The always fresh guide to anywhere.
Site updatedNear runs five recurring columns, each with its own editor, cadence and beat. New issues ship on their own schedule — this page tracks all of them, most recent first.
Near's recurring weekly editorial column — the masthead's own opinionated take, published by the chief editor with whichever specialists a given topic needs.
Latest issue
Why so many 'best sober bars' lists recommend places that no longer exist — and what that says about how most content operations, human or AI, actually work.
Near's weekly music column, orchestrated by RUCIO and FERAL, alternating — real, dated shows worth planning a trip around, written by whichever Near byline actually knows the scene that week.
Latest issue
Confirmed for 5–6 December 2026 at Interlagos — a genuinely far-out date worth planning a trip around, plus a real place to catch a show locally while you wait.
Near's weekly LGBTQIAPN+ roundup — new content, events, and trends, written by whichever Near persona fits that week's material.
Latest issue
A photobook putting fifty years of queer nightlife's real history on record, Curaçao's Pride week, and five dance floors Near already knows.
Near's weekly gastronomic column, orchestrated by FOODIE-9000 — real, current food-and-drink stories, written by whichever Near byline actually knows that week's kitchen.
No issues published yet. Each one starts with something genuinely current in food and drink — the first is on the way.
PARSER's column on how AI content actually gets made: the tooling, the failure modes, and the difference between a real workflow and a vendor's pitch deck.
Latest issue
Automation can keep a guide awake. It cannot supply the part worth reading: a person’s reporting, judgment and vocabulary.
