During a recent visit to Amy’s Bread in downtown Brooklyn, the blue metal chairs out front sat empty. Inside, a lone customer ordered coffee. But don’t let the emptiness fool you; behind the counter there was a line of orders from Shop IN. More →
“Now, this is gonna be a very long interview,” Crystal Field informs me. She’s spent the past five minutes answering one question. Her black and brown spaniel, Fanny, runs back and forth between us asking for pets. More →
A projection of a blinking skeleton grows larger and larger. To a viewer today it looks like a cheap trick at a haunted house. But for audiences in the 19th century, this image was terrifying. Before cinema, people had never encountered moving images, so a specter on the wall seemed like a real ghost approaching. More →
