Yancey Strickler [Livestream]
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About the speaker
CreativeMornings and L'Alliance New York present Yancey Strickler!
Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur who explores new creative forms. He's the Cofounder and Director of Metalabel, which is establishing new ways for creative people to create value together, cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, which pioneered crowdfunding and helped creators raise more than $8 billion for their projects, and cofounder of The Creative Independent, a resource of emotional and practical guidance for artists. He's the author of "This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World" (2019) and the essay "The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet" (2019), which became a book, "The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet" (2024), with a dozen other writers. His career began as a music critic writing for Pitchfork, Spin, and The Village Voice.
🎵 Performance by Caitlin Mahoney
Caitlin Mahoney is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter whose voice has been praised as “powerful and soulful - a mix of Adele and Fiona Apple.” Inspired by recent adventures of trying on new cities over the last few years, living in LA and then spending a year in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Caitlin released her 3rd full-length album Name What I Need - a mature, hopeful reflection on boundaries, burnout and self-love drenched in synth pop sounds and featuring the warm, dynamic vocals she has become known for across the US and Europe. Her music has been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, TV shows like Freeform's The Fosters and Good Trouble, as well as in Starbucks stores throughout the United States. Since 2013, Caitlin has played hundreds of shows across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. Caitlin recently moved back in March 2025 to NYC and is happy to be back home working on new songs.
Local partners
Global Partner — Adobe
Adobe empowers everyone, everywhere to imagine, create, and bring any digital experience to life. From creators and students to small businesses, global enterprises, and nonprofit organizations — customers choose Adobe products to ideate, collaborate, be more productive, drive business growth, and build remarkable experiences.
Global Patron — Harnisch Foundation
Harnisch Foundation believes in a fairer world that works better for everyone, with special attention on gender and racial equity.
Local Partner — Harvest
Harvest is a web-based time tracking and invoicing application relied on by thousands of people around the world, from freelancers to small businesses to departments of Fortune 500 companies. Harvest founders Danny Wen and Shawn Liu had searched for tools to help their agency scale with more efficient methods to track time and send invoices. Unable to find one, they invested their own time, energy, and money into creating what they knew was a better way to run the business—and Harvest was born.
Local Partner — MPB
MPB transforms the way that people buy, sell and trade photo and video gear. As the largest global platform for used photography and videography equipment, MPB is a destination for everyone, whether you’ve just discovered your passion for visual storytelling or you’re already a pro.
Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB has always been committed to making gear more accessible and affordable, and helping to visualize a more sustainable future. MPB recirculates more than 485,000 used products every year, extending the life and creative potential of photo and video equipment for creators around the world.
Headquartered in the creative communities of Brooklyn, Brighton and Berlin, the MPB team includes trained camera experts and seasoned photographers and videographers who bring their passion to work every day to deliver outstanding service.
Venue Partner — L'Alliance New York
L'Alliance New York is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to providing its audience and students with engaging French language classes and audacious multi-disciplinary programming that celebrates the diversity of francophone cultures and creativity around the world. A welcoming and inclusive community for all ages and all backgrounds, L'Alliance New York is a place where people can meet, learn, and explore the richness of our heritages and share discoveries. L'Alliance New York strives to amplify voices and build bridges from the entire francophone world to New York and beyond.
Additional details
Livestream link: https://youtube.com/live/L4ad5Z6mrjM
