Quarantine (Life and Culture)

November 9, 2020

Dave Grohl, 10-Year-Old Nandi Bushell and One Very Epic Drum Battle

You didn’t need to know every note of Nirvana’s angst-rock classic “In Bloom” to marvel at the spectacle of a little girl drumming along to the […]
November 8, 2020

Neither Thought They’d Marry Again. Then They Spent a Pandemic Together.

By the time Luis Solis met Hailey Nicole Terrell last December, he had been divorced for 10 years and had become a master of the short-term […]
November 8, 2020

Things To Do at Home

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. […]
November 6, 2020

Find Moments of Delight This Weekend.

Welcome. Another weekend is upon us, and those of us lucky enough to have some down time are anticipating unscheduled hours, time for reading, napping, contemplation. […]
November 4, 2020

The View From Another Window

Welcome. Through the window where I work these days, I see the backs of several apartment buildings, terraces and fire escapes, tall old trees taken over […]
November 1, 2020

How J Balvin Made His Trippy, Eye-Popping Halloween Concert in Fortnite

J Balvin rehearsed and taped a concert that appeared in the video game Fortnite over four days in Glendale, Calif. Credit…Jessica Lehrman for The New York Times […]
November 1, 2020

Things To Do at Home

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. […]
November 1, 2020

How To Avoid Election Stress

From the droves of people voting by mail to the widespread protests for racial justice to the pandemic and worries about the electoral process itself, the […]
November 1, 2020

Learn the Etiquette of Virtual Weddings

With weddings this year being delayed, downsized or split into two — video ceremony now, party next year — many guests have some only-in-2020 etiquette questions. […]
October 31, 2020

For Socially Distanced Parties, Magicians Have New Bag of Tricks

It was a Sunday evening, and Ken Scott’s audience was spellbound. Parents and children were oohing and ahhing as he delivered a string of miracles. A […]