Green Jobs Training Program in Harlem — Manhattan Community Board 9 launched a free green jobs training program for New Yorkers on public assistance to help them acquire jobs. InhabitatNYC, January 2012
Riverpark Farm — Arguably the Big Apple’s “most urban farm,” Riverpark Farm was built on a stalled construction site by ORE Design & Technology for Riverpark, the Tom Colicchio restaurant on site. InhabitatNYC, October 2011
The National 9/11 Memorial — I covered the opening of the National 9/11 Memorial in New York City, speaking with the designer Michael Arad and memorial president Joe Daniels. InhabitatNYC, September 2011
Easy Eco Escapes From NYC — Six easy eco-friendly trips to escape the sweltering concrete jungle in the summer. InhabitatNYC, July 2011
Toyota Ideas For Good — Designers and creative engineers from CMU and Deeplocal work with the winners of Toyota’s Ideas for Good challenge to adapt Toyota technologies to build entirely new products that could make the world a better place. Inhabitat, June 2011
What is a Sustainable City? — During the Festival of Ideas in New York City, four green mayors discussed their initiatives and ideas. InhabitatNYC, May 2011
The Huber Experiments
Google Meets Guggenheim With YouTube Art — For the first time ever, the Guggenheim Museum and YouTube teamed up to create “YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video.” I reviewed one of the twenty winning videos, “The Huber Experiments: Volume One.” New York City News Service, October 2010
Brooklyn the Borough — I spent the summer reporting for Brooklyn the Borough, where I wrote daily news round-ups, a weekly literary calendar, the Summer Saturdays series, and various stories about artists, events, and politics in Brooklyn. Many of the stories I re-posted directly on my website. May to August 2010
Red Hook shipping
The Revival of a Waterfront – Red Hook, Brooklyn, a thriving shipping hub in the early 20th century, is remaking itself into a waterfront neighborhood filled with cultural, economic, and industrial businesses. Industry NYC, May 2010
Spending Green to Be Green — At the third annual Green Expo, eco-friendly products ranged from serve ware made from leaves to biodegradable cleansing cloths. I wrote about regreet, a new way to send greeting cards. NYCity News Service, March 2010
Definitive Details — Artist Kim Beck finds inspiration in everyday images to create unusual pieces of art. The Original, October 2009
Student Designed Playground — New York City Public School 394 unveiled a student designed, science-themed playground. Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 2009
Greece: Secrets of the Past — A short review of an IMAX movie featuring ancient Greece. Pittsburgh City Paper, April 2009
Govies Try to Save the Arts School — Former students and student prospects fought to save the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts from being chopped from the state’s budget. Pittsburgh City Paper, May 2009
Bus Stop Opera — The Pittsburgh Port Authority was treated to a unique musical experience courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University students. Pittsburgh City Paper, April 2009
Gab Bonesso
Mass Appeal — Comic Gab Bonesso performed at her Catholic alma mater. Pittsburgh City Paper, April 2009
False Starts — Literary journal Creative Nonfiction experimented with new beginnings in authors’ stories, showing readers the editing process. Pittsburgh City Paper, April 2009
Murphy’s – Pittsburgh author Jason Togyer re-visited the vanished national five-and-dime chain, G.C. Murphy’s. Pittsburgh City Paper, March 2009
‘Burgh Envy — Naionally renowned gay comic Jennie McNulty performed in the Steel City. Pittsburgh City Paper, February 2009
Requiem — A puppet artist honors slain journalist Anna Politkovskaya in a Downtown Pittsburgh gallery installation. Pittsburgh City Paper, February 2009
Aimee Manion
Artfully Aimee — Pittsburgh artist Aimee Manion finds inspiration in evolution and science books. The Original, January 2009
A Crawl Through the Arts — A walk through a gallery crawl in Downtown Pittsburgh’s cultural district. The Original, January 2009
Weird Science — Experience the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. The Original, April 2008
The Art of Architectural Studies — The Architectural Studies program at the University of Pittsburgh gets upgraded. The Original, April 2008
Music Man — Q&A with acoustic guitarist Andy Armstrong. The Original, November 2007
Lizzie to the Rescue — Student activist Lizzie Anderson works hard to make a difference. The Original, November 2007