Take the Handle is an arts & culture website made by an ever-growing gang of rascally, intrepid personalities engaged in an ongoing dialogue about the world around us. An ensemble of sophisticated, urban writers, musicians, painters, and photographers come together on our pages to shape the New Culture, which we see as a burgeoning movement towards intellectual curiosity and away from certain nihilistic trends of the last few years. Anchored in first-hand accounts of misadventures in the spirit of Hunter S. Thompson and George Plimpton, we’re a snapshot of a vibrant artistic community centered in New York City but whose reach is across the country.