En los dos primeros meses leí los 15 libros que llevé a Rusia en mi maleta y habría saboreado cada página si hubiera sabido que apenas había libros en inglés y que el acceso a internet en nuestro edificio era esporádico. Al principio me obligaba a salir de la cama cada mañana para moverme por…
Since last summer, a start-up in beta mode has been soliciting volunteers to take part in 55-minute sessions called “gathers,” where strangers discuss their deepest hopes and fears. The fledgling company, Peoplehood, is led by the entrepreneurs Elizabeth Cutler and Julie Rice, who combined sweat and spirituality in their last venture, the high-end fitness chain…
Late last month, during the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair at the Park Avenue Armory, Rebecca Romney withdrew a copy of “Howl, Kaddish, and Other Poems,” by Allen Ginsberg from her booth’s display case. She did so not to recite from its pages but to show off the writing in the margins. Amy Winehouse…
Mattea Roach, the 23-year-old “Jeopardy!” champion, blew past competitor after competitor. Some of the games were nail-biters: In one, she defeated her opponent by just a dollar. But the LSAT tutor, a 2020 graduate of the University of Toronto, ended her streak on Friday, winning 23 straight games and earning $560,983 (plus a $2000 consolation…
When “In America: A Lexicon of Fashion,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute show, opened last September as the world first adjusted to the idea of living with Covid-19, it signaled a fresh start by reframing the dialogue around homegrown design. Now its more sprawling, multi-layered successor, “In America: An Anthology of Fashion,” takes…
“Does anyone still wear a hat?” Stephen Sondheim wrote in the song “The Ladies Who Lunch.” They certainly do at the Central Park Conservancy’s annual Frederick Law Olmsted luncheon, better known as the “hat lunch,” now in its 40th year. At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, a trembling of well-heeled warblers gathered in gloomy weather at…
Name: Konrad Birgisson Age: 17 Hometown: Brooklyn Now lives: With his family in a converted loft in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Claim to fame: Mr. Birgisson is a high school student and underground music producer who, under the alias Kid Krono, has helped produce two buzzworthy hip-hop tracks: “Louis Bags” by Kanye West (an…
This February, Modern Love opened its sixth college essay contest, asking college students nationwide to tell the truth about love today. The last time we held this contest, in 2019, the world was a very different place. This year, with college life disrupted as never before, students shared stories of experiencing isolation, navigating identity, managing…
Even the royals sometimes take a break from their duties to attend glamorous events like the Met Gala. Past attendees have included Princess Diana, who made a statement in her formfitting navy blue gown, and Princess Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, who has become a red carpet regular at the event. Whenever members of the…
The Met Gala, in full ostentatious, crowd-pleasing costumery, returned this week, flooding the fashion news cycle. Ditto the hordes of fans jostling outside of fashion shows, and the audience scrums inside. So it shouldn’t really be a surprise that destination shows, the traveling extravaganzas featuring the in-between collections most often known as “cruise” or “resort”…