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The Daily List
Not many people are as well read as Sean Millea. Most have read one or two plays by Shakespeare, few have read everything by Shakespeare. The talk I had with Sean, in the middle of Washington Square Park while rain threatened to drown out conversation, was a bit scattered (which was certainly my fault). We…
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Digging Up Old Roots
Not everyone knows what they are meant to do or what they are passionate about. Some stumble upon it in high school or college, while others never even think to look. Anna Lummus was always on the lookout and less than a year ago, she found comedy. She was already a million things before that:…
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At the Buzzer
There are moments where life calls upon you to have an answer, to make a decision. It happens to everyone, whether they know it or not, and comedian Jared Sterling has seen those “at the buzzer moments” with more clarity than most. Jared sat in his backyard with me, smoking weed (which he didn’t offer…
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Funny Business
Britt Migs is no stranger to taking opportunity after opportunity and when there isn’t any, creating her own. But the most recent and most impressive of her achievements is her touring show, Dolphin Mode. When we met in Tompkins Park, she had just returned from a trip from Boston and before that, L.A., tired, but…
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Caught in a Reality
In a world of fantasy and fairytales, with little to no explanation, the impossible can become reality. It’s a genre that returns the reader to their childhood playground, where rules can be made up as they go and new worlds to explore are constantly floating on the horizon. Yet many fantasies, specifically high fantasy stories,…
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Beyond Legacy
“The reality is that there is a reason why when you think enough about your future you gets chills,” Trent Orange tells me. Trent loves to focus on feelings that can’t be named and ideas that come from a secret source hidden in all of us. Trent is a writer, but he’s also a mentor,…
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Thoughts, Prayers, and Poetry
Many artists have stated that when crafting their art it’s similar to a form of prayer. For an artist who has found a way to speak their truest, comparing the act of making art with the act of prayer or meditation makes sense. But from what I’ve found, there is no other art form so…
Kill Vanity 