On a recent afternoon, Evan Mock was trying to do laundry in his East Village condo, but something was wrong with the dryer. Perturbed beeps cut …
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How to Get Holiday Coziness, Year-Round
Pilar Guzmán and Chris Mitchell are not professional interior designers. But if taste can be taught, you might want them as your teachers. They …
Continue readingHow Not to Be a Character in a ‘Bad Fashion Movie’
About 10 months ago, Laura Brown put on an emerald green suit and walked into an East Village art gallery, where two rows of benches lined the …
Continue reading‘The Hours’ Gets Dressed for the Opera
When the British designer Tom Pye was first brought on to the creative team of “The Hours,” a new opera by Kevin Puts that had its premiere at …
Continue readingIn a Challenge to Beijing, Unrest Over Covid Lockdowns Spreads
In an iPhone factory in central China, thousands of workers clashed with riot police and tore down barricades. In the southern city of Guangzhou …
Continue readingUnited States Enters a New Era of Direct Confrontation With Iran
Over the past few days, Iran has told international inspectors that it plans to begin making near bomb-grade nuclear fuel deep inside a mountain …
Continue readingGiving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple
Standing under the old sugar maple, I want to sing a hymn. Kneel down and pray. Its tall branches tower above me like flying buttresses, its wide …
Continue readingThe Importance of ‘Mr. Baseball’
Sure as leaves flutter to the ground and turkey gobbles fill the air, a fall baseball tradition, too, is about to be renewed. The twelve teams of …
Continue readingManx Language, Once Almost Silenced, Is Now the Talk of the Town
ST JOHN’S, Isle of Man — The squeals of laughter echoing from the playground sound like any other elementary school in its first week back in …
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