or Portland or Seattle. It doesn’t have that flavor and urban lifestyle where you can walk, bike, and ride public transportation easily, where there’s a diverse city life and robust population density. Interestingly, all three of the aforementioned cities lay claim to the “Keep [your city] Weird” slogan.
Meet the 21st Century Neighborhood Stoop: Your Local 826 Writing Center
- Gerald Richards wrote in Education, Volunteering and 826
Some of my fondest memories from childhood revolve around the stoop of our apartment building on 140th Street in Harlem. Ours was one of the few tenements at the end of our side of the street (the buildings on the other side of the street had been burned out or abandoned years before). Some of the families that lived there had lived on the block the longest—since the 1950’s and 60’s. Because of that, our stoop became the de facto center of the neighborhood—at times a meeting place, sometimes the kitchen for a summer party, and when it was just us boys, the bridge of a battle ship.
