On a beautiful Sunday morning in early September, dozens of young men in Waco, Texas, started their day at Grace Church.Men greeted visitors at the door, manned the information table and handed out bulletins. Four of the five musicians onstage were men. So was... More »
The Tower Records on Broad Street, the Borders bookstore on Chestnut, and the Kitchen Kapers boutique at the corner of Walnut and 17th Streets in Philadelphia: The playwright James Ijames shopped at all of them in the early 2000s while pursuing his M.F.A. at T... More »
The temperature drops perceptibly as Doug Bierton discreetly sweeps the bracelet on his left wrist over a wall-mounted sensor and enters the vault.Like access to this locked room, the climate inside it is strictly controlled. To the uninitiated, this might see... More »
It was a series of questions about tinned fish during a Saturday night dinner service that alerted Amanda Burton, a co-founder of Rooted Rotisserie in Baltimore, that this was an strange order — though she didn’t think it could be life-changing.Two young men h... More »
Plus: a new ski-in, ski-out hotel in the French Alps, titanium watches and more from T’s cultural compendium.People, Places, Things is a regular, essential news report on all things culture and style.Put a Scotch Egg on ItThe Hawaiian-inspired loco moco-style ... More »
There’s never been a better time to get a smart speaker, especially if you’re a music fan. When voice assistants first started infiltrating these devices, hands-free controls were really the star of the show. Even now, one of the most common ways that people i... More »
Two young actors were prepared to work hard to make it in New York theater. The rental market proved to be cutthroat.It all started last June, with a trip to New York City to see an Off Broadway play, “The Comeuppance” by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.Jordyn Jenkins ... More »
Hope. It’s a hard thing to hold onto at the best of times, let alone infuse into a movie. Not just any movie either, but one that regularly appears on lists of the greatest movies ever made. However, against all the odds, it’s something that filmmaker Frank Da... More »
Maryland and Mississippi join the large and growing list of states to begin early and absentee voting Monday.Key downballot races in today’s early voting statesVoting is underway in nearly 20 states, including Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Virginia. States startin... More »
In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk from covid-19 to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous.Clinicians... More »
North Carolina officials had been quietly laboring for months on an ambitious plan to tackle the state’s mammoth medical debt problem when Gov. Roy Cooper stepped before cameras in July to announce the initiative.But as Cooper stood by the stairs... More »
Books & the Arts/ September 23, 2024The rise and fall of New York clubbing.Emily Witt’s memoir of Brooklyn’s rave scene accomplishes something that even the cynical among us cannot deny: It will make you want to go dancing.Ad PolicyThe Myr... More »