The Guggenheim International Gala took place Nov. 17 with a black-tie dinner and a performance by Lorde. The gala, which was sponsored by Dior, honored Etel Adnan, Jennie C. Jones, Cecilia Vicuña, Gillian Wearing, and Phyllis and Bill Mack. And the Alzheimer’s Association raised more than $600,000 for Alzheimer’s research and care at its fund-raising…
“What kind of goofazoid puts her full name on Tinder,” Rebecca Woods had wondered in May 2019 when Beth Abrams Schafer’s first and last name showed up on the dating app. Ms. Schafer, just out of a relationship, said she felt a bit “stymied” when it came to meeting people. Ms. Woods, though, became intrigued…
Benjamin Richard Koller Lowell was hoping to impress Dr. William Douglas Winkelman on their second date, in October 2013. The couple had matched on a dating app about a month earlier, and Mr. Lowell, who grew up in San Francisco, wanted to show Dr. Winkelman, who had recently moved to the city, around the area.…
When the producers of the Netflix show “Love on the Spectrum” first asked Jodi Rodgers to join, she turned them down. A sexologist and counselor who specializes in autism spectrum disorder, she was reluctant to appear in the series, where her private work helping people navigate the challenges of dating would be made into entertainment.…
Yoelit Lipinsky was done with dating when Ariel Greene’s profile came across her computer screen in December 2019. At the time, Mr. Greene was living in Seattle and Dr. Lipinsky in Toronto, where she was remotely finishing her dissertation for a Ph.D. in medical ethics from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. “I was finished dating at…
The two men were engaged in 2019, planned a wedding for Oct. 10, 2020, and then postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. In April 2021, they moved to Los Angeles, where Mr. Leclaire, an actor and comedian, had lived briefly before, when he accepted a TV writing job. “Being someone who is trying to work…
Timothy Agra has a law degree, but it was his captain’s license that made him the perfect match for Kathleen Reardon. “Ever since I was little, I’ve had an affinity for all things mermaid. It doesn’t hurt that I have long red hair and used to pretend I was Ariel,” Ms. Reardon said. “The running…
Name: Demi Singleton Age: 14 Hometown: New York City Currently Lives: In a Spanish-style house in Los Angeles with her parents and two siblings. Claim to Fame: Ms. Singleton is an actress, singer, dancer and cellist who plays a young Serena Williams in “King Richard,” alongside Will Smith, who plays her father, Richard Williams. She…
By the end of the week, I had spent $390 on the blanket. Silly for a jobless person who lived in a married couple’s spare room. I folded it carefully and tied it with a ribbon and emailed David: “Can we talk?” He agreed to meet me by Lake Merritt. We sat on a towel…
Parents are often the first people who teach us how to exist in the world. But sometimes all it takes is one incident for our image of them to be upended. Then we’re left with a new understanding that our parents are just people, fallible like us. Tell us about a time when you saw…