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December 5, 2016

Fragile Beauty

HELSINKI, Finland — Inni Parnanen experienced a turning point in her jewelry design work when she set aside metals to experiment with unconventional materials like birch […]
December 5, 2016

The (New) Story of Cameos

TORRE DEL GRECO, Italy — In a small, dusty room up the stairs of a centuries-old building, an artisan bent over his work, creating a miniature […]
December 3, 2016

Lapo Elkann, Fiat Heir, Goes from Playboy to Bad Boy Again

It sounded like a 1970s Scorsese film channeling Fellini: a dapper, 39-year-old Italian industrial scion claimed he was being held captive in a third-floor apartment of […]
December 3, 2016

Putting His Mark on the World

By his calculation, Jonathan Valena, a tattoo artist who goes by the name JonBoy, has given more than 20,000 permanent souvenirs. The one that changed his […]
December 3, 2016

Will Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History?

When Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, called Donald J. Trump shortly after the Nov. 8 election, they talked about domestic policy […]
December 3, 2016

#1LookADay: All the City’s a Stage

High on the wall of a brick building in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, a jaunty terra cotta troubadour forever plays his accordion and opens […]
December 3, 2016

Night Out: Anne Rice Finds Inspiration Amid Taxidermied Animals

Night Out By KATIE ROGERS On the eve of her latest book release, Anne Rice did not lurk online reading early reviews. She examined a set […]
December 2, 2016

Vows: Against All Odds, One Match Was All He Needed

Vows By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI Once upon an algorithm, a widower in San Francisco who was an expert in online consumer behavior took to the internet […]
December 2, 2016

Night Out: Joe Jonas Finally Feels Like Himself

Night Out By VALERIYA SAFRONOVA Wearing red Dior sneakers, black Dior jeans and an olive pullover, Joe Jonas swept into Clockwork Bar on the Lower East […]
December 1, 2016

Critic’s Notebook: We Need a Miracle on 34th Street

It was the week before Thanksgiving when Dante Ferretti had his first holiday nightmare. Waking in a panic in his bed at the Lowell hotel, the […]