ESSAY
Can You Farm?
ZACHARY RAWE

"They want me to do shit that is related to comedy, but it’s not comedy, man. "


COLUMN
TOP FIVE
KATE KRACZON

"It’s difficult not to reveal my latent Tolkien obsession when discussing Fonthill..."


OBITUARY
THE PAINTER OF LIGHT
GILES HEFFERAN

"While a handful of artists sell their work for millions, Kinkade’s approach allowed him to sell millions of works"




INTERVIEW
Jeffrey Lewis, Show Me the Way.
MATT KALASKY

" Feeling lost, alone, and lousy I was about to sit down with the maestro troubadour of feeling lost, alone, and lousy. "


FICTION
A Visit to the Guggenheim c. 2003 and other short stories.
CECILIA CORRIGAN

"Maya and Angela laughed about it and then they stopped laughing. Then they talked about Jay Z. "



THE ST.CLAIRE

The
Nicola
Midnight St.Claire**

is an artist-run, digital forum which investigates, engages, and supplements Philadelphia's cultural output. Released on the second Sunday of every month, she is a platform for reviews, essays, and interviews---as well as a venue for experimental modes of analysis and communication. THE CENTERFOLD of the St.Claire is a project space dedicated to displaying new works of digital media.






http://www.facebook.com/#!/THE.ST.CLAIRE




  JOHN CROWE
www.pluralmedium.com

  EMILY DAVIDSON
Emily paints, photographs, and projects images in Philadelphia, PA. She also serves as Super-Nanny to the Midnight-St.Clair family. Her Web presence is felt at www.emilykdavidson.com

  ASH FERLITO
Ash is currently enjoying the afterlife. www.ashleeferlito.com

  GILES HEFFERAN
Giles Hefferan was born in the last quarter of the 20th century in the American Midwest. Mr. Hefferan is an artist and adventurer. He is almost an expert at many things, generally tending towards, “maintaining a level of knowledge and proficiency above a casual understanding, yet not nearly authoritative.” Some areas of Mr. Hefferan’s research include The Occult, metaphysics, science and nature, and exotic weapons. At the core of Mr. Hefferan’s personal philosophy is the belief that all human beings should not only have the right to self-determination– but that they should make it a priority. Mr. Hefferan is in love with America but thinks that it still has some problems to sort out. Giles Hefferan currently lives happily in Philadelphia– The City of Brotherly Love. (currently on assignment in Oceania)

  MATT KALASKY (EDITOR IN CHEIF)
www.mattkalasky.com
www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Kalasky/22102066
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGJXPXBJ2Js

  SARAH LAING
Sarah Laing received her BFA from Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art and Design, Dundee in 2006, and her MFA from The University of Maryland, College Park in 2010. Laing has exhibited throughout Scotland and the United States as well as has been involved in artist-run programs such as Generator Projects in Dundee and Knowledge Commons DC in Washington, DC. She enjoys period costume miniseries, audiobooks, margaritas in the daytime, and rowdy debate.
www.sarah-laing.com

  STUART LORIMER
Stuart Lorimer is from Glasgow, Scotland. He received his BFA from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, in Dundee and his MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2011. He is a painter and has been involved in curatorial projects in both the United States and the United Kingdom.
www.stuartlorimer.com

  J. MAKARY
www.jmakary.com

  MIKE MULLIN
(CO-DIRECTOR: MIDNIGHT TALKS)

www.michaelmullin.tumblr.com

  BETHANY PELLE
www.bethanypelle.com

  EMILY ROONEY (DIRECTOR: THE DEAL)
Emily is a multimedia artist living and working in Philadelphia. You can see some of her work at www.theweepingsong.rooney.blogspot

  SUZANNE SEESMAN
www.sugarblanket.blogspot.com

  MIKE TREFFEHN
(CO-DIRECTOR: MIDNIGHT TALKS)

Mike Treffehn is an artist who lives and works in Philadelphia.

  NICOLE WILSON
Nicole Wilson is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA. More of her work can be viewed at www.nicolewilson.com


*The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the authors and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the F.T.A.L.
*Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.+


+But that’s not to say it can’t be one of those magical mysterious coincidences.