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Bessie Cherry

Madison, WI

I serve as the executive director of Project Lodge & my 'day job' is in professional event coordination. Formerly: co-founder of FWD Music Festival, booking & promotions at Cafe Montmartre (both in Madison, WI). I lend only two of many hands... view more

  1. Contemporary Escapes by Amber

    This photo series reflects a cinematographic style that hints at a common sense of American contemporary nostalgia.

    Funding Unsuccessful (04/11/2012)
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    Nick Brown - Debut Solo Album, "Slow Boat" by Nick Brown

    With the help of some great friends and talented musicians and engineers, I'm hoping to produce a solo album of all-original material.

    • 113% funded $3,730 pledged
    • 85 backers
    • Funded Feb 15, 2012
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    Leebre.org - Liberate fiction with free, social publishing by Michael Bethencourt

    Let authors automatically format their book, support causes, and get noticed. Foster a library of Creative Commons books.

    • 114% funded $3,431 pledged
    • 142 backers
    • Funded Jan 31, 2012
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    House of Brews, a Community Supported Brewery by Page Buchanan

    House of Brews is a small microbrewery launching a community supported aspect where subscribers receive beer weekly or monthly.

    • 104% funded $5,217 pledged
    • 118 backers
    • Funded Feb 05, 2012
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    HopeMob: What Happens When Generous Strangers UNITE! by Shaun King

    If Mother Teresa built a platform with the tech base of Groupon, Foursquare, & Netflix & the heart of CNN Heroes, it'd look like this!

    • 103% funded $129,423 pledged
    • 951 backers
    • Funded Feb 17, 2012
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    JEFF - A Film About The People Around Jeffrey Dahmer by Chris James Thompson

    'Jeff' is a feature documentary film that tells the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.

    • 104% funded $15,662 pledged
    • 177 backers
    • Funded Jan 08, 2012
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    Take This Book: The People's Library at Occupy Wall Street by Melissa Gira Grant

    This is one story of the People's Library, as told to me by the librarians and patrons who built it.

    • 108% funded $10,838 pledged
    • 283 backers
    • Funded Dec 31, 2011
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    Field Recordings from the Indian desert by Ankur Malhotra

    We have recorded music from the Indian desert at its purest. It is world music, it deserves a world audience. Help us get it out there.

    • 115% funded $2,900 pledged
    • 35 backers
    • Funded Oct 29, 2011
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    Mini Monkey Light - 8-Bit Bike Light by MonkeyLectric

    Full color 8-bit graphics and a rugged, practical design for $50. The Mini Monkey Light makes riding at night as fun as the day.

    • 245% funded $67,547 pledged
    • 649 backers
    • Funded Oct 29, 2011
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    The "Thank You For Giving Us..." Multimedia Project by Lizzie & Baba

    "Thank You For Giving Us..." teaches kids about the positive power of gratitude. It is an e-book, hardcover book, and song.

    • 100% funded $30,063 pledged
    • 166 backers
    • Funded Jul 21, 2011
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    PASTE UP! Madison by Art & Sons

    Paste Up! A 2-week art camp for highschoolers to learn about & create large scale wheatpaste installations in downtown Madison, WI.

    • 101% funded $2,540 pledged
    • 59 backers
    • Funded Jul 31, 2011
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    "Old Fashioned" - the New Album from John Statz by John Statz

    Recording a new album entitled "Old Fashioned" with producer Bo Ramsey in August. A more stripped-down, acoustic effort.

    • 102% funded $6,125 pledged
    • 70 backers
    • Funded Jul 18, 2011
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    The Fourteenth Colony: a novel with music by Jason T. Lewis

    Hi. I've written a novel called The Fourteenth Colony and some songs to go with along with it. Will you help me get it out?

    • 164% funded $2,875 pledged
    • 57 backers
    • Funded Jun 19, 2011
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    Nick Jaina's new album featuring ten great women singers by Nick Jaina

    I'm recording a new album where I wrote and produced each track and got a different female vocalist to come in and sing the lead.

    • 103% funded $5,150 pledged
    • 129 backers
    • Funded Oct 29, 2010