Alex Vadukul

May 6, 2024

The Anti-Met Gala Raises Funds for Medical Debt

The red carpet featured noncelebrity guests in homemade costumes. “This is a better function, with a better message,” one guest said. Twenty-four hours before the Met […]
May 3, 2024

A New Wave of Appreciation for Jason Polan, the Man Who Drew New York

A somber gathering of artists and illustrators took place at a gallery in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on a recent Friday evening. They were there […]
April 12, 2024

Salman Rushdie Is Again the Toast of Literary Manhattan

Nearly two years after he was stabbed, he was in fine form as he greeted his fellow writers at a party celebrating his candid memoir, “Knife.” […]
February 6, 2024

Keith McNally, of Balthazar, Discusses His Filmmaking Past

Hundreds of moviegoers went to rare screenings of the New York restaurateur’s little-known 1990 film. Afterward, he treated them to half-price dinners at Balthazar and Minetta […]
January 26, 2024

A Longtime Resident of the Chelsea Hotel Gets Her Due as an Artist

A gallery in New York’s Chinatown has brought downtown buzz to an enigmatic artist, two years after her death. One night in November, a procession of […]
January 26, 2024

A Longtime Resident of the Chelsea Hotel Gets Her Due as an Artist

A gallery in New York’s Chinatown has brought downtown buzz to an enigmatic artist, two years after her death. One night in November, a procession of […]
January 5, 2024

In a Downtown New York Tradition, Cleansing the New Year With Poetry

On the first day of the year, over a thousand devotees passed through the old church where the Poetry Project has held its annual 12-hour marathon […]
November 29, 2023

A Vintage Shop to the Stars Holds Its Own Against New Rivals

On a recent afternoon in SoHo, Seth Weisser and Gerard Maione were checking in on their shop, What Goes Around Comes Around, a luxury vintage boutique […]
November 15, 2023

A Social Media Star at 98

On a recent evening in the West Village of Manhattan, Dorothy Wiggins, a petite 98-year-old woman wearing a dark coat and a pink scarf, left her […]
October 30, 2023

New York’s Celebrity Restaurateur Vanished. What Happened?

One recent morning, in the bustle of Florence’s ancient central market, Silvano Marchetto, a stout 76-year-old man with a mane of white hair, sat nursing a […]