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Elizabeth Weinberg

Music

Rhythm king

The Uruguayan musician on dancing with the devil and why it’s never too late to dedicate yourself to a passion.

  • Issue #162
  • 4 min read
Jorge Drexler browsing vinyl records at Permanent Records in northeast Los Angeles
Entrepreneurialism

Doing the right thing

Amid gloomy headlines, there have been slivers of good news. From businesses retooling to provide medical equipment to professionals finding creative ways to keep industries afloat, here are some heroic initiatives.

  • The Entrepreneurs #2
  • 6 min read
Doing the right thing
Fashion

Dark stars

Perma-sunny Los Angeles is the perfect city to launch a sunglasses brand. We find six designers putting others in the shade.

  • Issue #105
  • 8 min read
Dark stars
Affairs

Walk of fame

LA’s renaissance mayor and Democrat rising star is taking on homelessness, transport and Trump.

  • Issue #105
  • 12 min read
Walk of fame
Culture

House music

This issue we’ve cleared the culture pages for summer to report on media companies who are doing things on their own terms, usually against the grain, and making a success of it.

  • Issue #65
  • 9 min read
House music
Furniture

Jens Risom

The Danish designer chooses a historic restaurant, full of personal memories, in his adopted US hometown as the venue for his hypothetical ‘farewell banquet’.

  • Issue #47
  • 8 min read
Jens Risom
Urbanism

Back to the grind

Around the world a new generation of coffee shops are becoming community players. We meet the baristas who make their ’hoods and get their urban picks.

  • Issue #45
  • 19 min read
Back to the grind
Culture

Free Spirits

Before digital music, labels just produced records. Now, a new approach is needed. Enter Ghostly International, with its unique brand of art, music and retail, showing how to thrive.

  • Issue #42
  • 6 min read
Ghostly NYC team (left to right), Will Calcutt, Sam Valenti, Jeff Owens, Danny Scales, Miguel Senquiz and Jakub Alexander

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