When the New York Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center in 1962, its new hall had no women’s dressing rooms. That’s because there were no women in …
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A Jewelry Designer Finds a Scent as Unique as Her Latest Avant-Garde Ring
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIOn a mild fall morning in Paris, Gaia Repossi, the 36-year-old artistic director of the Italian fine jewelry house Repossi, was sitting at a long …
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I’ve interviewed my fair share of leading men, and I know how often that conversation turns into a war of attrition. Can I convince these famous …
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‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film.
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALI“I think it needs to be more surreal,” the conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin said from the orchestra pit of the Metropolitan Opera on a recent …
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Early in the documentary “Good Night Oppy,” footage from late 2002 shows Steve Squyres, clad in scrubs, staring down in quiet awe, his eyes …
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Buffy Sainte-Marie Broke Boundaries in Folk. A Documentary Tells Her Story.
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIOne evening in 1962, a recent college graduate fresh to New York City took the stage for an open mic night at Gerdes Folk City in Greenwich …
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Greenwich Village, Storied Home of Bohemia and Gay History
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIThe fountainhead of American bohemia, Greenwich Village has always departed from the straight and narrow. Its entanglements of winding streets …
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Balenciaga’s spring 2023 show, which took place this October at a darkened convention center on the outskirts of Paris, was a complete mess. To …
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In a move that dropped jaws in Hollywood and prompted comparisons to an implausible screenplay, the board of the Walt Disney Company fired Bob …
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Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries
by SITKI KOVALIby SITKI KOVALIFor a while, it seemed Beyond Meat was taking over the world. Its faux burgers and sausages were landing on dinner plates in homes throughout the …