STEVEN KURUTZ

December 27, 2023

Willie Nelson, Style Icon

“Roll me up and smoke me when I die,” Willie Nelson sang from the stage of the Hollywood Bowl during his 90th birthday celebration in April. […]
December 20, 2023

Lift a Pinky. It’s Time for Tea.

Phoebe Cheong and Jude Andam, friends who live on opposite coasts, have recently begun a tradition whenever they see each other. They have tea. On a […]
December 1, 2023

Noah Kahan Reflects on New Fame in the Vermont Woods

Four German shepherds — Penny, Oma, Meadow and Poncho — came bounding out of a house that sits on a hilltop in central Vermont. They sniffed […]
November 9, 2023

Prince Wardrobe Items Go Up for Auction

The market for Prince’s wardrobe, guitars and other items has been robust since his death in 2016. Now more than 200 pieces are available for bids. […]
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 […]