The CAHAIA Journal
How Disco Built a World and Why It Never Really Left
New York City, early 1970s. In lofts, basements, and borrowed spaces, Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ communities gathered to do what the street would not let them do freely: move and exist. Disco was born.
Where the Music Lives: CAHAIA's Guide to Jazz & Blues in New York
There's something about a Friday night in New York: the lights, the rhythm of the streets, the sudden urge to make it memorable. And when you're planning that next hangout with friends, trust us, a jazz or blues bar is a no-regret move.
From the street to the Maison. How Hip Hop reshaped Luxury
As we launched Brooklyn Hip Hop within CAHAIA’s New York & Echoes collection, we returned to a simple question: not how hip hop sounds, but how it looks, and how its visual language reshaped luxury.
How CAHAIA experiences culture in New York
New York is a city where culture is constant. On any given day, you might walk past a gallery opening, hear music spilling out of a basement venue, or sit next to someone rehearsing lines or sketching in a notebook. Culture here isn’t occasional, it’s embedded in everyday life.