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IndieGoGo is a crowdfunding service. Originally for film projects, the platform provides artists and creative project leaders the tools for project funding, recruiting, and promotion, while enabling the audience to discover, connect fund projects directly.
Phone: (415) 534-4646
Address: 301 8th Street, Suite 225, San Francisco, CA 94103
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| Media
Hashtag activism is a growing trend on twitter. #BringBackOurGirls gained attention worldwide with more than 3 million people tweeting with the hashtag. This isn’t the only instance of the hashtag making an impact. With a pair of recent high-profile Twitter trends, the effectiveness of hashtag activism is once again being debated. But this is not a new discussion - it goes back nearly to the advent of Twitter. While many believe there's little effect of such campaigns, such trends can make their way to the real world.
Cleveland Area
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Finding and celebrating truly passionate and engaged people using every tool at their disposal to explore and create. Visitors to IngenuityFest see that technology becomes a natural extension of art, and artistic expression flows freely from the exploration of science, engineering, and math.
Address: 5401 Hamilton Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 589.9444
E-mail: info@ingenuitycleveland.org
National
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The mission of the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) is to improve public understanding of insurance—what it does and how it works. For more than 50 years, the I.I.I. has provided definitive insurance information. They are recognized by the media, governments, regulatory organizations, universities and the public as a primary source of information, analysis and referral concerning insurance. Each year, the I.I.I. works on more than 3,700 news stories and handles more than 6,000 requests for information.
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InsuranceQuotes is a national publisher for news in the insurance industry. They provide commentary on every type of policy found on the market and insist that providers on their site offer competitive rates and are staffed by experienced agents able to address your needs. The Affordable Care Act will require every American to have healthcare coverage. As of 2012, nearly 48 million non-elderly Americans were uninsured (New York Times, 2013) - this theoretically means that for the first time ever, millions of Americans will be struggling to understand what health insurance is and what kind of coverage they need.
In the months leading up to the health care changes, InsuranceQuotes is working to equip consumers with the information they need to know to make an informed health insurance decision. Their guide takes a comprehensive look at what consumers can expect when navigating the complicated insurance landscape. Understanding insurance terminology and health care options, recognizing a scam, identifying adequate coverage are some of the topics covered.
National
| Literature
Offers opportunities for the study and practice of creative writing and literary analysis to participants around the world. The courses are funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the University of Iowa. MOOCs are available to anyone who wishes to enroll. There is no cost to participants, and there are no application requirements. Upcoming classes include How Writers Write Poetry, and How Writers Write Fiction. Visit website for additional details.
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| Not discipline specific
sources articles from nearly 200 writers located around the world with expertise ranging from active trading to frugal living and everything in between. The site offers a dictionary of financial terms with both a definition, and an interpretation of how the term is used in practice. It also offers articles, tutorials and free investment guides and packages.
National
| Literature
The Iowa Summer Writing Festival offers 138 week-long or weekend workshops for writers working from early June through the month of July. Courses are based on the workshop model, and are appropriate for all skill levels. For a complete schedule, visit http://www.iowasummerwritingfestival.org/.
National
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The Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center of the IRS provides access to tax information useful to small businesses with assets of $10 million or less. It contains a section that offers the basics on your tax responsibilities if you are self-employed or an independent contractor.
National
| Craft, Design, Media, Visual, Music
The John Michael Kohler Arts Center is a nonprofit museum in Wisconsin that offers a number of residency programs, including a unique collaboration between artists and industry.
National
| Visual
UK based leading animal sculptor or animalier bronzes specialist provides animal sculpture, bronze sculptures, bronze statues, equestrian bronzes, animal bronzes, etc.
National
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June Walker, Tax and Financial Advisor to the Self-Employed. Useful financial information in various self employed situations.
Cleveland Area
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Kamm’s Corner is a happening entertainment district with authentic Irish Pubs and several live music venues, including BackStage Bar and West Par Station. Kamm’s Corner also has great things to offer in the summer including a Farmers Market, which along with offering fresh produce also includes local musicians. Kamm’s Corner also has Asphalt Cinema which offers a family friendly movie on the third Friday of each summer month, also including music, art, dancing and games.
Based on the 2011 “Putting Artists on the Map”, of the total artists living in the neighborhood, Kamm’s Corner has 36.8 % visual artists and 21.1 % craft artists %Theater artists make up 15.8 %, designers make up 10.5 % and interdisciplinary artists make up 5.3 %.
Cleveland Area
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Restaurants and shops on both sides of Lorain Avenue from West 162nd to West 176th Streets. Authentic Irish Pubs and several live music venues. Destination retail such as Carol & John’s Comic Book Shop, Starship Earth, Damascino's, Dad’s Smoke Shop, and Skaters Edge.
Cleveland Area
| Literature
The Kent State Shootings Oral Histories project collects and provides access to personal accounts of the May 4, 1970, shootings and their aftermath. Founded in 1990 by Sandra Perlman Halem, the Project continues to record oral histories, including many eyewitness accounts, from a wide variety of viewpoints.
Cleveland Area
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Free financial education resources and calculators.
National
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KickStarter is a crowdfunding service focused on creative ideas and ambitious endeavors. Artists, filmmakers, musicians, designers, writers, illustrators, explorers, curators, performers, and others bring their projects, events, and dreams to life. Kickstarter is powered by a unique all-or-nothing funding method where projects must be fully-funded or no money changes hands.
Cleveland Area
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Lakewood is a very diverse neighborhood with great restaurants and shopping. The city is home to the Beck Center for the Arts, a non-profit organization that combines professional theater with arts education. The neighborhood is also home to Lakewood Civic Auditorium which plays host to many events.
Based on the 2011 “Putting Artists on the Map”, the major disciplines of artists in Lakewood are visual at 44 %, followed by design (10%), literary (8.6%), music (7.9%), theater (7.2%), interdisciplinary (6.5%), education (1.7%) and media (1%).
Cleveland Area
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Landscape. Art. Neighborhoods. Development.
National
| Nonprofits
LaPlaca Cohen has an interesting resource called Culture Track that is the largest national study focused exclusively on the ever-changing attitudes and behaviors of U.S. cultural consumers.