Demonstrating the contemporary side of feather work — hand weaving, silk screening, laser-cutting and incorporating less conventional materials or new techniques like 3-D printing — is a priority to keep the company moving forward, said Christelle Kocher, the artistic director at Lemarié. “Fifteen years ago, there was less interest in all these crafts, which can…
Mesmerized, I would lean against the railing at the front of the ship, alone, for hours on end. Over the course of 10 days, no two moments were the same. The Arctic world was constantly shifting and changing around me as we slowly made our way through ice and open sea, past whales, walruses, birds…
People who received Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines may get as much benefit from a Johnson & Johnson booster shot as a Pfizer one. That’s the finding of a small study released on Sunday. Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston studied 65 people who had received two shots of the Pfizer vaccine. Six months…
Several dozen cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been identified in the United States, a number that is “likely to rise” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” At least 17 states have detected cases, including in…
On Jeju Island in South Korea, the markets have gone dark. In Bangkok, bored hawkers wait around for customers who never come. In Bali, tour guides have been laid off. In Paris and Rome, the long lines of people with selfie sticks and sun hats are a distant memory. This was supposed to be the…
Organizers said Mr. McGinn might have contracted Omicron elsewhere. “He was just one person who was at our event,” said Kelly Comboni, president of Left Field Media, which organized Anime NYC. “There have been no other mass cases reported from our event.” Returning to Minnesota a few days before Thanksgiving, Mr. McGinn felt unusually tired.…
Constance Ahrons, a prominent psychotherapist and mediator who challenged negative stereotypes about divorce and sought to show couples how they could achieve what she called a “good divorce” — a concept that also provided the title of her most popular book — died on Nov. 29 at her home in San Diego. She was 84.…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Kendra Jayne Patrick’s booth was buzzing at Art Basel on Tuesday during the V.I.P. opening as visitors crowded in to admire — and consider buying — pieces by the tapestry artist Qualeasha Wood, whose work is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the past, Patrick would not…
“In 2021 you did what you had to do.” “You always understood the assignment.” “You deserve a playlist as long as your skincare routine.” No, these phrases were not uttered by a TikTok star or a cool mom. Instead, they are idioms that appear in the annual data-driven marketing campaign known as Spotify Wrapped. The…
NTUZUMA, South Africa — A few months ago, Sizakele Mathe, a community health worker in this sprawling hillside township on the edge of the city of Durban, was notified by a clinic that a neighbor had stopped picking up her medication. It was a warning sign that she had likely stopped taking the antiretroviral tablet…