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LETTER FROM TEXAS: NO CITY LIMITS
My town, Austin, known for laid-back weirdness, is transforming into a turbocharged tech capital.
THE CURRENT CINEMA: AT LARGE
\"Knock at the Cabin\" and \"Godland.\"
NOSTALGIA CYCLES
Why contemporary artists love the teen-age angst of early Paramore.
TIME FRAME
A new production of Samuel Beckett's \"Endgame.\"
NICOLE KIDMAN COMES TO MORE PLACES
The Oscar-winning actor and pandemic-era AMC spokesperson is pressed into further service.
FICTION: MARIANA ENRIQUEZ MY SAD DEAD
First, I think I should describe the neighborhood.
THE MARRYING KIND
The afterlives of Chaucer's Wife of Bath.
PROFILES: DEFIANCE
Despite a near-fatal stabbing and decades of death threats-Salman Rushdie won't stop telling stories.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
Hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx, in 1973, when DJ Kool Herc used two turntables to make the first breakbeat.
DESPERATELY NORMAL
Daughters outgrow their parents in Gwendoline Riley's unsparing novels.
Death Tripping
On the road in rural Wisconsin, the author knocks on the doors of houses that bear the darkest American symbols and flags, behind them finding guns, ammo, and a modern philosophy of civil war
Elizabeth Taylor – The Role of Her Life
A new biography reveals the details of Elizabeth Taylor's lonely battle as activist during the AIDS crisis-and her struggle to persuade her famous Hollywood friends to help
George Saunders
The Booker Prize-winning author of Liberation Day on Lincoln's filthy jokes, an eagerness to please, and watching his back
The Montreal Mafia Murders
When an unwitting rural Canadian couple met two local Mob henchmen, Coen brothers-level mayhem ensued. But the gory murders they became party to were anything but a joke
Channing Tatum – Magic Man
After a lengthy hiatus, Channing Tatum is back to cap off his blockbusting strip trilogy. The man with the moves opens up about laughing, crying, dancing, and finding love with Zoë Kravitz
The Revolution That Wasn't
It's been five years since #MeToo rocked Hollywood. Insiders say not enough has changed
Annals of Entertainment: Ballad of the Oscar Streaker
What happened to the man who ran across the screen naked in 1974?
Onward and Upward With the Arts - The First Composer
The cosmic musical visions of Hildegard of Bingen.
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
Madison Square Park hosts the acclaimed Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander's first public project, \"Havah... to breathe, air, life,\" a striking pair of female figures, on view through June 4. One sculpture appears on the rooftop of the neighboring Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the Supreme Court of the State of New York (pictured above, mid-installation). The second monument graces the park itself, where an augmented-reality component helps visitors locate her soaring companion.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT: HISTORIC BATTLES
A CRITIC AT LARGE - MAKING THE NEWS
The press, the state, and the state of the press.
THE MIDDLE VOICE
The woman brings her hands together in front of her chest. Frowns, and looks up at the blackboard.
A REPORTER AT LARGE - STOPPING THE VIOLENCE
Amid a murder crisis, law enforcement isn't enough. What else works?
ON TELEVISION THRILLS AND RED PILLS
“Poker Face” and Paul T: Goldman,” on Peacock.
MUSICAL EVENTS: FAREWELL SYMPHONY
Michael Tilson Thomas remains exuberant in the final phase of his career.
THE THEATRE: SOLITARY CREATURES
Colin Quinn, Anthony Rapp, and Evan Silver take the mike.
LETTER FROM UKRAINE: THE COLLABORATORS
Taking sides during the Russian occupation of Izyum.
Our Local Correspondents – Friend of the Mayor
Why did Eric Adams take a fraudster Brooklyn church leader under his wing?
Silver BELLE
Tiffany & Co. might conjure images of sparkling stones and gleaming gold, but the brand's history is forged in silver too: baby rattles swaddled in eggshell blue cloth, the Elsa Peretti heart it was Tiffany that set the American sterling standard.
From THE BRINK
Midterm voters sent antidemocratic candidates packing. It might be time for optimism