Laura June Kirsch, Author at Whalebone

Horizontal feature image of a large room with white walls and a light gray floor. There are rectangular skylights spanning the ceiling from right to left and in-between each skylight is a row of small spotlights. the wall in front of the camera has a singular bright red vertical photograph hanging on it and paths to the rest of the gallery room are on either side. The walls to the left and right of the image each have a single photograph hanging on them.

A Tale of Two Galleries

January 6, 2023

By Laura June Kirsch

“Art without hierarchy or an invisible velvet rope.”

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Russ Rubin and the Affordable Art Fair

October 28, 2022

By Laura June Kirsch

A couple of weeks ago I had been selling copies of my book “Romantic Lowlife Fantasies” at the House Of Yes Bushwick Block Party…

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A Cause For Laughter

August 3, 2022

By Laura June Kirsch

Comedy For KIOO On July 19th, 2022, KIOO projects threw a dazzling charity comedy fundraiser featuring sets by Rachel Feinstein, Corinne Fisher, Jon Laster…

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Nightclubbing with Legendary Photographer Meryl Meisler

July 13, 2022

By Laura June Kirsch

By Laura June Kirsch (not a non-plussed edition) Meryl Meisler is a true NYC legend, the kind of person that makes New York, well,…

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Believing Ben Simmons

May 12, 2022

By Laura June Kirsch

Everyone is human.

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Nonplussed: Blake Griffin and the Blue Collar Boys

December 17, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

“I was watching a Nets game and noticed Blake Griffin doing some sort of pantomime—pretending to put on a hat and boots.” It’s no…

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McKittrick Hotel Halloween Party, stage with neon sign and performer

Nonplussed: Halloween Weekend With Madame Morbid

November 8, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

“Needless to say, we had a fucking great time.” The first time I attended a Halloween party at the McKittrick Hotel was their opening…

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Nonplussed: Little League and Letting Go

November 5, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

Let’s hear it for the Grey Vultures.

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Nonplussed: Keep on Contourin’ in the Free World

September 7, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

During quarantine, like many others, I turned to TikTok for entertainment. For hours I would scroll through dance after dance, financial tips from twenty-somethings,…

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Nonplussed: The LIRR Drunk Train & Why Trae Young Is No Villain

July 15, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

If you aren’t from Long Island, you don’t understand.

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Nonplussed: Part Two

June 27, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

People aren’t really that interesting.

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Nonplussed: Part One

June 17, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

But first, let me take a selfie.

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Zen And The Art Of Fantasy Basketball Maintenance

March 23, 2021

By Laura June Kirsch

A lesson in learning to love The Beard from the biggest worst Nets fan

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Jenny Is a Punk in Palma

November 20, 2019

By Laura June Kirsch

When your tarot card reader says, “There is somebody you need to meet,” you do it. It was my fourth night in Mallorca and the Pinxto happy hours were coming to an end.

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A Casual Friday in Austin

March 21, 2019

By Laura June Kirsch

When last we saw photographer Laura June Kirsch she was at the House of Vans in Brooklyn pointing a camera at Gwar.

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