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High Culture Brought Low
New York magazine

High Culture Brought Low

The pandemic silenced the city’s symphony halls and grand opera houses. But will the (eventual) restart bring with it a reckoning?

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7 mins  |
June 22 - July 05, 2020
EVERYBODY HATES Bill
New York magazine

EVERYBODY HATES Bill

Weeks into the George Floyd protests, Mayor de Blasio has alienated his constituents, the police, and even his own staff.

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10+ mins  |
June 22 - July 05, 2020
CHEF, INTERRUPTED: Rawlston Williams Grows His Congregation
New York magazine

CHEF, INTERRUPTED: Rawlston Williams Grows His Congregation

The Food Sermon chef has a new location, a book deal, and a built-in clientele.

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6 mins  |
June 22-July 5, 2020
Going Over the Line
New York magazine

Going Over the Line

In Josephine Decker’s new film, Shirley (and in life generally), being a muse is a trap.

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10 mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
A Leafy Backyard Compound in Clinton Hill
New York magazine

A Leafy Backyard Compound in Clinton Hill

Design Hunting

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3 mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
Inkwell: Lauren Michele Jackson
New York magazine

Inkwell: Lauren Michele Jackson

Keep reading but don’t expect black writers to do the hard work for you.

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5 mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
Haim – Summertime Sadness
New York magazine

Haim – Summertime Sadness

Haim returns with an album begging you to sob on the dance floor with it.

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7 mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
The Long View: John Lewis
New York magazine

The Long View: John Lewis

The congressman and civil-rights legend will never lose hope.

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10+ mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
THE UNDERGROUND GOURMET: Ignacio for Dummies
New York magazine

THE UNDERGROUND GOURMET: Ignacio for Dummies

Altro Paradiso’s meal kits are a welcome reprieve from quarantine cooking.

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4 mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
This Can't Be Contained
New York magazine

This Can't Be Contained

OVER THE PAST WEEK, protests and riots in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis have been met with increasingly menacing calls to restore order.

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4 mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
CRITICS
New York magazine

CRITICS

Craig Jenkins on Chromatica … Jen Chaney on Space Force … Alison Willmore on The Vast of Night.

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10+ mins  |
June 8-21, 2020
95 minutes with … Sarah Feinberg
New York magazine

95 minutes with … Sarah Feinberg

The woman tasked with saving the city’s public transit is still commuting.

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5 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
The Slow-Burn Star
New York magazine

The Slow-Burn Star

With Homecoming and Driveways, Hong Chau is landing roles that match her talent. But the road along the way has been bumpy.

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10 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
“Whoever's Been President Has Usually Been a Friend”
New York magazine

“Whoever's Been President Has Usually Been a Friend”

Martha Bartlett, who introduced JFK to Jackie, doesn’t dwell.

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2 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
Long Lives
New York magazine

Long Lives

Old people have never been so powerful— or, now, so vulnerable.

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9 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
“I Said to My Mother, ‘Did You See the Blood?' She Said, ‘I Hoped You Hadn't Noticed.'”
New York magazine

“I Said to My Mother, ‘Did You See the Blood?' She Said, ‘I Hoped You Hadn't Noticed.'”

Marga Griesbach was sent to Stutthof concentration camp in 1944. This past February, she left Washington State to take a cruise around the world.

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10+ mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
Botticelli's Quarantine
New York magazine

Botticelli's Quarantine

This is the saddest picture I have ever seen.

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5 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
Cine Phobia
New York magazine

Cine Phobia

What will make Americans feel comfortable going out to the movies again?

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10+ mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
CRITICS
New York magazine

CRITICS

Craig Jenkins on Petals for Armor … Jen Chaney on Snowpiercer … Alison Willmore on Capone.

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10+ mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
My Two Cents: “I'm 39, Divorced, and I Lost All My Income”
New York magazine

My Two Cents: “I'm 39, Divorced, and I Lost All My Income”

How a massage therapist who can’t work is getting by.

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6 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
Life in Pictures: The Borough President Lives in Borough Hall
New York magazine

Life in Pictures: The Borough President Lives in Borough Hall

Eric Adams, in for the duration.

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2 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
Jody Williams and Rita Sodi Bounce Back
New York magazine

Jody Williams and Rita Sodi Bounce Back

The Via Carota partners discuss the view from their window.

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6 mins  |
May 25 - June 07, 2020
Joe Biden Has a Very Bleak View of the Fall
New York magazine

Joe Biden Has a Very Bleak View of the Fall

He’ll win the presidency, he thinks, and survive Tara Reade’s accusations. But suddenly, the country needs a lot more than an average-Joe president. He knows it.

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10+ mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
What Stays With You
New York magazine

What Stays With You

Everything in collector and curator Pierre Apraxine’s West Village apartment has a life of its own.

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3 mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
What is College Without The Campus?
New York magazine

What is College Without The Campus?

No one knows what the university experience will look like in the fall, but millions of college students are having to decide this month whether it will be worth the price tag.

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10+ mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
Kehlani Writes Throwback Songs About Heartbreak
New York magazine

Kehlani Writes Throwback Songs About Heartbreak

Kehlani Writes Throwback Songs About Heartbreak, But She’d Love a Little Less of It in Her Life

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7 mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
PROPHETIC POP - Matty Healy
New York magazine

PROPHETIC POP - Matty Healy

Matty Healy Is Glad to Not Be a Junkie Cliché and Believes the New 1975 Album Is Quite Prescient

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10 mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
THE EMO INSTIGATOR - Hayley Williams
New York magazine

THE EMO INSTIGATOR - Hayley Williams

Hayley Williams Never Thought She’d Be a Solo Artist—Even As She Was Blamed for Breaking Up Her Own Band

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8 mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
THE DIY QUEEN - Charli XCX
New York magazine

THE DIY QUEEN - Charli XCX

Stress-Cried a Lot While Recording Her Entire New Album in Quarantine

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8 mins  |
May 11–24, 2020
EATiNG
New York magazine

EATiNG

ON ENDLESS APPETITES & COPING MECHANISMS, CHILDHOOD & SELF-CONTROL, CRITICISM, LOVE, CANCER & PANDEMICS.

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10+ mins  |
May 11–24, 2020