Currently managing memberships for 300+ event organizers on Withfriends. Previously a curator, DIY organizer, Y-Combinator alumni, and newsprint nerd.
Ridgewood, Queens
Joined February 2010
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Whoa, this is pretty cool. Distilling out what has become oceans of research into options for exploration and scientific judgement… cool to see this new chapter, James!
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RSVP at the link in my bio so I know you’re coming :)
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Plus, it’ll be happening at my loft in Bushwick where you can also pass the time perusing my archives of 20y of show ephemera.
The whole piece is a 30-minute lyrical exploration of aging, screen addiction, masculinity, stubbornness, and gratitude - sent to avant-pop music and abstract projections. He’s putting together a special multi-screen version for the evening.
Giving you all a sneak peek of the @julianbozeman multimedia piece closing out the final segment at my loft (8-11p).
Thanks @in_ter_comm and @temporarystateuni for presenting
Thanks @rub_ulad and everyone for indulging us with a breakout group experiment
...and lastly thank you to @secret_riso_club for incubating this idea at the very beginning.
Can’t wait to organize with you all in 2026!
ALT Photo of The Footlight
And thank you to all the other spaces that have hosted us during our first year.
Thanks @cityreliquary and @unitof for the tour
Thanks @estudioarribaabajo and @pablor_d & @pablo_candela for the popup
Thanks secret warehouse venue I can’t name
for those who weren’t there, we’d like to thank the 250+ event organizers that have joined our meetups and group chat so far. If it wasn’t for all the tireless work you do to help bring us together, New York would not be the same.
Last month, @thecloudcity hosted us, and provided us with a pumpkin pie which we celebrated our first year of meetups, followed by a toast of prosecco provided by @wondervillenyc -
so when we break back out it’s that much easier for you to find whoever was working on something similar to you.
We circle up in the middle of the meetup for a brief presentation by the host, answer a few Qs, and then everyone present has the opportunity to share something they’re working on -
These monthly meetups are an opportunity for event organizers throughout NYC to gather at a different local venue every month to share resources and work on puzzles together.
We’re going to do an organizer gift swap, so if you feel inspired, please bring something another event organizer might find useful in 2026! But feel free to come empty-handed, your presence is a gift :)
ALT Photo of The Footlight
Our last meetup of the year is Tues, Dec 9th 7-9p! RSVP at the link in my bio.
It’s hosted by @footlightpresents at the @thewindjammer in Ridgewood.
ALT Poster for the December NYC Event Organizer Meetup
Have a lot more from the trip I’m posting to my stories (and highlights, if they’ve expired) on Instagram, if you wanna see more: instagram.com/joewithfriends
This was from the last of 3 days I recently spent in London, for an exhibition my father had up at a street art Gallery called Woodbury House. Here’s some photos from that exhibition: photos.app.goo.gl/GnYKNJSNTH…
I assumed (incorrectly) that it was a city project (which seemed baffling), but then learned it was derelict until Banksy did an “festival” there in 2008 and turned it over for the public to subsequently take over. You can’t destroy property that someone has given away. Hm.
