CATEGORIES
GEORGIA ON OUR MIND
The musical \"Parade\" revisits the charged trial of Leo Frank.
GHOSTS ON THE STAGE
Pina Bausch's legacy.
HIVE MIND
\"Swarm,\" on Prime Video.
DRAWING BOARD
The graphic designer Milton Glaser made America cool again.
Τimes of the Sign
The Hollywood sign began its life, fittingly enough, as a flashy billboard no more permanent than a film set. In the 100 years since. it has been rebuilt, rebranded, and reborn as a beacon for aspiring stars from around the world and a reminder of just how few dreams of fame and fortune come true.
A Gut-Renovated Doll's House
Jessica Chastain stars in Jamie Lloyd's very bare staging.
The Group Portrait: Kettled, Then Vindicated
The city is making a historic payout to George Floyd protesters.
Good Talk
Can conversation save our souls?
Books – Abolish the Poor
Matthew Desmond argues that poverty persists because we let it.
A Little-Known Planet
An entomologist races to find caterpillars before they disappear.
PAY DIRT
Leafing through the seed catalogues.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
Three years ago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a blockbuster exhibition by Gerhard Richter one of the most important artists working today that was shuttered by the pandemic after only nine days.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
More than half of abortions in the United States are accomplished with pills, rather than with surgeries.
FALSE STAR
Sterling Holy White Mountain
CLOSE LISTENING
Jessica Chastain stars in \"A Doll's House.\"
HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE IN A TV SHOW
As someone who writes for TV but lives in the real world, I’ve compiled a handy guide
MAGIC REALISM
The novelist H. G. Carrillo's inventions went too far.
USE YOUR HANDS
How Maylis de Kerangal turns work into writing.
THE GOOD EARTH
Senga Nengudi's journeys through air, water, and sand.
DRILL BITS
Central Cee brings Americans on a tour of British hip-hop.
VILLAGEGATE
At a downtown paper, a fight over succession-and Sarah Jessica Parker.
A New Way to Read Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby's race.
We're Already in the Metaverse
Reality is blurred. Boredom is intolerable. And everything is entertainment.
Mysteries of Love
Kate Soper’s "The Romance of the Rose,” and Wagner's "Lohengrin” at the Met.
I Have Questions for ChatGPT
ChatGPT enables users to ask questions or tell a story, and the bot will respond with relevant, natural-sounding answers and topics. —Quoted in Forbes.
MILKING IT
Can breast milk—the gold standard in infant nutrition—bve re-created in a lab?
RIVKA GALCHEN - HOW I BECAME A VET
When I say “vet,” I do not mean veteran. A veteran is someone formerly in contact with death on a regular basis. A veterinarian is someone currently in contact with death on a regular basis. A part of me is moved to specify that not all veterans have been in contact with death, nor are all veterinarians so on a regular basis. But I’m older now. I know that many people experience such clarifications as weird. Weirdness does, though, generate uncommon strengths. Such was my experience with the suicide dogs, who, like most of us, were not what they seemed.
MARRIAGE OF THE MINDS
The philosopher Agnes Callard'’s search for what one human can be to another human.
NEWS IN EXILE
How Russian journalists are covering the war in Ukraine.
VILLAGE PEOPLE
A revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.”