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Boogie for Bonobos

Debra DeSalvo
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Come join Reality Sandwich and Jivamukti Yoga School this Saturday for a benefit concert to help the endangered bonobos.  (more)

Kirtan Rocker Wynne Paris Helps "Hippie Chimps"

Debra DeSalvo
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Bonobos and people share 98.4% of their DNA. Bonobos look more like humans than other apes, and display many behavioral similarities as well. In this interview, Wynne Paris discusses these endangered apes and the May 31 benefit performance he's organizing for the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI). (more)

Downtown Eclectics at Harlem Fest

Debra DeSalvo
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The URB ALT festival is a "home for the conservative, the freak, the academics, the mutts, the rockers, the punks, the hip hoppers and all variants thereof." (more)

A Blues Definition of "Cool"

Debra DeSalvo
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Enslaved Yoruba from West Africa brought to America the idea of coolness (itutu), which they defined as the ability to connect with one's inner divinity. In American culture we express that concept when we say that someone "has got soul." To be cool is to remain generous, calm and confident as a direct result of that soul connection, no matter how dire one's circumstances become. (more)

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