Today is Kant's 300th birthday! To celebrate, revisit our Student Council interview with one of the world's foremost Kantian thinkers, Lea Ypi, who discussed her reflections on freedom and her childhood living through the collapse of communism. youtube.com/watch?v=tXFuol…

Last year, we captured our team in action at the Glorya Kaufman Creative Community Center at The Wende Museum. When complete, the #ShawmutBuilt multi-purpose building will accommodate cultural, educational, and social services, shared by several Culver City-based nonprofit orgs.

'Having orbited the Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. Humans, let us preserve and increase the beauty, not destroy it!'

― Yuri Gagarin

11 April 1980: stamps issued in East Germany to celebrate the 'Interkosmos' space programme which promoted non-Soviet technology and cosmonauts being used in Soviet space travel missions

📢Miss yesterday’s Student Council interview on Democracy & Vulnerability? Tune in at 9 am (PT) on dublab radio & listen to the recorded conversation with School Board Member Ezidore, the youngest elected official in L.A. County history! Follow link 👉dublab.com/schedule/5rti6… The Wende Museum

.dublab is a non-profit radio station based in Los Angeles. On April 9, they will host their Creative Cultivation Salon with Laurie Anderson (@OnlyAnExpert) as guest of honor. Consider supporting the organization by joining me at their fundraiser.

'Don't be afraid of water - wash frequently', soviet poster, 1971

Thrilled that “Visions of Transcendence” has been extended until September 15. Book your tour and see work from In Lorton's Darkroom
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FEAR NOT 🫶 НЕ БОЙСЯ
(полный видеоотчет - 5 минут)

революция любви

1/10 Full text of my speech at FEAR NOT exhibition at The Wende Museum March 2

One year ago I addressed Putin from the stage of the TED conference, and I delivered a message directly to him: I told him that he knows that he has lost already, and that’s why he’s so openly evil - a

Making a statement through vandalism: this Soviet painting would be largely unremarkable except for the fact that someone broke into the Moscow gallery where it was hanging and shot Lenin in the head! This elevated it into a symbol of the hotly disputed status of Lenin's legacy.

thanks to all 800 of you who came out to our meeting at The Wende Museum that helped me to imagine a beautiful Russia of the future - free and peaceful 🐣🐤

“The museum’s motto could be, ‘Walls don’t stay up forever.”

In a Shortcut for LARA #1, Katya Tylevich (katya tylevich) writes about the Wende Museum’s new Glorya Kaufman Creative Community Center.

nyra.nyc/articles/hinge…

Full speech:

youtu.be/T_CkcCLX2ss

I know that we’ll win in the long-term. Time and history is not on Putin’s side. Putil and his imperialist craziness will pass, and I’m sure younger Russian people would eventually opt for living in a peaceful succesful democratic country

One year ago I delivered a message to putin, a wounded creature bleeding its poisonous intestines on everyone and everything around, via TED Talks.

This speech is my 1-year-after follow up.

We still can prevent the world crumbling into autocracy, but it takes determination and courage.

Democracy is the most fragile form of human organization, and it's precious. It needs us to show up for it.

Help Ukraine win. Help Russian dissidents to fight Putin. And maybe

2pm today The Wende Museum

Art Pick: Nadya Tolokonnikova (𝖕𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖞 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙💦): FEAR NOT at The Wende Museum. A testament to artistic defiance of authoritarianism, a response to Alexei Navalny’s death & a reminder democracy is precious. Fri-Sun, March 1-3; Artist Talk: Sat, March 2, 2pm; free.laweekly.com/my-fair-arts-c…

hi, i'm Nadya, and putin destroyed freedom in my country. hi, i'm Nadya, a putin killed a number of my friends.

HOW SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY: THIS SATURDAY AT 2PM

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MARCH 2 The Wende Museum Culver City 10808 Culver Blvd

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FEAR NOT / MARCH 2

It’s easier to grieve together. It's easier to fight dictatorships together 🪽 Come to the Wende Museum at 2 pm on Sat.

when: March 1-3, 2024
where: The Wende Museum
10808 Culver Blvd, Culver City
speech x opening: March 2nd, 2pm

Nadya Tolokonnikova will deliver a