STEVEN KURUTZ

July 8, 2023

Matt Rife, the Comedian Who Got Big on TikTok

The one-nighters were starting to blur together. After 11 years in comedy clubs, Matt Rife was selling around 70 tickets per show, sometimes clearing as little […]
July 8, 2023

‘The Fourth Turning’ Enters Pop Culture

“The Fourth Turning” was a curiosity when it was published in the 1990s. Its influence has grown since then, and a sequel is on the way. […]
June 6, 2023

Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Revive 1980s Erotic Thriller Sleaze?

Over-the-top locations and characters bathed in red light recall an all but dead genre that was once a staple of late-night cable: the erotic thriller. A […]
November 21, 2022

Dumpster Divers Use TikTok to Shame Stores and Fight Waste

At the third Duane Reade of the night, Anna Sacks, 31, a dumpster diver who goes by @trashwalker on TikTok, hit the jackpot. Half a dozen […]
September 2, 2022

In Montauk, Big Money Moves In on a Surfers’ Paradise

MONTAUK, N.Y. — Ditch Plains Beach is the heart of the surf scene in Montauk, a two-mile stretch of dunes and sea at the tip of […]
June 29, 2022

A Trip to Shelter Island, Just Outside of New York City

But with recently refurbished hotels, is this the moment it gives in to glitz? A writer gets on his bike to explore. Shelter Island occupies a […]
June 17, 2022

How Louis Theroux Became a ‘Jiggle Jiggle’ Sensation at Age 52

Decades into his career, the British American journalist has an unlikely TikTok hit that could be the song of the summer. “I am not trying to […]
April 18, 2022

The Supreme of Baby Clothes

Ruffled onesies. Tiny cardigans. An online shopping mania has emerged for the brand Kate Quinn. People who work at Kate Quinn, a fashion brand that specializes […]
April 12, 2022

Nebula, a Big New Club, Wants Manhattan to Dance Again

Yang Gao, a newcomer to the nightlife business, took a gamble when he spent $12 million in the middle of a pandemic to carve out a […]