Following the devastating earthquakes in Haiti, a group of outstanding artists got together to do something to help. Check out the new charity single featuring Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Mick Jones, Bobby Gillespie, among others. "I Put A Spell on You" will be available from IRL records on download only by pre-ordering the single by clicking here. —Molly Donovan
Check out artist Brock Shorno's video for Feast, a recurring public dinner in Brooklyn that serves up sustainable fare and raises money for emerging artists at the same time.
Sarah Larnach has been one of our favorite artists since we discovered her work on the Ladyhawke album cover. We were saddened to learn that Sarah is one of the many people worldwide affected by the Haiti earthquake—Sarah's sister was working for the U.N. in Haiti and has lost her husband and two of her daughters to the tragedy. To raise money for rescue efforts in Haiti, Sarah is auctioning the original painting that appeared on Ladyhawke's Paris Is Burning single, and will donate all of the profits. The auction ends in less than eight hours, so the clock's ticking on being able to help out and snag original, rare art at the same time.
Donating money to disaster relief in Haiti is as easy as sending a text. The New York Times has a good list of organizations that are taking donations through the Mobile Giving Foundation, including the Red Cross.
A while back, we posted about Peace One Day, and today is the day that people around the world promote peace and a vision of non-violence. So, what will you do to make peace today?
Osei Duro is fashion that's not just sustainable, but also progressive, sewn by the Dzidefo Women’s Cooperative in the Volta Region of Ghana.
Drew Olanoff was diagnosed with cancer this past May, and ever since then has been blaming everything on his cancer. Blame Drew's Cancer is hosting a 12-hour long benefit, The Blame-A-Thon, on September 9th with all of the proceeds donated to Livestrong. The Blame-A-Thon will include a full line up of bands at the North Star Bar, a raffle, giveaways, events at Indy Hall, and the Taco Bell Truck.
The brainchild of British documentary filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, Peace One Day is a global movement calling for ceasefire and non-violence on September 21, and the campaign has resulted in the United Nations unanimously adopting September 21 as Peace Day. This year, we're selling exclusive Peace One Day T-shirts, and all proceeds go to the Peace One Day campaign.
An exercise in sustainable fashion, the Uniform Project means wearing the same dress, different ways, every day for a year. It also raises money for the Akanksha Foundation, which works to educate children in slums in Mumbai. To date, this LBD has raised almost $7,500.
Seriously, there is only one thing that could be better than scoring vintage Daryl K—and that's scoring vintage Daryl K worn by an actual rock star—which is what you can do now. We're helping Kim auction off more than 20 items ranging from vinyl pants to tapered jeans and brocade jackets, each piece was worn by Kim Gordon and comes with an autographed tag, complete with description of when and where the item was worn. All of the proceeds will benefit Community Resources for People with Autism, a charity of Gordon’s choice.
You don't get this at the dollar store: Now just $.99 at Insound, Free Yr Radio's 2008 Benefit Compilation, featuring 12 exclusive tracks from the likes of Chairlift, Yeasayer, No Age, White Williams and Dan Deacon.
For every pair of TOMS Shoes bought, the company donates a pair to a child in need in South Africa or Argentina, and through December, you can peruse TOMS at their pop-up shop in Venice. On October 18th, the store hosts a gallery opening for the Cobrasnake, and on the 19th, a community group show of local Venice artists.
When the L.A. outpost of non-profit 826 Valencia opened down the street from Poketo, it was inevitable that someday a collaboration would arise. And lo and behold, it has: Poketo had L.A.-area artists illustrate short stories written by kids in 826's after-school programs and applied the results to their famous limited-edition wallets. The illustrations are on the front, and kids hand-written stories on the inside, and the profits help continue to fund 826's programs.
This Friday and Saturday we're sponsoring Seattle's 2-day music megablast known as the Capitol Hill Block Party. Umpteen bands are playing with big boys like Vampire Weekend (above), Les Savy Fav, Hold Steady, and Chromeo sharing four stages with local acts like U.S.E., Fleet Foxes, Throw Me the Statue, and tons more. It all kicks off at 4 pm today and tickets (sans service charge!) are on sale for $18/per day at each of our 4 Seattle stores. Art lovers bonus: From 2-7pm on Saturday, Greg "Pnut" Galinsky will be at our 4518 University Way NE location painting custom Vans slip-ons. It's first come, first served with a minimum $10 donation that'll be split between the two charities the Block Party is supporting: VERA Seattle and Home Alive.
This Saturday nite our humble cafeteria, Building 543 in the Navy Yard, will be transformed to host Paine's World, a benefit party we're hosting to help support the Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund in its mission to build Paine's Park, a 2.5 acre skatepark in Center City Philadelphia. There will be artwork from some of the Space 1026 crew, a ramp, demo action from the Nocturnal heads, food, drinks and performances by The Yah Mos Def, Broadzilla, Brendan Bring 'Em and Rock Tits! You can get tix at the door or at one of our Philly locations. Tix are $22 online, $20 in the stores and you gotta be 21 (with ID) to get in. For more details and info on how to get here on the yellow bus, click here.
You've got 6 days left to bid on three different and insane Bill Cosby sweaters. The nice part of this irony-fest is that all proceeds from the sale of these legendary Heathcliff Huxtable sweaters will benefit the Hello Friend/Ennis William Cosby Foundation which was founded in 1997 by the Cosby family to continue the legacy and life's work of Ennis Cosby, who was about to begin his doctoral studies in education at the time of his death.
The good people at Public Library designed 3 exclusive t-shirts for us to help raise awareness of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan. $5 from the purchase of every tee goes to savedarfur.org.
The Darfur Now Tour rolls into DC tonite with a show at Georgetown U. Check the screening of the Darfur Now docu at ICC Auditorium at 8:30pm. Wale and others will set the Five Club off from 9pm-1am.
Open Space's first annual benefit show, Tote/Bag, stresses the fact that they care about our planet and do not want to just consume until there is nothing left. The proceeds from the sales of the show will go to the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a New York based organization committed to enviromental advocacy and education. Just about 100 artists contributed totes so if your dance card is clear, head up to Beacon, NY to support good art and a solid cause. The show runs April 12 thru May 3.
Since she set up her first lemonade stand on her front lawn in 2000, Alex's Lemonade Stand has raised over $18 million for childhood cancer research. We're happy to have Alex's Lemonade Stand in our Bloomington, IN store (530 E. Kirkwood Ave.) this Friday and Saturday. DJ Action Jackson will be providing the atmosphere both days so come on out and support a good cause.
