It is a common sight in Chinatown (both San Francisco and New York City) and it has always disturbed me. It is the sight of old, Chinese ladies hauling big bags of plastic bottles and …
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Malls have been a pretty sad place to be during the past year and a half with the economic downturn. Mall managers have tried vacancy signs, marketing store fronts for exhisting tenents, and some have lost their curative souls by leasing to unartistic trinket sellers.
But some malls are taking smart risks a donating space to nonprofits (such as the Hillsdale Mall with the Humane Society) and younger entrepreneurs looking to establish their own brands. Stonestown Galleria Mall has done well by leasing a space to Premium Blend brought to us by the clothing creators Unscripted Clothing.
The people behind Unscripted Clothing and Premium Blend don’t just make great clothes, they make culture! They did a great job one sunday afternoon by inviting Rap Artists and poets to perform in their store.
Check out the video below of rapper-poets from the Get Back GB group, including Chinaka, Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs (I started the film with her shoes cause they were awesome!).
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