@RyanNewYork
He sits on the Broad of Directors of The Ali Forney Center, where he is the founding producer of their annual Broadway Beauty Pageant fundraiser. He's also on the Board of Directors of The Deconstructive Theatre Project and the Board of Advisers of the startup TV Dinner.
He's also a director/producer, who lives in Brooklyn, NY and created the musical White Noise. Ryan writes about politics for The Huffington Post & The Hill. He has been a guest editor for Queerty and is the host of the podcast Gay History: Uncut.
Here Ryan blogs about politics, film, TV, history, religion, science, books, theater, digital media, LGBT issues, Bushwick & Williamsburg, New York City, and anything else he's interested in at the moment. Oh, and he'll probably talk a lot about himself.
This is a personal blog. Any opinions expressed here and on my Twitter represent my own and not those of my employer or clients.
A collection of graffiti and street art from Brooklyn (Bushwick & Williamsburg) that I’ve captured on Instagram so far this year.
Happy Veterans Day.
My heart goes out to all those who have given so much for this country. This picture is of my grandfather and some shipmates from the USS Appalachian, which was in the Pacific Theater during World War Two. He’s seated in back row, fifth sailor from left side.
Took this picture of Times Square ablaze on midnight Saturday.
See my Instagram feed here.
An amazing picture from Russia’s anti-Putin protests today.
Some of my favorite Instagrams, that I took around Bushwick this weekend.
Took a weekend trip to Burlington and Montreal. Here are a few of the sights seen…
This is one of my favorite New York City pictures that I’ve ever taken. Love the look on Minnie’s face.
Times Square on Feb. 23rd 2010.
Always something to see in Bushwick.
Some of these pictures of morose children posing with toys in the 1860s are LOL funny. This one is my favorite.
Lisa Wade explains that people didn’t really know how to pose for pictures back then. They didn’t have Facebook.
Some pictures from last night, where Tommy Wallach and I took a bar tour of Bushwick. These photos are from The Loom, Life Cafe, & The Narrows.
Such a cute picture of a gay couple at a Barack Obama rally in 2008.
Join them at Obama Pride.
President Obama presents Maya Angelou with the highest civilian honor.
Incredible moment — Maya Angelou is absolutely amazing.
Beautiful. Can’t imagine what that moment felt like for both of them. So much going on.
Last weekend I attended Deconstuctive Theatre Project’s The Orpheus Variations presentation at IRT. It’s a very cool project, combining live film and theatre with the Orpheus myth. Look forward to watching this develop.
For more information on DTP, visit their website.
Full disclosure: I’m on DTP’s Board of Directors.
Photos by Mitch Dean & Adam J. Thompson
I took these pictures yesterday at a meeting. I’d have a hard time concentrating if this was my office window.
That’s our President.
“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.” - William Lyon Phelps
Just because.
