Moonlight and mayhem on Lafayette
Under the glow of a spectral moon, Document Journal’s Halloween soirée brought Jean’s to life with Dee Diggs, Sterling Juan Díaz, Kembra Pfahler, and Narcissister...
FLINTA visionaries Dominga and Volvox wield mind, body, and soul to disarm nightlife
As partners in life and work, they DJ, perform punk shows, study music, and finish each other’s sentences—in conversation with Katie Rex, featuring portraits by...
Can the ruins of industry become a stage for utopia?
At Whole Festival, Russell Reed meditates on Ferropolis’s industrial scars, reimagining queer ecology and world-building
There is a party that never ends
Canadian multihyphenate artist Bambii returns to her Infinity Club with unfinished business
Studio 54, reborn by Valentino Beauty
A neon-soaked revival launched the 2025 Rendez-Vous Ivory fragrance collection with DJs, cabaret, and icons past and present
Backstage at Ladyland Festival 2025
Document presents the official artist portraits of the festival’s diva-studded lineup, featuring Cardi B, FKA Twigs, Sukihana, and more
FIST goes deeper with its first-ever compilation
The queer techno party channels nine years of dancefloor mayhem into a mixtape, featuring Ryan James Ford, Baby Blue, and more
Document Celebrates Spring/Summer 2025 at Jean’s with Joe Alwyn and JW Anderson
Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson alongside Joe Alwyn and JW Anderson at the downtown hotspot, Document's Spring/Summer 2025 launch event was a night to remember
Angel’s share: out of town, in the flesh
For her monthly column, Angel Money reflects on the erotic thrill of being watched and wanted, away from home
Scene report: New York’s literati clash at Alex Kazemi’s New Millennium Boyz afterparty
Co-hosted by Kelly Cutrone at Gelso & Grand, the paperback launch was a "microcelebrity deathmatch"
Angel’s share: Doll Beef Winter
Kicking off her monthly column for Document, darling of New York nightlife Angel Money chronicles an emerging cultural phenomenon: a season-long doll brawl
Closed stalls and open doors in Alessandro Michele’s Valentino
For Fall/Winter 2025, the maximalist designer probes community and privacy with a panoptic showcase
Celebrating the announcement of Notes on Beauty with an intimate Valentine’s Day cocktail at the Swan Room
Following the reveal of the new beauty title, Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson, Yadim, Ronald Burton III, and Jawara invited loved ones to gather at the Nine...
Document Journal and FSG x MCD celebrate Caleb Femi’s ‘The Wickedest’
A party at Mood Ring launched the British poet and director’s latest book
Caleb Femi’s ‘The Wickedest’ journeys through one night at London’s longest-running house party
In this exclusive excerpt from the writer and filmmaker’s forthcoming poetry collection, the underground shoob scene reveals itself minute by minute
Out late with Document to ring in A New Perspective
Following its event with Performa, Document headed to Jean’s for an afterparty late into the night
Document and Performa celebrate boundary-breaking art together
To coincide with the release of its Fall/Winter 2025 issue, Document hosted the afterparty for the live art biennial’s 20th-anniversary gala
Sónar by Day, according to curators Antònia Folguera and Ikram Bouloum
Meet the pair responsible for Sónar Festival’s daytime multidisciplinary programming ahead of the annual Barcelona electronic music festival
Club Document: Celebrating SS24 with Erykah Badu, Michèle Lamy, and Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson
Inside our Issue 24 launch party featuring hot guests and even hotter DJ sets
Pleasure-seeking: In pursuit of the real
From exclusive sex parties to subversive performances at the Chelsea Hotel, columnist Camille Sojit Pejcha chronicles the search for self-expression in New York’s underground
Daytripping: Dancefloor antagonism
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark works through the feelings of antagonism for all the other dancers.
Ludovic de Saint Sernin and Document Journal celebrate at the Boom atop The Standard, High Line
Following his NYFW debut, the designer joins his collaborators and muses for an unforgettable night at the iconic Manhattan venue
Sowing the seeds of the underground with Katie Rex and Fecal Matter
The nightlife luminary and design duo join Document to discuss fantasy, fetish, and the liberatory power of the club
Down the rabbit hole at the McKittrick Hotel
The Chelsea performance space put on an immersive Halloween production, inviting guests to ‘unleash the monster within’
Inside the Bed-Stuy mansion hosting New York’s wildest house shows
Document secured a ticket to Porches’s sold-out performance with ‘You Missed It,’ rubbing elbows with only the niche-est Downtown celebrities
Inside ALL DOLLED UP, New York’s first trans-only strip club experience
Curated by Ruby Zarsky and produced by Unter, the pop-up pushed back against the exclusionary policies that prevent trans women from working the pole
Overheard at Cultural Counsel and Wet Paint’s Armory Show soirée
Document took to Jean’s, collecting cocktails, cheek kisses, and art-world gossip
Daytripping: The writer and the rave
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark considers noise, information theory, and the text of the party
Daytripping: I put a spell on you
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes of the bewitching effects of a good DJ set—or really any art
At the Chelsea Hotel, queer subculture continues to thrive
Inside the clandestine parties keeping the creative spirit of the space alive, decades after its illustrious heydey
Inside Document, Feeld, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, and Mia Khalifa’s Pride party
United in championing curiosity and self-expression, the hosts closed out the month’s festivities at the Times Square EDITION
Inside the Jeffries and Jonah Almost’s Outer Heaven soirée
The party kicked off Pride Month, uniting a dynamic crew of creatives under one roof in the Bowery
The queer performers keeping the Chelsea’s subversive legacy alive
Decades after its heyday, the historic hotel serves as a safe haven for burlesque and sideshow artists to perform their most transgressive acts
Daytripping: Living in the gaps of being
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about dissonance—in music, at the party, and in one’s own body
ANOHNI and Johanna Constantine invoke art from apocalypse
For Document’s Spring/Summer 2023 issue, Blacklips Performance Cult’s founders look back on their makeshift, allegorical archive
Daytripping: Learning the art of letting go
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about a cross-generational spring party and the simple comforts of dance
Bad Words: Missing the Black Party, a pilgrimage site for gay men
The Saint’s legendary annual bacchanal shut down after 40 years, signaling a bittersweet transition in the landscape of queer life
Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark lists her favorite instances of on-screen dancing, from the rave in Zion to ’60s sci-fi fantasia
Daytripping: Herding cats
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about raves in relation to service workers, and how she once got on the wrong side...
Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy
For the second iteration of the 'After Dark' party series, cabaret bar Vol de Nuit set the stage for a night of transition and cultural...
Daytripping: Ghost dance
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark tells a tale of two boroughs, two generations, and what we’ve lost and found through nightlife
McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life
The writer meets with Document to discuss her latest book, the low genre of autofiction, and the makings of a good party
BOFFO makes its return to dry land with ‘Group Show: A Retrospective’
On Friday night, an exhibition-themed party brought alumni of the Fire Island residency back together, in the middle of Times Square
Daytripping: Dancing into the folds of time
In her bi-weekly column for Document Journal, McKenzie Wark writes about dancing at Berlin’s Berghain, the world-famous temple of techno
Daytripping: A dance to the music of time
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark checks in with an intergenerational Downtown bohemia
Inside Document Journal and LOEWE Perfumes’s Fashion Week soirée
In the Sky Lounge atop New York City’s Virgin Hotel, Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson welcomed an array of friends and contributors for a night of revelry
Daytripping: How dancing can make you gay
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes on the interpenetration of queer and straight spaces
Inside Marni and Carhartt WIP’s Campari-flush evening
At Men’s Fashion Week, the unlikely pairing united workwear with florals, and New York with Milan
Overheard at JW Anderson’s Milan Fashion Week afterparty
Between nostalgia, subversion, tomatoes, and gin, Document divulges what friends of the designer were hungry for
