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Kristi Wooten

Aug 10, 2009

Elbow me

OK, I’m hoping I might eventually write something up for The Economist’s More Intelligent Life soon, so I won’t give too much away … but...

Kristi Wooten

Aug 8, 2009

Remembering John Hughes

My life would be different today if there hadn’t been Pretty in Pink. The inclusion of New Order’s “Thieves Like Us” MADE that movie … it...

Kristi Wooten

Aug 8, 2009

John Hughes Films Weren’t Racially Diverse, but That’s OK

#johnhughes #Film #20082011 #Culture #culturequad

The National Black Arts Festival Gala 2009

Kristi Wooten

Aug 2, 2009

The National Black Arts Festival Gala 2009

Yes, redundant headlines do rain clicks. So forgive me for being manipulative and using a cheeky headline in the Huffington Post to grab ...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 22, 2009

Do We Need A National Black Arts Festival?

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Over the past month, I’ve been thinking a lot about Claude Monet. Partly because I live in...

Do We Need A National Black Arts Festival?

Kristi Wooten

Jul 22, 2009

Do We Need A National Black Arts Festival?

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Over the past month, I’ve been thinking a lot about Claude Monet. Partly because I live in...

Kristi Wooten

Jul 10, 2009

RIP MJ

It was SURREAL being caught in LA traffic on the day Michael Jackson died. I still don’t know what to make of it. But here’s the most...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 12, 2009

Finally, some songs worth listening to!

Some of these are a few months (and years) old, but here’s what I’m listening to…as made as a mix for a friend’s special friend (winks)…...

Kristi Wooten

Jun 5, 2009

Sachs-Moyo-Easterly: The debate rages on

More on the aid debate in the HuffPo. Here’s my piece on the Sachs-Moyo-Easterly feud.

Kristi Wooten

Jun 3, 2009

The Sachs-Moyo-Easterly Aid Debate: An Activist's Perspective

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST In reading and participating in the exchange about aid to Africa (in particular, the one...

John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs: Philanthropy’s new BFFs

Kristi Wooten

May 19, 2009

John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs: Philanthropy’s new BFFs

I love this partnership! Singing about making love and writing about making poverty history … what more could one ask? But seriously,...

Kristi Wooten

May 18, 2009

John Legend and Jeffrey Sachs: Philanthropy's New BFFs

BY KRISTI YORK WOOTEN FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST The rooftop of the private Soho House in New York’s Meatpacking District is the perfect...

Kristi Wooten

May 16, 2009

It’s getting Vedder all the time …

I’ve never been a Pearl Jam fan per se, but I do respect them, and the Ved and I keep running into eachother backstage at various and...

Kristi Wooten

May 14, 2009

Design is Human

Modern Atlanta‘s annual showcase has become my favorite event of the season. The starchitects! the DJs! the fundraisers! the homes! the...

Kristi Wooten

May 12, 2009

More about Pecha Kucha

photo courtesy of pechakucha.org See my blog post on the Economist‘s More Intelligent Life site

Natalie Portman Discusses “A Powerful Noise” on Filmanthropy’s Big Night | THE ECO

Kristi Wooten

May 12, 2009

Natalie Portman Discusses “A Powerful Noise” on Filmanthropy’s Big Night | THE ECO

March, 2009 By Kristi York Wooten FROM THE ECONOMIST: Documentaries about war, HIV/AIDS and gender inequalities rarely pack a New York...

Kristi Wooten

May 9, 2009

Jason Wu: dig it!

Jeffrey Fashion Cares preview kickoff party, everyone was on the same page: high-waisted, old-school glamour and femininity to the max....

Kristi Wooten

May 8, 2009

18 years of Franti

Kristi Wooten

Apr 20, 2009

Strictly for laughs …

Click here to view the gallery I did for Newsweek about supergroups.

Supergroup for the ages: Tinted Windows give good demographic.

Kristi Wooten

Apr 20, 2009

Supergroup for the ages: Tinted Windows give good demographic.

Fun, fun, fun. I am a fan of all of these guys’ bands. Fountains of Wayne‘s “Valley Winter Song” is one of my faves of all time, and...