Look up: happening

1. happening
   [adj] - taking place 2. [n] - an event that happens
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2. happening
   a dramatic or similar performance consisting chiefly of a series of discontinuous events and often involving audience participation or interaction between audience and performers. Category: General
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3. happening
   adjective taking place; `the parade is still happening`
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4. happening
   occurrence noun an event that happens
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5. Happening
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Happen
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6. happening
   (from the article `Kaprow, Allan`) American performance artist, theoretician, and instructor who invented the name `Happening` for his performances and who helped define the genre`s ... ...Store,` a collection of painted plaster copies of food, clothing, jewelry, and other items. Renting an actual store, he stocked it wit...
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7. Happening
   Happening is American slang for exciting, stimulating, up to date, fashionable.
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8. Happening
   Happening is American slang for exciting, stimulating, up to date, fashionable.
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9. happening
   
   • come to pass
   • chance to be or do something, without intention or causation
   • come into being; become reality
   • come upon, as if by accident; meet with
   
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10. happening
    happening, an artistic event of a theatrical nature, but usually improvised spontaneously without the framework of a plot. The term originated with the creation and performance in 1959 of Allan Kaprow's “18 Happenings in 6 Parts.” This work emphasized various sorts of performances and ex...
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11. Happening
    An event conceived by artists and performed by artists and others, usually unrehearsed and without a specific script or stage.
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12. Happening
    A `happening` is a performance, event or situation meant to be considered art, usually as performance art. Happenings take place anywhere (from basements to studio lofts and even street alley ways), are often multi-disciplinary, with a nonlinear narrative and the active participation of the audience...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happening