Monday, April 5, 2021
8:30pm CT
Streaming on YouTube
FREE
On weed + psychadelic party spaces w/ Weed Rave Kween Michelle Lhooq
Michelle Lhooq is a music and drugs journalist, and author of the stoner cult classic, WEED: Everything You Want to Know But Are Always Too Stoned to Ask (Penguin Random House). She writes a Substack newsletter called Rave New World, and throws a stoner party called Weed Rave. After studying Comparative Literature at Columbia University, Lhooq was a music editor at VICE in NYC from 2014-2017, covering rave culture and global nightlife. Since moving to Los Angeles, her writing has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, New York Magazine, GQ, and others. She has been interviewed in PAPER, i-D, Out, and Study Hall. Lhooq's work is centered on the themes of counterculture and autonomy through the critical lens of parties, protests, and psychedelics. You can subscribe to her newsletter, and follow her escapades on Instagram and Twitter.
Relevant Links -
https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3xvga/california-sober-quitting-drugs-alcohol-weed