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The Met Opera Finds a New Generation of Fans
After Midtown was officially deemed cool again and espresso martinis made a comeback, it was only a matter of time before New York’s young tastemakers — the people who have mined the city’s cultural history for inspiration and defined its present on their own terms — found their way to the Metropolitan Opera. As Lincoln…
Gen Z Channels the 1990s
James Abraham, 35, who runs the popular Instagram account @90sanxiety, which he started in 2016, sees the intrigue as related to the sense of something uncompromising about the period — the “rawness, the realness,” Mr. Abraham said. “‘Purity,’ that’s the keyword.” ‘Hot and Unbothered’ In the ’90s and aughts, Ms. Northman said, people seemed more…
Malu Byrne and Rick Van Streain’s Polished, Yet Casual, Jewelry Line En Studio
On a snowy Monday afternoon at a cafe in Hudson, N.Y., Malu Byrne and Rick Van Streain Low, partners in the jewelry line En Studio, were discussing how they work together. “If we aren’t 100 percent aligned on an idea or material, it’s a cue it’s not quite right and can get better,” said Ms.…
On More Generous Terms, Obamacare Proves Newly Popular
A record number of Americans — 13.6 million — have signed up for health plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces for 2022, after Congress lowered the cost of Obamacare insurance; the Biden administration boosted advertising; and the pandemic disrupted many Americans’ employer-provided coverage. The Covid-19 public health emergency helped usher in an era of…
Colleges Fear Mental Health Crisis Amid Covid Surge
Princeton, where a student died by suicide while studying remotely last spring, has seen a 15 percent increase in demand for services, a record. “More students were reporting various cases of homesickness, where they really felt kind of lost about not having their parents around,” said Calvin R. Chin, the school’s director of counseling and…
Omicron Infections Seem to Be Milder, Three Research Teams Report
Three separate teams of scientists on two continents have found that Omicron infections more often result in mild illness than earlier variants of the coronavirus, offering hope that the current surge may not be quite as catastrophic as feared despite skyrocketing caseloads. The researchers examined Omicron’s course through populations in South Africa, Scotland and England.…
Biden Promised 500 Million Tests, but Americans Will Have to Wait
WASHINGTON — President Biden promised Americans he is making 500 million coronavirus tests available free of charge, but help is at least weeks away — if not longer — for anxious Americans facing a surge of new virus cases. Mr. Biden’s administration has not yet signed a contract to buy the tests, and the website…
Bubbly New Year’s Cocktails to Ring In 2022
Raising a glass of something bubbly is a timeless way to end a year. The act is innately celebratory, hopeful and a little nostalgic, and the bubbles themselves can take many forms: tiny and flashy, racing to the glass’s surface; big and bouncing across the tongue; delicate and softly sparkling. They can come from time-honored…
How We’re Holding It Together
Welcome. Back in the spring, when we changed the name of this newsletter from “At Home” to “At Home and Away,” we did so expecting that our plans for the foreseeable future would involve continual tinkering. The Time Spent At Home to Time Spent Away ratio was not an exact formula; it would change frequently,…