Even as a small boy, Michael Hirsch loved visiting cemeteries. His family would take him to visit his great-grandmother’s grave, and soon he came to see cemeteries as museums containing the stories and secrets of the past. Over the years, Mr. Hirsch, a historian and genealogist, came to feel a sort of kinship with the … Read more
Special Ingredient Dear Diary: After my daughter was born, everything felt hard. Even my quaint Brooklyn neighborhood began to sour for me. The stuffed raccoon on its hind legs in the coffee shop window, the plant store with only four plants, the fedora shop: It all seemed like a kitschy Hollywood back lot. One day, … Read more
The giant raffle wheel stood before a crowd buzzing with anticipation. A sweepstakes of sorts was about to get underway. At stake: Steak. And pork tenderloin. And sausage. And almost every other cut of meat imaginable. Nearly 260 people sat shoulder-to-shoulder on a recent Saturday night at long tables inside V.F.W. Post 1419 in Hamburg, … Read more
A sprawling storm that dumped buckets of rain on Kentucky and Tennessee on Saturday is spreading across the East Coast on Sunday and spraying a wintry blast of rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain. The system is expected to continue unleashing dangerous weather into Monday. Power outages, downed trees and hazardous road conditions could disrupt … Read more
A 24-year-old transgender man from Minnesota who had been missing since December was subjected to violence and torture before his body was found last week in a field in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, the authorities said. Five people were arrested in connection with his death and charged with murder, the New … Read more
This was a practice he followed throughout his life. Determined to capture the dawn of the new millennium on Long Island, he stayed up all night to wait for it. It turned out to be a cloudy day, but he painted it anyway. “I’m interested in things that are opposites — dichotomies,” he told Hyperallergic … Read more
In doing so, Mr. Trump’s team precipitated a serious crisis inside the department’s besieged unit responsible for investigating and prosecuting political corruption, and the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office. The astonishing move also drew Mr. Adams, who had begun to cultivate a close relationship to Mr. Trump, closer to the White House — at a time … Read more
This interview contains spoilers from Season 2, Episode 5 of “Severance.” It’s hard to imagine Seth Milchick being late for anything. The manager of the “severed” floor in Apple TV+’s darkly satirical workplace thriller “Severance,” Mr. Milchick, as he is mostly known, is the consummate company man. He is a silky-voiced, coldhearted enforcer and is … Read more
For the Lady Gaga impersonator Nick Gaga, Sundays get increasingly intense toward the end of the month, when preparations start ramping up for a new installment of Gaga Ball, the drag performer’s signature event. This month’s Gaga Ball happens Feb. 22 at Balcon Salon in Midtown Manhattan. Adding to the usual buildup is the release … Read more
On hallowed ground in Maplewood, N.J., a small group of impassioned athletes braved the January cold to fling a disc. Some had gray hair beneath wool caps. Some were in street clothes. One wore shorts and a beard to rival Father Time’s. They can be found there most Thursday nights, even in the bleakest midwinter, … Read more