Archive for category: New York

“Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars” by Noah Wunsch, NYC

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales Event themed “Making Ends Meet” The email simply reads, “I’ll pay you three hundred and fifty dollars. Three hundred and fifty dollars.” I lie down and I think about this. I think about a three, a five, and a zero. […]

“An Informative Powerpoint Love Letter” by Oliver Hartman, NYC

topic: MONEY medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Making Ends Meet” I’m happy that you all made it here tonight and am especially relieved to see so many non-liquid edibles. It makes filling my sandwich bag-lined pockets a little easier. Ha, you can laugh if you […]

Allen Salkin and the Golden Shackle that is New York City

Another great performance from our storytelling event in partnership with the BMW Guggenheim Lab. This story will hit home for oh-so-many of you dear PenTales friends. Today, we invite you to watch writer Allen Salkin speak somberly about how Whole Foods is basically just an extension of Coyote Ugly and […]

Changes in self and changes in Lower East Side by Cameron

Naked dancing roommate, female stalker, diverse people. These are some of the things Cameron saw as he lived in the Lower East Side. Imagine witnessing the birth of hip hop and living among people of the arts! This is a story of not just how Lower East Side changed, but […]