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Dana Beal goes from ibogaine in Ukraine to pot bust in Idaho
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | It sounds like something out of a James Bond novel — though it’s hard to imagine anyone actually thinking this up. Dana Beal, 77, one of the “godfathers of pot legalization,” was...
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Photo exhibit honors Dennis Edge, Tompkins Square’s ‘Birdman’
Updated Jan. 26, 8 p.m.: A memorial for Dennis Edge, “The Birdman” of Tompkins Square Park, will be held Wed., Feb. 14, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., at Loisaida Inc., at 710 E. Ninth St., between Avenues C...
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Dana Beal, in Idaho jailhouse interview, shares key to Ukrainian and Biden...
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Dana Beal’s face — bushy, white walrus mustache…oversized, dark-framed eyeglasses — loomed into view as the video call finally, after a few failed tries, connected with his...
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Ngo Okafor: Always punching above his weight
BY H.D. WRIGHT | On the fifth floor of 210 Fifth Ave., Ngo Okafor scrolls through a playlist on his phone. “I only play hip-hop and Afrobeats here,” he assures me. He taps the cell’s screen and music...
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#FreeDanaBeal needs help with bail
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Sometimes…even the “godfather” needs a little help. Dana Beal, a veteran drug-legalization advocate, has been in jail in Gooding County, Idaho, for the past two months. He was...
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Carrigan Miller on the joys of editing KGB Lit magazine
BY GARRETT OWEN | It’s 1:30 on a gray Saturday afternoon. Carrigan Miller is short on sleep. He bartended until 4 a.m. at the famous KGB Bar in the East Village. It’s just one facet of his relationship...
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Smoked out: Dana Beal freed on bail
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | In the end, it was the “giant joint guy” who helped bail out Dana Beal. After getting busted in January in a broken-down SUV hauling “a large quantity” of cannabis, veteran drug...
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Tom Walker, 76, the Don Quixote of The Living Theatre
BY JOANIE FRITZ ZOSIKE | Thomas Scott Walker, a 50-year veteran of The Living Theatre, died on Jan. 29. He was 76. Walker was found in his sixth-floor walk-up on E. 10th Street in the East Village by...
View ArticleAnatole Ben Anton, 84, professor of philosophy and activist who took a stand
Anatole Ben Anton, a beloved professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University, died on Dec. 25. He was 84. His teaching career spanned more than 40 years. His colleagues and students remember...
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Jose Pepe Flores, Loisaida raconteur and record collector, realizes his dream
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK | For a number of years, Jose Pepe Flores, ethnomusicologist and record collector extraordinaire, dreamed about creating a Puerto Rican cultural center and sharing his extensive...
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