Canadian artist/illustrator/cartoonist Steve Murray, who is probably better known by his 
nom de plume, Chip Zdarsky, has imagined a brilliant series of posters for Hollywood film adaptations of classic children’s stories.
This 90-piece exhibit showcases rare and seminal examples of original art including covers and interior pages from ZAP, San Francisco Comic Book, Head Comix, Bijou Funnies, The East Village Other, Snatch Comics, Motor City Comics, Your Hytone 
Comix, Big Ass Comics, The People’s Comics, Despair, Black & White Comics, Arcade, Hup and Weirdo. This exhibit features such counter-culture icons as Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Shuman the Human, Bo Bo Bolinski, Lenore Goldberg and Her Girl Commandos, Horny Harriet Hotpants, Boingy Baxter, Angelfood McSpade and a special guest appearance by the ol’ pooperoo himself — R. Crumb. Works will be on display for six weeks, beginning March 23rd through April 30th in the Museum’s galleries in New York City’s Upper East Side at 128 East 63rd Street.
Kerouac
Shakespeare
Ray Bradbury
Kafka
Pynchon
Kurt Vonnegut
Fitzgerald
Allen Ginsberg
Douglas Adams
Bukowski
Virginia Woolf
Vonnegut
Faulkner
Atlas Obscura is hosting the second annual International Obscura Day on April 9, 2011, in partnership with Hendrick’s Gin. This is a day set aside for “expeditions, back-room tours and hidden treasures” in places near or not-so-near. Events will take place in 61 cities (so far). Here are some of the most popular:
In London Go out for adventure films and cocktails in the historic Royal Geographical Society Map Room
In San Francisco The National Parks Service is leading an exclusive, behind-the-scenes tour of Alcatraz followed by drinks at a speakeasy
In Los Angeles Wander the Magic Castle and mingle with Magicians while sipping Cocktails
In Florence Explore the macabre and beautiful La Specola anatomical museum
In Paris Join an expedition into the abandoned ruins of a Victorian-era tropical botanical garden
In Rome Go underground to explore ancient catacombs
In New Zealand Tour the museum of extraordinary visual design company WETA best known for their work on the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
If none of these events are near you, there are plenty more to find at Atlas Obscura.
Australian artist James Gulliver Hancock, now Brooklyn-based, is attempting to draw every building in New York City. You can check out his progress and support the ambitious, albeit whimsical, project at his blog
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Before I Die… in New Orleans is a wonderful project created by urban planner and installation artist Candy Chang. Her installation has turned one large wall of an abandoned building into an enormous chalkboard where local residents can write their dreams and goals.
Acording to Chang:
“It’s about turning neglected space into a constructive one where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of people around us. It turns out this entire process has been a great lesson , experience and project in itself. If you’re in New Orleans, stop be the corner of Marigny and Burgundy to add your thoughts to the wall.”
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