Day: June 4, 2026

If Wes Anderson Planned Weddings: An Elopement at Marin County Civic Centre

Asep Darmawan

Many love stories begin at a party, on a dating app, or through mutual friends. Ivory and Alexander’s started with a car accident! “Alex was on a motorcycle and crashed into my carâ€, Ivory said. He may have totalled his bike but found his future wife! Years later, the couple found themselves planning a wedding that looked nothing like the ones they saw around them. They wanted it to just be the two of them at the courthouse, followed by a photo session a few days later. The ceremony lasted…

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Leonard Cohen on the Antidote to Anger and the Meaning of Resistance

Muslim

One of the commonest and most corrosive human reflexes is to react to helplessness with anger. We do it in our personal lives and we do it in our political lives. We are living through a time of uncommon helplessness and uncertainty, touching every aspect of our lives, and in such times another reflex is the longing for an authority figure selling certainty, claiming the fist to be a helping hand. It is a touchingly human impulse, primal and pacifying — children turn to the parent to remove the overwhelm…

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A cult retro shooter returns, and it’s still covered in sugary visual chaos

Dwi Wanna

Retro cute ’em ups are having a bit of a moment. Hot on the heels of the announcement of Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted, the Cotton series is to expand with both physical and digital releases of Cotton Reboot! and Cotton Reboot! High Tension! The two titles from Clear River Games see the return of Cotton the witch, who first appeared in Japanese arcades in 1991 and became something of a mascot of the genre. Now, you’ll be able to relive her sugar-fuelled adventures with a choice of either…

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Hamptons Summer Arts & Events: Festivals & Fundraisers

Suro Senen

6/2-14 Residual Light A quietly radical group show, Residual Light foregrounds female artists pushing photography beyond the lens. Working with camera-less and alternative processes, these artists treat analog methods as collaborators rather than tools, a nod to early experimental darkroom practices now resurfacing on the East End. It’s a rare chance to see photography untethered from representation and rooted in process at the Arts Center at Duck Creek in the John Little Barn. 127 Squaw Road, East Hampton 6/2-14 What the Garden Remembers Drawing from memories of her childhood in India, Avani Patel’s What…

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5 Ways Meeting in Ireland Balances the Best of Both Worlds

Asro

Skift Take All too often, choosing a destination for incentive travel forces meeting planners to prioritize either a busy city or rural country, business or wellness, modern developments or rich cultural experiences. Here’s how planners get to have it all on the island of Ireland. This sponsored content was created in collaboration with a Skift partner. This sponsored content was created in collaboration with a Skift partner. Modern meeting planners are typically forced to choose between competing interests, such as major metropolitan cities or rest and relaxation in nature, and…

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Artful Experiences

Asep Darmawan

How art deepens connection and opens participants to new ways of thinking at — and about — events across a swath of sectors. Author: Convene Editors        This article and those listed below are part of Convene’s June 2026 issue. Find the turn-page versions of this and past issues in our digital library. Illustrations by Ellyx Martinez The core purpose of art and creative expression is to give birth to new thoughts and ideas and to help us relate to each other, neuroscientists tell us. Which sounds to us a…

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Cannes Lions Launches LIONS Sport, Elevating Creativity as the New Competitive Advantage

Lina Irawan

The global sports industry is entering a transformative era where creativity is becoming just as valuable as athletic performance, media rights, and sponsorship revenue. Recognizing this shift, Cannes Lions has announced the launch of LIONS Sport, a new global forum dedicated to exploring the cultural and commercial power of creative innovation in sports marketing. Scheduled to take place on June 24–25, 2026, during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in Cannes, France, the two-day event aims to bring together some of the most influential leaders across brands, agencies, rights…

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From Matchmaking To Content Creation: How AI Is Revolutionizing Event Planning

Neng Nana

You’ve heard this before, but it bears repeating: Gen Z is unlike any generation we’ve ever seen. These young professionals and young adults are digital natives who are full of energy. They grew up in the age of 24/7 social media and COVID-19, which gives this generation a unique perspective on marketing—including live events. For event marketers, it can be tricky to understand this up-and-coming generation entering the workforce. How can you market to Gen Z? What events do they enjoy?  In this guide, we’ll give you a quick primer…

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From showrooms to high-end homes, this feature explores how architecture now places the car at the centre of display.

Azzam Bilal Chamdy

LUXUO examines eight buildings where the automobile becomes the organising principle of architecture. Cars are no longer stored out of sight. They are displayed, elevated and engineered into the structure itself. Speed does not sit on the road alone. It is embedded into glass façades, lift systems and reinforced concrete volumes designed around weight, width and display. Projects range from automated car towers in Singapore to private residences built around fixed collections. In each case, the building responds to the dimensions and status of the vehicle first and the living…

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