A Fresh Perspective on Downtown Youth Culture

Name: Marie Tomanova Age: 36 Hometown: Mikulov, Czech Republic, a castle-laden town near the Austrian border. Now Lives: In a one-bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her husband, Thomas Beachdel, an art historian and curator. Claim to Fame: Ms. Tomanova is a photographer and wide-eyed documentarian of New York who uses…

Summer camp outbreaks were concentrated around the unvaccinated, C.D.C. finds.

Here’s what you need to know: ImageMore performances of Aladdin have been cancelled by Disney.Credit…Angela Weiss/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Disney Theatrical Productions announced that “Aladdin,” which had resumed performances on Broadway this week for the first time since the pandemic hit, was canceling all of its shows starting Friday night through Oct. 10 after…

Why Are Clothing Sizes So Confusing?

Recently I popped on a favorite T-shirt purchased some years ago. It fits nicely, but I noticed that it was a size large. The tees I’ve bought more recently have been XS/petite, and yet often they’re too roomy. Has something happened to women’s clothing sizes? Are they being inflated? Please explain. — Barbara, White Plains,…