Michelle Lhooq

If you ever wanted a window into an underground weed rave, an autonomous zone, or the intersections between Buddhism and MDMA therapy, Michelle Lhooq's journalism is for you.

Lhooq is a journalist who covers subcultures, drugs, raves, and everything in between. Her Substack newsletterRave New Worldis a raw, immersive window into modern counterculture in all its ecstasies and contradictions, and her book WEED: Everything You Want to Know But Are Always Too Stoned to Askis a modern classic.

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MUSIC

MUSIC MONDAY | Laid Back, Rainy City Groove

APRIL 16 | Editors Picks for April 20th

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04.16.18 | Got a need for some chill groove to ease you into the week? Yes! You know what the spring brings? A day, a time, that once a year, four-twenty (420). if you bake, you partake.
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FILM & TV

SATURDAY FILM SCHOOL | 'High Maintenance' is One Hell of a Sativa

Ben Sinclair's and Katja Blichfeld's 'High Maintenance' is a clear-eyed compendium of Brooklynite adventures

'High Maintenance'

A city of diverse racial, educational, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, NYC eats inclusivity for breakfast.

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