Recently I came across the deed to two cemetery plots I own on Long Island. One is the final resting place of my late husband, Mark. The other, next to it, is vacant but was never meant for me. I bought it for his grieving girlfriend. Twelve years ago, Mark and I were in the…
David Brendan Ruttura and Katherine Julia Travis met in October 2014 in New York while working on the national tour of “The Phantom of the Opera.” Ms. Travis, who goes by Katie, was playing the role of Christine Daaé and Mr. Ruttura was the resident director. They were friends for more than a year before…
Awards season, as we all know, is actually gown season. Save for the perennial winners and losers lists, most people are simply keeping an eye out for who wore what. When several versions of a specific design start appearing on different celebrities waltzing down red carpets, look around: You’re in a moment. This awards season,…
On Camp Naru’s sprawling 640-acre campus, each day started with conversations about the Korean American experience. Campers then participated in activities like taekwondo and cooking authentic Korean dishes. Chloe Kim, the Korean American snowboarder and two-time Olympic gold medalist, even stopped by one day. “Our upbringings may be unique; however, there’s a lot of cultural…
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When Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition, “An Archaeology of Silence,” opens in the United States on March 18, the most important room some viewers might enter is one with no artwork at all. The “respite room” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco will be an area where visitors can take a breath and regain their…
That “Girls” was such a lightning rod for criticism in its day makes it especially rich to discuss a decade later, Ms. Gray said, especially now that more shows, like “Insecure” and “Fleabag,” have gone on to feature women who do not have it all figured out. On her podcast, she revisited a Season 2…
Space is getting a new look — sort of. On Wednesday, just a week after the end of the Paris fashion collections and with the sort of sonic crescendo attached to the most extravagant runway shows, NASA unveiled the new Artemis III lunar spacesuit at Space Center Houston. Which is to say, the first real…
“The only three men I had ever imagined a future with all told me that something was missing,” Oz Johnson wrote in her Modern Love essay. When Oz was 23, her boyfriend said she met 99 percent of his criteria, but she was missing 1 percent. Over a decade later, another man broke up with…
Abby Ehmann owns two bars across the street from each other on Avenue B in the East Village: Lucky and Hekate Café & Elixir Lounge. She plans to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at both places this Friday. “I am a sucker for a holiday,” Ms. Ehmann said. “Especially if there is glitter or confetti involved.”…