A flock of mostly 20-somethings gathered on Tuesday night in a chapel-like building in Brooklyn to hear about a subject that has been a hot topic in religious spaces for centuries: celibacy. Except no one was using that term. Instead, they were calling it “boysober.” “I hate the word celibacy,” said the host of the…
Moments before MJ Zayas and Donald John Krams exchanged vows on Sept. 24, 2022, at the Loft by Bridgeview, an events space in Island Park, N.Y., Mr. Krams was brought to tears when he saw his soon-to-be spouse for the first time. “The green was a must. It’s my favorite color,” said Mx. Zayas, who…
Coco Jones is ready for the Grammys. Ahead of Sunday’s ceremony, the singer joined her fellow nominees at Spotify’s Best New Artist Party last night, where she dazzled on both the red carpet and the stage. First, she arrived in a look by Moschino, mixing textures in a lace corset top and a crochet midi…
Things were going well for Cody Fry, a singer-songwriter and producer known for his lush pop songs. He was looking forward to a pair of concerts with Ben Rector and the Colorado Symphony at the Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver. And on Monday his management team called him with exciting news: One of his songs,…
You are who you know — a truism forcefully demonstrated this week when Kristin Juszczyk, who happens to be married to the San Francisco 49ers fullback, Kyle Juszczyk, signed a deal with the N.F.L. to use its logos on the football jersey-like puffer jackets she designs. That agreement, first reported by Sportico, came on the…
My usual Super Bowl strategy is to gather some friends at game time, do an end-run around the sporty crowds and head straight to that one trendy, no-reservation restaurant that’s impossible to get into any other day of the year. The years when I do attend a Super Bowl party, I plant myself in front…
The doctor is in. So is the yogi. A sharp shift in health care is taking place as more than one-third of American adults now supplement or substitute mainstream medical care with acupuncture, meditation, yoga and other therapies long considered alternative. In 2022, 37 percent of adult pain patients used nontraditional medical care, a marked…
You don’t need a rice cooker to make incredible rice, and you don’t need to be an expert chef to yield a pot of fluffy grains. In the second installment of her YouTube series, Cooking 101, the chef and cookbook author Sohla El-Waylly will teach you how to make it easily and deliciously, then repurpose…
Taylor Swift often encourages her fans to devise fanciful theories about her music, but this week a very different type of wild speculation sprung up around her: political conspiracy theories being peddled by Fox News, Trump surrogates and the extended MAGA universe. The theories range widely, but include outlandish claims that Ms. Swift is secretly…
There are plenty of effective solutions, experts say. But first you’ll need an accurate diagnosis.