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The World Keeps Getting Richer. Some People Are Worried
In April, 1968, a consequential meeting took place in the Villa Farnesina, a stately Roman home built for Pope Julius II’s treasurer and adorned with frescoes by Raphael. The...
Sergio García Sánchez’s “Scoot”
When spring melts away and the heat rises, many wise New Yorkers rush to find an open space. For the cover of the June 3, 2024, issue, Sergio García...
All the Films in Competition at Cannes, Ranked from Best to Worst
The seventy-seventh annual Cannes Film Festival came to a startling and joyous conclusion on Saturday night, when the competition jury, chaired by Greta Gerwig, awarded the Palme d’Or, the...
The Casual Confidence of Lola’s
Lola’s is named in honor of Cupps’s Filipina grandmother—lola is the Tagalog term for “grandma”—though on my visits the menu bore few overt Filipino touches, beyond a bright wisp...
Aasif Mandvi Contains Multitudes
The actor and comedian Aasif Mandvi’s three-decade career—which began with a bit part on “Miami Vice”—encompasses three distinct eras of Hollywood. There was the pre-9/11 era, when precious few...
The Texas School District That Provided the Blueprint for an Attack on Public Education
In October, 2018, on the night of a high-school homecoming dance in Southlake, Texas, a group of white students gathered at a friend’s house for an after-party. At some...
“Love Is Blind,” and Allegedly Toxic
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.On the Netflix reality-TV dating show...
Chatsworth, Revisited
Architecture buffs might visit Chatsworth House for the important role it played in the development of the English Baroque; garden enthusiasts might relish its rose garden and dell of...
Little Island Goes Big
Brian SeibertSeibert has covered dance for Goings On since 2002.When Little Island, the extravagantly landscaped public park that floats above the Hudson River on tulip-shaped columns, first opened, in...
Three London Shows Put a New Spin on Old Classics
When I was in London recently, walking down near Cheapside, north of the Thames, I went into the small museum built above the Mithraeum, an ancient site hidden twenty...
