The Throwing Star » Culture http://thethrowingstar.com Capturing and Displaying the Good Life Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Obey x Levi’s Times Square Event http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/10/obey-x-levi%e2%80%99s-times-square-event/ http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/10/obey-x-levi%e2%80%99s-times-square-event/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:58:16 +0000 The Throwing Star http://thethrowingstar.com/?p=769

Last night marked the debut of the Obey x Levi’s 2009 Fall/Winter Collection debut at the Levi’s Times Square store. The release involved a special Obey x Levi’s Live Installation by Shepard Fairey to cap things off. The artwork for the evening included iconic imagery from Fairey’s range of well-documented styles such as the Obey Giant.

Source: Gradient Magazine

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Over the weekend, around 190,000 people attended the 2009 Glastonbury Festival held in western England. Billed as ‘Europe’s largest open-air music festival’ on many stages over four days – headliners included Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and a reunited Blur. Collected  by Boston.com are 33 images of the festival for The Big Picture column, each accompanied by a short description.

Info & Images: Boston.com

]]> http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/06/glastonbury-2009/feed/ 0 Shepard Fairey ‘Tony Alva’ Print http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/06/shepard-fairey-%e2%80%98tony-alva%e2%80%99-print/ http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/06/shepard-fairey-%e2%80%98tony-alva%e2%80%99-print/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:10:47 +0000 The Throwing Star http://thethrowingstar.com/?p=500

Releasing later today from Obey is a new Shepard Fairey print transpiring with the Detournements of Wynn Miller exhibit. It’s based on an image of a young Tony Alva and comes in two colors, each color limited to 250. They will be selling for $80.

]]> http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/06/shepard-fairey-%e2%80%98tony-alva%e2%80%99-print/feed/ 0 The Samuel Adams Hopfenpflucken Adventure http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/06/the-samuel-adams-hopfenpflucken-adventure/ http://thethrowingstar.com/2009/06/the-samuel-adams-hopfenpflucken-adventure/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:24:46 +0000 The Throwing Star http://thethrowingstar.com/?p=486

Jim Koch has traveled to Bavaria each hop harvest for the last quarter century to personally hand-select the best noble Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops for Samuel Adams Boston Lager. This year, Samuel Adams (in conjunction with high-end travel agency, Abercrombie & Kent) is offering craft beer lovers the ultimate Bavarian experience -“The Samuel Adams Hopfenpflucken Adventure.”

From July 31st till August 6th 2009, lager lovers will get to experience a true beer adventure that includes:

  • Visit ancient hop fields of Stanglmair Farms, led by owner and a Sam Adams Brew Master
  • Special tasting of Sam Adams beers in those same hop fields
  • Dine at Augustiner Keller, one of Munich’s most famous biergartens
  • Visit the Schlenkerla Brewery Tavern in Bamburg, makers of traditional smoked beer
  • Dine at Weinhenstephan Brewery, the world’s oldest brewery
  • Tour the world-famous Weyermann Specialty Malting Company
  • Check out the BMW Museum
  • Travel by cable car to the top of Germany’s highest mountain - Zugspitze

At around $3,000 a person you’re getting a week’s vacation in the Heaven of Beers.  Not a bad price to pay for this amazing experience.  Check out the Abercrombie & Kent site for all the details.

via beertaptv.com

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