I’ve long been a hipstorian [sic] of quirky art and nontraditional culture. My first book, Brooklyn Spaces: 50 Hubs of Culture & Creativity (Monacelli Press, 2015), grew out of a decade-long cultural-history project chronicling DIY and underground artistic people, places, and movements across the amazing borough I call home. Much of that project remains online at Brooklyn Spaces.
I’ve written weekly events roundups for years and years, for a variety of sites, doing my best to keep my fellow New Yorkers aware of all the weird and wonderful ways they could be spending their time.
I’ve also had the pleasure to write a wide variety of arts and culture pieces, on everything from a DIY boat-building bacchanal to the eccentric world of hipster taxidermy to dispatches from an all-night Warriors-themed bike ride from the Bronx to Coney Island.
A Look Back At Flushing Town Hall’s History on online casino bonus ibet live, Saved By Two Women In The ’80s [Gothamist]
Come Out to Play: The Warriors Fun Ride [Bicycling Magazine]
Goodbye, Secret Project Robot—for Now [Brooklyn Magazine]
I ditched my NYC apartment for a boat [New York Post]
In Brooklyn, Speed Dating Is Back—for Bunnies [Brooklyn Magazine]
Immersive Theatre Comes to Green-Wood Cemetery and It’s Amazing [Brooklyn Magazine]
The 27 Most Unusual Museums in Manhattan [Brooklyn Magazine]
Burning Books and Dragon-Men: Inside Slingshot’s Roadshow of Horrors (Photos) [Brooklyn Magazine]
Meet the New Yorkers living large in teeny apartments [New York Post]
A Romantic Day at the “Shit Tits” [Brooklyn Magazine]
From Elevators to Outsider Art: A Guide to 16 Under-the-Radar Museums in Queens [Brooklyn Magazine]
I live rent-free in NYC! But there’s a catch… [New York Post]
Your Parents Are Coming…Here’s Where to Take Them in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Based]
Way Off The Grid: 6 Earthships That You Should Know [Atlas Obscura]
The World’s Most Stunning Sea Caves [Atlas Obscura]
An Abridged History of Funambulists [Atlas Obscura]
Square-Dancing Fish and the World’s Oldest Genitals [Atlas Obscura]
How Brooklyn Is Like Buenos Aires: Toward a Science of Cities [Atlas Obscura]
Happy Ada Lovelace Day! [Atlas Obscura]
Undulatus Asperatus: The First New Cloud in 60 Years [Atlas Obscura]
Five Sides of Brooklyn, On Foot Or By Bike [Brooklyn Based]
7 of NYC’s Quirkiest Bathrooms [Untapped Cities]
Saying Goodbye to a DIY Architectural Marvel [Hyperallergic]
8 Kinds of Creative Spaces in Brooklyn [Matador]