New Year’s Eve Goes Virtual

Since 1907, the Times Square Ball (pictured) has dropped in New York City for all but two New Year’s Eves. (The exceptions were the wartime dimouts of 1942 and 1943.) On Dec. 31, the ball descends at midnight, as usual, but the party is virtual: the public isn’t invited to gather in Times Square this year. But there are still festivities—broadcast on TV and live-streamed via nye2021.com—including a performance by Gloria Gaynor, whose rousing disco anthem “I Will Survive” is the perfect song to ring in the New Year.