Christian Slater Is a Still-Life Artist

John Varriano, an instructor at the Art Students League, stood behind Christian Slater’s easel, studying the lines that the 51-year-old actor had sketched. “You have chops, man,” Mr. Varriano said. “You have got to keep practicing, man.” On a steamy June morning, Mr. Slater, spruce in a white denim jacket, black slacks and green sneakers,…

Finding a Love Connection on Zoom

On May 22, after the planning was finished, the attire selected, the menu carefully curated and the guests assembled, Cheri D. Spigner had a moment to stand on a balcony and get a covert, bird’s-eye view of her wedding ceremony. Guests were neatly arranged, seated on chairs that formed a pair of circles around an…

Opposites, and ‘One and the Same’

In the case of Maheshie Cabraal and Eli Bronner, opposites do attract. He’s outspoken, while she prefers keeping the peace. He has always enjoyed a metropolitan lifestyle. She grew up in a small Midwestern town. He’s Jewish. She’s Buddhist. “Eli has all the confidence in the world, enough for both of us,” Ms. Cabraal said,…

All’s Fair in Love and (Civil) War

Lucy Mills Hochman and Adam Allen Gillenwater’s love is a battlefield. A historical battlefield, that is. Ms. Hochman and Mr. Gillenwater, both 31, met in the fall of 2015 working for the American Battlefield Trust, a nonprofit organization focused on the restoration of battlefields from the Civil War, the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary…