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Free Press Free Write: A night with Mike Love’s Beach Boys

Mike Love’s Beach Boys took to the stage at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, NJ. The group performed a set jam-packed with classics and hits. Photo by Johnny Knollwood

I stopped by the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, NJ on April 4 to catch Love and his version of the namesake group, and left feeling excited,…

As spring brushes through Tompkins, I find joy in my solitude

Tompkins Square Park is a public park located in the East Village Neighborhood of New York City. The New School Free Press illustration editor Caitlin Du captures her experience of sitting alone in Tompkins Square Park on an early spring morning.

Inspired by a sunny morning in Tompkins Square Park.

Among ducks and mailbox keys: Where I find myself in Central Park

New York City is ceaseless and beats at all hours. When I dream of something sacred to drown out the sensations, I go to the Central Park Reservoir…

Diary of dating in New York- The Wanderer

Illustration by Kedoo Lightbody

My life truly began in New York. In 2017 I moved here to attend The New School, with hopes of finding a sustainable job and…well, a partner in…

On a train to Boston

Illustration by Katie Pruden

I eat some sleep on the train to Boston like it’s the first meal I’ve had all day. I will be there in three hours and forty-seven minutes.…

We Visited The Most Magical Place on Earth During a Pandemic

Photo by John Rieg

“We have to go back to Disney and Universal this year,” my partner said, and so we did. In 2016 I took my partner on her first trip…