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Joana Avillez

Notes from the Jazz Age Lawn Party

Thousands of flappers—and at least one man in a First World War officer’s uniform—descended on Governors Island for this year’s Prohibition Era-inspired event.

The New Yorkers Who Waited to Vote in the Midterms

On a drizzly Tuesday, at converted school auditoriums and assembly halls, officials battled jammed machines and unusually large crowds.

Notes from the Jazz Age Lawn Party

Thousands of flappers—and at least one man in a First World War officer’s uniform—descended on Governors Island for this year’s Prohibition Era-inspired event.

The New Yorkers Who Waited to Vote in the Midterms

On a drizzly Tuesday, at converted school auditoriums and assembly halls, officials battled jammed machines and unusually large crowds.