Funerals and Memorials

Funeral Homes Are Forced to Innovate as Consumer Preferences Shift

As cremation rates rise and consumer preferences shift, funeral homes are innovating in surprisingly unconventional ways so they don’t die out.

By Susan Shain

Actors and Actresses Funerals and Memorials Jones, James Earl Jones, James Earl, Theater (Manhattan, NY) Theater Theater (Broadway)

At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories

At a gathering in the Broadway theater renamed to honor the star, speakers including Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad described Jones as an inspiration.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

Boulud, Daniel Chefs Funerals and Memorials Keller, Thomas Lutece Meyer, Danny Soltner, Andre Torres, Jacques

Celebrity Chefs Gather at Andre Soltner Memorial

An incredible concentration of culinary star power gathered in Manhattan to celebrate the life and career of André Soltner, the chef behind Lutèce.

By Christopher Barnard

Dating and Relationships Divorce, Separations and Annulments Funerals and Memorials Love (Emotion) Modern Love (Times Column) Provincetown (Mass) Twins

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Asked Him Back to My Place’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

By Brian Rea