Schlepping bags of dirty drawers to your local Laundromat can be a cleansing—and awkward—experience. Those of you who make this trip regularly can agree. As you’re loading and unloading the week’s (or maybe month’s) pile of stuff, neighbors and total strangers are packed right next to you—bustin’ stains and avoiding eye contact.
Tracee Worley observed this [...]
Francis Simeni’s art is striking.
There’s something about the color and texture contrasts, paired with the intensity of his subjects that makes his work jarring yet inherently tender. Born in Lagos, Nigeria and transplanted between Poland and New York City, Simeni has an impressive repertoire of oil and acrylic paintings on wood canvases.
Using the simplest color [...]
Arthur Roberts and Jordan Freda’s Mumz the Werd clothing line is anything but quiet. Managed in California and masterminded in New Jersey, Mumz is tiptoeing its way onto the backs of trendsetters nationwide with striking hues and a distinctive style of character-based artwork.
In a noisy lobby at the Universal Motown office, Solo for Dolo’s nervous excitement is thick in the air—and rightfully so. He just independently released his first full-length album, The Truth for the Youth, and is gearing up for promotions, performances, and of course prime real estate in your personal music collections. I had the [...]
