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Justine LaViolette and the Night That Refused to End
A failed date introduced a filmmaker to her future business partner. Six years, several refusals and one astonishing opening-night queue later, Justine LaViolette had helped turn a familiar queer daydream into a permanent Brooklyn address.
The Architects Who Made Small Spaces Do More
Design, Bitches built a serious practice out of an unserious-sounding name. Its real trick is making restaurants, houses, clinics, and classrooms behave like invitations.
The School Gates Open at 6pm - and Vivify Venues Starts Its Second Shift
A Manchester company has built a business around the hours when classrooms, pools and pitches would otherwise sit quiet. Its cleverest product is not the booking software alone - it is the operational machinery that makes a locked school usable after dark.
Damian Fagan Kept Redesigning the Brewery
A graphic designer’s homebrew labels became Almanac’s first calling card. Fifteen years later, Damian Fagan is still changing the brief - from farm-to-barrel beer to sandboxes, slushies, and neighborhood gathering places.