bridging urban experiences across the globenoreply@blogger.com (jacy edelman)Sun, 1 Sep 2024 02:15:56 -0500Blogger http://www.blogger.com2125http://fenwayhighschool.blogspot.com/en-usnobridging urban experiences across the globenoreply@blogger.comhttp://fenwayhighschool.blogspot.com/2007/03/y-o-u-r-s-p-c-e.htmlneighborhoodstudentnoreply@blogger.com (jacy edelman)Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:13:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262302536539737480.post-8614065141714350514<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/programs/switchbox/images/medford_school.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/programs/switchbox/images/medford_school.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/programs/artsunion/images/bengalimarketfishwomanweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/programs/artsunion/images/bengalimarketfishwomanweb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">Please write a short entry about what makes your neighborhood unique: restaurants, people, art, transportation, style. If you can, please include at least two photos.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">My neighborhood: Union Square.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">What makes my neighborhood (Union Square in Somerville, MA) unique is the diversity of cultures and public artwork that pops up all around the streets. People from Portugal, China, Brazil, Haiti, Bangladesh, India and many more countries call Union </span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">Square their home. The </span><a href="http://www.somervilleartscouncil.org/" target="new">Somerville Arts Council </a><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">supports regular craft markets where local artists and craftspeople sell their goods. Sometimes, walking down the streets, a new guerilla art project will spring up in front of your eyes. Lately, it's been a study of light: with small light installations being installed on buildings and sidewalks around Union Square taking the form of abstract lines of reflective tape or LED lights shooting colors into the dark.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"> We also have a colorful collection of switch boxes painted by local artists.</span></span>0http://fenwayhighschool.blogspot.com/2007/03/what-i-want-to-learn-from-this-class.htmlwelcomenoreply@blogger.com (jacy edelman)Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:54:00 -0500tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-262302536539737480.post-6581794166834741330<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.fenwayhs.org/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 127px;" src="http://www.fenwayhs.org/images/general/fenway.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 255, 255);font-family:arial;" >welcome to the <a style="color: rgb(51, 255, 255);" href="http://www.fenwayhs.org/">fenway high school</a> fenway::japan connection. please use this forum to share a little but about who you are: what grade are you in? what neighborhood do you live in? what are your favorite music/books/movies? give us a peek into what makes you, you. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 0);"><br /></span></span></span>2