On a recent Tuesday night at the Daryl Roth Theater in Union Square, temperatures outside hovered in the mid-30s, but inside, a few hundred 30-somethings in sailor hats were sipping “Iceberg” cocktails...
Read moreIt was movie night at the Museum of Arts & Design in Manhattan, and the costume designer Machine Dazzle was ready for his entrance.The selection was the 1980 roller-disco fantasy “Xanadu,” and...
Read moreI have successfully resisted knee-high boots for years. I rode out the last cycle when they were in fashion, about 15 years ago, when everybody was tucking their skinny jeans into them....
Read moreYou’re no doubt familiar with the feeling of walking into a New Year’s Eve party and confronting a very particular temporal melancholy: the sensation that you and everyone there are doomed to...
Read moreIt was a gloomy, rainy 40-degree evening, but on a blue carpet inside the French Consulate General on the Upper East Side before a special screening of Season 3 of “Emily in...
Read moreComplaining about cramped quarters is common practice for most people who live in apartments. But sometimes you don’t have to move to find a little extra space.That’s what Lauren and Michael Stein...
Read moreJust as masks were coming off and people were getting comfortable with prepandemic habits, the tripledemic has brought back some familiar fears and social tensions.
Read moreI live in a place where it gets cold, and I tend to be cold. I like to wear a layer under sweaters for additional warmth, but it is hard to find...
Read moreI remember once trying, as a Canadian, to explain Boxing Day to an American friend.“A day off on the 26th?” she asked, bewildered. “Why do you need a holiday when you’ve just...
Read moreOnly one film played at the Village East cinema on a recent crisp Monday night, but the crowd inside and out of the theater’s regal lobby buzzed with energy. Outside, skateboarders in...
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