He became known for his precision, steady hands and willingness to take on difficult cases, earning him the nickname “Brave Jiang.” But his idealism didn’t last long. In 1966, Mao unleashed the Cultural Revolution, the decade-long period of chaos that upended Chinese society. Groups of militant youths known as Red Guards roved the country, determined…
THE SCHNECKEN AT Edith’s, a Jewish deli in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, gleam with sugary glaze or drip with buttery icing, depending on the day. Sometimes the coiled pastries, named after the German word for snail, ooze globs of blueberry-sumac jam or shed honey-walnut crumbles. Once, ube (a purple yam from the Philippines) was added to the…
It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier, in a rhinestone necklace and strapless plaid pantsuit, was agleam onstage at a basement comedy club called Caveat warming up the crowd. “You’re the butter, I’m the microwave,” she announced.…
Tokyo and southern Japan Fairfield by Marriott’s Michi-no-Eki hotels What better way to celebrate Japan’s reopening after being closed to much of the world at the height of the pandemic than with a cherry blossom road trip — and new hotels to check into along the way? Seven Fairfield by Marriott hotels are opening this…
The new Cornell study addresses something different: how we perceive the passage of microseconds. Understanding those mechanisms may help us to manage trauma, in which instantaneous experiences are remembered as drawn out, Dr. Ogden said. When trying to assess the importance of an experience, she said, “our brain just looks back and says, Well, how…
In July, Jennifer O’Brien got the phone call that adult children dread. Her 84-year-old father, who insisted on living alone in rural New Mexico, had broken his hip. The neighbor who found him on the floor after a fall had called an ambulance. Ms. O’Brien is a health care administrator and consultant in Little Rock,…
Chances are, Kim Jones made your favorite sneakers—or at least, they would be your favorite, if they hadn’t sold out in five seconds. He’s the artistic director at Dior Men and the brains behind the “Air Dior” Nikes that literally broke the brand’s website, plus collabs with Converse, those coveted skate slip-ons at Louis Vuitton,…
Though the 95th Academy Awards drew its fair share of memorable fashion, many of the night’s standout looks were not revealed until after the last Oscar was claimed and the parties began. Lots of celebrities who attended the ceremony did outfit changes after it ended, and some of them looked better the second time around.…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — On Sunday night at 10:30, the tented area along North Santa Monica Boulevard resembled an airport security line in which nearly every woman was wearing a slinky bedazzled gown by Versace, Dolce & Gabbana or Balenciaga and every man was in a tuxedo by Tom Ford or Giorgio Armani. As the…
It can be hard to reconcile the need for close connections with the urge to cancel plans. Experts say it’s a matter of taking control and finding your comfort zone.