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Nilüfer Yanya and the Revival of Nineties Grunge

While Yanya’s music exudes the same disregard for genre that new music often does, there is a distinct sense of good old-fashioned rock in her songs. In a time of resurging nineties sensibility, her songs both pay homage to old-school grunge and mirror current nostalgia.

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The United Nations Tries to Clean Up Plastic Waste

If you’ve been to the beach lately—or gazed at the roadside, walked through a typical downtown, or been pretty much anywhere on the planet—you’ve no doubt noticed the world has a bit of a plastic problem: there’s too much of it. So much so that scientists estimate the mass of all plastic ever produced now surpasses that of all creatures on the planet.

CultureSummer 2022

The Rise of Celebrity Wine Brands

This is the Age of Wine. Should it be surprising that celebrities, like entrepreneurs everywhere, want to be part of it?

PalateSummer 2022

Books For Your Summer Reading List

Here are two must-read books to add to your summer reading list. Featured in NUVO's Summer Issue, Rebecca Peng provides an in depth review.

CultureSummer 2022

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Capturing the Beauty of the Mundane in Southern Italy

Pigi Portolano documents daily life in Southern Italy. From his home base in Puglia, the Italian photographer wanders the streets of Bari framing the beauty of the mundane. Portolano’s photography captures a dusty kind of elegance in a part of Italy that is free of the guilty obligation to see world-famous sights. There is a joy in small things here, and while these photographs may have a whiff of the faded, they celebrate the beauty in the unexpected.

CultureSummer 2022

Urban Summer: The Return of Nineties Streetwear

Nineties fashion is back, and with it has come the return of skatecore. It was in the 1990s that skateboarding turned from niche to mainstream and widespread adoption of skate culture and fashion took place. Today, the look is on trend once again with major designers and brands embracing the skater style—Malik Walker takes to the Vancouver streets.

StyleSummer 2022

Dallas Museum of Art Presents Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity

Five years in the making and working across two continents, the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) opened the doors to its Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search for Modernity exhibition this past weekend, and this is one you don’t want to miss.

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The Surprisingly Realistic Future of Sustainable Aerospace

It’s easy to get swept away by the romance of space travel. From the moon landing to the mania surrounding the Mars One fiasco, humans tend to indulge their wildest fantasies in the cosmos. But aerospace has a dirty secret.

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How One Canadian Brand Is (Re)shaping the Future

Native Shoes launched in Vancouver in 2009 and has been making shoes with a “Live Lightly” attitude ever since. According to CEO Kyle Housman, the company’s purpose has always been to reduce the impact of climate change and to question the status quo.

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The Books You Need on Your Spring Reading List

Here are two must-read books to add to your spring reading list. Featured in NUVO's Spring Issue 92, Rebecca Peng provides an in depth review.

CultureSpring 2022

Renforshort Encapsulates the Messiness of Youth

Dancing alone in your bedroom, you belt out lyrics dripping in angst, your body moving spontaneously to pop-punk guitar riffs. You feel the rage and euphoria and confusion of youth. You feel alive. This is how it feels to listen to the honest, energy-laden, and distinctly Gen Z songs of renforshort

CultureSpring 2022

Canadian Novelist Marlowe Granados on Blurring the Lines Between Party Girl and Poet

Happy Hour is a tribute to a particular frenetic pace among New York’s social elite, one sometimes lived by these kinds of characters—modern femmes fatales and manic pixie dream girls.

CultureSpring 2022

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