National Lifestyle

NEW YORK — After a year of being stuck in sweatpants, pyjamas and fuzzy slippers, Americans are starting to dress up and go out again.

NEW YORK — Rapper DMX will be mourned at a memorial with family and close friends at the Barclays Center in New York. The memorial will be held for him at the arena in Brooklyn on Saturday at 4 p.m. EST.

The coronavirus pandemic brought powwow season largely to a screeching halt last year. Some powwows cancelled their annual events; others went online only.

PORTLAND, Maine — Workers at a museum in Maine's largest city have voted to form a union. Organizers said the votes were counted on Thursday by the National Labor Relations Board.

NEW YORK — Laura Pausini was so emotionally affected by the pandemic last year that she even thought she'd never sing again.

NEW YORK — Appointments are no longer mandatory at any of the coronavirus vaccination sites run by New York City, including its newest and maybe coolest location: beneath the giant blue whale at the Museum of Natural History.

Plans to hold the East Coast Music Awards in person have been quashed by organizers after a sudden rise of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia. This year's ECMAs, which were set to take place on May 6 in Sydney, N.S.

MILAN — The Uffizi Gallery in Florence used the winter COVID shutdown to push ahead with renovations, discovering lost frescoes that will greet visitors when the leading repository of Italian Renaissance art reopens on May 4.

Chloé Zhao's “Nomadland” won best feature at the 36th Independent Spirit Awards in a ceremony that turned the annual beach soiree into a virtual, mostly pre-taped event, and, possibly, an Oscar preview.

A documentary about the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is coming to theatres this summer. Directed by Academy Award winner Morgan Neville, Focus Features said Friday that “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain” will hit theatres on July 16.