EditorialKat Almira?ez and MacGregor Rucker share a kiss on the dance floor at a (Re)Wedding event at Lincoln Center in New York on July 10, 2022. (Desiree Rios/The New York Times)
EditorialRicky Superstar, who was born in Harlem and has been coming to Rucker Park since the 1970s, in Manhattan, June 14, 2022. (Elias Williams/The New York Times)
EditorialConnie Smith, The Gatlin Brothers, Bill Anderson, Darius Rucker and Terri Clark on stage at the Grand Ole Opry during its 5,000th broadcast, in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 30, 2021. (Kyle Dean Reinford/The New York Times)
EditorialTaylor Rucker, 9, waves a Guyanese flag while her mother Sheba Taylor dances at the wedding reception for her marriage to Mohamed Alaouie, at Terrace on The Park in Queens, July 3, 2021. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
Editorial“Storm in Time of Shelter” by Paul Rucker, exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va., July 6, 2021. (Brian Palmer/The New York Times)