At work, the headline flashed across my social media feed: “Man with Incredible Beard in Desperate Need of Kidney.”I closed a tab of political chatter and read the heart-rending plea. The wife...
Read more“Stringing along,” “states by attractions” and “famous pairs” were among the categories on the episode of “Jeopardy!” that featured Sarah Elizabeth Bauer and William Greer Mackebee as contestants.Though it would take several...
Read moreIn May 2021, Andrew Ifits Hughes proposed to Lauren Rosalie Beard from a lofty perch: the summit of Mount Everest. He dropped to one knee after unfurling a small orange flag inscribed...
Read moreOn Tuesday morning at 5 a.m., before the day’s oysters were unloaded from their fishing boats and the first bikes churned at SoulCycle, 16 protesters showed up on East Hampton’s Further Lane,...
Read moreEvery new generation of artists, curators, and critics seems to feel the need to defend painting. It makes sense: paint on canvas, good for little else, is basically synonymous with big-A Art....
Read moreOn a rainy Wednesday night in Brooklyn, after an introduction with a minimum of fanfare, Janeane Garofalo walked onstage at the Eastville Comedy Club and looked out at a dozen people so...
Read moreIn 2019, Garance Doré went on a silent retreat. Over the course of six days at Spirit Rock in Northern California, she had a hard time not speaking to Emily Yeston, her...
Read moreWhen news broke of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June, State Senator Tiara Mack, Democrat of Rhode Island, decided to try a new way of raising awareness...
Read moreAyad Akhtar’s parents met in Pakistan in the early ’60s, when they were both medical students and “ridiculously attractive” — or so their friends say. Despite having a love marriage (against the...
Read morePARIS — I spent quite a long time sniffing the candle, twisting the mirrored jar around in my hands and tilting my head, as if inhaling from different angles might yield new...
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