This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Can playing more Roblox make your kids more philanthropic? That’s what the nonprofit Comic Relief US hopes, announcing Tuesday its new Kids Relief initiative to encourage giving and community building with a new virtual world on the social gaming platform. The “Kids Relief Presents: Solarpunk Simulator” experience on Roblox will also serve as a fundraiser for Comic Relief’s real-life programs battling poverty in America, especially those empowering young people in that fight. Alison Moore, CEO of Comic Relief US, told The Associated Press that the Roblox virtual world and the entire Kids Relief initiative is designed to “support young people’s ability to drive change.” “Children and young people have a deeper understanding that they have the power to make change,” said Moore. “They have the power to gather together and link their arms to do something to change the world … [Read more...] about Comic Relief launches metaverse fundraiser to fight poverty
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Los Angeles Jazz With Kamasi Washington and Others
A few weeks ago, the jazz tenor saxophonist Kamasi Washington stood onstage at a club in Hermosa Beach, Calif., with his band, the Next Step, ending a version of the ballad standard “My One and Only Love” with an improvised closing tag, like a group cadenza. But it sprung open a whole new chapter of the song. Mr. Washington’s playing spread through the group into a sustained volcanic surge, with a front line of two saxophones and trombone; Miles Mosley’s upright bass and Brandon Coleman’s keyboards run through distortion and wah-wah pedals; and two drummers, Ronald Bruner and Tony Austin, making enfolded, clattering patterns. A series of melodies and rhythms developed on the fly, with Mr. Washington building up to hoarse, Pharoah Sanders-like cries, and then the tailing off commenced Mr. Washington finished last. He closed up his solo in whispers, removed the horn from his mouth and pulled on the loose curls in his hair, smiling absent-mindedly. The unusual circumstances — a … [Read more...] about Los Angeles Jazz With Kamasi Washington and Others
‘Not A Drag Strip’: Things Neighbors Want To Tell Drivers [Block Talk]
229 Community Corner Describing close calls between kids playing outdoors and speeding drivers, readers share frustrations that little is being done to stop it. Beth Dalbey , Patch Staff Replies ACROSS AMERICA — “It’s an epidemic,” a Patch reader who goes by “Vigilant” said of an explosion of speeding, dangerous drivers in general, but especially during school dropoff and pickup times. “I saw a girl get hit on her bike by a careless driver. I saw a boy get hit on his bike by a car. I have almost been hit on my bike by careless drivers too many times to count,” said the reader of Los Gatos Patch and Campbell Patch , both in California. “I see drivers speeding, running stop lights and driving while fiddling with their phones daily,” the reader said. “It’s an epidemic.” We heard similar stories from Patch readers across the country after we asked readers for advice on what to do about drivers who show little regard for … [Read more...] about ‘Not A Drag Strip’: Things Neighbors Want To Tell Drivers [Block Talk]
