spirituality, nonviolent communication, complexity theory, poetry, history, Green Politics, Local Music, Local Art, Physics, Comparative Religions, Social Justice, Economic Justice, Ecological Wisdom, Grassroots Democracy, Nonviolence, Abolishing the Death Penalty, Stopping Global Warming, "Ending the triple evils of Miltarism, Racism & Materialism"
Music
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Incredible Live Action -- See & hear the Band Really Playing! Cool Breeze, Lo-Tek Jay, Ian Wilder, Paul Cama, Strike and Arrow. And Troy's ... all » Lightning Caravan. Follk Groovin' Gathering Featuring: Live At the Unitarian, Threads, Grateful Dead Costume Ball, wild Jamming, Colored Lights by Troy
Go local.
Blacklisted & the Banned, Alan Semrerjian, Nylon & Steel, Ahmad Ali, Beat Radio, Mark Yodice, Martha Trachtenberg, Nick Vermitsky, Gary Ivan, Princess Peapod, Moon Pearls, the Shepard Brothers, & so many more
ok, and dylan, monk, rage against the machine, foo fighters, dar, ani, miles, coltrane, nirvana, pearl jam, grateful dead, csny, neil young, patti smith, sweet honey in the rock
Bronx Green Party leader Carl Lundgren performing at the Green Party of New York State Committee meeting. The song was written by Lundgren. The video was taken by Queens Green party leader Evergreen Chou.
Movies
Willie Wonka, Unbearable Lightness of Being, & Mindwalk
Television
Books
Walden, Collected Wendell Berry, Turtle Island, For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future, turning point, going local, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Heroes
Fritjof Capra, Wangari Maathai, Paul Hawken, Ralph Nader, Maya Angelou, Thich Nhat Hanh, Dalai Lama, Matt Gonzalez, Marshall Rosenberg, Wendell Berry, Cornell West
The Wilder’s life has always veered between art and politics. When they partnered in the late 1990's, Kimberly and Ian ratcheted up their activities. Together, Ian and Kimberly Wilder published chapbooks; gave dozens of poetry readings; published poetry; wrote newspaper articles; and hosted events.
At a master class in poetry, Mark Rudman proclaimed of Kimberly: "Distemper is your muse." At another master class, Yevegeny Yevtushenko proclaimed that Ian's snowflake poem is "perfect."
One of the most memorable readings the Wilders gave was as a group with George Wallace and Kate Kelly at the Lowell, Massachusetts Kerouac festival.
Ian has performed spoken word as a part of the near-mythic folk groovin’ band Nylon & Steel, and was co-founding lyricist for the duo Spiritwalkers. His work with Nylon & Steel can be found on the album "Slip Behind the Molecule".
With Nader’s 2000 presidential campaign, the Wilders were drawn back into politics. Within four years they had co-founded the Babylon Greens at their kitchen table; run the first full ticket of Greens in their town’s history; got Kimberly twice elected to the Executive Committee of Green Party of New York State; and then Ian to the position of GPNYS State Party Co-chair.
In 2006 , Ian stepped back from state politics after retaining the right to enroll Green in NY by succesfully getting Malachy McCourt on the ballot for Governor, and Kimberly returned to the Executive Committee for a third term.
This is primarily Ian’s myspace, with Kimberly kibbitzing.
Need a Party to celebrate your Earth Day activities? Come paint the town Green with local music group, Beat Radio. The Green Party of Suffolk will be holding its 4th Annual Fundraiser on Saturday, April 26, 2008 from 7pm to 10pm at the Setauket Neighborhood House, 95 Main Street, Setauket. http://www.gpsuffolk.org
When Edison invented the light bulb, did he accidentally spawn a cancer epidemic? It's certainly starting to look that way. In study after recent study, exposure to artificial light has been linked to certain kinds of tumors, especially those in the breast.
Hey Ian, whats up? We're playing at Munchaba Lounge in Levittown saturday night (7/26), if your lookin for somethin to do. We go on at 11pm, but we'll be hanging out most of the night if you wanna stop by and have a drink or two. Hope to see you there. - CHARETTA
Thanks for accepting our add request, Ian. We hope you'll join us this Friday at the West Village's Sullivan Hall (if interested, please check our page for details). In the meanwhile, if you'll allow your new friends to take liberty with the sacred words of "Uncle" Neil Young, keep on rockin' on the Island of "Strong"!
Hey Ian and Kimberly - we're playing the Spoon Coffeehouse in Lindenhurst on Tuesday the 26th - we'd love to see you there and are so looking forward to the show at Peacesmiths!
