Seventeen-year-old Alex McArtor has a powerful voice and pensive soul. Her two exquisite EPs pull inspiration from classic rock, soul and 90s alternative and have received praise from Billboard, EARMILK, and others, racking up almost 4 million streams thus far. Annie O caught up with Alex before her show at the Standard, East Village on Nov 11.
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The Standard Spa, Miami Beach’s in-house astrologer, Lori Bell, did you a solid and laid out your month ahead. Thank her in person when you see her around the property and book an appointment to go deeper into your astrological chart (if you're not in Miami, she does readings via phone, too!). This month's biggest takeaways: Mercury goes retrograde. Drop the gloom and doom. It is a second chance to rethink, reflect, and revise!
Read MoreKicking off the first of our brand spanking new series, we wake up at The Standard, High Line with actress Fiona Xie aka Kitty Pong in the John Wu-directed Hollywood adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel Crazy Rich Asians.
Read MoreThe 77-year-old war and reggae photographer, Roger Steffens has received a second wind and thousands of more eyes thanks to his Instagram account The Family Acid. Now he's exhibiting his work at The Standard, West Hollywood. We met up with the legend to discuss his new book, The Acid Family California.
Read MoreMarieme left Africa as a youngster to come to the United States with dreams of pursuing a music career. Currently based in LA and NY and fast becoming a household name in her home country of Senegal, having shared the stage with numerous notable players such as African music legends Youssou N'dour as well as Akon and Baba Maal, she will be releasing a visual acoustic EP on December 13th. Annie O caught up with Marieme before her performance at The Standard, East Village on November 4th.
Read MoreHow would you react if someone told you they'd started a collective (or a movement, if you want) for the need of deeper and more expansive friendships? Enthralled, am I right? That's exactly how I felt when Tia Simon-Campbell, co-founder of South East London-based BBZ, told me that exact thing. She, alongside Naeem Davis, started the organization to help build intentional spaces for queer, trans and non-binary people of color. Currently, the members consist of spoken word poets, writers, casting directors, DJs, dancers and more from across all of London. Now, 3 years after the inauguration, more than ever the group feels like they are able to inhabit and participate in spaces all over the British capital. But the mission doesn't stop there. We met up with Tia during The Standard, London's celebratory dinner for BBZ alternative graduate show...
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