MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Jane Starr Drinkard

  1. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the New Shul’s Rosh Hashanah ServiceThe “progressive, inclusive, independent, and egalitarian” congregation observed the High Holidays under a tent at the Queens County Farm.
  2. power
    25 Famous Women on AngerQuotes from Serena Williams, Naomi Campbell, Fiona Apple, and more.
  3. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the Met’s Reopening DayWith timed ticketing, temperature-taking at the door, and a 25 percent occupancy limit.
  4. reading lists
    25 Famous Women on Their Favorite BooksReading recommendations from Alice Munro, Zadie Smith, Sonia Sotomayor, and more.
  5. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the West 4th Street CourtsFor a Saturday-afternoon pickup game.
  6. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to a Drive-in Drag ShowAt Bel Aire Diner in Astoria.
  7. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to Pace GalleryIn East Hampton, where Sotheby’s, Michael Werner, and Skarstedt have also opened temporary spaces nearby.
  8. scenes
    The Brooklyn Block Party That Doesn’t StopDancing in the street at St. James Joy in Clinton Hill.
  9. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the Riis Park Beach BazaarThe lifeguards, law students, and Hula-Hoopers enjoying a recent Thursday on the boardwalk.
  10. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the Roosevelt Avenue Subway StationIn Jackson Heights, where ridership on the 7 and E lines is slowly picking up.
  11. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to Natty GardenA Saturday at the Prospect Heights plant shop where customers popped in for preordered pothos, eucalypti, and ZZ’s.
  12. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to the Jamaica Post OfficeOn 164th Street, where we spoke to USPS workers, many of whom are working ten- and 12-hour daily shifts to keep up with demand.
  13. look book
    The Look Book Goes to The FlyThe socially distanced line for pre-batched martinis and dry-brined chickens in Bed-Stuy.
  14. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to Ninth Avenue and West 34th StreetAt the normally bustling intersection, it was just a trickle of well-masked security guards, construction workers, and DoorDash delivery drivers.
  15. first person
    How a Midtown Bodega Operator Is Keeping the Lights On — for Now“My sales have gone down by two-thirds, but the landlords don’t care. They just call, asking, ‘Where’s the rent?’”
  16. covid diary
    New York City Doormen Want Hazard Pay“It’s getting raw out there, raw.
  17. gallery
    The Look Book Goes to Freshmen’s BedroomsWe asked NYU students, all of whom are online learning for the rest of the semester, to take self-portraits on their beds.
  18. this thing’s incredible
    Thank Goodness for My Weighted Hula-HoopIt’s helped harness my restlessness, and, tangentially, it burns something like seven calories a minute.
  19. relationships
    A Therapist’s Advice For Couples Isolating TogetherThanks to tight quarters (and looming existential dread), partners are arguing about everything and nothing at all.
  20. coronavirus
    The City’s Doormen Are on the Front Lines of the PandemicThey are deemed “essential workers.”
  21. freebies
    A Brief Chat With an NYC Teen Who Hustled a Year of Free Burritos“The first time I paid with the black card, the cashier was like, ‘Oh man, we never see these.’”
  22. Revisiting Andy Warhol’s The Chelsea Girls in a New BookThe book includes never-before-seen dialogue and archival materials from the experimental film.