How Online Ceramics Keeps Its Cool

Shortly after John Mayer started performing with Dead & Company, the current iteration of the rock band the Grateful Dead that features some of its surviving members, fans began sending him T-shirts. “These really thoughtful packages,” he recalled recently, “like welcoming me to the neighborhood.” The Grateful Dead has a rich history of bootleg merchandise…

Madhur Jaffrey’s Undefinable Roles

“I haven’t given you anything particularly Indian today,” Ms. Jaffrey said, warming a chicken biryani in her kitchen in Hillsdale, New York, the small town upstate where she and her husband, the violinist Sanford Allen, live most of the year when not at their Manhattan apartment. They purchased the property, which is decorated with artwork…

Danielle Deadwyler Is the Beating Heart of ‘Till’

Danielle Deadwyler’s eyes are an instrument that she can play with precise control. In HBO Max’s postapocalyptic drama “Station Eleven,” they stare into your soul as Deadwyler’s graphic novelist character, Miranda, soaks in the world around her. In Netflix’s all-Black western “The Harder They Fall,” they’re the last thing a baddie sees before he’s killed…

How Do I Find My Personal Style?

I’m approaching what is supposed to be a significant milestone — 30! — and feel disappointed that I don’t yet have a personal “style.” I’ve watched countless Ted Talks, followed and unfollowed more influencers than I care to remember, but can only think of a few times I truly felt at home in an outfit.…

Would You Go ‘Targaryen Blond’?

Blood, sex, dragons, betrayal and ice-blonds. These are the essential elements that seem to drive much of the plot on HBO’s “House of the Dragon.” Even if you haven’t watched the first season of the “Game of Thrones” spinoff, which comes to its conclusion this weekend, you may have found yourself scrolling past images of…