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Day 28: How I Lost My Head on New Year’s Eve

The writer recalls how his parents held painting re-creation parties on New Year’s Eve. Friends would work feverishly for hours to become a live Renaissance painting — a tableau vivant — by midnight. Occasionally, it would demand a beheading.

By Reif Larsen

Book Trade and Publishing Books and Literature Brooklyn (NYC) LittlePuss Press Parties (Social) Transgender and Transsexuals Writing and Writers

A Literary Scene Where Parties Are Part of the Agenda

LittlePuss Press specializes in work by transgender writers. Its founders also know it’s hard to resist a great party.

By Harron Walker

Cooking and Cookbooks Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides New York City Parties (Social) Writing and Writers

The Shooter Drops By for Dinner

A 1970s dinner party in Greenwich Village was a bust. Until the arrival of Gary, who had shot his parents years before.

By Joyce Wadler

Christmas Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Holidays and Special Occasions Masks New Year Parties (Social) Respiratory Diseases Tests (Medical) United States

This Party Season, You Don’t Have to R.S.V.P., Just Test

As rising Covid rates collide with a return to holiday festivities, hosts are coming up with inventive compromises.

By Roni Caryn Rabin and Holly Secon

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