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How Noel Hennessy and Thomas Renaud are shaping a new future for handmade ceramics
Los Angeles Art

How Noel Hennessy and Thomas Renaud are shaping a new future for handmade ceramics

It’s supposed to rain—pour, actually—the day Noel Hennessy and Thomas Renaud give us a tour of their Northeast Los Angeles...
The Black Keys don’t care about being rock stars, they just want to play good music
Nashville Music

The Black Keys don’t care about being rock stars, they just want to play good music

Nashville’s Broadway is a country music Disneyland for grown-ups. Bars named Honky Tonk Central and Tequila Cowboy invite you in...
Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight
Los Angeles Fashion

Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight

Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight During the twelve years he’s spent working in fashion, Caleb Lin has made...
In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour
Los Angeles Fashion

In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour

Malakpour, who is a fashion stylist and creative director, says the car is perfect for Sunday drives around Mulholland’s winding...
Sick and tired of not being able to grasp anything real these days? American musician Weyes Blood is here to help.
Los Angeles Music

Sick and tired of not being able to grasp anything real these days? American musician Weyes Blood is here to help.

Los Angeles-based Natalie Mering is recording under the name Weyes Blood, and her last two releases, Front Row Seat to...
For her debut album, the only person Sasami needs to please is herself
Berlin Music

For her debut album, the only person Sasami needs to please is herself

The self-titled debut of Los Angeles-based Sasami is the latest invitation to temporarily switch off the noise your left brain...
Keegan Fong: Quit Marketing for a noodle shop
Los Angeles Food

Keegan Fong: Quit Marketing for a noodle shop

In a Nutshell: Keegan Fong on the five flavors at the heart of his Chinese restaurant “The menu is entirely...
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles traces the contours of a thriving art scene
Los Angeles Art

Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles traces the contours of a thriving art scene

It was the year that saw the opening of The Broad, a private contemporary art collection housed in a specially-designed...
Andrea Lenardin: The shifting meaning of things
Los Angeles Architecture

Andrea Lenardin: The shifting meaning of things

At least Andrea Lenardin likes to think so—despite the attribution of a different value throughout time—“the things are also always...
Leslie Williamson captures homes as physical manifestations of people’s lives
San Francisco Art

Leslie Williamson captures homes as physical manifestations of people’s lives

To Williamson, everything starts with the person and their work. “There is a thorough line with everything these people do,...
Creating an illusion of space, Urban Cabins reshape the city dwelling for this year’s L.A. Design Festival
Los Angeles Architecture

Creating an illusion of space, Urban Cabins reshape the city dwelling for this year’s L.A. Design Festival

When thinking about residential life in Los Angeles, the mind often conjures images of canyon cabins, beach bungalows, and mid-century...
Artist Norberto Rodriguez helps shine a light on the cultural initiative, Inner-City Arts
Los Angeles Art

Artist Norberto Rodriguez helps shine a light on the cultural initiative, Inner-City Arts

Norberto—it sounds grandiose. At the suggestion he seems like some great magician he’s delighted, but this isn’t the reason behind...
Cody James photographs the architecture of The Getty Center, offering a new perspective on the endless L.A. sun
Los Angeles Design

Cody James photographs the architecture of The Getty Center, offering a new perspective on the endless L.A. sun

James was born in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His photography has taken him all over the world—“Alaska,...
To challenge our perceptions of queer relationships, artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya depicts intimate fragments of reality
Los Angeles Art

To challenge our perceptions of queer relationships, artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya depicts intimate fragments of reality

The art of Paul Mpagi Sepuya is personal; shifting between portraiture and self-portraiture, it is about his life, and the...
Media proprietor Eric Kuhn explains why we should “never use technology for technology’s sake” and how to build bridges with social media
Los Angeles

Media proprietor Eric Kuhn explains why we should “never use technology for technology’s sake” and how to build bridges with social media

Kuhn was Hollywood’s first social media talent agent, and he knew exactly what he wanted to do in that position....
Caren Motika and Adam McPherson bring healing arts to the LA community with the space, Window of the Sky
Los Angeles Art

Caren Motika and Adam McPherson bring healing arts to the LA community with the space, Window of the Sky

Their humble residence was originally conceived as a test model: Built by a man who made a successful career as...
Canadian photographer Ian Brown is in search of the American Dream

Canadian photographer Ian Brown is in search of the American Dream

Over ten years and across dozens of states, hundreds of dreams have been written by hundreds of hands: their unifying...
Hannah Henderson & John Moore
Los Angeles Design

Hannah Henderson & John Moore

In another, two women, each with a barefoot child, halt a friendly conversation to wave; further down, a man paints...
Thrown Down: Artist Helen Levi reshapes the way we think about urban ceramicists
New York City

Thrown Down: Artist Helen Levi reshapes the way we think about urban ceramicists

The craze hasn’t waned, and while more attention to local, small-scale handmade goods can only be a positive, the hype...
Parton Brothers: Creating a Global Community
Los Angeles Fashion

Parton Brothers: Creating a Global Community

Taking after their father Lindsay Parton, a key figure a in the highly competitive real estate market, the brothers are...
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