Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

May 3, 2020

Beirut’s Nightlife Survived Civil War. Can It Withstand Pandemic?

BEIRUT, Lebanon — When the disruptive threat of the coronavirus first came for Beirut, I was, appropriately enough, in a local bar. When a friend and […]
May 1, 2020

The Hunt for Moby Dick Moves Online

If these were normal times, Ger Tysk, a sailor, would be getting her tall ship ready for an expedition along the coast of New England. Instead, […]
May 1, 2020

How to Be a Good Neighbor Now

We walk the dogs across the meadow in the rain. We don’t talk much. We say the same things over and over, and yet somehow there’s […]
May 1, 2020

The ‘Credibility Bookcase’ Is the Quarantine’s Hottest Accessory

Imagine that you are a member of the expert class — the kind of person invited to pontificate on television news programs. Under normal circumstances, your […]
April 30, 2020

Time to Check Your Pandemic-Abandoned Car for Rats

You might want to make sure there’s not a rat living (or recently dead) in your car’s engine. Why are you still reading? Check your car […]
April 30, 2020

Macy’s Plans to Reopen All of Its 775 Stores in 6 to 8 Weeks

Macy’s, one of the biggest department store chains in the United States, announced an ambitious plan on Thursday to reopen all of its 775 locations, including […]
April 30, 2020

People Have Gone Full 1800s

“I’ve gone full Victorian,” said Rhian Rees, 34, of flower pressing, a childhood hobby she’s rediscovered in quarantine. “It feels like we’re back in the old […]
April 29, 2020

Together Apart? How About Totally Losing It?

Sometimes the arguments take place on the street. More often, they appear to occur in a supermarket. One New Yorker, seemingly blasé about social distancing, gets […]
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 29, 2020

Drawing Places, Capturing Memories

Mountains, clouds, shadows receding; a few minutes of pencil on paper and John had caught the moment’s essence while the rest of us scrabbled to take […]