Around the Nation: June 7, 2008

Grow Deep: Business Leaders Building Strong Communities; 6th Annual BALLE Conference
- Boston, MA.
The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies organizes independent businesses across North America to green and strengthen their local economies. Our 6th Annual Conference, at Boston University, will be the year's most powerful gathering of sustainable business, government, and community leaders. Hear speakers such as Bill McKibben, David Korten, Judy Wicks and Majora Carter explore the power of homegrown businesses that are local, green and fair. Learn more and register online or call 415-255-1108.
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Sundance Institute at BAM
- Brooklyn, NY.
- 6:00pm
For the third straight year, Sundance Institute has packed up its bags and is moving into the Brooklyn Academy of Music for eleven days to present 22 features and 36 short films from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, lively music concerts, Q&As with the artists, works in progress, art installations, and special events that bring the creative energy of the Institute's artists and programs to New York audiences. Among the films screening in this year's series are the NY premieres of the documentaries American Teen, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Hunter S. Thompson, The Linguists, Made in America and Stranded: I've come from a plane that crashed in the mountains. 718-636-4100
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