Mr. Christopher and his friends thought they would draw a few thousand people to the festival; instead, more than 15,000 came. Within a few years it was attracting more than 100,000 attendees, who noshed on garlic bread and sipped garlic wine, made with crops donated by Christopher Ranch. They watched “Iron Chef” contestants and Food…
Only one film played at the Village East cinema on a recent crisp Monday night, but the crowd inside and out of the theater’s regal lobby buzzed with energy. Outside, skateboarders in hoodies and tiny beanies huddled beneath clouds of weed and cigarette smoke. Inside, someone behind a makeshift bar poured wine into tiny plastic…
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The white powder, deposited in a small tube, arrived one morning by FedEx in a basement office on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Quick OD, half bag, weirdly lethargic after,” the anonymous drug user from Wilmington, N.C., wrote on a slip of paper the size…
As MZ Wallace grew, so did its sense of purpose. Ms. Zwirner is married to the German art dealer and gallerist David Zwirner, and in 2011, she and Ms. Wallace Eustice launched a special-edition bag, designed by the artist Raymond Pettibon, to raise money for Artists For Haiti, a non-profit organization founded by Mr. Zwirner…
So, Gary arrives and I introduce him to my hungry, cranky guests. “This is my friend Gary, who has just published a novel in England,” I say. “What’s the novel about?” someone asks. “Shooting my parents,” Gary says. That gets their attention. “I’m the best writer in America,” Gary says. “The book got great reviews…
The holidays are the ideal time to see friends and family, reflect on the year that’s passed and, of course, sit down and watch that beloved seasonal classic you’ve already watched 38 times before. But how well do you really know your Yuletide films? Test your knowledge by listening to these audio clips and identifying…
According to data published in 2021 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one-quarter of women of reproductive age who have sex with men answered yes to the question: “Have you ever used emergency contraception, also known as ‘Plan B,’ ‘Preven,’ ‘Ella,’ ‘Next Choice,’ or ‘Morning after’ pills?” The agency did not break…
Early in November, Twitter’s roughly 7,500 employees received a terse email from a generic address: “In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global work force.” The note was signed “Twitter.” On Nov. 3, some people at the company received emails indicating they…
After Charlotte Maya lost her husband to suicide, she and her young sons were used to unexpected visitors. But when her doorbell rang one mid-December evening, nobody was there. Instead, on her doormat was a kit to make a gingerbread house with a note that only said, “On the First Day of Christmas. … ”…
Luxury comes in many forms, especially over the holidays. In the realm of food, luxury can be something small and precious, like a jar of jewel-toned jam; or something meticulously handmade over many hours, like tamales or stuffed grape leaves; or something dramatic, like baked alaska, or sumptuous and long-cooking, like pernil, or rich and…