In order to raise money for Kids Under Cover, the Austrailian based organization which houses the young in need of shelter,  artists from around the world have donated works and launched an online gallery and ebay store for art seekers around the globe to bid and donate to a cause.

Attention soccer fans (or should we say football?). At 5:00 PM on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at Chelsea Waterside Park (23rd Street and 12th Avenue, across from Chelsea Piers), FC Barcelona, in their first U.S. appearance in over two years, will be playing in a 4-on-4 tournament to benefit Malaria No More.

This historic event will be free and open to the public and will last for approximately one hour. Playing in the tournament will be Mexican national team captain, Rafael Márquez; UEFA Euro 2008 MVP, Xavi Hernandez; and of course the indisputably world-renowned, Thierry Henry.

For more info check out morethanaclub.org

Saturday May 17, Frank151 will join Zoo York, New Era and KCDC Skateshop, among many others, to celebrate the Harold Hunter Foundation’s 2nd Annual Harold Hunter Day in New York City.

The goal is to unite NYC’s extended skateboarding community in celebration of the life and times of New York skate legend Harold Hunter, for a positive day full of the things Harold loved most: skating, music, good people, good times… and New York City. What more can you ask for?

Harold Hunter Day II will kick off at the Manhattan Bridge Skatepark, beneath the Manhattan Bridge on the corner of Pike and Monroe Streets. There’ll be an all ages skate jam from noon to 6, with a massive product toss and a live soundtrack from DJs Neil Nice, Vinny Ponte and the one and only Pete Rock.

Afterwards there’s a 21+ party from 8 to midnight, at KCDC in Williamsburg — featuring an open bar, live music, an installation by Cinik, and a slide show of Harold Hunter pics from acclaimed photographer and Harold’s long-time friend Giovanni Reda.

For more info, and a full list of the sponsors who made this all possible, visit the Harold Hunter Foundation at haroldhunter.com….

NY skaters and runners, represent. 

“The Nike Bridge Runners and the Harold Hunter Foundation are hosting the second annual RUN FOR HAROLD, this Saturday, April 12th. 

The ‘mini marathon’ can be done in 8, 5 or 2.5 mile increments.  The cost is $20 per runner and all proceeds benefit the Harold Hunter Foundation.

The meeting points and times are :
8 mile run   12:30 pm on Hester and Chrystie (Chrystie St. track)
5 mile run     1:00 pm at the Brooklyn Banks (aross from 375 Pearl St.)
2.5 mile run   1:30 pm at Tompkins Square Park (Avenue A and St. Marks)

RSVP: info@nycbridgerunners.com”

That’s THIS weekend, y’all.  Come out and show your love.

In the age of Serato, the vinyl purist is a dying breed.  But trust — we’re still out here.  And we still believe.

If you’ve got as much love for this kind of weirdness as Frank does, then this Sunday make the pilgrimmage over to Fort Greene, where DJ $mall ¢hange & friends will be selling off their MASSIVE crates at the weekly Brooklyn Flea.

Seriously, we’re talking thousands of unbelievable finds.  One time only.  Bring your bankroll — we will.

“Ok very long story short. I was at this “jam” next to this track. YEEhaw here comes a train. They stop dude gets out checks sumthing out and walks to fence everyone is behind. He starts talkin my friends shoot the shit with em automatically assumes he hates graff. He says he sees good graff often BLAHBLAH. Kids start yellin let us paint your train .Im like this isnt gonna happen.

Him and his boy grinnin ear to ear say “let us ease it up and ya can have at it.”

THIS MOTHERFUKER scooted the train up as far as possible andyelled out the window 5 minutes.hahahahahahahaaaaaaa

There were like 30 kids who just bought their first montana going nuts! I was so shocked I almost forgot to take pix!!! My brothers camera(actually a video recorder):” - Dirty Messican http://www.12ozprophet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=128238

“Its even better unblurred. Hahahaha the conductors face is priceless. (No I wont post.)”

Tomorrow night, from 12:55 to 1 am Eastern, there’s a movement on to unplug all electrical devices – most importantly lights.  

Just for five minutes.  Just to see what happens. 

If the response is big enough, the energy saved in 5 minutes could be massive (although it’s a Friday night, so the numbers might be a bit thin…)

Organizers say the goal is to give the planet 5 minutes “to breathe.”  We’re more interested to see what will happen if this goes down on a major scale.  The damage those 5 minutes’ worldwide blackout might do to energy corporations’ revenue could be devastating… which could actually have a positive impact energy consumption.

So tomorrow night, fight the power – light a candle.  Give it a try.  

On a hot night in August 1973 DJ Kool Herc and his sister threw a party in their apartment building’s first-floor community room, located 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Morris Heights Neighborhood of the west Bronx. DJ Kool Herc was inspired by downtown night clubs which in the early 1970’s began using two turntables so they could play music continuously. And by the Jamaican tradition of ‘toasting’ in which he would lay-down some impromptu poetry over Funk and Reggae albums. With that hip-hop was born.

Now the residents of 1520 Sedgwick are in danger of losing their homes. The building owner BSR Managements have plans to sell the building to a real estate developer. Hip-Hop Godfathers DJ Kool Herc and Coke-Larock, along with NY Senator Chuck Schumer have started an online fundraiser in an attempt to save the building. Looking to do some philanthropy?

Check out the site www.save1520.org. And the NY Daily News Article here.

During this holiday season, it is gestures like these that truly warm our hearts here at Frank151.

FreeRice is an online game – a free, neverending vocabulary quiz.  Even if vocab’s not your thing, it’s surprising how fast playing the game can improve your lexicon.  The site also monitors your vocab as it improves, and adjusts gameplay to match.

More importantly, for each word you correctly identify, the website donates 20 grains of rice to starving communities around the world, paid for by advertisements on the gamepage.  They also keep daily and monthly tallies, which have been growing exponentially ever since the website launched in October. 

So this holiday season, consider making a donation that doesn’t cost you a cent — and will improve your communication skills at the same time….  Everybody wins.

Watch out though – it gets addictive.