Parties (Social)

June 27, 2020

School Reunions Might Be More Fun on Zoom

Full disclosure: I have never attended a school reunion. Nor am I likely, even during lockdown, to make that group journey down memory lane. The trip […]
June 11, 2020

Party Planners on Pause, Awaiting Revelry’s Return

As New York City crawls toward reopening, even as momentous protests fill the streets, the formal events industry, predicated on people assembling en masse for merrymaking […]
May 29, 2020

How to Throw a Digital Dance Party

At any party, there’s a moment of awkwardness, when the dance floor is still empty and guests are arriving. But then, something clicks. Maybe the lights […]
May 27, 2020

Partying on Minecraft, in a Replica of a Brooklyn Club

On a recent Friday, thousands of partygoers gathered on the rooftop of a popular Brooklyn club to hear a performance by Alice Glass, the former front […]
May 15, 2020

No Pomp and Circumstance? No Problem

The day the governor of Rhode Island announced that schools would remain closed for the rest of the school year, Dan Freedman rallied his high school […]
May 4, 2020

Smash a Coronavirus Piñata. You’ll Feel Better.

If you cannot join, beat. Such is the resolve of creative people bashing piñatas to defeat a pandemic (or at least, excise some of their feelings […]
May 2, 2020

How to Have a Zoom Birthday

In a strange twist, a pandemic birthday party might actually be the easiest party you ever throw. A birthday party under normal circumstances takes hours of […]
April 29, 2020

Their Met Gala, Their Way. You’re Invited.

This is the time of year when, in the normal course of 21st-century events, an army of stylists, makeup artists, florists, designers and celebrities would be […]
April 17, 2020

Online Balls and Making Art

With the New York party scene on hiatus, here is how some patrons and society figures are spending their time and resources during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
April 15, 2020

How to Have a Birthday Party in the Coronavirus Age

Celebrating your birthday this year isn’t selfish. It’s generous. Whether you’re turning 12, 42 or 92, inviting people to come together in a unique, specific way […]