The Brownbag Magazine

Welcome
to the summer issue of The Brownbag. We come to you at an exciting time for Brownscape Productions. Please check out our What’s Down with the Brown? section for our latest events and news. We also bring you reflections on modern life, from the role of online profiles on relationships to our efforts at being green in a throwaway age. WHCAP brings you an urban art project, and we go Out of the Bag with short fiction from the great Mark Twain.

What's Down With The Brown?
What a year of change 2008 has been for Brownscape! Made in India? is finally on sale for download, and the DVD is coming soon. Browntown is screening at the HBO Latino Film Festival this week! Catch up on all the exciting action the summer has in store... more>

Sudha's Snack: It's Not Easy Being Green
by Sudha Narasimhan
What is irking me are the environ-MENTAL people.…You know, those insanely zealous human beings that heroically ingratiate us with their statistics, happily point out our fallacies when we consume Styrofoam, and give us the look of death when we are at the supermarket, choosing plastic. more>

WHCAP presents: Artist Lookout! by Gregory Nuñez
In a new regular section, we get updates on the latest activities from our friends at WHCAP. An art project focusing on abandoned baby carriages is featured... more>

Chew on This:
Warning! Facebook Can Ruin Your Lovelife
by Clarissa Gomez
What if they think that your Ninjas v. Pirates application on Facebook is the lamest thing ever? Or worse, what if the thought of making yet another new relationship "public" on your page for all to see, after having done so in one-too-many failed relationships, simply makes you break-out in hives? more>

Out of the Bag : A Fable by Mark Twain
In this issue we present a short story from one of America’s greatest writers, Mark Twain. This fable really is the cat’s whiskers... more>