Alex Vadukul

June 12, 2023

WW Norton, a Defiant Book Publisher, Throws a 100th Anniversary Party

Rita Dove, Michael Lewis and Richard Powers were among the authors who took part in a crowded, swinging party at Cipriani in Midtown Manhattan. As the […]
May 31, 2023

Fashion High School: New York Kids Put On a Glamorous Runway Show

A procession of teenagers with hard-faced stares strutted through an evening rain during a small fashion show in Lower Manhattan, causing a mixture of delight and […]
April 27, 2023

A Joan Didion Party at the New York Public Library

On Tuesday night, a procession of writers, editors and publishing-industry veterans stepped past the lions outside the New York Public Library’s main branch on Fifth Avenue […]
April 20, 2023

The New Tiffany, Unboxed

For nearly four years, the Tiffany & Company flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street was shrouded in scaffolding while it […]
April 20, 2023

The New Tiffany, Unboxed

For nearly four years, the Tiffany & Company flagship store on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 57th Street was shrouded in scaffolding while it […]
April 1, 2023

The Last Days of Beckett’s, a Smoky New York Literary Salon

About a year ago, a literary salon sprang to life in a run-down townhouse in the West Village of Manhattan. Dozens of young writers, critics, artists, […]
March 17, 2023

Chloe Flower, a Pianist Who Changes Key from Liberace to Cardi B

Chloe Flower has performed at the Grammys, and went viral during the Golden Globes. Naturally, a Christmas album is on the way. Name: Chloe Flower Age: […]
March 10, 2023

Nan Goldin, Subject of ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,’ Heads to the Oscars

A quintessential New York artist prepares for the ultimate red carpet. In the late 1970s, the photographer Nan Goldin began documenting hedonism and bohemia in New […]
February 24, 2023

Letting Go of Her Ballet Dream

One recent Saturday morning at Steps on Broadway, a rehearsal studio on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, ballet dancers pirouetted to recordings of classical piano […]
February 9, 2023

Hip-Hop Fashion Pioneers Reminisce About Clothes That Shaped the Genre

A proud crowd of hip-hop style pioneers gathered at the Museum at F.I.T. on Tuesday night to toast the opening of a show that celebrates the […]