Writing Archive

ARTS & CULTURE

Currently, I'm the culture & arts reporter for Signal Akron. You can find all my stories here.

• Leda Hoffmann is Ushering the Contemporary Theatre of Ohio into a New Era (Columbus Monthly)
• New Columbus Fashion Council Director Keira Chatman Wants to Boost Collaboration (Columbus Monthly)
• Best American High School Writing (Poets & Writers)
• Columbus Merch Maven Jennifer Chastain Brings Art Galleries to Music Festivals (Columbus Monthly)
• This Ohio town doesn't actually exist (The Ohio Newsroom)
• Haymarket Books offers fellowship for system-impacted writers (Poets & Writers)
• Ohio's longest-running poetry series says goodbye after 39 years (Columbus Dispatch)
• Columbus Artist Dre McLeod Discusses the Inspiration for Her Eye-Catching Textile Collages (Columbus Monthly)
  
• Tripp Fontane pays homage to the hood in new poetry collection (Matter News)
• Columbus artist highlights hidden figures of 'Black Punk' with new comic (Columbus Dispatch)
• For Joshua Schottenstein, Pottery is a Healing Art (Columbus Monthly)
• A Chillicothe True Crime Case Inspires Tiffany McDaniel’s “On the Savage Side” (Columbus Monthly)
• No Place Gallery Moves Downtown (Columbus Monthly)
• Bela Koe-Krompecher on Addiction, Poverty and Fixing a Broken System (Columbus Monthly)
• John Landry’s Short Film Honors Casey Goodson’s Life (Columbus Monthly)
• Tiffany McDaniel’s second novel, ‘Betty,’ was a lifetime in the making (Columbus Alive)
• Seven Questions with Connie Schultz (Columbus Monthly)
• Best Transplant: Saeed Jones (Columbus Alive)
• Best Artist: Richard Duarte Brown (Columbus Alive)
• ‘Art After Stonewall’ honors 50th anniversary of 1969 uprising (Columbus Alive)
• Janice Kaplan wants to change how you think of geniuses (Columbus Alive)
• Katherine Arden reinvents Russian fairytales in ‘Winternight’ trilogy (Columbus Alive)
• TEDxKingLincolnBronzeville looks to ‘Level Up’ in second year (Columbus Alive)
• Best of Columbus 2019: Nina West’s Breakthrough Moment (Columbus Monthly)
• Small Town Murder offers new take on true crime phenomenon (Columbus Alive)
• Brittany’s Otherworld experience (Columbus Alive)
• Arts preview: Hanif Abdurraqib at Two Dollar Radio Headquarters (Columbus Alive)

BUSINESS

• Business is Blooming (Kenyon Alumni Magazine)
• Entrepreneur finds inspiration in Columbus architect father's career (Columbus CEO)
  
• Ice + Dust Pottery: From hobby to small business (Columbus CEO)
• Making the most of available resources drives Green Office Furniture Solutions (Columbus CEO)
  
• Seven Questions with Lalese Stamps of Lolly Lolly Ceramics (Columbus Monthly)
• Seven Questions with April Rhodes of The Little Light Collective (Columbus Monthly)
• Olde Towne East vegan restaurant surviving on solid planning (Columbus CEO)
• Seven Questions with Quincy General Store Owner Kate Block (Columbus Monthly)
  
• Seven Questions with Anita Gastaldo of Sew to Speak (Columbus Monthly)
• Mmelo navigates finding its sweet spot during pandemic (Columbus CEO)
• Counselor’s dream: A safe place for black women to process (Columbus CEO)
  
• Coworking for Women Comes to Columbus (Columbus Monthly)
  
• Columbus’ Apartment Boom (Columbus Monthly)

FOOD & DRINK

• Tastemakers 2023: Aaron Clouse, Executive Pastry Chef at Parable Coffee (Columbus Monthly)
• Tastemakers 2023: Jeffrey Clark and Benjamin Willis, Co-Owners of Parable Coffee (Columbus Monthly)
• This Hilltop pop-up is offering some of the best Mexican street food in Columbus (Columbus Dispatch)
• Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips: Where England, Ohio, and Catholicism Meet (Smart Mouth)
  
• Best of Columbus 2023: Pastry Artist Aaron Clouse of Parable Coffee (Columbus Monthly)
• Springtime Brings Wild Ramp Season in Southeast Ohio (Columbus Monthly)
• TikTok Megastar Alexis Nikole Nelson Learns to Balance Foraging Fame With Life Off-Screen (Columbus Monthly)
• A Columbus Doughnut Shop Owner Trades Corporate Burnout for Baking (Columbus Monthly)
  
• Two Columbus Chefs Recommend Their Favorite Bethel Road Spots to Try (Columbus Monthly)
• Biscuit Boss' Casey Stevens Becomes a Food Truck Believer, Embraces Breakfast (Columbus Monthly)
• Alexis Nikole Nelson's Very Good Year: The Black Forager Reflects on a Jam-Packed 2021 (Columbus Monthly)
• Crafted Culture Brewing Paves Way for More Minority-Owned Breweries (Columbus Monthly)
• Sitting Down to Sunday Dinner at LaGlory’s Soul Food Café (Columbus Monthly)
• Bonnie Vue Wants to Teach You About Hmong Culture (Columbus Monthly)
• Alexis Nikole Nelson wants you to go outside (Columbus Alive)
• Nikki Steward’s Star Turn (Columbus Monthly)
• Making Croissants with Dan the Baker (Columbus Monthly)
• Seven Questions with the Owners of Parable Coffee (Columbus Monthly)
• Notes from Columbus’ Black Chefs (Columbus Monthly)

LIFESTYLE & COMMUNITY

• Worthington Couple Reimagines Midcentury Modern Home on Wooded Ravine (Columbus Monthly)
• North Carolina City Takes First Steps Toward Cherokee Cultural Corridor (Next City)
• Grassroots Business Incubator Has a Plan to Support Asheville’s Black Entrepreneurs (Next City)
• Two Friends Skate From Cincinnati to Cleveland for Charity (Cleveland Magazine)
• Bryan and Catherine Williamson are Ready for Their Magnolia Network Close-Up (Columbus Monthly)
• Hell is Real, Reclaimed (Cleveland Magazine)
• Best of Columbus 2023: Four Pottery Studios to Visit Now (Columbus Monthly)
• The Community Couture of Columbus Fashion Council’s Jana Al-Akhras (Columbus Monthly)
• Phillip Mealer Loves Old Homes, and So Do His Thousands of Instagram Followers (Columbus Monthly)
• Columbus Activist Morgan Harper Enlists Taylor Swift Fans to Take on Ticketmaster (Columbus Monthly)
• Go on a Choose-Your-Decade Adventure at Flower Child Vintage (Columbus Monthly)
• Sole Classics Offers More Than Just Cool Shoes (Columbus Monthly)
  
• A Perfect Day of Treasure-Hunting in Clintonville (Columbus Monthly)
• Koko Makes Sustainability More Accessible (Columbus Monthly)
  
• Two Dollar Radio Creates a Columbus Literary Clubhouse (Columbus Monthly)
• Jeannette Burchfield’s Fat Babes of Columbus Celebrates Inclusivity and Fashion for All (Columbus Monthly)
• For Joshua Schottenstein, Pottery is a Healing Art (Columbus Monthly)
• Meet Connor Dunwoodie, the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Social Media Wizard (Columbus Monthly)
• Ecotourism Program Appalachian Understories Highlights Hidden Gems in Southeast Ohio (Columbus Monthly)
• How the Cuyahoga River Got Its Otters Back (Next City)
• Land Acknowledgements Seek to Honor Native American Ties to Ohio (Columbus Monthly)
• Darci Does It (Kenyon Alumni Magazine)
• Galena's Christi Scott Bartman raises awareness of human trafficking in Appalachia (Columbus Monthly)
  
• A Year in the Life of the Kilbourne Project (Columbus Monthly)
• Laboring for Change (Kenyon Alumni Magazine)
• Roller skating never went away (Columbus Alive)
• What it means when police join the protest (Columbus Alive)
• Local designers collaborate to ‘Save a Hero’ (Columbus Alive)
• Seven Questions with Rep. Joyce Beatty (Columbus Monthly)
• Seven Questions with Morgan Harper (Columbus Monthly)
• Death Cafe aims to get people comfortable with mortality (Columbus Alive)
• YWCA wants to engage younger generation with ‘Activists and Agitators’ (Columbus Alive)

MUSIC

• Tips on Setting a Musical Mood for Any Function, from Columbus DJ Lady Sandoval (Columbus Monthly)
• Review: The Chicks thrill Columbus audience with catchy classics, new material (Columbus Dispatch)
• Snarls makes the best of it (Columbus Alive)
• The power of rock 'n’ roll compels Emily Wolfe (Columbus Alive)
• Indigo De Souza is just happy to be here (Columbus Alive)
• Stef Chura opens herself up to change on ‘Midnight’ (Columbus Alive)
• White Reaper just wants to rock (Columbus Alive)
• The Menzingers guide to growing up (Columbus Alive)
• The Early November are doing just fine (Columbus Alive)
• Angela Perley strikes out on her own with new album ‘4:30’ (Columbus Alive)
• Off With Their Heads get happy on new album — sort of (Columbus Alive)
• Concert Preview: Potty Mouth at Ace of Cups (Columbus Alive)
• Resonant Voices Featuring Maggie Arthur & Matt Walsh of OurMusicMyBody (New Noise Magazine)
• Irresistible Momentum: Restorations on 'LP5000' (New Noise Magazine)
• Resonant Voices Featuring Shawna Potter (New Noise Magazine)
• Resonant Voices Featuring Kat Nijmeddin (New Noise Magazine)
• Resonant Voices Featuring Poet and Essayist Hanif Abdurraqib (New Noise Magazine)
• The Zen of Not Knowing: An Interview with Frank Turner (New Noise Magazine)
• Resonant Voices Featuring Jenna Blazevich of Vichcraft (New Noise Magazine)
• A Change of Scene: If You Don’t Have A Space For Yourself, You Have To Create It (New Noise Magazine)

PERSONAL ESSAYS

• I Learned to Date in the Middle of a Pandemic (ZORA)