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Issy Tavares

New York, NY

Support the Arts Campaign! I am passionate about the Performing Arts! Help me bring awareness as to the importance of the Arts in our society. Since discovering Kickstarter, I have dedicated myself towards helping as many projects as possible upon my approval! Best wishes!

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    If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent by Heather Quinlan

    From Woody to Snooki, from diphthongs to thongs, it's the story of the New York accent as told by New Yorkers.

    • 104% funded $2,610 pledged
    • 37 backers
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011
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    Cinema Insomnia 10 Year Anniversary by Cinema Insomnia

    'Cinema Insomnia with Mr. Lobo' is an independently produced television series which is about to celebrate it's 10 year anniversary.

    • 111% funded $11,140 pledged
    • 124 backers
    • Funded Dec 18, 2010
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    The Factory by Jordan Fein

    A short film about Victor Murphy, a professor who replaces his family with two automatons and how he cannot escape his own grief.

    • 112% funded $786 pledged
    • 29 backers
    • Funded Jan 06, 2011
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    Camille! Young! Silly! - LIVE in NYC! by Camille Harris

    Camille! Young! Silly! is an evening of Camille's original songs. Help her raise money to play with some amazing musicians!

    • 128% funded $1,030 pledged
    • 43 backers
    • Funded Nov 24, 2010
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    Dig Short Film by Joshua Caldwell

    A short film about a young holocaust survivor who finds the Nazi responsible for his family's death and orders him to dig his own grave

    • 107% funded $6,420 pledged
    • 81 backers
    • Funded Nov 24, 2010
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    Anna Rose Beck records her first ever album! by Anna Rose Beck

    My name is Anna Rose Beck. I write songs and sing them for people. I want to record my first ever record, and I need your help!

    • 268% funded $2,149 pledged
    • 61 backers
    • Funded Nov 21, 2010
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    Emily Hearn's gonna make a full length album...woo! by Emily Hearn

    I'm attempting to raise $15,000 by November 20, 2010 to complete a full length album. I've been inspired & want to bring you fresh new music!

    • 105% funded $15,792 pledged
    • 170 backers
    • Funded Nov 20, 2010
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    PAGE TURNER: Asian American Literary Festival by The Asian American Writers' Workshop

    PAGE TURNER is like the best girlfriend or boyfriend you never had: that hot unabashedly lefty braniac with an awesome sense of humor.

    • 193% funded $9,682 pledged
    • 67 backers
    • Funded Nov 07, 2010
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    La MaMa Presents "Wake Up, You're Dead!" Come get B.A.D. with us... by Brooklyn Art Department (BAD)

    YOU bring Wake Up, You're Dead! to life...WE get you the hottest ticket in town! Nightmare: NYC's most horrifying Haunted House--FREE!

    • 140% funded $3,014 pledged
    • 63 backers
    • Funded Oct 18, 2010
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    Indie Game Mag: Issue 13 and Get Well Gamers by Mike Gnade

    The Indie Game Magazine need advertisers and sponsors for our next issue and wants to help out Get Well Gamers along the way.

    • 108% funded $1,085 pledged
    • 30 backers
    • Funded Oct 16, 2010
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    bloomtown : 6 monochromatic gardens in detroit by Ellen Donnelly

    Six gardens in the Detroit's North end will mark and map once existing buildings and will transform vacant lots into a network of coordinated gardens.

    • 159% funded $4,788 pledged
    • 62 backers
    • Funded Oct 15, 2010
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    Money & Life by katie Teague

    Can we use the opportunity of the economic crisis to re-discover real wealth and create a more sustainable, spiritually fulfilling world?

    • 104% funded $10,405 pledged
    • 114 backers
    • Funded Oct 13, 2010
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    Macbeth: the original supernatural horror thriller by Michael Dempsey

    Help us do "Macbeth" the way it was intended--with witches, ghosts, floating daggers, apparitions, beheadings and battles this Halloween season!

    • 142% funded $1,420 pledged
    • 23 backers
    • Funded Oct 03, 2010
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    Blind Director's Feature Film: THE BUNKER by Pamela (Sight Unseen Pictures)

    Frank (Shawshank Redemption) Darabont says this horror/thriller is "one of the most unique film projects ever.” See why.

    • 105% funded $5,252 pledged
    • 48 backers
    • Funded Sep 30, 2010
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    Epic Dust: An Extravaganza of Infamy by Darin Coelho

    Epic Dust: An Extravaganza of Infamy in the West is a feature-length Western that will be available in monthly episodes online.

    • 110% funded $1,655 pledged
    • 42 backers
    • Funded Sep 30, 2010
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    Thickening the Plot: Reclaiming • Restoring • Refreshing: Walking the Labyrinth by Ruth Ann Anderson and Jill D'Agnenica

    Walking the labyrinth is an act of transformation, a container for the creative imagination to align with our heart’s desire. Let the walk guide you.

    • 114% funded $1,376 pledged
    • 30 backers
    • Funded Sep 27, 2010
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    Prom Night of the Living Dead: A New Interactive Horror Play in NYC! by BITE

    An interactive horror play part George Romero part John Hughes. Join the prom of Glendale High. Drink some punch. Do the Hokey Pokey. Eat some brains.

    • 129% funded $645 pledged
    • 26 backers
    • Funded Sep 26, 2010
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    Off Season - A new feature film from Cold Hands Productions by Katie Carman

    The windblown beach house seemed like a safe hideaway for Sylvie. A chilly haven to recast her plans. Until suddenly, it became a nightmare...

    • 120% funded $5,401 pledged
    • 55 backers
    • Funded Sep 26, 2010
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    THE 469 RIDE by Dave Whitling

    Documenting the sites, sounds, and suffering of cycling the Blue Ridge Pkwy.

    • 161% funded $4,025 pledged
    • 53 backers
    • Funded Sep 24, 2010
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    Hoot: Columbia University & Morningside Heights Fashion Magazine Fall 2010 Issue by Hoot Magazine

    Hoot is Columbia University and Morningside Heights' fashion magazine, dedicated to celebrating fashion, art, and culture through student diversity.

    • 103% funded $2,065 pledged
    • 52 backers
    • Funded Sep 22, 2010
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    the beauty of life by Hilary Pfeifer

    A functional installation inspired by William Morris' wallpaper design "The Strawberry Thief"

    • 228% funded $5,710 pledged
    • 96 backers
    • Funded Sep 20, 2010
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    Simon by Bryce Richardson

    We are student filmmakers coming together to make a film called Simon.

    • 102% funded $3,060 pledged
    • 11 backers
    • Funded Sep 18, 2010
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    Send "Meditations: Man in Water" to Festivals by Jonathan Ade

    "Meditations: Man in Water" is a short film completed in July of 2010. Now the project needs funding to send it to festivals!

    • 167% funded $670 pledged
    • 11 backers
    • Funded Sep 17, 2010
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    This Twisted Tale by The Paper Doll Militia

    This Twisted Tale is an aerial theatre piece about a scruffy, snotty, misfit girl who encounters a crass and unpredictable incarnation of the Devil.

    • 106% funded $3,183 pledged
    • 68 backers
    • Funded Sep 15, 2010
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    "Is This the Al Jaffee Art Exhibit?" by Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art

    An exhibition of original comic and cartoon art by Al Jaffee of MAD Magazine fame!

    • 114% funded $3,436 pledged
    • 93 backers
    • Funded Sep 15, 2010