Absolute Beginners Event + gift ideas!
December 9, 2009 | Filed Under DIY, Eco-FashionAnother Holiday shopping event since Hanukkah’s coming up in just a few days!
A new store recently opened by students of Parsons, Absolute Beginners, is having an event on Friday called the 50 Dollar Bill Event. Everything in the store will be exactly $50- and featuring work by several designers, including AuH2O. See flier and info below:
Absolute Beginners 50 Dollar Bill Event:
What: Absolute Beginners invited their favorite designers and friends to make a line of $50 products. It’ll be an excellent opportunity to discover unique, local designers in a fun and accessible environment - plus get some Christmas shopping done! EVERYTHING in the store will be on sale for $50.
And since I have several friends who are a part of Absolute Beginners, I want to plug one more of their events. Next Monday AB is hosting Memento Amouri, a show featuring my favorite intern Alexa Stark:
Also, I’ve started to add items to my online shop, including these Yankees earrings that are selling like crazy. Something about a World Series win. Check out my online store here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/auh2odesigns
And two more gift recommendations!
Check out my very good friends’ documentary: Klein Pictures “What Are We Doing Here?”
Four years ago, the four of us (Brandon, Nicholas, Daniel and Tim Klein) set out to cross the continent of Africa hoping to make a film that would challenge, entertain and inspire. After six months of filming, a year and half of editing, and two years of film festivals, TV appearances and University screenings, we are happy to finally announce the DVD release of “What are we doing here?” This controversial documentary investigates why after 50 years of Western involvement, billions of dollars in foreign assistance and countless promises, Africa is still so poor.
Buy the film & help spread the message for $25 HERE: http://store.whatarewedoinghere.net
And finally, check out the WAM! (Women, Action, and Media) bidding for good auction. WAM! is an organization dedicated to building a robust, effective, inclusive movement for gender justice in media that is transforming into an independent, national non-profit. Click here for more info, and HERE to bid on the goods, like getting Margaret Cho to take photos for you, or a guitar signed by Ani DiFranco.
More info on WAM!, why I love it, and why it needs to be a national non-profit:
Every day, WAM!mers help each other place op-eds and articles, get powerful media jobs, leverage new technology, hold the media accountable, produce and promote books, films, and other projects, get stories told about our lives and work, and change the very structure of the media itself.
In the next two years, we can launch thriving local WAM! chapters in major cities across the country, which will foster on the grassroots level the kind of cutting-edge thought and action WAM! already inspires nationally. We can build an engaged online WAM! community through monthly webinars on timely topics, a brand-new WAM! website designed to foster action, and of course, our ever-flourishing listserv. And we can ensure that the next WAM! conference is the largest and most influential yet, creating an unstoppable force for gender justice that will change the media landscape for good.
So go bid for WAM!
And hope to see you Friday at the Absolute Beginners $50 Event!

