Vegetarian Star

Moby has donated a few pieces of original artwork for an auction that benefits the Humane Society of the United States.

The art, which can be viewed at Townsend Records, is part of a series of 16 drawings the vegan musician completed around the time of his “Wait for Me,” album release and were originally on display at the Neu Museum in London in July 2009.

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On Thursday, September 30th, 2010, Peter Max and wife Mary will host an event for the United Poultry Concerns and the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos at the Peter Max Studio located at 37 West 65th Street, 7th Floor Between Columbus & Central Park West in New York City from 6:30-9:00 PM.

The Kaporos ritual precedes Yom Kippur and involves ritually slaughtering chickens in orthodox Jewish Communities. Dr. Allen Kornberg from Farm Sanctuary has suggested vegetarians and vegans substitute this practice for a gesture of kindness and charity during the Holiday, such as donating to a worthwhile cause or putting a material offering in a bag and sacrificing it as they would a live chicken. (more…)

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Mary McCartney‘s favorite vegetarian snack is an old standby–peanut butter and jelly, something she learned to love from watching Sesame Street.

And although PB & J sandwiches make a great item to carry in school lunches, McCartney says she doesn’t force her lifestyle on her children, even though they have chosen to be vegetarian.

“They don’t have to be,” McCartney said. “It would be their choice. I don’t like to force it on people. I don’t like to be told what to do, so I don’t like to tell them what to do.”

PB & J may be older than Big Bird, but there are numerous variations of the sandwich you can try when things get boring.

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Actor Pierce Brosnan has lent his artwork to a program designed to control the unwanted pet population in California.

The California Spay and Neuter License Plate Fund and the California Veterinary Medical Board has created a license plate designed to raise funds for spay and neuter programs in the state that feature original designs by the actor.

The plates can be pre-ordered online for $50 or $98, depending on if you want a serial number or personalized plate.

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Performing artist Marina Abramovic recently gave one of her most grueling exhibits, although she did nothing but sit in a chair all day–for over a month!

Abramovic took part in “Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present” exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art every day the museum was open for the exhibit, a performance she described to the Wall Street Journal as leaving her “completely destroyed.”

To prepare herself for the routine, Abramovic said she went vegetarian and drank a lot of water.

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Go Vegan! is an art exhibit by vegan artist Jonathan Horowitz that’s currently on display at the Gavin Brown Enterprise, former home of a meat packing facility in Manhattan.

The exhibit features artwork, as well as pictures of vegetarian celebrities in different parts of the facility that housed dead animals for so many decades, the stench of meat is very hard to remove and is considered to be “part of the experience.”

Shaking, trepid stomached vegetarians, beware! This video may be the closest you can come to seeing the exhibit.

An old meat locker features a picture of a turkey being served at dinner, with the addition of blood splattered words and markings on it.

Horowitz’s work will be on display through June 19 at the Gavin Brown’s Enterprise on 601 Washington Street and Leroy Street in Manhattan.

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Morrissey isn’t into the artworks of Damien Hirst, and he let Interview Magazine know it.

Hirst is famous for using dead animals preserved in formaldehyde for his…masterpieces.

Yeah, it all sounds so breathtaking.

Morrissey had nothing but good things to say about Hirst, including the fact that Hirst should have his head “kept in a bag” for the way he uses dead animals.

According to Contact Music, Morrissey said, “I dislike the ‘use’ of animals in art, such as in the work of Damien Hirst… Dead butterflies, cows, horses, humans, sheep and sharks – it reads like the inventory of a funerary Noah. How many halved calves suspended in formaldehyde does the world need? To my way of thinking, none.”

Hirst should leave the preserving to Smuckers, right?

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Mary McCartney is sharing her recipes to promote the McCartney family’s Meat Free Monday campaign.

Growing up, Mary says she wasn’t necessarily into eating healthy, and enjoyed the taste of meat.

Like her mother, she advocates eating vegetarian to her children, but doesn’t demand it.

“I liked the taste. But it wasn’t a rebellion. Mum always said, I don’t cook it, but you’re allowed it. And that’s what I say to my kids. The difference is that then we did it because we didn’t want animals to be mass farmed. Now it’s because meat production puts such pressure on the environment.”

Mary says although she’s influenced by her mom’s style of cooking, she tends to bake more and finds it easier to translate her culinary ideas into a recipe.

Mary is putting less pressure on the environment with her recipes for sauteed leeks, puy lentils and feta and aubergine layered bake.

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