My Global Kids colleague Joliz posts on the Huffington Post about how Global Kids changed her life ten years ago in high school. It's a really neat story about how Global Kids works with inner city youth to expose them to new opportunities, cultures and ways of seeing the world and themselves. Check it out…
Category: New York
B-boys in Times Square today (video)
My friend Doris made this dope video of some b-boys throwing down in Times Square on this rainy afternoon. Really bummed that I missed this, but so happy to to see this recap! Thanks, Doris!
Fall cleanup at the Brooklyn Quaker Cemetery
I spent a couple of hours today in the lovely Quaker Cemetery in the middle of Prospect Park, helping rake leaves and fix the gravestones. Lots of kids from the Brooklyn Friends School were there, which was really sweet. What kid doesn't like jumping onto a pile of fall leaves? It was a drizzly, chilly…
Salim Cash doing killer Michael Jackson impersonation / homage (video)
Here's some footage of dancer Salim Cash doing a kickass Michael Jackson impersonation / homage at the Monster Mash dance on Halloween in New York City. You can't see in this video, but Salim really owns and inhabits every single micro-movement of the dance, investing it with passion and emotion. I had forgotten how much…
Yehoodi Video Talk Show #516: Where Spuds & Rik Crash at StackedBlog’s Apartment
Episode 516 of the Yehoodi Talk Show is now online and available for download to the portable device of your choice. A brief clip from the show is above. In this Episode, Spuds and Rikomatic talk about Yehoodi3.0, the recent 11th anniversary of Yehoodi, a new website devoted to collegiate shag, and show off a…
Breaking to Baby Soda Jazz Band in Washington Square Park
It was a glorious day in Washington Square Park to be dancing to live jazz! The fabulous Baby Soda Jazz Band played for several hours in the park to delighted crowds of onlookers and dancers. Here's me breaking to one of their more uptempo numbers. Thanks for shooting this for me, Will!
70 Meditators Take Over Front Windows of ABC Home & Carpet (pics)
I stopped by briefly to check in my buddy Rafi and his fellow meditators as they entered the 17th hour of their 24 hour meditation marathon in the windows of ABC Home on Broadway and 19th. Entitled "Sit Down to Rise Up," the sit-in was organized to raise awareness of their group the Interdependence Project,…
My favoritest halloween picture ever!
My buddy Voon was kind enough to share with me this hilarious picture of me lindy hopping with my friend Lynn on Halloween. I love how ridiculous I look as an "undead b-boy" and how calm Lynn is in the background. Here's another priceless one, along the same lines. Thanks, Voon! You rock!
24 Hour Meditate-a-thon begins tonight at ABC Home!
My buddy Rafi sends out word that his organization the Interdependence Project is sponsoring a "meditation marathon" for 24 hours starting tonight till tomorrow, to raise funds for their innovative approach to activism. Rafi and three other leaders of the Interdependence Project will be sitting in the front windows of ABC Home on Broadway and…
Popping Battle Montage from Kings of New York 6 (video)
Here's some more ill competition footage from the Kings of New York 6 dance competition that took place on Sunday, November 1, at Saint Marks Church in the East Village. This time, it's the poppers turn! I didn't shoot as much video of the popping battles, but you can still see some sick moves just…