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Have a look at his work from his Twitter feed. Yamamoto does regular latte art updates, so if you like his creations, he's definitely worth following. |
Can this booming New Mexico art collective spark economic growth? |
Editor’s note: As part of a report on New Mexico’s economy, PBS NewsHour economics correspondent Paul Solman spoke recently with Vince Kadlubek, the CEO and co-founder of the booming Santa Fe-based arts collective Meow Wolf. The group’s warehouse includes a children’s center, a music venue and a series of rotating, int... |
PAUL SOLMAN: So, what’s the idea here? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: Meow Wolf Art Collective here in Santa Fe, we have always wanted to create these immersive, storytelling experiences. This is our first opportunity, here at the House of Eternal Return, to do that on a major scale, in this 20,000 square foot, old bowling alley. We transformed that space into this explor... |
PAUL SOLMAN: You’re the video game generation, right? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: We are the video game generation, undoubtedly, yeah. |
PAUL SOLMAN: And this is kind of an actual immersive, touch it, video game? |
Video games opened up this sense of curiosity, and exploration, and discovery that we did not have outside in the real world. |
PAUL SOLMAN: Did you ever dream that you were going to be able to create something this elaborate, this huge? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: We knew that we could create something like this from a creative standpoint. We knew that the artists that we worked with could create monumental, imaginative spaces. Whether or not somebody would come forward and be the angel investor, you know, that would say, ‘I get what you’re doing, let’s do it. I’... |
PAUL SOLMAN: What odds would you have given? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: Oh, it was a one in a million. I mean, there’s no one else who’s done it before, and I know that there’s artists out there who have wanted to. So, it wasn’t for lack of trying, and we just happened to be the right place, the right time, with the right person, which was George R. R. Martin, author of Gam... |
PAUL SOLMAN: How large an artist community is there in New Mexico? |
Our company is about 170 people, filled with artists mostly within the range of 20 to 40 years old, but that wasn’t always the case. It’s taken us about 10 years to really kick up this amount of momentum to get to this level. |
PAUL SOLMAN: So you guys thought of it as a way to express yourselves and maybe even get paid to do so, right? |
At first, that looked like non-profit. It was me writing grant applications to foundations, to try to get Meow Wolf funded through the classic non-profit route. But I quickly realized that that wasn’t going to get us the sort of traction that we needed. |
When we started this, we were pulling stuff out of dumpsters and stapling it on walls, and making art out of Christmas lights. |
PAUL SOLMAN: Because you couldn’t raise enough money that way. You’re too grungy for a major New York foundation? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: For a big foundation, right, exactly. You know, it’s like, the Andy Warhol Foundation would have a really hard time giving to Meow Wolf at this point. And so we shifted, we went to for-profit. I learned some basic business aspects, and I figured out what debt meant. |
PAUL SOLMAN: Did that come as a shock? |
We modeled this all off of the idea that we were going to bring in 125,000 visitors, which was going to result in about $4 million of revenue. We ended up doing four times that in our first year. So we have accelerated debt repayment. We’ll have our entire debt paid off in two and a half years, and now the plan is to t... |
PAUL SOLMAN: Oh, so this is like a Cirque du Soleil model, or something? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: We view The House of Eternal Return as a prototype. We view it as a, ‘Here’s what we could do with limited funds, and breakneck speed.’ What if we had some more time, and some more money, and a bigger space? So, we’re going to be going to some other cities and doing even bigger, even more incredible exp... |
PAUL SOLMAN: What does this do for the New Mexican economy? |
VINCE KADLUBEK: It’s a paradigm shift, because it opens up the New Mexican economy to millennials and creativity, in a way that really no other business can do at this time. We’re not a big tech company. We’re not a big medical healthcare company. But we are one of the biggest and fastest growing creative companies in ... |
Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Britain's Royal Family has released on Twitter several official wedding photos of newlyweds Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank with their loved ones. |
One image taken Friday and shared Saturday shows the couple in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle with Eugenie's grandparents Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip; Eugenie's sister, Princess Beatrice; their mother and father Sarah and Andrew, the duke and duchess of York; Jack's parents Thomas and Nicola Brooksba... |
Another portrait depicts Eugenie and Jack alone with their nine child bridesmaids and page boys. |
A black-and-white photo captured the moment Eugenie and Jack kiss in a horse-drawn carriage after their wedding service. |
The couple are also seen in a picture snapped as they head to a private dinner at Royal Lodge after they have changed out of their wedding attire. Jack is wearing a black tuxedo and Eugenie looks stunning in a champagne-colored, floor-length gown. |
The pair married at Windsor Castle Friday after several years of dating. |
Stanford fencer Alex Massialas has qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
A senior from San Francisco, Massialas, will compete for the U.S. in men's foil in team and individual competition after finishing 17th last week at the World Cup in Bonn, Germany. |
"Having Alex represent our country and Stanford is a huge honor for the program," said Cardinal head coach Lisa Posthumus. "To be able to train with, and be inspired by the best the sport has to offer, is a privilege for our student-athletes and coaches. We couldn't be prouder." |
This will be the second Olympics for Massialas. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, he finished 13th individually and fourth in team competition. |
A two-time NCAA foil champion and three-time First Team All-American, Massialas competed in only one regular season meet for Stanford in 2015, posting a 20-1 record at the Northwestern Duals. A mechanical engineering major, he went 24-1 in the NCAA's and has a career mark of 148-16 in regular season bouts. |
Stanford junior forward Erica McCall was selected to the 2015-16 CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) it was announced Thursday. McCall now advances to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and thir... |
The academic all-district women's basketball teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada with District 8 encompassing Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, N... |
McCall, a psychology major with a 3.53 cumulative GPA, is averaging 12.7 points and 9.7 rebounds in 30.8 minutes per game this season. One of four Stanford captains, she is tied for 11th in the nation with 14 double-doubles and has had at least 10 points and 10 rebounds in three straight games. McCall is fourth in the ... |
Victorious in four straight, No. 13 Stanford (19-5, 9-3) looks to win 20 games for the 15th consecutive season when it hosts Arizona (11-13, 2-10) in Maples Pavilion on Friday t 7:30 p.m. The game will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. The Cardinal also will host Arizona State on Sunday at 6 p.m. |
No. 14 Stanford's one-match-per-week February slate continues Saturday, when No. 23 TCU visits Taube Family Tennis Stadium for a contest at noon. |
The Cardinal (2-2) remains home for the entire month, hosting four matches that are all separated by at least six days of rest. |
Coming off a 6-1 victory over No. 47 Saint Mary's last Friday, Stanford is looking to move above the .500 mark for the first time since a shutout of Santa Clara in its season opener. Meanwhile, TCU (2-1) has been idle for two weeks and Saturday's match is the first of three away from home for the Horned Frogs. |
Despite dropping four spots in this week's poll, Stanford's lineup remains well-stacked in both singles and doubles. Three players are ranked in singles, led by Taylor Davidson (11-5 overall, 2-1 duals) at No. 30. Caroline Doyle (9-5 overall, 2-2 duals) checks in at No. 60 while Krista Hardebeck (7-5 overall, 3-1 duals... |
The pairing of Davidson and Doyle at the No. 1 spot in doubles continues to excel, compiling a 15-2 overall record and winning three of four duals. |
The Obamas leave Orlando on Saturday en route to Martha's Vineyard for a family vacation. |
EDGARTOWN, Mass. — The number of veterans waiting months to receive benefits has begun to shrink, President Obama said Saturday, announcing progress in tackling an enormous backlog that has become a source of frustration and criticism from veterans groups. |
Speaking to disabled veterans in Orlando, Fla., Obama said his administration had reduced the number of delayed compensation and disability claims by nearly one-fifth over the last five months. |
Obama spoke at the national convention of Disabled American Veterans, a support and advocacy organization. The president also highlighted his administration’s efforts to fund research into post-traumatic brain disorder, as well as programs aimed at reducing suicides among returning veterans. |
The claims backlog has become a high-profile challenge and embarrassment for a president who sought to restore faith in veterans healthcare after the scandals under his predecessor. |
Still, the number of claims and delays has risen in the last three years, driven in part by an aging population of Vietnam War veterans and rule changes that made more veterans eligible. In fiscal year 2011, the backlog jumped from 200,000 claims to nearly 500,000. |
Roughly 780,000 claims are pending and about 500,000 of those have been in the system for more than 125 days. That backlog is down about 18% from its peak of 611,000 stalled claims in March, according to statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
Obama said Saturday that new computer systems, more funding and mandatory overtime for processors are “turning the tide.” He noted that the administration and Congress have increased funding for the VA, while cutting the budget for most other federal agencies. The VA is on track to reach its goal of eliminating the bac... |
The speech was Obama's last official duty before heading Saturday to his summer vacation. |
Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia and Sasha, and Bo the dog are slated to spend eight days in a sleek estate on Martha’s Vineyard. This will be the Obamas’ fourth presidential hiatus on the tony island off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. |
As with all presidential vacations, Obama will not really be “off duty,” White House aides stressed. |
The president will receive his daily briefings and continue to handle pressing business – all between the expected rounds of golf, beach outings and trips to the bookstore. On Obama’s flight from Florida to Massachusetts, he was joined by National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors, as well a... |
Much loved husband of Shirley. Ever loving father of Richard, loving step father to Rosemary, David, Stephen & their families. Will be sadly missed by his family and many friends. |
Family & friends are warmly invited to attend ALLAN'S Funeral Service to be held in the Camellia Chapel at Macquarie Park Crematorium, cnr Plassey and Delhi Roads, North Ryde on Tuesday 19th February 2019 at 1.30pm. |
What will you miss most about Allan Rost? |
PASADENA – Scientists gave an update Saturday on they’ve learned about Friday’s 8.9-magnitude in Japan and the subsequent tsunami, as well as what they hope to learn in the future from studying the events. |
The continued danger in Crescent City and Santa Monica Bay is due to the sea floor terrain, or “bathymetry,” that serves to funnel wave energy toward those locations, Goltz explained. |
On Friday, a tsunami warning – indicating that a tsunami has been generated as is likely to inundate land with water – was issued for the West Coast of the U.S. from from Point Conception north to Oregon, Goltz said. |
A tsunami advisory – indicating a tsunami has formed but is not likely to inundate land with water – was in effect from Point Conception south to the Mexican border. |
Officials Saturday continued surveying damage in Santa Cruz, San Mateo, Del Norte and Humbolt counties, he added. |
There were no reports of water making it onshore and damaging structures anywhere in the state, Goltz said. |
The only possible California fatality linked to the tsunami was that of a man who was swept into the ocean while trying to take pictures near the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County and hasn’t been found, authorities said. Two others who were with him managed to swim back to shore. |
Though the earthquake and tsunami caused tremendous damage and claimed hundreds of lives in Japan, it also provided scientists with a never-before-seen wealth of information about massive earthquakes and tsunamis, Unites States Geological Survey officials and Caltech professors said. |
“This is going to be the best recorded great earthquake ever,” said USGS seismologist Lucy Jones, adding that Japan has the world’s best seismological equipment. |
“Scientists are getting mobilized around the world,” Jones said. |
The information will allow officials to better prepare for a similar “subduction zone” quake off the coast of the northwestern U.S., which the scientists said is sure to happen eventually. |
“They have a chance to look at how buildings perform; what are our vulnerabilities in the Pacific Northwest?” Jones said. |
“We know we’ll have some great quakes in California,” said Tom Heaton, professor of engineering seismology at Caltech. |
He added that the information yielded by major quakes is rare and precious to scientists and officials working to mitigate their damaging effects. |
UPLAND – Community members and officials on Thursday filled out the space surrounding treadmills and eating areas at the newly opened Scheu Family YMCA for the dedication of what they hope will be one of the city’s biggest assets. |
After 14 years of planning and six years of fundraising, the facility at 1150 E. Foothill Blvd. is open to the public. |
“I think it’s going to be a focal point in the community for all kinds of activities,” said Barry Brandt, a Scheu Family YMCA board member and coach of the junior high basketball program. |
“As you get older you start to think, `What am I going to do for the community?’ I’ve taken care of my family. I’ve taken care of myself. What can I do for this community that nurtured me? It’s not an acquisition, it’s a gift for Upland,” Brandt said. |
Community members can participate in an open house from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Visitors will have a chance to win a free membership. |
“It’s a dream come true to be able to bring this to Upland in a time where we all need to be healthy,” said LeeAnn Faucett, executive director of the Scheu Family YMCA. |
Members will be able to enjoy an indoor soccer field, cafe, wellness center, workout equipment as well as a cardiac zone, teen center, kids zone and more. |
The YMCA has raised $10 million to transform the former Wayne Gretzky Roller Hockey Center into its new facility. |
$1 million for an indoor aquatics center. |
The facility is already being used by the city’s junior high school basketball program. The YMCA partnered with the Upland Unified School District to run the after- school sports program for Pioneer and Upland junior high schools. |
“It’s our first year here. I’ve got 140 junior high school kids in this program, and the school can’t afford to do (the after-school program), so we do that,” said Brandt, who has spent much of his time lately shooting hoops in the gymnasium that has been named in his honor. |
As the YMCA builds its membership base, Upland Unified Superintendent Gary Rutherford said he hopes to strengthen the district’s relationship with the organization. |
Event's rapid growth from the years of conflict is unmatched, and is attended by celebrities from around the world. |
Launched during conflict, the Sarajevo Film Festival has grown into one of the movie industry's top events. |
Now in its 20th year, it attracts celebrities from around the world while trying to stay true to its original aim of encouraging local talent. |
This year, more than 100,000 people are expected to visit the festival. Its rapid growth, from the years of conflict, is unmatched. |
It was media day last week for winter sports at Ellwood City. Photographers lined up members of the boys and girls basketball teams for the usual grind of team, varsity and returning letterman photos. |
While photos were being taken, with players changing into practice gear in the main gym, a group of students was hard at work in preparation for a different season. |
Members of the Ellwood City varsity wrestling squad ran laps during their warmups in the �small gym� that also doubles as a cafeteria. But coach John Barnes said just having a place to practice and being involved in things such as picture day are satisfying for the team. |
Last winter, Barnes was named the head coach of the wrestling team, which hasn�t existed since 2001. The team was cut because of a lack of participation, which started in the youth programs. |
Barnes began a youth program, with the hopes of giving his son, Austin, something to do in the winter, and as the program grew, the Ellwood City School Board began to take notice. |
After participation grew for several straight years, Ellwood City officials decided to give the team a chance to compete again. |
And although official practices began a little over a week ago, the team will travel to Moon today for a scrimmage against several other schools. |
Barnes said the scrimmage will be an opportunity for his wrestlers just to face off against a different opponent than the one they see every day in practice. |
The Ellwood City team is comprised of mostly freshmen and sophomores � the students in Barnes� inaugural youth program. The first-year coach knows it will be a learning process. |
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