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Driven: Read Here Now (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:20

City Lights is a bookstore in San Francisco, but it's a lot more than that. Founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1953 as the first all-paperback bookstore, it is now a world-renowned literary landmark and a "beacon of what's possible." In this show, we get an inside look at this "kind of library where books are sold" through the eyes of Paul Yamazaki, a bookseller who's worked there since 1970, and who will continue to work there, he says, until he's carried out "boots-up."

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Date: March 20, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
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City Lights Books

Driven: Big Love (Slideshow)

Running Time:
05:15

PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) is an animal sanctuary founded by former Hollywood animal trainer Pat Derby and her partner, Ed Stewart, in 1984. What started as a small space intended only to care for Pat's own retired animals has become one of the largest animal sanctuaries in the world, and a very unique way of life for Pat and Ed. In this show, we focus on the unique relationship they maintain with the 8 elephants in residence.

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Date: February 16, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: paws, elephant, elephants, pat derby

Links:

PAWS official website

Driven: Live it! (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:15

"Rat Creek is a broken tale, that trickles under the plastic welcome mats of a mobile home community..." In this special "b-side" edition of Driven, we continue our exploration of the work of Adam Ansell and the Gray Area Theater Ensemble. As the debut performance of "Rat Creek" nears, the actors are abuzz with joy and anxiety. When the actors finally enter the stage, Adam's work is done, and the play takes on a life of its own.

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Date: January 18, 2012
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art

Keywords: adam ansell, gray area, theater, art

Driven: Variety (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:20

Theater director Adam Ansell has developed a unique way of working during the 20 years that he's been running the Gray Area Ensemble in San Francisco. The doors are open to anyone who wants to participate, from experienced performers to those who have no experience in the arts. This uncommon group of ever-changing collaborators creates spellbinding, gorgeously dystopic theatrical spectacles which are both fantastical and very real. In this show, we enjoy a peek into the joyful and chaotic creation process of the "Rat Creek", The Gray Area Ensemble's latest work, which will be presented to the public at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco January 11-15th 2012.

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Date: January 8, 2012
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art

Keywords: adam ansell, gray area, theater, art

Driven: The Best Day Possible (Slideshow)

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00:04:52

Award-winning Bay Area artist Veronica De Jesus teaches painting and drawing at The National Institute of Arts and Disabilities (NIAD) in Richmond, California. In this episode, De Jesus introduces us to NIAD and its resident artists, and shares how her own art practice is nourished by her work there.

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Date: October 14, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): art

Keywords: veronica de jesus, niad

Driven: Death And Life Combined (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:00

Emmitt Watson is a fixture at the Neptune Society Columbarium, where he has worked for over 25 years. In this show, we trace his journey from handyman to pacifier-of-hearts to the many people who inurn their loved ones in this unusual and magnificent place.

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Date: September 16, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
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Keywords: columbarium, emmit, cemetary

Driven: As Warm As It Gets (Slideshow)

Running Time:
4:20

Some may spend their golden years in the La-Z-Boy, but 86-year-old Walt Schneebeli and his pals, the "old goats" of the Dolphin Club of San Francisco, find peace of mind by swimming in the salty, chilly San Francisco bay.

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Date: August 19, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
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Keywords: dolphin club

Driven: I Remember As I Write (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:20

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa is a poet who collects inspiration from the everyday--walking in the city, looking at people, listening to language--as well as from her imagination and memory. In this show we explore her process and product.

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Date: July 15, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): art

Keywords: inspiration, poetry, art, language. tsering wangmo dhompa, tibet, poem

Driven: The Body Free (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:10

Butoh masters Hiroko and Koichi Tamano discuss their rich practice of performing, teaching, and living Butoh that has spanned more than 40 years.

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Date: June 16, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art

Keywords: butoh, buto, tamano, harupin-ha

Driven: Away (Slideshow)

Running Time:
04:00

In this show we'll explore the EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park, San Francisco's only off-grid building and an inspiring model of sustainable living in an area that has historically been a dumping ground for industrial waste. We are guided through the place and its principles of environmental justice by recent college graduate and EcoCenter worker Jasmine Dow.

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Date: May 20, 2011
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Art, General Science

Keywords: ecocenter, heron's head, driven, green, environmental justice

More about the Exploratorium website: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration
	How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? How does inspiration move from person to person? Join us for an audio slide show series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively, and presents the human stories behind creative accomplishments.


		Streaming Technology provided by: Digital Rapids	Webcasts made possible through the generosity of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, The Jim Clark Endowment for Internet Education, the McBean Family Foundation,.and the Corporation for Educational Networks Initiatives in California (CENIC).