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The DocYard is Boston's premiere documentary screening and discussion series, showing over 20 films to date. Their mission is to transform an ordinary trip to the movies into a thought-provoking, community-building event — don't forget the popcorn!

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The DocYard: Season 4 by The DocYard

Boston's premier documentary screening series, celebrating the best of nonfiction storytelling. Season passes available now!

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Pop

Who exactly is Jessica Frech? According to her cute-as-a-button project vid, she's a wizard, she's a librarian, she's... Ke$ha?! Well, not exactly, but those are just a handful of the kooky personas she's adopted in her musical career so far. Up next? Recording her first record!

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Jessica Frech + YOU = NEW ALBUM by Jessica Frech

Become a part of my first full length album and get some really cool stuff in return!

  • 273% funded
  • $21,877 pledged
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Photography

It's rare that someone leaves Ikea not with a table or chairs, but with a new art project. Yet, that is exactly what happened to Amy Lombard when she ventured into the Swedish furniture store and began photographing customers inside Ikea's surreal showrooms. 

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Happy Inside by Amy Lombard

Happy Inside is a book project by artist Amy Lombard of photographs made in the showroom of IKEA.

  • 66% funded
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Performance Art

In one of her recent works, video artist Princess Dies scribbled on Fred Armisen's face. Now, she's taking her video magic to the next level through interactive installations inside Second Life, and a performance piece with Los Angeles avant-duo Lucky Dragons. 

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Princess Dies Residency at Wonder Valley Land Art Project by Ashby Lee Collinson

Princess Dies TV show has an art residency at the Wonder Valley Land Art Project in 29 Palms, CA to build a stage, perform and tape!

  • 50% funded
  • $2,506 pledged
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Board & Card Games

A mix between a board and card game, Conquest Tactics is a new strategy game set in the fantasy world of Yen Sen. First conceptualized when creator Andy was 10, he's been preparing Conquest Tactics for gameplay since 2009. Now it's time to vanquish your enemies!

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Conquest Tactics - A Strategy Card Game of Fantasy Warfare by Zeitgeyser LLC

Lead your fantasy faction to victory by using Troops, Spells and Equipment to defeat your opponent on the Fire Continent battlefield

  • 58% funded
  • $4,105 pledged
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World Music

The Nile Project is a multicultural musical platform that brings together hip-hop artists and traditional musicians living in the Nile to make music. The ultimate goal? A tour down the mighty river itself, on a boat made of recycled water bottles. What a show!

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The Nile Project by Meklit Hadero

A cross-cultural initiative bringing together musicians from the Nile countries to perform along the river and around the world.

  • 88% funded
  • $8,815 pledged
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Poetry

Tired of politics as usual? Michael Silverstein has composed over 100 poems that satirically poke fun at politics with a capital "P." Enjoy sonnets, ballads, haikus, and more as Silverstein lampoons the Left, the Right, and everything in between.  

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This God-Awful Political Season (In Verse) by Michael Silverstein

This book of satirical poems analyzes America's currently dysfunctional political landscape, taking no prisoners along the way.

  • 30% funded
  • $458 pledged
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Food

Ashlee Perkins, an up-and-coming name in the cake design industry who's appeared in her fair share of cake television, wants to get TIER Luxury Cakes up and running so that the people of Savannah can enjoy some eye-popping, jaw-dropping (wink) creations. Seriously, look at them.

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TIER Luxury Cakes - the Southeast's most artistic cakes! by Ashlee Perkins

Help TIER Luxury Cakes to provide the Southeast with the sculpted and artistic cakes it has come to expect!

  • 108% funded
  • $3,812 pledged
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