CATEGORIES

Mysteries of Love

Kate Soper’s "The Romance of the Rose,” and Wagner's "Lohengrin” at the Met.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

\"Inside\" and \"What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?\"

HIVE MIND

\"Swarm,\" on Prime Video.

GEORGIA ON OUR MIND

The musical \"Parade\" revisits the charged trial of Leo Frank.

GHOSTS ON THE STAGE

Pina Bausch's legacy.

SEEING THINGS

Sebastian Barry's Irish marvels.

COSTUME DRAMA

J. Crew and the paradoxes of prep.

Minority Report

I dream often of a man I knew more than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely I than thirty years ago. When I say “knew,” that is not accurate; I barely knew him at all.

PINS AND NEEDLES

How Demna engineered the rise— and near-fall—of the house of Balenciaga.

DRAWING BOARD

The graphic designer Milton Glaser made America cool again.

PLEASE INVITE ME TO YOUR PARTY

I’m a great guest. For one, I will appreciate all your deep cleaning. The baseboards you scrubbed, the silverware you polished to a high gleam, the corners you awkwardly maneuvered the Swiffer into, to sweep the last crumbs and bits of cat hair out of sight.

THE OZEMPIC ERA

Will new medications change how we think about being fat and being thin?

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.

A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll

HARDY brings fresh energy to an unfashionable genre.

USE YOUR HANDS

How Maylis de Kerangal turns work into writing.

FALSE STAR

Sterling Holy White Mountain

MAGIC REALISM

The novelist H. G. Carrillo's inventions went too far.

PAY DIRT

Leafing through the seed catalogues.

VILLAGEGATE

At a downtown paper, a fight over succession-and Sarah Jessica Parker.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

More than half of abortions in the United States are accomplished with pills, rather than with surgeries.

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.

CLOSE LISTENING

Jessica Chastain stars in \"A Doll's House.\"

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.

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

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.

VILLAGE PEOPLE

A revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.”

THE GARDENER

How Eleanor Catton thickens the plot.

RUNNING SCARED

Jenny Odell takes on time and its captors.