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Now Hear This

Losing your hearing suddenly, even if there is no pain, is always urgent

Go for the Gumbo

The soulful stew synonymous with Louisiana is delicious anywhere you eat it

1+1 = MORE (or LESS)

A math whiz encourages you to play with your numbers

The Watch World's New Indie King

Rexhep Rexhepi designs meticulously crafted watches that are just shy of perfection-and that is exactly what makes them so desirable. We sat down with the young legend in his Geneva workshop (just after the $2.3 million sale of one of his watches) to understand what makes him tick.

MY SMART PET

These clever critters are some smart C-O-O-K-I-E-S

Art Fall Preview - World in Motion - An Alvin Ailey retrospective sets the tone for an array of eclectic offerings from the art world this fall.

An Alvin Ailey retrospective sets the tone for an array of eclectic offerings from the art world this fall. A gust of fresh air is blowing through the art world. A brand-new outfit called Ruby/Dakota has opened on the supercool strip of East 2nd Street. A whole new scene has formed around 56 Henry's two gallery spaces in Chinatown, and solo shows there by Laurie Simmons and Richard Tinkler promise to scintillate. Just north of the Whitney, Fort Gansevoort Gallery regularly showcases undiscovered artists, including, in September, 84-year-old quilt-maker extraordinaire Yvonne Wells. A gaggle of established artists are also exhibiting-Kara Walker, Simone Leigh, Nick Cave, and the still under-known Denzil Forrester among them. And the museums will have their fair share of thrilling exhibitions, too: The Whitney will feature American national treasure Alvin Ailey, MoMA will peer deep into its own brilliant bellybutton in a show about the woman who helped make the museum, and the Brooklyn Museum will give us an enormous show of artists based in its borough.

Early Scenes - Remembering a childhood in the South Bronx.

When I was born, in 1940, my father, Salvatore Pacino, was all of eighteen, and my mother, Rose Gerardi Pacino, was just a few years older. Suffice it to say that they were young parents, even for the time. I probably hadn’t even turned two when they split up. My mother and I lived in a series of furnished rooms in Harlem and then moved into her parents’ apartment, in the South Bronx. We hardly got any financial support from my father. Eventually, we were allotted five dollars a month by a court, just enough to cover our expenses at my grandparents’ place.

A GUIDE TO BRAT SUMMER

This summer, we’ve found ourselves in an unprecedented era of Brat.

THE LAST DAY

How declining enrollment threatens education nationwide.

BUNKER MENTALITY

Shopping for a home at the end of the world.

THE COLLECTOR

Bonnie Slotnick, the downtown food-history savant.

FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY

How Post Malone made himself at home in Nashville.

FAITH HEALING

\"Between the Temples.\"

THE PARTICLES OF ORDER

The guest from America was to arrive in the late afternoon.

LIFE OF THE PARTY

The Democrats seem rejuvenated by their new candidate. Why was it so hard to get one?

LOVE'S LABOR'S LOST

The forgotten history of sex in America.

LIVING UNDER A ROCK

A geologist reflects on her life.

Nicole Scherzinger Never Stopped Dreaming

The former Pussycat Doll stages a comeback.

Having a Ball Living in a Former Ballroom

Jack Shainman and Carlos Vega's apartment had to have space for \"big art.\"

THE ASTEROID-IN-SPRING HYPOTHESIS

It took ten days for two young paleontologists to turn on each other, each claiming to have found new evidence of the worst day in the history of life on Earth.

Kaytranada Owns His Influence

Once modern dance music's best-kept secret, the Canadian DJ-producer is ready to go bigger.

Garth Greenwell's Grand Romance

The author explores the tender side of long-term partnership amid a health crisis in his best novel yet.

THE REHEARSAL

Ten performers days before their big fall shows.

The Perks of Not Being a Wallflower

Actor Adam Pearson has his biggest role to date in a dark comedy inspired by his upbeat personality.

Josh Rivera Takes the Lead

The actor plays the tortured football player Aaron Hernandez in a Ryan Murphy-produced series.

Eric Goode's - MONKEY BUSINESS

How a former nightclub impresario and reptile enthusiast became one of the most successful documentary filmmakers of our time.

CREATURE from the BRAT LAGOON

Charli XCX owned the summer with an album that is also a vibe. Should she be sweating the fall?

At Long Last - At sunny meadows flower farm in Columbus, Ohio, the same cutting beds that feed summer's fresh bouquets also provide bunches of everlastings for use in dried arrangements

At sunny meadows flower farm in Columbus, Ohio, the same cutting beds that feed summer's fresh bouquets also provide bunches of everlastings for use in dried arrangements and wreaths-both their own creations and yours. color us inspired.

The Mental Health Benefits of Cats - How our feline friends keep our minds purring

A recent survey on pets and mental health by the American Psychiatric Association and the American Veterinary Medical Association found that 84% of pet owners reported that their pets had a positive impact on their mental health. For twothirds of survey participants, the companionship pets offered was key to a positive mindset. Howard Liu, M.D., M.B.A., chair of the American Psychiatric Association's Council on Communications, an adult and child psychiatrist and chair of the UNMC Department of Psychiatry, says feline companionship may be especially beneficial and meaningful for people struggling with anxiety, depression and autism spectrum disorder as well as people who have a history of trauma. Of course, cats aren't a magic pill, Dr. Liu says: "Every person and every cat is unique, so owning a pet is not a guarantee of better mental health." However, people who live with chronic mental health conditions often list spending time with their cats as a coping strategy for when they are sad, anxious or frightened.

The Stress-Busting Hack That's Right Under Your Nose- Breathwork is more than the wellness trend du jour- it's a science-backed route to relief from multiple modern ailments.

“OK, OK, just take a breath.” If that’s what a friend advises after you panic-share about a major-anxiety-inducing situation — your teen taking his maiden solo voyage behind the wheel, work instability, another high-stakes world crisis dinging your phone every few minutes — it’s probably because they hate seeing you so on edge. But also, your friend is offering an effective means of slowing your spin. “The way you breathe affects anxiety, and anxiety affects how you breathe,” says James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. “It’s a two-way street, and while anxiety isn’t a conscious choice, our breathing is.”