The Magazine
The Style Issue
March 20, 2017
Goings On
Classical Music
A Complex Concerto for Yo-Yo Ma
The cellist joins Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic to play a new work by Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Tables for Two
Union Square Café Lives On
Danny Meyer’s flagship restaurant has moved to a new multilevel space with dramatically lit booths, cozy nooks, and a gorgeous bar.
Bar Tab
Russia and Revolution at KGB Bar
During the Cold War, it was the headquarters of Little Ukraine’s semi-secret Socialist club. Now it hosts literary events almost every night.
Dance
Paul Taylor Hosts Merce Cunningham
With “Summerspace,” Cunningham was trying to cleanse his work of story and symbol. We would do well to see it in whatever form we can.
Night Life
Nina Kraviz’s Severe but Open-Minded Techno
Kraviz, a former dentist from Siberia and one of the most celebrated figures in electronic dance music, comes to Williamsburg.
Art
The Whitney Biennial Captures the National Mood
The show’s works, by artists with roots from Milwaukee to San Juan to Tehran, convey empathy, action, rage, and reflection.
The Talk of the Town
The Financial Page
The Foreign Workers of Mar-a-Lago
The President has a dim view of extending visas to employees in the technology industry. But, when it comes to his club, it’s a different story.
The Wayward Press
The Onion Struggles to Lampoon Trump
At a headline pitch meeting, the writers of the satirical newspaper try to stay away from low-hanging fruit.
In the Streets
A Marching Band at the March
An ad-hoc group of musicians plays morale-boosting spirituals and protest songs at rallies and demonstrations.
Ink
The Writer Who Uncovered the Nazis’ Drug Use
Norman Ohler, the best-selling author of “Blitzed,” visits his old New York haunts and recalls his own experiences with illicit substances.
Comment
There Is No Deep State
The problem in Washington is not a conspiracy against the President; it’s the President himself.
Reporting & Essays
Portfolio
Fashion’s Attics
In Italy, designers maintain their own archives, used for both preservation and inspiration.
Annals of Retail
The Cool Kids Behind Opening Ceremony
With their store and their chummy collaborations, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim became New York’s resident curators of hip. Who cares that they don’t sew?
Personal History
Confessions of a Watch Geek
My year of getting deep into perlage, three-quarter plates, and micro-rotors.
The Political Scene
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?
At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites. The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.
Onward and Upward with the Arts
A Protest Musical for the Trump Era
The director Alex Timbers, who specializes in shows about historical figures, has collaborated with David Byrne on the galvanizing “Joan of Arc.”
Shouts & Murmurs
Shouts & Murmurs
Classic Musicals, Updated
“Peoples and Other Peoples” (formerly “Guys and Dolls”), “Eliza with a ‘Z’!” (formerly “My Fair Lady”), and more.
Fiction
Fiction
The I.O.U.
The Critics
Books
The Illness and Insight of Robert Lowell
A new book is the first to bring clinical expertise to the poet’s case. What does it reveal about his work?
Books
Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History?
Three new books interrogate the premises of the Enlightenment.
On Television
“Feud”: A Bittersweet Beauty
Beneath the zingers and the chain-smoking, Ryan Murphy’s latest franchise is about how skillfully patriarchy screws with women’s heads.
The Current Cinema
“Personal Shopper” and “Frantz”
Olivier Assayas’s scary movie starring Kristen Stewart, and François Ozon’s new film.
Poems
Cartoons
1/12
“Can someone please invent clothing that will cover both nipples?”
“You really have to stop fetishizing grades.”
“I feel a draft.”
“I appreciate the coffee, but have you had any luck getting a ladder?”
“Well, it looks like someone had a nice vacation.”
“Because if we’d told you we were coming you would have said no.”
“Something terrible must have happened somewhere.”
“How much should I pretend to care how they made their yams?”
“Who’s a good, royal, and most sovereign doggie?”
Cartoon Caption Contest
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