A Place Where Open and Honest Discussions Are in Style

ice a month, a West Side barber shop turns into a forum for discussion of serious issues like domestic violence, rape and the state of public education.

He Clips Hair, Not Conversation

thony Mancinelli, 98, gives haircuts, shaves and opinions at Antonio & Pasquale Barber Shop in Vails Gate, N.Y.

Ancient Man in Greenland Has Genome Decoded

>Using a swatch of hair, researchers analyzed the genome of a man who lived on the western coast of Greenland some 4,000 years ago.

There's No Eyebrow She Can't Tame

lima Rajwani shapes brows by threading, or rolling taut cotton strands along the skin to pull hairs from the root. She learned the technique in her native India.

Boy, 4, Chooses Long Locks and Is Suspended From Class

>No exception could be made for the pint-sized rebel, who sat through a school board hearing in a Dallas suburb with his hair in a ponytail, manifestly bored.

Scent Trails Start at the Top

>Hair scent may be the new fragrance frontier as several new products with exotic fragrances are challenging popular hair-care scents.

After Overplucking, It's Time to Call the Professionals

>Overplucking has become such an entrenched faux pas that a raft of eyebrow powders and repair kits now exist to help disguise mistakes till the hair grows back.

Don't Raise Their Eyebrows

ware of overplucking. As Stacya Silverman, a brow shaper in Seattle, put it, “You don't take someone as seriously when their eyebrows are cuckoo.”.

Workers May Lie About Drug Use, but Hair Doesn't

like a urine sample, hair tests can detect illegal drug use months after the fact. This is harder for job applicants to fool.

A ‘Gossip Girl' Look, Pronto!

>Blake Lively's tousled tresses are in demand, but hard to achieve.

Offering Hope in Haircuts for the Jobless

>A Greenwich Village studio gave complimentary styles to a number of people who could show proof of unemployment.

Clip Artist

Johnnie Sapong, the London-based hairstylist, has one goal: “I'm all about creating luscious locks,” he says. Known for edgy, layered cuts and supercool styling, Sapong regularly tends to the tresses of celebrities like Natalie Portman, Demi Moore, Jude Law and Daniel Craig. Beginning this month, the rest of us can book appointments with the scissor man at the Studio, his new Fitzrovia salon. “It won't be your usual salon environment,” Sapong says. “The vibe will be more like you're on a phot...

Look but Don't Touch: It's All About the Hair

rts/09good_75.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left">Spirited, probing and frequently hilarious, “Good Hair” coasts on the fearless charm of its front man and the eye-opening candor of its interviewees.

Starting From the Roots

re are some historical perspectives on hair straightening.

Black Hair, Still Tangled in Politics

>Getting “good hair” often means transforming one's tightly coiled roots; but it is also more freighted, for many African-American women and some men, than simply a choice about grooming.