clubs
What It’s Like to Be a Female Bouncer
Male patrons either want to hit on you or can't wait to have an excuse to hit you.
Oslo's ‘Racism Inspectors’ Are Policing Discrimination in the City’s Nightclubs
The City of Oslo has been hiring people to see if they get turned away by bouncers because of their skin colour, since 2010.
A Wheelchair User Answers the Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask
Please never ask a wheelchair user if they've considered trying to activate their self-healing powers with meditation.
At This New York Club, You'll Have to Get Past the 'Door Girls'
The Electric Room is one of the Meatpacking District's more selective clubs. But instead of traditional "bouncers," the door is guarded by 'door girls'.
Exploring the History of Italy's Experimental 'Radical Discos'
In the late-1960s, radical Italian architects way ahead of their time built conceptual clubs that catered to the emerging counterculture movement in the country. But a decade after the movement started, it faded into obscurity.
The Last Days of Disco as Captured by Photographer Bill Bernstein
Bernstein's new photo book charts the rise and fall of disco as a crucial moment in history, and the impact the movement had on New York clubland.
Some Strangely Beautiful Photos of Chapel Street on a Saturday Night
A night on Melbourne's Chapel Street isn't always nice, but it does make tackiness appealing.
Meet the Christians Cleaning Up Ibiza's Drunks and Ecstasy Casualties
The Christian volunteer group 24-7 Ibiza has been helping people home in their Vomit Van since 2002.
Toilet Tribes: Photos from the Girls' Loos in London's Nightclubs
Photographer Sarah McClaren documented the "five minute communities" that form in the ladies' up and down Britain every weekend.
The Bouncers of Ibiza
"I've seen everything from gangland turf wars to drunken fools thinking they can take on seven-foot-tall bouncers."
Meet the Man Behind Last Summer's Magaluf Blowjob Contest
Magaluf club owner Paul Smith explains how a series of blowjobs resulted in the arrest of the local police chief on corruption charges.