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Joan Arnold has been a movement educator for over 30 years, teaching dance, exercise, yoga and the Alexander Technique. She has a private practice in NYC and has written on mind/body subjects for national magazines. Director of the Ancram Opera House in New York’s Hudson Valley, Joan helps people of all ages and abilities solve back problems, relieve chronic pain and enhance performance. www.joanarnold.com |
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Robert Balkovich is an Oregonian-cum-New Yorker currently living in Brooklyn. He is not from Portland. His writing has appeared in Ubiquitous, 7 Stops Magazine, and The State Column. Besides writing, he enjoys anthropology and ethnography books from the 1970s and clay face masks. He is really trying his best at twitter so please follow him: @robertbalkovich. |
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Erin A. Bauer earned a BS in journalism with a concentration in anthropology from Boston University. She became a New York City Teaching Fellow in 2002, earned her MA in secondary English education at Brooklyn College, and has been teaching in New York City for 13 years. She recently earned her MPH in global health leadership with a focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and human migration at NYU. |
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Mark Brinker is a freelance writer and music industry employee by day who enjoys playing the guitar and banjo, thinking about infrastructure, and exploring various parts of NYC. Though he now lives in Manhattan, he still makes the trek to 18th Avenue for pastries for Villabate Alba on a near-monthly basis. |
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Nicole Caccavo Kear’s memoir, Now I See You, comes out June ‘14 by St. Martin’s Press, and she contributes regularly to Parents and American Baby, as well as Salon and Babble in between her dispatches at the Reader. You can keep up with her misadventures in Mommydom on her blog, A Mom Amok. A native of Brooklyn, she lives in the Slope with her three firecracker kids, one very patient husband, and an apparently immortal hermit crab. |
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Sally Kohn is one of the leading progressive voices in America. She is currently a CNN contributor and columnist for the Daily Beast. Sally was previously a Fox News contributor, the motivation for her widely-seen TED talk, as well as a regular guest on MSNBC. Sally’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, New York Times, New York Magazine, More Magazine, Reuters, USA Today, Salon, Politico, Time and many other outlets. |
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Whitney McIntosh lives in Brooklyn and writes about television and sports. You can usually find her obsessing over Jane the Virgin or The Good Wife. If not, she’s treating the closest Boston sports bar as her home base. Other work can be found at The UConn Blog or Sound on Sight. |
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Liane Nelson enjoys the finer things in life, or at least the latest deals available on Groupon. Having relocated to the Big Apple after receiving her masters in journalism in London, she can be found in various cafes or yoga studios. Like any self-respecting journalist she is a travel junkie and self-proclaimed wine aficionado. |
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Jessica Phillips Lorenz has been teaching yoga and creative drama classes to children and families in NYC for over a decade. Also a playwright and lyricist, she has performed many original solo works and her songs appear on the award-winning children’s record Come Play Yoga. Her work has appeared in Mutha magazine. Jess lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two kids, who sometimes co-teach family yoga classes with her. |
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Angela Johnson is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer, yoga teacher and television industry employee. When she’s not working, she loves reading and exploring Brooklyn with her toddler and preschooler in tow. Her guilty pleasures are 90s music and (some) reality television shows. |
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Gina Ferrantelli Rossi (front Cover) is a Colorado mountain girl who moved to Park Slope in 2004 and hopes to never leave. She lives with her husband and two children on 3rd St. (the shady side) where she is part of a menacing stoop gang. When she isn’t stooping, Gina is a graphic designer, creating books and ephemeral products for MoMA, The Met, and Storm King Art Center, to name a few. Her visual musings can be followed on Instagram @ginarossisobossy. |
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Melanie Hoopes is the writer and director of Laurie Stanton’s Sound Diet (sounddietradio.org), a hilarious but darkly painful radio drama show that’s been described as a twisted, urban version of Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. She also creates funny and poignant pledge drive spots for WNYC and WBUR (public radio stations). She’s an Executive Storytelling Coach for The Next Level, Inc. and the Magnet Genius Machine and she teaches solo performance at the Magnet Theater. She lives in Westchester with her husband and their two kids and is a proud Girl Scout leader. |
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Nancy Lippincott is a writer living in Brooklyn, though she makes frequent trips to Queens just for the pho. She has strong opinions about tacos, sandwiches, and negronis. |
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Veronica Carnero is from San Jose, California and has called NYC home for the past 12 years. From a young age she has always danced and came to NYC to pursue her professional dancing career. She received her 200-hour vinyasa yoga certification from the Laughing Lotus Yoga Center. She teaches at Prema Yoga in Carroll Gardens and Laughing Lotus in Manhattan. Catch her class at Prema Yoga, 5:30 p.m. on Sundays! |
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Maria Cobb is a photographer based in Brooklyn. She is inspired by the personal relationships in her life, and how they constantly shift and evolve. Check out more at mariacobb.com or on Instagram @middlecobb. |
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Lisa Fogarty is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in USA Today, BUST Magazine, and random websites. She writes for The Stir, chases her toddler and husband around Bay Ridge, and actually tries out all those recipes she pins on Pinterest. Really. |
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Nadine Friedman is a feminist writer and photographer focused on socially relevant issues. She’s written for web and print including Bitch Magazine, Biographile, A Practical Wedding, BrokeAss Stuart, The Hairpin, Fucked in Park Slope and her viral video work has been featured in The Daily Beast. She’s currently completing a nationwide collection of stories and portraits of people living with Multiple Sclerosis. |
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Celeste Kaufman is a freelance writer contributing to the gentrification of Bedstuy. Her work has appeared in BUST Magazine, Time Out NY, and around the web. Her blog, Audrey Monroe, gets tens of visits a day, and earned her a role as social ambassador for Refinery 29. She is currently obsessed with Dough donuts, $2 sundaes from Wally’s Café, and the dessert aisle of the nearest Jewish supermarket. |
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Melissa Kravitz has mastered the ambidextrous art of using chopsticks while taking notes with a pen. She’s also a big fan of independent coffee shops with free refills and long walks in Brooklyn. |
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Joe Linhart used to love writing and photography as a little kid. After serving in the military Joe turned back to them as a form of therapy. These days he finds himself writing and taking pictures about all sorts of things, including the Park Slope neighborhood he now calls home where he lives with his girlfriend. |
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Anne McDermott is an avid Brooklynite, writer, and storyteller whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, XOJane, and New York Press. She is currently working on a memoir and is thoroughly infatuated with Prospect Park. |
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Meera Lee Patel (Cover Art) is an artist raised by the New Jersey shore where she swam the bright waters and climbed cherry blossom trees until she grew old enough to draw them. Her illustrations, inspired by the magical mysteries of nature, have appeared in publications such as Organic Gardening and Jamie Magazine and have been translated into housewares and apparel by Free People, Poketo, and Sivana Spirit. In addition to illustration and photography, she produces a line of stationary and textile products that can be found at boutiques and major retailers nationwide, including Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie. Meera lives in and works from her studio in Brooklyn, NY. www.meeralee.com. |
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Caitlin Peluffo is an artist and comedian living in Brooklyn. |
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Born in Cusco, Peru, Vicente Revilla resides in Park Slope. He works at CUNY and is also editor of Moment: Une Revue de Photo. momentunerevuedephoto.commons.gc.cuny.edu |
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Rachael Stone Olmi is known by her friends as “the cloud seeker” for her stunning cloud formation portraits. Before moving to Park Slope, Stone-Olmi owned and curated the Manhattan based stores “Catoe & Bambu” and “Flower & Stone”; both apothecary’s of art and design, flowers and hand-picked goods, and, ultimately, expressions of her artistic soul. She studied Photography at Parsons and Design at The Pratt Institute. |
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Sarah Telzak is a freelance food writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her writing has appeared in GOOD, Brooklyn Exposed, and The Clean Plates Blog. |
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Florence Wang is a full-time Mom, part-time DJ, and jack of all trades. She lives in Brooklyn. |
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