For 15 years, Glenstone, a private contemporary art museum in Maryland, has showed solely the collection of its founders, Mitchell Rales and Emily Wei Rales. Now, the museum is ready to make an exception. On April 8, Glenstone will open “Faith Ringgold,” a survey of more than 70 works by the artist known for her […]
AS A CHILD in London, Olivia Campbell showed promise as a pianist, only to stop taking lessons before the equivalent of middle school. When the now-grown operations engineer decided to reacquaint herself with the piano late last year, she got a Lumi. Smart instruments like the Lumi and Jamstik’s Guitar Trainer, both released last September, […]
Once a month, typically from the backyard of his California home, Atul Bhatnagar opens his laptop and greets what is an unusual audience for a public-company CEO: the children of his employees. For nearly an hour, the top executive of Cambium Networks , an international wireless technology company, shares personal stories, answers questions and addresses […]
Every golfer wants to hit the ball farther. “There’s a common misconception that hitting…harder will result in a longer shot,” says Joey Diovisalvi, founder of Joey D Golf Sports Training Center in Jupiter, Fla. “You want to swing faster, not harder.” In general, he says, if you have good speed when the club head makes […]
UNLESS YOU’RE fortunate enough to live in, say, Scotland’s notoriously haunted Castle Fraser or that Spanish cement factory that architect Ricardo Bofill turned into a thoroughly grand, surreal abode, your living room probably isn’t that inspiring. Perhaps that’s why designers like Stella McCartney, Michael Kors and Burberry ’s Riccardo Tisci turned to nature’s infinite array […]
In the latest episode of the Marvel television series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” the title superheroes wing into Europe for hand-to-hand combat with a gang of chemically enhanced super soldiers. Meanwhile, back on the home front, there’s a more nebulous threat looming for Falcon in the form of his personal finances. That conflict […]
MUCH THE WAY SUVs—America’s automotive top sellers—are versatile enough to traverse both city and backcountry, gravel bikes combine the ruggedness of mountain bikes with the lightweight agility of commuters. Surly, a popular brand that’s sold these happy-medium models since 2013, has seen double-digit sales growth in the category for the past several years. But could […]
I WOULDN’T say that the ’80s movie “On Golden Pond,” starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn as a patrician, graying couple, has aged particularly well. Its sentimental depiction of lakeside living, its sepia-crusted cinematography and its Muzak score feel like relics of a different time. But what doesn’t feel like a relic is the wardrobe […]
Paula Pimentel held her only grandchild, Ben, now a year old, for the first time last week. Two weeks after receiving her second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, Ms. Pimentel flew from Phoenix to Boston, woke the next morning in her daughter’s apartment and cradled Ben, named after her father, in her arms. That afternoon, […]
The first thing Tom Ramsey tasted after temporarily losing his ability to taste and smell was a tray of hospital food. For the New Orleans-based executive chef and certified sommelier, who contracted Covid in late January, the dish was sublime. “I still couldn’t smell anything,” said Mr. Ramsey, who is 55. “But man, the food […]
