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  Issue #20 Launch Party + “Songs of the City” DJ event!

  Michelle Kuly | Thu, Sep 4th, 2008 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: philadelphia, nac, music, not karaoke, launch party, doug sell, dj, songs of the city, ugly american, issue 20 | 0

  Next American City will celebrate the launch of Issue 20 with a one-night only “Songs of City” music event featuring DJ (and NAC subscriber) Doug Sell next Thursday, Sept. 11 in Philadelphia…

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• Headlines

  Border Patrol Shafts NAC, Ringo Starr Beheaded (sort of), Clinton’s Rust Belt Promises, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: headlines, clinton, seattle, nac, katrina, michelle kuly, hillary, rust belt, ringo starr, u.s. border patrol, pha, aaron neville | 0

  Michelle Kuly, our publisher and fearless leader (referred to as “The Winnipeg Woman” by CBC), is denied re-entry into the U.S., Ringo Starr meets Billy’s shears, Hillary Clinton’s proposed Rust Belt revival, New Orleans hosts Jazz fest, Seattle saves art spaces ... this and more in today’s headlines.

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• Web Exclusives

  NAC exclusive interview: Marc Alt, founding co-chair of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Mar 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: jeffrey hill, building, green, economy, energy, china, nac, legislation, ethanol, gm, aiga, marc alt, corporatations, greenwashing, philadelphia society of ethics | 0

  Before he gave a lecture on green design at the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) center in Philadelphia, Marc Alt, the center’s co-founder, sat down for an interview with Jeffrey Hill of Next American City. In their conversation, Alt spoke about the new, trendy environmental focus of many American businesses. Read on to find out why Alt gave an unlikely corporation—Wal-Mart—a green thumbs up.

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• The Daily Report

  Sparking Creativity - A Recap of Next American City’s New Orleans Symposium

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Mar 17th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: jeffrey hill, suburbs, nac, katrina, video, economics, nola yurp, blake haney, andrea floyd, timolynn sams, janet speyrey | 2

  Sparking Creativity was moderated by Nathan Rothstein of NOLA YURP as well as NAC contributing writer and editor Brentin Mock. The panel consisted of Dirty Coast T-Shirt company creative director Blake Haney, Neighborhood Partnership Network director Timolynn Sams, Consciously Rebuilding co-founder Andrea Floyd, and Dr. Janet Speyrer, associate dean for research and economics at the University of New Orleans.

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• The Daily Report

  Next American City’s 18th Issue Launch Party!

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Mar 13th, 2008 | Category: Events | Tags: jeffrey hill, nac, launch party, issue 18 | 0

  Join us for the launch of the new issue of Next American City at Ms. Tootsie’s Bar & Lounge, 1314 South St., Friday, March 21 6-8pm.

  Entrance is free!  Dress is relaxed!  Why not start your long weekend off by networking, socializing and hanging out with likeminded Philadelphians and grab a few drinks? You may even decide to subscribe! 

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• NAC News

  Plan Philly: Join TNAC at the Delaware Waterfront Plan Presentation

  John Reinhardt | Fri, Nov 2nd, 2007 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: john reinhardt, nac, events, symposium, deleware waterfront, next ammerican city, pennsylvania convention center, civic vision on the waterfront | 0

  Join The Next American City at the public presentation of a civic vision for seven miles of the central Delaware riverfront, led by PennPraxis at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.  The presentation represents a year-long public planning process in which over 4,000 Philadelphians worked together to imagine a bright future for Philadelphia’s original riverfront.

  The event will include new graphics and design ideas, a video summarizing the Planning Process, and…

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• NAC News

  TNAC nominated for Best Social/Cultural Coverage by Utne!

  Michelle Kuly | Fri, Oct 19th, 2007 | Category: NAC News | City: NAC News | Tags: nac, michelle kuly, nominee, michelle kult, utne magazine, utne, best social coverage | 0

  Hey all! The Next American City was just nominated for Best Social/Cultural Coverage by Utne Reader as part of its 2007 Independent Press Awards. We’re so stoked we’re practically jumping up and down on our desks.

  Other nominees in the category were California, ColorLines, Dollars & Sense, Gastronomica, Greater Good, Guilt & Pleasure and Indian Country Today. UIPA winners will be announced in January 2008. If you’re in Minneapolis next week, come out and help us celebrate the…

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