The SMITH community loves wordplay, and recently, we’ve noticed many of you Sixers getting creative in your memoirs with the “I put the __ in __” form. That’s why this week we’ve decided to put the rational in inspirational so to speak and dedicate an entire Six-Word Search to the phrase. Here are some of [...]

With Father’s Day approaching, many of us at SMITH Magazine are struggling to get our gift ideas together in time for the holiday. Dads aren’t always the easiest people to shop for. They can be stern or goofy, close or distant, helpful or harmful; the variations are endless, and no two relationships with a father [...]

Between the sappy drugstore displays and ever multiplying flower stands, you’d be hard pressed not to notice the presence of Valentine’s Day. Cards will be exchanged, boycotts will be launched and our own annual “Six Words on Love & Heartbreak” storytelling show at the 92YTribeca will attempt to appease the cynics and romantics alike. Like [...]

If life had a catch phrase it might read: “Ready or not…here I come.”
Life comes at us hard, and fast, and we inevitably lose some things during the chaos of the daily grind. Whether it’s keys, a job, youth or a loved one, we all experience loss along the way.
While satirically minded SMITH writers choose [...]