Colleen Clemens

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• Posted Where Have All Our T-Shirts Gone? to Phillyist
  Perhaps the sting of the Phillies losing has lessened. But wouldn't it be nice to wrap yourself in t-shirt touting the Phils as the World Champions? Clearly, all of those shirts had to printed before the results were determined. So where did they go? To developing nations. World Vision works with Major League Baseball to ensure that all of those new shirts don't go to waste. So somewhere out there, the dream of a Phils'...
• Posted Give a Squat on World Toilet Day to Phillyist
  Image credit: Flickr user Nemo's great uncle To bring attention to the lack of proper sanitation that 2.5 billion people in the world must face every day, the World Toilet Organization (the other WTO!), is asking that people all over the world take a one-minute long squat Tomorrow, November 19. Hopefully all of you readers have been practicing your chair pose at yoga class, because a one-minute squat will get your thighs screaming. Lack...
• Posted Ali Eteraz Reading Tonight to Phillyist
  Author Ali Eteraz will read from his memoir Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan tonight at the Brandywine Workshop. Lehigh University Professor Amardeep Singh will be moderating the event. Admission is free....
• Posted Flash Mob for Literacy to Phillyist
  In an effort to draw attention to the fact that nearly 22% of Philadelphians read below a basic level, the Center for Literacy plans to hold a flash mob at an undisclosed location in the city. Readers will "freeze" in position at the same time in the latest form of performance art, probably made most famous thanks to Oprah's giant mob in Chicago. If you would like to participate, sign up at the Center for...
• Posted Constitution Center Invites Artists to Revisit WPA to Phillyist
  Image Credit: Flickr user Marxchivist In conjunction with their Posters for the People exhibition, the National Constitution Center is inviting local artists of all ages to contribute to the WPA Poster Contest. The Works Progress Administration, for those of you who don't remember learning about it in history class, was part of FDR's New Deal in an attempt to stimulate a depressed economy and included artists, musicians, and writers back when the arts where...