Girl Ultra Pays Tribute to Mexico City in Her Latest EP
Girl Ultra Pays Tribute to Mexico City in Her Latest EP
Known for her sultry, slow-burning R&B en español, Girl Ultra has risen to the forefront of the Latinx musical scene. Mariana de Miguel, the Mexico-City- based artist behind Girl Ultra infused her latest project, a multi-textured EP titled “El Sur” with the sounds that have come to emblematize her style. [...]
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is Chasing a Feeling
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo is Chasing a Feeling
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, sporting a mustache and a gray newsie cap, met with me last month over Zoom to talk about his starring role in the latest adaptation of “The Lincoln Lawyer.” The show was trapped in the worst kind of development hell for years before finding a home on Netflix. [...]
Zoë Saldaña Has High Hopes For the Future
Zoë Saldaña Has High Hopes For the Future
And she’s doing the work to make it happen. When Zoë Saldaña appears on Zoom, she doesn’t look like someone who just spent hours at a photo shoot. Wearing an oversized button-down with her slicked-back hair parted down the middle, she looks relaxed, radiant, and content, as though she’s been [...]
LA Spring Art Guide
LA Spring Art Guide
Through solo exhibitions and group showings, this spring art season considers everyday life, home, and more. Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery. Photograph by ofstudio. Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery. Photograph by ofstudio. “Still Life Goes On” Charlie James Gallery Through [...]
This Anglo-Argentine Writer-Turned-Tour Guide Shares the Magic of Buenos Aires with the World
This Anglo-Argentine Writer-Turned-Tour Guide Shares the Magic of Buenos Aires with the World
When we speak, Vanessa Bell is at her house in Buenos Aires as the first heatwaves of summer are starting to roll in. I learned of Bell several years ago when I came across her Twitter feed, where she frequently posted photos of midcentury and post-modern lobbies in buildings throughout [...]
A Reintroduction to Goyo: the Afro-Colombian Artist On Her Debut Solo Album “En Letra de Otro”
A Reintroduction to Goyo: the Afro-Colombian Artist On Her Debut Solo Album “En Letra de Otro”
Gloria Martínez, the Afro-Colombian singer and rapper known as Goyo, strode into the downtown Miami theater for the premiere of her HBO Latino documentary surrounded by a posse of women. To her side was her young daughter and mini-me, Saba. Behind her were two longtime friends, now her stylist and [...]
On Friendship: Four Duos Talk Individuality and Shared Bonds
On Friendship: Four Duos Talk Individuality and Shared Bonds
If you’ve ever spent time around my best friend and me, you’ve likely heard the story of how we met, probably more than once. The funny thing is, there isn’t much to the story — just two high school wallflowers who met in class. But typically, after a few [...]