Do We Even Need Friends, After the Pandemic?

It depends on the friends, obviously. Friends generally fall into tiers, like those old food-pyramid posters in the school cafeteria, except in this case, the tiny triangle at the pinnacle is where the good stuff is, your best friends who provide the most nourishment. The broad base of the pyramid represents the acquaintances, the kinda-friends,…

A Downtown Gallerist Spreads His Wings

Name: Alexander Shulan Age: 32 Hometown: SoHo neighborhood of New York Now lives: In a studio apartment in the West Village section of Manhattan. Claim to Fame: Mr. Shulan is the owner and curator behind Lomex, a downtown Manhattan gallery that has a knack for representing New York artists on the cusp. His exhibitions have…

Why Testing Still Matters

Last May, the city of Los Angeles turned a fabled baseball park into a mass testing site for the coronavirus. At its peak, Dodger Stadium was testing 16,000 people a day for the virus, making it the biggest testing site in the world, said Dr. Clemens Hong, who oversees coronavirus testing in Los Angeles County.…