Kerry Weber

Long before Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo became some of New York City's most popular neighborhoods, at the heart of them all sat St. Patrick's Old Cathedral. In its early years, the Cathedral provided critical support to Irish Catholic immigrants, not just in a spiritual sense, but by providing them...

Caravaggio's painting of the nativity is, in many ways, a familiar scene. Mary and Joseph sit beside the child Jesus, while an angel hovers above them. A shepherd leans on his staff, and an ox surveys the scene. But in an interesting twist, the artist also depicts two figures who...

I told myself it was a social experiment.

To others, I described it as a low-pressure way to ease back into the dating scene after a painful end to a long-term relationship.

But inevitably, I had to be honest and call the two-hour event what it actually was: speed dating....

My flip-flops slapped at the grass as I did my best to sprint across campus in the dark. It was nearly 9 p.m., and the cool night air lay still, as if waiting for me to sweep through the quad. Moments earlier I had been seated at my desk in...