"Mapping out utopia: 1970s Boston-area counterculture: book 3, the surrounding communities (including Somerville, Brookline & Newton" A look at 70s countercultural orgs and spaces in the areas surrounding Boston.

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"Mutuo Soccorso"Let's take a look at Boston's Italian mutual aid societies from the early 1900s...

"55 Norfolk St."A tiny, one-floor storefront near Cambridge's busy Central Sq. has been home to more than its share of radicals & artists. Let's take a look at their world, & see how this one small space made it all possible.

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What problems can artist publishers solve? I wrote a piece in this book from the very excellent Temporary Services & PrintRoom

"The river never left us" Somerville MA once buried a river, and then forgot about it. Let's take a look at that.

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"Mapping out utopia: 1970s Boston-area counterculture: book 2, Boston" A look at 70s countercultural orgs and spaces in Boston.

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"Long-gone illegal punk venues" A history of Boston's underground punk spaces, written by Chris Strunk & published by Tim's Free the Future Press.

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"Mapping out utopia: 1970s Boston-area counterculture: book 1, Cambridge" A look at 70s countercultural orgs and spaces in Cambridge.

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"What are you raising them for?" A zine about 70s hippie parenting.

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Buying and selling other people's homes: Real estate people have enormous influence over our communities and lives. But what do they do, and how do they do it?

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The history of Somerville, 2010-2100: a community art project that explores what the future might be like--by asking people.

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People's Tours: a social history of the South End. An article for MIT's Collaboration Lab about People's Tours.

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Copyright, appropriation, and creatives. An article Dave Taber and I wrote for the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Artsake about a conference we organized.

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Security cameras are the new gargoyles. A photo zine on this important topic.

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Accordion issue 3: Gatekeepers. I wrote a piece about not being a gatekeeper for Maggie Jensen's excellent arts zine, Accordion.

Creative people and time management. An article I wrote about how creative people manage their time, based on a survey I made.

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Artists on how they get by. An article I wrote for the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Artsake about the Getting by in Boston discussion series.

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Future planning: The history of Somerville, 2010-2100. An article for MIT's Collaboration Lab about my community art project.

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An experiment in survival: organizing creatives in pricey Boston. An article I wrote for Pyragraph about the Getting by in Boston discussion series.

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Creative parenting, Somerville style. An article about a discussion event I helped organize, aimed at parents who are also artists.

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i left this here for you to read: a hand-made magazine that I launched. It was written, edited, designed, and illustrated by anyone who wanted to help-- and then left in public places by other volunteers around the world.

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With security cameras... you're the star! A pamphlet I made during Occupy Boston about surveillance cameras.

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The Somerville Stock Exchange: a community forum, a fundraiser, and a different take on what a stock market can be!

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Behind the black boxes: trying to make sense out of a heavily-redacted report on the FBI's involvement in the PRISM surveillance program.

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"The last time I saw...": collecting and mapping people's stories of the last time they saw someone who was important to them--but who they no longer speak to.

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