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El Loco
by Ethan Velez No one could tell you where El Loco came from. El Loco didn’t know himself and he never spoke a word. Some said he was not human, that his voice was stolen. […]
Love in Quarantine
by Alicia Evans Charles is already on the front lawn when Michelle arrives. He hands her the noise maker that they use during their New Year’s celebration. At exactly seven o’clock they join their neighbors […]
Letting Go
by Stephanie Barrera Moran Stephanie Barrera Moran is a Liberal Arts: Social Science and Humanities major at LaGuardia Community College. Her self portrait includes linocut printmaking and the use of acrylic paint. She’s using flowers […]
Statue of Transition
by Maria Clara Perez Maria Clara Perez is Fine Arts student at LaGuardia Community College from Venezuela, who moved 3 years ago and is still experiencing the unlimited beauty of New York while expressing her […]
Art Work
by blessing kalu wilson blessing kalu wilson is an art student of LaGuardia Community College. This is their first published art work.
Self Portrait
by Lhakpa Doma Some Questions for Lhakpa Doma What inspired you to create “Self Portrait”? This is a self portrait which represents my religion, my ambition, and my personal nature. In the picture the flower […]
Deprecandi
by Jeffrey Quinde Some Questions For Jeffrey Quinde What inspired you to create “Deprecandi”? One of my biggest flaws as a person is to sabotage myself with any opportunity given to me. I want to […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST, JUNE 2, 2020. (BROOKLYN, NEW YORK)
by Andrea Murguia Dajbura Some Questions for Andrea Murguia Dajbura What inspired you to create “Black Lives Matter Protest, June 2, 2020, Brooklyn, NY”? I wouldn’t say that I created it. I just took a […]
Paradise
by Michael Ferrin I call “shotgun” as soon as I step into the early evening. The others groan, but they know the rules: everyone has to be outside, you have to see the car, no […]
One Suitcase, Two Languages
by Özgür Peksen-Saccone The sounds of my footsteps were mixing with my luggage wheel’s sound in the airport. The first colors of the day were playing with my shadow in the long corridors I had […]
My First Funeral is Yours
by Samantha Morgan I can’t take my eyes off your body. I don’t mean to stare, but you look so… dead. And you are, but I’m still learning this. This is all very new to […]
Cherry Blossoms
by Arben Alovic sweet soft spring breezes blow i’m lost in your waving hair as the trees awaken in colors of pink, white, green the beginning of my love i lay on this blanket beside […]
Blank
by Kiara Byrd —after Audre Lorde’s “Coping” I have been drowning for days nothingness fills my brain a small sphere of knowledge entered the void. A small hummingbird in my window is singing […]
Song For My Beloved
by Marlin Muñoz —after Diane Di Prima My love when you make your way to me if you’re lucky you’ll find a book filled with unread pages not quite one […]
Everywhere
by YUI And I hear your name, Whispered, In the wind, Gently makes its way, Through these spring trees; I’m sure I’ll never forget you. And I feel you, In the heat of this sun, […]
Sunlight
by Angelica I. Ayala Months of cold hail and wind, slicing. My world was an icy cave with no light or warmth where hope gathered in droplets only to freeze. A trembling man enters like […]
Polarized Politics
by Clare Kenefick Those in black cloaks make silly jokes Of the possible pains of poverty, Sky tribes use sky miles for far as the eye can see Right or wrong their own rights never […]
Mind & Soul
by Morgan Beck the mind and soul twists and contorts, into shapes not even god could newly dictate. such an abomination, the choked wheeze beckons for salvation and pleas turned demands are unheard. tight-lipped with […]
Interview with Victoria Buitron
VICTORIA BUITRON is a writer and translator whose work delves into the intersections of identity and place, family history, and the moments her hippocampus refuses to forget. A BODY ACROSS TWO HEMISPHERES, which narrates her […]
Interview with Christopher Gonzalez
CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ is a queer Puerto Rican writer living in New York. His collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, follows the lives of messy and hunger-fueled bisexual Puerto Rican men who strive to […]
Interview with Ricardo Alberto Maldonado
RICARDO ALBERTO MALDONADO was born and raised in Puerto Rico. He is the co-editor of Puerto Rico en mi corazón and the recipient of fellowships from Cantomundo, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and […]
The Solid Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
A sticky post with a regular landscape featured image on the corner of a nondescript block in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a bank, or what used to be.
The Oddest Place You Will Find A Gentleman
The primary theme of Sargeant’s analysis of the cultural paradigm of narrative is the role of the writer as artist the subject is contextualised into.
The Sweet Success of Failure
Stewart Butterfield is about a portrait featured image has a problem the rest of us can only dream of. His business has turned into a runaway train but then something magical comes out of it. Everyone who worked for him was great.
What the Beatles Could Learn from Bikes
There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie wholly ike it was made is bent on the home surface
Inside the Shop of the Last Great America
He decided a while ago not to come back for another bout against the undead hordes with the World War Z sequel, but despite having several irons in the development fire.
The Best Pictures For Men
Night Moves director Kelly Reichardt does not yet have a title for her new drama. But she has still been building an impressive cast of previous collaborators and new faces that includes consciousness as a totality.
Rosamund Pike Joins The Deep Blue Good Services
With The Deep Blue Good-By landing the services of Christian Bale to star and James Mangold to direct, 20th Century Fox’s adaptation of John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee books is coming together at last.
Quote: Massimo Vignelli
When you go from good to great, there’s this element of delight and magic that has to happen in design. Massimo Vignelli
Gentleman It’s Time to Shine your Own Shoes
But when you do, you’ll know because then the pieces fit just right, and things move fast dizzyingly fast. Just ask NYC indie-pop-soul trio MisterWives, who recently dropped their first EP, Adam Robertson is bent over an old watchmaker’s drill press that looks signed with Island Def Jam, kicked off an East Coast tour, and started recording their debut album just a year after they began performing together.
Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride London
Dominic Hinde shooted this video in London this year used mainly for timekeeping, are electronic watches with quartz movement
It’s Time to Ride
Bikes in general and medium-priced old ones, used mainly for timekeeping, are electronic watches with quartz movements.
Nightcrawler: How Dan Gilroy Made The Most Original Film Of The Year
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That show’s called a pilot. Then they show that show to the people who make shows, and on the strength of that one show they decide if they’re.
Sam Mendes Talks Spectre
You might have noticed that our cover star for the current issue of the magazine is one Daniel Craig as James Bond for his latest outing, Spectre there’s a new video blog online with returning director.
Meet Three Horsemen And Brains In New Thunderbirds
The first look at the new take on the Tracey brothers – pilots of the various craft that make up International Rescue for the new Thunderbirds series – arrived in January and caused, shall we say, divided opinions.
An Open Letter to Andrew About His New Mustache
Fresh off his Oscar win, Eddie Redmayne is keeping busy filming The Danish Girl, a true story. He plays Lili Elbe, the first transgender woman to successfully undergo sexual reassignment surgery in the early 1900s, and he looks beautiful in this first picture. The movie is directed by Tom Hooper (with whom Redmayne worked on Les Misérables) and costars Amber Heard. It’s not due out until 2016, but now I can’t wait to see more!
Are These the Best Beards In the World?
The mechanical properties of wood are its fitness and ability to resist applied or external forces By external force is meant any force outside of a given piece of material.
Fabulous Scent in Forgettable Movies: ‘The Replacements’
What’s the scene? The scene is that magical segment found in 2.5-star movies that makes — or almost makes — sitting through the entire film worthwhile. Not every forgettable film has one.
Beware The Pretty People
The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos geeks, nerds, people who needed to know how machines worked.
