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uristocratMonday Notes for August 17th, 2025
Gianni Lee launches his first curatorial project with SaveArtSpace—'Postcards, Prophets & Monuments'—transforming three NYC billboards into a cultural canvas. Monday's digest also covers key sneaker and sports moves.
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uristocratFriday Notes for August 15th, 2025
Friday's digest for August 15: Steve Lacy drops 'Nice Shoes,' his first solo single in three years, plus the week's top sneaker drops, sports news, and finance moves.
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uristocratThursday Notes for August 14th, 2025
Thursday's digest for August 14: how the end of the de minimis exception changes what you pay for imports, plus this week's sneaker drops, sports news, and finance moves.
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uristocratWednesday Notes for August 13th, 2025
Wednesday's digest for August 13: new BLS data shows Black women's unemployment rising for a third straight month, NYC companies nearly stopped hiring in the first half of the year, plus this week's reads.
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uristocratTuesday Notes for August 12th, 2025
Tuesday's digest for August 12: Kith announces its first runway show since 2019, Black attorneys general unite to protect civil rights, plus this week's sneaker drops and sports moves.
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uristocratMonday Notes for August 11th, 2025
Monday's digest for August 11: Lupita and Junior Nyong'o's 'Twelfth Night,' the Japan-only Air Jordan 5 Tokyo23 dropping August 23, Tyler's Converse 1908 launch, and this week's top reads.
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uristocratFriday Notes for August 8th, 2025
Friday's digest for August 8: the Manhattan DA's office returned 34 stolen antiquities worth $4M+ to Spain, Italy, and Hungary—including a 1st-century marble head of Alexander the Great—plus this week's sneaker and sports reads.
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uristocratThursday Notes for August 7th, 2025
Thursday's digest for August 7: a Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter crashed in Ashanti on August 6, killing eight people including two cabinet ministers, plus this week's sneaker drops and sports moves.
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uristocratWednesday Notes for August 6th, 2025
Wednesday's digest for August 6: James Beard winner Kwame Onwuachi opens Las' Lap Miami at The Daydrift hotel in South Beach—the second location of his New York rum bar concept—plus this week's reads.
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uristocratTuesday Notes for August 5th, 2025
Tuesday's notes cover Spike Lee and Denzel Washington's fifth collaboration, Metro Boomin's summer tape, and a few other things worth knowing on August 5th.
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uristocratMonday Notes for August 4th, 2025
Monday's notes lead with the Black unemployment rate topping 7% as the White House defends removing a labor data official — plus the rest of August 4th's cultural briefing.
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uristocratFriday Notes for August 1st, 2025
Friday's notes cover Kamala Harris's post-election TV diet, Metro Boomin's A Futuristic Summa drop, and Bad Bunny joining Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS in Formula 1.