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John Ruscher

writer & editor

Category: art

The Portable February

My Saturday began and ended badly. After blowing a tire on the way to work, I had to lock up my bike in industrial Bushwick and catch the annoying weekend shuttle bus that has temporarily replaced the L Train out in these parts. After work, on arriving back at the pole to which I had [...]

Fretful art

Thursday night I walked the couple of blocks from my apartment to check out an art opening for Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon at Factory Fresh. Their show is called “Anxiety Room” and features worries of all kinds, depicted in paintings and drawings that blend the whimsical, chaotic, cartoonish and clever. See more photos of [...]

Mildred Pierce Issue Three

The third issue of Mildred Pierce, a zine that my friend John Bylander helped put together, is now officially out. I went to the issue’s awesome release party back in May, when initial copies were hot of the press (really, I think John was folding and stapling them as he gave them out). Now, though, [...]