When Rebecca Moser, a 26-year-old MBA student at Baruch College in New York City, first started her postgrad job search, she spent countless hours scrolling postings on Glassdoor and LinkedIn. But her school’s career advisers told her to stop—and to pick up the phone. “They really want you to get out of that habit of […]

I EXPECTED MORE for the Rice Krispies Treat during this pandemic. It had the makings of a viral social media sensation—a little more effort and reward than the regrowing of scallions, a little less effort and, OK, maybe slightly less reward than banana bread, both of which had their moments. Perhaps I expected too much. […]

Girl in Red, the Norwegian alternative musician whose debut album arrives on Friday, is drawing a growing Gen Z audience thanks to her yearning songs about infatuation, heartbreak and mental health. The new album, “If I Could Make It Go Quiet,” comes three years after the rising artist, whose real name is Marie Ulven, wrote […]

THE TRACKSUIT IS one highly evocative article of clothing. For many music fans, the word could easily conjure images of Run-DMC (above), the intrepid hip-hop trio from Queens, N.Y., who in the 1980s bounded across arena stages in matching Adidas tracksuits. Cinephiles might picture Chas Tenenbaum (Ben Stiller), the depressive dad who wore a red […]

Sunday’s Academy Awards came after nearly 14 months in which most people haven’t gone to a movie theater. But only one star at the scaled down ceremony at a Los Angeles train station mentioned the industry’s biggest challenge. “Please watch our movie on the largest screen possible,” Frances McDormand said after “Nomadland” won best picture, […]

Kevin “Coach K” Lee, 49, co-founder and COO of Atlanta-based Quality Control Music, the record label that is home to hip-hop acts Migos, Lil Baby, City Girls and others, on his 1989 BMW E30 M3 Cabriolet, as told to Mike Jordan. Three years ago, I was on the computer looking to get a nice ’80s […]

Berlin’s tumultuous history and cultural vibrancy make it one of the most unique and exciting cities in Europe, if not the world. That so many of its cultural sites and institutions have persevered throughout the Covid-19 pandemic is a measure of how artistically irrepressible the modern German capital is. There have been dozens of online […]

The Oscars may suffer from declining viewership and a down year for movie releases limited by the pandemic. But the organization that runs Hollywood’s most prestigious awards ceremony is on solid financial ground, with a growing collection of assets approaching $1 billion, according to the academy and its affiliates’ consolidated financial statements. Most people know […]

ON A RECENT Tuesday, I whipped up Thai larb for dinner. The pork was spicy and a little crunchy. Topped with cilantro, served with lettuce wrappers, it was both visually appealing and delectable. But the best part? It was ready in 15 minutes. All I did was sauté the ground meat, then add a flavor […]

ON A RECENT visit to a beachfront cultural center in Loíza, a Puerto Rican town with the island’s largest Black community, I heard Afro-Puerto Rican folkloric music blasting from a car stereo. A young man danced, another carved a ceremonial mask from a coconut and one more filled my glass with his homemade sugar-cane liquor […]