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"G.A.S.H. vs. S.C.H.L.O.N.G.," one of the Hope Operas. Comedy Spot, Ballston Mall, 4238 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA.
Valentines Heart Token
£2.50
Hand knitted red wool heart valentines token. Measures 5cm by 5cm.
100% Handmade.
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FORT CARSON, Colo. – Specialist Jamie Isaacson, health care specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, presents Cheryl Wright, wife of incoming commander Lt. Col. Joshua Wright, 1st CAB, 67th Armor Regt. with a bouquet of rose buds during the battalion change of command ceremony at Fort Carson’s Manhart Field, May 29, 2012. The “Death Dealers” presented both the incoming and outgoing commander’s wives with a small token of appreciation.
(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Porch, 2nd BCT PAO, 4th Inf. Div.)
My photo-summer wouldn't have been complete without a late-August shot of some sunflowers. It was hot, hot, hot that day, so I included the burning sun in the frame to give everybody a taste of that.
To make it slightly different than my (and everybody else's) previous sunflower shots, I went a bit crazy with the processing -- for my standards, that is. I also chose a square crop (I felt like copying Brad's idea).
There are two train systems in Bangkok, the Skytrain (or BTS) and the subway (or MRT). Here is a subway token. It's a funny little magnetized black plastic disc that you just tap on the turnstile for access.
In the 1970's New York's graffiti writers battled the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) which sought to eliminate graffiti on the Subway system. One crew enlisted the MTA to help them:
"Writers 'borrowed' whatever suited their fancy from other sources. in the case of the MTA [Mad Transit Artists] crew, this extended to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's own initials, which were already painted on every train as part of their "official" design. Thereby, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority got up for the MTA crew" --- from "Taking the Train: how Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City" by Joe Austin. Columbia University Press, New York 2001.
So - with all this history, is it significant that someone is putting up stickers in the design of NY subway tokens? Could be, or they could be selling some edgy toothpaste or something. I don't know.
Photos courtesy Dave Alley
Kaye Winks has been a token black person for as long as she can remember. In this solo show, she shares her hilarious and often cringeworthy adventures in being that lone black person in a world of white.
Token enjoyed a sold out run at The Second City Chicago in June and will be performed at UCB Los Angeles and the United Solo Theater Festival in New York City in August/September 2017.
Kaye Winks is a stage and screen actress, writer, part-time funny person and full-time cat person. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA, she trained at the Moscow Art Theater School in association with the American Repertory Theater and Harvard University. She also studied physical comedy and clown with world renowned French master teacher, Philippe Gaulier. She eats all her vegetables and considers 2017 a great year.
Marchmont street foundling tokens
They are actually accurate representations of tokens from the nearby Foundling Museum - The museum remembers for posterity the Foundling Hospital, set up in the mid 18th century as a home for unwanted babies who were then raised and educated by the institution. Some of these children were left a token by their mothers as a remembrance which – sadly – they were never given.