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Let’s go to the heart of the matter. Money. Lately it seems that the vagaries of money are all we can talk about. Culture Push is an organization that values resources over cash, and exchange over purchase, but even we need... money. We have been applying our Culture Push principles to raising cash. We are putting the FUN back in FUNdraising through events like Celebrity+Chef-- where $88 gets you a delectable home-cooked dinner, excellent companions and intimate conversation with an intriguing public figure-- and developing IdeaNEWS, an annual product that takes the pulse of the year. These ideas have already given us some good return. We’re grateful for that, and for those who have contributed in the past year. However, we’ve been very active in the past few months, and this is generating exciting activity that will require more cash than we have on hand. (more)

Launch Party! Culture Push just celebrated having become a bona fide non-profit on June 18th from 9pm-2am at Niagara Bar (112 Ave. A). Hosted by The Antagonists. Good drinks, video and 2D art, and live performance!   Right Now, I feel 2009 is the first edition of Culture Push's annual product, IdeaNEWS. A mixed bag of 50 professionals from all over the world gave their unique account of what they felt RIGHT NOW. (more)

Drawing Marathon! Culture Push hosted a Drawing Marathon, the first in a series of free events with different themes each time. Home-baked cookies, live performance and trans-continental collaboration with Josh Harris via video Skype! 10am to dusk, June 20th at 122 Spring Street.   Host a Cyborg Nation party experiment! Artist-scientist Clarinda Mac Low and scientist-artist Walter Polkosnik team up to create a miniature telecommunications spectacle in the comfort of your own space. Be the first on your block to test a prototype SCoPE, a wearable media center where the "performer" becomes an opinionated conduit for multiple perspectives. (more)

The second Celebrity + Chef event took place on Friday, May 22nd at 7pm in SoHo. The special guest was Momus, a "furtive, crepuscular art-rudeboy" and longtime "spooky record" maker. Aki Sasamoto prepared a delicious home-cooked Japanese meal, with wine selections by Paul Vidich. (more)   Genesis Project, Philadelphia is very excited to announce the selection of 6 artists to participate in the first residency at Basekamp: Catherine Barragry (Dublin, Ireland), Fergus Byrne (Dublin, Ireland), Meghan Flanigan (Baltimore, MD), Josh Harris (Philly, PA), Saul Melman (New York, NY), Carlos Monroy (Bogota, Colombia). (more)